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Graham guardian., 1920-08-20
AUGUST 20, 1920
For President
JAMES M. COX
OF Ohio
For Vice President
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Of New York
THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM

The Railroad LaEor Board has
granted a substantial increase in
wages. and the Interstate Com
merce Commission has granted a
substantial increase in rates, to
provide for the increased wages
and raise revenue for new equip
ment, betterments and improve
ments, and so far as the trans
portation industry is concerned,
the public has now a right to ex-
pect and demand that agitation
tion shall cease and that the rail-
roads and their employees get
down to business.
Neither the railroads nor their
employees got all they asked,
and in view of severe mountain
grades, sparsely settled regions,
need of special equipment and
expeditions movement for much
of the traffic, resulting in difficult
and expensive operating condi-
tions, it may well be doubted
whether the rate award for the
Pacific coast and intermountain
roads is sufficient to meet in
creased operating expenses and
buttress their credit to the eX-
tent of enabling them to float
their securities at a reasonable
rate of interest.
Otherwise, on the whole the
awards are reasonable, liberal
and particularly so in respect to
the wages of employees.
The public will approve of the
stipulation by the commission
that from the revenue thus di-
vided, in addition to paying the
increased wage, the railroads
shall provide much needed equip
ment, improvements and better.
ments. However, in view of i'm
paired credit-a condition not
entirely relieved by the recent
award-with other high class se-
curities being hoated at from 7
TO 8 per cent, whether the mar
gin remaining after paying wage
increases and other expenses is
sufficient to stabilize credit is still
a matter for the future to de-
termine.
There is urgent need of l00,- :
600 freight cars, 1000 locomo-
tives and an equal number of
passenger train cars. The need
of an additional terminal facili-
ties and sidings is just as appar-
ent and pressing. 1t is because
of the lack of these that the rail-
roads are unable to properly ac-
commodate the public
No time should be lost in put
ting the house in order. The
Graham guardian., 1920-08-20
TIRE PRICE SITUATION

Car owners who are holding
back on the purchase of tire
equipment in the hope of a re
duction in prices are likely to be
disappointed, There is nothing
in the tire manufacturing stu
alton to indicate a downward
trend of tire costs. On the con-
trary, a break" that will neces-
sarily mean the advancing OF
prices seems inevitable.
A resume of the tire industry
and the conditions under which
it has developed in the last dec
ade, causes the casual observer
to wonder, in fact, that tire
prices have not already begun to
climb steadily.
Unless one studies carefully
the underlying reasons for the
successful checking of tire prices
in the face of overwhelming ad-
vances in virtually every other
commodity, it is rather amazing
to note that prices now are much
lower than they were ten years
ago. 1t is still more interesting
to compare prices of standard
manufacture tires today with
prices of the same product at the
beginning of the war. Good tires
now cost no more than in 1914.
There has not even been an ap-
preciable advance in the last two
years. And yet the quality is
higher and the purchaser gets
more value for his money than
ever before.
When one considers that prices
of raw material. labor and trans
portation have made more tre-
mendous leaps in the last five
years than during any period in
manufacturing history, the nat
ural query concerning the manu-
facturers is, How do they hold
down the prices"'
And from this question comes
the answer to another, Twill the
prices go DOWN.
1t does not appear that de-
crease is likely.
Manufacturing genius, which
has about reached it's limit has
kept down the cost to the tire
user. The standard manufac-
turer has combated price in
ereases by developing his pro-
cesses. lie has expended mil
lions of dollars ia the installation
of new machinery, better ma
chinery and new methods. He
has brought his output up to
maximum and has made his
profits on a quantity margin.
He has smashed overhead eX-
penses by use of these weapons
and by putting his distribution
on such a broad basis as to make
it economical.
Output has about reached its
zenith. So long as demand con-
tinues strong, there is a posi-
bility that tire prices will remain
on their present level. But if a
general determination to hold
out" should spread among car
owners. it is more than probable
that such an attitude would tend
to create a reverse effect to the
one desired and send tire prices
rocketing,
Graham guardian., 1920-08-20

A negro, twice paroled from
the State prison, committed a
murderous assault on E. A.
Kuhns, foreman of the railroad
machine shop at Winslow last
week. This convict had about
twenty years to serve, but was
paroled twice, and as a result
may now be murderer. The
parole board of this State should
be composed of a different class
of citizens, instead of politicians
and office seeking men. Society
might then be protected and
criminals would be punished for
their crimes.
Graham guardian., 1920-08-20

