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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1921
VOL. XXXII, NO. 27
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EXECUTIVES
OPPOSE CHANGE
1920 CARRIER
IN
ACT
STATEMENTS FILED BY LEADING
RAILROAD OFFICIALS EXPRESS
MEASURE OF OPTIMISM FOR FU
TURE OF CARRIERS
(Special to Tha Republican)
WASHINGTON. D. C May 2S.
Tha railroad inquiry before the senate
committee on interstate commerce
was resumed this morning. All the
executives who have so far testified
have stressed the point that the diffi
culties of the railroads during the
jvt year and a half have largely
grown out of the abnormal expense
forced upon them, and which they
were unable to meet even from the
Increased rates approved by the In
terstate commerce commission.
Messrs. T. DeWitt Cuyler. chair
man of the Association of Railway
Executives: Julius Kruttschnitt,
chairman of the board of the South
ern Pacific company: Daniel WUlard,
president of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, and A. H. Smith, president
of the New York Central railroad,
have now filed with the senate com
mittee a series of statements setting
forth the belief of these executives
that the railroad problem will be
worked out satisfactorily under the
existing law, and manifesting a
measure of optimism in regard to
the future outlook.
Mr. Kruttschnitt In his statement
mvs in part:
"I do not want to be understood as
pessimistic. I believe that the situa
tion ia clearing and will gradually
clear, and that readjustment of the
operating expense of the railroads
will produce a much brighter outlook
and make it possible to effect more
readjustments of rates with conse
quent benefit to commerce and in
,dutrv generally. '
"1 believe the transportation act- of
110 waa one of the best pieces of
work that congress has ever done,
and I should be extremely reluctant
to -see the act modified, amended or
changed before it ia given a fair
chance to prove what it can do. I
waa a firm believer, and am still, in
the act. There may be some points
where the machinery is still operating
with friction on some hot journals,
but I think that wear will smooth
them down, and it ought to be oper
ating welL I should dislike extreme
ly now to see it tinkered with or
changed." ': '
In hia statement for the record or
the senate committee, Mr. Willard of
" the Baltimore and Ohio railroad said
i in part : " i
"l don't believe it will be necessary
to raise rates beyond what the traf
fic will bear to make private owner
ship a success. . It was not necessary
before the war, and I. do not think
it will be necessary after war, once
we get adjusted so that our income
and our expense bear some proper
relationship to each other, which they
do not at this time.
'The transportation act of 1920
does, in fact, make the future suc
cessful operation of railroads possible
as privately owned and operated
nrnnwties. That I thoroughly be
lieve. It is necessary, of course, "if
they are to succeed that the railroads
should co-operate effectively in or
der to earrv out the spirit of the act.
The railroads are attempting to do
that through several agencies, ana
oarticularlv through a new agency,
" the advisory committee of the Asso
ciation of Railway Executives.
"It ia expected that substantial re
duction will be secured in the price
of fuel for 1921, in fact a number of
contracts have already been made
effective as of April 1, much under
last year's prices. Other material
prices are showing a gradual decline
and as materials and supplies now
In stock are consumed and gradually
replaced with materials purchased at
lower figures there will be reduced
charges to expenses on this account,
all of which will be reflected in lower
operating costs. Meantime the rail
road representatives in conference
with the interstate commerce com
mission are making such rate adjust
ments from time to time as are found
necessary in order to remove in
equalities and reestablish proper re
lationships." Time and patient effort will cure
the Ills of the railroads. President
Smith said in his statement:
"The railroad, management ham-
Chinese-German
Trade Agreement
Has Been Signed
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PEKING, May 23 China and Ger
many have signed a commercial
agreement, which is considered tan
tamount to a peace settlement.
By this agreement Germany con
sents to the abrogation of the con
sular jurisdiction and undertakes ful
fillment of the obligations of the Ver
sailles treaty relating to China, and
reimbusement of China's expenses for
interning Germans.
The agreement gives mutual rights
to the appointment of diplomatic rep
resentatives and consular officers aul
.the right to travel and trade enjoyed
by other powers, subject to the ju
ris diction of the respective courts,
and also equality as to taxes and imposts.
