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AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSSVE JOURNAL
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1921
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VOL. XXXI, NO. 276
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AID IN SENATE
Many Democratic And Re
publican Senators Share
View Of Idaho Senator
May Ask Investigation Of
Naval Program
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Pl-partl-un
support for the naval disarma
ment movement wa.1 given In the sen
ate today during discussion of Sena
tor Borah's disarmament resolutions.
Senator Itorahs plan for an official
determination for fie future value of
big ships In the American naval pro
gram wag endorsed by Senators Mc
Kellar of Tennessee and King of Utah,
Democrats, while Senator liorah spoke
In behalf of his project.
The disarmament discussion was In
terjected In the tariff debate. The
house naval committee today post
poned Indefinitely the hearing of Gen
eral Pershing on disarmament, sched
uled for tomorrow, because of the ill
ness of Chairman ISutler.
Senator llorah declared that if the
people of the United States, Great
Britain and Japan could voice their
opinions, he felt confident they would
speak for an agreement to reduce
naval building.
"There are two ways to defeat dis
armament," he declared. "One Is to
oppose it. Another is that adopted by
others in public life who are willing
to give lip service to disarmament, but
conjure up all conceivable methods to
secure delay."
May Ask Probe of Program
He said his other resolution, calling
on the senate naval committee for an
opinion as to whether the American
naval building program could be sus
pended for six months until the value
of capital ships should be determined,
was designed to develop "as definitely
as can be known what will bring us
an efficient navy."
Many high naval officers, he said,
believe that capital ships have lost
their value, becj use of the develop
ment of submar'nes and aerial war
fare, but were unable, he said, to state
their real opinion.
Notico was served by the senator
that If the naval committee should
not act on his resolution of Inquiry
he "would introduce another resolution
calling for a thorough investigation of
the naval program.
Senator King also urged an "ex
haustive investigation" to determine
what units would make a modern
navy. .He cited Ijiiat tho present
building program was adopted five
years affO, before the United States
entered the war and before the
changes wrought by the submarines.
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Has No Intention
Of Leading Revolt
Murguia Declares
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
MEXICO CITT. Jan. 27. Francisco
Murguia, former Carranza. general,
whose secret departure several weeks
ago following his release from prison
was the cause of rumors of tils in
tention to start a new revolution, says
he Is not thinking of an uprising and
desires only to be allowed to llvo In
peace, according to a letter alleged to
, have been written by him and pub
lished by Las Noticias.
Carlos Ortiz, editor of the newspa
per, vouches for the genuineness of the
letter. The only date it bears is 'Encampment,-
The letter is bitterly sar
castic in Its reference to former fol
lowers of Carranza, characterizing sev
eral of them as demented robbers and
traitors.
"With such elements there is not go
ing to be, a revolution, only robbery,
and, therefore, I nm going to do noth
ing." says the letter.
General Murguia. in his communica
tion, says he left Mexico City because
he was "suffocated by the atmosphere
which I had to breathe, where former
beneficiaries of the Carranza re-im
re now playing for favors from the
new government.'
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Bethleh em Steel Co.
Issues Report and
Declares Dividends
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
hjiwv. Jan. St. Directors ot
the Bethlehem Steel corporation today
issuea a preliminary report of the cor
poration's operations for 1920 end de
clared the regular dividends on botl
classes or preferred stocks, payable in
quarterly installment. A regular nuar-
terly dividend of 1 per cent on both
classes of common s-tock also was de
clared. Total net earnings for 1320 were
$87,351,554 against f .17.441.2X9 in XS19.
Net income of $ 14,4 iSO, 837 compares
with $16.356,Sfia in 1S1!. Orders on
band amounted to $X4S,273.0'i0 as com
pared with $251,422,000 in 1919. Nw
business booked amounted to $163,
296.000. In a statement President K. G.
Grace expressed the opinion that the
low point in the Iron and steel industry
hsd been reached nr.d that production
would increase, depending upon the
'. rapidity with which all interests realize
the necessity of a return to more nor
mal conditions.