The women of Arizona should
keep it fresh in their memories
that a democratic legislature of
the Territory of Arizona passed
a female suffrage bill which was
then vetoed by the republican
governor of Arizona. This is the
official record. p fesl oft Courier.
Graham guardian., 1920-08-20
THE ROLL OF HONOR

The following states have
ratified the National Wo-
mans Suffrage Amend
ment:
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
LOVE BID BABY
SOUGHT IN VAIN
Virginia Mother Has Slight
Chance for Harrison
Child.

Too late. it is believed, comes the
bid from Virginia mother who
would adopt the infant recently Of
fered to the highest bidder of love-
by Mrs. Karl Harrison. of New York.
widow Of a sailor. who is unable prop
erly to care for the little visitor.
Telling Of the aching void in her
heart since the death by lightning two
years ago of her 11-year-old son, Mrs.
R. L Gutridge, of Lerty. westmoreland
County Va. has written The Wash
ington Herald that she and her hus-
band. postmaster of Lerty, would give
little Harrison a home and "all the
trimmings worthy OF the son Of 4
valiant sailor. as Karl Harrison.s rec
ord in the navy showed him to be-"
Mrs. Harrison. still in a New York
hospital. has been bewildered with
the numerous requests for her baby.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
$500, 900 ISLANDER
SUIT IS DROPPED

New York. Jan. 31.-The 5000. 900
slsnder suit which Count Robert De
CIaremont brought against William
Halstead Vanderpool. vice president
of Murray. Howe & Company Us
dropped today.
The plaintiffs attorneys re we'd
from counsel for the defense let
ter stating that the defendant never
said the Count was a spy
Mr.. Vanderpool was a dol -r q
year man in Washington durir the
war, while the Count was COZ ned
on Ellis Island for eight m y rs
awaiting deportation.
The count was arrested durini the
war with Mime. Elizabeth Charlotte
Nix, Nine Despina Davidovich Storer
and Baron Henri de Reville. All fur.f
were ordered deported as uneesi aD.'
persons. The count was take to
Bellevue Hospital on account O. ILL
pess and never actually dcporteo
On April &c last the count tho ,ght
he heard Mr.. Vanderpcol say 20 I
waiter in the presence of a n, ra5sr
of the Counts friends: "Yor are
serving spies tonight. Spies s'yov'd
be poisoned" He thereupon brought
the suit.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
INFLUENZA MOVING
In 33-WEEK CYCLES

Influenza epidemics. such as now
grip New York. Chicago and other
large cities. may be expected TO re-
turn within cycles of thirty-three or
sixty-six weeks. according to state
ment issued last night by the Bureau
of Census.
Accurate statistics based on the
time between the epidemic Of 1915.
which cost the United States over
500. 900 lives. and the one now
at it's height. indicate that the pres
ent epidemic is due to a definite re-
growth of the injecting organisms. IL
was stated. The statement adds that
the organism which caused the pres
ent pandemic may complete its cycle
in thirty-three or sixty-six weeks.
This recurrence, it is said. will defi-
nitely establish that the epidemics Of
1883. 1890. 1918 and 1890 all have a COM
mon etiology.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Deportation of British Girl
With Babe Stayed 3 Months.
Guy S. Spiker to Marry Her

