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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-28

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All the rest are held by America,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-28
NEW MEXICO NEWS
school Bonds For sale.

The board of education of school
district No. 7. Torrance county,
OF bonds to go to the highest bid
der, for school building and equip
ment.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-28

copyright, 1920. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
U. S. Railroad Offices
Ordered Closed March I
Hines Takes Second Step in
Contemplation Of Turning
Lines Orer to Com nnnioe

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Discontin-
uance OF all regional and district Of
fees of the railroad administration on
March l, was directed to-day by Di-
rector General Hines as the second
step in rehabilitation Of the Federal
railroad organization.
Plans for creation of new divisions
and discrimination Of others in ren-
eral headquarters here. were ordered
recently in preparation for return Of
the roads and the establishment Of the
railroad administration as a liauidatinq
agency.
In its first action as to Just compen-
sation for annual rental of railroads
under Federal control, the Midland
Valley Railroad Company was granted
S765,679 in q decision announced to-day
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission
Director General Hines had offered
compensation contract carrying about
$530,0o0 which the company refused to
accept. The company filed claim for
81 1.05o,o for annual compensation.
The railroad extends from Hartford.
Ark. to Wichita, Kan, with several
branches.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Says He Paid $l, 700 for
Water in Whisky Fraud
Manufactures Accuses Chauf-
feur of Delivering Two Bar
rcls of Tan Fluid

A mathematician would have had q
perfectly lovely time yesterday had he
been in Harlem police court during the
arraignment Of Herman Morgenstein,
twenty-nine years old, chauffeur. Of
b27 West 150th Street. Morgenstein
was accused by Isidor Grumet, Of 2015
Clinton Avenue, the Bronx, Of attempt
ed fraud In the sale of whisky.
Grumet, who is manufacturer of
hand bags, tod Magistrate Charles E.
Simms that Morgenstein had offered on
November IL, 1919, to sell him two bar
rels of whisky for $1,700. Grumet did
some lightning calculating, which
proved that:
Two barrels produced SO gallons, or
262 quarts. Each quart produces ap-
proxlmately twenty-five wartime size
drinks. Cheap. thought Grumet, with
national prohibition only two months
away.
So the manufacturer accepted the
offer, he told the court. and Morgen-
stein took him to a vacant store at
2060 Secord Avenue. Here the liquor
was sampled and Grumet paid over the
$1700, he sad. He took the barrels
home, and what happened when he
opened one to get drink was too sad
for words.
1t was Fl led with water, he says. The
other barrel was just as unintercsting
Grumct complained, and he wants his
money back.
Magistrate Simms held the accused
chauffeur in 5000 bail for further ex-
animation Tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
DEVELOPED with the railroads In pri-

developed with the railroads In pri-
vHte hands.
"A mater Of vital interest" tho letter
concludes. els the enlistinr Of the en-
ployees. SO that they will work har-
moniously. willingly and efficiently. IL
Is colossal waste to exclude from
railway operation the contributions Of
two million mon with lifelong expert
ence in the railway industry.
Subsidy Idea Condemned
believing that the provisions for a
subsidy and for the utilization Of pub
nc funds by private individuals are a
betrayal of the public interest and Ia
suoversive Of the traditions Of tho
country; believing that the pending
bills are invitation to waste; believing
that the worker and the farmer will be
made to pay tribute to financial A.
ploitation and that the people will be
called upon to bear an unnecessarv
load. measured by billions of dollars.
that will be saved by governmental
control; believing that the return Of
the railroads at this time is as calam-
itous proposal as could be conceived
believing all these things. we feel
justified in protesting with ali tho
emphasis at our command against thu
passage of the pending railroad bill. :"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Merger of Burlington,
Northern Pacific and
Great Northern Planned

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Feb. 17.-Merger
Of the Great Northern, Northern Pa
cif7c and Burlington railroads into one
great transcontinental system shortly
after governmental control Is relin-
quished this month, was forecast in
high railroad circles here to-day. It Is
reported that the merger. is being
planned along lines conceived by the
late James ]. Hill.
The merger was actually completed
by James J. Hill when he was in con-
troll Of the roads, but it was dissolved
because, it is understood. the Federal
government regarded the combination
as illegal. It is asserted that legisla-
ton before Congress and the present
government attitude would not pro-
hibit the merger.
The three roads have a combined
mileage Of $4,000. 1t has been stated
here that one reason for the merger
is to take care of s40O, 900, 900 in Bur
lington bonds which fall due in 1921.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Predicts End
Ut Disorder in
Mexico nl92l
General Alvarado, For
merly a Supporter of
Carranza, Looks for a
Change After Election
Little Anti-U. S. Feeling
Era of Prosperity and
Reorganization Is Near,
He Says on Trip Here

