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The New York herald., 1922-07-28
War Material Puzzles.
In What Units Did the Government
Buy and Distributed

To THE New YORK 1kRALp: In q
catalogue of material to be offered al
a surplus property sale by the War De-
partment at the Quartermaster interme-
diate depot at PhiladeIphia appears the
following item:
Lot No. 1888. s. p. d. No E-f3Oo2. Arti-
Gle, Buttons. black SO L-Ivory a hole).
Unit. ca. Quantity, 1900. .99s.
This seems to be case Of Button
button. who's got those two buttons?"
That shortage Of two buttons Is apt
to cause all sorts of doubts and suspi-
cions in the mind of possible bidder
What If careless miscount has been
made and there are as many as a
bakers dozen of buttons short in the
three million? Suppose one has few
articles Of apparel that require Just a
full three million Of buttons to make
them wcarable. Of what use would Lot
13s be to one? How can n bidder be
sure that each button really has four
good holes as cataAogued? Truly the
ouartermaster Department is a great
institution.
Another item specifies e,ss9,99s yards
OF fve-eighths inch unbleached twilled
edge tape. Who Is sporting those two
missing yards of tape? There should be
an investigation. FRANK II. CORNELL.
BROOKLYN, July 81.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28

than thirty years ago NATHAN STRAUs
began his fight for pure milk. At
that time much of the milk served In
the city was Of inferior quality. AT
the present time an extremely strict
inspection begins 1T the dairy farms
and ends when the milk is delivered
10 the consumer Healthy herds and
cleanly surroundings are made i'm
perative. Milk more wholesome than
that served in New York city cannot
be found.
Scrupulous care is observed In the
purveying of other foodstuffs. The
result is shown in the low rate OF
infant mortality; half century ago
1t was 241 to the thousand; in 1921
it was II to the thousand, saving
Of about 10000 lives a year. The
better education OF mothers will bring
the rate much lower.
A half century of progress in the
salvage of human life makes good
showing for medical science. In 1879
the death rate to the thousand in
New York city was 2S; in 1921 the
crude death rate was about IL. Elm
mating motor car killings and violent
deaths, the rate to the thousand Is
not more than IL; and that means a
saving of nearly one hundred thou
SIND lives yearly.
In combating influenza and infan-
tile paralysis medical science so far
has made little progress. Only
few years ago this was true of
diphtheria; but this former scourge
is less to be feared. The Schick test
enables the physician to determine
whether or not patient is suscep-
tible to the disease; an anti-toxin
serum gives immunity to those who
are susceptible. A similar test in the
cases of influenza and infantile pa
ralysis is not impossible.
There remain only those ailments
connected with nutrition and fast
living, the fatalities from which are
increasing. Against them there is
but one effective quarantine, and that
is education. Perhaps In time the
handicap Of ignorance in this matter
may be overcome. 1t is not so much
a problem for the physician as for
the individual who burns the candle
at both ends.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28

Ing horrors, do not support their esti-
mate OF him. But the "scabs" who
were hurt" at Herrin were merely
workers seeking in America to exer-
else the first right Of citizens and OF
aliens here domiciled- right to
work for whom they wished and for
what they wanted.
Yet this does not prove the sweet
and gentle DEBs has not a heart.
Yesterday this news came from
Chicago.
EUGENE v. DEBs has sent cable
graz . Premier LENJNE OF Soviet
Russia protesting against execution
OF the twenty-five social revolution
lists now on trial at Moscow. Social
list national headquarters to-day an
nounced that Mr.. DEBs had sent tho
message following an appeal from
the Socialists OF Russia"
The sweetness and the gentleness
of DEBs are reserved for Russian So
cialists. That Is the reason why tor
ture and murder OF workingmen who
work In America impress him only
as slight disturbance" and the
victims of union torture and murder
are only "a few scabs hurt"
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Culex Redivivus.

Athwart the city doth there surge
The shadow Of an ancient scourge.
And at his cry. his battle call,
Strong men turn pale and infants sQuall
For three long years he silence kept.
His sword within the ecabbard slept
His lance and dagger lay at rest
And all was peace and man was bleSt
And then was heard on marsh and plair
The fatal patter OF the rain,
A swamp became the plashy mead,
Tens turned to dens where curses breed
And wet and wetter fell the rain.
The warrior sprang to life again:
In battle plane he leaves his bower
And seeketh what he may devour.
As twilight drops its purple veil
The mellow cello starts to wall.
The soft bassoon Joins in duet.
The saw is ground and filed and set.
The probe Is thrust in to the hilt, n
Devoted victims start to wilt.
The gimlets turn, the augurs twist,
AS purple fades to amethyst.
And should you find these stanzas mix
The metaphors by five and six,
1t is because ones on my track
And-there BY Jove. l missed him
whackt
MAURICE MORRIS.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Why New York Is Healthful.

