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NEWS REVIEW OF !
CURRENT EVENTS
Passage of CaYial Tolls Exemption
Bill May Result in
Serious Complications.
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MIDDLE WEST IN PROTEST
American Delegates to Arms Conference
Formulating Policy?Sudden
Death of Senator Knox?Germany
Is Enraged by Reported Partition
of Upper Silesia.
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When the senute last week passed
the Borah bill exempting American
coastwise vessels from payment of
Panama canal tolls it started something,
and that something may prove
later rather embarrassing for the administration,
provided the house also
passes the measure. In the opinion
of the opponents of the bill it is a
violation of the treaty of 1914 with
Great Britain assuring all nations
equal treatment in the operation of
the canal, and they are confident that
the British not only will protest the
bill if it is made law, but will de
inand arbitration of the matter. Some
senators asserted that it was unwise
to bring up the tolls Issue at this time
because it would add a new complication
to the armament conference. This
view was held by Senator Lodge, although
lie declared the United States
had the right under the treaty to exempt
its coastwise shipping from tolls
payment. Senator Borah, however, intimating
that he had consulted the
President, said that "those who 'are
primarily responsible for the success
ful outcome of the conference, so far
as the United States is concerned, do
not share the fears of embarrassment,
which have been expressed on. this
floor today."
When it came to a vote. 35 Republicans
and 12 Democrats were recorded
In favor of the measure, and IT Republicans
and 20 Democrats in opposition.
Free tolls was a plauk in the
Democratic platform of 1012, but it
was repudiated liy President Wilson,
and at his insistence the free tolls
clause in the canal act was repealed
In 1914 sifter nu exciting parliamentary
battle. Last year the Republican platform
advocated the exemption of
* American shipping and President Harding
lias urged the passage of the
bill. In middle western states business
and commercial organizations are
strongly opposing the measure because
they believe it Is designed to benefit
the Atlantic and Pacific coast states at
tbe expense of the rest of the country.
Many of the middle western senators
who voted in favor of tlie hill tire
blamed fur blindness to the Interests
of their sections of the country. The
argument that the measure is in contravention
of the treaty is weakened
by the fact that coastwise traffic is
restricted hy law to vessels of American
registry, and it is to these only that
The proposed exemption will apply.
The real battle over the Issue will
come In the lower house, aud it is
predicted that the bill will be allowed
to sleep there until after the conclusion
of the conference on armaments.
While the foreign delegates to the
anus conference are on their way to
America, our own delegation is hold
ing meetings to formulate the policy j
that will be followed by the United !
States. At Its first session Secretary
of State Hughes reported that not one
of the participating powers had raised
a single objection to any part of the
tentative agenda he had submitted.
Even Japan, which at first was a bit
coy. has proposed no additions or
eliminations. Mr. Hughes also said
be bad cabled to the powers, as an
addition to tlie agenda, the proposition
that the conference consider
the question of electrical communication
in the Pacific; which, of course,
means that the controversy with
Ja| an over the Yap cable and radio
will come up. unless it is settled in
the meantime.
TROUBLE IN MEXICAN CITY;
Suspension of Business Expected in
Pucbla as a Protest Against Alleged
Excessive Taxation.
Mexico City.?Wholesale suspension
business by stores and factories in
the city of I'ucbla was expected, it
was asserted in dispatches received
here from that city. This would be
!n protest against alleged excessive
taxation by the state government.
indicate the
v..ci>intrfnii w-iicpil l?v French Kinhussv
built in America, 16-inch .50 caliber g
> Volga district of Russia carrying to a ci
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The American delegation selected
Basil Miles as its secretary, considered
and upproved the physicul arrangements
for the conference, and
then took up the matter of publicity
for the big meeting. The members
explained to the anxious representatives
of the press that this is a question
for the conference to determine,
but that they would place no obstacle
in the way of the fullest publicity possible
consistent with the expedition
of the conference's business.
