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FICHS. 'JXO P.FIOADWAY. TELLPIIOM..
WORTH 10.000.
of the traffic rules, pertlcnlarl,,, tj,e
part of drivers of horse dra, ve.
hides. That ovr-rapeedlng ljt0.
jretlier too prevalent Is shown if.ne
growing; number of fatal accldel t0
persons on the sidewalks, for ,u
casualties show that the car caUg
the accident was clenrly out of 4,
trol of the driver. A recommcnUut
t.e sworn statement of the chairman
ot the Senate committee that the loan
wiks 200,000 and not $500,000. Is It
wilting for a certified copy of the cre
dentials of Chairman Pomusxim, or
does It expect affidavits from the ste
nographers at Chicago, the telegra
phers there and here, and the proof
readers In Us own proofroom that Mr,
has been mude to the Kxtraordlnn PorifDrxTra's statement was correctly
Grand Jury that nn ordinance be prep accurately transmitted and
lmred and enacted Into law prohlW0onegtiy printed?
lug "Jay walkcra" from crossing theye note likewise the World's mys-
TroTe It, or Quit!
Governor James M. Cox, Democratic
candidate for President of the United
States, has charged that the Repub
lican campaign mnrmprrs Have raised
or are now attempting to raise a cor
ruption fund of 515,000,000 with the
purpose of Inlying votes enough on
November 2 to elect Haiwwo. and
Com iix.F.
For tills specific accusation Gov
ernor Cox has marie himself person
ally responsible. He cannot escape
the responsibility. It Is not only per
gonal to Himself but It Is undivided.
Nobody Is paying any attention to the
babbling of Mr. Franklin D. Roose
m.T, Who started the business with
yams about n Republican corruption
fund of S30.000.000 or 5532,000,000.
Nobody can hope any longer for in
formation .or evidence from Governor
Cox's campaign managers. One and
all, these astute gentlemen plead Ig
norance concerning that which their
chief is loudly proclaiming from the
Stump, They do say In some cases
j lint they have confidence In Gov
ernor Cox's ability to "make good '
but we get no further along in the
matter nntll he does, in fact,, "make
good." That achievement by hlra is
jet In the future.
To-day the Konyon committee re
sumes Its session. Governor Cox was
in Chicago on Sunday (during the re
cess of the committee), but by this
time ho has gone a-gllmmerlng again,
Mill an absconding witness.
The absconding witness tells his
ifjndlences from the stump that he In
tends to keep on until November 2 re
penting his yet unproven charge about
the $1.",000,000 corruption fund and
the sinister Influences behind It
.Meanwhile the Democratic candi
date is giving the country a pretty
fair idea of his intellectual dimen
sions and moral true Inwardness.
Many citizens who had previously in
their minds no definite picture of hit
mind are now asking why Governor
Cox, to use the expressive colloquial
ism, does not either "put up or shut
up." And it Is becoming apparent that
If he remain! insensitive to the ordi
nary Impulse of nn honorable man of
sincerity and conscience to seek the
witness stand and under oath at least
attempt to Justify his accusations, the
committee must very soon resort to
the compulsory process by messenger
armed with subptena.
street except at tho proper crossings!
at Intersecting thoroughfares. If mo
tor car drivers gave much Indication
that they recognized the right of a pe
destrian to cross thoroughfare at the
crossings, which tliey do not aa a rule,
this ordinance would be an excellent
one. But under present condition's of
traffic in New York city the safer
place to cross a street, particularly in
the residential section, Is between
street corners, since there the pedes
trian has only to look two ways for
traffic, whereas at the corners he has
to look fonr ways, or try to.
In spite of Commissioner Enrioht's
statement the records show that be
tween atxty and seventy persons are
killed every month 1n the streets of
New York by motor cars. We cannot
recall one motor car driver who has
been killed by a pedestrian, be he
"Jay walker" or otherwise. If the
conditions were reversed and sixty or
seventy pedestrians actually killed as
many motor car drivers In New York
in a month the official attitude of the
police might be changed In Its indiffer
ence toward open and flagrant viola
tions of the traffic ordinances. As It
is now, too small n proportion of the
police force is engaged In guarding
traffic conditions, both pedestrian and
vehicular. Commissioner BN1I0HT
could Improve conditions In both these
respects If he would order every man
on the force to take part In correcting
them. And If the average citizen
would do his share In accepting Ml
Individual responsibility In this mat
ter of better and safer traffic condi
tions we would soon see an end of the
shocking conditions obtaining In our
streets. These conditions are such
that every citizen, driver and pedes
trian alike, should bo heartily ashamed
of them and should do his Indi
vidual best to correct them.
lous reference to "charges that af-
' the honor of the press.'' Heaven
Nits dear heart I frh re Is nothing
e sort In the present case. We
aISt trying to protect the honor of
; we are only trying to keep
1 e rM from being ridiculous.
he Chemical Merger.
The
lalgamatlon of five of the
!..-
iurmsi.lemlca, cornpaniee n the
l II ! I CO
the Ger
tes will be another blow to
rr,
lng a m,
hopes of again establlsh-
Wy over the chemical
trade schft,9tcd Mon the war.
The busing V anufacturlng dye
stuffs, acids inytujMr. haB under
gone a romptae,lTltIon m the last
five years. Front , f
rlty the manufacfi cnemlcal!1 be.
mportance dur-
lat was practl-
for Germany
concerns of
iiv tneir tiov-
r.e their Im-
n.
I
v
1
jr tnis new
fh fr.
Vn Cham
t renort.