Uncle Sam Holds 13 Billions
In His Treasury 10 Billions
Represent Allies War Loans
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Completion of the first count since X9X3 of
cash and securities In the treasury has revealed that Uncle Sam's vaults
hold $13,883,819,826.36 2-3. of which $97,410,283.02 is cash.
More than $10,000,000,000 of the bonds and other securities held in trust,
which total $12,308,849,043.34 2-3 Acting Treasurer Allen announced, consist
of evidences of the indebtedness of th allied nations. The presence of the
two-thirds of a cent in the figures was explained due to a bond of Ten
nessee for $1,666.66 2-3 held by the treasury for the secretary of interior
as a part of a number of Indian trust bonds purchased for the benefit of
Indians from the proceeds of the sale of government lands to them.
The last count of the treasury's cash and securities in 19X3 showed
$1,426, 422.0uX.48 2-3, of which $X99,23X,3X1.S0 was cash. Sales of $100,000,000
standard silver dollars to the British government during the war to relieve
the silver famine in India, officials said, explained most of the difference
in cash.
Count of the treasury's cash and securities was necessitated by the
resignation of Treasurer John Burke.
JIT OCCUPANT
OF DENTON HOI
RELATES IKES
OF MRS.
PEETE
WAGE CUT FOR RAIL
EMPLOYES WILL BE.
CONSIDERED TODAY
With Fordney Bill On Floor,
Senate Discusses Everything
From Negroes To Battleships
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. The Ford
ney emergency tariff bill was theoreti
cally before the senate today but was
discussed only in a speech by Senator
Simmons, Democrat, of North Carolina,
and in a brief debate on sugar items.
Speeches were so far afield once that
Senator McCumber, Republican, ol
North Dakota, declared the senators
had discussed "everything from ne
groes to battleships." Senator Borah,
Republican, of Idaho, spoke on dlsarm
nment, into which other' senators were
drawn in debate. Senator Walsh,
Democrat, of Montana, discussed the
landlord-tenant laws of the District of
Columbia, and Senator Ransdell, Dem-
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Hshed statements which, he declared,
had sought to link the Louisiana sena
tors with the big sugar Interests.
Tariff debate, however, was not
without pointed argument. Senator
Simmons' speech was directed at what
he termed the Iniquities of the pro
posed legislation. He charged con
gress would be exceeding Its power
in enacting such legislation. He also
took Senator McCumber to task for
his attitude on wheat protection. He
argued that Mr. McCumber was sup
porting legislation which not only
would Increase the price of bread and
cereals, but would place the United
States in a position to suffer retalia
tion at the hands of Canada-
Denying the statements of Mr. Mc
Cumber that Canadian prices were
lower than those in the United States,
Mr. Simmons Quoted official statistics
to show that prices had varied little
between Minneapolis and Winnipeg-.
Senator King, Democrat, of Utah,
asked whether it would not be proper
for the government to "take caTe of
the unemployed with a pension if it
were going to take enre of the wheat
farmer and the Louisiana sugar
grower.'
After further debate. Senator Pen
rose followed yesterday's tactics In
asking a recess, keeping the bill be
fore the senate. Previous to the re
cess. Senator Spencer, Republican, of
Missouri, introduced an amendment to
afford protection of two cents a pound
on sunflower seed and 20 cents a gal
lon on mnflower seed oil.
Defeat Proposal
Paving Way For a
Russ Ambassador
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. The house
voted down tonight a proposal to pave
the way for appointment of an am
bassador to Russia and struck out of
the diplomatic appropriation bill a
provision for raising the American le
gation at Peking to an embassy.
Then finding its feet entangled in
diplomatic problems it quit with an
agreement to continue consideration
tomorrow.
After brief debate the house rejected
an amendment by Representative Ma
son, Republican of Illinois, to set aside
$17,500 as the salary of an ambassador
so that Mr. Harding aa president might
be prepared to establish diplomatic re
lations with Russia should conditions
so develop as to make such a course
desirable. Mr. Mason, declared that his
own information from unprejudiced
sources indicated that the bolsheviks
had done more for the people than ever
was done before.