Hundreds of idealists have written
to President Harding, under the impression
that the conference is expected
to accomplish the complete disarmament
of the world. In a reply to
one of them, the President has undertaken
to dispel the illusion. In it he
says, as he lias said before, that it
is erroneous even to suggest that the
conference can go so far as to attempt
universal disarmament, and
that "if we can get a reasonable limitation
we shall think that great things
have been accomplished." Continuing,
he says:
"By 'reasonable limitation' I mean
something practicable that there is a
chance to accomplish, rather than an
ideal that there would be no chance to
realize. It is necessary to deal with
actualities; to do the hest possible.
Universal disarmament would be beyond
hope of realization; even Its desirability
at this time might well be
questioned. Thousands of years of history
recording the wars and controversies
of mankind suggest that human
nature would require revolutionary
reorganization to make universal
uisarmament possible. a consideration
of the present stale of the world ntu??t,
I think, enforce the conclusion that
this is not a hopeful thne to undertake
that kind of revolution. ... To
undertake the Impossible and fail
might leave our last state worse than
our first. The attitude of the nations
warrants confidence that we will not
fail, but rather that substantial results
will he accomplished, calculated
to lessen the armament burden and to
reduce the danger of armed conflict."
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One of America's most astute statesmen
and lawmakers. Philander Chase
Knox, died suddenly in his home in
Washington last Wednesday. As attorney
general, secretary of state (and
senator from Pennsylvania, and for
many years as one of the leaders of
the Republican party, Mr. Knox won
high consideration and fame. He was
a candidate for the Republican nomination
for the presidency In 1908, and
In recent years was especially prominent
as an unswerving opponent of
the Versailles treaty, and the author
of the resolution declaring the state
of war with Germany and Austria at
an end. When he was attorney general,
under President Roosevelt, he di- ;
rected the suit that smashed the
Northern Securities railway merger;
as secretary of state, in President
Taft's onhinef, lie did much to extend
American business in foreign lands,
developing the principle of "dollar diplomacy,"
especially In the Far East. \
Mr. ICnox often aroused the antago- i
nlsm of others by his downright poli- i
cles, but liis unadulterated Americanism
was never questioned, and his
services to his country were numerous
and important.
It was expected in Washington that
I the death oj Senator Knox would result
in brief delay in bringing the I
pence treaties to a final vote In the
senate.
In response to many demands from
all over the country, the house rules
committee has been conducting pre- |
liminary hearings to determine whether
or not there shall be a congressional
investigation of the Ku Klux
Klan. From a postal Inspector the j
most Interesting Information was oh- '
tained. He said the Klan's membership
is between Sn.000 and lUo.ttOO.
instead of 800,000, as has been often
declared, and that In the North it Is
' strongest in Chicago. He found the
I organization has collected $1,148,000
in dues, and i-ould not discover anyI
thing to substantiate certain charges
of fraud made against It. Neither
| could be find that it had contributed
any money for charitable purposes.
1 lie said Imperial Wizard Simmons
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other witnesses told whut they knew,
??r thought they knew, against the i
economic situation there is serious.
A few textile plants are in operation,
hut were said to have sullicient eoal
for only three clays more,
j The food supply also has become a
real problem for the residents of
I'uebla, who continue their street demonstrations.
Governor Sanchez and a citizens'
committee was expected to arrive
here to confer with President Obregon.
Governor Sanchez was declared
in dispatches to have threatened the
] arrest of Mexico City newspaper
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for duration of arms conference,
un, demonstrated at Aberdeen (Md.)
inetery Uie bodies of their sturved
Klan. and then Colonel Simmons himself
took the stand. He declared the
Klan is not anti-Catholic, anti-Jew or
anti-negro; that it was not organized
for personal profit, and has no lawless
creed, and never has taken the law
into its own hands. In six years, he
nsserted, he has received only $12,000
from the organization. He told the
committee he hoped it would make
the most thorough investigation of the
Klan, and promised that if one onethousandth
part of the charges against
it were proved, he would call the grand
council together for the purpose of
disbanding the organization.
