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F,ih v.r-N..li7 OGDEN CITY, UTAH TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1920 LAST EDITION 4 P. M. M
"I STOLE TO FEED MY FAMILY," OGDENITE SAYS I
a a AO O G O & A A O
risi Home Rule Bill Goes To King For Signature
I CROWN FQHCES
BURN VILLAGE
FOR REVENGE
Ballinales. County Longford. In
Flames After Attack
On Police
SEARCH FAILS TO
j L REVEAL DE VALERA
Dispatch From Ireland i ells ;
TJ How Farmer Was Slam
I By Officials
1 LONDON Dec. -'" 'I" l"sh
Vl home rule bill assughtlj niomneo
'.v the house of I. Til-, was dopted
bj the house of coimnons today.
' i -rho measure now needs onlj the
royal denature to be ome a law
bbbbbb LONDON", Dec 91. The Press
noetation's Dublin correspondent
quotes a dispatch from Tulski Coun
fnji .' ty Roscommon, is saying ih.it crown
H?-:J forces burned the villa of Ballina-
Ilee, County LoDKford. early this morn
ing as a reprisal for the rodent at' ark
on the police barracks there In which
gsjsjj one constable was killed and three
IjAV wounded.
Shops md housi a v. en
llspatcl states, sonv
fgH farmhouses burned and stock shot. The
m9H raiders commandeered end fortified
IkuI the schoolhouse and most o the. In
J-BK habitants fled, according to the dls-
!uH patch.
DE VALERA SOT N BOARD
ISOt'THAMITuN, England, lec. 21.
Thorough sea re h w made of lh
steamer Acuultanla which arrived here
thla morning, but no evident was
found to lend color to recent rumors
- jm that Famonn d- valera, "president oi
jjjf the Irish republic," was aboard the
sTOi; ol MURDER
i" jj LONDON, Deq. 23 A dispatch re-
Wm cefved by iht Central Ncwi from Tra-
I lee. says that because a farmer named
O'Connor was found to be, possessed
of a summons to a Sinn Petal court,
he was placed in a military lorry and
taken away by forces of the crown
T :5 Shortlj afterwa di I i u! throi i Into
the i oad, shol Tin
J moans of tb. man attracted
attention and he was removed to al
farm house am! .. prtesl was-sum-
Imoned.
According lo the .dispatch, an offi-
1 cer barred the priest from entering
KjH the farm house, but permitted two
Wtfls armed rm-n to go Inside When the
fttfSBF entered, three shots were heard, anu
UflB when finally the priest was permitted i
MffjlS to enter, lie found 1 I'Conndr dead
ORK BISHOP RJEPL1 1 IS
Djfl! NEW VORlf; Dec. 21. Bishop Kan-,
HNS icl f'oahlan. of Cork, replying to tnc
BB cabled protest of the Ano-rican a-
r12 elation for recognition of Mm Irish re-
-yH public, against excommunication of i
. Irishmen who ambush British crown
9 forces, declared th.a it was 'scanda-l
5SL j lous for the association to defend ih- !
''T J louch-and-run ambushers," and asked
f why 1 h Irish republli had nol been
fl reeof-iitz. 1 1 I ihi
!C5J In lls reply, the b!sii..t termed as
"npnsense" the association's charge
jfjM that he Was using his spiritual aulhor-
- IS ii. 1 1 1 rest of I British
t II w.t .ill I ' MINDS
1 -; DUBLIN, Dei 21 the Jrl
iaaa waymen. in conference here today, de-
cided unanimously to abandon then ,
rQB strike ugainsi the carrying of muni-
fH lions and return to work. The men
i voted to carrj ill the traffli offered,
V. provided -'ii Lhc met ur restored I
V their forrn-r posltlmis,
m UTAH MERCHANT SHOT
AT BLUE CREEK STORE
salt LAKE CITY, l tah, Dec.
