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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
MORTIMER SCH|FF,
F|NANC|ER, IS DEAD
New York PhiIanthropist's
Sudden Death Is Due to
Heart Attack.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, June A.
Mortimer L. Schiff, banker, philan-
thropist, member of the firm CT Kuhn,
Loeb 81 Co., and president of the Boy
Scouts of America, died suddenly dur
ing the night CT heart attack. He
would have been 81 years old tomor-
row.
After day which included his usual
visit to his office, an afternoon round
of golf, and dinner with his family, he
retired to his room. He was found
dead clad in a lounging robe and
seated in chair. He was to have
sailed next week to Europe to join
Mrs. Schiff.
Mr.. Schiff, who was born in New
York City June 5, 1877. had been a
partner in Kuhn Loeb g. Co. since the
first of the century. He was married
April 80, 1901, to Adele G. Neustadt,
who went to Europe two weeks ago.
Mr.. Schiff is survived by his widow.
two children, John Mortimer Schiff, 26
years old, who lives at the estate here,
and Mrs. Richard B. W. Hall of New
York. AND his mother. Mrs. Jacob
Schiff.
Aided Many PhilanthrOpies.
Mr.. SchifT's philanthropics were
varied, including gifts to the British
Boy Scout movement for the promotion
of international fellowship, to the
building and endowment fund of the
Taft School at Watertown, Conn;
Jewish Theological Seminary and to the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine.
After attending private schools In
New York and Amherst College Mr..
Schitt became connected with the New
York, Ontario western Railroad Co.
for two years.
Later he. was with the Great
Northern, sfterward going abroad to
study banking in London and Hamburg.
He was the author Of a number of
pamphlets on economic subjects. Dur
the World War. he was a member of
the War Departments committee of IL
to correlate the work Of the Army and
Navy welfare agencies. He went abroad
as a member of this committee.
Attended Loan Farley.
Among the concerns in which he held
directorat:s were the Los Angeles &;
Salt Lake Railroad, the Western Union
Telegraph Co. and the American Con-
tinental Corporation.
He was active in international affairs.
especially as they involved finances. AS
early as 1912 he took part in the six
power group conference in London con-
corning a Chinese loan. Six years later
he again was called into conference
concerning Chinese loan, this time to
the Chinese Republic.
In 1922 he headed the American
committee at the International Boy
Scout Conference in London.
His clubs included the New York
Yacht. Whist, Lotos. Midday, Recess
and st. Andrews Golf Club
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Prohibition Agents
Car Is Being Stolen
On Installment Plan
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 4.-By degrees
someone has been stealing the
automobile of Eliot Ness, assistant
chief of special prohibition agents
here.
He complained about it yester-
day. A week ago the machine
was stripped of all its removable
parts. Yesterday when he went
to get the car. which was parked
in front of his home, he found
the front wheels were gone.
Ness took a street car to work.
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DEATH BRINGS END
TO ROMANCE PREFERRED
TO FATHER's MILLIONS
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(Contlnued FROM tlrSC Page.)
defied conventions and sailed for
Europe from New York on a tramp
steamer, the Indrido.
The departure Of the couple was
followed by frantic effort by Motifs
romance
Giving Hector Fuller, newspaper
man, unlimited financial backing, the
father sent him in pursuit Of the cou-
pie. Fuller boarded fast steamer. but
arrived in Gibraltar two hours after
they had left.
The chase led to Port Said. and
thence to Hongkong, where Fuller
finally caught up with them. Mott re-
fused to accede to entreatieS and lost
his right to his fathers fortune, esti-
he worked at odd jobs in the far COR
ners of the world, while Mrs. Bovine
gave concerts.
In 1920 Mrs BoWne's husband. a
millionaire. obtained a divorce, and
seven years later Mrs. Mott divorced
the adventurer.
Married in 1928.
BY that time the couple had returned
to the United States and were living
on Santa Catalina Island. In October,
1923. they were married at MERGED,
Calf year before, Motifs mother,
wealthy in her own right and a COL
lector of Napoleonic relics, had died,
leaving her son only $4,000.
Mott then was earning $50 a day
renting boats and catching sworGfish.
In his spare time he wrote fiction. He
was the author of a successful novel,
Jules of the Great Love"
Besides his widow. his father and
two children by his first marriage sur
vive.
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SAILOR FATALLY HURT
IN AIRPLANE CRASH
Another Injured as Craft Taxing
Across Field Hits One They
Are Working On.
BY the Associated Press.

