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The American Legion News: Local, State, National Commander d'O?ier An noiinee* Member* Are Having Little Diffieulty Adjusting Their Claims Hundreds of Ex-Service Men and Women With? out Work, Is Report at Local Bureau Meeting American Legion members are ex? periencing little difficulty in adjust-! ing their claims against the govcrn mei ? according to a statement given out yesterday in Indianapolis by Franklin d'Olier, national commander of the organization. Compensation, allotments, Liberty bonis vocational training and bonuses aro some ??:' the subjects covered by the legion's representatives on behalf of thou- comrades, and a'most without . fail action has been swifty procured in favor of the veteran. Commander d'Olier's statement follows: "At each of the 7,000 local posts of the American Legion throughout the country is a war risk officer, conform? ing in this regard with the state or? ganisations and that at national head? quarters in Indianapolis. "These local post officers have boon instructed to take up with various governmental bureaus in Washington, or branch offices, n.-.y cases with rogar?! to ex-service men that may be brought te. their attention calling or govern-' mont action. Such casos as they deem worthy of the advice of the state war risk officer are forwarded to him. Where the case cannot be handled by State Department officers it is for? warded to state headquarters and may in turn to submitted to national head? quarters for attention whore the head? quarters service is required. Thou? sand? of these difficult or extraordi? nary cases, involving questions of law and procedure or delayed cases, are re- | ceived at national headquarters daily. ,| "Most of those appeals consist of various ?-bums against the government, growing out of a man's service in the army, navy or Marin? Corps. They relate for the most part to compensation, al? lotments, Liberty Loan bonds, vocational training and bonuses. In a period of two months, for example, national head? quarters has been instrumental in col? lecting for ex-service men $tti.or)0 in Liberiy Loan bon.ls and $16,430.90 in allotments and allowances. "Charles F. Sheridan, in charge of ihe service division national head? quarters and formerly connected with the War Risk Insurance Bureau at Washington, is iti charg?? of this branch of service. His intimate knowledge of the working of various governmental bureaus in Washington -enables him to render with the utmost dispatch this service to the many ex service men to appeal their cases to the War Department." Richard T. Roll, at state headquar? ters, 54 Wall Street, is the officer in charge of war risk claims in this dis? trict. Jobs Urgently Needed Hundreds of former service men and ?women, most of them members of the Legion, are still without employment after months of enforced idleness, and it is to this problem that the legion? naires of New York are directing most of their attention at this time. Lach post of the Legion has, or should have by this time, an employ? ment officer, whose duty it is to co? operate in the matter of finding jobs for discharge-el soldiers, sailors and marines. These employment officers in turn form a committee, which is to act as a clearing house in the adminis? tration of a Legion employment bureau. An intensive campaign ha? been planned and final arrangements for its execu? tion were put through last Wednesday night at a meeting at 500 Pearl Street, the bureau's headquarters. Dr. Richard Derby, chairman of the employment committee, presided at tin meeting and told of the history of the bureau. It was discontinued by the Merchants' Association and other civic organizations Dec-ember 20, 1 i' 10, but members of the Legion an?! other pa? triotic citizens made a survey of the situation and, realising there still was a great need for the bureau, decided to. keen up the work. That he judgment of the Legion-' naires was sound is reflected by the fact that move than 300 men and women have applied each day for positions. Marcel S. Keene, former lieutenant colonel in the army, announced that a list of positions needed would be sent out each week to tho various posts ami read to the members, so that they might cooperate in finding positions for the jobless. If Legionnaires learn of open? ings they should telephone them to Worth 9~50 without delay and appli? cants will respond immediately. Changes in Victory Hall If the movement for the erection of Victory Hall at Forty-first Street and Park Avenue is realized. Legionnaires ? will have aa pretentious a convention " hall as any organization in the coun? try boasts. A revision of the original plans by the architect gives the Legion " a total of 8?"),000 square feet of floor ? apace. Another story has been added to accommodate the Sa!vnti<?n Army, ', the G. A. R., the Spanish War Veterans, 'Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans ' the Great War wui sir ?lar societies. The new fluor also will m.-iud?