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' 8 o THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY MARCH 22, 1920. I I ... THE NEW YORK IIERALP. I'oisnnn iw .KWVOnK. MONDAY. mai.cii ill V I ION. THE M'N ll:iiAl.l Publishers, V" Hr;. lJ- Dawnrl. VI. -president aH Tiewurtri I' Tllherlngton, .Secret'ir 1 NKHHT.MnTtM'l. Dally, ( mil. n .on) I" ) .Ity und stihiirh. and Hirr " "J" "" ,.r-o MAIL i-l llS. RlI'TJUN HAILS. j,t nf Mississippi slt 0n) il'v Mn,. Pa. P.M. Y." Month" Month daily .in v .. n" FUN DAY or . jf ::'. 'JV .iteVudifi . ." fird.i: r dally and J-und.iv ed'i'ons .HEMS' hail:." DAILY . K SDAY JUII.V nnir n no 1 .'0 , t'NOAV only- u All die K ' "' ' inade r ". Tlii- S u II 12 to ill J l.lir.ipriin l.dlllnn. p. Misted In la I eve. ! inth" year. I'r'r I- Pru 25 ccntiii-s. dully nd fcTutis oKn.ii, io avbxui: dl j 'OPKRA Jiirnrmai.on .-on. -rnlng advertising rales 'or the i:uropjn Edition ni be obtained f.oni tbe tnaln New York uS.e Ini Aiio-ii'td itm n tmlu.Htly n; ti led to ihfi me for repuWuatlnn ol a . es ilripi'h credited " " r otherwise rf Ji i In I'll P'P" "A also he local nf. pi'., i.li'l l on ..,., All r.gMa o' rfpub'l' of special despatches herein an-, uliu icered. If our f end- ho fainr ul ltti manil 6 rlpi. and 'jstrrlon. fir p iS'i 'ion nlili 1 hae r4e led aril' les rrluired they mult 111 .11 i-aies tend tiamji fur lha. purpose. MAIN IIIS -PHvn EDITpniWiOF AVORTII lowio Cold Proof or SjndlcallMii In the ' I'holo Ktiprarlnp Trade. A few months apo paper pre-f-eDtcd to Its rcll(ler u nu-t remark able ami .nterotinp ilon'nient. It was a cn-ular letter Mnr by the New York 1'lioto Knpravers Unloo No. 1 to , the newspaper publisher of this city. It served notice on the addressees that thereafter the proprietors of I photo eusravlng plants (employers cf ! incmbers of the uulon) would not be ;' permitted to evtend credit to cu ' topicrs for more than ninety days. No matter what the relations of the engraving concerns with their trade j had been, the union decreed itself the , Judge of credits. A farmhand who announced to his employer that Smith ' Sc .Todcs were to havo no more hay except for cash would be duplicating the bpirit of this ukase. 'VbPt was a case iu which the union decided for producer and consumer when payment sbould be made. We now present, for the benefit of readers who may wish to watch the process of a syndicate tyranny Imported from Kurope, an oxnrnple of the way In which the same union lixes prices. Not merely the prices which the work men shall be paid, hut the prices which the Dhoto eng-avlnp companies must diarge their customers! Two letters wero sent to the trade in the courso of this price fixing. The lirst, dated at Now York, March 10, 10'JO, was as follows: "Gentlemen: Our committee on tondlttone and trade abuses, after lio'dins a num)r of meetings to rons.ijf.- tlic cccft'liy and advisa bility o rrvt!nr ttie 'minimum sell ing b?&n for pliotr rnsnulngs.' have reached the- tinAntmou." conclusion that a rovls.on Is not only desirable but urrenl ar.d necensary, and have adopted f-flrclusions accordingly. 'The trvlsed bajie W partlj- In the handii a! tho printer and partly tinder conlde,raUon but tentatively changed, and m would suggest that jou rotify your customers that there uil be an increased price for hntn engravings and service to take effect of or about April 1 for black mid ivlilie unrlt and fchortly there ftflcr for coin)1 proces engravings. ''We asf again acting in this mat ter for the protection of our members nd Un benefit of die photo engraving craft. Very truly yours, "E J. Voi.z, "P-reV5ent Sew Ynrlc I'hoto En cr.ivctv I'nion No. 1." To person unacquainted with the method? of this union the letter we have qimied m.v appear mild. It only "sugpesls." Ittit in the letter which Issued to the enpravin? com jianles u week later the button was off tho foil; notification succeeded suggestion, as the paragraph we have italicized only too plainly shows: "OenUemeii: A reviped 'minimum ielling base for photo engravings' Hill i f ut.ue( to take effect on April J 1 320, for black and white -work. This now ntfe calling for an in creased prkuj lull be issued within. L a few 4ms, and we would advteo I, that ;-ou notify jour customers at once. "The rsvised 'minimum selling base Xor color procc.i.) work' will be lamed fhorlly after the first of the month, when a defln.te date wilt be announced for its observance. "We ho'cwith notify you. that tUcic new nrtcct vilt apply to all wort done by our members, who tcfl not be bnnnd by a,uj contract to uhlch Ihey ate not a party. "Action in this matter Is taken for the future protection of our mem bers and tho best Interests of the photo cngraxing industry. "Verv trui- yours, K. J. Volz. "President Ne york Photo En gravers Union. No. 1." There is notlilng mysterious nbout : aTI Uils. it means simply that this j management lias ever Iu mlndthat nl unlon is ko longer content to bar-! ways convenient Item, "cash on hand." gain collectively with employers in cash to bo available for purposes the matter of wages and hours. It ; which do not nl ways seem to members djclntes to the employer the price the to be for their comfort : obliteration public must pay. Then the union de-' of the marks of wear anil tear on glares what share of that price ILs Tujemners shall take in the form of washes. The union transacts its busl-' noss through tlic employers of Its mom- Iicrs, but the tax It Imposes la laid not on tljcin but on tho public. Tito photo engravers make no hypocritical nee of not umlorjtiindlt'K where; itlio money comes from. They know tho public pays, und they Ifjuo their orders to exploit the public with cynical contempt for any Interest except their own, ' When employers pet topcther and fix prices they are called