General Salvador Alvarado, a famou.
revolutionist Of Mexico, lust arrived
mere, looks to the forthcoming Mexi-
can Presidential election for the settle
ment Of all his country's internal and
external troubles.
General Alvarado is the owner Of eel
Heraldo de Mexico" and eel Heraldo
ilustrado." two leading newspapers in
Mexico City, and was mainly respon-
slble for placing President Carranza in
power. He has now, however. broken
from his former chieftain and heads
the young progressive element that Is
working for the election of General
Obregon. He came here, he said, to OBJ
tain modern equipment for his newspa-
pers and to interest q group Of Wall
Street bankers in an agricultural un-
dertaking in Mexico.
Il believe that all disordered condi-
tions in Mexico will end in 1921" he
said, because there is q powerful cur
rent of opinion pervading all places
and classes toward peace and reorgan-
lZation. If the vote in the coming
Presidential election is respected, the
same year will witness an era Of peace,
and work Immediately will be begun
eliminating the main sources of strife
between the United States and Mexico
am optimistic in this respect because
conditions point to the election Of Cen
eral Obregon as President" He said
that the continuance of Carranza in
power or the imposition by him Of q
dummy" candidate would be followed
by civil war and the overthrow Of the
government.
Better Understanding Sought
The promotion Of friendly relations
between the two countries, he said, de-
pended broadly upon better mutual
understanding Of the aspirations, needs
and conceptions Of each people. "No
one in Mexico doubts he said, chat
the United States possesses the ma
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Unions Appeal
For Two Years
OF Rail Control
ssworld-Wide Bankruptcy"
Predicted as Possible Re-
suit of Turning Roads
Back to Private Owners
Hint at New Labor War
Increase in Rates Amount
ing to 81, 900, 900, 900 a
Year Also Is Forecast

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Urging that
r.deral operation Of the railroads be
.sntInued for at least an additional
two years. B. NJ. Jewell, acting presi-
dent Of the railway employees depart
r.nt OF the American Federation Of
labor, in a letter to members Of Con-
rress to-day expressed the opinion that
rsturn Of the roads to private owner
.h;n at this time would lead inevitably
10 their bankruptcy, which easily might
result In a national panic and in turn
bring worldwide bankruptcy"
"For two yesrs traffic has been short
routed" Mr.. Jewell said, explaining his
belief that the railroads cannot sur
vive their return to private control.
~. has been sent over selected routes.
4 great part of the mileage Of the
country Is not earning operating ex-
nenses and fixed charges. Receiver
sbips are inevitable If the railroads are
unscrambled and each left to shift for
itself"
Mr.. Jewell said he sent the letter
Ia behalf of organizations which "rep-
resent directly 100000 workers" but
which believed they might claim to
reflect the wishes of the great major
ity Of the people of the country"
Fourteen Unions Sign Protest
The letter of objections to tho re-
turn Of the roads was signed by the
heads of the fourteen railroad unions,
including the four big brotherhoods,
who have been acting as unit in
urging, first, government ownership Of
the rail systems, and, second, con-
tinuation Of government control as an
alternative.
Calling attention to tho Colossal
savings, economies and efficiencies"
u der Federal operation. the letter
said a reversion to private ownership
would mean IAN increase in rates Of
from rs to so per cent, An addition of
sl,OO0,00O, 900 year."
Among the score Of specific reasons
cited by the Employer representa-
tives against return of the railroads
we're:
According to the reports Of the
Director General, the railroads oper-
ated as q unified system are on q
paying basis, "or are IN a 1air way
to earn all charges against them
and possibly to accumulate a sur
plus"
Valuation of watered securities,
alleged to be the main object of
those seeking return, would mean
the substituting of the railroad in
dustry.
Wasteful Operation Predicted
"The Cummins-Esch bill, with its
guarantee of earnings, Is an invita-
ton to waste and extravaganza"
Return of the railroads at this
time is an invitation to still further
industrial disturbances, which are
"born of labor shortage on one hand
and the high cost of living on the
other"
Under Federal operation the South
ern rates have had q square deal.
Ports, harbors. terminals and ship
ping lines have been stimulated from
the Rio Grande to Baltimore but
: return to the preferential treat
ment of New York will kill South
ern ports, Southern shipping, South
ern industry"
Water transportation never can be
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Return of Radio
Systems Ordered
Stations Taken Over Ur,-
der War P0,uers to Go
Back to Osuy,ers Feb. 29