Attack on the provision for a min
ister to the country of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes was made on the
ground that there was no authority of
law for such representation. A point
or order was made airainst the pro
vision and also against a proposal for
appointment of ministers to Finland
and Turkey. ;
A section providing for ministers to
Czecho-Slovakia and to Poland at sal
aries of $12,000 was stricken out on a
point of order.
Forty-five minutes or tne Demo
cratic time during the debate was
taken by Representative v enable of
Mississippi in a tribute to President
Wilson, and the balance was devoted
to discussion of unrelated subject.
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Citizen Committee
Asks Non-Partisan
Workers To "Lave"
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NELSON, Neb, Jan. 27 A citizens'
committee. In which ex-service men
were prominent, today waited on the
Non-Partlaan league organizers, who
have been In this vicinity for several
days and asked them to leave Nuck
olls county and stay away. The organ
izers complied and four of the five
league workers who were in Nelson
at the time drove away in the automo
biles in which they have been touring
the county.
PEACE TIE OF
It! IS IBB
SUGGESTION. CLAIM
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 Provision
has been made in the annual army ap
propriation bill for an army of 150,
000 at the suggestion of President
elect Harding, Representative Anthony
of Kansas, chairman of the house ap
propriations sub-committee, said to-
night in announcing that the Hull was
ready to be reported
The proposed army of 150,000, which
compares with the present army of
aDout 213,000 and with the army of
175,000 men fixed in a resolution adopt
ed by congress, was suggested by Mr.
Harding as a proper maximum. Chair
man Anthony said, at the conference
ne neia with the president-elect at
Marion. Mr. Harding, according to Mr.
Anthony, expressed the belief that an
army of 150,000, together with the re
serves, national guard and other forces
should provide sufficient military es-
taDiisnment during peace.
ine army appropriation bill, which
probably will be submitted to the house
$38,000,000 which represents a reduc
tion of $62,000,000 from the appropria
tion for this year and a cut of more
than half in the war department esti
mates of $690,000,000.
The drastic cut. Chairman Anthony
said, resulted from the conviction of
committee members that "the army
mm ueen living too nigh.
The sub-committee went over the
measure today, making final revisions,
and the result was an elimination of
aoout -',uuu,ouo from the $30,000,000
which the committee several days ago
was reponea io nave agreed on.
ine most drastic out. Chairman An
thony said, was in the amount provid
ed for the pay of civilian pmn!nv
The decrease decided on. he mm.
would reduce the number of such em
ployes by one-half and mean the dis
missal Of from 30.000 to TO 000. Warlv
ail construction would be eliminated
Mrs. Gregory Offers Testis
mony Of Damaging Na
ture In Trial Of Woman
For Denton's Murder
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 27. Mrs.
Ida L. Gregory, assistant judge and
clerk of the juvenile court at Denver,
testified today for the prosecution in
the trial of Mrs. Louise L. Peete,
charged with the murder of Jacob
Charles Denton.
Mrs. Gregory said she was a Joint
tenant with Mrs. Peete in the Denton
home from June 2 to June 30, 1920,
during which time she was "almost al
ways in the company of the defend
ant." She had arranged to move into
the house May 3X, Mrs. Gregory testl
fled, but was delayed by Mrs. Peete
until the afternoon of June 2, on the
morning of which day the state
charges Mrs. Peete killed Denton and
burled his body in the cellar of his
home.
The witness said Mrs. Peete told
her, when she telephoned regarding
moving into the hjouse May 31, that a
plumber was fixing the stove and it
would be Impossible for her to occupy
the dwelling that day.
The following day, 'according to Mrs.
Gregory. Mrs. Peete said Denton was
moving out and that it would be all
right for Mrs. Gregory to move In
In the next few days, Mrs. Gregory
said, Mrs. Peete expressed anxiety over
the failure of Denton to communicate
with her. Later, Mrs. Gregory said.
Mrs. Peete said she had been called to
a hotel by Denton, who wished her to
help him sign some checks, rus arm
being injured
Subsequently, according to Mrs,
Gregory, the defendant told her Denton
had left the house June 1 in company
with a woman with whom he had
quarreled throughout the night. This
woman, the witness stated, Mrs. Peete
told her was waiting on the porch the
nierht of May 21. when Denton and
Mrs. Peete returned home.