1 M I M '
ihnt
Mtnrv
Will
could Interest none of her former
European friends In financing her
coffee crop, was particularly trying.
Many of her merchants turned to the
United States for relief and some
strong business ties have resulted.
This can be seen nowhere any
plainer tlmn fn the predominant place
the United States has come to occupy
In Brazilian foreign trade. Iu 1914
Brazil's exports were $16o74fl,088 and
the share sent to the United States
amounted to 130,075,029. Great. Brit
ain's share was $39,693,493. This
relatively Inferior position of the
United States, as compared with Great
Britain, In Brazilian exports held true
also In Brazilian Imports before the
war. But In 1915 the United States
assumed the leading position and has
maintained It since, as shown by the
following totals of Brazilian trade
and tho relative proportions trans
acted with this country and with
Great Britain:
Total trad 1I1S... (401,407.850
With Unltea States. . . 153,934.122
With Great Britain. .. . 62,795,388
40,SS3.94
201,136,650
With Orsat Britain. 70,730,006
Total trads 1916
With United states.
The
came a matter of
lng the war. A fie
eally free of compel
is now occupied by
nil nationalities, ban
ernments, which rec
portance in time tt w
None Is more consc
competitive condition
mans themselves. The
ber of Commerce in a
although optimistic abou
ability to hold the market
parts of the world, deel
"America, once a favorite
Is still closed to us, and it Is
ti-linflioi. nftrtp noniv la rnH
v "onr
exports to that country can bv lt
up again, since the dye lndusL
making such strides over tnere.
In Germany the large chemical
corns have been extremely prospe
and their profits, figured In the del
cialeu Herman man;, nave neen lar
As nn instance, the Badl
mill Sorinfnhrlk closed its
November, 1918, because of coal shortlf
age, and only n fraction of produeticn'.
Total trade 1917
With United States. .
With Great Rrltsln.
Total trade 1918
With 1'nlted State. .
With (treat Britain. .
ve been 'arV
tdlsche AniirJ
Its works ir
Pedestrians and Motorists.
If I'ollce Commissioner Enrioht's
Statement that 78 per cent, of the au
tomobile accidents In New York city
are due to the carelessness of pedes
trians la even approximately correct
it is lime the consciousness of the
average New Yorker be awakened to
Ills responsibility. That every indi
vidual has his personal responsibili
ties to the law Is a fact many are
likely to overlook. In this matter ot
automobile accidents the peril of the
streets and their traffic is one In which
pedestrians and motor car drivers
should have an equal share In cor
recting. No one who has watched the efforts
of the police to controlboth pedes
trian and motor car traffic on Fifth
avenue can have failed to be Im
pressed with the fact that the drivers
obey poHe signals much better than
do the pedestrians, who recklessly and
selfishly cross the traffic to their own
danger. On the other hand, the same
observer cannot but have seen that
the ordinance requiring a motor car
to stop as It approaches a street car
discharging passengers Is better ob
served on Madison avenue than It is
on Broadway, where, north of Forty
second street, not the slightest atten
tion Is paid to this wise traffic rule.
That overspcedlng is common all
over the city Is undeniable. Blocking
the crosswalks when the traffic Is
topped Is another common violation
World" and the Bogus Half
Million Fund.
Our unfortunate neighbor, the
Worli, seems to have beeu the victim
of a transposition of figures In a
telegraphic despatch purporting to re
port Treasurer Upham's testimony be
fore the Kenyon committee. On the
strength of the supposed statement by
Mr. VrnAM that the National Com
mittee had agreed to lend the Sena
torial committee "up to $500,000 and
the Congressional committee up to
$200,000, to be returned when they
collect their own funds," the World
proceeded to comment, at considerable
length, and with great severity, on
the depravity of an apportionment
which "regards it as good business to
Invesi SoOO.000 in the campaign of
thirty-two Republican candidates for
the Senate and only $200,000 in the
campaign of 435 Republican candi
dates for Representatives."
It was quite clear' our Indignant
neighbor why tills disproportionate
allotment should be contemplated.
"The reason," said the World, "is very
simple." The Senate is the citadel
of privilege. The Senate has stood
as the rampart of great and special
interest. It is the Senate that wrecks
treaties. It Is the Senate that die
tates tariff schedules. It is the Senate
that controls financial legislation ; anil
so forth, and so forth. That makes
it easy for the discerning Intelligence
of the World to understand why the
sinister Influences behind the Repub
llcan campaign management should
pour half a million dollars into the
coffers of the Senatorial committee
for thirty-two Senators, while re
stricting the Congressional campaign
committee to $2(10,000 for 435 Rep
resentatives. But there Is another explanation of
the outrageous disproportion which,
all things being considered, we regard
as preferable to the World' explana
tion. It Is the World, and not the
World' reason, that Is simple. There
has been no such unequal division of
campaign money between the Sennte
organization and the Ilonse organ
ization. Our neighbor's denuncia
tions and innuendos are based on
nothing more real than the blunder of
a typewriter, or telegraphic lustra
ment, or typesetting machine, which
transposed the two figures.
And yet the World keeps on reit
erating its preposterous mistake and
continuing to draw therefrom the ab
surd deductions aforesaid. On Fri
day it returned to the subject with
further Invective and satire. And
will It be believed that this was In
the same number of the World which
printed the sworn testimony of Sen
ator Miles Poinphxtf.0, chairman of
the Senate committee of the Repub
lican NaOonnl Committee, setting
forth with emphatic particularity the
fact that the allotment by the com
mittee to his fund was not $500,000,
but only $200,000?