From Tho Tribune's Weshingt gtox Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Radio IA
cilities taken over by the government
under the wartime powers of the
President will be returned to tho
owners at midnight February 20, on
authority Of an executive order issued
to-day by the President The order.
made public by the Navy Department,
said:
Call radio stations taken over by tho
Government of the United States and
now held by 1t under authority Of ex-
ecutive orders of April and April
80, 1917, respectively, including all
possession of or received, operated,
supervised, or controlled under author
ity of said executive orders shall, at
midnight on the 29th day Of February
instant, he returned and delivered to
the respective owners thereof
Cali restrictions placed under author
ity Of said executive orders of April
6 and April 80, 1917, on all radio sta
tions not necessary to the government
for naval communications shall be re-
moved, to take effect at midnight on
the 29th day of February instant, from
which time the control and operation
Of all radio stations not owned, con-
trolled or operated by the government
Independently Of action taken by or on
behalf of the government under the
aforesaid executive orders of April 6
and April 80, 1917, shall be subject to
the provisions of the act to regulate
radio communication approved August
13, 1912.
"The enforcement of this order is
hereby delegated to the Secretary Of
the Navy, who Is authorized and d.
rected to take appropriate action in the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Senate Refuses
To Investigate
N.Y.Crand Jury
Upper House at Albany De-
feats Inquiry Designed
to Include Swann's Of.
fee and Justice Weeks
Denounced on Both Sides
Resolution Charges Bias to
Almirall; Panel Drafts
Data Asked by Governor

ALBANY, Feb. 17.-A resolution In
troduced in the Senate to-day by Sena-
tor George F. Thompson, Republican,
Of Niagara County, designed to inves-
tigate the extraordinary grand Jury in
New York County, District Attorney
Swami and Supreme Court Justice Bar
tow S. Weeks, was defeated by a vote
that was nearly unanimous.
Senator Thompson asserted that
Raymond F. Almirall, foreman Of the
grand jury, was biased and not proper
person to sit on that tribunal The
resolution was attacked by Minority
Leader James j. Walker. who said he
could not see how the Senate could act,
because so far as is known the grand
jury vas functioning in the ordinary
manner, except that controversy be-
tween the grand jury and the District
Attorney had arisen.
Majority Leader J. Henry Walters
also criticized the resolution declaring
it to be the most unheard-of thing
ever presented by lawyer in the
Senate"
The extraordinary grand Jury met
yesterday in the office Of Mr. Almirall.
IL East Forty sixth Street, and framed
the first draft Of its letter to Governor
Smith, in response to his request that
the jury be specific in its charges
against members Of District Attorney
Swann's staff.
The Governor had stated that no
could not supersede Mr.. Swami by the
Attorney General unless the jury gave
him the names of members Of the Dis
trict Attorneys force that the panel
wished to investigate and the charges
against them.
1t is believed that this letter con-
tains all the information the Governor
requested. 1t was reported that the
communication would be revised to-day
and mailed to Albany late this after
noon.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Condemned SLAYER
Would Trade Gang
Secrets for Pardon
Appeal of Man Who Pleads
Innocence Offers Revela.
tions of Labor War in Chi
cago; Death Set for Friday