Conditions within New York city
are highly favorable for the spread
Of communicable diseases and a re-
sulting high death rate-perhaps to
a greater degree than in any other
large city. The density of population
is not surpassed elsewhere in an area
as great as Manhattan. Congestion
of traffic such as occurs daily, year
in and year out, in the subways is
not equalled elsewhere.
Yet in spite of conditions mani
festly favorable to high rate OF
mortality New York ranks among
the few cities in which the death
rate Is very low. In 1921 the rate
OF mortality was lower than in any
other city of half million or more
from which vital statistics were re-
ported, with the exception of London,
Cleveland and Chicago. in which the
death rate was practically the same
as in New York.
Popular opinion credits urban life
with heavier death rate than rural
life. In New York city the reverse
is true. The death rate here is lower
than in the State at large.
Reasons for this condition OF affairs
are not hard to find. A strict quar-
antine inspection prevents diseased
persons and disease carriers from
entering the city. or 13S,000 persons
examined at quarantine nearly 1900
were held back as possible carriers
Of typhus fever. Because OF this
care only five cases of typhus fever
occurred In the city.
Preventive measures have held In
check such diseases as typhoid fever.
scarlet fever, diphtheria smallpox
and measles. AS result the NOR
tality from these diseases is scarcely
one-twentieth of the death rate Of
fifty years ago.
Rigid inspection Of milk and other
fcodstuffs has been a great factor in
the prevention OF tuberculosis and
infantile ailments. onlyalittle more
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Orphaned Starlight.
Case OF q Beam That Set Out on a
Ten Thousand Year Trip.

To THE New YORK. HERALD: Perhaps
some modern astronomer might like to
include the following story in his next
ESSAY on the wonderful performances of
light now going on in the depths Of
space.
Once upon a time. q very ancient
time, Fudsi, giant star anchored some
fifty quadrillions of miles away, shook
or food of light which travelled 10000
years before it finally reached the sur
face of the earth.
Unfortunately. about 1000 years after
this giant spotlight had started on its
travels. Fudgi. through a collision with
a neighbor or some other unknown en-
tanglement. was entirely destroyed.
Nevertheless, the huge light. hswing q
good start, continued on its way and
arrived on time many years ago.
Finding on its arrival here that It no
longer had a base to which 1t could
return nor a nucleus to hold it in sub
lection. it separated into many parts
and in a fragmentary state has wan
dered and hovered ever since over the
bogs. bitches. marshes and graveyards
OF this planet. This Is the correct ver-
sion of how the dreaded weird ignis
fatuus or will-o'-the-wisp happened to
come among us. terrifying timid, SIM
pie minded people, who are not ac-
acquainted with the antics Of light when
once liberated from its original base.
J. w. HANLEY.
NEW YORK, July 27.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Poe and Mount Tom.
In the Poets Day the Rock Was
Hidden by Forest Trees.