Very simple, Indeed! Beginning to
perceive whither Its admiration of
Coxlan methods Is leading It, the
World said yesterday:
"If by authority the record is
changed the World will gladly note
the fact. It would counsel equal care
to others before clmreee are made
that affect the honor pf the press."
This leads us to Inquire with some
solicitude as to what authority will
be sufficient to convince the World
that "the record Is changed." It has
already printed hi Its news colttou
was maintained up to June, iuij.
Yet on account of the high prices
company was able to write off 00,000,-
000 marks against contingencies and
still show a profit of 30,000,000 marks
net, out of which an 18 per cent divi
dend was paid. All this prosperity
was derived from domestic sales and
a small export business with France,
Belgium and Italy.
Tiie ponce treaty required Germany
to make deliveries for three years to
France of large quantities of coal tar.
benzol and ammonia. The Reparation
Commission had the right to confiscate
one-half the German dyestuffs anil
chemlco-phflrmnceutlcal products on
hand at the signing of the treaty. Pe
spite these penalties the chemical In
dustry In Germany was vigorous.
Measures taken to foster the chem
ical Industry In England have been
many and varied. Imports of colors
were prohibited until the court de
clared such prohibition illegal pending
proper legislation. A direct subsidy
was suggested, but was not adopted
because of difficulties which the Gov
ernment believed would make It un
workable. The Board of Trade finally
looked Into the question nnd submitted
a report to the Color Users Associa
tion at Manchester In which It was
stated to lie "the settled opinion of the
Government that for national security
It is essential that synthetic color fac
tories should be In existence, should
be maintained by a staff of chemists
and other experts, and should be equal
to those of any other possibly hostile
nation." The Government allocated
$2,500,000 for research work.
The proposed chemical rqerger of
American companies Into a $300,000,-
000 corporation lias a commercial and
a nlilitary significance thnt will not
fall to make n profound Impression
among those who see the need for a
strong, self-sustaining chemical Indus
try In peace time and an Instrumen
tality ready for Immediate conversion
to defensive purposes In war.
493,548,180
229,710,611
73,530,870
531,626,150
187.456.702
7!.17U50
This remarkable growth In the
trade between Ibis country and Rrazi'
was made possible, of course, by the
liberal credits granted by American
bankers. The report that credits
had now been withdrawn conveyed
the Impression that the American
bankers had resorted to old style
methods of financial badgering.
Undoubtedly the credit stringency
In the United States must have caused
a slowing down of business wltji
Brazil lu some respects. Rut thnt Is
an effect of the war, and is true with
regard to our trade everyw here. After
the earnest endeavors by American
bankers to foster closer relations with
our southern neighbors It would be
unfortunnte In the extreme If n rumor
at our bankers had now adopted a
Hey of discrimination against Ilrazil
re to gain a hold on the popular
nd In that country. The statement
111 i sevorn' merchants in Ney York
thai" thoy nad KranteJ stl11 flirther
fusions ot outstanding jirazuiau
hits until after the exchange crisis
"hncrete evidence that dilcrlznlua
'W the kind alleged in the cable
NOT FIT FOR PRESIDENT.
The Trae Ooveraer Cox Reveale! to
the Country by His Speeches.
To Tim Sun and Nw Tobk Hbau:
Some on hoe auneated that with all
the partisan strife Incident to our Amer
ican ayatem there la always assurance
that the men plsxed at the head of par
ties will be bis ehough, broadmlnded
enough to be above the petty ward
haeler phaae of politics, so that, which
ever Is elected, the country la sura of
having- a strong, statesmanlike man at
the helm.
There have been' very few, if any.
Instances In our history In which this
has not been true. But 1n view ot the
puerile, petty and undignified speeches
by Governor Cox one Is led to wonder
If this campaign Is to be an exception
to the foregoing1 rule. The wholesale
charges of forthcoming corruption, the
glib passing from his lips of such words
as lie and falsehood applied to the lead
ers of the opposing parly, and Indirectly
to Mr. Harding, his distinguished oppo
nent, certainly savor of tho lowest kind
ot political warfare and are entirely
unworthy of any man supposedly large
enough to be the stundard bearer ot a
great party.
- As a bit of political strategy his op
ponents might well encourage him to
continue along the same line. Nothing
can more effectively help on adversary
than that kind ot abuse. Among decent
men there Is no surer way to win votes
for an opponent than by the use of that
kind of tactics.
What the people want Is not Billings
gate, but decent argument. Whatever
Governor ("ox may have uttered In his
speeches thus far, only his corruption
charges and lie passlnt: phrases are re
membered, snd I believe they will be
remembered with nisgust by all decent
men.
No one knows better than Governor
Cox that political campaigns cannot be
run without cash and plenty of It. Pub
licity Is the hi. ul of our political life ;
the solid rock on which our democratic
Institutions rest Every campaign Is
highly educational In Its intent and
character, and while expensive they are
well worth all they cost. If the Demo
cratic party stands for anything above
the puerile rantlngs of a small politi
cian on tho way Its opponents are mak
ing thrtr campaign, for education's sake,
k-t the public know It and quit tergiv
ersation. F. U H.
ScnANTow Pa., September 0.
MANGEL QUITS .
TAMAN PENINSULA
Evacuates JtVfflon East of
Crimea Between Sea of Azov
and Blaek Sea.
tch from Rio de Janeiro does,
Brazil a Worthy Customer.
Denial by leading bankers and
merchants that the financial Inter
ests of this country had suddenly
abrogated commercial credits to Bra
zil, thereby endangering Industrial
stability within that nation, quiets
a pernicious rumor which cast an un
pleasant, shadow over American busi
ness integrity.