CHICAGO, Feb. 17-John O'Brien.
a prisoner in the Cook County Jail SEN
fenced to be hanged on Friday for the
murder Of Policeman Richard Burke,
appealed to Governor Lowden to-day
that he was not guilty. and that II
they would save him from death he
would reveal the secrets Of gansland
and tell who killed the officer. This Is
the first instance in ten years Of labor
wars where a gunman mas offered to
tell on his pals"
blame for the crime to shield . relative
Of "Mossy" Enright, "king of the gun
In a statement addressed to the Gov
ernor and the State Pardons Board
O'Brien charged that he had taken the
ment," who was murdered three weeks
ago: Enright had promised, the sp~
peal said, to get O'Brien off with . sen-.
tence Of not more than two years. Even
right insisted he could get . pardon
for the condemned man. Now, with
Enright dead and with his own execu-
tion imminent, O'Brien appealed to the
state officials to save his life.
A Sister of Mercy carried O'Brien's
appeal direct to Governor Lowden, who
is in the city to-day. O'Brien's atter-
hey ealo iater tnat the Governor prob
ably would grant reprieve Of thirty
days to investigate the appeal.
Unless the state intervenes to save
O'Brien or postpone his execution, the
hanging on Friday is to be attended
by 800 fellow prisoners. Sheriff Peters
announced. The procedure followed
will be the same as in the hanging Of
Raffaello Durrage, about q month ago,
the Sheriff said.
"The mere hanging Of particular
subject is not meant to punish him
alone" the Sheriff said. "T'he real OBJ
ject is to punish the criminal class. If
capital punishment means anything at
all, it is a deterrent to further crime.
The very class it is intended to reach
includes those confined in the jail"
Four indictments charging murder in
the first degree in the case Of "Mossy"
Enright were returned by the grand
jury. The state will ask for the death
penalty in every instance. Two Of
those indicted, "Big Tim" Murphy, for
mer secretary to Congressman Nc
Dermott, and one-time member Of the
Illinois Legislature, and Mike Carroxzo
are both presidents Of Chicago unions.
The others are Vincenzo Cosmano,
charged with doing the actual shooting,
and James Vinci, confessed driver Of
the murder car"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Free Flour Won't Make
Scent Loaf, Says Baker
Price Fixed for 9O-Day Period
on Present Basis, Senate
Committee Is Told

WASHINGTON. Feb 17.-Increased
production and distribution costs would
prohibit the sale Of cent oaves of
bread "even if the -four were furni he'd
free" Harry T. Tipton of Brooklyn.
epresenting the New York State Bak-
rs Association. testified to da. before
the Senate Agricultural Committee
Opposing passa~e Of the Senate bill
which would abolish tho United States
Grain CORPORATION, Tirton said all
bakers opposed a change in the basic
price of -four The price is determined
for ninety-day period he said and
any reduction would mean a loss to
the baker, because Of the stocks on
hand.
Lewis H. Haney, representing the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Associa-
tlon, said enactment of the bill "would
shake the entire industrial structure
of the country
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Transport Crook Brings 1,2OO
u. S. Troops From Vladivostok

T7oM ne 1Tt0t"6s WdShin0ton BNTedW
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-More than
1920 American troops and nearly 100
other passengers sailed from Vladivos-
army transport Crook the War Depart
ment was advised to-day In q cable
gram from Major General William 8,
Graves. Most Of the troops are men,
bers Of the s1st Infantry and will re-
main permanently in the Department
Of the Philippines. The civilians, navy
men and welfare workers aboard the
transport will be sent to the United
States on the f1rst available transport
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18

