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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
Extortioners Who Make Sam Parks
Look Like a Plker.

There is enough here to keep us
busy for six months" said SAM
UNTEgMYER after two days of amaz-
ing revelation before the Joint Legis-
latlve Committee on Housing. Indeed
there seems TO be; and evidently there
IS enough there TO keep somebody
usy in Sing Sing prison for six. or
sixteen, years.
New York is awakened 10 the fact
that although SAM PARKS is dead the
Infamous thing he personified Is still
alive and more active than ever.
Mr.. UNTERMYER IS bringing out
aloud, for the use of the prosecuting
officers, what has been the whispered
scandal of the building trades.
Some of the men who gull and boss
some Of the labor unions have not
been content with the millions they
have wrung from the workers. They
have proceeded to use the workers
who strike or work Mt the word of
their bosses, to blackmail the build
Ing interests.
When JEROME went after these ex.
tortioners even his friends told MIN
that 1t meant his political ruin. Figh;
labor? But JEnoME knew that he was
not fighting labor, but crime. lie sent
Parks 70 Sing Sing and his course
was approved Mt the polls In an un
mistaknble way.
We have no Jerome in tho District
Attorneys office now, and mores tn,
pity. But when the power Of legIs
Iative committee is aided by the keer
legal mind and bulldog tenacity Of {
man like SAM UNTERMYER this tow
ought to gcf4he results II got in 1903.
The revelations thus far made ben
out the boast of one Of the unloi
labor kings that "SAM PARKS was :
saint. y pIker, a hundred dollnl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
Alexander Pope's Opinion Of the
COx-RO0t Incident.

1t was expressed with sufficient dis
tinctness and imaginative vigor In
Part Two Of the Essay on Criti
cism":
Fools rush in where angels fear
to tread"
In ordinary human charity we can
only suggest that Governor Cox shall
devote his remaining time before cleo
ton to the redemption of his promise
to make good on the original Pittsburg
SIC, 100000 or s3o,OO0,0O0 conspiracy
and corruption charge.
His talents lie rather in that direc-
ton.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
FOREIGN SHIP LINES
WIN ANTITRUST CASE
Decision ReserUed in Action
on Restraint of Trade.

After hearing argument for and
against demurrer to an indictment In
the United States District Court charg-
ing thirty-eight foreign steamship COM
panies with engaging In a conspiracy In
restraint Of Interstate and foreign trade.
Judge Julius Nj. Mayer yesterday sus-
tanned the demurrer as to the charge OF
monopoly In violation of the Sherman
antitrust law. but reserved decision on
the charges OF restraint OF trade.
Ex-Judge Van Vechten Veeder for the
defendants contendcd Che agreement
provided all freight should be shipped
subject TO the rules OF the New York
Produce Exchange. The services rem
dered by broker or forwarder. he said.
cannot be construed as being covered
by the Sherman law.
Henry A. Cutler and Roy c. Joyce,
Government prosecutors, argued the in
dictment followed the wording OF others
which charged violation of tho Sher-
man law and which had been upheld by
the Supreme Court.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
Conclusive Arguments for Harding,

To THE New York HERALD: Four
years ago the novel and ingenious
slogan OF the Democratic party. HE
kept us out OF war" caught many
voters. including the undersigned. we
all know what happened.
Ny vote will be registered with the
great avalanche which on November 2
next will put the Government In con-
troll Of the Republican party on Marc1,
4. 1921. How any American can vote
the Democratic ticket this time after
reading the Constitution OF the United
States and the Declaration of indie
pendence is more than / can fathom.
A HARDING AND COOLIDGE DEMOCRAT.
NEW YORK, October %.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

CRATER" as compared with the new
masters of the art Of extortion.
The public is not in as patient a
mood as 1t was seventeen years ago.
Then there was no building shortage.
Now every strike that is declared for
blackmailing purposes is crime
against public health apd comfort.
Let us see who runs the building
business Of this town Is it the builder
or the blackmailer?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
MAYFL0wER SOCIETY TO DINE.
GOV. Coolidge and other Notabies
TO Speak on November IN.