The statement that North American
banks had refused further credit to
Brazilian merchants at a time when
financial conditions In that country
were somewhat difficult owing to the
onerous discount on the mllrets,
which Is now worth only 35 per cent,
of Its -face value In dollars, reached
New York irt a cable despatch from
Rio de Janeiro, tho principal Brazil
ian port and financial centre. It also
declared that New York shippers had
withheld goods rendy to be put on
board ship for Brazil. A commer
cial association, It was asserted, had
asked the Brazilian Government to
make Inquiries on the subject In the
United States.
Whatever the source of the rumor,
its effect If left nndenled would have
been extremely detrimental to the
cordial business relations that have
nllst
ears of the Cotton Eichauge.
Fl
years ago to-day there was
rlnt 14 l'earl street an organ-
'z"tl01hlch was "to provide, regu-
ate "'maintain a suitable build
ing, rcKj,. rooms tof a Cotton Kv
No hT the clty ot New York "
ng morp characteristic
of the gr. nf njjtjopnii, nml PX.
rlm than the contract be
tween the Mtk structure
' wWch Wo Exchange was
born and m monumentftl
homp :lt BeV William streets,
where the acC of tnp PXPl)nn,,(.
bwbeencrrVnitaMM85
M ite needa b fhe
ual ft,, hug floor ...
measured 23 by r , ...
uti. . una uw
vn tune of the l . . i .
, , n trade in tile
L n ted .States siil . ,.,
. Mnl all possible
expectants of tte, fumAm
of the organisation.
In 1S7() the cotton . ... .
. , --o VJ t-iir " nine
world was fl, , .00p of whk.h
the Cited States p,,
bales. The New Yotl , .
staple of that day rej tlmt tholr
methods wi re too antfi(J hflD,
die such a crop and t
approach of a time wl, wonM b(i
even larger. But few A . . ,,
members of the excha . .
, ... , two or
whom are living to da. .
I1'T flUT
vision of the treinendoui ,
the cotton crop to lG.lXMI.L ,
year, with a value last
..... ...... .... . . ar of
.Ti.Hhj.oui.mju. j lie local i
kel
h
flll . Irt. . I, !.... I... ...nnnA.l aJ
hvhhiihi ijv inn iiiirii ntw .
celebration, lint the cutto. ot. '
will have their hour wlici thy ,.
their hearers that the s(piee'
handle has grown to second pljf"V
the agricultural resources! of
United States, being next tl cori?
value, and thte In spite oflhe n
that It Is grown in only
of the States.
.w.j.nh,uiju. Mlie local ci
i ... I mar-
et has seen many vicissiiuA
alf century ending to-day, yueg0'
Cheap at $15,000,000.
To Tin SUN and Xkw Youk Herald :
Mr. Cox Is dally demonstrating to the
people of the United States of America
that even If it takes 316,000,000 to de
feat him. it will be cheap at the price.
E. W. i .rat.
6cnAKTON, Pa., September 5.
THE EXTRA SQUARE NABBED
A Demonstration of the Illusion ot the
Chessboard Puzzle.
To Tug BUN and New Youk Herald :
In the matter of the chessboard puzxle,
cut oft a rrctangle two squares by one
squnr) at a corner of the cheaebonrd.
marking this A.
Continue straight on and cut off a sec
ond rectangle two squares by seven,
squares. Call this B. '
Turning here at right angles, cut off
the third rectajiglo (C) three squares
by six squares.
This leaves a fourth rectangle V)
six squares by five squares.
Taking 1 with five squares for the
base njac.e R "n the right nnd
C on the left .orner. This leaves a gap
three squares by one square into which
we place A, making thus the sixty
fifth square a vacant square In the
middle. The Rev. F. It KrNNt, D. D.
Port Lstpen, September t.
LANDING ATTEMPTS FAIT;
More Successful Along the
Dnieper, Whero He Drives
Bods Across River.
Bv If" AnatUttti Free.
Constantinople Sept. . Oen. Baron
Wrangrl, the anti-Bolshevik leader In
South Russia, has evacuated the Tainan
Peninsula. It also appears that most of
his landing expeditions on the Sea of
Anov and elsewhere have failed.
Oen. Bnron Wrangel's forces havs mado
another landing at Souclgum (prob
ably Sukhum-Knle), a port on the east
end of the Black Sea, acoordlng to ad
vices received hers. The landing was
protected by ths battleship General
Aloxlev.
The situation of Oen. Wrangel's forces
In tho region of Novorosslsk Is Imaroy-
Insr. snv latest reports. On. Wrangef
Is securing the cooperation of bands
which resisted tho British, Oen. Denl
klnc's anti-Bolshevik troops and others,
a year ago. Cossacks found looting or
requisitioning are promptly hanged by
order of the commander, and the sol
diers are not permitted to occupy towns
or cities where tliey ars tempted to live
at the expense of the population. These
disciplinary measures are creating a
good Impression, and there Is much pa
triotism, which was totally lacking dur
ing Denlklne's regime.
Bv the As.mciattd Frut.
Rebabxopoi., Crimea, Sept t. The
Fourteenth Bolshevist Army has been
driven across the Dnieper after suffer
ing severe losses as a result of Oen.
Wrangel's successful counter attacks.