ponders and the public rlplitfully asks the nearest prosecutor to pet a ttII ready. Sensational News Despatches From South America, It is to be regretted that general iiriri-i despatches trati'sniltted between Houth American countries nnd the Fnltrd States nre ns a ruin of such a nature ns to be unfair both to them and to us. An appreciable improve ment has been iniulo dining recent years in consequence of hotter cable facilities, but It Is hard to overcome tho common tendency to give promi nence to nsational Incidents to the exclusion of serious matters far more deserving of discussion. North Americnns who visit the southern republics often complain that tho uews published there concern ing the united States is limited chiefly to articles about lynching, divorces, Wild West holdups or the sporadic activities of New York gun men. With equal jur-tice citizens of Hie Latin American republics sofotirn Ing in this country may re-imt our habit of magnifying events occurring down there which nro not representa tive .if the ceiieral culture and pre vailing public sentiment of their re.peetie nnmtrie.-, A case In point is the prominence which the American press bus given to the recent reports of iintl-l'erit-vlan manlfcstatlous In I. a I'az. 15o livln. While there is undoubtedly con Mderuble feeling between I'etu und Kollvln because of the Tacna-Arica linpassf, the chances are that when we learn the full details of the trouble w shall find that the current de patches have exaggerated its pre.-ont seriousness. It is dillicult to believe that the sober, thinking people of either country will permit a situation to develop which will endanger the peace of the southern continent. What we need here is more infor mation about the worth while things the progressive South American people .m.-uuiii. neuiTii in Miun inusi; n is iiiipriiiKiuie wiui rue aiieiinauce "i done, or even nre Impossible. For ex clons sufllciently well to appreciate ' the churches would be Increased to ample, it was almost' an article of t ie tact tnac me treat nm.v.ruy ot their inhabitants, like our own. are nMnnfnl nrwt 1 r, .1 .. 1 .... .-. nl,Unnn 1U4 . .. i.iuu-1. , irom .-aturuay iiignc until .Monday. . (.tmin vort sbould take caro ot f0 and not lawless mobs habltunlly en- Under the circumstance it Is nece- oroS!. IP ,mnB,narj- dead line separat gaped in brawls und revolutions. ,snry ,0 look elsewhere for an expla- , tll(1 flnnnclu, district from tIle rest nation of the bill introduced in the ; 0f tle town. ITe Haie Law Enough; Enforce It! ,-,?ipI""11 Prohibit all motion pic- j jjIlt it is 'Mky ,0 seei 0I le 0(ller rn i i . . . i. . . l,,lr, exhibition on Sunday if an en- hand that u reallv darin" criminal The legislative committee wheh has , fa , ,,,, , ,, , , m ' 011 u "dnn' criminal , . . . " . trance fee is charged. If this hi I u.,n i,nii Vivramv' mniomnt Cm. tin. Inves ipated revolut bnnry enterpr esl, , . . , , ,,, , , , w no nnu apoluin & contempt fni ttie , v . , . v 'laced Ufwn the statute book as a "hpllstlv word impossible" and a In New York State reports that new ,lll M.,,r,i, .i.u t .. ' ",,ut- "ur" ""fossioit aim a . , , i .1 blue law, reekins of the .-pint of uti- i0"Ieiil mind to boot iiiiclit recard the laws aro not needed for the punish- ,, ,.. . ,,,,. . .'"f'1"1 10 onoc migia repuru tue mcnt of revolution!-! tlQiiitj. It will be but tho lirt atop I tielplilwrhood of a police station, the Whnf Is- .nc.ed. "th. cnrnmlttoo "' "l0 'UrCClUm f " I "' W. or the prvsciCO of a ' . i finds, Is Intelligent enforcement of ex isting statutes. Years ngo the Legislature enacted laws to punish men anil women who would overturn the (lovernment by violence. Conspiracy to rob, con spiracy to commit arson, conspiracy to cause public disorder, conspiracy to. murder, nil were crimes before HoKlieviUl became familiar in daily conversation. The State statutes de fining criminal anarchy nnd provid Irifr penalties for criminal anarchists are nearly twenty jears old. We have had law enough. Wo have law enough now. We have lacked law enforcers. Perhaps con ditions at one time did not neceI fate such rigorous application of the statutes as has recently become ad visable If not necessary. Of late the public has been differ entiating sharply between legitimate political agitation and the advocacy of violence under cloak of political agi lation. wniie popular feeling re mains as It now is we may look con fidently for effective enforcement of the onnetments to punish criminal anarchists. When tho public grows careless vigilance will be relaxed. Fortunately the public Is not likely to beconie careless while the need for vigilance continues. Is All .Social CI u It f.Ifo Languishing? The Women's University pub of tills city, said to be the oldest as It certainly is the foremost club of its kind in this country, having' a mem-, bcrship of 1.200 and owning a hand some anil thoroughly moden club house, is beset by factional troubles which have caused the resignations from nflice of Its president and other ofllcers and committee members. These resignations followed a display of "hick of confidence," the resigning of ficers say, at a recent meeting. Two tilings disclosed at tho meeting prompted a minority to record lack of confidence: first, a proposed Increase In dues, and, second, a financial statement showing a cash balance on hand, which balance, tlic critics con tended, "should not have been al lowed to accumulate, but should have been used for Increasing the comforts of the members of the club." The second caue of complaint Is as old as clubdom nnd is based on file firmly established principle that n social club's receipts should be used for members' comfort. But wise club furniture; the replenishment of din- ing room and kitchen equipment; tlic doing over of rooms with pnlnt, rugs. curtains; meeting the plumber's ever recurring bills. 