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The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-03-05
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Ettshlished isI2--New Orleans. La.
Cotton, Stocks. Grain. Provision. Cot.
ton Seed. OH. Suasr and Coffee.
hembers OF the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange. New prieaua Future Brokeff
Association. New York Produce TX
change. New York Cotton Exhanga.
New York Coffee EXCHANGE Chicago
BOARD OF Trade Associate Members Of
Liverpool Cotton Association
Special attention given TO tho execu-
ton Of ordera on tho ahove evrhpnvss.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15
work On New Highway.

Work Is now progressing on the
mile strip of concrete highway be.
ing built from Lamar north after
an interruption Of several months
on account OF cold weather. The
section from the Lamar canal to
the river bridge will be completed
this week. Then orth side farmers
have been loud in their complaints
because the bridge over the Lamar
canal has been kept closed SO many
months, necessitating the hauling
Of grain and supplies over the fair
ground road Lamar Sparks.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15

be asked and answered now by
thinking men everywhere. We
have already stripped the land of
most of it's young labor. Farmers.
hOusekeepers and captains of in
dustry are about the only prOduc-
ers left who can be called enter
prisers in the sense of really try
ing to get things done They are
the only ones left who expect to
work more than the sO-called
standard day.
The farmer cannot run his busi-
ness on the eighthOur day. and il
the eight-hour shift were installed
it would double the cost OF food,
which will go up rather than down
by virtue of the disadvantage to
which organized labor has already
put the farm. Many secretly de-
spise the farmer as chump who
does not know better than to put
in real days work They have
succeeded in extracting a cOntinu-
Ously higher wage and shorter
day until they have cut entirely
loose from the land.
Rome was great until the time
came when nobody wanted to live
in the country and work the land.
Everybody wanted to live in Rome
and then Rome fell. 1t will be so
with us il labor demands and sue
ceeds in obtaining an artificial wage
for an abnOrmally short and un-
productive day The world cannot
live on such basis and it will
break down first in the scarcity
and the pnSf nf fond
What is it that labor really
wants? What will it do if or when
it gets full control? Let us have
the program now that we may all
see exactly what it is like and
whether we can live by it. If we
are to build our houses with labor
that is to cost dollar and quarter
an hour what will food cost and
how many of us can afford to eat?
Let us have the full program now,
and then we shall know how to
vote. What does it all mean in
terms of the rest of us?
The individual farmer does not
need to answer this question, for
he can crawl into his hole and pull
the hole in after him if he must,
but all other people will be obliged
to answer it sooner or later.
Who is playing this game any
how? Is it the rank and file of la
Dor, or is it their leaders who 'or-
der them out" or order them
back according to their own sweet
will? And are the leaders agreed
upon a plan or are they quarreling
among themselves-perhaps play
ing at the gentle game of politics?
Who knows? Nobody; but every
body knows that little more of
this kind of foolishness will wreck
industry and pull down even the
laboreFs house about his own
ears.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15
A Thrifty Looking Newspaper.

The Holly Chieftain now comes
to us a ten page five column paper
full of advertising and a prosper
GUS looking periodical. The bust
ness men of Holly are awake to
the values of advertising and believe
in aiding an enterprise that boosts
their town industries and business.
1t is the support of the business
interests OF a community that
makes a newspaper and Holly GER
tainly has a live bunch. Rocky
Ford Gazette-TOpic.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15
Unions Approaching Indus
trial Anarchy.
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ASKS
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS
Farms Depleted of Help Because
Everybody Wants to Live in
Town, Same As All Wanted Once
to Live in Rome.