The witness said she had never been
in the callar. She identified a photo
sraph as that of Denton. She said she
met him May 29, when she went to his
home to make arrangements to occupy
it with Mrs. Peete
Mrs. Peete inquired whether Mr,
Denton was a millionaire and obtained
a description of him when she called
at the residence in answer to an au-
vertisement announcing it for sale, ac
cordintr to the testimony of Sarah
Delvin, employed as Denton's house
keeper.
Mrs. L. D. Prough said on the wit
ness stand that she and her husband
had paid Mrs. Peete $250 as rent of
the Denton house for one montn. Dut
had moved out after 12 days because of
a disagreement with Mrs. Peete.
"After an earthquake shock in July.'
Mrs. Prough said, "Mrs. Peete ap
peared greatly agitated and ran Into
the cellar. She said she wished to see
if the callar had been damaged,"
James Wilton Crowhurst, who stated
h was a. "heater expert and vocal
teacher and licensed real estate deal
er," testified he was employed by Mrs,
Peete to repair a heater in the house
"Mrs Peete asked me once if
could fix the cellar so no one could get
into it," Crowhurst said. T said
could, but nothing was done about it.
"Mrs. Peete asked me if I thought
relatives of Denton could harm her.
She said they were jealous of her be
cause of the position she held.'
'Let's Go' Defendant
Shouts When Jurors
Recommend Noose
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 27. John
Schmitt, alleged bandit, was found
guilty of murder In the first degree,
with a recommendation icr hanging.
by the Jury which heard his rial in
superior court here today on1 the
charge of killing Folice Detective
James O'Brien in a pistol fight last
Friday.
The Jury, Including four women, was
out 54 minutes. On hearing the ver
dict Schmitt smiled and said:
"Let's go."
Schmitt had pleaded guilty to the
charge of first degree murder. He was
impassive during the trial, which be
gan this morning. While awaiting the
Jury's verdict, he remarked.
Ordinarily I don't believe in capital
punishment but in my case I do. It's
the only way out. I'd rather be hanged
than go to prison for life. Some peo
ple could stand imprisonment, but not
me."
Schmitt's speedy trial and verdict
established a record In local courts
He was arrested last Friday after kill-
ine Patrolmen W. T. Angle and Neil
MacMillan and Detective Jarne
O'Brien in two gun fights, arraigned
Monday, when he pleaded guilty, lus
trial being set for today.
Two of the four women jurors were
weeping when the jury filed Into thv
courtroom to submit Its verdict.
The formal sentence that Schmitt be
hanged, which is mandatory under the
Jury's verdict, was deferred by Judge
Frater when Schmitt's attorney, ap
pointed by the court, filed motions for
new trial and for arrest of jucig
Threatens Civil Action
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 27 C. A. Sor
enson, attorney in Nebraska for the
Non-Partisan league, said this eve
ning his advices from Nelson were
that the league organizers had been
driven away from that town by threats
and intimidations. He said he Intend
ed to bring suit in federal court for
damages from the men who constitut
ed what he designated as a "mob."
"I was first told that an American
Legion committee waited on the league
workers," said Mr. Sorenson, "but Le
gion officers at Nelson have Informed
me that the committee was not au
thorized by the legion post."
Nuckolls county is in south central
Nebraska, In the Kansas line. It was
tho scene of a pimilar disturbance sev
eral weeks ago.
Bill Would Grant "Moral
Citizens" Right to Sell,
Manufacture 'Stimulants7
PtF-RRK. S. I).. Jan. 27. .Morality is
made a basis for citizenship ui.d-r a
Mil IritfoiJiiiiil in the It gislature today
by Reprover -t it!-, t ihman of p.eadle
county and thu r.i'.it of suffrage would
be prohibited to any person who has
been convicted by a Jury on a charge
of drunkenness, l.vin r, d ad-beatlng,
bribery, heating, loafing er !"htructIon
vC family.