Colonel Simmons declared the attack
on the Klan was started by a
Democratic paper of New York, to increase
its circulation, and as a political
scheme to put the proposition for
an investigation up to the Republican
congress, and that certain other metropolitan
papers had to fall into line
to save their circulation.
If the council of the League of Nations
has decided on the division of
Upper Silesia between Germany and
Poland on the lines reported in dispatches
from Europe, the reactionary
elements in Germany will he given a
fine chance to regain some of their
lost power. Though the reported solution
of the problem'is a compromise,
and gives Germany a considerable
share of the manufacturing region of
Upper Silesia, including the districts
of Gleiwltz, Hindenburg and part of
Reuthen, the Germans are highly displeased
with the decision. The monarchic
press is howling for revenge,
and the radicals and conservatives unite
in denouncing the partition as a "erim-..
Inal act." The almost immediate resuit
is likely to be the resignation of
the cabinet, and if Chancellor Wlrth
Is thus forced out. it is most probable
that Doctor stresemnn win come mro
power as his successor. He, as lias
been said before in these columns, is
at heart a reactionary, and is bitter
against the entente allies and the
United States. Meanwhile, according
to rumors, certain of the Silesian cities
awarded to Poland are preparing
to fight to stay In Germany. The old
German military bodies that were disbanded
when the league troops took
charge In the district, are getting together
again, and arms that were
buried instead of surrendered, are being
dug up. The prospect Is far from
peaceful.
King Alexander of Servla is the sub
ject of a lot of international gossip
these days. For weeks, since the
death of old King Peter, he has delayed
his going to Belgrade to assume
the crown of Jtigo-Shivln, and the explanations
of this delay have not been
at nil satisfactory. One day last week
It was reported In Paris, where Alexander
Is sojourning, that he had re
pounced tlie throne, preferring the
pleasures of the French capital to the
perils of being a king In his own land.
Next day this story was flatly denied
by the Jugo-Slav legation in Faris.
One of the rumors afloat is that
the young monarch Is enamored of
a French girl who would not he acceptable
as queen.
Ireland's pca<-e delegates, after receiving
a noisy welcome from their
fellow countrymen in London, went
Into conference with Premier Lloyd
George and several other members of
the Uritlsh cabinet. The sessions are
likely to continue, with brief interruptions,
for many weeks, and if the
Sinn Feiners have their way, the public
will know little of what is going
on until the whole affair is ended. Apparently
both sides are showing tact
and gi>od will, and the feeling in London
Is becoming distinctly optlmis!
fie.
The conference on unemployment
adjourned sine die on Thursday, after
approving a general program of per!
niunont measures designed to cure Involuntary
idleness and restore the nation's
business and commerce to a
normal condition. These are in addl:
tion to tin* steps for immediate relief
of the situation already taken, ineluding
tlie enlistment of commercial
and employers' associations and mu- ;
i nieipalities and states in the solving 1
of the problem and the setting up in
Washington of a centralizing agency i
under Col. Arthur Woods.
, men who he said were sending nut
1 of I'uolda "startling and exaggerated
j reports of conditions."
The two railroads running through
1'uebla continue to unload goods consigned
to that city, and warehouses
there are overflowing, as teamsters
refuse to move any of the accumulated
merchandise.
Tantpico again appears In press reports
as another scene of unrest, due
to unemployment. Four thousand oilfield
workers are idle and a bread
line has been started.
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LONDON WELCOMES
GENERAL PERSHING
GENERAL ARRIVES TO LAY UNITED
STATES MEDAL ON
BRITISH To MB
AMERICAN TROOPS CHEERED
London Newspapers See In Visit An
Evidence Of Everlasting
Friendship
London. ? General Pershing, who
comes to London to take part in the
ceremonies attending the laying of the
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Britain's "unknown soldier," has arrived
here from Paris.
The general was met at Victoria station
by a distinguished reception committee
from the various government
departments. He was the first of the
party to step off the 'rain, and was
greeted by Sir Laming WorthingtonEvans,
secretary for war, who introduced
him to the others, while hundreds
of onlookers, who had streamed
in through the gates, applauded.