:flH Police authorities of Xevada and Call-1
fotnlo have been requested to watch
for a motorist w ho mlsht prove to be '
IjjjBB the murderer of Richard lldner who
'.iJm kept a general merchandise store and j
jtWB a, pOftofflCe at Blue Creek, Utah, on
911 the Lincoln highway. Rauchars dls-i
luHJ covered the luily ln-n they went to
'nil gvt their mail today. The stun- Indl-;
rated that a struggle bad ensued be-j
9HJ foi'c lldner died from the effects of
fjjmj a bullet wound. The theory of the lo-
Hb cal police is that probably an auto-J
991 mobile thief broke into the store laelj
HJ night in search "t loline and '..hen
HHL ri.it; ! wlili I i tit
FEAR KODAK SECRETS
WILL REACH COMPETITOR
1 ROCHESTER N Y.. Dee tl.
fflH ' Jeorgc Eastman, founder and bead of,
ffll the Eastman Kodak company, tool;
jflfl the stand Monday in supreme coutt'
MB it tile trial of the Injunction proceed
HH ing brought by the Eastman company
HHJ K .i Inst the Powers Film ProducU
HH Inc., to restrain the Powers company!
gSV from employing a former Eastman j
Mr. Eastman said he wax the Inven
jHJ tor of the film process of photography, j
that the film thai was developed In j
IggBI his factory 'and a projecting machine
(developed by Thomas A- Edison had
started the motion picture industry in I
this country
gjaav oo
( I It N not LBLjE DIBS.
jBffl HAVANA. iTibn, Dec. I'l Dr. (Man-1
HBJ bcl '"oroiiado. CJ years of age. vlccj
Kl president of I tie senate ,-;nd oWHer of
la Dlscusione, one of tlx hMi st ntws-j
itfjeO papers in Cuba, died here yesterday.
. .J. ' le was a veteran of Cuba's war f J
ifm Independence, during which ho Bt-
HJ lalned the grade of colonel. Death
!hVJ resulted from cancer of the luQjrs, i
J
TWO DISPATCHES
!l INDICATIVE OF
II U. S. CRIME WAVE
DONG Bl l II N V.. DOC. 91.
i in body r a wcll-dre scd lvoman
at. i. m ,;ti rears old was found Imlf
bniied "ti tlM beach here With a
bullet hole over the rijrht eyi
coroner's Invcetlgalion was undei
n-aj t')- to determine her Idchtltj
and whether site wa- murdered or
! committed -ulcldt
M BR I MsT CK V. J.. l
21. New Jersey's crime uretve en
gulfed Mllllown early iimI.in nrhen
lour men attempted to rii the
I lrs( National bonk. io--e if
thlrt) cKlseni armed with guns
pitchforks mid uiii r w apbns ap
lured two of tlie iilleoed robber
aftei a flglll Ul IVhich '"ires of
sho w ' 1 1 tired.
Investigation showed thai tin
hank had been CUlCl il b) iIil:.. ..tu
through a bi n i. nail Bank offl
eiai- began cltccklng up t see if
am priH it h.-nl been taken
1
138 INSIipE
FIRMS DECIDE
TO m STATE
Fire Underwriters Peeved by
Action Taken by Mississippi
Revenue Anent
NEW YORK Dec. 21.- One hun
! dred and thlriy-eijeht fire ""insurance
j companies are suspending their busi
ness In Mississippi where their ar
! gresato coverlrus policies amount to
j approximately $1,250,000,000.
This action (s an oatprnwth of a
suit fild against I hem it?- fife Stste
revenue agent of Mississippi, chavgin--i
that In collecting the same rntes, the
I companies have created u combine in
restraint of trade.
I Announcement of the su,'peniilo;i
'was mode today b the National
j Board of Eire Underwriters.
It was explained that the state
revenue agent contends that th al-
leged violation of the anti-trust laws
1 Mississippi subjects each coin pan)
j to a penalty of JS.ooo a day since
January 1 I f" I s . or an aggregate pen
alty of $2.000.1.100.000.
i To enforce payment, balances due
I the companies in BlaslMippI and held
by their agrents have been garniahecd.
; This uiiourits to $700,000.