The agreement is to.be the basis of
a treaty along the same lines. Ger
many expresses inability to restore
rights and privileges in Shantung
A supplementary note has been pre
sented to China whereby Germany
agrees to advance a lump sum
against the war indemnity and re
store Chinese property in Germany
and also to receive Chinese students.
ARTILLERY DUEL
SILESIA REVOLT
5 Union Officials
Indicted For Part
In Building Graft
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO. May 23 Five union
officials were indicted on charges
of conspiracy to extort money to
day by the special state grand jury
investigating alleged graft in the
building trades on evidence un
folded by the Da.ey joint legisla
tive committee. The men against
whom true bills were returned
were Charles Wright, carpenters
union; Albert Toung, iron workers
union; J. J. McAndrews, elevator
conductors union; Michael Artery,
teamsters union .and Charles f.
Peters, janitors union. All were
named in connection with the pay
ment of alleged graft to settle
labor disputes.
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GETS HEATED IN
SLACKER PROBE
SENATORS KILL
APPROPRIATION
EOR NAVAL BASE
ON WEST COAST
Economy Forces Dei e-t r )iut, j ' othi.,g I v' watc
Alameda Naval Bse hhU; : j;
And Launch Attack io
Lower Enlisted Strength
Conscientious War
Objector Dies On
60th Day Of Fast
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
SELMA, I a., May 23 Walter
Oliver, son of a wealthy farmer
living near here died today on the
sixtieth day of his self-imposed
fast. . ,
Oliver was a conscientious ob
jector and was sent to the federal
penitentiary when he refused to
don a uniform at Camp Dodge.
Upon his return to his home here
a short time ago, he became a re
cluse and 60 days ago entered into
a fast, declaring "I will not take
i f3'5!.,f-Hhe T.ord bless me."
r from
(Continued on page 2)
Save Money On
Your Laundry
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BERLIN. May 23. Over crippled
wires come reports from Oppeln that
the Germans and Poles are engaged
in heavy artillery and machine gun
firing along the Oder, especially near
Krappitz. Both sides are entrench
ing and the people in several towns
are panic stricken.
While the general reports from
Upper Silesia Indicate a considerable
reinforcement ot both insurgent and
German sides, a menacing food short
age in the rebellious area and intensi
fying conflicts, Germany in a note to
the French ambassador on ' May 19,
made public today, denies all respon
sibility for the disturbances and de
clines to comply with the French re
quest to forward money to pay the
miners. ,
The French note, to which the Ger
man memorandum is a reply charged
Germany with ordering at too late 8
date the suppression of volunteer
forces against the Upper Silesian
Poles to prevent the organization of
armed forces at Kreuzberg. Oppeln.
Krappitz and Ratibor, approximating
20.000 men. It declared Germany
made no effort to close the frontier,
although the Polish border had been
closed, and insisted that Germany di
rect shipments of foodstuffs into the
rebel area and Instruct the Reichs-
bank to forward funds for payment of
the miners.
In reply Germany says that the al
lied forces in Upper Silesia cannot
supply a guarantee, although there
have been many promises that food
stuffs would not fall Into insurgents'
hands and that the self defense or
ganizations have been largely re
cruited in Upper Sielsia as a natural
result of General Lerond's failure to
protect the Germans in that area.
It asserts I-erond's authority extends
onlv a few kilometers beyond Oppeln.
It declares that the Polish border
has been wide open, in evidence of
which a band of 300 Poles crossed
near Rosenberg on May 20 and at
tacked the Germans at Kostau.
In conclusion, the German note
points out that Germany cannot be
responsible for a situation over which
the allies have assumed complete control.
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, May 23. Mrs.
Emma C. Bergdoll, mother of Grover
Bergdoll, , the slacker, again went to
the bat today with the house investi
gating committee. After a two-hour
cross examination Mrs. Bergdoll came
up smiling, for the committee refused
to send her before the bar of the
house for not answering questions
bearing on her buried gold. There
were times when the witness, rising
from her chair and slamming the
floor with a parasol denounced the
inquiry as another persecution.
It was while Representative John
son, Republican of Kentucky, had the
witness in hand that the clash oc
curred, which caused him to offer a
motion charging her with contempt.
The committee, however, though best
to decide this question in executive
session and 10 minutes later the doors
were opened and Airs. Bergdoll was
told she might return home.