Among those who shook hands with
the American chief of staff were Lord
Lee of Farreham, first lord of the admiralty;
Lieut. Gen. Sir Travers
Clarke, army quartermaster general;
Admiral and Sir Henry Oliver, second
sea lord, and Sir Herbert Creedy, secretary
of the war office. Accompanying
the party was Field Marshal Sir
Henry H. Wilson, chief of the British
staff, who had been in Paris on official
business.
At Folkestone, where General Pershing
disembarked, he was met by the
military and naval attaches of the
American embassy. He remarked to
the newspaper men that he had had a
pleasant trip from Paris, and added:
"The channel was smooth as a lake,
thank goodness."
Within five minutes after his arrival
here the general entered a
limousine, accompanied by his ladles,
and, as the car passed through the
gates and encountered the crowds lining
both sides of the thoroughfare,
hearty cheers were given again and
again. General Pershing went direct
to the American embassy, where he
will stay while in London, and later
was the guest of the ambassador and
Mrs. Harvey at a dinner party which
included Earl and Lady Haig, the secretary
for war and Lady Worthington
Evans, the first lord of the admiralty
and Lady Lee, Viscount and
Lady Astor. Vive Admiral Albert P.
Niblack, U. S. N.. and Mrs. Niblack,
Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining, U.
S. N., and Mrs. Twining, and Major
O. N. Solbert, American military attache,
and Mrs. Solbert.
"The Star-Spangled Banner," rendered
by the Welsh Guards' band,
and the cheering of thousands of men
and women, boys and girls, greeted
the composite battalion from Coblenz
when the special train rolled into Victoria
station two hours after the ar
rival of General Pershing. The battalion
consists of 450 men from the
Fifth, Eighth and Fiftieth infantry,
with a-hand of thirty pieces and twenty
Officers, all under command of
Major R. 0. Barton. It was welcomed
in the name of the British army by
Major General Hugh Sutton, representing
the army council. The battalion
was twenty-seven hours on the
way from the Rhine.
William Retrenches; Fires Gardener
Doom, Holland.?The slump in the
Sernian mark is beginning to affect the
,'ormer German emperor who. is endeavoring
to combat unfavorable financial
conditions by reducing his household
and other radical measures. Ten members
of his staff have been dismissed
In the recent past, including the chief
gardener, whose place has been taken
by William himself. He himself is a
trained gardener, having spent much
of his youth in gardening, and he believes
old age will not suffer by this
form of exercise.
Hightower Guilty Of Priest's Murder
Redwood City, Cal.?William A.
Hightower was found guilty of first
degree murder with recommendation of
life imprisonment by the jury in the
case in which he was charged with
the murder of Father Patrick E, HesIin
of Colma, Cal.
Veterans' Bureal Officials Gather
Washington.?The head, medical advisers
and vocational training officers
of the fourteen regional officers of the
Veterans' bureau will meet with Director
Forbes of the bureau in a series of
conferences here at which efforts will
be made to complete the decentralization
of the organization. It has been
announced that Colonel Forbes desired
to frame new rules regarding the disposition
of all eases so that the regional
offices might be able to pass
on most of them finally without reference
to headquarters here.
Crucial Period In Irish Parley Is Near
London.?The week beginning October
16 saw the British and Irish peace
delegates getting down to the fundamental
issues of the Irish problem.
It is freely predicted that the week will
further see the injection of the Ulster
question, which is one of the most
delicate phases of the situation and
one which offers the first true test of
the sincerity and efficacy of the conference.
The spirit of optimism pervades
the United Kingdom, notwithstanding
the delicacy of the situa.
tion.
Baptist 1S22 Budget Has Been Adopted
Richmond, Va.?Before adjourning
its annual session, the foreign mission
board of the Southern Baptist convention
adopted its 1922 budget of $2,928,012.