SEN. POINOEXTER TALKS
WITH HARDING ON PEACE
.MARION', o.. Dec. 21. Another!
member of the Irreconcilable 'amp ot'
the senate. Senator Miles I'olndexter, :
of Washington, tbdas was called lnii:
President-elect Ejardjnga consultation
m his plan for a world peace associa
tion. The conference is the fourth .Mr.
Harding has held her with senators,
who fought for flat rejection of the
Versailles' league, and It le understood
that other. ::re ti be summoned later.
In the hope that the (rrecpncllables
rtlny add their strength to the plan tp
be proposed by the next administra
tion. Another on the day's appointment
list wu- Governor Bldwtn P. Mtfrrow.l
t Kcdtucky, a bitter opponent of un-
reserved ratification of the Versailles'
treaty.
i
PACIFIC FLEET TO CHEER
SAN FRANCISCO WAIFS
BAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 21. The
navy will bring to soo San Francisco
waifs Uie spirit of Christmas 'hat oth
erwise would have b n Inckinx from
their lives this year, according to an
nouncement today.
The halcystoned; gleaming decks,
under the shadow oi the muzxles Of
mammoth H-lm 1 guns of the battle-j
ships New York, Texas, Wyoming and
Arkansas, comprising division six of I
battleship squadron four of the Pa-.
Iflc fleet at anchor In San Erancisco
bay. will furnish the scene for the en-
tertalnment of 400 of the child en
The other loo will be gucets a: the
naval training station on Verba Buena
Island.
Turkey dinner with all the fixings"
and Klfts of toys of all kinds will be
furnished the children through con
tributions of the officers and nllstetl
men.
oop
PENNIES IN P0CKETB00K
SAVE LIFE OF BANDIT !
CHICAGO, Dei. 2i. Examination I
calls- toda) of a wound sustained by
a sailor bandit, who with three men
In army uniforms fought a gun battle
last night with a private detective In
front of the home of . yrus 11 M'or
mick. head of the rtternatlonal iiar
vester company proved that his pock-
etbook containing eight pennies saved
his life
The force of the bullet was impeded
when it struck the pennies and lodged
in his abdomen. It was easily remov
ed by a police surgeon "with his
fingers.
"It wan my first Job," the wounded
sailor who gave Ins name as John
Johnson, "l wanted Uttla Christ
mas spending money, i met the three
soldiers and aaked them to go along
on a little stick-up party, j never saw
Tb in before."
DREY OF WAGE
GUTTING rl!T3
MMITES
Chicago Takes Lead in Cutting
Scale Paid to Hotel
Waiters
TEXTILE ASSOCIATIONS
ANNOUNCE BIG CUTS
More Than 200 000 Affected
by Action Taken m
Pennsylvania
i CHICAGO. Dec. 21. A wage re
j duction amounting to 20 per cent In
the pay of waiters In one of the larg
est downtown hotel w.i announced J
today h Oeorge K--eel ! ul waiter.'
The waiters have been receiving $!ia
a month ard board. Their wage will
be cut to $70 n mon'h. or half of thej
$40 n month Increase given them last;
May, he said.
Ml n ct ; WAGES
I NEW BERN X C., Dec. 21. Sa la
nes of the office force at the New
! Bern Iron Works and Supply com
pany w et.- immediately reduced to !
percent Monday when the plant was;
turned over 10 the wage earning em
ployes Cor operation on ;i profit -shar-Ing
basis. The plant is one of the:
, largest of Its kind in this section of
the state.
Recently a 1" per cent wage re-!
duction was followed by a walkout. J
I The men returned, however, but when!
I a second reduction of 10 per cent was
announced they suggested th;:t they
be permitted to opi rate the plant and !
receive all profits above actual oper-,
' atlng expenses. The plan was agreed
to by the management. Under the (
I new system officials will continue In ,
charge of their respective depart- ;
I menls.
WORKERS ri PT CUT.
TOLHWO; ' O:, Dec. 21. Employes
mi the Tiiledo Uridge aad Iro'i oiu-
pan-. 200 In number, decided Mon
, day to accept a wage rjductlon of 10 !
per cent rather than le thrown out j
of work.