hsSUCIdVtU
PENSACOLA, Fla, June 4-Dorris
Thomas Murphy, second-clasS seaman,
was fatally injured, and Cliff Llewellyn
Bostwick, aviation machinist mate, was
slightly hurt as an airplane piloted by
Lieut. Richard S. Moss TAXED into an
other plane on which the two men were
working at the Naval Air Station here
today.
Murphy was struck by the propeller
of Moss plane and died en- route to-
the Naval Hospital.
Navy records list the home address
of Murphy as Houston, Tex.
That of Bostwick was given as Browns
Valley, MINI.
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YOUNGSTERS SELECTED
FOR DAVIS CUP TEAM
Shields, Wood, Lott and Van Ryn
Picked for U. S. Team in
Final Matches.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Frank x.
Shields and Sidney B. Wood, jr., Of
New York and George Lott, jr., and
John Van Ryn of Philadelphia. today
were selected by the United States Davis
Cup Committee to represent this coun-
try in the interzone finals in Paris.
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lob AID IS ISSUE
IN BRITISH VOTING
Tories Take Sound View of
Problem, Labor Espous-
ing Human Side.

This is the nth OF series OF
nine articles on the dole Which mas
1Dritten after several 1Ueeks of in
UeStigdtion in England. DisddUdn-
tdges and benefits are giUen in an
unprejudiced discussion.
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len will receive diplomas but not COM
missions, as their designations become
effective June 20.
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THE BERKSHIRE,

1TIL OIIIAI TN y . ANsNFs
Walking distance of
downtown. Apis. of 6
large rooms and reception
hall, and 2 rooms and bath;
housekeeping; re f rigera-
ton if desired newly deco
rated throughout. Rent,
$62.50 and SIS monthly. APP
ply resident mgr. Phone
Adams 2004.
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HEATED.

HEATED.
All and ST. Sc.
r., b., cleo. ........seo.o 100
- W e''' Sos 3 ST. Sc
= - e' esi' 3 ST. NE. 80.
8 r.. b.. cleo. ..........s..........s4o.oo
r, b., cleo. ........................s35.oO
NOT HEATED.
23s 18th ST. Sc.
r, b., h.-a.h.. cleo. ..... ..$So.OO
pos 9th ST. Sc.
r, b., INV h., cleo. .........sss...S5oO O
2oS KY AVE. Sc
r., b., h.-w h., cleo. .....s..SSuOV
900 18th ST. BE. o.on
- w. Get oupr complete list.
John F. DONOHOE & SONS,
si4 Pennsylvania Avenue Sc
BEAUTIFUL CORNER APT.
rooms. sun parlor. kitchen, bath; ami;
$50 1917 18th St NV
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1874 WISCONSIN AVE. NV.
Apartment Of I rooms. kitchen
and bath, $3.50.
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STANTON

1921 18th ST. NV.
r, k-s b., porch, Frigidaire. $500
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MERIDIAN MANOR.

I4y4 CHAPIN ST NV.
Fireproof buildipg.N elevator service,
incinerator, tile baths and showers;
electric refrigeration on house current.
2 Rooms. Kitchen, Furnished. Diuette
and Bath, $500 to S67.5O.
Resident Manager
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THE RHODE ISLAND.

1887 r. ]. AVE. NV.
New building: elevator service, cleo
trio refrig. Res. manager.
2 r, kit, b. d. a., foyer. .S65 to S77.50
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1912 K STREET NV.
Elevator, resident manager. switch.
board, cleo. refrigeration.
2 r, kit. and bath. $500 to $3.50
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THE McREYNoLDs,

CORNER 18th AND G SITS. NV.
Most Conveniently Located Downtown
Apartment Hotel
Modern appointments, electric refrig.
Grafton, complete 24-hour elevator serv-
ice; restaurant and 3 stores WITHIN
RATES.
room, kit. and b. $3.50 TO $500
2 rooms, KIT. and b;;., 300 70 r6 % 90
with complete housekeeping facilities
available for long or short periods.
Resident Manager.
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1e45 CALVERT ST. NV.
Large. bright rooms: elevator serv-
fee, cleo, refrigeration. Res. mgr.
Z rIns.s kit. rec. hall and bath. $3.50
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THE nRESnEN

aI26 CONNECTICUT AVE. NV
Near Million Dollar Bridge, in Kalo-
rama Heights residential sectioni spa
cious apartments, large rooms, beauti-
fully finished paruuetry doors; This
building has just been renovated inside
and out 24-hour elevator service. teIe-
phone switchboard. General Electric
rooms, kit. and bath to Q rooms.
Kitchen and 3. baths.
Resident Manager.
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47OO CONNECTICUT AVE.