- an ? assembly roo'n witl a capacity of l',5???i persons. Ot".<-r ?-,.!?.geS of equal im? portance have been made. MrGormack Helps Legion - As a final act in the long lis .. . kelptul things he has done for the ?fterviee, John McCormack is to direc ? great musical ? v? i t for the American ?region. ?he date hn-. been set for ' f.a::da>' ??tent, j . bruary 9. when, at the Hippodrome, an unsual and attractive ..... ?...,, ?.,.., JIjr ,ni Hr<n tlrne V.:U b? rie*rd with :.:?. orchestra. This will le l.'.s farewell appearance before ?tarting ?:. ?. world tour. All O? th?* pr . . ; ,.? t0 the ;\ew lor* cu- ty com? -e- hr.i will be used :n clearing all of tl ?? oui ? '..- ? j;ig bills i.- ide i csl ng the American L? . r0ng y and sue? ? ;? . -, in New York. Other lut? :?? ting ?vent? for the coj rt v, |] !.,. ?, ?cinced later. Artillery Ofll? ?rs Meet Major General < harlea P. Sommerai!, first D on of , ',. . ;.'l,?-"r te>ingn field Artillery Reaerve Corps officers ? ?and men eligible for reserve commis? sions in Mm lachusetts, Rhode i ?land Connecticut, Now York, Now Jersey anfj Pennsylvania w ;i attend G?rerai Sammerall will daliv?r an illustrated iecture, base?! upon ),?i pet ?onal experience and observation, of jfc? r?Si* <A the UolA tu'....[% i g ?ri'il? Battle of Soissons. General Snow will talk about the work of the field artil? lery during the war. The Field Artillery Reserve ig an outgrowth of the Field Artillery Corps Officers' Training: School Association, of which Colonel Arthur 11. Carter was the president, and of a committee formed to further the interests of the ;-?eld artillery, of which the members aro Colonel Arthur H. Carter, chairman; Colonel Francis T,. Robbins jr., Colonel Dallas S. Townsend, Colonel Robert Low Bacon, Major George Brokaw Compton, Major Kenneth E. Walser, Major Robert McC. Marsh. Major Walbridge S. Taft and Major Theodore Douglas Robinson, all of New York. Raise for AU Fighters The American Legion of New York Suite has gone on/record in favor of increased pay for the enlisted and commissioned personnel of the army, navy and Marine Corps, according to a statement issued yesterday by Wade II. Hayes, .state adjutant of the American Legion, of state headlquarters, 54 Wall Street, New York City. The following resolution was adopted by the state executive committee of the American Legion, according to Mr. Hayes's statement: "Resolved, That the ?cecutive com? mittee, Department of New York, American Legion, favors a .substantial and reasonable increase in pay to be planted the enlisted and commissioned personnel of the army, navy and Ma? rine Corps, commensurate with the present increased cost of living." TOST ACTIVITIES Mavor Frank Hague of Jersey City, Rear Admiral McDonald, F. H. La Guardia, Borough President; Henry M. Curran, Fire Commissioner Drennan, Captain Stone and Chaplain Isaacs, of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, have accepted invitations to be present at the enter? tainment and ball to be given by Greenwich Village Post 18 and Barbara Frietchie Post .13 in the Pennsylvania Hotel January 28, 1920. The Tegular monthly meeting of the College of the City of New York Post. will take place January 29 in Room 12G of the college, starting at. K p. m. Querns Post 801 has completed ex? tensive preparations for the concert and .lance to be held at the Queens Lyceum January 30. About 300 persons were present at the smoker held by the Washington Heights Post 171, at the 22?1 Regiment Armory Friday night. The features of the evening were the five boxing matches, in which prominent profes? sionals and amateurs took part. The Leviathan Naval Poet will give n ball February 10 at the Hotel Pennsylvania. This will be the first of a series of dances and social affairs t.o be given by the post, which was formed November 6, If?IS. on board the Leviathan at Hoboken, N. J. Its mem? bership represents from every state in the union. Antilles Post 243. at a recent meeting in the Press Club, passed reso? lutions of protest against alien enemy musicians and in commendation of the state Assembly for suspending the So? cialist legislators. The dance of Arthur Vines Post 704 has been postponed to Tuesday, Feb? ruary 17. at Hunts Point Palace, 163d Street and Southern Boulevard. Film Post 71", at its regular meeting last Monday, elected the following officers: Post president. Henry W. Pem berton; first vice-president, Herman II. Loeb; second vice-president, Joseph A. O'Brien; treasurer, Harold L. Pech; secretary. Joseph G. Scott; county delegate, George R. Theilen. At the January meeting of the 304th Field Artillery Post it was decided to change the date of future meetings from the third Friday to the third Wednesday of each month. The Feb? ruary meeting will be held on Wednes? day, the ISth. Fidelity Post 712, composed of Elks, has named committees for the drive for members. The prospects are that this port eventually will be one of the largest in the American Legion, for the reason that it is not confined to New York Lodge 1 alone, but. all Eiks who are members of the lodges in greater New Y?