Gov. Coolidge of Massachusetts, will
sneak at n dinner in the waldorf-Astoria
on November %. II will be celcbra-
tlon of the twenty-flfth anniversary Of
~ society OF Mayflower Descendants.
other speakers will be Sir William
Muloch. Chief Justice OF the Excheauer
Division OF the High Court Of Justice,
Toronto: Senator Charles 8. Thomas OF
Colorado, Senator George H. Moses OF
New Hampshire and Senator Bert M.
Fcrnald Of Mainess
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

The. French Government has pre-
rented an army tank TO vassar Col
loge in recognition of the moral and
physical contributions made by vassar
graduates to the cause Of the Allies"
The world has moved since the early
days OF Vassar when a good many
porsons considered higher education
for girls unbecoming and unmaidenly.
No Government would have thought
talf n century ago Of giving an en-
CINE Of war TO q female academy"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
SAVING ON DAYLIGHT SAVING.
proposed Dm VIII Cut on Two
Months From Present Period.

The Merchants Association has In
6orsed a bill nxing daylight savinr
throughout the Eastern time zone fro-
tho last Sunday In April 70 the last SUI
day In September.
Reduction Of tho daylight savin'
y, riod from seven TO Ave months hat
been decided upon Co remove consider
a3ie part Of the opposition. IL was stated
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Tair to-day
and tomorrow; somewhat cooler 20
day; moderate to fresh north to north
east winds.
For New Jersey--Fair to-day and to-
morrow; somewhat cooler to-day; moderate
north 10 northeast winds.
For Northern New England-Fair to-day
ana Tomorrow; not much change In tenn
perature; fresh northwest % north winds
For Southern New England-Fair to-day
ana Tomorrow; somewhat cooler to-day;
moderate TO fresh north to northeast winds.
For Western New York-Fair to-day; to-
morrow increasing cloudiness. probably be-
coming unsettled by night; gentle to mod
crate east to southeast winds.
WASHINGTON. Oct. GA disturbance Of
marked intensity was centred over New
foundland Friday night and another over
rise In pressure over the northern Rocky
Mountain and plateau regions. II continued
high over The Pacific States and most Sec
lions east OF the Mississippi River except
New England. Rain fell within the last
twenty-four hours In the Florida peninsula
and most sections between tho Mississippi
River and the Rocky Mountains. Snow fell
In northern Utah and southeastern Idaho.
The weather became cooler to-day in
New England. the interior of New York and
the Northwestern States. but the tempera-
all sections from the Missouri and lower
Mississippi valleys eastward. Several sta
lions IN the southern lake region reported
the highest temperatures ever recc rded at
this time OF the year. From the Rocky
Mountain region westward the Temperature
continued considerably below normal ex-
cept in the immediate Pacific coast.
The outlook is for showers tomorrow and
Sunday in Michigan, Indiana, Mississippi.
Florida and in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee
and A Al. Sunday The weather win
and the Appalachian region until Sunday
night. The temperature will be somewhat
lower In portions of the north Atlantic and
middle Atlantic States tomorrow, and In
Michigan. Indiana. Ohio. Kentucky and Ten
nessee Sunday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
A Defence Of Mr.. Baker. Department.

Defence OF Mt. DnktTH Department..
Condemn them not because they made
purchase OF moro hides than grew;
In such transactions teey betrayed
A foresight greater than We knew.
By millions we're the haliers bought,
Tho brushes. horscshoes. covers. bags,
Although we sent where Europe fought
But eight and sixty thousand nags.
Those branding irons OF coppas pure
For franker proof we could l.c' ask;
Two hundred thousand. We are sure,
Were not too many for the task.
FOR when Il bought those things with care
The reason we may plainly sect
The war Department was aware
How big an ass u meant 20 be.
McTtNprrReu WnAon.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: Can a
person change from one party TO an
other. that IL. vote for different party
than the one designated in enrolling Mt
the time OF reglstering7 HEADER.
New YORK. October 90.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
Inside Report NJ Recent Conversation at
the White House.

said Wilson. II would row.
Said Jimmie. ''Ill be Cox.
IN guide your League boat safely. never
fenri"
Said Wilson. ''Tm 40 nervous
You'll put us on the tocA.;
think IA like TO row the Dos,-snd -teeri"
n. q. d.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

Nov IN the League they would descry
A bow 81 promise IN the SHY.
Nor do they dream that from II darts
The arrow for their cl,ildron's heart.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
Alternatives Are suggested.