and Cumberland St.
Unusually we'll furnished lobby; "a
hour elevator service; TELEPHONY sWitch-
board; refrigeration; garage IN building.
rooms, dinette, kitchenette, foyer
5 rooms. kitchen. foyer. baths and
rooms, kitchen, foyer and 2 baths.
Resident Manager.
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THE wOBURN,
1910 KALoRAMA RD. NV

Hishly desirable; electric refrIgera-
ton. Resident manager.
r, kit, bath, rec. hall. $50 90
2 r, kit, b.. rec. hall....... 62.50
4 r., kit. and bath. $3.50 and 5000
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251o AND 2512 QUE ST. NV.
] room, kit. and bath $50 90
rooms, kit. and bath. .a.... 77.50
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1000 MASS. AVE. NV.
1915 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE.

Very exclusive apt. in this fashion,
able residential section. Exceptional
service. IL rooms and baths.
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20I7 s ST. NV.
1868 LAMONT ST. NV.

NEAR CONN. AVE. AND 8 ST.
Handsome. Exclusive Apartment
8 Large Rooms, Kitchen and BathG
Reasonable Rent
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bltuafeu AZ Iefmlnus MT, PIeAsant
Car Line
Modern Building--Convenient TO ID.
town Shopping Section
] Room. Dining Above. Kitchen and
Bath, $500 and $500.
2 Rooms, Dining Above, Kitchen and
Bath, $500 and $500.
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DESIRABLE APARTMENTS
ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY
800 MASSACHUSETTS AYE: NM w

3IUU MASSACHUSEIIB AVE. N'W.
Southwest Corner Mass. Ave. and
Wisconsin Ave.
OverIooking National Cathedral, sit
uated at highest point in washington.
Buses and car lines at door. Hand
somely furnished lobby and reception
hall; 24-hour elevator and telephone
switchboard service; automatic refrlg-
Grafton. Incinerator, laundry, cafe; ga
rage in basement. 3 rooms, dining
alcove, Kitchen, bath and porch TO
rooms, kitchen. 2 baths and porch
Resident Manager.
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THE AITAMnNT-

1901 WYOMING AVE. LAT Goth STD
The very best Is afforded here IN an
apartment home. There are available
en- and bath to rooms, kitchen and
baths, ranging In price from $1,000
TO SI67. so
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 24-nour elevator
aarvtra
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GET OUR APARTMENT FOR RENT LIST
THE DUPONT
GOTHAM

1717 goth ST. NV.
Elevator building with large rooms
4 rms, kit, bath. >. $50 90 and s92. so
5 rms, kit, bath. :. 1000 and 1880
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1884 10th ST. NV.
rooms, kit. and bath. $500
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1901 MASS. AVE. NV.
Caruar Macs Ave. ana

Northwest Corner Mass. Ave. ana
Wisconsin Ave.
Opposite National Cathedral,
24-hour elevator service, telephone.
switchboard. electric refrigeration.
rooms, kitchen, bath, porch. $4,000
Resident Manager.
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I78 O STREET NE.
Elevator Building.
) rooms kitchen and bath. $3.50
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KEW GARDENS,

KEW GARDENS,
200 QUE ST. NV.
Desirable apartments In this modern,
refined apartment house. Switchboard
service, cafe, electric refrigeration.
playground for children, beautifully
Handicapped gardens: large. richly fur
niShed lobby and reception rooms.
Resident Manager on Premises.
l Room, Kitchen and Bath to 6 Rooms.
Kitchen, Baths, Porch.
$4,000 to S142.50.
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CARLISLE COURTS,
18th ST: At COLuMBIA RID.

Very Attractive Apartments.
Parquetry Floors Throughout.
2 rooms, kit, bath and porch. $42 80
rooms, kit, bath and porch. $3.50
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NEAR DOFONT CIhCLE.
Modern Building.
24-hour elevator service; telephone
switchboard, electric refriseration.
rooms, kitchen and bath. So. so
4 rooms, kitchen and bath. $3.50
Resident MANAGER,
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1893 RANDOLPH ST. NV.
Modern Building. Outside Rooms.
Refrigeration.
room, dining alcove. Kitchen
and bath .................... ..S4l-UO
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The NEWARK
3621 NEWARK STREET NV.
Northeast Corner wisconsin Avenue
and Newark Street NV.
Frtgidaire, breakfast sets, French
doors and large dining alcoves. Eie-
vator. Resident manager.
2 rooms, Kitchen and bath. .. .So2.50
rooms, kitchen and bath. ..... $500
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THE PORTSMOuTH.