The tit'.o of tin b.'d .ia',s that H is
tl.e purpose of strengthen!!. tho pro
hibition of saloons, to prev nt the sa
loons coming back, to ihmlnate thf
hootl'-irirT, the needle...- expenso j-nd
rime ;i r i i "erv religious and pr
"n.i! !' i , tv I v a better lii'irul f irm
of tTnr,".'! ar.ee law.
The bill also states that it is intro
duced as appropriate legislation by
congress. Persons coming within the
definition of "moral citizen" would b
entitled to vote, to buy or sell or manu
facture stimulants. Stimulants are
defined as "non-poisonous wine, whis
ky, brandy or beer made from fruits
arid grain," and Intoxicants are de
fined as "poisonous or impure liquor,
such as moonshine, poisonous home
brew and immature wines."
The right to buy or sell stimulants
would bo placed tinder license and a
record of "moral citizenship" kept so
that persons who do not come within
tho definition may be blacklisted."
and keeping within its provisions, Mr.
Antnony said, would mean that the
war department must dispose of at
leant half of the present army camps.
ine committee, he said, felt that the
American troops in Germany would be
withdrawn in a few months and this
influenced it in framing the bill. Tes
timony before them, he said, showed
that the expenses of maintaining the
troops on the Rhine to Dec. x amounted
to $270,000,000, of which Germany had
paid only $30,000,000.
As fro- as we know," the chairman
added, "the war department is mak
ing no effort to make Germany pay."
Salaries paid civilian employes in
the vocational training last vear
reached about $1,400,000, Mr. Anthony
said, adding that the amount which
could be expended for this item under
this bill would be limited to $50,000.
The bill would direct the war de
partment to sell 10,000 of its 40,000
reserve motor trucks, and 20.000 of Its
38.000 surplus horses and mules, which,
Mr. Anthony said, were found to be
costing the government $9,000,000 a
year.
The air service would get $19,200,000,
of which $4,000,000 H for new produc- i
tlon. Several airplanes of a new type
carrying 7iimm. guns would be author
ized. Approximately $1,500,000 is provided
for the chemical warfare branch.
An "amphibious" tank capable of
going under water has been developed.
Mr. Anthony said, and the appropria- j
tlon for the tank corps contemplates j
several. j
Liberal provision was said by Mr. j
Anthony to have been made for the
student volunteer training corps. The j
bill also provides for one civilian
training camp in each of the nine army
corps areas in which 30,000 men can
be trained. These camps will be held
in the summer for either a two weeks'
or a SO days' period, Mr. Anthony t-ald.
He added that liberal provisions also
were made for the reserve officers
corps.
All of the special services, he said.:
are provided for under the Mile which, '
he added, wan framed hi as to brim; I
i the army back to veu.ee Umo acUvUy. '
CROWD MENACES
LEWIS WHEN HE
USES HEADLOCK
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
KANSAS CITV, Jan. 27 A squad of
police escorted Ed "Strangler" Lewis,
world's heavyweight wrestling cham
pion, throug an angry crowd to his
dressing room after Lewis had applied
a headlock on Gustav Sulzo in winning
the second fall of their wrestling match
tonight.
Lewis clamped the hold on Sulzo aft
er five minutes of fast wrestling and
Sulzo's shoulders were forced to the
mat. He lay there several minutes ap
parently unconscious. It was then that
the crowd surrounded the ring but po
lice prevented disorder.
Lewis won the fist fall in 17 min
utes with a double wrist lock.
John Pesek won in two straight falls
from Wladyk Zbyszko, taking the first
fall in 26 minutes and the second in 4,
usine- a toe hold both times.
ment.
"Elfl I1SIE"
ADMITS 500 MEMBERS
110 "MYSTIC CUE'
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan. 27. More
than 500 candidates waded knee deep
in water and slush tonight into the
mystic cave of the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan, mounted to the heights of
superior knighthood, where they may
now sit among the gods of the "em
pire invisible."
The ceremonial, described as .the
greatest since the founding of the new
organizatibn of the Klan, was held on
the 54th anniversary of the taking ol
the oath as imperial wizard by Gen
eral Bedford Forrest, when the orig
inal invisible empire of the Ku Ivius
Klan was founded on January 27, 1S66,
In the hills of Tennessee.