This represents an advance of
$100,000 over last year, and takes carc
of work on eighteen foreign fields. The
board voted to accept the resignation
of Dr. W. A. Hamlett, who recently
went from Austin, Texas, to become
the near east representative, with headquarters
at Jerusalem, but a new representative
will be cbosen and the
work continued in the Holv Land.
1 ? A
GIANTS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Mighty Ruth And Home Run Baker
Make Supreme Effort In Last
Of Ninth
Polo Grounds.?The New York
Giants won the baseball championship
of the world recently after stellar defensive
play in the final inning against
a furious, assault by the game Yanks
that turned the watching crowd into
a mob of raving maniacs. The score
was 1-0. Anything might have happened
in that miserable last inning,
and a good many things did.
It was one of those innings that
makes slaves for lfie of baseball fans.
Men go to ball games year after year,
hoping to see something of that sort,
just about the time they get tired and
indifferent and ready to quit the
pastime, a similar situation occurs and
the fading fan is good for another ten
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may happen once more.
In the last half of the ninth, the
Yanks came to bat one run to the
bad. Walte Hoyt, the Brooklyn school
boy, had pitched wonderful ball, but
a boot by the usually dependable
Peckinpaugh had given the Giants a
run. With Art Nebf bending them
over like twisting streaks of wild
lightning, that one run looked as big
as a wholesome bootlegger's yearly
profit.
A home run would tie the score.
The crowd rose and roared for that
home run. During the American
league season the huge slugger had
swung with all the power that lies in
his great back and shoulders, and
all the accuracy that his keen, brown
eyes give him, and sent the ball speeding
far up and out for a homer on 59
occasions. Once more! Just once
more!
Somehow, the crippled and bandaged
hero of the diamond, standing
there at the plate with ripples of
agony running under the tanned skin
over his set jaws as he waggled his
big bat, made one think of another
great old-timer, one Samson, who was
badly crippled and put out of the
running, and who, in a moment of desperation,
prayed for but a moment of
his one-time strength and was rewarded.
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It was a tough game for poor Hoyt
to lose. He pitched in all twentyseven
innings against the hard-hitting
Giants and in that time yielded only
two runs, one of which, the one which
came in the last game and won the
ball game, was due to an error by the
usually perfectly fielding Peckinpaugh.
He is entitled to all the sympathy
in the world, but that doesn't
get him the winner's share of the
purse.
For the second time in his career
John McGraw had won the world
championship and for the ten thousand-seventh
time it has been proved
that the Yankee jinx is a long lived,
sturdy old misanthrope, who will have
to be disposed of sofnehow before the
American leaguers from New York can
attain the highest honors the game
has to offer.
Kansas Branch Of Union Is Suspended
Pittsburg. Kans.?Alexander M.
Howat. president of the Kansas Mine
Workers' union, and his administration
were suspended from office on order
of John H. Lewis, president of the international
union, and George L. Peck,
member of the suspended executive
board, was designated acting president
of a provisional organization created
to handle district affairs. It was
announced thht the action was taken
because Howat and other officials refused
to abide by a ruling of the international
union convention at Indianapolis
recently that certain striking miners
be ordered hack to work.
$8,000 In Cash Taken From This Bank
Winston-Salem, N. C,?W. R. Snow,
assistant cashier of tne South Side
branch of the Farmers' Bank and Trust
company of this city, was held up by
a lone bandit, and about $8,000 in cash
taken from him. The burglar covered
the cashier with two pistols, forcing
him into the vault and to lie on the
floor.
U. S. Judge Landis Sought As Arbiter
Chicago.?A telegram to Federal
Judge Kennesaw M. Landis from the
Soo Lines asking him to act as arbiter
in the wage and working condition
differences between the road
and its employees has been received
at the judge's office. Judge Landis is
in New York.
Ragged Wanderer Suspected Of Murder
Morristown, N. J.?Efforts to extract
from Frank Ruke. ragged wanderer, a
confession that he murdered Janet
Lawrence are being persisted in by
city detectives. Ruke became highly
excited when the detectives tried to
take him to the spot in Kluzen wood,
where the body was found. The detectives
said he refused to look at the
spot and cried "Kill me! I wish I was
dead!" A girl's handkerchief was
found in nis pocKet. x ne prisoner denies
all knowledge of the crime, but
the authorities believe him guilty.