The Bolshevist forces, commanded by
Commissary Kldemun, were decimated
nnd forced to take cover under their big
guns across the Dnieper. Tho Bolshevists
are making a stronger stand In the
Taman Peninsula, between the Black
Sea and the Sea of Azov, where nn ex
pedition landed by Gen. Wrangel was
driven out
The Soviet troops endeavoring to cor
ner General Wrangel In the Crimea and
tho Taurlda region are estimated at
60,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry. Gen.
Wrangel has 60.000 men In his fighting
units The Bolshevlkl are better
equipped, but Gen. Wrangel's men are
better dtselpllned. The latter are dlvideu
now into two armies, one in the Taurlda
district under Oen. Kutlepof and the
other In the Kuban undur Gen. Ulaglla,
the cavalry leader, who is operating In
sfcvoral raiding columns.
REPORT POLES WILL
MEET LITHUANIANS
Paris Hears Hostilities Are
Ended and Parley Will
Be Held.
APPEAL MADE TO LEAGUE
Warsaw Says Lithuanians,
Supported by Bolsheviki,
Continue Attacks.
Paris, Sept. . The hostilities between
Poland and Lithuania are virtually
over, according to advices reaching offi
cial circles hero to-day. Peace negotia
tions will be begun Immediately at
Marlampol, southwest of Kovno, it was
Mlded.
Tho suggestion that ths negotiations
be held In Marlampol cams from the
Lithuanians, Foreign Office advlcee
stated.
It Is reported ths Lithuanians have
alrcaay occupied Auguslowo, twenty
mlloH flouthesst of Suwalkl.
The French Foreign Office announced
to-day that 128,000 Russian Soviet sol-,
dlerrt aro refugees In Fast Prussia. The
Alllis are not satisfied with the condi
tions ot their Internment, the announce
ment said, nnd have asUed their Ambus
radon In Berlin ti) demand that Oer
Biaajr Intern th Russians according to
International usage. Tho Allies par
ticularly demand that the refugees be
disarmed and kept within internment
camps.
The American Commissioner In Ber
lin has been asked to join the allied pro
test and has asked Washington for In
structions. One of Use complaints of the
Allies Is that several hundred Soviet sol
diers left East Prussia, attacked the
fortress of Ossowleo and then returned
to Internment,
An Optical Illusion In Architecture.
To The Sun and New York Heau:
It your Inquirer will draw two cbesa
boarils of equal size, and number the
squares In each consecutively so that the
two are exact duplicates, and then cut
one of these according to directions, and
then put the two halves together as di
rected, he will kw the inwardness of the
remarkable optical illusion he Inquires
ebout.
I suggest that before cutting the first
drewlng' he prepare a surface large
enough for the purpose with a coating of
paste. Then after he has cut the first j
drawing apart, let him paste the halves
upon this surface. The numbers will
show how the Illusion Is contrived.
More than hirty years ago I had occa
sion to dscrjfe In The Sun this optical
illusion, the most remarkable known,
though there are many famous ones ; one
Is used In, I think, the Milan Cathedral
over a doorway, the coiresnoskllng arch
being an actual carving, the architectural
effect of which Is duplicated to the be
holder by the Illusion.
Henrt J. Wbioht.
New York. Septfmber .
Troy has lost 4,1100 popul
ten years. MayDS the wea
white coHare art; growing fe
The man wno stole S00 pi
stockings will, of course, try
sympathy in court by pleadj
stocking darning is a lost or a
doned art and that laundries i
harm than good. Added to thes
sons why many pairs are nee.
ha may plead reluctance to we
one pair until, as they say In
amps, they become rights and lefts.
A Disappearing Square.
To Ths Sror ano New York Herau):
Walter Ball accounts for ttin extra
square by saying the two triangles that
form the rectangle of sigtty-ifive squares,
five wide by thirteen loa. are not per
fect. How can he explain where the
vented twenty-fifth square goes, if you treat a
board of twenty-flve squares in a some
what similar manner to the elxty-four
qua re board?
'"I You gain one square In the first tn-
ot f.nee. but vou lose one In the second.
Gaining a rectangle thrrs squares wide
"ight square's long. G. B. S.
Hircw attr, N. J.. September .
SOVIET TROOPS SENT
TO WEST SIBERIA
Uprisings There and in Ural
Region Alarm Moscow.
Bv the Atmciatfd Frem.
Harrix, Manchuria. Sept. 6 The So
viet authorities are rushing all available
hSast Siberian troops, largely Austro-Oer-man
war prisoners, to West Siberia In an
effort to quell the growing uprisings.
The Petrograd and Perm districts like
wise, are mobilising for Siberia, accord
ing to reports received here. The de
fection has spread to the Ural anil
Orenburg Cossacks and the ' Southern
t'rals, who have Joined the Bashkirs anil
Tartars.
The Insurrection at Nikolnlevsk, In
Samara province, Is spreading north
along the Volga because of Jack of har
vests, harsh requisitions and mobiliza
tions. Green troops of the Kostroma
and Yardosln.val (.Jovcrnments In th..
Moscow region are carrying on guerilla
warfare and destroying communications.
Reports regarding the crop failures in
Russia forecast a worse lamlne than
that of 1891.
OBREGON IS CHOSEN
MEXICAN PRESIDENT
Villa's Victor Wins Decisively
Over Domtngues.
Mexico Citt, Sept. fl. Gen. Alvaro
Obrcgon, candidate of the Liberal Con
stitutionalist party, won a decisive vic
tory in tho elections held throughout
the Republic yesterday for the purpose
of choosing a President of the Mexican
Republic, according to scattering unoffi
cial advices. His opponest was Alfredo
Roblea Pomlnguez, who was nominated
by the National Republican party. The
vote Is reported to have been extremely
light and no reports of disorders have
been received.