Spiker, wife of Perley r. Spiker, of
Baltimore. and Of Guy spiker. his
ed Assistant Secretary of Labor
Abercrombie, to whom all the cir
cumstances were related, that Miss
Knowles deportation has been put
off. and she was today granted q
ninety-day respite. During the time
she will be permitted to leave Ellis
Island and visit Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam utterly. friends living at Fall
River. Mass.
And during, or possibly soon after
that period she will be married to
Guy Spiker.
Guy Spiker Sees Girl.
This was settled today by Guy
Spiker and mss Knowles when he
visited her at Ellis Island. He learned
during the visit that his quixotic offea
to marry the girl had made for him
tentative engagement to a girl
whom, after a long talk, he discov-
cred he very greatly desired to make
his bride for personal reasons.
Probably no single case Of the many
strange cases which have come to the
attention of the immigration author
titles since the war has enlisted the
same interest as that of pretty Miss
Emily Knowles and her little baby,
Alfred. The customary effort to cover
up the facts was entirely lacking in
this instance.
Perley r. Spiker. who was with the
American aviation forces abroad. met
and fell in love with the pretty Brit
ish girl and they became intimate.
When he returned home he unbosomed
imself to his wife. Mrs. Spiker said
she recognized the dangers of pro-
pinquity in the case of a soldier
thousands of miles from home. She
not only forgave her husband, but
she declared she wanted to adopt the
baby and Joined with him in urging
Miss Knowles to come to America
with the child.
Clergyman Scores spiker.
1t was with money sent by Mrs.
Spiker that Emily Knowles paid for
the passage OF herself and her baby
on the steamship Lapland. which
landed them here January IS.
The case already has attracted ma
tionwide attention and comment.
particularly on the magnanimity of
Mrs. Spiker. Bishop Luther Wilson.
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
said here today that Mrs. Spiker's
act showed the highest character"
but pointed out that her husbands
act cannot be condoned.
The Rev. Keene Ryan, of Chicago.
described Spiker as "on unmitigated
scoundrel." but said Mrs. Spiker
shows an angelic quality, almost
superhuman." He said Miss Knowles
should be sent back to England to
drink the bitter cup of her folly"
Baltimore. Jan. 31.-"It is the
only natural and moral thing to do"
said Mrs. Perley Spiker today. COM
menting on her decision to welcome
Miss Knowles and her child into
her home.
The Spikers are people spparentlx
IN moderate circumstances. The
husband says he makes 800 a week.
Mrs Spiier Is a delicate woman of
medium build. and Guy Spiker. the
brother OF Perley Spiker, Is a slight
inquired young man in his early
twenties.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
ANTIQUE DESK
YIELDS RICHES
Second Hand Dealer Finds
Wealth in Furniture
From Washington.

Cumberland. Md, Jan. a.-Rare
coins. which may be of great value.
were discovered today by cloyd c.
Schonter. a secondhand furniture
dealer. in an antique desk, part of
shipment of furniture from Wash
ington about three months ago.
Schonter was repairing the desk.
which prospective buyers had turned
down. when he discovered in a secret
compartment enough gold and silver
TO fill his pockets. They included
American. English, Italian, Spanish.
Mexican and French and also ,ne
chinese coin. There were others
which he could not identify.
In the collection also were Am.r,, =,
banknotes of an old issue, some of
them pinned or pasted together,
Enough remains Of them, he thinks.
to ask the Treasury Department to
redeem them. One of the American
coins bears the date of 1888. 1t has
an inscription around the edge. There
are silver dollars and half dollars, be-
sides gold coins.
Schonter has shipped the money to
an expert for an opinion as to its
value. He has sent the desk to his
brother in Pittsburg.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
.CALLPLANETS,
aim
DR.. James Harris Rogers
Announces Trial to Com
municate by Radio.

DR.. James Harris Rogers. Of Hyatts-
vile, Nd, inventor of the underground
and undersea wireless. last night
he will try to communicate
with o'hesspianetz-by wireless. ~ :
Rogers said he firmly believes that
planets other than our own are in
habited and that communication with
them eventually wqll be established.
This he hopes to achieve by tuning
his wireless instruments to Q 10000
meter wave length.
DIR. Rogers has been studying the
transmission OF sound waves by
means of electricity for thirty ears.
He exploded the original theory that
only the ether in the air is a wire
less medium for electric waves.
Marconi operators in this country
claim to have had manifestations of
attempted messages that were not of
this world
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01

New. York. Jan. 31.-Miss Emily
Knowles and her baby will not be de-
ported to England. it was decided to-
day-not for three months at any
rate-and in the meantime she will be-
come citizen of the United States by
marrying Guy S. Spiker. brother of
Periey r. Spiker. the father of her
child. and thee hild will be adopted
by Mrs. Perley r. Spiker.
The girls troubles. which had been
so crushing that her spirit was well
nightb roken. were thus cleared by
the stroke Of a pen. and instead of
being sent back to a life Of sorrow in
England to rear her child without a
name. a life of Joy and hope was
opened for her.
welcomed 'ether Woman,
The case of Miss Knowles. the
pretty young English girl who
brought her 4-months-old baby to
America at the earnest solicitation,
not only of the child's father. a
married man. but of the fathers
wife. has brought to light q wifely
devotion and understanding. and
devotion on the part of a
brother. entirely without precedent
so far as is known.
The devotion of Mrs. Cora NJ.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
.eiress Fiji"
Hees Guards
To Wed Youth
Girl, IS, Philadelphia Trac-
tion Magnate's Kin,
Elopes to Tennessee.