'J'lio problems, nccumulutlon of cash on ham) ami the therefore not obvl ous need of higher dues, the mem hers fit tho vVonjcns University Club Jure quit us ublo to solve wlt-ely ns j Is any t iter club membership. What ; the Incident miKKCits Is tho qucs- I t-'on If here Is not a symptom of an lunrryt, described in parliamentary liirKiniRo as ''lark of tonlidcnce. which 1 lull cat ps n state of mind not peculiar at this fine to this club or any other women's club. Has there not. been crowing In this land since about lite first of July Inst a change In so cial spirit which affects unfavorably llm popularity of nil social clubs; an altered social taste which seeks satis faction in entertainment found else where than In social clubs? Theatres, multiplying In numbers amazingly, en tertain, at prodigious prices, patrons in unexampled number; no farmer owning a hundred acres within forty live minutes of Broadway but has of fers for his land from new golf clubs; a project Is oa foot 'or n country club exclusively for ovimon; tenuis with both men and women enjoys u voguo unprecedented; automoblllnp ns a rec reation for men nnd women blocks the way of all other rood trallic; win ter travel to foreign anil domestic re sorts southward has recently exceeded all former records. If prohibition has in any degree af fected tlic popularity of men's social clubs It ma), by rcJlected Inlluence, mve nffected the iiatr.mace of wo - men's social clubs, for the reason that men are now more than In recent decades profiting "by the companion' ship of the women of their faniiliei when seeking, a.-lde from their clubs, cntcrtalnmeut. recreation, outdoor cx-frci.-e, play, lo-t or any change from ordinary pursuits. We do .not-lino w; we merely pre sent the case for consideration and judgment by those who know all things socioloplcnl. The I.cplslaturo and the Sunday Movies. Hundreds of thoiixnids of New- Yorkers are regular patrons of the motion picture theatres on Sundays. I It Is probably safe to say that very i- ... - 1 L ' j ti,0 sllclitet degree If every one of 1 thee establishments remained closed ft , ... . In nlhnr lhln" in sum ikv frnm concerts nt the Metropolitan Opera House to the variety shows without costume known as "sacred concerts." Finally, no doubt it would be proposed to lock tho doors of the .Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hispanic Mu seum, the F.rooklyn Museum and the Museum of Xuttir.nl History as places of secular resort. Your reformer objects to the movies becaiie he thinks that through them harm Is done or, might lie done to the morals of the public. Actually they afford Innocent amusement to many who have notlilng else to do, and who. deprived of such entertainment, would spend their time in environment pos sibly less innocuous. The Itcrcptlon of a Hermit. If any young man who' contem plates enlisting in tho army fears that he may In; recruited in rudeness or mustered out with asperity we beg to asure 1 1 i tn that these points have been looked to by the .Secretary of War. In Circular Xo. S2, dated Feb ruary 2o and addressed by (lie Hon Xewton D. Hakkb to the Chief of Staff, full Instructions are given to all concerned upon the treatment of recruits. "In the vast majority of cases," says Mr. Hakkr, "these young men are going through their first experl ence away from home. Their minds urn peculiarly open to Impressions which may be and frequently are lasting." Officers should do their be.-t. In human interest and sympathy as well as In drill and discipline, to buck the newcomer up. First of all, sec to the chow, grub or eats: "Recruits should be Invariably met at the station, no matter -what the hour, by a representative, preferably a commissioned olllccr, of the or-' ganlzatlon to which they are as signed. If alignment to organiza tion has not yet been made they should be met by a representative, preferably a commissioned officer, of tho commanding ofticir. Previous notice of their arrival having been received, a hot meal should bo pre pared and wailing for them. This without regard to the hour of tho arrival. Young men are Invariably hungry and there Is no better first Impression to bo given than that of the thought that provides this first essential to comfort." After that n good night's rest nnd personal Interview with the organi zation commander. "Nd greater mis take." says Secretary Kakki:, "can be mailn at this initial interview than to adopt an austere r unapproachable or bully ing tone with threats of dire punishment for nillitain misdemeanors us yet unknown to tho recruit." The rookie Is not to be rushed. A driving drillniaster Is not always the m iiu-se puiMun a.e Kepi i"'"umer tf0.lie unfortunate delusion, attending to their regular religious j of nwtQ , a m,y ,t s I1Iltur:ll duties becau-e of a weakness for the jtIl;lt ,ll0 wlIcp shnuI(, takc it for cinematosrnphic driima. In fact it --rantftl that certain thinps are not best man for the first dnys of the re cruit's training. Tito new soldiers must ulso be kept nwny from possible exploitation by "the older soldiers of tho organization." So Mulvaney Is not to be trusted. When tho soldier completes his en listment and wishes to return to civil life some Ilttlo fuss should bo made over his departure: "Not only th Immediate com manding officer, but tho regimental post anil elation commander, and wherever possible the Division Com mander, should ffco the departing sol dier personally, express his regret at losing him from tho nervlce, be pre pared to praise him for any particu lar duty well performed, wish him HuccrfH. express tho dralra to keep Informed of his progresi, and In any other way t.liow a real human Inter est In the man who hns