>?-:;, suburbs and New Jersey are obliged to become members. Former officers and enlisted men of the submarine chaser service in for? eign waters will meet next Friday night I at Reisenwcber's, Fifty-eighth Street ami Eighth Avenue, for the purpose of organizing a Legion post. Communi? cate with Lieutenant CommanderSpaf ford, 29 RroadvfHv. Telephone White ' hall 1842. A campaign to raise funds f?:>r the , erection of a $20,000 clubhouse has i been started by lielleau Wood Post 96. The money will be raised from the sale j of a waltz ballad, "Sweet Southern Pines," which has been composed by ; Bernard S. Barron, post president. G. O. 80 University Post '?>f!7, made i up entirely of ex-service men who at? tended French and British universities ! ndcr G. O. 30, now has a membership Of approximately 100 men. The ne-<t meeting will be held next Monday night, and all French students in New York City will be entertained. Com? municate with John T. Anderson. 123 . Fast Twenty-eighth Street. John Fraser Bryan Post 19 will hoi?: its monthly meeting Thursday night at the Fordham Club, Grand Boulevard and I oncourse, the Bronx. Friday, Feb. ruary 13, a dance will be held at Knight; of Pythias Temple, Walton Avenue and 1 19th Street, the Bronx. Revilio Pos; 127 will hold a moetinj ' ? ? ght at 171 Clerrflont Avenue. Th? 1 ? itioi of discrimination against cer t?in members of the American ?Legior be the sole question before th? commit tee. Sterling Post 828 at. a meeting last Monday elected officers us foliowr: Floyd I. Silk, pr?sident; Jerome F Ka!/, vice-president; Clyde L. Franc Becond vice-president; William Graham third vice president; James P. Conlin secretary; George A. Arkwright, treas? urer; John I'. Anderson, chairman ol ?? xecul ive committee. J. J. Donnellan Post will hold in igural ball to-night at the Hote mmodore, The next regular meet f this Post will be held next Mon da) evening. Ail ex-service men wh< live in the territory bounded by J3.r>tl Street on the south and 145th Street on th<- north and Hamilton place un< Convent Avenue inclusivo are invitee t?' attend this meeting. At th? last meeting of John Purroj Mitchel Post 208 the annual electioi or officers was held. The following were elected: John A. Dix, presiden'; Howland S. Lavis. Hurry C. Cushini 8d and Edward J. Halllgan, vice-presi dents; Henry Varay, treasurer; Rus ?ell K. Dougherty, recording secretary; Albert J. Rowland, correspondini secretary, and an executive comrnitte? consisting of Harold A. Content, A In ng Topping, Arthur Woods, Lestei J. : ! ay, tredei ick C. Bellinger an?: Wi?mui M. Crombl?. ' Lured to Madrid by ! "Spanish Swindle/* Man Is"Our ?3,970 Louisville Grocer Returns ? to America With 'Checks' for $360,000 and Large Fund of New Experiences Spee'al Correapondence LOUISVILLE, Jan. 25. Lured to Madrid, Spain, by a "Spanish prison" swindle letter, Galaflon Berson, Louis? ville grocer, just back poorer by $3,970 and possessing two checks totaling ?:?;o,000 on the Chicago City Bank, has been assured that the State Depart? ment will take up the case with Span? ish representatives. The story of the; experiences of Berson with a band of | crooks in Spain, where he finally was forced to turn over ?.'S.OOO on threat of '? death, is told in an affidavit filed with: the United States District Attorney, who has turned all information over to the Department of Justice. Berson received a letter in Septem? ber, signed Raphael do Santo, who pur? ported to be a prisoner in Madrid, tell? ing of a fortune in checks hidden in a secret pocket in a portmanteau seized by the police and to be .sold at auction January 2, 1920. The writer declared I he would be released on payment of his $3,000 line and that if Berson would pay him, be would share the fortune with him lo the extent of $3(50,000. Fortified by a letter of credit, of n Louisville bank and $1,000 in cash Ber? son. after having cabled the writer and received instructions in a letter on his itinerary, sailed on the Imperator from New York December 11. He first went to Baris, then to Saragossa, Spain, where he received a telegram that "ar? rangements would have to be made with the court" and that an agent of the prisoner would call at the hotel the next day. The agent and a man purporting to be a prison guard bringing a pealed en? velope containing the $360.000 in checks visited Berson the next day. They told him they wanted him to be sure the checks would be honored, so they pretended to semi a telegram to the ! Chicago bank directing the reply be ! sent to Madrid. The trio then pro ! ceedod to Madrid, where they went to a hotel. The fake reply from Chicago was delivered that afternon and Berson [ I went to the bank and withdrew $3,150 ! on his letter of credit. On return to the hotel the sealed let? ter was handed to Berson and he opened it. P" became suspicious on seeing the checks, he said, and asked that payment be delayed an hour. One told him he had broken the seal and that lie would be killed unless he