Philadelphia, Jan. -31.-Much interest
was aroused in society circles here to-
day when it became known that Miss
Josephine Pancourt widener, known
to her friends as Fiji" daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. widener and
granddaughter Of the late Philadei-
phia traction magnate. p. a. B. widen-
er, had been married to Carter Ran
dolph Leidy. son of DR.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Leidy. grandson of the late Dr.
Joseph Leidy. who was ono of the
foremost surgeons the country has
known.
Married In Knoxville.
The marriage took place today at
Knoxville. Tenn, according to Dr.
Leidy. He was unaware whether the
engagement of the youthful couple
had been announced. and was unable
TO say whether any members of either
family had attended the ceremony.
The young couple are both in their
teens. Last spring. when Mr.. Widen
er at New York and Mrs. .widener at
Lenox.i Mass, were issuing denials
that tbSir daughter had been taken to
Lenox and put under close watch to
prevent fruit.o.. OF - supposed love
affair. Mr.. widener declared Miss
''Fin" was only I5 years old. and Mrs.
Widener said her daughter was not
yet Il. The bridegroom is IS years old
Deny Watch Kept on Girl
Miss widener is heiress to one
of the wealthiest estates in this
city. The Wideners live in a pala-
tial home. Lynnewood Hall, Elkins
Park. Last spring Miss widener
was taken from home by her pa
rents and sent to Lenox. where. so
ii was said. she could find a cli-
mate and atmosphere favorable to
the cure of her throat
Miss widener arrived in Lenox
the first day'of last May. ac0ompa-
MED by her brother. Peter A. b.
Widener. end, who had been recent
ly discharged from the army. There
were three men and two women
among the party who we're de-
scribed as employees by Mrs. Wide
ner. She denied they were de-
tectives,
Todas's bride was one of the de-
butantes of the present social sea-
son and was the guest of Tonos at
several brilliant functions at the
Ritz-Carlton and at Lynnewood
Hall.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
6,3OO.O0O Words
In Senate Fail
To Fix Treaty

Speeches delivered in the Senate
Cor and against the League Of Ma
tions since President Wilson
brought the treaty from Paris
totaled 100000 words.
Senator Smoot has had all the
speeches compiled In a single vol
ume. which he exhibited to the
Senate yesterday. The book is IL
by 8 inches and inches thick.
The speeches cover 5000 pages.
carrying 2,1oo words to the page.
This does not include the enor-.
nous quantity of newspaper arti-
cles. petitions and other docu-
ments inserted in the Record by
individual Senators.
No single book large enough to
contain ali this matter could be
printed. Senator Smoot said.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Lincoln and Lee" Bridge
Proposed in Senate Bill

The construction of a Lincoln and
Lee" memorial bridge over the Poto-
mac is authorized by a bill introduced
yesterday by Senator King. which was
referred to the Committee on the LII
brary.
The bill authorizes the Secretary of
War to construct bridge from
point on the Potomac River west
of the Lincoln Memorial to a
point on the opposite side of the river
east of the Sheridan gate of the Arl-
ington National Cemetery. A memoir
iai pillar on the Washington side will
bear a bronze profile of Lincoln. while
similar pillar on the Virgins side
viii carry the portrait OF Gen. Lee.
The bill. provides that the cost Of the
struisere shall not exceed si.oooooo
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
ON SLATE
ASHEADgOF
LEAGUE
Unlikely to Return to
Washington as Envoy.
For Reservations.