TAILC"S' W KGKS KEDVi ED
I BOSTON Dec. 81. Announcement ,
J oi a wage reduction averaging about !
2! 1-2 per cent In the tailor shops of
the Clotlilng Manufacturers' nssocia-
Hon of Boston and the placing of the
shops on a piece work basis was
made Monday. The changes will be
; effective when the shops reopen.
Which probably Will not be until after
January 1.
. i n i ll l. Kl ll TIONS
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 21 Reduc
tion ii. wages in virtually i.u uie
plants hi four great branches of the I
textile manufacturing industry In this
city were announced Monday and it
was ?ald that slmllai reductions soon
WOUld be made by five other brunches!
Of the Industry.
All the member- of Ihe Terry asso-j
elation composed of manufacturers of
Turkish toweling today posted notices,
of a ten per cent but. I
c" Stanley Hurlbut, secretary of the1
Philadelphia Eull-Fashloned Hosiery'
Manufacturers' association, said that
members had decided lo put a 1G per
cent reduction In wages into effect onfj
January I, and it a'so was learned I
that the Philadelphia branch of the!
National Association of Wilton andl
Brussels Rug manufacturers would!
inform union representatives tomor
rpW that on January IT they would
put Into effect a 2E per cent reduc
tion in pay.
in BOBIER1 PLANTS.
Robert C. Blood, treasurer of the '
hosiery association, which Is distinct
from the Eull Fashioned association
skid the organisation would reduce
a .rii-s about -'" vw cent when the
plants of the members reopen.
Off! of the Coarse Yarn Spin-.
in rs' : ssoelallon the Seamless Hosieiyj
Manufacturer association, the
Sweater and Knitted Textile Manu- ,
facturers' association, the Enit Fabric
Manufacturers' association, and thoj
Matter Dyers' aaeociatlon, said they
were contemplating wago reduetlona
ranging from 10 to 30 p$y cent.
Then are more than 200,000 work-1
era In the textile Industries here.
ARDM0RE SHERIFF GOES
TO MEET CLARA SMITH
A RDM ORE, Okla.. Dec. 21. Sher
iff Buck Garrett, and Charles Coak-
ley. attorney, left Ardmorc for El 1
Paso lo meet t'laru Barton Smith,
sought since November 23 in connec
tion with the death of Juke L. Mam.onJ
Republican national committeeman, it;
wa.- announced here this afternoon byj
Jamea B. Mathers of the law firm of.
Mather and Coakley
MlSS Smiih has notified the sher- J
iff and the law firm, letalned for her;
as counsel, that sho desires to sur-1
render. Mr. Mathers, said. He added 1
that the woman would reach El Paso
tomorrow. )
Mr. Mathers also announced that a
group or four of the most prominent '
men an.l women of Ardmore bad giv
en his firm the sum of $2.oii0 to the 1
attorneys In defending Miss SmUhj
when she cornea to trial.
LONDON BANK FAILURE
CAUSES TWO ARRESTS
LONDON. Dec. 21. Two arrests
have been made in connection with 1
the suspension of Farrow's bank.
Which was announced yesterday, savs I
the Dally Mall. E. A. Harbe, an au
ditor representing the shareholders.
a;:d Thomas Farrows, founder of the
bank, who was too in to be taken
from his home, were arrested
CHANGE IN TAX
LMESSENTIAL,
KAHN DECLARES
Business of Country Demands
and Fjust Have Revision,
He Declares
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF
PEACE TREATY FLAYED
New York Banker Calls for
Continuation of income
Surtaxes
WASHINGTON. Der. 'Z i . Business
of the country is demanding and mdbt
have revision of the tax laws If It Is
to continue a healthy growth. Otlo
H. Kahfi, New York banker, told the
house ways and means committee to
day In the course of a statement In
which he denounced economic ;ispects
of the treaty of Versailles and de
clared for u continuation of income
su rtaxes.
The tXCeas profit lax "must go." Me.
Kahn said, adding while it w:cs theo-1
refit ally sound it.- .lisadv atages oti'.
balanced Its advantages.
OPPOSED TO EX EM PI IONS.