paid the money, which he did. He was then in? structed to go to Paris to meet a young woman, who would accompany him to Chicago. Going to Paris Berson wired Chicago about the checks, but received no answer, nor did the girl appear. A wire from "Raphael" stated: "Groat trouble; continue your journey; letter follows." Berson returned to America with the artistically printed checks. Berson is of Rumanians birth and came to United States in 1901. Usher Prevents Fire Panic Boy Keeps Theater Audience Ignorant of Blaze Next Door The quick-wittedness of a sixteen year-old usher kept an audience in the Times Motion Picture Theatre in bliss? ful ignorance last night of the fact that lire was burning out the fourth and fifth floors of the building next door, at 30ii West Forty-second Street. .Morris Martin, the usher, informed the organist of the blaze, and he pulled out his forte stops and played so loudly that, the sound of the crackling rlames was unheard. Meanwhile Martin saw to it that all the exits were cleared. The lire was confined to the plant, of F. Leins Company, manufacturer of player-pianos. The damage amounted ' to about $20,000. Police reserves had to be called out to hold back the throng that gathered to watch the fire. Traffic was blocked for an hour. ?French Deputies Seek Raise Bill To Be Introduced Increas? ing Pay From .$3,000 to ?6.000 I PARIS, Jan, 25. Many of the Depu- . ties, finding it difficult to meet their expenses with the 15,000 francs ($3,000) they receive as annual salary, are preparing a bill to put before the Chamber which will raise their pay to ?25.000 or 30,000 francs ($5,000 or $G, 000). A delegation of Deputies visited Pre? mier Millerand on Friday and ex? plained to him the situation, saying the members of both the Seriate ami ? Chamber are placed in a position : where it is practically impossible to "make both ends meet." Cabinet Ministers at present receive 60,000 francs ($12.000) yearly, the Premier 70,000 francs and the Presi? dents of the Senate and Chamber 72.000 francs. The best paid official positions outside the Presidency of the Republic are of recent origin. These are the High Commissioner* for Rhine Navigation, who receive '?.00,000 francs annually. Noske Foils Socialists Protest Meetings in Berlin Pro I hunted as Safely Measure I BERLIN, Jan. 25.?The Independent Socialists attempted to-day to stage a series of protest meetings, but were I blocked by Minister of Defense Noske. I j who sent the board of managers word ; that Cue gatherings would be pro I hibited, inasmuch as they might prove -a menace to public safety and order. ; The Radicals purposed to discuss the I question of liberty of the press In connection with the suppression of their party organs throughout Ger ! many. "Die Freiheit" has been Bup ? pressed for a fortnight and the govern - nient has not indicated when -ne em 1 ; Largo will be rai ?'??!, eUany of '""Platinum Brick" Swindlers Arrested bv Swiss GENEVA, Jan. 25.?A band of inter? national swindlers was arrested ? Wednesday at Lindau while selling 'small blocks of alleged platinum at ' 250,000 marks ($62,500) u block. They - found many victims in the principal towns of German-Austria, while corre? spondence seized at their hot?! showed , that London and Now York dealers had I ofTered to buy some of the "precious" ! metal. The blocks w? re of lead elev erly covered with a thin layer of plati , I num. i A large sum of money was Beized In i their hotel at Lindau just as they i wer?- preparing to leave fur Berne and | Paris with false pas ports. Shot Dead in Street Fight i , Antonio Marabella. of 65 Second : Avenue, Manhattan, was shot and killed last night in front of 111 I nion Street, ; Brooklyn. Frank Pey./.i mento, of 55 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, who was found lying nearby with nevera! s'il let to wounds in hi*, body, was placed : under arrent at the Long L.inn?! Col lego Hospital, charged with ??hooting him. W'ltnesca said the two men be "! began to fight, nu they walked along I the (.treet, apparently cngngod In ami-j | cabio coftveraaliun. j Storm-Battered Ship Comes Here for Repairs Norwegian Freighter Is Driven 1.500 Miles Off Her Course in Battle With Blizzard The Norwegian freighter Runa,; which left this port for St. Johns, N. P., December 7 and was blown in a blizzard about 1,500 miles off her :ourse, fetching up at the Azores with ?mpty bunkers, arrived here yesterday vvith virtually all of her original doors,, lifeboats and wooden deck fittings missing. . , In her fight with the blizzard, which hit her on December 11, four days after she left this port, her coal sup? ply was exhausted and the skipper found himself nearer Fayal than StJ lohns, his original destination. Everything aboard ship that could be burned, except food, was used in the furnaces. Dunnage wood and cargo were burned first, then came the wooden deck fittings, doors and in? terior furnishings of the vessel. In a last desperate effort to make the Azores, Captain Gundersen ordered the lifeboats consigned to the fiamos. The crew lived on bread and water for nearly a week, and when off watch ? the men huddleil together injiie en? gine room to keen warm. When the blizzard was at its height, a coal trim? mer was swept into the sea and lost. Temporary repairs were made at Fayal, the coal bunkers replenished and thn Runa again, got under way for St. Johns. Captain Gundersen brought his stripped vessel here yesterday from St. Johns for repairs. Prelates Urge Frugal Living Amid Prosperity Economy "Y-V ill Help to Solve After-War Problems Say Gibbons and O'Connell New York Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.?