There havo been reports that changes
in the Cablset were Imminent, hut Miguel
Alesio Robles, private secretary to pro
visional President de la Huerta, declared
last night that none of the present
Cabinet members had offered to resign
and that the provisional President was
not thlaklng of making any changes.
Plans for the formation of a general
jrmy staff will be placed in the hands
of provisional President de la Huerta
during the coming week, according to an
announcement by Oen. P Ellas Callea.
Considerable progress has already beena
made toward reaucing me size or rs
Mlxlcan army.
Poland Protests to League.
Bv t 4soatd Prea.
Warsaw, Sept. 5. Protest to tho
League of Nations against attacks by
Lithuanian troops upon the Poles north
ol Suwalkl has been made by the Polish
Government It is pointed out that a
state of war does not exist between the
two countries.
Russian Bolsheviki are supporting the
Lithuania In advancing Into the dis
puted region In northeastern Poland,
Bays an official announcement Issued
here to-day.
"Bearing down from tale north," the
statement says, "Lithuanian troops, sup
porttd by Bolshevlkl, continue to attack
Pollso detachments and are moving In
the direction of Suwalkl and Augustowo."
In jolitlcal circles the action of the
Lithuanians Is taken to Indicate prob
ably ssrlous complications la pence
negotiations, as It is virtually Impossi
ble for Poland to reach ar igreement
with the Russian Soviet Government re
garding the northeastern boundaries of
this country without having an under
standing with Lithuania.
Reds Aid Lithuanians.
Reference to Bolshevik support ot the
Lithuanians is the first official an
nouncement to this effect although news
papers here published reports on Sep
tember 2, when he Lithuanians launched
their attack against the Polish cavalry,
that tho Soviet lorces were cooperating
with them. In ulplomatlc circles It Is
stated that Llthuuila generally favors
friendly relations with Poland.
The Lithuanians My they do not rec
ognize, the lines of demarcation fixed
by Kai l Curson and Marshal Foch, but
are ready to cease hstllltles and nego
tiate a new line.
LosnoN, Sept. 6. Sferce fighting Is
In progress around H-ubleszow, fifty
miles southeast of Lttbln., according to
the Russian Soviet officii statement of
Sunday, received by Wreless to-day.
The statement says :
"In the Brest-Lltovsk region fighting
continues with alternates success.
Along the Western Bug flecco fighting
continues north and west of Rrubleszow
and south of HokaL Wc areradvanclng
on Halloz."
SPAIN BARS BED MEETING,
I' Rates
It It I I. Ml
Men to Strike
Are lnrrensed.
Of
aill
bat
ti
re
GoVnor Cox's Record la Congress.
7V"he 6U3f and New York Heau :
Is lh go-called, progressive candidate
fbr Parent James M. Cox, the earns
James t. cox, a Rapresentatlve In Con
gress fn Ohio, who voted against the
const Itofinnl amendment providing for
electlaf United States Senators by the
The Charge Is made that In Sot
Dakota women clerks in Federal off!
are being "ostesred" $40 each for
Democratic campaign fund. But
astute campaign manager will point t
the nice side ot it The ladies admit'
that they were to be permitted to pay
on the Instalment plan.
Alvaro Obregun, who has been called
"Mexico's 'Napoleon." is a man who be
lieves Mexico has more to gain by being
a friend than a foe of the United States.
Although a soldier who overcame Villa,
helped make Cnrranxa President and
lqter led the forces that overthrew him,
Cbrsgon Is one who, to use his own
words, would "rather teach the Mexican
people the use of a toothbrush than to
handle a rifle." He repeatedly has given
assurances that If elected President he
would give the foreign Investor every
possible protection.
"What strengthens the United States
strengthens Mexico, and what weakens
the United States weakens Mexico," Gen.
people? I
Is rte Vcalled friend of labor, James ; obregon de.-lared In a recent Interview
Cox. thiame James M. Cox. a Rep. "My Ideal Is to make the International
esentativo f Congress from Ohio, who ' boundary like the ( anaillan border. With-
it of twentyVour measures for the ben- Rawing troops, except oustoms offl-
of the IsVirlng man voted against i
.. .i...., ... ,. . i 'mere are reasonnme grounds tor aa-
incii, nnmnn . . i-1 1.1.,
The Failing of tha Fire Bone.
Thr took him out tor his final run,
Tha lira horse paasaa his day la dona:
A thing of steel with no living charm
Will now respond to the wild alarm.
grown up between the two nations, j A 1tn hnrse neaVfn wouM b too tame
Brazil's experlpnce in dealing with
foreign financiers, mostly In Europe,
in the past has tnuglit her that the
foreign capitalist who invests his
money in hor crops and Industries
wields n tremendous power over her
Internal Industrial welfare. Her ex
perience early In the war, when she
That Rave him naugnt or nis wen tovsil
game;
'Perhaps he yearns for tho nether world
Where flnma are loaplng and smoke clouds
whirled.
V'i " there ho thundrra upon hl quet
And comes up galloping, three abreast,
ills work shall tall In tha old Uma war
Tha firs shell oia tin another day.
McLlMitsoioe Wnaow.
t'ASHl.NGTO!
I September 5.
ring to K-.plaln Governor Cox.
ib Son n New Yobs Hkbaio :
tie Democruic party nominated, a
a man's jttbT CD. Nbwton.
York, September t.
suming that the programme for the re
form of conditions In Mexico outlined
by Obregon will be carried out as the
Liberal Constitutionalist party. of wtilch
he Is a member, has a representation In
the Congress of ISO of the 240 members.