Continuation of the incomo sur
taxes. Mr. ICahn explained, was a so
1 la! and economic necessity, but he
warned against excessive levies on the;
higher Incomes on the gioond that
they did not produce the maximum,
..r revenue for which they wcri de
signed. He said also that he opposed
any exemption under income tax pro-!
visions.
Melon- Mr. Kahn was called. Chair-j
man I'ordncy stilted that he and oth-
or members of the committee war in
flivor of "some kind" of B sales tax
OSTTtW of Hie means of raising the four
billions of revenue needed annually by
the government."
PI At 1: LIRE W UK"
Mr Kahn was asked during the
course of his statement whether be
thought the Signing of the treaty of
Versailles would otl.;le all of the dll'
flculties, industrial and financial, now
confronting the country. He replied
that the Versailles' peace was "as
QQUally devastating as the war in Its
disregard of economic aspects-"
Mr. Kahn blamed "the present fi
nancial turmoil." for the predicament
111 which the farmers find themselves.
He said their condition was not due
to financial deflation because "there
has not been any financial deflation
so far.
TWA! ION BLAM1 l
Taxation, according to Mr. Kahn.
was one of the factors bringing about a
collapse In the market. He declared j
It was ri PC 0001)0 "that we retrace our
steps and , re-establish a saner and
fairer sysfem of taxation without any
undue tenderness to capital
Asked regarding recent proposals to
tax bank deposits, Iho witness said
such a step "would be almost calam
itous In Its effect."
1 1 IT- T McADOO
Questioned us to the statement of
W O. McAdoo, former secretary of
the treasury, that deflation had been
carried too far and that federal re
serve banks should be allowed lo re
duce Interest rates and member banks
encouraged to extend more liberal
credits. Mr. Kahn .-.ml smilingly that
"with all due respect to Mr McAdoo
and his ability, I think that statement
whs mads, with an eye to 924 rather1
than to 1921."
Of.
DAIRY COW AT SEATTLE
BREAKS WORLD'S RECORD;
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 21. "Regis
Pletertje Prospect Holstein cow
owned by the Carnation stock Farms
lu re, has completed a year's test with
a total production of 3 7. 3 s 4 1 pounds
of milk n.i L446.9 pounds of butter.'
and 1 itablishlng a new world's record.
It wus announced here today by A MJ
Ghormley, superintendent at the stock
farms. The former world's record was
held by "Tilly Alcarta," a California,
cow.
'OPIUM PARTY' FOR FOUR
CAUSES GIRL'S DEATH
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21. An)
"opium party." In a rooming house j
here Sunday night, resulted In the 1
death Monday of one girl and the se-!
rltius illness of another young woman. I
The dead girl was Virginia Ginlvan, 1
23 years old. A woman and three I
men. one of them a drug store clerk,
participants In the party, were arrested,
M0f?&
i1
NATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO PILGRIMS
ON 300th ANNIVERSARY OF LANDING
Descendants of Mayflower Pas
sengers Assemble at Plymouth
Rock
T
PLYSIOUTH. Mass., Dev. LU. Ou the shore of Plymouth baj
where. the breaking waves dashed by," when the Pilgrims set foot
on Plymouth Rock', December 21, 1620, their descendants joined with
othfi- distinguished men of ihis geiP'raliiui in America. Great lirit
;iin and Holland in observing today due solemnity the tercentenary
of their landing. The orator ua.v Sruatlor (.';tiot Lotlge, a Mteees
sor'in representation in the senate from Massachusetts of Daniel
Webster, who delivered the famous "Plymouth" oration at the iwu
ii ti ndredth anniversary!
KING'S DAUGHTER '
GIVES A LACONIC
REPLY TO RHALUS
i in - tie.- 2t Premier
RhalHs yestcrdaj tendered t" Kinc
onstantine Lhc retdgnatlon f tlu
Greek cabinet, hut was n.paeHtei
to remhln in office until parllamcnl
begiiLs lt w.vsbui.
During In- vi-u to Hie palace, M.
Rhallls uttered Prlnccsf aib-
crlnc youngest daughter of Con
stantino, "What linvo von brought in--
from abroad?" he auei the prino
, ess.