Knox's Death Delays Peace Treaty
Washington.?Senate leaders made
plans to postpone consideration of the
German peace treaty until later on account
of the death of Senator Knox
of Pennsylvania. The treaty was to
be brought up under the agreement to
limit each senator's time to one hour,
with a vote expected shortly after.
Most of the senate foreign relations
committee and other senate leaders,
however, are to attend the Knox funeral
here and at Valley Forge, Ya.,
and negotiations virtually have been
concluded to postpone definite action.
| Austro-Hungarian Dispute Is Settled
London.?Complete settlement of
the controversy between Austria and
Hungary over the ownership of Hur!
genland, the strip of West Hungarian
' territory awarded to Austria by the
1 Trianon treaty, appears to have been
i reached. A dispatch from Venice to
the Lopdon Times outlines the terms
of the protocol signed there. The
| parliamentary agreement was reached
. i by M. Bannffy. Hungarian foreign minister;
Herr Schober, the Austrian
( chancellor., and Marquis de la Torretta
Italian foreign minister, mediator.
NATIONWIDE R.R.
STRIKE IS ORDERED'
TOTAL AFFECTED WILL REACH /
2,000,000?WALKOUT ORDERED r
IN FOUR GROUPS OF ROADS 2
MAIL TRAINSARE INCLUDED 1
Other Organized Workers Will Join 117 t
Strike?Groups To Quit Work At 0
Twenty-Four Hour Intervals v
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Chicag^.?More than half a million
American railroad men have been a
ordered to initiate a strike October f
30, while other unions whose member- t
| ship brings total to about two million, t
announced unofficially that they were
preparing to follow suit and make the ?
walkout general, on the same dates. t
Under this program the tie-up would 1
he complete, according to union pre- 1
dictions, by November 2. *
The hour is fixed for 6 a. m., Oct- (
ober 30, except for one Texas line, (
whose trainmen were authorized to go (
out October 22. t
The railroads listed in the first
group on which the strike is to be- *
come effective, touch forty-two of the *
fortv-eieht states with a trackage of *
73,000 miles out of the total United j
States trackage of approximately 200,- i
000. I
The New England states comprise J
the group that is virtually untouched
in the first walkout.
The strike orders were issued to the
big five brotherhoods, oldest and most
powerful of the railway unions, and
they specifically included mail trains
in the walkout. Their provisions instructed
strikers to keep away from
railroad property with a warning that
"violence of any nature will not be tolerated
by the organizations."
The strike was announced following
an overwhelming vote, said to be
upwards of 90 per cent, favoring a
strike because of a 12 per cent wage 8
reduction authorized by the United
States railroad labor board of July 1/ 1
and after it was declared by the Asso 8
ciation of Railway Executives In session
here recently that a further re- e
duction would be sought by the rail- :
roads. It was said that the strike :
decision was made before the an- !
nouncement of this further cut. Print- i
ed instructions as to conduct of the
strike, issued in Chicago, were dated J
recently, October 14.
"I fear it will be one of the most j
serious strikes in American transportation
history," said W. G. Lee, president
of the railroad trainmen; who
during recent weeks has sent circulars
to his men warning them of the
critical nature of the steps they contemplated.
Chicago.?T. C. Cashen, president of
the switchmen's organization recently,
said that the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton
railroad, owned by Henry Ford,
would be the only one not affected by
a strike. He said that Mr. Ford's
treatment had made it- unnecessary
to organize men on that road, and that i
they consequently were not affected
by the strike order.
Mr. Cashen said that general head
quun.ers tor me siriKe would De in 1
Cleveland. Hearquarters of the
Switchmen's Union of North America
will be moved there from Buffalo, and
the Order of Railway Conductors will!
transfer its headquarters from Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, to Cleveland, he added.