In addition possible alternatives were
submitted without Recommendations. An
increase of the normal tax rate on indi-
viduals from per cent. to 10 per cent.
on taxable incomes over the first $4,000
is suggested. as well as n further In
crease of the surtax rates on individual
incomes between about $4,000 and $780,
600.
]. S. Bache of ]. S. Bache & Co. spoke
In favor OF the sales tax and w. G.
Cornwell quoted Premier Meighan OF
Canada as saying II has Justified It's
existence quickly there. ]. X. Howard
of Chicago. president OF the Farm
Bureau Federation, declared that
farmers were against the proposal. E.
r. a. Seligmann. professor OF political
economy Mt Columbia. said the sales tax
had existed In Egypt and Rome. but that
every first rate nation that had ever
tried It had discarded 1t and never re-
adopted IL, with the exception OF Ger
many and France, both of which coun-
tries now have the tax In operation
Conditions in Canada were very differ
ent from here, he said.
Results OF n referendum taken among
nearly 1000 business men all over the
country were presented at the confer
ence. Repeal OF the excess profits tax
was favored by 701a per cent OF them.
while 20 1-S per cent were reported as
being In favor OF q sales tax OF from
to 1 n per cent. on the total business OF
sales of every going concern.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

The Associated Press In exclusively entitled
10 tho use for republication OF all news des-
patches credited 90 II or not otnerwisss
All fights Of republication OF special des-
patches herein are also rcscry-r-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
Inspiration 60 Home Affection.

From the Richmond Timss. Dispatch.
when man be, on n lame hosa," said
Charcoal Eph. rumiuatlvciy. "hit sure do I'll,
inspirin' how he yell To- laies l. git on dat
old crowbait TO- de sake o. his wife an
ohiilun."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

II will please the taxpayers OF New
) ork city TO learn that somebody ex-
poets to win undylng fame by keeping
the budget total for 1921 down to
s3bb 600 600
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

Alberta is the home of strawber-
ries Weighing two and three-quarters
ounces. and the residents of Calgary
have amended DIR. BoTELEH's saying
Doubtless CoD could have made IA
better berry, but doubtless Con never
did" by giving to 1t n strictly local
application.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

HARDING takes fourteen positions on
the League.--Gorc 0r Cox.
p. Does the Governor deduce from this
n compliment paid by the Senator to
lie author OF the Fourteen Points?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
THE PREAMBLE IN VERSE.
Purposes Of the Constitution Given in
Lyric Form,

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The &C.
companying verses are the result of my
effort to comply with the request Of one
Of yonr correspondents to put the Pre-
amble of the Constitution into verse suit
able for singing.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
SALES TAX PROTEST
ROUSES CONFEREES
National Industrial Board De-
bates Uniform Levy on
Going Concerns.
INFRINGEMENT URGED
Delegates Favor Abolishing
Excess Profits Tax-Want
Net Losses Deducted.

A protest against the adoption by Con-
gress OF a sales tax. submitted to the
Second National Tax Conference ut the
Hotel Aston by the tax committee of the
National Industrial Conference Board
yesterday. started debate which oc-
cupied the entire session. The report
will be voted upon to-day.
The demand by the committee that
the excess profits tax be abolished met
with general favor. as did the assertion
that any scheme OF tax reform would
be valueless unless accompanied by re-
trenchment and reform In Government
estimates and expenditures. The COM
mittee expressed the opinion that. despite
the existing tax burden and the need
for revision of Federal tax laws, sound
fiscal policy for the country would not
permit a substantial reduction in the
amount of revenue which must be raised
during the next few years. Opposition
was voiced to any present attempt to re-
fund the country.s outstanding floating
debt.
The repeal of the excess profits tax
was recommended because, as the COM
mittee says, Its administration has be-
come difficult and complex. because 1t
discriminates unjustly between different
forms of organization and percentages
of profit and because it has encouraged
extravaganza in business management
Would Reduce Surtax Rates.
II also was recommended by the COM
nittee that the higher surtax rates on
individual incomes should be reduced in
the case OF that part of the income saved
and reinvested. 1t was suggested that
the net loss sustained by taxpayer In
any year be allowed as an offset against
net income. 1t was estimated by the
committee that Its recommendations
would reduce the present net annual in
come of the Government to the extent OF
81. O32, 900 900.
Suggestions offered to make up the
loss according to the committee. would
yiel. ,293.F00,000 in additional reve-
nue.. 1t was proposed by the committee
to increase the corporation income tax to
not more than 16 per cent, except In the
case of public utilities subject to regula-
ton on which the rate would remain 10
per cent. Present exemptions of $4,000
are TO be abolished IL the committee has
its way.
The committee also wishes to collect
new stamp taxes, increase first class
postage rates to cents. increase the tax
on cigarettes from SO to SIS thousand
and tobacco from Is cents to "a cents
pound. An excise tax would also be
placed on musical instruments, candy.
chewing gum, motion picture films.
soaps. jewelry. cosmetics and patent
medicines. The committee advocates
taxing all automobiles and motor trucks
at the rate of so cents horsepower
taxing gasolene cent n gallon. sugar
and coffee 2 cents a pound each, and
tea 10 cents a pound.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23