done tils .hare of service to his country.'' Thee orders, says the Secretary of War, arc not issued "to the end that! the recniit should b either codillcd ., , ., , . , or petted. lhere tin- certain griz- zled ofllcers. ranging from Colonel down to sergeant, who will he pleased to hear It Tlic Police Ilatu to Ito Shown. When it report of u daring day light robbery ou Sixth ncnue In the Forties was reported to the police on Friday they refused to believe it. A sergeant on the samoday was told that a lunatic In a motor rar was using . "10 windows of shops on upper Broad- for "ilvor practice. (The man ! la l'lu'' t0 rei'1",, ,llc stor' ,,s too lishy for wnnu until warnings about the activities of the fantastic malefactor came from various Inde pendent sources. When the first news of the bond theft conspiracy In which messenger boys figured came out there was a tendency observable on the part of the peace qllicers of the city to regard the whole matter as having been greatly exag gerated. Furthermore, there has been evident u disinclination in the police force to hiake public rejiorts of burplarles and other crimes, no doubt because the guardians of the law Wlslicil to be satMied In their own minds that the citizens who had been- robbed or held up were not laboring , filitn hami by them with the general pi'bllc tnat persons with a record of crowd as so ninny detulls in his favor. He might assume that he would not lie expected to show utter disrespect for the accepted professional tradi tion of his enemies, the officers, and rank of the force, and that sprite might profit by disregarding them. Xobody wants the police to believe everything, for that would make every law abiding person unsafe. Hut It would be Jiwt as well if they were more credulous about things which are technically Impossible. The Zurich police havo decided thrt the recent explosion which wrecked tho American consulate In their city was the result of an attack arranged by Bolshevik! In revenge for tho de portation of anarchists from this coun try. Everybody in the United States knew that the aliens we returned to their homes were undesirables, but that tliis enforced repatriation woujd so deeply stir the rage of the Bol shevik! who had to rcceivo them is a revelation of their character more con vincing than anybody here expected. A New York critic suggests that the present may be rememb.red as tho "Chesterton era. W hy not? Has not Das Forum of Munich deftly duHd him the literary "Grosnuiuul" of the period? This is not on'y a definition but a description. Borough President CunaAN'e grea,f proposal for l-ulldliif: houses for the people on public land, if it serves no other purpose, will mako him talked about. bayed by the Sjitem. It naa an ardent anarchist Who stopped me lth a muttered lllat! I would a talo unfold." Hla brow was black as was bis beard: Ills cathj, the worst I've ever heard, Made- all my blood run cold. " set." he said, "of bombs I made-1-Material of choicest grade, The workmanship, lupreme And when I think of how I tolled And how my labor has been foiled, It makes" It did "me scream. "When I had don the et complete. I boxed each In a manner neat And then addressed 1th craft Kach box to one our cause had failed. And then the lot thit nlcht I mailed, And laughed sods, how I laughed! "I laughed b-cause I little knew What I would be subjected to I laughed nor turned me pale. Tin thus perversely play the fates With most desenlns candidates Hat let me to my tale. "Work done." he said with manner mild, "I went home lo my wife and child, And walte.1 fer tho blow.' I waited with a calm profound, But never yet have luiard a sound! That was six months ago. "Tou can't conceive." he n!4, "the strain To which suspense subjrets I lie brain Despair, doubt, doom, disgrare. To mall ono's masterpieces thus. And fmil, Jroplli protests sr.d fus. They're lost without a trace! 'I am accurst!"" lie Inst his poise. A -.-ii-st"- He ma. . horrid noise. "Accurst on mihi falls!" He tied as one In torment flees, While fainter floated down the breeze, "The mallei the .msllil the malls!" Jfiisics Moibu. RED DOG FLOUR. Domcstlo Infelicity In the Unlled States Grain Corporation. To Tnie Sun and Nkw York Herald: lour editorial artlclo In yesterday's paper entitled "We Aro Over the Top onire,""l 01 national economy aucr con Pinnacle ITfccs of l'ood" Is to strong fl'ct does a naval officer. He knows eenerally that I know you will bo glad i tremendous dissipation of resources to havo ua tell you that the lour lo'1"1 wl,fc tho onslaughts of an enemy bo sold op credit abroad Is not low , mU3t 1,8 t his devastation re grade or "Ited Dog," as tho article 1 claimed, states. It Is a strong, wholesome (lour N' " W!".t ls of the revenues of and produces a good, nutritious loaf. It ,lls Government expended In Ids behalf Is also the same character of Hour' wn than a naval oftlccr. He requires com havo bei'ii exporting all tho year to all ' pensatlon adequate only to sustain those our foreign customers, from tho crop dependent upon him so that ho may of 1919. It Is also the same class of flour we have been reselling In the domestic market In the United States. It Is a pure wheat flour made mostly. as you Btate, from the soft wlntsr wheat, but it has not only given satisfaction to tho Importing countries abroad but has given general satisfaction to the con suming public la the United States, who have leceatly purchased It under our re sale programme ; and they are btlll pur chasing this (lour In different parts ot the country to u moderate extent, al- "'ousb not In brgu enoug! volume to y mroaaon our iorKi. V"i tro very anxious thai the Impres- Llon .hou!