1875 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. NV
Very Reasonable Rentals.
All Rooms Are Large. with High
Ceilings.
Telephone Switchboard.
24-Hour Elevator Service.
Electric Refrigeration.
rooms, kitchen and bath. s85. 90
/ rooms. kitchen and bath. .. 90 90
Resident Manager.
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THE CHESTERFIELn.

31iI MT. PLEASANT ST. NV.
Very Convenient to Car Lines, Buses.
Uptown Shopping Section.
Large Rooms. High Ceilings.
Refrigeration.
Rooms. Kitchen. Bath and Porch
$1,000.
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2121 II ST. NV.
Resident Manager--Electrie Refrig.
rooms. kitchen and bath. i. s48.50
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The Story the Week Has Told

anniversary ceremonies the Reichstag
was decorated with regimental flags,
and there was a parade of an honor
company" bearing so regimental flags
which knew fire in the Franco-Prussian
War. The Stahlehelm or steel helmet
organization issued bellicose procla-
nation on the occasion.
81 4
THE ARCTIC-That is a delightful
news item, isn't it, to the effect that
Jean Jules Verne, grandson of the au-
thor of Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea" (who can forget Capt.
Nemo's "Nautilus"?), is to join Sir
Hubert wilkins in his submarine ven
ture for the North Pole. M. Verne is a
Rouen lawyer and was 10 years old at
his grandfather's death in 1905. He
will assist at the rechristening of Sir
Hubert'S boat formerly OLE of the
United States Navy as the Nautilus
at Philadelphia next month.
The epochal voyage Cor so we hope it
will prove) is planned to be between
Spitsbergen and Boring Sea- about 2,100
miles, during the Arctic Summer, when
the pack is broken and emergence
should be fairly easy. Suppose the ice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Relations of u. S. and Switzerland
Vividly Debated at Geneva Meeting