While making no attempt, as he ex
plained, to find where the woman
had buried $105,000 obtained from the
treasury in 1919. Mr. Johnson drew
from her the statement that it was on
the Bergdoll farm near Philadelphia.
It was while he was trying to learn
who assisted in hiding it that Mrs.
Bergdoll flew into a rage and de
clared it was a shame for "members
of congress to be ' so nasty." Mr.
Johnson replied that he was trying
to lay a foundation to see if she waa
telling the truth; at which Mrs. Berg
doll launched into a tirade. This
was checked bv Chairman Peters:
"I refuse to give you any other in
formation about the gold." she shout
ed, banging the table with her para
sol. "I am sick and tired of it. You
ought not to be so nosey. It s
waste of time and I don't propose to
console yon by answering It."
Mrs. Bergdoll declared that all of
the gold was placed in one hole, that
nobody knew where and that if she
died. It never would be found. Rep
resentative Luhring, Republican of
Indiana, wanted to know if she would
dig it up and let the committee have
a look.
No, I won't," she exclaimed, "nor
my children either! I would.not put
that temptation in your way. '
Asked how Grover had been named
for President Cleveland, Mrs. Berg
doll shouted: "He has got as good
a chance as anybody here of becom
ing president. '
How many Liberty bonds did you
buy? Luhring asked.
None that's how many! she re
plied. "All the posters had in big
words. 'Kill the Huns'." and I'm not
willing to kill anybody. And how
many did you buy and how many did
the president with his Dig salary
buy?" But Chairman Petera stopped
the outburst. v
iThe committee found from Mrs.
Bergdoll's books that a year ago
Grover Bergdoll paid income tax
amounting to S5.330 and $137 for the
current year. The slacker, she said,
was worth a half million dollars.
The hearing will end tomorrow.
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Republican A. P. Leased Wirt
WASHINGTON. May 23 Another
attack by economy forces in the sen
ate against the $495,000,000 naval ap
propriation bill resulted today in the
defeat of naval committee's plan to
establish a Pacific coast base at
Alameda. Calif. By so to 40, the item
was stricken from the bill.
Advocates of reduction in naval
expenditures then launched a drive to
reduce the navy enlisted personnel
from 120.000 as recommended by the
senate committee, to 100,000, aa voted
by the house. The vote went over
until tomorrow but with predictions
of a closer result than that on the
Alameda base appropriation.
In the vote on the Alameda pro
vision, 18 Republicans joined with 22
Democrats in opposition.
The committee amendment would
grant an initial appropriation of
$1,500,000 to start dredging on the
new site and authorised the govern
ment to accept free upwards of 6,000
acres of land for the site.
No further effort is planned to
restore the Alameda base provisions.
according to Senator Polndexter, Re
publican of Washington. Neither of
the California senators, Johnaon or
Shortridge .spoke in behalf, of the
provisions and in the absence of any
fight by them it was said that the
new Pacific coast base probably
would go over until next year. '
In the opening flgnt on the enlisted
personnel, Senators La Follette and
Lenroot, Republicans of Wisconsin,
urged economy in naval appropria
tions. The former in an address of
about three hours charged that "cor
rupf 'influences were working for
large appropriations for profits on
government armor plate and armor
contracts. He charged existence of
an "armor ring and in this connec
tion named the Bethlehem, Midvale
and Carnegie steel companies.
Urging reduction of the bill to the
100,000 personnel voted by the house
Senator Lenroot said there waa no
possibility of war with any great
power in the next five years.
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BR
HOUSE PROVIDES
ON DRY FIGHT
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, May 23 After a
heated discussion of the prohibition
EORDNEYTARIEE
BILL NOW READY
FOR PRESIDENT
HARDING PROMISES OFFICIAL
INTERFERENCE WITH BUSIESS
WILL BE REDUCED TO
MM1U1
"It Must Not Be Again77
Harding's Declaration
At Bier of Soldier Dead
Tou save money when you save
labor. This is true whether you do
vour own work or have it done. Tou
should therefore have expert advice
on the arrangement of your work.
Tou save money if you save your
clothes from injury from hardening,
from fading, from shrinking. Be sure
to use the right kind of soap, the
right kind of lye. the proper washing
powder.
You should know how to use a
little soda when you put your clothes
to soak, and a little turpentine when
thev are yellow. . ... .