(. no, .... ,hat . . j loading oti to thine hungry people abroad an Inferior quality of Hour. United States (Jrain CoiiroitATio.v. By Watson k. Mooue, .Second Vice-President. Nr.w Yokk, Murch I'U. It was on the authority of .Mr. Julius Hurnes. head of tho t 'tilled Stntcs Grain Corporation, that wo classed the Mour as inferior to the usual American stiiwlards. 'n his demand upon Congress for au thonty to sell nhioad on loop time credits the 5,000,000 barrels of flour made of soft winter wheat Mr. Harnns -aid that It could not be sold to Ameri can consumers because they would buy only tho brands of higher grades and prices. Our authority for the particular no menclature of P.cd Dag was an impor tant house of grain experts. lint Wo Aro Still at War. To The Sun and New York Herald: I have read with interest the rdilorlal article "The Unsigned Passports" in your St. Patrick's Pay number, but it seems o mc that you quite miss the mark. It Is unfortunate that If pasarorts are required there Is no orm to sign them, ln,t Is it not still more unfortu nate that they rre reiiulrcd at all? The war is oier and no good reason other than political patronage o'curt . to me for tho mrvlvul of this "ifd tape" requirement which adds to the high cst of living and withholds from productive pursuits a whole regiment of clerks in the paRspcrt division. Why fot abolish passports altogether? Ai.fhed Grossman. New York, March 20. CALIFORNIA. Comprohenshe Final Decision hy a 'athe Son. To T.ie Si'N and Nkw Yomc Herald: As a Californlan compelled by force ot circumstances to spend the last four years In New York I wish to contradii t flatly John Losajity'a statements about California made in the letter headed "Take Your California." In fact California is tlic only and one State in the Union lit to live in, the most beautiful spot in America, and all the Jealous remarks of John Losanty cannot mine It otherwise. ('AMFORXIAN. New York, March 20. THIS YEAR'S CANDIDATES. A Ycleran's Cliolre fur Ills Sixteenth Vote for President. To The Scn and New Yobk Herald: Snowed In, away in, but we don't care a little bit: For President Hiram Johnson. Kor Vice-President Gorernor Allen of Kanaas. For a red hot American republican ticket of this character I hope to cast my sixteenth Presidential preference and vote. Burritt. Soldiers' Home, Tonus, Me., Marrh 20, A Call to Daylight Savers. To The Sun- and New York Herald: There is urgent need ot an expression of public opinion against the present action to repeal the daylight saving law before March 26, when it goes into ef fect. The law is 'oo great a benefit to the working men and working women In this State to be repealed. Hesldes be ing economical it is very healthful. The advantages of open air iccreatlon in daylight afforded by the extra hour more than offset the farmers' opposition. "WORK! NOMAS'. New York, March 20. A Compliment From the Flower Show, To The Sun and New York, Herald: Allow me, as one of the larger exhibi tors at the flpwer show, to express to you my appreciation of the editorial article which appeared on Thursday on the flower show and to compliment you for having on your staff a writer who shows the broad minded love of flowers and nature that must have been the Inspiration of -what I consider the finest specimen of newspaper appreciation of our flower shows that has ever been published. Wallace It. Pierson. Cromwell, Conn., March 20. PUSS ON GUARD. Feline l'rofectors of Garden anil Feed DJu In New Jersey. To The Sun and New York Herald: I am a lover of cats and all useful ani mals. I find cats affectionate, clean and useful. They keep the mice from our garden and aro necessary to our stable to protect the grain and feed for our horses. The birds are fed twice a day all winter and our cats do not molest them. Mrs. Oeorob C. I-elter. Hogota, N. J., March 20 Felled House Cats Accnsed. To The Sun and New York Herald: In this village all tho well kept and well fed house cats Join the homeless cats In their murder of the blnK Last fall there weren't even migratory birds left to go South. . One oj our pet house cats got away with two big robins In ono day nnd later a big blucjay. -It. II. Brown. Treepout. March 20. blgnWranre. Knleker President Wilson (bought tlic world was bl. oyster. Rocker with an But March I. hi. last month r" In It. NAVY PAY. A Glimpse Ilchlnd tho Scenes In An ' Ofllcer's Home. To Tub Su.v and New Yonic Herald: No ono appreciates more fully tho nc- gUo untrammelled thought to tho do mands of hla profession. No one servM his country with more singleness of purpose and with greater devotion to duty Yet wo are told we are of luxurious habits, even fcpendthrlfts. Well, per haps ho; but tho following Is a typical condition now existing In the liomeh of naval ofllcers throughout this prosper ous Ian 1 My wlfo haa a nleee who Is married to a Lieutenant-Commander In lbs navy serving at tea In tho Pacific Itect. She has several splendid little children. Her husband's father n ml grandfather are WstlngulFhed nawil ollleers. This young ofllcer nialntiiins in efllclent manner the glorious traditions of torvlce handed on to him. His wlfo also Is tho daughter of a nuval ofllcer and her ono thought Is tho welfare of her children. A few diijs ago I was present when my wlfo met this charming woman on tho street. "What Is the news of the pay bill?" the latter Inquired, "No chance, they say," was my wife's reply. "Well, wo arc told to be economical. 