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Freedom Of Press Upheld By Judge
Chicago.?Judge Harry Fisher has
sustained the demurrer of the Chicago
Tribune to the ten million dollar libel
suit brought by the city of Chicago.
He declared the city had no cause for
action, and denied it the right to amend
by petition. The city brought identical
suits against the Tribune and the
Daily News, claiming the papers had
printed false statements regarding Chicago's
financial standing and thereby
injured the city's credit. The judge
portions of English common law restricting
freedom of press had not been
inherited by this country. "This action,"
he said, "is not in harmony with
the genius, spirit and objects of our institutions."
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Fire Wipes Out Texas Oil Town
Fort Worth, Texas,?Fire virtually
wiped out the oil town of Ellasville. in
Yonnp' countv. recently. Onlv four or
five buildings remain in the business i
section of the town, according to a tele
phone message from South Bend. e
Knox Laid To Rest At Valley Forge *
Valley Forge. Pa.?The body of
United States Senator Philander C. c
Knox has been laid to rest in Valley a
Forge Memorial cemetery. The body 1
of the senator, who died in Washing- 1
ton, after having returned from a trip 1
to England, where he went in the hope 1
of regaining his shattered healtth, lay 1
in the back room of his residence here ^
during the morning of the interment. ; J
Many friends and acquaintances called *
and paid their last respects to the *
deceased. He was much loved in his | d
home town. | n
Former Monarch Of Bavaria Is Very III S
Berlin. Germany.?Former King Lud- i
wig of Bavaria is seriously ill, and his c
recovery is doubtful, acccording to ad- ! 1
vices received from Saryar, West Hun- 6
gary, to the Deutsche Allgemeine Zei- ! r
t <i.Vm ,-o rc ?i.i t
tnLift. i^uuvtift, nuu 10 iu ;caia uiu, j *
arrived in Sarvar a fortnight ago from i:
Bavaria. His health had been in a ^
poor state for some time, and it was L'
hoped that a change of climate would r
enable nature to take on a new leap, s
hut so far no change for improvement b
is notod, and his death is considered P
a matter of time only. a
Trouble Brewing In Upper Silesia F
Berlin.?The inter-allied commission, I
j in Oppeln. Upper Silesia, has again i s
1 warned both the Polish and German d
| factions in Silesia that force will be d
I used to suppress disorders. A state tl
1 of siege has been declared in the Beu- 11
then district, where the Germans have it
been carrying on demonstrations.. Re- s
newed agitation has been started in a
j Upper Silesia for a general strike in V
! protest against the decision of the t<
! council of the league of nations, re- f<
I garding the region, which is increasing t!
in excitement 3
1AILR0ADS FORGING DEFICIT
ailway Executives To Consider Pro
posal To Slash Freight Rates
As Rail Pay Drops J
Chicago.?A proposal to meet all
uture reductions in the wages of raiload
employees with corresponding dereases
in rairoad freight rates Is
0 be presented to the Association of
tailway Executives at its meeting
lere soon, it was announced.
The proposition ts to be submitte4
>y a special committee of railroad
fficials which last week conferred
vith government officials at Washing*
on, it was stated.
This announcement was made by
1 railroad official here for the coherence.
He stated that the commitee
had prepared a report embodying
he plan.
The proposition to pass all future
lecreases in operating costs along to
he public, it was stated, was in line
vith the policy of the railroads to
nake freight rate reductions and at '
he same time allow the railroads to
jperate at a profit. Freight rate reluctions
are impossible so long as
jperating costs remain unchanged,
,ui? uiiR'mi ciaHeritfa.
The railroads emerged from the war
acing a huge deficit, he said. The
> per cent profit provided for by the
raisportation act failed to bring any
naterial belief because of the decrease
in business, and had the railt
oad labor board not authorized a reluction,
in freight rates because of
he decrease in the prices of othei
commodities. They have, however,
ceen unable to effect such reductions,
le said, because of the fixed operatng
costs, this applying to the arbiry
fixing of wages and to the limitar
ion placed on the number of hours emiloyees
can work and the amount ol
vork that can be done.