A The department of agriculture has
V .made an exhaustive study of all
these problems of the laundry. It
I'. rinrl a bulletin that is now
readv for free distribution. Our
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Funeral Trust Will
Be Investigated By
Chicago Grand Jury
CHICAGO. May 23. Investigation
of an alleged "funeral trust" was be
gun by the state's attorney s office
today following refusal of chauffeurs
and liverymen to drive or supply
automobiles for the funerals of two
former soldiers.
The "trust" was accused of having
maintained minimum prices of $19.50
for a hearse and $16.50 for each car
in a funeral procession. Efforts of
the combine, which was declared to
rule a majority of the undertakers
and drivers in Chicago and the
suburbs to prevent Sunday funerals,
were said to have resulted in the
bombing of the rooms of an under
taker who refused to abide by the
Sunday ban.
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Globe Miner Kills
Girl; Shoots Self
GLOBE. May 25 Martin Kriscola.
49 years old, a miner, shot and killed
Rosa Franco, 19, late today and then
turned his revolver and- fatally
i wounded himself with a bullet
! through the head. Kriscola was said
to be a suitor to the girl who refused
I him because of the difference in their
ages, according to the police.
Mooney Makes Plea
For New Trial On
Charge Of Bombing
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
SAN FRANCISCO. May 23 Plead
ing in court today for investigation
of his charge that perjured testimony
was responsible for bis conviction for
murder in connection with the pre
paredness day bomb explosion here
in 1916, Thomas Mooney accused
Samuel M. Shortridge, now United
States senator from California, of
joining with the district attorney in
a conspiracy to defraud justice.
Mooney is serving a life sentence in
San Quentin prison.
"In the name of heaven is there no
remedy before the law in the face of
such a conspiracy," he demanded,
urging the court to hear the testi
mony of Earl Hatcher of AVoodland.
who Mooney said, had come forward
after a long period of silence to tes
tify that he was at Woodland with
Frank Oxman, principal prosecution
witness in the Mooney trial at the
time the explosion occurred.
Mooney asserted that Shortridge,
who was Oxman's attorney and C. M.
Fickert, who as district attorney
prosecuted the Mooney case, had in
duced Hatcher at the time of the trial
to sign an affidavit that Oxman was
in San Francisco at the hour of the
explosion.
Hatcher was subpoenaed today to
appear before the grand jury to tes
tify regarding the af?a4r.
Mooney was brought here from
prison today to testify in connection
with a common law proceedings
whereby his counsel hope to obtain a
reopening of the case against him.
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, May 23 The Ion
battle in congress over the emergency
tariff bill ended today when the
house, by a vote of 245 to 91. adopted
the conference report to which the
senate had agreed. The measure was
senf to the white house where it is
expected to be signed soon by the
president.
The emergency -measure passed in
the closing days of the last session
was vetoed by President Wilson, but
immediately reintroduced in the pres
ent extra session.
It carries tariff duties on thirty odd
farm products together with compen
satory duties on articles manufac
tured from them. It also empowers
the secretary of the treasury to em
ploy penalties in staving off dump
ing of foreign made goods, continues
the war time control over importa
tion of dyes and operates to clarify
tangles in the- assessment of duties
which result from fluctuating ex
change rates.
During the long debate opponents
of high tariff predicted retaliatory
action by Canada, by South America
and by some nations of Kurope.
Chairman Fordney of the house ways
and means committee, which drafted
the bill said, however, no protests had
come.,
Only a slight flurry of opposition
appeared as the bill went into roll call
today.
Representative Garner of Texas, a
democratic member of the ways and
means committee, restated the posi
tion of a majority of hfs party and
again declared that the bill could do
no possible good.
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Trial Of Four For
Murder Of Federal
Officer Under Way
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
EI, PASO. Texas, May 23. When
District Judge W. D. Howe adjourned
court late today after the examina
tion of 62 talesmen, six jurors had
been accepted for the trial of C. P.
Shearman and his sons. Neil. John
and Allen, and Tomas Mendoza, for
the murder of Prohibition Officer C.
Arch Wood.