-Letters from Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, and ?'ardi?al O'Connell, of Boston, urging the people of the United States not. t?> dissipate through extravagant living the prosperity that the country is enjoying, were made public here to? night by the Savings Division of the Treasury, Cardinal Gibbons said: "Every American citizen should realize that the problems arising from the war are individual problems and can best be solved by careful, frugal living and a curtailing of unnecessary expenses. The prosperity that has come to us ;r not ours to bo spent lavishly and with? out, regard to consequences, but is to be increased by consistent saving, thoughtful investment, and wise use. In no ??(.her way can we seize upon the opportunity that is presented to us, and bus while increasing our own resources continue to play the good Samaritan to the suffering people in Europe." The Treasury made public this ex? cerpt from Cardinal O'Connoll's letter: "I shall be very glad to cooperate, in so far as lies within my power with the Savings Division of the Treasury Department, in checking the tendency toward extravagance and financial carelessness and in encouraging con? sistent, saving." Name U. S. Red Cross Delegates to Geneva WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.?Appoint? ment of delegates to represent thn United States at the meetings of tho General Council, league of Red Cross societies, at Geneva, the week begin? ning March 2, was announced to-day by the American Red Cross. They are: F?nf Wadswort h, of Doston; Wil loughby G. Walling, <>r Chicago; and Samuel Mather, Otis II, Cutler and Mrs. William K. Draper, of New York. Henry P, Davison, chairman of tho board of governors of the League of Red Cross societies ami one of its or? ganizers, will accompany the delegates when they sad on the Mauretania Wednesday. Problems of world-wido importance, including promotion of international health crusades and methods of financing and organization for peace-time service are to be dis? cussed. Delegates from the following coun? tries have been invited to attend: United States. Argentina. Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada. China. Cuba, Dei,mark. England, France, Greece, Holland, India, Italy, Japan, New Zea? land, Norway. Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia, South. Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and Venezuela. Stolen Cotton Goods Found Detectives from Jersey City found in Paterson, N. J., yesterday the re? mainder of the $35,000 worth of cotton goods stolen from tho former city last Tuesday. Tho material, worth about $15.000, was discovered in the garage of Samuel Haft, at 170 Water Street. Last week $20,000 worth was found in a shack at. Kearny. Hal't was arrested and will be ar? raigned to-day with four other men taken into custody in Hudson County. Among these is a man known as "Tough Eddie" Casser, of Secaucus, who, the police say, told them when the remainder of the loot was to be found. Others arrested said they wore Will? iam Engle, 2J?" Seventh Street, Jersey City; Stephen Montague. 811 Tonnele Avenue, Jersey City and Frank Fan nello, 5(?MSchuyler Avenue, Kearny, N. J. Urges Loan to Polish Jews ATI ANTIC, CITY. Jan. 25.- A. B. Seclenfreund, of Chicago, secretary of the Constitutional Grand Lodge B'nai B'rith, mad?; a plea for financial as? sistance for the Jews of Poland and the Balkans at the opening aession here to-day of the biennial convention of the Grand Lodge of the B'nai B'rith of ' he third dist riet! Mr. Seelenfreund declared that con? ditions among the Jewish people in some of the countries could not be worse. He snid the B'nai B'rith in America expected to make a loan of about $150,000 to the B'nai B'rith in Europe to assist in relieving distress among the race in war-torn countries, and that the order in th<- thir.i district was expected to raise about $50,000 of this amount through voluntary con? tributions. 