The following is an editorial tax
en- from recent issue OF the
Country Gentleman. 1t contains
so much of timely interest that it
is published in full:
What is it that our brethren OF
the labor unions really want? They
are dissatisfied with capital, with
the employer and with what they
term an unfriendly congress. They
are now divided upon one thing
whether they can elect more Off
cials from their own number by
uniting as labor party or by
working as the balance of power
through existing parties.
Suppose that organized labor sue
ceeds by one method or another in
obtaining control of the govern
ment; what would it do neXt-what
would be the program? Organized
labor has now secured the eight
hour day, in some cases even a
shorter day, and it is the only ele-
ment of society that gets on with
so little expenditure of time upon
its job. 1t practically controls con
ditions in all industry outside the
farm and the household and has
succeeded already in eXacting for
unskilled labor larger income
than farmers, teachers, clerks or
any other numerous class of So
ciety enjoys.
Not only that, but it requires
some industries to carry an over
load OF unnecessary employees A
cOllege-student dance committee
must accept the dictates of the 10
cal musicians union, not only as to
what shall be paid them but as to
how many musicians shall be en-
ployed, and even the student who
wishes to play locally must join
the union
As this is written the report is
current that the Chicago picture
houses have threatened to close be-
cause of the number of unneces.
sary men demanded by the unions.
Later: The houses have yielded to
the unions.
1t is currently reported that the
number of plumbers that can live
ina particularly small town is con-
trolled By the union, which as
signs the quota and then taxes out
OF the community any excess that
may turn up. The statement is al
so made that the number of brick
which shall constitute days work
OF mason has been gradually
hammered down by union rules
from the old standard of from 1900
to 1900 to from $50 to 800. Upon
these two items the Country Gen
tleman is only repeating persistent
reports. 1t is not positive of the
facts as it is of the other examples
cited, but will the unions deny
the reports or repudiate the gener-
al assertion that their chief aim is
to get all the money that can be
apstracted from the least possible
amount OF work?
What is all this but industrial
anarchy? How can country live
and progress when those who con.
troll its essential industries combine
to load all enterprise with every.
thing. that the traffic can be com.
PEELED to bear and without regard
to consequences?
And how much further does labor
intend to go? What would it do il
it controlled congress and had its
representative in the presidents
chair?
These are questions that need to
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15
ARE YoU HAPPY?

To be happy you must be well.
If you are frequently troubled
with constipation and indigetion
you cannot be altogether happy.
Take Chamberlain's Tablets to cor
rect these disorders. They are
prompt and effectual, easy and
pleasant to take.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15
NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL
ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that q
special meeting of the legal voters
of School District No. 6. in the
County of PrOwers, State OF Colo
RADIO, called by the district board.
will be held at the High School
Building on the 29th day of April.
1920. at to o'clock p. IN, for the
purpose of voting on the proposed
consolidation of School Districts
No. 6 and No. 27, Prowers County,
Colorado.
w. H. SHIVELY,
Secretary School District No. 6.
PrOwers County, Colorado.
44-45.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15

j. III. Cochran has purchased a
Wallis-Tracor and plOws from Mill
er Bros. & Co., and drove it to his
ranch near Webb.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15

Dahlia, strong healthy bulbs.
$l.5O per dozen. Riverside Farm,
Coolidge, Kas.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-15

Manager Warren Brown of the
Springfield flour mill, and family
were among HOlly's visitors Dairy
Day.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
Kaisefs Cousin Barred from Cafe
By Waiter Sooiet for Sta ging Riot;
Police, wHh Warrant, Seeking Him

er. that you will never be served
in this hotel again. The walters
and cooks will go on strike rather
than serve you.''
By this time a number of other
walters and two or three white
capped cooks had Joined the com
mittee Of two" All were noddine
assent to the head walters words.
All were husky war veterans and
seemed ready to prove it.
With departing glance of impo-
tent rage. mingled with infinite con-
tempt. the irate prince hastened to
see Herr Adlon. the proprietor. In
the old days any complaint about
hired help" would have brought
forth deep apologetic bows and
wholesale dismissals. Herr Adlon
courteously told his highness that
he was unable to oppose the con-
certed will of his employees.
Though cousin OF the former
Kaiser. Prince Joachim OF Hohen-
zollern has been on the warpath
with the former Emperor for the
better part of the latter's reign.
4
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
.BOMBBARRAGE
TO SHATTER ICE
Aimen Will Drop High Ex.
plosives to Avert Flood
Menace.

Havre de Grace. Nd, March s.
Tomorrow morning aviators from
the Aberdeen proving grounds. un-
der the command of Lieut.. Sutdler
will begin dropping bombs into the
Susquehanna River near Havre de
Grace. their purpose being to Gre
ate an opening for the gofges ex-
tending from Port Deposit to point
about two miles beyond.
The ice. whiche is thirty feet
high. is gorged from the Baltimore
and Ohio Bridge at Havre de Grace
to- point opposite Port Deposit
Fort Deposit is flooded. The water
has reached Main and Water streets
and residents in houses on those
streets are moving out. In addi-
ton. the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks, the Pennsylvania Station
and the Western. Union Telegraph
ONCE are filled with water.
THc flooding of the tracks of the
Pennsylvania Railroad has halted
all traffic on that road.
The breakwater of the Tolches-
ter Company at Betterton. Md. has
been swept away by the heavy ice
lam in tho bay and the SusQue-
hanna River.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
VILLA And MEN
RENEW PREYING
Hold Up Train, Execute
Conductors and Kidnap
American for Ransom.