"Papa," vv.i iter Inoonic reply.
LANDIS GIVES
SHARP REBUKE
TO PRESIDENT
I
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Judge ,
Keneaaw M. Landis toda refused
to sentence six men charged with
stealing COO sacks of sugar from
trains In interstate commerce, af
ter learning that President Wil
son had last week granted a par
don to James J. Dorsey, of Gilbert
HI , known as the "millionaire cat
tle king "
Dorsey was sentenced to eight,
years in Leavenworth prison by
Judge Jandls after conviction of
selling several thousand head of
tubercular cattle throughout the
west under false papers, repre
senting them as government test
ed ami healthy. He began serv
ing his sentence June 4, 1910.
I-a9t July President Wilson cut
the sentence to four years. At
that time Judge Iindls, In open
court, declared he could not "un
derstand the working! Of the pres
ident's mind.
"I can't sentence these men
with the Dorsey thing fresh in m-j
mind " Judu't Landis declared
in court today. "Dorsey's ncuv -(ties
ran Into the thousands of
dollars worth f cerchondlse, I
will continue this case indefinitely."
WRECK DELAYS PLAN TO
DISiNTER EMPEROR'S BODY
LlsnOX, Dec. 21 Ceremoni g pre
paratory to removing to Hrazil the re
mains of the late Don Pedro, of l.i.til,
and his wife, have been delayed by the
wreck near the Portuguese frontier of
a train bringing Count and Countess
d'Bu and Prince Pedro from I '.iris.
Countess d'lOu was formerly princess
imperial of Hrazil and with her bus-
band and Prince Pedro win accom
pany the remains of the former Brazil
ian emperor and 12 m press to Rio
Janeiro on board the battleship ir.to
Paulo.
Reports from thp scene of the ac
cident state none of the members of
the party was Injured.
ALLIES AND GERMANS
f-ttL AGREEMEN1 NEAR
BKUSSKLS. Dec. 21. (By the As
sociated Press) Progress made since
the beginning of the second financial
epnfercnce has encouraged allied dele
gates to believe that when the confer
' 'I djourns on Thursday for Christ
mas, minor differences between Hu m
and tho Germans win have dlsap-
pe in 'I
BOth sides continue to be concilia
tory, and tho fact that the conference
will reconvene on Jnnuarv 10. Is con
Idl rej as a hopeful augury.
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KANSAS CITY STAR PAYS
HIGH PRICEF0R PAPER
KANSAS CITV. Mo.. Dec. 21 An:
advance of $10 a ton on the contract
price of newsprint paper used by the
Kansas City Star, was announced to
day by that newspaper. Beginning
January 1, the newspaper will pay
J130 a ton for its white paper, mak
ing an added cost of $30,000 u month,
the announcement said. The price is
for the first six months of 1921.
Air address w;is delivered by Gover
nor Calvin Conlldge, vice president
elect, and a poem "1020-1320" was
read by Dean Le Baron P. Brlggs, bf
the faculty of arts and sciences of
I Harvard university. Hymns appropri
ate to the occasion were sung, includ
'Londlng of the Pilgrims" by
Mrs. Felicia Heymans, known to qjvery
American schoolboy and tf li'l for gen
j orations.
I ODGJE .l BS iDDRl SS.
Senator Lodge gave scholarly out
line uf the pilgrims sun;, and In draw
ing from it i lesson for present dSJ
; America he pointed put that "they set
I character first," "sought to give men
: freedom both In body and mind" and
tried to reduce the sum of human
i misery."
"Whatever our faith," he said,
"whatever our belle! in progress, there
'can be no nobler purposes for man
than thus to deal with the only earth
ho knows and the fragment of llmo
awards d him here. While the great re
public Ih true in heart and deed to the
'memory of the pilgrims of Plymouth
jit will take no detriment even from the
iuiii'i oi unic.
I'n.' M OS PILGRIMS.
In stately measiir.-s Dean Mrlggs set j
forth the vision of the pilgrims and!
their prayerful determination:
Freedom. Thy new-born nation here
shall cherish;
Grant us Thy covenant, unchanging,'
sure.