To THE NEW York HERALD: My menu
ory of Mount Tom harks back some
sixty years. 1t certainly was not as
conspicuous In Poe's time as now, for
1t was hidden by dense growth OF for
est trees and only when these were re-
moved did its outline appear
Poe's connection with 1t is indefinite.
He is reputed to have wandered along
the river rssting at certain spots which
appealed to his poetic nature. 1t is
doubtful IL he would select an elevation
which In his time was hardly poticeab BILE
from the surrounding terrain.
AS to the Harsen house, had J. T. Lee
given closer attention to THE New York
of Yesterday" he would have been en-
lightened as to it's location. 1t stood
a short distance west OF the present
Amsterdam avenue. between Seventeen
and Seventy-frst streets, as stated on
page 81. The eastern section of the
Sherman Square Hotel nearly occupies
its site. HOPPER STRIKER Morr.
NEwBuRrPoRr, Mass. July rs.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Annual mass Of the old sixty-ninth. Essi-
ment Q65th Infantry. Church OF the Holy
Cross, West Forty-second street. 10 A. NJ
Miss Sarah Askew. secretary Of the New
Jersey Library Commission. Will lecture on
Country Libraries" Room 300. Scherner-
horn Hall. Columbia University. 1880 r. NJ
DR.. Albert w. Van Buren, Of the American n
Academy of Rome will lecture on Pre-
Roman Pompeii." Room 2o6. College OF Jour
nalism. Columbia University. 4:30 p. M.
Kentucky Club OF Columbia University ban
quet. Stockton. Tea Room. 800 West i0eth
street, G 80 p. M. F'
DR.. Kenyon L. ButterHeld. president Of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College,. Will lee
ture on 1.-THE Country. Life Movement at
HOME and Abroad Columbfs University.
$50 p. NJ.
Tri-stste Club Of Columbia University.
dance. Earl Hall Auditorium, p. NJ
Opening of the forum OF the Kings County
Square Club. Brooklyn, p. M.
Goldman Band, concert, the Green, Column
bia University. s:15 p. M. .r-i ,ss.
Ml,e Leila Foliades will speak on condi-
tions In tho Near East at meeting OF
Armenian and Greek women. Hotel McAipin'
z p. M. t44.. 'sSse
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Comptroller Craig's Land Sale.

Comptroller CRAIG is doing a sound,
businesslike thing In going through
the city's real estate holdings and
offering for sale those parcels for
which it has no immediate use. The
lots to be disposed of are to be put
up at auction; it is to be assumed
that upset prices fair to the city will
be put on them and that the terms
on which they are offered will pro-
tect the municipal interest while at
tracing would-be purchasers of all
classes.
In It's growth the population Of
the city is constantly putting new
requirements ON the municipal SER
vices. Trade intrudes on historic
residence quarter, and the necessity
for schoolhouse is eliminated as
homes are torn down to be replaced
by shops or Offices, Scientific devel-
opments render certain municipal
establishments supernumerary; some
rolice stations have been abandoned
because with modern equipment the
police did not need them. Similar
conditions. exist in practically all
the departments.
The tendency of every govern
mental agency is to hold on to every
thing 1t gets its hands on. The
United States in a number Of cases
is only now beginning to dispose of
land it acquired for military posts
when settlers crossed the plains in
prairie schooners and hostile Indians
raided them whenever opportunity
offered. So 1t is with the govern
ment Of New York city.
The advantages of getting this
land, useless to the city, into the
hands Of private owneSs are numer-
Gus. The city as real estate owner
pays no taxes; private owners will
pay taxes. The city cannot improve
its idle holdings for domestic and
commercial purposes; private own
ers may and probably will do this.
Idle city owned land offers a con-
slant temptation to petty politicians
to get for little or nothing the per-
mission to occupy 1t, and turn their
privilege over at profit. If few
examples Of this abuse do not come
lo light in Comptroller CRA1G's SELL
ing campaign the town has acquired
an outfit of politicians beyond hu-
man weakness.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Education Is Never Ended.

In reading the newspaper accounts
OF the career Of the late CHARLES
r. MILLER, editor of the New York
Tunes, many persons must have been
struck by the fact that at the age
Cf 6S he undertook to acquire a new
foreign language. His determination
to master so difficult subject as
Russian was all the more remark
able because he began its study dur
ing the most exacting period of his
career, when the problems of world
war were demanding the utmost from
him in clear, vigorous thought and
expression.
At the age when Mr.. MILLER de-
cided that with the sacrifice of con-
siderable time and energy he would
set out to enlarge his mental hori-
zon most men have permitted their
lives to settle into routine perform
ance. For the majority, indeed. that
Limitation of effort comes long be-
fore the age of 6S. They may con-
tinue to work hard. That is not
the point. They continue to work
from bases which they established
years before and which they have
since made no attempt to strengthen
or widen.
When Mr.. MILLER began the study
OF Russian he took out insurance
sgainst hardening of his mental ar
teries. He added something to the
sum of things in which he could take
interest. For, his particular purposes
at the time the study chanced to be
that of a foreign language, but it
might just as well have been biology
or an unfamiliar period in history.
The pursuit of a new interest of
course was probably not his chief
reason for setting himself the task
he did. He no doubt counted first
its value in his work. Everything
was grist to his mill.
In the case of men whose work is
more specialized the need for widened
rental contacts is even greater. The
Newark Public Library, which is
one of the most progressively ad-
r1inistered Libraries in the country,
recently compiled list of books in
answer to two requests for courses
Of reading. One was from an engi-
neer who asked for short list of
books on subjects that his specialized
education had not included. The
ether was from a large manufactur-
ing company which wanted to build
up comprehensive library for it's
executives.
The list supplied by the Newark
institution was intended to meet the
requirements Of both requests. The
books suggested were arranged un-
der the divisions OF the arts, biog-
raphy, biology, chemistry, economies,
geography, government, history, phi
losophy, physics, psychology and So
ciology.
That list could be used with profit
by every man and woman in New
York who is able to read. Every mans
education is thing OF shreds and
catches. When he decides he has
enough education he ceases to grow
mentally and he begins to grow old.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE
IN BUFFALO NOV. 22
Theme Will Be illumination
of Waste in Industry