Half the Alabama state fair
grounds, where the ceremony was held,
was flooded knee deep in water. The
candidates were not permitted to pick
dry spots, but were forced to splash
forward to the strains of weird music.
The Klansmen, shrouded in white,
formed a living cross in the center ol
the race track, each held a cross aloft,
the standard being white and the cross
arm red. Two great searchlights played
upon them. In front was the throne of
the imperial wizard,, surrounded by a
thousand klansmen. ,
The candidates were marched for
ward In fours, passing the throne and
the cross, and there in front of the
living emblem the oath was adminis
tered. This was the first time in history
the public has been permitted to wit
ness the conclave. Newspaper men
were permitted to stand on a house
top inside the fair grounds enclosure,
with guards on all sides to see that
they kept the places assigned to them
W. J. Simmons of Atlanta, imperial
wizard, in a statement to newspaper
men, said the new order stood for:
One hundred per cent Americanism,
and reconsecration to bedrock princi
ples. White supremacy.
To keep forever separate Church and
state.
To protect woman's honor and the
sanctity of the home.
Mr. Simmons cited the following
figures on the membership of the Ku
Klux Klan:
"The order has 30,000 members above
the Mason and Dixon line; it has 7,000
in Chicago. Seven hundred inquiries
have been received from Los A ngeles
regarding the organization of a klan
on the Pacific coast. A middle west
domain office is to be established
either in Chicago or Cincinnati."
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Save Money
By Using Paint
Although paint makes great im
provement in the appearance of prop
erty, it is far more useful for protec
tion than for ornament.
A small amount of money expended
in keeping a building or a piece of
machinery painted adds greatly to the
length of its life.
Moreover, buildings and outhouses
are rendered much more sanitary by
the u?e o'f paint.
Dirt works into an unpainted sur
face and sticks. It.slides off a painted
surface. Its use makes for economy,
sanitation, and attractiveness.
You can learn all about the use of
paint if you send today for a Govern
ment publication on this subject which
our Washington Informatlca Bureau
will secure for any one who sends
two cents in stamps for return postage.
Railway Executives Say So
lution To Present Crisis
Facing Carriers Is Re
duced Pay Check
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO. Jan. 27. General wage
reductions on the larger railroads will
be considered tomorrow by the labor
committee of the American Associa
tion of Kailway Executives in an ef
fort to solve what railroad officials
say is a precarious transportation sit
uation. The meeting will make defi
nite recommendations to the associa
tion with a view to bringing the mat
ter before the railroad labor board.
Tomorrow s meeting will be behind
closed doors, but It was predicted by
railroad ofucera that the committee's
recttamendationa would be for some
sort of reduction in wages.
The meeting is held In accordance
with a resolution adopted by the asso
ciation January 7. The resolution
brings to the attention of all member
roads the necessity to observe all rates
of pay and working conditions as es
tablished by the railroad labor board
until the same are changed by "or
derly process." Meanwhile, the sub'
ject was referred. to the labor com
mittee "for early consideration and
reports." Members of this committee
include W. R. Scott, president of the
Southern Pacific lines in Texas and
Louisiana.
Says Railroads Threatened
r aiiure or increased rates to earn
the expected revenue, decrease in bus!
ness, the present large pay roll ahd
high operating expenses were given as
reasons for probable action before the
railroad labor board to cut wages.
"Many railroads are In bad financial
condition," declared Samuel O. Dunn,
advisory counsel to the Association of
Railway Executives. "This is due to a
decline in business and failure of the
rates to earn the revenue expected.
Railroads during September, October
and November, when they did their
heaviest business, failed to earn the
large net returns expected.
' 'The roads have made reductions
In their forces, made necessary by the
decline in business. They are operat
ing as economically as possible and
they find no way out except to reduce
the pay roll. The 1917 pay roll of
$1,700,000,000 is today Increased to $3,-
700,000,000, and as a result many roads
are in bad financial condition. There
has been a decline in business until
the freight movement Is less than two-
thirds of what It was three months
ago."
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HARDING ELUDES
CROWDS ENJOYS
ROUND OF GOLF
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PALM BEACH. Fla.. Jan. 26. Pres
ldent-elect Harding visited the Jash
lonable colony here today.