To effect a reduction of freight
ates and at the same time maintain
iresent revenues for the railroads,
he plan announced recently was fornulated.
Increased business, brought
ibout by lower freight rates, is expect
sd to provide the Increased revenue
lecessary for the railroSds to operate
it a fair profit, it was stated.
The plan, if approved by the executives,
will be presented in an offirial
announcement by executive officials,
it is expected. Those in close
ouch with the situation recently
minted out that even if the proposal
>ecome effective at once, some time
vould elapse before freight rates
could be reduced. To decrease rates,
he railroads would have to go through
ilmost as much formality as to raise
hem, it was stated.
A conference with employees would ,
>e necessary; and if the employees
efused to accept the proposed reducions,
the case would then be placed
>efore the railroad labor board, under
^resent provisions. If the railroad
abor board authorized the requested
eduction in wages, the interstate
commerce commission then would be
equired to pass on a proposal to reluce
freight rates.
Executives of the conductors, enjineers
and firemen's brotherhoods
net behind closed doors again, in a
continuation of conferences to deterII
in/a wfi.lt aclinn ahull ha ?ab<vn an
? ? "V.V MWV.VU ?U?M1 WW IOAWU VU
he membership vote favoring a strike.
The recent discussion, it was said,
linged on whether the vote formaly
should be communicated to the
aiiroad officials. According to brothirhood
heads, it appeared likely that t
10 action calling for a walkout would
>e taken immediately.
Crazy as Bed Bug' Wrote Toledo Man
Baltimore.?Harry C. Hassett, presdent
of the merchandise brokerage
'irm of Henry C. Hassett company, Toedo,
Ohio, was found dead recently in
he bath room of his suite at the Belredere
hotel. He had shot himsell *
hrough the head. When found he was
ilasping a revolver in ea^h hand. The
lead man left several notes which
ire now in hands of police. One of *
hem said. "Let the Elks take care
>f me," and in another he declared
ie was "as crazy as a bedbug." .
\ Granted Bail At Mine War Probe
Logan, W. Va.?Four men, not mem>ers
of the United Mine Workers, who
vere Indicted in connection with the
lisorders on the Boone-Logan county
>order last August and September,
lave been admitted to $1,000 bail each
>y Judge Bland, in circuit court, here.
Tight members of the miners' union,
inder similar indictments; were allow
!d bail recently. Ball has been refus
id sixteen of the accused.
)ebs' Pardon Waits On Making Peace *
Washington.?Action in the Debs
:ase still awaits the final ratification /
md exchange of peace treaties beween
the United States and the cen- ^
ral powers. The government's course
n this matter, it was stated both at
he white house and department of
ustice, remains the same as it has
leen repeatedly announced before. i
sew reports that Attorney Genera)
Jaugherty had tendered a pardon to 1
)ebs were positively denied at the #
!epartnient of justice, and that peace
nust be restored before his pardon. ^
Anent Cotton Croo Ginned
Washington.?The regular report on
otton ginned in the period ending Oc*
ober 18 will be accompanied by a
pecial statement from the census bu*
eau, "indicating that a large propor*
ion of the cotton crop for this year ?>
s already ginned," Senator Harris ol
ieorgia recently announced after a
onference with officials of the bu*
eau. This statement. Senator Harris
aid, would bring the public's attention
o the low estimated crop "for com*
arisen with an expected abnormal
mount of cotton ginned."
ossum Caused Finding Illicit Still
Chattanoga, Tenn.?A drunken posum
is given crodit by officers for the
iscovery of one of the largest illicit .
istilleries ever found in this section,
he raiders having been attracted by
he reeling marsupial while traversag
the wilds of Walden's ridge. The
till was mounted on a concrete base,
nd had a capacity of 250 gallons.
Vhen first seen, the possum appeared
o be ill, but, upon investigation, it was
Dund to have a breath redolent with
he juice of the corn. A search was
tarted and the still was found.
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