the world importing Swiss manufac-
lures, ranking ahead Of France.
A well known Swiss economist, M.
Felix Moeschlin, recently returned from
America, said: "The United States Is
a great civilizing force, which, though
on certain points it may be inferior to
our own. on certain others is vastly SUI
perior in vitality. When these two
demonstrative forms of culture come to
the struggle it will be necessarily the
stronger which will triumph. It Is for
us of the Old World to take the de-
fenSive."
Editor More PeSSimiStic.
NJ. Albert Oeri, editor of the Basler
Nachrichten, who recently went TO the
United States as one of the guests of
the Carnegie Foundation delegation of
European newspaper editors, took a
more pessimistic view and outlined the
danger which an excessive Americana
cation might possibly have for Europe.
In the material domain M. Oeri was
not less disquieting. He denounced the
economic imperialism of the United
States, and above all what he con-
sidered its worst form--that which con-
sisted Of subventioning countries where
the level of the life of the population
was extremely low. This, he claimed,
created an irresistible competition.
Such, according to the speaker, was the
private financial aid given to the Rus
STA OF the Soviets and the Far East.
This would lead ultimately, he feared,
TO the political support Of the American
Government itself.
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GENEVA-A eve and America"
symposium, held at Lausanne under the
auspices Of the New Helvetia Associ-
ton. developed some pertinent observa-
lions concerning Swiss-American rela-
tons.
The principal prepayment was Prof.
William Rappard. rector OF the Uni
versity Of Geneva and formerly ex-
change professor at Harvard. He first
recalled the suggestive parallel between
the Monroe Doctrine and the tenets Of
Swiss neutrality.
He showed that their two articles Of
faith tended toward political isolation
and were inspired by the fear Of the
otherwise possible participation in the
quarrels of other nations.
swiss neutrality" he said. was the
result of the diversity OF the ethno-
graphical composition Of its population;
the Monroe Doctrine developed also as
the result Of nationalities and mentali-
ties of the early European settlers who
founded the nations of North, Central
and South America. One or the other
had in the popular mind taken on and
for like reason a certain mystical char
acter.
Treatment Is Lucid.
Most lucid was his treatment of the
specific question of the relation of the
United States with Switzerland, demon
strating. with little effort, the circum-
stance that Switzerland enjoyed an ex-
traordinary prestige In the United
States by reason of its ancient demo-
c-atic traditions, a certain well recog-
fized constitutional parentage and a
general aspect of clearly defined mid
dle-class prosperity, of which the Swiss
version in no small measure invariably
reminded Americans Of their own social
conditions ana STANDARDS
IN the domain OF materialism Prof.
Rappard underlined the enormous i'm
portance of the commercial relations
between Switzerland and the United
States, which had increased greatly
since the World War. At the moment
the United States occupies the fourth
place as the country Of origin Of Swiss
imports, following after Germany.
Great Britain and France: The United
States Is third among the countries OF
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strata of the less firm Medina lime
stone and of the still softer Rochester
shale. The rebound Of the water wears
away the more friable strata. AS the
shale contains good deal of free lime
its calcareous texture is dissolved as
we'll as subjected to the erosion. In the
course of time the support of the top
layer, Slapped and weakened, gives way
and down comes the hard crest in an
avalanche of rock fragments. They re-
main as a taluS at the foot of the
cataract, where they are beaten and
rounded somewhat. The smaller ones
are spun around by the whirlpools, as
are stones in river pot hole where
they help to deepen the big basin 200
feet deep or more which lies at the
base of the Canadian or Horseshoe side
of the falls.
The unusual feature of the break of
the rock barrier was that it took place
on the American side. The dislodge-
ments have been most frequent in the
large sector. the Canadian or Horse
shoe, because it carries fully "a per cent
of all the water, and, therefore, its
downpour is more crosive. The Cana
dian cataract has been receding from
3 to feet year, climbing backward
while the American rate of recession
is hardly half an inch annually. Oc-
casioally large pieces Of rock drop from
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is found thick? It is proposed to shat
ter it by driving upward new type of
telescope coming tower. That not suf-
ficing, recourse would be had to a drill,
possibly an explosive. 1t is expected
that a considerable part of the voyage
will be on the surface, maybe for as
many as eight hours per day on the
average. Anyway, emergence from time
to time would be essential for renewing
air, discharging engine exhausts, re-
charging batteries. Searchlights will
illuminate the underseaScape. the while
radio conveys to the world the descrip-
ton thereof Leaving by a trapdoor
forward at the bottom of the craft,
divers will walk about on the seas bot
tom, using electric lamps. Among the
devices is sled deck" a kind of in
verted sled with runners turned up to
make contact with overhead ice.
Simon Lake, whose company built the
O-l2 for our Navy, has directed her
changes and adaptations, as redesigned.
She is said to have cruising radius
of $500 miles at 10 knots. Sir Huberts
two great associates will be Lieut..
Comdr. Sloan Dannenhower, U. S. N,
retired, who will command the Nautilus,
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The commission or board had well
in mind that from two to three million
tourists visited the falls every year,
thus making business for railroads and
hotels on both sides of the border.
About IS per cent of the waters of
Niagara are diverted for the generation
of electric power for the use of local
industries and for distribution as light
and power The volume of water was
falling of, owing to the Drainage Canal
Of Chicago, the Welland Canal and
other projects.
Might Have Spared Mar.
Had the commission, which made its
final report in 1928, been able to see
some of its plans go into effect, per-
haps the latest ugly cash would not
have marred the brim Of the American
falls. BY means of weirs and other
works hidden beneath the water above
the falls it was proposed to alter the
force Of the currents and redistribute
the waters.
The result, If such plans we're carried
out, would be more or less synthetic
Niagara. 1t was proposed to Shunt
enough water from the Horseshoe to
fill up gaps alongside the American side
This was objected to on the ground
that Horseshoe would lose its chief
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IF any writer were big
enough to gather up all
the thousands of stories
n of the stock market crash,
he would have material for
the Great American Novel.
For the bull market, and
the catastrophe which ended
it, represented all that is best
and worst in the American
character: our opt m S m,
which is at once our strength
and our weakness; our rest
less desire to better our con-
dition by any available means;
our worthy ambition and our
unworthy greed.
One of the best of the mar
ket stories was told me by
celebrated surgeon whose
name I cannot reveal.
IT work hard for my money"
he said, land have never spec
ulated. However, the fever
got me finally, like everybody
else. There was one particu-
lar stock which was a favorite
in my city. Bank presidents
and bootblacks were in it to-
gether; it went up by leaps
and bounds.
Against all my traditions,
I bought several hundred
shares. 1t continued to
climb; I had profit of many
thousand dollars.
"One night my wife saw me
making penciled calculations
on the margin of the news
paper. She said I ought not
to be worrying about stocks,
and she urged me to sell out
and never think about the
market again.
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