1 am simply at a Ions where to cut down any more. Long ago I gave up all en-tc-talning. I haven't had a servant for a ear. I do all the laundry work too I haw no new clothes and spring Is here. My old ones are worn out. Our food 13 the plaliwat and any further re duction In It will starve tho children. That I cannot and will not do!" It ir inborn In a woman of such fore bears to bring up children who will be equipped with both moral and physical strength, ready to serve their country when their call comes. As yet she is spare l one thing, the cost of properly educa.lng these children so that they i an meet their full obligation to the State. Sho is thankful they arc still too young. My own children will soon have to bo denied .urtlier tducation. "Why remain?" Is asked. Something moro than merely "getting out" has to ' Ua considered. It Is IiOTALTT. Annacoms, Md., March 20. LET BARBERS BEWARE! Far Ileachlng ConKeqiiences Predicted of a Further lllso In Prices. To The Srs and New Yohk Herald: .Since the barbers ra sed their prices fo shaves, haircuts and other minor atten tions of their art one notices more per sons with Ecrubby beards and over- J growths of tangled hair. A glanco about J In the subway or elevated cars or in any '"'"-."' V. " . "," rtvca s mis siaie oi miiiiri.. iiiuiwt. increase of prices by the barbers will probably result in the old time beard being resurrected, together with the flowing locks of our forefathers. Tho smooth shaven face and closely clipped hair arc products of our modern business activity. They arc indicative of hustle. The beard and flowing locks nourished in the good old days when people were ot a more leisurely disposi tion. Neither of these becoming ap pendages possesses any grace of distinc tion when compelled to appear in con nection with the apparel of modern man. They are best set forth when the wearer appears clad in a well cut long coat and knee breeches. Fashion will have to decree the com ing' of these if our hirsute appendages above mentioned are to undergo a rad ical chango in appearance. The nw. revolutionary scale of prices charged -y the barbers is therefore calculated to have far reaching effects. Your readers aro coming forward with suggestions as to how one may haircut himself, but the thought of such a thing even Is enough to make the hardiest of ui pause and think before trying to qualify as a personal landscapes J. A. K. Elizabeth, N. J., Marfii 10. Thanks for an Anonymous Mother. To The Sun and New York Heeaid Through your columns I ihculd like to thank an anonymous motner wno stm mc a boxful ot children's clothes which had evidently been laid away In camphor for a long time. This In response to an article printed In your paper several days ago, In which I appealed in behalf of Mrs. Thomas V. Walsh for castoff clothing and old materials of all descrip tions to ba tent to me addressed to H25 Broadway Many old silk stockings and grown up gowns and capes of all varieties have been gratefully received by me for this work in tho last week, but these little garments perhaps of a departed baby whoso mother was willing to overlook her own feelings In wishing to keep them so that some little French or Belgian or Rumanian child may not be cold arc received In tho same beautiful spirit in which they are sent. I should like the mother to know that. Alice Nielsen. New YonK, March 20. Hill Smiths Differentiated. To The Svx and New York Herald: Fifty-odd years ago there -were qullo a number of William Smiths around this part of iAJiig Island, and fcbecamo neces sary to have some method of telling one from tho other. Ho a cajno about that William Smith the wheelwright was called Wheelbarrow Bill. William Smith tho carpenter was called Gimlet Bill, the William Smith who dried and pressed seaweed was called Seaweed Bill, the William Smith who came from Ilergen county. N. J.. was called Bergen BUI, the William Smith who Invented a diving bell was called Submarine Hill. Arington II. Carman. Patciiocue. March 20. An Alphabetical Nuptials. From the Straltt Bittlement Journal. An oversea marrlago between Mr. K. P. PadmanabhaplIIal of Buklt Cloh Estate, Jeram, and Sreemathi Thankammal of Tr.ncor. ... to be eolemnl.rf at the residence of Mr. T. R. K. PUIay 01 Hatu Cave, on Friday, the nrst marriage of the kind ever relebrated In tho t. M. 0. Itemed Version of ,,,, ..nee KamiUar Ten ; Night. From the flanrllle ( irl ) Htmorrjt. John Bluck will .tart his singing school here Tuesday night and will go on ten nights. PROTESTANTS UNITE AGAINST RED PERIL Intci'clmrcJi Promoters Seek to lrnmllc $10,000,000 Cnmpnign Fund. TO CARE FOB IMMIGRANTS Will Draw on Mission Funds i to Educate Ignorant For clgncrs Comini? Here. Rpfcfol to The Srs isn New Tonic Heuib. Wasiiinoton, March 21, Moro than 110.000.000 will li expended oon by I'rotestant churches of the United maics In a, campaign against further iiisncm- Inatlon of "Red" doctrines In this coun try. Announcement was made here to night by tho National Interchurch Com mlttce, of whloh Kobert Lansing, former Secretary of State, Is honorary chair man, that a powerful alliance bad been formed among a score of denominational church organizations to flfiht the "lied" monate, representing 70 per cent, of the l'rotoitant organizations of tho country New nnd wider educational pro grammes through which aliens aro to ba Induced to accept citizenship in lieu of their Old World affiliations arc to be financed Immediately by the cojf-eratbig denominations. A report made public to-night by the Interchutvh boards out linen Iho rnninnicn. "Survey by the cooperating churches has resulted In h definite decision to draw heavily upon the wealth and man power of tho churches to promote Americanization." It Is stated. "Boaril.s of various church organizations agreed that tho 'Ited' menace is due partly to national nclcct ot alien Immigrants. The Church programme would give im migrants better opportunity to assimi late American ideas and Ideals. More than 110.000,000 Is available in the great relief and emergency funds of the churches c'ooperaUng. Hxpendltures even may exceed this suuu if tho needs of the educational prograthme arc found to Justify a larger outlay. Large relief and mission