Changing his plans at the last mo
ment he spent several hours ashore
and did not board his houseboat Vic
toria until late In the evening for the
last lap of his Journey to Miami. The
Victoria Is expected to reach Miami
Saturday.
Eluding a crowd at the docks Mr.
Harding went ashore early in the af
ternoon at the cottage of. Joseph Rlt
ter. After a private luncheon he play'
ed golf and was a guest at a dinner at
the Everglades.
Plans for an official reception to the
president-elect were abandoned when
his personal representatives stated he
wanted no formalities to attend his
visit and during most of the day he
managed to escape the crowds.
A committee from Miami conferred
with Mr. Harding regarding plans for
a formal reception at Miami and were
told he would prefer to carry out his
vacation program without devoting at
tention to' popular demonstrations. It
now Is expected that the Miami recep
tion will be entirely informal.
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Bandits Overpower
Station Employes;
Escape With $930
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
DENVER. Jan. 22. Two unmasked
bandits early tonight overpowered
Charles F. Lawrence, assistant super
intendent of the Union News company,
and a negro porter in a room at the
I'nion station here and escaped with
$930.
MV. Lawrence had Just gone to the
room on the third floor of the station
with the money, the day's receipts
from the news stand conducted at the
station. Tie two men entered, armed
,vith revolvers, and while one kept the
official and porter covered with a re
volver the other bound and gagged
them.
The robbers were described as about
25 years old. The robbery was discov
ered a few minutes later.
JUSTPRDTEGTION
OR THE FARMER
S KEYNOTE OF;
TARIFF CONGRESS
Welfare Of Nation Rests On
Safeguarding Of Agricul
ture Is the Declaration Of
Vice President-Elect Cool
idge Pay Tribute Tq
Roosevelt
(Special to The Republican.)
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 27. The key
note of the Southern Traffic Congress y
In session In this city is the abandon
ment of sectional lines, the support ot,
a constructive policy of sound protec-
tlon which shall Include such protec-.
tlon of agricultural producers as will
enable them to market their product
at a profit and to successfully meet
the handicap of low foreign labor costs
combined with present rates ' exchange.
The case of the producer of farm
products was presented to the confer
ence this morning In a ringing address
by Governor John M. Parker of Lou
isiana. The event of tho day was th
scholarly and instructive address read
by Vice President-elect Coolidge at
the evening session, who reviewed th
history of protection as a national pol
icy from the days of the foundation of
the republic and stated that the first
duty of the incoming administration
was to provide for national security
and to stand for such sound economla
policies aa would spell the welfare of
the whole nation and of no special
section or class.
He urged that as the welfare of ths
nation rested fundamentally on th
prosperity of the agricultural producer
any tariff legislation must safeguard
national agriculture.
Governor Parker introduced Vic
President Coolidge, and in doing so
paid a glowing tribute to his old friend
Theodore Roosevelt which brought th
great crowd to Its feet.
At the afternoon session talks wer
made by L. Worthara of Texas, C M.
Stewart of Florida, former Senator M,
G. Laurln of South Carolina and
Dwlght B. Heard of Arizona, the latter
making an earnest plea for Just tariff
protection for long-staple cotton.
Tomorrow the yjee president starts
the day by breakfasting with about
100 of the delegates.
The committee on resolutions named
today Includes Dwlght B. Heard of Art-t
zona, and the committee beedns lt
sessions tomorrow.
Atlanta Is showing the visitors every
attention and is a model host.
HARDING BEGINS
MOVING EFFECTS
TO WHITE HOUSE
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Moving if
the personal effects of President-elect
Harding and Mrs. Harding Into the
executive offices of the White House
was begun today from the Harding
home here.
Mrs. Harding came from Marlon ta
attend to this work.
The Harding house is to be sold to
gether with the furniture and only a
few personal belongings have been
preserved. '
It was upon the Invitation of Mrs,
Wilson that Mrs. Harding decided to
make ready In advance for the change.