Re-entry of Francisco villa into
the field Of Mexican bandits prey
ing upon Americans vas announced
yesterday By the State Department
IN a raid on a passenger train near
Chihuahua City on March 4. Joseph
W1Ilamr- an American mining .ngi-
neer. Was carried off by villa, him
SELL To be held for ransom
Led by Villa personally the ban
dts about $50 in number. killed a
large number OF people aboard the
train, mainly members of the guard
who engaged the bandits; robbed
the passengers generally, including
two Americans besides Williams,
and set the train on fire.
r. W. Black, an American sales
man who was aboard the train, gave
the following account of TIE incl
dent to James 3. Stewart, the Amer
ican consul at Chihuahua.
Two explosions derailed the en-
gine March 4 at IL am. About half
the guard of fifty was killed in the
fight Two train conductors were
executed. A Syrian was hung, and
about five Mexican passengers, who
were attempting to escape, were
shot. Joseph Williams, an Ameri-
can, was carried off for ransom
While 1 and Robert ]. Peltier, an
other American, and all other pas
sengers were robbed and set free.
The entire train was looted and
then burned"
Public Ledger service.)
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
GRAFT STORIES
ROUSE MAYOR
Asks John Doe Probe of
Charges Against New
York Police.
(By Herald Leased wirc.)

New York, March S.-Mayor Hy-
Ian today asked Chief Magistrate
McAdoo to institute John Doe pro-
ceedings to probe the graft charges
brought in blanket form against
certain unnamed members of the po-
lice department by the district at
torney's office.
Assistant District Attorney Smith.
who started the stir by declaring
lists existed containing names and
addresses of hundreds of disorderly
houses and apartments. opposed a
John Doe investigation, declaring it
would defeat the purposes Of his Of
flee. He demanded that the grand
jury investigation be carried for
ward. as first requested.
Police Commissioner Enright, In
a letter to the mayor, complained
bitterly of various attacks that
have been launched against the po-
lice department, and severely criti-
cised the district attorneys office.
which had refused his request to
furnish him with a list Of the al.
legged disorderly houses.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09

Berlin, March S.-Things aren't
what they used to be in the former
seat of defunct kaiserism. -,...
A warrant is out for the arrest Of
a proud Hohenzollern prince, Joach-
inn cousin of the former Kaiser. He
started a bottle-and-plate lombard
ment against two French officers in
the Adlon's dining room Saturday
night when they refused to stand up
in homage to the tune OF "Deutsch-
land Ueber Allies"
When he went back last night to
eat his caviare and sip his cham
payne, the head waiter and the chef
told him, politely but frankly, that
his presence and patronage was no
longer desired.
The prince Strengthened up, affix-
ed his monocle by way of register
ing amazement. cleared his throat
as sort of warning rumble herald
ing thunder, then asked with voice
scarcely less icy than his stare:
What do you meanr'
II mean. sir" said the head wait
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
MOTHER
EXONERATED
BY JURY
Miss Grace Crews, Arm,
Nurse, Declared Inno-
cent Of Child S Death.

Miss Grace Crews. 81 years old.
once q society belle in Raleigh, N.
G.. and more recently a nurse with
the American Expeditionary Forces,
yesterday was exonerated of the
death Of an infant in a trunk in
her apartment here. A coroner's
jury at the District Morgue returned
the verdict.
Miss Crews is a member of a
prominent family in North Carolina.
She is a sister-in-law OF Judge w.
C. Harris. Of the Raleigh Municipal
Court. Before leaving the South to
nurse wounded Yanks. she stood
high in social life. A sister was
declared to be one OF the three
most beautiful girls in the South.
Relatives Give Assistance.
Miss Crews was accompanied at
the inquest by 4 number OF rela-
tives who had come/to Washington
to assist her, and by former County
Attorney Hinsdale, of Raleigh.
Only three witnesses testified at
the hearing. They were DR.. William
B. Carr. deputy coroner; Mrs. Louisa
Sank, of the women's Bureau. po-
lice department, and Mrs. Annie E.
Stivers. the nurse who attended
Miss Crews after the birth of the
child, and the first to learn of the
baby's death.
DIR. Carr stated he had performed
an autopsy on the body of the baby
February 8. finding that the child's
lungs had been inflated with air
before its death. This condition. he
said. might mean that the infant
gasped only a few times before dy-
ing.
No signs of violence or death by
suffocation were evident, DR.. Carr
said.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09