Of the 6:i men examined today. 32
were disqualified upon their admis
sion of conscientious scruples
against the death penalty. A special
eral government on a sound business
basis, even at the cost of offending
"a certain class of politicians." was
queation during which Commissioner re-affirmed by President Harding to-
Kramer wa hltterl. Hi-l. H aay in an aouresa nere m . mnciimii
tiiurvuii.v aeienaea, me nouse io-
day voted an additional $200,000 for
enforcement of the Volstead act un
til July 1. Representative Volstead
proposed the increase in the total of
the deficiency appropriation bill to
permit retention on federal payrolls
of 709 prohibition agents who. Mr.
Kramer announced, would be dropped
for the -remainder of the year be
cause of ahortage of funds.
The amendment was adopted. T7
to $8, less than . one-fourth of the
house membership being present, but
another vote can be demanded be
fore the bill is passed. Even the
members who favored the amend
ment, however, doubted whether it
would afford relief in time to be of
much value, inasmuch as the bill aft
er passage by the house must go
to the senate,
During the wrangling. Chairman
Good of the appropriations commit
tee, who opposed the Volstead
amendment, said Mr. Kramer had
violated- penal provisions of the law
by incurring a deficit and "had made
himself liable to jail sentence."
"I want Mr. Kramer to obey the
law Just as much as the bootleg
gers," he declared, adding that $.
900.000 had been appropriated for
prohibition enforcement during the
current fiscal year.
Mr. Kramer was defended by Representative-
Byrne. Tennessee, rank
ing Democrat on th. appropriations
committee, as a conscientious offi
cial doing his best to- enforce the
law. Mr. Volstead defended Mr.
Kramer's administration, declaring
there waa no ground for criticism.
Declaring no estimate for addition
al funds for prohibition enforcement
had been submitted to the appropria
tions committee and that no one had
appeared before the committee to ex
plain the situation, M. Byrnes said
that if the secretary of the treasury
had requested funds he would have
gotten all he wanted.
As the house milled through the
deficiency bill today a provision for
the creation of an office of first as
sistant secretary of the treasury at
a salary of $10,000 a year and an
amendment providing for purchase by
the government of Jloo.000.ouo ot
farm loan bank bonds. were elim
inated on. points -of order.
One provision approved would per
mit the treasury department to
spend any part of the $1,600,000 ap
propriated last session for addition
al hosnital facilities for disabled ex-
service men in the improvement of
existing facilities. The ectglnal bill
provided that $12,500,000 was to be
expended for new hospitals.
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK. May 23. A nation
so righteous and so Just that we shall
never be called on to make war so
lone as God and man rule together.
was the prayer of President Harding
as late -today he reviewed survivors
of the world war at a regimental
review in Brooklyn.
Republican A. P. Leased Wire . "It must not be again," was his
NEW YORK. May 23. The admin- j declaration earlier today when he at-
istration's purpose to place the fed-1 tended a memorial service for five
Administration To
Place Government
On Business Basis
The task, the president declared,
already had shown that to be success
fully completed it would require "per
sistent, determined, stony-hearted de
votion to the public interest.." without
a trace of sympathy for the office
holder whose only excuse for draw
ing a salary is that he needs the
money. Loss of a certain -sort of
prestige to the administration, Mr.
Harding said, waa certain to result,
though it might be compensated in
the long run by a realization of the
good accomplished for the general
public. . .....
Recapitulating the work' already
done by the reorganization commis
sion created by congress and by-ex
ecutive orders of the administratioa.
the president said considerable prog
ress was promised for the immediate
future. ,
The text of the president s address
folows in part:
"Everywhere we turn, we note that
government has in recent time as
sumed a more complex relationship to
the public than it ever sustained be
fore. The mobilization of man power.
Industrial forces and financial re
sources, made neecssary in the war's
exigencies, could only have been ac
complished through the exertion of
the utmost powers of government.
Working at War Pitch
"Hany men thoughtlessly urged
that when the government took over
the control, even -the conduct of many
Industries and facilities during the
war, there followed a great increaFi
in wages, a vast expansion of business
(Continued on page 5)
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GOOLIDGE URGES
0PP0SITI0NTO
L
T
PRESIDENT ASKS
OF
ALL FACTORS Hi
REHABILITATION
AD
FORGES
CHARLESTON GETS
CONVENTION
ST. LOl'IS. May 23. Charleston.
W. Va.. was chosen for the next gen
eral assembly of the Southern Pres-
' hyterian church at the sixty-first
'general assembly today.