Earth shall decay; tho firmament I
shall perish;
I Freedom and truth, Immortal shall
endure.
The answer of their descendants to I
this challenge came in these words: 1
i The Pilgrim's faith, the Pilgrim's
courage,
grant us;
Still shines the truth that for the
Pilgrim shone,
j We are his seed, nor life nor death
Shall daunt us.
The port Is Freedom s Pilgrim heart.
Sail onl
T IDLES FN PARTY
1 Ihe official party came from Boston)
;on a special train and proceeded Im
mediately to. the "hi tialonjt theatre
where the exercises were held. In their
number, in addition to the speakers
of the day were official reprcsenta-1
itlves of Great Britain and Holland,!
: sevcra I New Fngland governors, mem
!bers of tho New England Judiciary,
Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Ala
ibama. and members of patriotic socie
ties including the society of Mayflow
er descendants. The presiding officer;
was Iouis K. Liggett, of Boston, chair
man of the Massachusetts, Pilgrim tcr
centary commission.
IMT TO RCM K
After the formal exercises the guests
Of the day were entertained a lunch
leon. The remainder of the day they
gave over to a pilgrimage to Plymouth
rock, the Coles hill burying ground
land other parts of the town Intimately
. on net re, with the pilgrims' history. I
Senator Lodge touched upon "the I
, peevish, meaningless objection" thai
I if the great men of history had not
accomplished the specific deeds at
tached to their names, "somebody else
I would have done all these things. ' and'
.continued:
"'The might have beSUS1 have no
Iclalm to celebration. That which alene
is entitled to tills high honor is 'what
a ' The ., tunl deed and the men
v-.iiLt did the deed which 'breaks the
horiSQn't level line." not those who did
not do it. even If they thought about;
it, alone deserve honor, reverence and
1 commemoration
Can we, then, justly place what I
happened here at Plymouth, and the
men and women to whom we owe thei
great act. In the small, high class of
('decisive' events dm- tp the actual
, doers of great deeds'.' Clearly. I think
iwo can. Jamestown and Plymouth
were the corner stones of the foundn-l
.tions upon which the great fabric .f
jthe United States has been built up."!
Tho senatoi sketched briefly the!
(early struggles of the Pilgrims and'
went on:
I oi i VTIOX oi EMPIRE, '
"H is clearer thun anything else tO
'those who look into it witli consid-!
Crate eves, that these men, the leaders I
especially, had a profound const lous-1
ness that they w ere engaged in a vast-j
rly greater task than establishing a col-
ony. They felt in the depths of their i
being that they were laying the found-1
atton of an empire of a mighty na
tion. That which counted then and
has counted ever since whs that ihej
sets ihe spiritual above the material.
"They never for u moment thought
that life and Its mysteries could be i
expressed in economic terms. If hot
actually avowed, to be the tendency t
among ail classes today."
Plymouth rock whs moved" Monday
and broke in the process. The split i
(Continued ou Page Two )
LETTER WRITER 1
CONFESSES HE I
. ROBBEDMARKET I
"For God's Sake Give Me
Some Advice About Work," I
SORRY HE HAD TO TAKE
STEP TO FEED FAMILY
Spend Money Here Before m
Sending It Overseas, Rob-
ber Urges I
"Why .Should my family starve while
jour president Is urging us to ilsl
starving children overseas?" is the Ii S H
question asked The Standard-Examln-
er In an anonymous letter received I
thought the mail toda from a person H
who confesses he Is the one who ;)t
robbed Grill meal market on I J
Washington avenue. I I
"For God's sake give me some ad- t I
about work." he exclaims in an- '
otl ' p . rt uf i Is letter. 1 I have al I JH
ways been bones' up to this time, but IbbbbbbV
had to take this unlawful stop." IH
SIGNS Hi mm in; iki
The writer signs himself "Heart lH
' Broken." tH
Ho says the report of the robbery H
exaggerated. What I got
'could carry under my arm," he writes. M
The letter was written with a pencil i H
jo llneless paper of fair quality ti Jfl
characters were In Roman and this '
printing was done, evidently, with a
view to hiding the Identity of the
writer. The address on the envelope J
also was in Roman characters.