Representative Joseph w. Ford
nav. of Michigan, predicted that this
Congress will grant veterans OF the
world war some form Of compensa-
.ticn, satisfactory to them, during
the hearings before the House Ways
and Means Committee of which
is chairman. His statement was
made during the testimony Of David
7 scanIon, of Philadelphia, who was
the principal witness yesterday
afternoon.
Mr.. Scanlon, who served with the
a15th Infantry of teh 18th Division
during the war, proposed that
bonuses awarded be payable out Of
interest on loans due to the gov
ernment OF the United States by
Great Britain and our allies. He
pointed out that the interets on
loans by this country amounted to
s475, 900 a year, and said that in the
course of several years enough
money would arise from this source
to meet the needs Of compensation
Legislation.
Outlines His Plan.
He recommended that men who
served in foreign service for eight
months and In domestic service one
year should receive $1,000 apiece,
that those who served four months
In foreign service and six months
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
SHAKE-UP DUE
IN AVIATION
NEXTWE
] ,3A Officers to Be Either
Dropped from Army
Or Denoted.

General Charles T. Menoher. Di-
nounced last night that recon-
menfatinns affecting 1-349 officers.
both regular and reserve, had been
sent to the War Department, which
may result in a general uphearal
and demotinn in rank OF oficers of
the service here approximately
a per cent OF the officers may be
dropped next Monday
or the total number of officers
affected only LAD are regulars and
1-2os are reserve ccers- None OF the
regulars are sxpected to be dropped,
but ON Monday they in common with
AL other branches of thu military
service, win be subject to .demotion
to their fnrmer RINK
Mst - T1sse Kept FHer.-
or the nnen who WI be retained
IS per cent are flyers. accnr1inE to
Cen Menoher. and 15 per cent are
administrative officers and mechan-
les General Mencher said the cut
VIII be made in accordance with a
Law passed by Congress four months
ago providing for the discharge of
1900 officers in all branches. His
recommendations to the War De-
partment.. Cen Menoher stated, rep
resent the greatest cut that can
safely be made in the Aircraft Serv-
ice without injuring the morale.
0meery Don't Know Fate.
Few of the men affected are yet
aware of their fate, and it remains
to be seen whether tho War De-
partment will act upon tine sugges-
tions of the director without modi-
fication. 1t is expected that a large
number of men now ranking as
emergency officers" will soon enter
the service with the status of reg
ulars.
Headquarters Affected.
While here has been some gossip
in the bureau for several weeks on
the possibility of cut in air SER
vice headquarters, only 4 small por-
ton of those affected have actually
been informed they were to 90, II
was learned unofiicially last night.
Information has been impaired to
seventy-thre of the officers on duty
that they are to go. Some of them
will be released from the service.
Others already in the regular es-
tablishment will be transferred to
air duties in the field.
The report of Representative
Frear's subcommittee on wasteful-
ness in the aircraft production bu-
reau and the air service, which Is
thought to have played a part in
the proposed upheaval, was debated
for five hours in the House last
Saturday. 1t was a strictly partisan
debate, practically every Democrat
voting against allowing the report
on the floor late Friday evening and
practically every Republican voting
for it's admission.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
Fordney Forecasts Bonus Law
At Hearing Gioen to Soldiers

in domestic service should receive
$500, and that all others should get
800. He proposed that the pay
ments be made in cash.
The committee objected to his
proposal for raising tho money on
the grounds that the outstanding
interests on foreign loans had heen
included In the estimated income
upon which appropriations are now
being based.
Meeting Here March -.
Z. Lester Jones, member of the
executive committee of the Ameri-
can Legion, said that that committee
would meet on March % in WASH
ington to outline for the Ways and
Means Committee a program for
raising the money. An official of
the organization stated privately
that II was the intention of certain
members of the committee to rec
ommend for this purpose a consump-
tion tax.
It was apparent that there was a
strong disposition upon the part OF
many members of the committee to
doubt whether it was possible to
grant the bonus to so many soldiers
for the reason that the financial
status of the country would not
stand the additional strain of An
other bond issue or additional taxes.
tPublie Ledger Serviee.D
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
s ACCUSED OF USING
SUPREME COURT LEAK