terial strength to occupy Mexican ter
ritory, but 1t will never conquer by
such means tho goodwill Of the peo-
pie. In addition to the large army Of
occupation necessary and the conse-
Quent waste Of lives and money, tho
United States would face the task Of
assimilating 16,0O0,00 rebels. In this
connection let me say that the idea Of
Intervention to play any particular
group OF interests in power Is equally
repulsive to Mexicans.
States to pursue is that Of frank CO.
operation with its southern neighbors,
80 that they may solve their two great
Fundamental problems, the organiza-
tlon OF production to attain the best
results from their natural resources
and the education Of the public for the
uplift and conservation of human re-
sources"
No Great Anti United States Feeling
He declared there was no widespread
anti-American feeling in Mexico, but
that the proceedings Of the Senatorial
committee investigating conditions
along the border were viewed by Mexi-
cans with distrust.
UP to the present, he said, the gov
-
its budgets or continue payments on
its outstanding foreign obligations, and
that there probably would be no change
IN the situation until after election
tic was sure that the next government
would apply for admission to the league
of nations, and added that he favored
such action. With respect to the oil
land controversy, he declared that the
government was disposed to and should
respect the legitimate interests of the
companies, but that the latter must rec
ognize the right Of the government to
issue regulations pertaining thereto
and to tax the industry as it sees fit.
Anent the recent request of Salvador
for new definition of the Monroe Doc
trine, he said that while tendencies in
the past would seem to indicate that
Mexico would favor such a request. it
was his personal opinion that new
definition should not be made until tho
Pan-American League Of Nations was
constituted.
Latin-American Block
Asked about the report that the pres
to unite LatinAm erican republics into
block to prevent domination by the
United States, he said:
ut Is true that the present govern
ment of Mexico has intended to
strengthen its relations with Spanish
American countries, but it is not true
that there Is any intention to vex the
United States. No practical results
have been obtained, for almost all the
steps have been limited to after-dinner
speeches of diplomats. do not ap-
prove of the constitution Of such a
block, because it seems to me an i'm
possible task in view Of the geograph-
ical and economical conditions Of those
countries and the flood Of intrigues
that such thing would loosen. How
can these countries think of alliances
when they are not even able to ex.
change mail bags directly?"
He said that the various rebelliou
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Hines Awards Shorter Hours

Walker Hines, Director General Of
Railroads, notified the Brotherhood Of
Dining Car Conductors yesterday that
they had been awarded 240-hour
working month. with time and half
for overtime. The award is retroac-
tive from February 1. Announcement
Of the award was made at the head
quarters of the brotherhood, 1O1 West
Forty-second Street. All bonus pay
ments are to be discontinued.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18

forces now working against the govern
mont were not OF great strength be-
cause Of the lack Of unity Of the sew
eral factions and that lawlessness
would disappear. entirely after tho es-
tablishment Of new government.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
What Is the USeP

OF woman becoming old and
worn by wasting her energy
every wash-day of the year1 When
1900 Cataract Washer cleanses
the clothes more thoroughly, with
out effort or muss, and in frac-
ton of the timer Women who are
interested in keeping their good
looks as long as possible should stop
in and examine this simple and
low-priced machine. The 1900
Cataract Washer is youth-saver.
Wallaee B. Hart. Laundry Atpli-
anees Of Character, %6 E. Nf ST..
one block from 5th Ape. and the
Grand Central Terminal.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-18
Here and Hereafter

A great many business men accept check
books as their exclusive weapons here below,
leaving golden harps for the hearafter. 1t never
occurs to them that one cannot be well nourished
on single item diet; and when and overdose of
checkbook ends in twilight that makes them
think OF the golden harps they wonder why they
did not inject little more of the better and
higher side of life into their daily activities.
Rotary is trying to do away with the impression
that the Golden Rule would tarnish if exposed to the
air, in business. Although the Rotary Club of New
York has members five hundred representative
business men, it is not for commercial progression
alone that it has it's being.
The Rotary motto: HE profits most who serves
best" might be mistaken for Sunday school gen.
Instead, it is the principle upon which more than
forty thousand Rotarans-all American business
men-conduct their business And it has poid-
not only in dollars, but also in moral satisfaction
that is far above any financial estimate.
1t not the Rotary idea go about drahy dressed
distributing tracts and accusing neghbor Of all the
delnquencies the calendar It is rather to make the
deal in business attractive that who have
been given to exaggeration and Misrepresentation will
abandon them in disgust
Rotary believes that golden harp" here and there
does much to brighten a business transaction
Neat Issue MaI Feb. 25, 1920.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-05-28
SKANEE NOTES.

August Gilman returned Monday
from a few days visit with his~daugh-
ter, Mrs. Berg, in Marquette.
Leander Londberg was in L'Anse
last Saturday delivering fruit trees
and strawberries.
Supervisor Paulson and Commis-
sioner Nordquist were business callers
last Saturday in L'Anse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lars Larsen and
daughter, of L'Anse, were guests Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. George Glover.
County Agent James McKercher,
! of Spur township, was here Tuesday
on official business.
Mrs. Lindahl and son Carl motjrcd
, to L'Anse Monday transacting busi-
ness in the Probate court.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Loosen Gre and
son Russell were Hancock visitors
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Nilsson visited
Monday in L'Anse.
Master Clarence Dahlberg visited
several days this week with his uncle
Oscar Londbeg at L'Anse.