ALBANY, July 27.-State Industrial
Commissioner Henry ID. Sayer to-day
announced that the New York state
Industrial conference. under tho auspices,
OF the New. York State Department OF
Labor. will be held in Buffalo,. November
22 and 23. Sessions OF conference
will be held at the Hotel Lafayette,
which will also be headquarters.
The underlying theme Of the confer
ence will be ILLUMINATION of Waste In In
dustry." 1t is expected that Gov. Miller
and Secretary of Commerce Hoover will
be present on the opening day L. w.
Wallace of Washington. vice-chairnan n
and engineer in charge of the national
committee on waste. will address the
conference.
Industrial Commissioners q sayer IS
president of the conference, Martin H..
Christopherson OF Yonkcrs vice-presi-
dent, Clarence A. Mecker OF Albany Sec
retary and Edward H. Fiesinger OF syria.
crse treasurer. DR.. n. M. Little. direc-
tor OF the New York Bureau OF Reha-
billtation, Is chairman of the programme
committee; william A. Maraklc OF
Rochester chairman OF the committees oc
publicity and Mark A. DAILY of Buffalo
chairman of the committees on invita-
tions. y.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Shadow Land.

When go ost to Shadow Land
The Land o. Drcams-alone,
Soon fairies take me by the hand,
I'm Queen upon their throne
trip along their golden streets
Where all is bright and gay,
And friendly faces oft I meet
AS / travel on my way.
My cares OF yesterday have flown
Nor fear of coming i'll
Disturbs my peace. My times my ovr
To wander round at will.
My purse is filled with richest coin,
My gowns OF silken sheen.
While host on host OF fairies join
In homage to their Queen.
And ever and anon the strains
OF dulcet music lure;
The sun, II shincs--it never rains.
Can rapture such endure?
Nay, when the radiant orb of day
Shines through my easement first,
1t calls mo back TO work from play.
My bubble dream has bursti
.. FtoszrU ~ osarv,s
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Thanks From Veterans.
The Illustrators School for Disabled
Soldiers Open Again.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD On be-
half of the students of the Society of
illustrators school for disabled soldiers
] wish to express our thanks for the
attitude you have taken in regard to
the closing Of this school by the United
States Veterans Bureau on June 80 last.
The publicity received and the pres
sure brought to bear by 1t was OF great
assistance In getting the matter ad-
justed and our school reestablished.
M. Il. OLIVER,
President students organization So
ciety of Illustrators school for
disabled soldiers.
NEW York, July 81.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Yachting Receivers From the War

The yacht races at the Larchmont
Yacht Club proved last week that
yachting is recovering from the
effects of the war. In the six open re
gattas Of the race week the number of
starters was $50. These yachts COM
peted in 129 races. Each yacht was
handled by an amateur skipper, and,
with the exception of some of the
larger vessels, such as the schooners
and fifty foot and forty foot sloops,
the crews were all amateurs. 1t was
the most successful race week that
las been held since 1914.
That yachting is Of national value
was shown in the war, when so many
young men who had learned boat
handling, navigation and seamanship
in their pastime joined the navy and
served in various grades. Many at
tanned commission rank.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Just as much under Federal jurisdiction