58TH ST. & COLUMBUS CIRCLE BEST RLVUE EVER PRODUCED" Jean Bedini's I "TWINKLE TOES" ! Contnrlii? ihn n.Mt Caat and Chorus on Itroadwajr 7:30--Twit c Nightly?11:30 Table d'Hote Dinner - $1.50 Beefsteak Dinner - - $1.50 I (Convfrt ('hunt* ftOo) S jamm mmmm m? Mano* mmmm ??? ^1 14th Street, near Fourth Arena? Prison-Born Poetrv Of Jesse Pomeroy, 4Lifeiy Put *11 Book Boyhood Comrades of Man 43 Years Behind Bars to Publish Volume; Chap? lain Is His Inspiration Speeitil Correspondence BOSTON", .Tan. 25.?Jesse Pomeroy, the noted "lifer," who has been in Charlcstown Prison for forty-three years, ha? completed a book of poems, and, thanks to schoolmates of fifty years ago who have stood by him, will soon publish the volume through funds furnished by the same old companions. "The kindness of these friends," says Jesse, "has made possible the publish? ing of my book. The first edition will be distributed only among my friends. If the book meets with any favor a second edition wiil be issued for the public in genera!. "My years here have given me the solitude that is conducive to specula? tion. For many of those years my sp?c? ul?t iion was not, what I may call on the higher things, the poetic phases of life. And then I met a man, a kindly, genial, , great-hearted man. who helped to stim? ulate and guide my reflections. It was ?this h?-!p which to a large degree brought about my writing of poetry. : The man was Father Murphy, the prison chaplain. "My lack of real experience in life ; is a handicap, but I manage to keep up a good acquaintance with the outside world through the books and papers and magazines. And sometimos. I can recall my boyhood memories." Jesse's first poem, "The Song of the Flying Machine." was written in June,: 1915, when Bleriot first crossed the English Channel in his plane. It was signed "Grandpa," Pomoroy's nom de plume for his contributions to "The Mentor," the prison magazine. Other poems in the book include "To Miss' Katherine Wilson," written last year after a Scottish Knights entertainment. in which the dancing of Miss Wilson impressed Pomeroy, and "The Quiet Hour." dedicated to the now prison chap?! One of Pomoroy's best bits of prose is considered t0 be "The Philosophy of Life." It runs: "due of the most strik? ing an?! influential forces in life is found in the company of books. Their mental food, together with reflection, mental, moral and spiritual, influences' more than we may suspect, It in? fluences our outward lives because through the mind our acts and words express our inmost, thoughts. What? ever is or may be the environment of any life, if there is companionship of good books there is found a wealth of experience and enjoyment, the extent, of which is limited only by one's capac? ity and hand in hand goes a mental expansion and a tendency to larger growth." Pomeroy is serving his forty-third year in the Charlcstown prison. He was only 17 years old when he entered in ISTfi, after a criminal record ex? tending over six years and culminat? ing in the murder of two school chil? dren. He has made twelve vain at? tempts to escape. Jn the last eight years, however, decrepit and nearly blind, he has done little but pore over his Bible ami hi ? language books, hop? ing to add a little to his knowledge of seven tongues before his. dimming eyes fail entirely. Plans to Tnerease Food Supply Will Be Discussed CLEVELAND, Jan. 25.?Approxi? mately 5,000 delegates .."re expected to attend the opening session to-morrow i of '':, six-day convention of three big natioi al organizations of food canning and allie?! industries, the National Can ? tiers' Association, the National Canned Foods and Dried Fruit Brokers' Asso ciation and the ?'aiming Machinery and Suppl ?es' Associ?t ion. The convention will lay plans for a great increase in the national food supply and delegates say they are pre? pared to do their share in forcing down the cost of living and ?ave every pos? sible pound of food from waste. Theology Professor Heads Civil Liberties Burean Professor Henry F. Ward, of Union Theological Seminary, announced yes? terday the organization of the Ameri? can Civil Liberties Bureau with head? quarters at '1! Union Square. The pur- I pose of the organization is to protect j the constitutional rights of individuals and organiza! ions. Professor Ward is head of the | bureau. Associated with him are '? Helen Phelps Stokea, Albert De Silver, Loger N. Baldwin, Waiter Nelles, Llames H. Maurer, Duncan McDonald, Helen Koller, Morris Hillquit ami Jane Addams. CAKTTEGIB TODAY V1" ALSACE. LORRAINE TO-NIGHT Carnegie Hall 8:30 Sir OLIVER LODGE Subje-i ? "The Evidence for Survival" Ticket? a- lion Oftlce Ma-iiq'-n-int L F 7. KEF.DiCK. 437 Fifth Avei. \ col in ii Hall, Thurs, Eve., Jan. 20, at 8:15. Salzedo harp Ensemble . -' GRETA T0HPADIE ',.;-. : ? ?;,'>: r ?iii.l .-? < ul 11?.\ Omit*. Dirtfllon ?'. A ?AMMAN. AEOM.XN HAM., TO-NIOHT AT 8:15, .1. ?INT MOCITA 1. by larkL (LhristiJl VIOLA I'l >..V? ' Manntrement ot LO?DON CHART/TON. Aeolian Hull, T..-morrow (Tuen.) Aft. at :i. Moot? Recital?Mtnl.ini?? Manon & ! liimlln i'lnno. /EOLIAN HALL SATURDAY, JAN. 31st, AT 3 REIMERS5 RECITAL "Infallible Method of Memorizing" T, AN rOINKTTK PIANO S&ffll??nHARrvlONT CONCI NTflAtlON III irtlSEJi MEMOHY DEVELOPED TflAINHl I Sclrn?flo T?n? Prculuctlon?T?K-hnlo?l Frewdom j THOMOUCHLY MUSICAL INTERPRETATION rnr.F inteiiviews daily from 3 to 4. i Studio Rental] Fridays at 3. Public Invited. Tei. osan Van Dvck Studios ???h a?. Ceiliimbiu. ,0" "J1"1? -JIUUIVS At 50th St. Aeolian Hull, TO-MORROW NKIHT 8:ir> j BERKSHIRE S5&, ! BKNNO M01SEIWITSCH ^ ?