SOPHIA w. BRoWER.
PIAINFIFID, n. j.. October 20.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
NO BLANK TROUBLE CHECK

NEW York. October %.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31
% '-
SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1920.
TOO FOND OF EDUCATION.

The impression Is gaining that
Americans are too fond of talking
about education and trying to force
what they call education on others.
The reformers who have the educa.
tional nut have succeeded In having
law passed shutting out uneducated
emigrants.
II this law had been passed In time
II would have shut out the Pilgrim
Fathers, whose stock of education
was exceedingly limited
II would also shut out most of the
present native American population
of the west side of the State of Mich.
gan, where IL is almost impossible to
find a village tax collector who can
sign his name to a tax receipt.
In recent big lawsuit between a
Chicago daily newspaper and a ma
tive American Michigan multi.mil
lionaire the charge was brought on,
that this successful business mar
could neither read nor write.
Now the reformers want emigrants
TO know how to read and write Eng
lish before they can come ashore to
Work our coal mines,
Work on our farms or
DO housework.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31
League of Nations Gets Meeker

DIR. Royal Meeker, United States
commissioner of labor statistics since
1913, has resigned ana will take up
the duties of editor-in-chief of the
Monthly Bulletin of the International
Labor Office of the League of Nations.
He left for Geneva July 81.
Doctor Meeker was born in Penn
sylvania In 1873 He took the degree
of bachelor of science In 1893 from
the Iowa State college and Of doctor
of philosophy from Columbia unlver-
sity in 1906, He also put In a year
at the University Of Leipzig. He be-
gan his teaching career as professor
of history, politics and economics at
Ursinus college, Pennsylvania. From
l905-S he was preceptOr at Princeton
then he was made assistant professor
of political economy. President VIII
son was president of Princeton from
1902 to 1910. In 1913 Doctor Meeker
was appointed by President Wilson to
the position he is now leaving.
Economic association and the American
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31

Captain T. L. Barry, the popular
general manager of the Globe Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Chicago,
is one of the most popular under.
writer's in the state. as well as pro.
gressive citizen whose views are al.
ways popular with men who love jus.
tice and honesty.
%l6A
Sheriff Charles w. Peters is max.
ing most excellent record. No scan.
dial has attached to his office, and
bench. bar and the public commend
its efficiency.
Dixon C. williams. the vel, known
manufacturer, deserves we'll at the
hands Of the Democratic party. Vs u
. rnrn leader.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31
IN he PUBLIC EYE


Warning against premature rec
ogniton of the new Mexican govern
mcnt has been given the administra-
ton by Henry =. Fletcher, former am
bassador to Mexico. In letter to
cambridge Colby, secretary of state.
he urges that in no case should the
recognition of the De la Huerta
regime he other than that of de
facto character with the understand
ing that even this would be withdrawn
should subsequent events prove that
1t was prematurely extended.
Mr.. Fletcher's letter resulted from
negotiations now in progress between
the state department and Or. 1glesias
Calderon, Mexican high commissioner
to the United States, regarding recog"
milton of the new government Mt Mex
leo City.
DIR. Iglesias Calderon has assured
the American government of the de-
sire Of the new regime to live up to
tho ohlipntions of N government, but
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31
Wanted: Building of More Houses