An antique settee, several chairs,
pictures which are heirlooms, and
some rare china were among the arti
cles. The single wagon load which
was brought to the executive offices of
the White House today is expected to
remain there until the president-elect
is inducted into office.
ENTERS PLEA OF
NOT GUILTY TO
ROBBING MAILS
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CENTRALIA. HI, Jan. 27. Lorer
Williamson, -23, charged jointly with
Guy Kyle, former Free Methodist
preacher, with the mail robbery at
Mount Vernon, January 14, when $216.
000 was obtained, pleaded not guilty
when arraigned today. He was re
leased under $20,000 bond pending a
preliminary hearing.
Williamson, who served In the war,
blames his implication in the robbery
to Kyle, his partner In the garagu
business, and asserts he had nothing to
do with it.
Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
The Arizona Republican Informa
tion Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
I enclose herewith two cents in
stamps for return postage on a
free copy of the Paint Boklet.
Name
Street
City .
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British Laborites
Demand Action To
Remedy Conditions
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LONDON. Jan. 27. British organiz
ed labor at the national conference of
the labor party and the trades union
congress today demanded iinmeiiiate
action by the government to remedy the
plight brought about by unemploy
ment, endorsed a policy which iis au
thors assert will remove the cause of
industrial depression and adjourned
until February 23 to give labor .mem
bers of parliament an opportunity to
press for the desired action.
"If we cun not achieve what this
program suggests by consututional
means, we will adopt some means of
an extra-con.-ftitutional character,"
declared Robert VkiHiaiD, leader of
the transport workers, in supporting
the resolution.
The conference was characterized
by the Daily Herald, labor organ, as
"either the most momentous or the
most futile in labor's history."
It represented the elimination of
numerous committee meetings, at
Which a common policy regarding mi
employment and related issues was
formulated.
General dissatisfaction with the gov
ernment's proposed remedies was re
flected by the delegates, who, however,
seemed to differ on the most effective
means of moving tho govcrnsnetu toi
the desired action. When Mr. Williams
and other speakers brandished the
general strike weapon as one the
workers would eventually have to io
ort to. there was applause. I'.iit when
I the railway men's loader. J. H. Thomas,
i counseled moderation there wan also
' applause.
LATE TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
REPRESENTATIVES TO DISTRIBUTE SEEDS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. The house confirmed today, 169 to 149, itt
action in voting $350,000 for distribution of free seeds by members. A motion
to rescind the amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill was defeated.
KILL SUNDAY BLUE LAW BILL
NASH VILE, Tenn., Jan. 27. The state senate today, 25 to 2, killed th.
pending Sunday blue law bill which prohibited Sunday, newspapers, trains,
and amusements.
EX-KAISER 62 YEARS OLD
DOORN, Jan. 27. The former kaiser observed his sixty-second birthday
today. There was no elaborate ceremony. The condition of the former German
empress is unchanged.
SWITCHMAN LOSES FOOTING KILLED
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Jan. 27. Claude B. Kensell, a Midland ter
minal switchman, was killed instantly at 9:30 o'clock tonight when he lost his
footing while making a switch, and a freight car passed over his body. The
upper part of his head was cut off and both arms and legs were broken. Kensell
was making the last switch of the night when the accident occurred. He is
survived by a widow.
SAYS HOOVER TO BE IN CABINET
NEW YORK, Jan. 27. W. H. Taft, arrived here today from Bermuda.
He avoided discussnig politics save to say he understood Herbert Hoover would
have a place in the Harding cabinet. He thought this cabinet would be a
strong one. Mr. Taft said his stay in Cuba had refreshed him for duties as
a member of the three-man Canadian railway arbitration committee, which1
begins sittings in Montreal, February 1.
DELAY REPORT ON BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Delay in formally reporting the annual rivers
and harbors bill until changes can be made in the measure was decided on
today by the house appropriations committee.
ARREST THREE FOR LIQUOR SMUGGLING
I DOUGLA, Ariz., Jan. 27. Local federal officers tonight announced thren
j arrests as the result of an investigation of an alleged conspiracy to imco't
i liquor into the United States from Mexico. The three thus far arrested arts
John A. Hall, Bill Malone and Hubert Mathews.