Revoke License Of
Ball Park Where 5
"Black Sox" Played
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO, May 23 A recommen
dation that the license of a baseball
park where five indicted former
members of the Chicago American
league baseball team have been
playing be revoked was voted today
8 to 2, by the city council judiciary
committee. The five players Kelsch,
Jackson, Risberg, Williams and Can
dil have been appearing with a
semi-professional team in week-end
Eight Americans
Easy Winners In .
Golf Tournament
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
1IOILAKE, England, May 23.
Eight of the 11 Americans drawn for
the opening day's play for the ama
teur golf championship came through
with flying colors and are racing tne
outlook of a comparatively easy com
petition in the second round tomor
row. The eight are Bobby Jones. Chick
Evans, Francis Ouimet, W. C. Fownes,
Jr., F. J. Wright. Dr. Paul Hunter.
W. X. Hunt and J. H Douglas Those
who dropped out were Ray Thompson
and Manley. both of whom were de
feated, and J. Wood Piatt, who with
drew owing to injuries received in a
fall yesterday. He appeared on the
course on crutches, however.
' Fownes received a walkover
through the scratching of his oppo
nent. The day passed without sen
sational scoring or play. The early
American play did not seem to be p
to Saturday's form, probably due to
the gray, cool weather which contin
ued until mid-afternoon.
Surprise was expressed by the
golfers at the stiff game Bobby Jones
encountered through C. C. Manford.
He was driving with his usual relia
bility, but suffered on the greens
through short and narrowly missed
putts. On several occasions he had
bad lies.
The only member of the regular
American golf team eliminated is
Piatt. Neither Thompson. Manley
nor Payton is a member of the team.
These comoetitors. while Americans.
panel of one hundred has been or
dered to appear tomorrow and it is ( entered independently-
expected the work of selecting tne
remaining six jurors will be com
pleted during the day.
In the examination, both state and
defense attorneys closely questioned
prospective jurors as to their atti
tude toward the Volstead act and
whether or not they favored its en
forcement. Most of them said they
did. though occasionally a talesman
wanted it understood he was not in
favor of prohibition. District At
torney Leigh Clark and Assistant
District Attorney Charles Vowell are
conducting the case for the state,
assisted by W. Tl. Fryer, former as
sistant L'liited States district attor
ney, employed as special counsel by
the federal government, and assist
ant United States district attorney
K. B. Eifers. C. M. Croom. John
Dyer and .1. M. Nealon form the
counsel for the deXana
Thousands Of Acres
Razed By Fires In
Minnesota Forests
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
DL'LUTH, Minn., May 23. A strip
of heavy wooded forests 20 miles long
and seven miles wide was burned
by the fires which started in the
Wales branch of the Northeastern
Miunesota forest reserve forestry
men reported todsy. ('. A. Mahl-
gren, supervisor of the superior na
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, May -23 Respect for
the law and opposition to radicalism,
were urged on Americans tonight by
Vice President Coolidge, in an ad
dress at the 125th anniversary cele
bration of the New York Commercial.
Any 'class or organization, he said,
undertaking to obtain privileges not
open to any other class or organiza
tion was hostile to American insti
titions and a menace to American
liberty.
"There is a right of contract of
agreement and association among in
dividuals which is protected so long
as the end sought in equal justice,"
he continued. "Any effort which con
templates coercion and force is an
interference with our conception of
American liberty and ia Justly de
nounced, by American law.
"It is' true that we hold to the
theory of equality, not of character
or possession but equality of oppor
tunity and equality before the law.
This does not mean that the govern
ment guarantees any standard of
achievement to its citizens but that
in its dealings with them it will
grant to all an opportunity to be
heard and the right to a decision
based on the evidence and the law
without favor and without prejudice.
It is the belief of an American that
h creates opportunity, that his
achievement, his destiny, his great
ness, lie not in others, but in himself.
"There is need to resist radicalism
because it is a disturbing and waste
ful element.
"Tbis does not mean resistance to
the growth and expansion of our
constitution but it does mean resist
ance to any change in its underlying
principles."
He asserted that the liberty given
to all under the constitution was not
licensed but the fullest freedom of
individual thought and action limited
by a like freedom of thought and ac
tion by others.