GREEKS BOUND FOB ANOOBA.
Front Steer to Store.
.Miami 'OWn.l Record WernM.
i u( cowhides ai an alibi for cost
lsn.'st accepted by a Marlln,
nan. He sold a flfty-onc pound
0 and an hour later paid $IN
saess.
Posslhlr Will Kstahllsh Pontns
Repnhltc In Asia Minor.
Madrid, Sept. 6. A CommVnlstlc
demonstration announced for to-dy m
this city was forbidden by the Govern
ment, action being taken by the Minuter
of the Interior after a Communist mat
ing was held yesterday and resolutions
favoring Soviet Russia 'were passed. ke
declared a street procession would Is
likely to lead to disorder, and tha
therefore It would not be wise to per
mlt such a manifestation.
The Executive Committee of the C.en
eral Union of Workers announces rail
road men will declare a twenty-four-hour
Btrike in the event the Government
permits railroad companies to increase
their rates.
lie &un
AND
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until M death in 1872, when hit eoii.alee
James Gordon Bennett, tucceeded In t
otcnsrsMp of the paper, which contlnnM
In hit hand until hit death in tU
TUB HERALD became the property 0i
Frank A, Muntey in 1920.
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.
V
For Kastern New Tork Showers thl
morning;, followed by clearing. To
morrow fair; moderate temperature;
fresh northwest winds.
For New Jeraey Fair to-diy and te
mnrrnw; moderate temperature.
For Northern Now Kngland Italn m-dayi
to-morrow, fair: moderate temperature.
For Southern New England Rain. . i
by clearing to-day; to-morrow, fair; inM-
rate temperature.
For Western Now Ynrk-Fnjr to , lav
to-morrow; moderate temperature.
WASHINGTON, Sept. O.-The dltturbtiui
tliat was centred yesterday morning off ihi
South Carolina roast moved northward a ,i
to-nlgbt Its centre wn soutli of Long Island.
In expectation of an lnereaat In liiteunlty
and movement of tilts dlaturbanee northward
sluriu warnings have been displayed on tha
Now England eoast at and north of New
London, Conn. The pressure la high over
tho great enntral valleys and relatively low
over tha Rocky Mountain region and the
Southwest. I'lurlng tha last twentv-four
hours there wore showera In tha Atlantic
States, tha region of the great lakes, tin
west Cult States and at widely scattered
pulnta in tho Rocky Mountain region. .' ra
paraturea continue below tho normal gener
ally, except along Uio Atlantic and Gulf
eoasta, the deficit In temperature being
marked over (he south plains Statea and tha
Rocky Mountain region. In the New Kngland
States the weather will be unsettled, with
rain to-morrow and fair Wednesday, with
moderate temperature. In the middle Atlan
tic States, the upper Ohio Valley and tht
region of the great lakes tho weather will
bo fair, wlih moderate temperature to-mnr-row
and Wednesday. In tha lower Ohio
Valley, Tennessee and tha east Gulf and
south Atlantic States tha weaUirr will t.
unsettled to-morrow and Wednesday, with
local showers and normal temperature!.
Observations at 1'nlled States Weather Bu
reau stations, taken at 8 P. M. yeiUruay,
anventy-flfth meridian time:
Temperature Rainfall
last 4 lira. Haro- last X4
Stations. High. Low. motor, hrs. Weather
Abilene US 68
Albany 70 82 20.08 .24 Rain
Atlantic City. 74 70 211.88 .02 Cloudy
Baltimore 78 88 20.00 .14 Cloudy
lllamarck 78 fto 20.02 .. Cloudy
Hoston 70 64 S0.0U .. Rain
Huff.-lo 76 BO 20.00 .18 Cloudy
Cincinnati 78 04 80.00 .. I't.ii'dy
Charleaton 88 7 1 30.00 .. Pt.(Tdf
Chicago 68 62 30.03 .. Clear
Cleveland 70 .. 20.04 .. Pt.tTdy
Itenver 72 50 20.88 .. Rain
Detroit 72 (18 20.06 .. Pt.Cl'dfl
Galveston..... 88 80 28.02 .. Pt.CI's
Helena 72 60 20.78 v.. Cloudy
Jacksonville.. 88 7tl 30.00 . Cloudy
Kansas City.. 74 56 29.08 .. Cloudy
LosAngolee.. 72 6 2 20.02 .. Clear
Mllwaukae 70 68 80.00 .. Pt.Cl'dy
New Orleans.. 88 78 20.04 .18 Pt.CI'tr'
Oklahoma 80 68 20.84 .. Clear
Philadelphia.. 74 80 20.02 .04 Rain
Pittsburg 82 68 20.02 .. Clear
Portland, Ma. 64 58 30.10 .. Cloudy
Portland, Ore. 60 54 80.02 .. Clear
Salt Lake City 74 66 20.84 .. Clear
San Antonio.. 04 74 20.78 .. Pt.crdr
San Diego.... 68 62 20.02 .. Pt.Cl'dr
San Francisco 58 51 20.02 .. Clear
St. Louis 76 60 30.00 .. Pt.Cl'dr
St. Paul 74 70 30.1X1 .. Clear
Washington... 74 08 20.02 .02 Clear
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.
8 A. M. HC If,
narometer 30.04
I liitnlrflftv . mi
Wind direction .'. N. E.
W Ind velocity m
Weather Cloudy
Precipitation ..
Tha temperature in this city yesterday,
recorded by the official thermometer,
shown In tha anaaxad table:
20. 8
8.1
N. Fl.
10
Cloudy
8A.M..