Here the text of the letter JH
Beat Sir I am wrtthj jam J
abonl He- robbery al tie- Grill afl
market! ami the lies lliej told
aiHiut tin- extent ii tin ir loss; i
am lie 0Ufl Mint ithl the Job, and
proud to do it. because my fam-
11 a us1 alniut -tarviiu;, ami a
Oiat i Kut i coald carry undei ai)
arm. I haven't worked for -' j I
months, please sirs, answer iin
ami let me know If my family fl
mni starve, i have always been j
bonCSt up to this time, but huil J
to take (tils unlawful step, so I
nssiuro you what (.rill told you l- H
untrue. M
l or God s sake give me advice
about work. Please don'l con- l
di mn me too h ir-lil. I am ours
truly. Heart Broken.
P. S. When I snj I am slail. I
did tlds. i mean I am glad because
my lannlv could Uswe u gool
Ileal. I hove llvetl here Tor 10 I
years and am willing to work ror,
my wilt- ami children. 1 have jV
been subscrtblng for yous papier
for five years, sU win you please LH
publish this letter. If m.v faoillv I
and sufrliieiit ftod i would o'l
consider such a -tcp as I am
i in ioJ,e. I had no intention
of doltin nnv one harm. I never
aixv a gnu to even protet t mv
--elf Why ShOUUl niy fumilv
starve while our pri Sldeill Is nrR-
ni ti- to feed starvhig children
ovoi seas. Btor God's -.ike spend H
some of this money in our town
rii-sl. 1 am sure thai you gentle
men and our mayor and ikUc
department will agree with me It
the) win express tlu feeling in it
their hearts, Igaln I thank von 1
toi an answer God bless you
SOMEBODY GOT IT Ifl
Phillip Grill, of the Grill meat mar
ket. stated this morning that whether
or not the man who has made the eon-fe.-.-loti
to the robbery, took much or H
little from the market, that the fnl- vjal
i lowing was stolen by some one on the
night of the robbery: H
l.r.O pounds of beef, valued at $54. jH
I 0 pounds of ham. valued at $32. M
36 pounds of bacon, valued at
35 pounds of butter, valued sbbbbbV
200 pounds of lard, valued at 100.00. fpl
26 pounds of cheese, valued at $7.60
j tone i lu es,, i nought to have been Lbbbbi
stolen was found In iho front of the !Isbbb1
pounds of shrimps, valued at 1 LbbbbI
" pork loin, vain.-, a I Jbbbi
The total loss of the market amoiini- LjH
led to $202.30. Mr. Grill stated.
M I i.lt. DNXECESSAR1
"If the man who confessed to lh- fH
Standard-Examiner is truthful in h;s L
i ient i I bat ok i-n a sni II
quautlty of goods, ami took them be- HIIbbbbI
; cause he was in destitute clreuni- M bbbbbbbI
; stances, 1 would be the lust person HbbbbbbbI
the world to want to prosecute ULbbbbbw
him1 Mr. Grill slated. "The ItIbbbbbI
complaint that T have Is that he did ULbbbI
not come to me personally and Ita'ta IsbbbbbI
I his circumstances He would not hav. IbbbbbbI
had to steal In order to get food bbbbbbI
"If Ihe man's admission regarding
his i heft is true there must have been
some one else implicated In the theft. LH
CHECK N ORDERS I
"Perhaps one man might have stolen f
merely enough to tide him over for a . I IgH
short while, put then- is nc, doubt in LbbbbI
our mind bul what some oni itolt ll V
goods listed above. We make .i check H
pf our stock, espeelallv tho beef ou H
hand. f"i orders for thli
sent In dally, almost. The same ap- B H
plies to the other meats and to the 1! H
butter and Utrd.
"Jne ir.-in could not have carried H H
more than a few dollars worth of mem
away, but tho fact remains that more H
than .2rn worth or stock was carried
i . roni our -loip.' . H
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