United States Attorney John E.
Laskey, on behalf of the Depart
ment of Justice, presented to the
Federal grand jury yesterday the
names of five persons alleged to be
connected with a leak" in decisions
of the United States Supreme Court
The accused. whose names are
withheld, are charged with using the
leak to speculate on the stock mar
ket. One of the accused is said to
be a Washington lawyer, another an
attache of the Supreme Court and
third is said to be connected with
the Department of Justice.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
Bloch to Use
Plane in Race
For Suffrage
West Virginia Senator Ex-
pected to Fly from Chi
cago to Cincinnati.

Chicago, March S.-State Senator
Jesse A. Bloch. of West Virginia.
who is rushing across the contine mt
to save suffrage in that State, will
be transported by air from Chicago
to Cincinnati to make train connec-
tions enabling him to be in Charles
ton before Wednesday. the last day
for action on the ratification.
The Senator tonight is on his way
to Chicago from California. and Is
expected here at 1850 tomorrow
morning. Only by an sirplane hight
to Cincinnati and by special train
from there to Charleston can the
Senator reach his destination In
time.
viii H. Hays, national sepub-
lican chairman. arranged today for
both expedients In an effort to
bring the honor of West virginia's
ratification OF the suffrage amend
ment to the Republican party.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
ERROR IN TAX
RULING CAUSE
OF Big KILLING
Local Spectators Clean
Up"-N. Y. Misinterprets
Court Finding.
DIVIDENDS ARE EXEMPT
Government Must Refund
All Collections Made on
Them Since 1916.
DIVIDENDS ARE EXEMPT

A misinterpretation Of yesterdays
decision OF the Supreme Court In
the stock dividend income tax case
by the Wall Street news agencies
resulted in the biggest "kiIling"
made by some Washington specu-
lators I'm years. In their haste to
carry the long-awaited decision, the
news agencies reported that the
government had scored a victory.
As soon as this news was flashed
in the Wall Street brokerage
houses, there was a precipitate drop
of from FIVE to thirty points in such
stocks as Crucible Steel. Baldwin
Locomotive, General Motors and 9TH
er high priced issues within the
space of a few minutes. 1t was a
temporary selling stampede.
Get Correct Report Here.
In the meantime. while the erro-
neous news of the Supreme Court
decision was causing a stampede in
the Wall Street houses. Moorhead
& EImore, one Of washington's
leading exchange houses. received
the correct Interpretation of the
court decision from their special
representative as soon as it was
handed down by Justice Pitney. AS
a consequence their customers were
enabled to take advantage Of Wall
Streets technical mistake, with the
result that many Of washington's
large spectators purchased heavily
in the sharp declining market.
which soon took an equally sharp
upward trend. 4
while local SPECTATORS profited
- CoSTISf1Tp OS PAGE MINE
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
ALLEGED D. c. AUTO
THIEF CAUGHT IN OHIO

Columbus, Ohio, March S.-Louis
Harris, colored, 81 years old. was
arrested here tonight on informa-
tion furnished by the Washington.
d. c., police.
He was charged with stealing an
automobile, July 81 last, from Al
bert Wright, in Washington, but
was questioned closely regarding
the murder during the Washington
race riots of Isaac Halbfnger' OF
the Home Defense League.
Harris denied all knowledge OK
Halbfinger'- murder, which occur
red on the night of July l9. but
admitted the automobile theft.
The automobile was recovered by
washington detectives in Philadel-
phia.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
SEES RED UPRISING
INU. S. WITHIN YEAR

within a year or two We shall
see in this country an open defiance
of authority, an attempt to over
throw our form of government by
students and followers Of BolsheV-
ism," said Wade II Ellis, former at
torney general of Ohio, last night.
addressing the Ohio Society at
Rauscher's.
There are 100000 Russians in
this country" said Ellis. "and very
few of them can either read or write
English. Consequently they absorb
the propaganda being spread broad
cast by the Soviets of their native
country.
However" Ellis predicted, such
an attempt at revolution will not
succeed. do not even think it will
be very serious. but nevertheless We
must keep our eyes open and be
prepared for whatever happens"
Justice william r. Day. of the
United States Supreme Court is
president OF the society.