^ ll1 ARK TIIO.ATKI \.\t \\ . ?t Aft. u( 3 i PAULINE WATSON J VIOLIN RBClTALe WITH ORCHB8TIIA AMERICA'S FOREMOSrr THEATRES AND HITS UNDER THE DIRECTION OJ? l.F.E ft .1. .1. Sill BKKT ^,V*TFcENTRAL Wi To-bi'wIy?. t'?u ' M 0 V E S TTH?E TY R?C ^^U98y,"u" ".:""'" '' ALWAYS "YOU < Presents AS YOU WERE aST?S PLYMOUTH L, last :t t uc JEST nnnTu t'??^. ??'-? w cf B'*?'- E" ?& WEEKS I n C <J fc ?J i ?OUUIn MaUtiees n>J. *?? Saturday, 230. Oicimj to tllness John Barrymore ?Hill ??rfini^UC FtllVI ?'- "THE role ??:; be ; la ????I [>, aihla Vares | >-M)y| 11UVU? * ?U*l ? MASK/' PLAYHOUSE ,u^ ?"I'LL SAY SHE DOES") THE MUSICAL COMEDY SENSATION A CHORUS THAT OUTSTRIPS ALL KTg' * _-?";_Ma?neea Wed ?nil Ral ; ^ MANHATTAN~\v.,|KV "^ ?~AYMoil?.? ~ - - ; o?-ru er ?"'"? ni Huav i Sir- f-*o ' ^MANHATTAN ^^-"v.'wx LAlrlUUdK Eren?igs at 8.30, ?3IH M? Matuiees W<xi. ami Sat., 2?0. > ? Vo "'" M*ime.s v > 2:30. ,.,.?,,.? Cht>rry nm, ?p a jvtrv a | 1U-MGHT?4th Week of Succew ?IN THE FRONT RANK OF TILE 'Franchi? I^irrlmoi? ^1^/1111/?4L { !.. ' Ba? Comatock ?nj MorrU C?*l rn^i EASON'lS SUCCESSES"_Eve. Sun. In th? famous eo:nt?lv_?^_i ?f ? ?<? ?.r.c-t of \k.u, r \ n p\tn " ace George |R0^?E^7" ?jTHE LIGHT it WORLD "The''Rui?ied Lady !>? RICHARD BEMETT FOR ???? DEFE^^E LAUCHS THRILLS you'll find !at Fill TON ft?'too i^,.l'VSiKv,, 830. ?thel ULI Uli .\i?.ji. wed, (Top.) * Sau, ?i :'o TUe Passion r-;?> Brought ?., \-..w >???... SUPERB CAST OF 60 PLAYERS. Pop. Manhattan Prices f?"y K??y* BARGAIN MAT. WED. BEST SEATS JI.0C.' LONGACRE ?V^BT^1S F 'Uv C-oHMtOch & atorria (>m rrearat ADAM and EVA ' Vastlj entertain.!,? Comet?? '? ? ]>? j|%,? 4 iTfl ? i^l HP THEATRE, near B'way. Eva. H 44TH ST. Maw- rri?? - , [?EATRE. near B'way.J**. S:20. , T??T B"r'0'ADW?Y>0 THE SORT OF A REVUE HAT BROAOW, MUCH EK.M1YS. O LIT ?ES OF 1020. "THE REV UE_Of_ REVUES.^___ ?a eirulFIOAluT CAST ? I SEE TH E WONDER CHORUS A SIGNIFICANT lAbl i i OF 50 FRIVOL! rrwr j REPUBLIC '^1-% %fcjy BIJOU m? il" -rr<":."'i HARKIS. Wr-t 42d St. "WEDDING DELLS" MARGARET snd WAI ? U'F LAWRENCE EDDI ?EB MATS. WED. & SAT, 2:.'I0. ?SKI AWN. West 42d St. DONALD 1 TKOOY > RAMMT BRIAN 1 WOOD I MORGAN ? "BUDDIES" MATS WED. ,<:? HAT , 2 CENTURY TH S AT RE ^ TO-NIGHT \T t NEXT MAT. WEDNESDAY 30o ?o t? K 1UJ Comstoek a ,1 \1 ?-.,.. ?,? . M *. S-S7 APHRODITE From file Thfdfr? R^nn'unani; Pnrit COMPANY OF 300 PEOPLE?? SCENES CENTURY GROVEunoy.^?\ MORRIS GEST MIDNIGHT WHIRL il'.'t? '.1 30. Bwt A?tor Tbcatra SI m M N T. FD 1 . y n y "" ' ??? ?" ? ?l ?Ti? i?c liait " ? . at ? u - . - RUDDIGORE c;ilb?rt A Sutlit AMERICAN SINGERS ' Carnli Oaera. )Pf CO 'S "Mut trlumphan', ?chkvamcnt -Kr?hblst, Tribup? D&RIf THEATRE ( . nu, ,.k rAnli i.?-. ? in? - l?ROMUH KST. Vf. 44 ST. ANE ; GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES tn "Kmilin' TlfniiEh. rso M.? Tliura 11 LITTLE THEATRE JUVhM Sit Eva. al ? K?. Mats. Wed nn?l Sat., 2:30. 'S PRINCESS TONIGHT m pRii r.? U S ?1 A J WHAT NEXT! A Mu?Ii a; i "" 'i ' I h'i-r ! ,,?>;? BENEI'JT 'u'' S V l'KOI ' ? "? ? \- ? AN!? UIRLS' l'ROTI ? IVK 1.114 L,:^,?^?nr.VI; ""SnirA?niK I GREENWICH VILLAGE 20? rAMOUS ARTIST M0OEL??20 lvf>r Morose Prpsnnts the M?.r WITH AN AM. STAK CAST. GARR?CK I \ !' HIMTRB I Tll? Th' "'"' ' ;,: ^ ' ' TOLSTOY'S l.HFMTM PLAY, NORA BAYES i,:-?-?v,^,s^-2"i S I? \l.e> Tliiirs. mil I Si &7I : is LAST Wf'EK 48th ST. av rvCi ? so. ; ?- Sat.. 2.30 i f) HKLEN MacKELLAR "!NANCE O'NEIL I PASSION FLOWER n1^ VAHDERBILT; ? ne ! It Ur> R?its. ? -to UfldlltU MHfi W-d. & Sat. 2:20. MUSICAL COMFDY FXQUISITE. .?IIEATRH, Wi'?l '-';i St, THE POWER OF DARKNESS COMEDY S?? - Mont LaiiRlml'? ? ?nn^J.? In N?w fork, MY LADY FRIENDS WUh CLIFTON CRAWFORD, Ma Tante d'Honfleur, SHUBERT arrr?iM??iiiiVji (? *?ifji ?rTwo -jtwsQrt?' "1 n i: w y o i: k - L 1. A IHMI THEATRES AND SITCESSKS NEW AMS7EBDAM lWEATRE imK*** d,il,WaW?LD *4?nd?t il ?!.<?S''.e?f<. a Managers ? i s. ?turdeiLj Mgtloeee f'.??-.? Seats ^ ' n" GREATEST MUSICAL TRIUMPH?f^!f[RATION! fhi. ? ? ??). PU- ? . mfl,_ . ???-???> u ?r r,n _.. (fiiim iF??ir(? NE?SAGEB'S MATCHLESS MUSfC WEDDEDTOTHfT W0QLDWID? FAMOUS ROMANCE 0F BOOTM TARKifIGTOtl GILBEPT MILLER'^ London producHon of the MESSAGED ? TABKINGTON romantic operatic s<?n??tion CA?T OF INTERNATIONAL Dl?TIMCTIVENE?SrJAJ^RL^^g] MAC-iON GREEN . BL?xNCWE TOM) IN . LEiiNPX PAVLE , SPENCER ^ PE VCt2 dOHN CLADKE ?Hr.^BEPV C jn-ii;|-,ua^ , POS' T PACKER. MAPJORlE BURGESS" SEATS SCLLTNG FOR ?NCOIH'5 and WASHINGTON'S ?SID! HDAv HATINE? BEST 5EAT5I2' EMPIRES barr?more iiiil 4?iili S-. Krenlnca 8 SO, Wednr* ; ?y ?ti.i s?t.. .' 30. In ZOIE AKIN'S' play DECLASSEE AT?P l?EVAMSTERDAM THFATrc^ic? NIGHT LEXINGTON ??i??? THEATRE -?,TRieT CHICAGO OPERA TO-NIO IT "l.ovf of Thrc? Kln?J?i." G^|i?n, Jolmaoii. RatUmi IT, I,az7.n . C<m<l., VUrtntt^. Tuos. "Ppllc??; und Melisande ' '?.-..?'. Hi P :;??. Mhkuci ?i-, Dufraii ?? ? ' I . ? ?t a. Wnd. ?Vat.. "M?T7e. Chrysantlicmi.." Mlufi. Fonlalne, t ;,,???-* ?.