funds are to bo drawn upon at once to finance tho educational pro gramme amortr foreign speaking and Il literate elements in hundreds of com munitles." Training Schools Needed. The Interchurch officials say a prime need is the establishment of training schools in large numbers for teaching of Immigrants and Inculcation of Amer ican ideals as to loyalty and citizen ship. Interchurch surveys have found that much of tho so-called anarchistic evil is due to the clinging by immi grants to their Old Yorld prejudices. I'ractices under which Immigrants aie herded together at toreign ports and are brought to America to be "dumped" in foreign shipping colonies are deplored by the Interchurch organizations. The churches criticise certain com mercial agencies directing movements of foreigners coming to America, hold ing them to be responsible partly for the plight of thousands ,of foreign speaking residents. Closer government supervision of departures from foreign ports for America through American consulates lo prevent tho entrance of undesirables is believed advisable. Such activities aa the Interchurch programme, It must bo understood, are palliative rather than preventive with respect to the problem as a whole, the reiKirt elates. "Activities of the co operative church bodies will not be sub stituted in thought or In fact for any of tlic deeper lying measures which It N tho duty of the enlightened public opinion to demand and the State work out." Iiitorcliiirch Hoards See Dnnger. Dr. S. Karl Talor of New York city, spokesman for the Interchurch boards, slates that among immigrants surging in from Europe thousands constitute a distinct menace to national peace be cause of their antogonism to all govern ment and all religion.' Besides setting up training schools and well equipped stations at American ports and In for tlstn colonies the extended programme cills lor broader types of social work The churches also propose to establish by Joint action a more desirable language literature. "Nothing lf?s than a world viewpoint can be taken in dealing w ith these, prob lems, and millions In men and money are available to solve them," the report states. The church survey revealed that much of the present unrett and radicalism Is traceable to dangerous doctrines preached m folej.n language periodicals. Practically all the larger Protestant denominations, through their boards, havo sanctioned the Americanization programme, now to bo made effective. Church boards are willing to divert many million dollors more than Is now author ized for similar purposes. Denomina tions having tho greatest numerical strength In the present powerful al liance are the Methodist Episcopal, Pres byterian, Baptist, Lutheran, Reformed and Co lgregational. Interchurch olllcials stated the move ment will have the indorsement ot not fiwcr tn.ui thirty distinct church de nominations in North America, with total memberships above 25.000,000. EDUCATORS TO FIGHT LUSK PROBERS' BILL School Registration Plan Is Called Relic of Dark Ages. Formal protest agalifst the bill pre pared and introduced In the Legislature at Albany by the Lusk Legislative In vestigating Committee for the purpose of forcing the registration of all schools except thosij conducted by religious or ganizations has been made by civic or ganizations and labor unions, it was slated laft night by representatives ot tho Kmcrgfncy Educational Conference of Iibor and Civic Bodies. That or ganization has undertaken a campaign aimed at destroying the measure by building strong sentiment against' It. The first step In tho counter movement will bo a meeting called for Thursday night In the Civic Club. 14 West Twelfth htreet. Announcements ot the meeting were sent yesterday to all affiliated or ganizations. Commenting on tho Lusk committee' report, which accompanied the bills, the announcement says: "Senator Lusk Is iu hearty accord with Mltternlch nnd the Carlsbad reso lutions In Germany of one hundred years ago. The spirit of the Lusk committee as expressed In Its report is exactlv in arcord with that of the resolutions Which were designed to check Ihe sun- posed tendencies to revolution In t , liennan universities arter tho defeat of Napoleon." firrti Mlrale Milpn In tt IJay. tli.nA. if,.,.....-, r. -. . . Secg nWX arrl vi recently at Balboa. They carried an ac- grcgate of 2I.SC3 ton? of cargo, of which 3,410 tons wero bound for Mudeira and the remainder to southern and middle Atlantic porta of the United fctacs. AND THE NEW YORK HERALD. Tin: .S'f.V icaa fountlal by lien Day m mi: riu: m:w rviiii umuu) mil founded bU Jnmes Gordon lI'nncH in 1SS5. TlUt NUN patted into thr con. trol of Charlct A. liana in ISA. It became tho propaty of Frank A. Munsn in j9iii, Tin: ni:w yoiik iihiiai.u remained the sole property of Us foumlir until hit death in IS7J, uicu hl tnn.nUio James Cordon llcnnctt, succeeded to thn ownership of the paper, which continued in his hands until lilt death in 1!HV Tin: lli:ilAI.I became the property of . I prank A. Muntcu m 1920. msiNUss ami unrroKiAi. omens, MAIN UUSINKSS AND JDITfUttAI. OKKICKS, L'80 WtOADWAY. TliMi PI1QNK, WOHTH 10,000. IIIIANCH OI'FICKS for receipt of adver lIsciiicnlH and of papen: I'lllNCil'AI. ri'TOW.V OKKICU Her 1 Itulldinr, llcruld Snuiire. Tel. tirfeley liUOO. IIARI.HM OI'KICi:-'.'0." Wl.'ST UoTII ST., NIJAIt .Si:Vi:.NTM AVi;. Tel. Wl MornnB,((Iei f,I1(tn. n,n to IV M WASHINGTON- HCIillfTS OKKIfl Wi:ST IblKT ST. Tel. OO'JS Wdivorm. Upon until 10 I". M DOWNTOWN OFFICE 208 HIIOAD WAV Opn day jnd nlehf. HltOOKI.YN OFFIl!I-S KAOI.n nb'It.P IMI, SO'I WASHINGTON ST. Tel. tinij Slain. 1 t'OtHST ST. Tel. MSI Muln. upen until 10 1. M. llltON.V OI'FICK MS iVIM.IS AVI'. . AT llsTH HT TKI Helrum. Oi until ID I' V,. 