London, Jan. 31.-viscount Grey
OF FalIodon was mentioned tonight
as a possible first administrative
head Of the league Of nations
The Daily News said 1t under
TODD Grey was not likely to return
to Washington. adding that h he
does not he may be made the
leagues head.
I'VE have no objection to the prin-
ciple Of increasing the American
vote: our object is to maintain the
tatus of our self-governing domin-
ions. not to secure a greater Brit
ish than American vote" writes visa
count Grey in two column letter
to the Times, in which he appeas
for whole-hear:ed acceptance Of the
American reservations in the cove
nant of the league of nations.
Viscount Grey expresses the be-
lief that there is no danger of a
clash between Great Britain and the
United States on the question of
votes in the council. He predicts
that without the league there VIII
be a new war. calling for American
intervention at a still greater cost
than in the conflict just ended.
Without the United States, he
says. the league will lack a world
wide moral and physical force and
will be tainted with European jeaI-
ousies. but with the United States
as a member it would be possible to
prevent war and reduce armaments
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Rojes Of Two Murder
g. Victims Found Frozen

gonnellsville. Pa, Jan. 31.-Frozen
os, to bloodstained ice the bodies
.r aries Thorp. As. of Cumberland.
ia and his niece. Lilah Brewer.
p; Il ere found a few feet from the
j -huay between Perryopolis and
l &.yion this afternoon by the girls
:.sthsr. oliver Brewer of Layton.
s3a:h had a bullet hole in the
ksed. Thorp had ben robbed of his
d.orey. about SIS, his watch and
rai,road pass. Thorp, a Baltimore
arJ Ohio employe, was visiting the
Bfever home. and. accompanied by
his niece. went to Perryopolis' yes
tsriay. They failed to return last
night as expected, and Brewers
search disclosed the tragedy.
No clue to the murderers has
been found.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
~ STILL MISSING
FROM S. S. MELERO

New York. Jan. 51.-capt. Harold
@. Simmons. his wife. s-year-old
son. s-year-oid daughter and eigh-
teen members of the crew Of the
American tank steamer Mieiero.
which broke in two and sank Janu-
airy 26. of the Florida ocsst. still
are missing. an ofiicial of the Cuba
Refining Company. owners sof the
ship said today.
A report last night that a sister
ship to the Mielero. the suerosa- had
picked up the crew. was explained
today by the statement that the
boat containing the first and second
oficer. four engineers and twelve
men picked up by the steamer
Ozette had been transferred by that
steamer to the Sucrosa-
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Sues Landlord Because
He Got Too Much Heat

New York. Jan. sl.-Hyman Plot
kin today filed a suit for s50.0oO
in the Bronx Supreme Court
against George and Louise Singer.
as the result OF the Singers. his
landlords. supplying too much heat
in his apartment
His complaint states that on No
vember 80. 1918, a valve of the radi-
ator blew of. on account of too much
steam in the pipes. and that to save
himself and family from suffocation
he put his right index finger over
the valve and held it there till Il
was so badly burned that blood poi
son subsequently developed and the
digit was amputated.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
SKELETONS RATTLE
In NEWBERRY TRIAL

Grand Rapids. Mich, Jan. 81 1-Po-
litical skeletons ratified tonight in the
secret recesses of Michigaf's poli,i-
cal history where they have been
hidden since the 1918 campaign.
The ghost of the bitter fight of
that campaign between Truman IL.
Newberry and Henry Ford. candi-
dates for the United States Senate.
will be called forth Monday, when
Special Assistant Attorney General
frank c. Daley makes the opening
statement for. the government in The
trial Of 11s persons on charges of
and fraudulent practices dur
ing the campaign.
The jury was completed today af-
ter four days OF examination of tales
men. Many of the defendants and
their attorneys left the city iumne- !
after court recessed. to spend
the weekend at their homes.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Rents in Crowded Italy
Increased 400 Per Cent

New York. Dan. 3I.-Rents have
gone up 400 per cent in Italy. hotels
are crowded and apartments are not
to be had, Horval Richardson, vicks-
burg, Miss. first secretary of the
American Embassy at Rome, said
here tonight.
Richardson arrived on the Italian
steamer Belvedere. formerly Of the
Austro-American Line. Little build
ing is under way in Italy. he said.
and the housing problem has become
serious.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Mexicans Take Flyers
Before Military Court

Laredo. Tex. Jan. a.TLieuts.
Grimes and Davis. American avia-
tors. heid ,in Mexico following their
forced landing at Guerrero last week,
have boer' turned over to the Mexi-
can military authorities. according
to advices reaching here tonight from
United States Consul Randolph Ro-
bertson.
The fiiers will be taken to Monterey
at once to explain before Gen. MUIR
guia why they landed on Mexican
soil. the adwices said.