Senator Calder of New York Is
chairman of the United States senate
committee on reconstruction and pro-
duction which is making an inquiry
into the unsatisfactory conditions
Of the construction industry. The
committee recently opened headquar-
tiers In New York and began hearings.
Next on the program was visit to
Chicago, with probable hearings also
In Minneapolis and Kansas City.
In Chicago, for example, II Is esti-
mated that there Is shortage Of 100.
600 houses and that thousands Of
building trades employees are out of
employment because Of inability to
get construction materials.
These preliminary conferences
have developed the fact that imme-
date relief for the construction in
dustry must come through improved
transportation facilities, and Senator
Calder urged the interstate commerce
commission to permit the building In
terests of the country to present thei
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31

County Commissioner Apert Nowak
has made splendid public record
since his election to the county board.
He Is always looking after the inter-
ests Of the people as his votes prove.
His constituents are proud of him and
we'll satisfied with his record.
sa1>
Charles r. Corbett, the popular
cashier Of the Century Trust & Saw.
ings Bank is public spirited citizen
who is always boosting Chicago and
helping to advance the prosperity Of
the city.
~S>
Judge Frank Johnston. Jr.. - max
Ing q hne record on the Circuit Court
bench.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31
First Woman to Hold This Office

Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams, up
pointed by President Wilson rs assist
ant United States attorney general If
ter serving for nearly six years as
assistant United States district attor-
ney in San Francisco, Is a living con-
tradiction Of the theory that wom-
an who successfully fills n position
additionally held by a man must
eschew all feminine interests and be-
come shOrt-haired imltator Of the
man who might be holding the Job.
Mrs. Adams Is n brilliant lawyer
and n charming woman; a prosecutor
feared by criminals, and good cook.
She can untangle knOtty law prob
lem and select n becoming hat with
the same success.
Mrs. Adams native town Is Pratt
vile, small village In the Sierra
Nevada mountains In California,
where she was born In 1877. Her
early education was In the California
schools, including the Chico Normal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31
A Sign of the Times in Germany

Times have changed. and I'm Ger.
many as elsewhere. Here's a change
that has set Berlin talking. Printed
In the old style 1t would read:
Princess Alexandra Victoria.
daughter of Prince Frederick, duke Of
Schleswig-Holstein, has been divorced
by Prince August william of Hohen-
zollern, fourth son of the kaiser. and
has eloped with Fritz Meyer, her
chauffeur"
Anyway Frau Meyer, the princess
that was, Is now on a honeymoon.
I'D rather be the loved wife Of a
chauffeur than the unloved wife of a
royal prince" she tells her friends.
Her ex-husband's comm ent was
the bland announcement royalty Is
well rid Of his quondam spouse. But
the people of Berlin are still gasping
from the shock Of the affair.
At the time Prince August vii.
liam brought his suit for divorce from
the charming. beautiful and reputedly-
pytrnynpnnt prinppSs ba rbnroal sb.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31
THE YACHT RACE.

The most ridiculous form Of sport
known is international yacht racing.
The only speed shown in one Of
them is the overanXiety on the part
OF their wearers is to get into white
pants and have their pictures taken
in them.
The yacht races should be sailed
on dry land.
Then they would not have to be
postponed on account OF
Fogs,
Wind,
Waves
Or wet water.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31

z. A. Waugersheim, President Of
the General Lighting Fixture Co.,
with Offices at 20 West Lake street, is
one Of the most popular business men
In Chicago. He is a booster and Is
always interested in every move
rnsnt 10 better the city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31

California where she
In She admitted
to 1912
opportunity 1917 when she conducted the
Francisco
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31

Paul II. Wiedel, the able and cour.
teous chief clerk of the board Of as
sesors, Is one OF the most capable
and highly respected public officials In
Cook county. He is live wire In the
cause of good public service.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-31
Frank Johnston. Jr.. the popular
Circuit Judge, is respected by all
classes irrespective Of party.
<lr|llA

George l.. Schein. the we'll known
lawyer, who numbers his friends by
the thousand. would make fine Judge.
Mr. schein has no ambition In this di.
rection, II is said, but his ability, fair.
ness and legal experience well At him
for judicial honors.