0 A.M..
10 A. M .
11 A. M.
12 M
SCOTS HAVE BEGUN
TO HOARD WHISKEY
First Symptom of Fenr That
Prohibition Will "Win in
Coming Testa.
Jt.ie.ol Cable Detpatch tn Tub loB and Nsw
Yeas HasAi.n. Copirlnst, left, by Tub Sum
AND Nsw Youk Hbsaui.
London, Nept. 8. The Daily Graphic's
staff correspondent wires from Glasgow
that he la convinced "Pussyfoot" (W. E.)
Johnson, American prohibition agitator,
Is aiming" at "bigger game than local op
tion dryness In Scotland." He says that
after Interviewing leaders on both sides
he believes It Is the "first step toward
drying up England," and that Johnson
Is personally directing the "dry" cam
paign In Scotland from America. Ha
adds that while prohibition funds are
coming from hundreds of little local
prohibition societies In Scotland, they
aro also helped from transatlantic
sources.
The campaign In Scotland Is one
which Is familiar throughout the United
States. The ''jjrya," perfectly organized,
are deluging the country with pamphlets,
while the "wets" arc unorganized.
Another familiar symptom of ap
proaching "drought" In Scotland Is that
the storing ot whiskey In quaatlty has
already begun tn many rlaoes.
Monster meetings wera held through
out Scotland yesterday, while distribu
tors of pamphlets advocating prohibition
bent, it tney did not bseak, the strict
Tha Stl
being tha
Orerheard.
tek I fl rather 1 osteoma
I Government owned roadt
Scotch Sabbath customs. Men wearlnc
black coats, top hats and black gloves
.11. ..IV..I.A . U . n A nil il . m
1 1 . i ' . . uirnr j "i . i j 1 1 1 1 1 i s uTuaucasi
Constantinople. Sept. 8 A Oreek , throughout the countrv.
I division Is being landed on the Black . The correapomlent of the OrttaMs nre
, Sea. probably at Inoholl, Asia Jllnor. diets that the vot on the liquor nuos.
, for Angora, and possibly will establish toll ln Scotland will be close, about 00
a r-ontus republic. The Creeks alsop(.r rent, of th-women voting "dry " and
are relieving the British at Ismld. I a80 the Socialists, while large groins
I of men like railroad locomotive drivers
Pontus Is in the northeastern corner ! .hinvnrd workers and all har.,L m -h.-k.
Hf Asia Minor, bordering oa the Black Me" Hurns's country of Ayrshire will
Sea. vote "wet."
a a. m..
VM
I P. M. .
. 66 1 P.M.... 71 6P.M.
. 06 2 P.M.... 71 7 P.M.
. 07 3 P. M. ... 72 8 P. M.
. 07 4P. M.... 78 OP.Sl.
.71 0P.M..,. 72 10 P. M.
1020. ioio. ie:o. w.
. ua p.m.... 60 so
.71 75 0 P. M.... 70 74
. 72 80 12 Mid 6V 71
. 89
. 70
:J
Ugliest temperature, 78, at 4 P. M.
kpwest temperature, 64. al 3 A. M.
A'erage temperature , 68.
V
EVENTS TO-DAY.
Semicentennial anniversary ef the New
York yjuon Exchange, floor of tli
change.! p. M.
Recenjbn to Judge Nathan L. Miller aal
Senator James W. Wadaworth, Republics
Club, Wat Fortieth street. 8 P. M.
Meetlnt 0f the Republican Stata Commit
tee to complete th list of Presidential elect
ors of N York State, T P. M.
Mass mwing for unboaaed voters undsf
the auspicL 0f th Brooklyn League of Ua
bessod VotVs; speakers. Mia Mary Garrett
Hay, Pr. tia A. Hoole. Ml Harriet Mef
MUM. Cenftal y. M. C. A., Brooklyn, i
A. M.
Meeting C,na Street Boys. Hotel PtBSSf1
vanla, 8 P. V
Lecture on pante: the Mystery of ileed
and Evil." byjnhn Cowper Powy, Piopla-8
Housu, 7 Eastl:,th street. 8:10 P. M.
GERM A PROTEST
OF WNES FUTILE
Allied Ambtusadors Tell Ber
lin Rectrd It Good.
Special Cnbl Despot f0 Tits ml ask Ntw
Yoaa IIkraij. CosptpAt, , bv TBI Set
An New Yo HsXi.d.
Paris. Sept. . Ve Council of Am
bassadors awoke fbm their lethargy
this afternoon and eWtilered the Ger
man protest against Walker D. Hlae.
former Director Genial of American
Railroads, as arbitrate! jn the river and
shipping disputes on Vie Danube '"1
other rivers of Cental Europe. w'tl1
the result that Berlin ft to be told Mr
Hlnes's appointment Is satisfactory tt ,
the Alllea Despite thifact that the
United States has not ralfled the peac
treaty, his actions ars kit binding te
the American Government but merel
his Judgment as an indlvlual.
The Council has also refWd the Gr
man appeal for permlsslon'o form P"
clal guard for East PrussW to control
the Interned Reds. The nol to l sent
to-morrow will point out thW liertnanT
still has a larger armed fore, than "
111
recjulres.srhlle tho gradual WnsfC
prisoners to the centre of Gertany '
relieve the situation in the BH.
The French Foreign (mice MjJ
firmed the reports that thejnterne
Ruaslans are constantly eerapVig i"I
Poland, where bands of raarautsra art
ravaging farms and then returnlnj to a
curlty over the German rrontias, 4
i