< Dufranuo ?iukr?l?n?7. Ledowa Ai Iii,i;?i. Cm : . Ila??i nan?. Wi'il. N?Bh(. "Spanish Hour." r,a!|. Ma ;? . n ? i : ? ',-. ? rj ? i. '.:,: ? \\ . "Paollacci.' H itto, StnUllft. : Cnnfl Mai i izzl Thur., "Lov>> of lhr?"c King?." Gardt*. JO ' >l II C,1 fitft I. ,/ ,r,, I Fr!., "R>p Van Winklf." 1 ?: ' H???jtti. I ? . ? ? : ? . lid Sat. W it.. "The Maskul Ball " BllH. i-, ml, ?; ilBfll Ma I ptli Sat. Night. "Madam Butlrrfl) " ? ra, I. im? ' ?. V ??? ' ? I' ? itiofi <^j.;miaa, Mun.. ? THAVIATA "I D '.I. i ??? Pa? ? ? a lia ? i ? : mi NOTE - . i Im Moa., Tura , \\ Night! n-id ?Sat. Mat? ' ave taki ? i a fe? $6,00 :!:":.!-! $2.50 r\ rilA VVKD \LM ' ? bU#) Al I', i i ? $1 00 ' ? Sal Mut"? (Noi ?100 CRITERION ^vjrlviV;; s?ts; ? 12 AnofherOtis SksnnerTriumph Mts \\ ,-<! & f I I A--! (I NIOHTS? LAST 2 MATINKB8 iii'.ri lili i A its win: <t( v>? "Intensely lmmoroui .V ilrnmnti 3ELASC0 !;!?;?'' ;?;;,-,"?' LENORE ULRIC i^-li Uy Qoorge Scarborough and r C jW1 NICK ERBOOK ER B'?. SSth ?Vt.. at H IS stl?U? ! S\ MATS. WEDNESDAY and SATUHDAY. 2:15. ?". E SON. ?ER" Bolasco TfP NIGHT BOAT" <"lIAni.]:.S InlJJNCn^'VM'a M-.:s1?-al Coma.ly ITRST I Kir NEXT MONDAY Ml.iJT Malte Ri ser vatli nu -?tftr! ? Ing Thursday. of Ka v ri t?s Hna-wnrthy J'reti.i O?rla fJbh n. D r i n lev ? 11? r 's 1 ?SR??l^M UKCOLN 9 ?ort Thoatre west i.s - st. I ai-u ? ?'?- Phan M?' \V?1.&: tt.. lM- _I "^^ CT'.O. flflUAU rhea.. B'v. 43 St. Ergs. 8:20. jU. llUnfln Mate. Wad. and Sat., 2:20, "FINEST PERFORMANCE u;-" Laurette Taylor's Career In J. Hartley ,_ M. , . ? , ? Ma/itien.' Fest Tlay, ?B? Nighl in Kone Bur?* Mai f;. ... ;.'.? Maii COHAN & HARRIS T^?US ''''t?SOLUTtDPAAWriP? A^GL0SEHA.pplee!ossomsM ''' ? tl ! ?lui CI ir ei Th ma"'"''" ; ? ' ???'? ' " W" ' ?>'' Mul.s W,.| ;i.?.,? Sal. henry riii ?mr^Fi^r D ktefUt DATCf >/^^.?^ ^ A .Masterpi?e in Play Construction LYCEUM ^.:.V:,.^ *- ? DAVID 15! LASCO pr? * \M P' tlrVr ?? "THE GOLD v I11A ULASnC diggers- ;,..'.,, HUDSON Booth Tarkingfon's METROPOLITAN ?,^?S To-night at - Forra du Deal I'?? 7.1!.i (?all? fa ruso IM Ufa ' '?i:-?. To.|no??-ow Spi ?al Mat! *? d'Or. (Jan -?? - lialB l> ur, Waa. _ll.il n? Com? V. - - ?,W.?d. al I lust. ? ' !' *-M<l \f |,i . ? .. VMS Tluirs. .. - Il le Bird ? , ?1*'*?' no n i' Is P ?? ? . M ? N'"?* Frl. a- ? ; ? Oberon. P??i .-.?-. J'-titi' nola Marlnel I l? .?./ ! ? R ? do Sat., i. Doutil? I -? "a * Ml?' Alla. Gordon Galll: Il I. ?'?' : raqliard. 1- ?>." ? ? " '-?"?, Sat.?' ? ?i .?? Tu, ? Ungollta-SrtilwW. ' Parrar, M .-. ? S ? : u-' ! Dl iur. Pp(.nir.ila Hada (Vi ? " : Next Mon. at ? lui ??'? Et?? CrlUll. Ai:ia<?? ? ? ? M rai HARDMA.N J A i ???????? METROPOLITAN g !, \ K> ? TUES. EVE., FEB. 10, 8:15 third n-' - r? "?(./: F O Kl NE FOK?NA r Full Symnhony Orr?iestra T? ?VH (I < i 5 i, $2. 1 M. $3 '? M. Boxea ' 11 ? 5: ? ' ', MAII ORDERS Fil I '? -' ' " rF ?. - . ??? - " ... ....... . ? . 1 uai.l I ' Sala oprn* ????? ?' ? ? ?? - *,,""!f'I ?n? ni ?. H ii ?t M . -* ???t? 42d Btr? ? ?H "liest l.iuhr < ?iiiiedy Ri-er Written l> an Amerlruii."? ll-vwo,,.l Uroun, Ci bATonV^?Y^H STANDARD^,? ..,':, ? M ?VAtON ?Va-?Isai1*?R F?SKF n-Kfl?S* "... ""?i II ?.I :in HO^Y Waiter Damrosch < >m>-< TOr Carnegie Hall ' v ! F1SKE OCHARA ,?,?>,?,T,\vs>v,v ?"'^^^'"^^""?'^??'"?"''?"?^?"?"????????'??????B LOEW'S New York Theatre & Roof l'uil 11 A. M 1.) II !? M j: ,| ,., , . w Pnu?"'t ^?irbank,. "When the Clouds Roll By" Loew's American Roof Nv et ?'? MRS CEO. PRIMROSE MlNSTREls' "ail^1 . M^ry Haynes t Ce . Danny Sim- AU -5i,tl nn.1 Six Other Big A <?. Rei.-rMr?: ??i (1.1(1 I-'! ??1 i:\ui 1 i)K< :-?-"" MARY P?CKFOR0 xiare m a 1.to ' ??m iii--tm - -, ?t?* f ?t yvtfl' appyoays ^l<; BROADWAY ^ 7>f* CINEM?^MURPEP j ?"?? RACHMANSNOFFO ? ?55ST T ? KSK ? ' m u XT,- 7/eCWEMAnMURPW I ?SCHAIKOW.SKV. Srmplionr.-Tatlietliiue" 3 ? w ? w t _ ; ? - lU.limatilti?n llano 1 ..." .:,?..'., iv ?-,?.. -,.-,., IT K Harry lf.,-u ,,,-, J, fOLUMBi? R'waf < IT M? Si T? ,J/.t Mata Dall>25-$1. ?Moaeonl lv;,w. ,. ?Tamil: *^ WaUM A Cui m 4 Oir?a D. i*?? ' . kre'?sler ll'H Ir?, i . Keil!, eu ?v- n i-;. Aeolinn 11.ill IUTZ 'l?lllH Ht M v ? Iftll TARNt ?;IF. MAIL Tiki. Alt . J un. . ; ? .lo siaro Wed. F vi? . Jan 28 a 1 1 Sharp. NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BODANZKY Protmin: DnieUner Symphony: Deethov?? I'Vntonl Orerlure; Wanriier, Sle?rfrte<l "?ilyll" : Tlckow n.? ?mi,?, s 1: Macmilttui. Mur m h ;l?28. KNAI'.i; [H T1LK ni ']??;? IA!, |?J ?.'.., AROMAN HAI 1- u. ... ui, .;,?7? m U R5 SILBA ?? I'lckata 12 to 50,:. Box Olflce Now. Bielnwaj n?na RH.F. Keith'?* I IVAlllnrton Crow Si Co.. IVERSiHF ^^'??i<- ?ereere ? (o O wajandfWSi, Mehilnger .>. Mever \u\ 1 : T 1 f; ?'im i'i'v 11>\ ?:?? I lrimii II ? :??. .\ ? ? . ., .? I Maurice To-urncur'? 1 ilrrat Plcl n? . "\ Ictorjr" C.r*c: or . V-?." ( j..? ........ r'j?. ?t THEATRE H'nay at M S' mmm (vZ.) J1EDWAy?URH5 50ft6SCEMiS 6 STAGE STARS'"THE MAD WOPIAlf ??cap?tol syMPHony orch?stea. COMEDY PROGRAMME ( Constance Talmadge h,, ?.?. ? . ?. - a*ti "TWO WEEKS" Ernest trucx "A NIGHT WITH A DUB" Overt uro?ll?evlle--^<>l'''?,? NT HAND OIUH??s?KA