"There are those who speak of
overthrowing the government." he
said. "In America, this reduces itself
to the absurdity of overthrowing the
people, for here the -people are the
government.
"This administration may come and
go. like its predecessors but the gov
ernment, our institutions, remain
secure i" the support of the American
people.
"More than six score years have
written our constitution not on
parchment alone, nor yet on bronze
but into the everlasting soul of the
nation. That is our security. That
is our guarantee.
"There is discontent and unemploy
ment at home: There are disorders
abroad. Their remedy lies in our loy
alty to our government, in our obe
dience to constituted authority, that
our own country, strong, well or
dered, resolute, may continue to be
the prosperous abiding plae of such
an institution of publicity and edu-
thousand war dead on the army piers
in Hobokea.
The same theme spoken before
the living and before the dead
brought tears to his eyes and to the
eyes of those who had followed him
through the day's program. At a
luncheon of the Academy of Political
Science and at a dinner celebrating
the 125th anniversary ot the. New
York Commercial he had expounded
the need of putting the government
on a business basis and of recon
strutting the nation's business and
industry'. It was at the military
functions that he stirred the emo
tions of his audience
jfcnd varied must have been the
emotions of the president
First a-thrill at the roar of heavy
guns as the presidential yacht May
flower steamed Into the harbor and
came to 'her anchorage amid the
salutes of a hundred war craft in the
Hudson
Then, the catching in the throat
as he arrived in Hoboken at the
bivouac of the dead, entered the piers
which served as a temporary tomb
for the thousands of brave lads
whose flag-draped coffins covered
the floors, row on row and laid upon
the casket of a humble private from
Michigan the -first American Killed
on German soil a wreath that1
served as a symbol for all the coun
try's war dead.
Children Cheer President
And later the cheers of welcome of
children voices the voices of tens of
thousands of children waiting to
greet him aa he motored to Brooklyn
tnrougn the east side.
Then a quickening of the pulse
when in the Twenty-third regiment
armory In Brooklyn he saw surviv
ors of the war.-torn - 106th , awing
bravely past him at a review.
And finally the laying aside for a
moment of the emotions, to lay be
fore his audience the problems that
face post-war America in her recon
struction period.
The president's day was so crowd
ed that he had scarcely a moment
of rest until he again boarded the
yacht late tonight to return to Wash
ington. New fork gave him an 'enthusiastic
welcome. . Great crowds cheered him
everywhere.
The greeting that reached his
heart, however, was that given by
Young America the 250,000 school
children who lined the route to
Brooklyn. . '
These children, granted a half hol
iday, stood in a drizzling rain, wav
ing flags and cheering wildly as the
car came In sight. The treble of
their voices rose In a mighty cres
cendo that brought radiant smiles
from the president and Mrs. Hard
ing. The youngsters of the lower east
side gave him the noisiest greeting.
Once the president ordered his car
stopped while he stepped out Into
the rain and shook hands with sev
eral little girls. ,
"I never knew there were so many
children in America. It waa won
derful." Boys' Band Serenades -
Another demonstration of youth
ful patriotism that pleased the presi
dent was a serenade by the boys'
band of 400 pieces. Returning to
his hotel from the regimental re
view, he ordered his car stopped
while he spoke a few words of ap
preciation to the musicians.
After the military review, the pres
ident walkefV across the hall to 52
wounded soldiers from the Fox Hills
hospital, Staten Island.
"How are you, boys? I wish I
could shake you all by the hand." he
said. Mrs. Harding stopped to shake
the hand of a paralyzed soldier and
her eyes filled with tears as she
Policy of Administration
Outlined by Harding In
Address at Dinner Of
New York Commercial
v
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK. May 23. The ; co
operation of every factor oAmerlcan
business and industry to put the ra
tion's house in order after the dislo
cation of war waa bespoken by Presi
dent Harding tonight at a dinner here
celebrating the 125th anniversary of
the New York Commercial.
Agriculture, labor and business
management, be declared, must stand
together in tha confident purpose of
reconstruction. He asserted that al
though the United States did - not
want to live in isolation and selfish- '
ness .its duties to the world could lht
be performed by giving its attention
first to the rehabilitation of its own
resources.