Just as much under Federal jurisdiction
there as It is inside that line.
II an offence is committed on board
that vessel 500 miles out who tries and
Furnishes the offender? Our own courts.
For this reason, serious as the effect
may be, 1t Is hard to see how our yes
sells can be exempted from obedience to
the Volstead act. Federal law, as long
as they form. a part of American terri
tory and are under American jurisdic-
ton. They are either under ell OF our
laws or none. -
An American merchantman on the
high seas of the British coast could
scarcely be accused Of conspiracy against
the English laws. as 1t is absolutely
American territory and under American
laws. The same argument certainly ap-
plies to a foreign vessel of our coast.
This entire matter hinges upon tho
question OF Jurisdiction over merchant
vessels on the high seas. and as we
fought three years war more than
100 years ago In defense Of the princi-
pie which is now universally acknowl-
edged why are we at this late day de-
batting the question Of sole Jurisdiction
on the high seas?
EDWARD T. wTHERSPooN,
Captain United States Navy, Retired.
New YORK. July 81. A&
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
1000 JURISTS TO HEAR
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT
Coolidge Also Scheduled ia
Address Bar Association.

SAN Francisco. July 27 (Associated
Press) Two thousand lawyers and
judges are expected to come to San
Francisco early In August to attend the
convention Of the American Bar Asso-
citation, the nationa. conference of COM
missioners on uniform State laws and the
annual meeting of the California State
Bar Association. The commissioners
meet August to 9. the State body con-
venes August and the national associo-
ton on August 8 to IL.
Several noted speakers are to address
the organization, names on the pro-
grams including William Howard Taft.
Chief Justice of the United States; Vice.
President Calvin Coolidge. Chief Justice
Lucien Shaw of the California Supreme
Court. George w. Wickersham. formor
Attorney-General; Cordenio A. Sever
ance, president Of the American Bar AS
sociation, and Governor Henry J. Allen
OF Kansas 1t is hoped that Elihu Root.
former Secretary of State. also will
speak. .<f
Addresses are also to be made by two
distinguished visitors. the Rt. Hon. Lord
Shaw of Dunfermline, representing the
bar of Great Britain. and M. Henri Au-
bepin. representing the bar of Paris.
The New York herald., 1922-07-28
Rights on the High Seas.
Our Relation to Vessels Beyond thu
Three Mile Limit.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In a news
article I'm your paper bearing on the
question of our right Of visit, search
and seizure outside the three mile limit.
without regard to the nationality of
the vessel, 1t is stated that this ques-
ton is puzzling some of the experts.
These experts must have forgotten those
portions OF international law based upon
numerous treaties and conferences of
the past which deal with the rights and
limitations of each nation on the high
seas.
The term high seas has been accepted
by practically every civilized nation as
relating to waters outside the three
mile limit Of each country and abso-
lutely free to all. Our three mile limit
was not placed there by ourselves, and
II we are at liberty to move It out
twelve miles. why not continue and
move IL out twave hundred miles. or
annex the entire ocean for that matter?
The term territorial waters, quoted in
your paper, Is not a new term by any
means, but very old one, and has
usually been interpreted as referring to
large estuaries, like Chesapeake Bay.
for instance. where a foreign vessel can
come In from the high seas and go In
some distance without coming within
three miles OF our actual shore line.
Hudson Bay is another example, every
foot of it being British territory. 1t is
considered a part OF the territorial wa
ters of the British Empire. Naturally.
In it's broader sense. everything within
its three mile limit is within a coun-
try's territorial waters. and every mer-
chairman within that limit Is in that
country's actual territory and subject to
It's laws and jurisdiction.
II British sailor on board a British
merchantmen lying in New York har-
Dor commits an offense the New York
police can arrest him and he can be
tried and punished by our own courts
outside the three mile limit we cannot
touch him. Every ono on board an
American merchant ship on the high
seas Is absolutely and solely under
American jurisdiction and laws, and we
fought tho war of 1912 with Great
Britain on the very question Of the Brit
ish right to stop or search an American
vessel outside the British three mil,
limit. Consequently, what under the
sun has our three milo limit got to dc
With ono Of our own merchantmeni
Nothing whatsosvsrs - that vessel u
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RED CROSS WILL HOLD
INQUIRY IN ANATOLIA
Allies Refuse Because Of
Technical War With Turks.

wAsHINoToN, July 27.---Because OF the
technical state Of war still existing be-
tween the allied Powers and Turkey. tina
plan Of the British. French. italian and
American Governments to investigate al
legged Turkish atrocities In Anatolia has
been abandoned and an inquiry is to be
made instead by the international Red
Cross. p
The change was made at the siiggcs-
tion of the British and French officials
after the United States had indicated It's
willingness to take part The state De-
partment has instructed It's representa-
tiyes at Constantinople and Athens to
cooperate in the inquiry.