1'rlnrliml lorelitn and American Itureaus. W'ASIIIMiTO.V The Munsey Uuhdlng. t'HIi'AfiO :J !,:i Kallf hi. LONDON 10-M Fleet St. I'AHIS 19 Avenuo do 1'Opera, SS ItJ du Louvre. There arc about (ISO ad rtNmnt re viving stations located throughout New Vork city and vlrlnlly where Sun-IIers' I advertisements will be received at offlie rates and forwarded for publication. Daily Calendar THE WEATHER. Kastern New York Fair and warmer to-day and to-morrow; moderato west winds, becoming south. New Jersey Fair to-day and to-morro' wannervln Interior; moderate nest wind.!, bcromlng touth. .Northern New Kngland Fair to-da fair to-morrow'; warmer In interior; inoi! er.ito touth winds. Southern Now England Fair ti-day warmer In Interior; fair and wanner to morrow; moderate west winds, becoming feCUtll. Western New Tork Fair and warmer to-dny and to-morrow; moderato wetl winds, becoming south. WASHINGTON. March Il.-Another dis turbance of marked character from the north Pa'lfli- is centred to-nlrht over the extreme Canadian Norlhwet and pressure prevail from the Hocky Mountain region weetward with rains in California, Arizona and south nrn Utah nqd rainf and snows in Nevadj EIehore the weather was fair, with mode ratoly high pressure east of the Mississippi Kivor. ecept in the extreme northwest Tem perature.' are much lower in Nevada, Arlzon.i and otithwest Utah and generally higher elseuhcro, except along tho south Atlanti-.o.-ist. In the Missouri Valley, the Dlain. Stairs, the Kooky Mountain region and the .orinwesi temperatures aro muxn aooe lite tensonal average. Temperatures will rise rcnerallr to morrow and Tuesday east of the Mississippi River and tho wpather wi.l be fair, except tba; rain 1 probable hy Tuesday in tho lower Olno. and lower Mississippi valleys. Observations at TJrlltod States Weather Bu reau stations, taken at S I. M. yesterday, seventy-fifth meridian time: 'Jomperature Rainfall ias( jt tlrs uar- last 2t Stations HighLow ometer bra Abilene 71 68 ffl 00 A'bany 44 SO MI4 .05 Atlantic City.. M T.t M.K .. Baltimore ft Si 30 2! Bismarck CO to .7I Boston 32 S0.0 Buffalo M ;i re.is Charleston ... U 4? COK Chicago 53 54 SO M Cincinnati .... CS 64 M.M Cleveland .... 41 .VI sn.S2 Denver 70 ra a to Detroit to 50 ."O.H Oalve--(on .... 63 W 50.U Helena it to ja.4o Jacksonville . 60 M 50.16 Kansas City.. 64 54 50.01 I.os Angeles... 60 tf, 2.M 1.12 Milwaukee ... a 32 SO 14 Now Orleans.. 6i f,; :.m Oklahoma .... 72 It! 5O.O0 Philadelphia . 62 3$ :0 22 Pittsburg ;,0 IS 0.22 Portland, Me. 44 10 M 23 Portland. Oni. 60 6S S9.44 OS Salt Lake City 63 6S 23.42 .. San Antonio.. 74 KJ 50 00 San Diego SJ 60 29. W .21 Sail Francisco U 64 29.6S M St Ijjiiis 54 S ;o.n .. Washington ..62 X :o.22 Cloudy Clear Clear Cle.r Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Pt. Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Pt Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Clear Clear LOCAL WEATHER, RECORDS. 8 A. M. S P. M. Raromr-ter 50.12 JO 17 Humlulty 61 44 Wind direction N.W. v Wind velocity 15 ;j yviuther Clear f'lrar Precipitation , 00 oo The temperature In this city jejterduv, as recorded by the official thermomelei. Is shown in the annexed table. SAM.. .38 1P.M. ..45 6P.M. ..47 0 A M...40 2 P. M...4S 7 P. M...(i 10 A M...42 3 P.M... 49 SP. M ..45 11 A M... 43 4 P.M. ..49 9 P. M 13 IS M 43 6 P. M...48 10 p. M .'.41 1930. 1319. 1930 1913 9 A. M 40 51 6 P. M 47 CO 13 M 43 60 P M....I3 . 4 3 P. M 49 65 12 Mid 38 18 Highest temperature, 60, at 3:30 P. M Lowest temperature, 33. At 6M0 A M Atrage temperature, 42. EVENTS TO-DAY. Annual meeting, Canadian Soclet). II. more Hotel, evening. Luncheon, V. W. C. A., Commodoro Hotel, noon. Dinner, New York Custom Cutter' Ciuo, Commodore Hotel, evening. . Entertainment, New York nty Feder ation of Women's Clubs, Hetel Astor, 3 P. M. Meeting, Unlled Ileal Estate Owners' As sociation. Hotel Astor, S P. M. Meeting. Clio Club, Hotel Astor. 2 P M Card party. Theatre Assembly, Hotel Astor, 2 P. M. Exhibition. Society of Independent Ar lists. Waldorf-Astoria, all dav and ecnmg Dinner, Interchurch World Movcmei.-. Pennsylvania Hotel, evening. Luncheon, Associated Fur Manufactur ers. Pe-nnsylvanla Hotel, noon. B. R. Baumgardt will deliver a lectu-e on "Holland; the Cost and Reward of In dependence." at C.irnealo Hall, under Hie auspic&s of the league for Political Edu cation, morning. PUBLIC LECTURES TO-NIGHT Prof. Nelson P. Mead, on "Current Ills tory," at Wahlngton Irving High Schoor "Songs and Stories of America s Ploneri and Tennessee Mountaineers," by Mim Hrtle K. Shlnley. at P. 8. No. J6. St. Nicholas avenuo and 156th street . J. Illnncliard will discuss "The New Soulh." at P. g. No. 09, 223 East FIft. -seventh street. Jefferson, the Great Democrat." b" Thomas McTiernan, at P. S. N'o. 62. Hes ter, i-.sex anu .Noriom streets. Chrlstonher Columbus. Who Doubi' 1 the Known World," bv Garret P Sen is P S. No. 157, St. Nicholas avenue ai. 127th street. Racial and Unzulstlc Structure" r William Tl. Outhrlo, at P. S. N'o, 1(5. i East lOSth street. Chr stODher . inn will dlcui "Currf EwnU and How to Itead Pjners." at t' West .Mn Branch of tho Y. M. '. A . 3 v. est irty-aeventh street. TREATY DEFEAT HITS TORIES. Just Ire- fohnlnn Sef Darin nf f 10r In United States History. Justice Daniel V. Cohalan, in a staf- I n . t f a . . a n J"le, .l.?Atjr hy. tIlB.Snat' .MLd,r- ment.'declared yesterday that the defer provni upon a plan of English "Tones ' In hngland and America to destroy u Republic. nnd couple the United Slai with British imperialism In a desire rulo tho world. He said It marked a u- era In American history. "The defeat of the treaty Is a 11 declaration of American Independ.-n said Justl-e Cohalan. "It puts an m-l tho most insidious, powerful nnd 1 rlstent effort yet made by Knglnml to overthrow our country from within "