Mr. Harding promised that govern
ment interference with business
would be reduced to a minimum,
while government co-operation with
all properly conducted businesses
would be expanded. He declared his
purpose to reverse the tendency in
some quarters "to regard business as
dishonest until it should prove itsett
honeat and to regard bigness in busi
ness as a crime."
Emphasizing the fundamental im
portance of agriculture, he asserted
that the farmer was entitled to "all
the help the government can give him
without injustice, to others." For the
wage earner he asked sufficient com-
ipenaation for comfort, education n.l
a margin of savings, while for every
other element in Industry he urt-d
a fair opportunity to do Its part in
reconstruction.
Mr. Harding also suggested that th?
nation's loans to the allies be put in a
more languageablo form, that facili
ties of exchange be bettered, ami
that all the financial policies of the
reconstruction period be so formulat
ed as to protect the gold standard.
"Assuming that these things may
be laid down as fundamentals." be
said, "it Is for us all to get back to
work. We must have confidence th;it
things will come right- We have
dealt h with the greatest problem hu
manity ever confronted in the war.
We will have no problem hereafter
greater or more difficult than that
was. Therefore we are entitled to ev
ery confidence that we will cope sue-,
cessfully with the problems that lie
ahead."
The address follows In part:
"The New York Commercial was
founded when the young republic was
distracted by a division of opinion
concerning our relations with Europe.
The 'noble Washington was being'
lampooned and traduced because h:s
administration was committed to the
Jay treaty with Great Britain, first
of the nation's commercial cove
nants. It represented an effort to
escape embroilment in the Old World
system, and In the period when we
were too weak to sustain a foreign
conflict It served to postpone th;t
disaster. But only postpone it.
for, with every wish To preserve the
peace, it was impossible. We fought
wars with France and England, as in
cidents to the French revolutionary
and Napoleonic upheaval.
"It has been too often assumed that
our recent involvement in the troubles
of Europe marked a new development
in our affairs. In fact, it was an oM
story. We never were and never will
be able to maintain isolation. But our
part and our place in international
affairs are strikingly changed. Ojr
rise in power and influence has im
posed new responsibilities. Today
our strength in the industrial, finan-
tional reserve, said today that the
fires had stripped about 500.000.n00 i cation as we have met her tnis eve-
feet of timber in about 2.0o acres. ning to honor and acclaim the
Logging camps nd sporting clubs I stronghold of enlightened liberty, the
have been destroyed by the fire ac- supporter of an advancing civiliza
cordinr to reports I tion."
(LAST MDRltWE RlESt!
BANDITS KILL 3 IN MEXICO
EAGLE PASS, Texas, May 23 Bandits on a robbing expedition yester
day killed three business men at a point between Esperanza and Muzquiz.
Mexico, according to telegrams. Tha killing occurred 100 miles south cf
Eagle Pass, the victims being Manuel. Linaue, a Spaniard, Eloy Chapa, and
Manuel Pena, both Mexicans.
NEGRO BEATEN TO DEATH
SHREVEPORT, La, May 23 Cleveland TuMt, a negro, was beaten to
death by a mob of negroes yesterday after ha had shot to death a negro
and negress at a dance.
HAM AND TWO BITS
IDAHO FALLS, Ida, May 23 The "two bit" piece came back into its own
hero this morning when the largest restaurant in the city announced "ham
and eggs" back at the old pre-war price. Other price cuts that attracted
the hungry ones at the two bit" price wera "beef and gravy," and pork
chops; the former price for all these was SO cents.
DENVER BANDITS ARE NERVY
DENVER, Colo., May 23 Two armed bandits tonight entered the J. T.
Taylor drug (tore while scores of pedestrians were passing and bound J. T.
Watermeyer, night clerk in charge, and looted the cash register of about
(50.. The bandits escaped.
MAY PATROL ARIZONA BY AIRPLANE
EL PASO, Tex, May 23 Major Carl Spatz, who has been detailed by
army headquarters at San Antonio to investigate the practicability cf
establishing a fire patrol by airplane over the forests of Arizona, left here
today for the west, traveling with a mechanician in an army plane.
GIBBONS KAYOES HEENAN
' CONATON, O, May 23 Tommy Gibbons. St. Paul heavyweight, knocked
out Jack Heenan of New York in the first round of a scheduled 12round
bout here tonight. Heenan substituted for Dick O'Brien of Cincinnati, He
'waa floored seven times,
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