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RACE PREJUDICE IS SHOWN TlkE
AMERICAN DELEGATES IN
PARIS.
American Womcn's Club Operated BY
y. W. G. A. Closes Door In Their
Faces on Account Of THOR
Warning, Returning from Internal
ional Council at Christiana, Nor
way, Denied Accommodation.
(By +. Il. NtZgerald.)

The. Advocate reports that Mrs
Mary IL. Talbot and DR.. Mary Warning
of the United States delegates to the
International Council of Women.
held at Christiania, Norway had oc
casion to stop in Paris, France on
their return and when They applied
Womcns Club which IS being oper
atcd under the Y. w. G. A. thev
wero snubbcd and refused. Here the
door was closed in their faces and
they were told that there was room
for other members Of the American
party but it would not be possible
TO entertain coltred people. Mrs d.
Radcliffe. a white member Of tho par
ty inquired as to why. She was told
that it was against tho rules OF the
house.
Dr.. Warning and Mrs. talbot arc OK
pected in America very soon and it
ought to be interesting to officials and
members of both tho Y. w. c. a. and
the Y. NJ. C. A. as we'll as the public
in general to hear the story told by
these two Race women who have re
Gently experienced American preju.
dice abroad: for what was and is true
OF the American Womcn's Club I'M
der the management or American wo
men Of the Y. w. G. a. in Paris,
France. is generally true Of American
women and mon i'm charge of the Y.
w. c. y. and Y. NJ G.. \. work
throughout the United States as re
CARDS Negroes.
There are many colorcd churches
which maintain themselves and are
sclihirccting; and there seems ito
nc little or no excuse for our D >opl<,
not organizing and conducting insti
tutions Of their own for Christian
ielpfulnoss. 1t May be well and OK
rtdient that the young, progressive
cement among colored peop'e look
TO the matter Of self-determ nat
ion for the Race in Y. w. c.. A. and
Y. NJ. G. A. work in the Nation as
the rank and file or Negroes are be
coming dissatisfied With the hypolri-
tical serenity, the imperial and auto
cratic airs Of the whites who control
and miStrcat the women Of the Race
rs we'll as the men and still expect
Negroes TO grin and endure.
In suit sinsult whether offered by
authorities and rulers Of the Y. w.
c. a. and Y. M. G. A. work or by tho
rabhid. hating demagogucs Of Dixie,
and the cold comfort this institution
offers Negroes produces bleak and
barren outlook for colorcd members
and workers in this connection for
the Future
This evil has been met and solved
by the American Jew for his suit OF
DAODlo Tho JJrbraw ffOud II pacac
'Sary in order that they might have
fair play, Christian treatment to or
ganizc and bring inro being the Y.
NJ. II. A. Noung Men'c; Hebrew AS
scinHion.) They deserve to he COM
amended for this stand. and colored
men and women in all probability
will have to take similar steps before
their work will become OF the largest
service to tho Race.
IN. Y. n>spatch)
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WiiolE FAMNl FIGHTS EAGLE
TO SAVE 10Y FROM BIRD.

Glendo. Wyo., Nov. 22-It took
tho combined efforts OF the Spauld.
ing family today to save year old
Walter Spaulding from being carried
away by a giant eagle at their ranch
near hero.
When tho huge bird attacked Wal
tor IN tho ranch yard, he grasped 1t
by tho mock and screamed for help.
John, his 7 year old brother, came to
tho rescue and third boy ran for
help. Mira. Spaulding beat OFF the
bird with n stick and the eagle at.
tackled her. She was saved when Mr..
Spauldins came with n shotgun and
dispatched the bird. 1t had spread
Of 3 feet.
The two boys We're severely laco:
ated by tho eagles claws.
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I)EATA RATTLE or
CAL.OMEL IN SOUTH
Dodson is Destroying Sale Of
Dangerous Drug with His
"Iiver Tone

You're bilious, sluggish, constipated
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It's perfectly harmless, so give it to
your children any time. 1t can't snli.
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wards.
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KEEsOSENE LAMP FIRES HOUSE
NINE AItIS DEAD.

Quebec, Nov. 22--Fire. which caus
cd tho death OF nine persons, in q
Padcuo farmhouse last night was
caused by the explosion Of q kcro
seno lamp which was being filled.
Reports Of the tragedy received
here today said the flames spread
rapidly after the explosion, cutting
OF access to tho only outside door
and forcing tho occupants to flee to
on upstairs floor, where they were
unable tc opon windows and escape.
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A REVELATION |

THE BOOK OF SEVEN SEALS Young who In
year 1890 laid her bed for
VISIONS; was commanded God
rms BOOK tells about the famine
sl' last
one saw also series OF diseases the
STARVING and that
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New-York tribune., 1920-02-24

organized Interstate Commerce r..
mission will have over she r.;ir.S Som'
New-York tribune., 1920-02-24

for rate increases, which they will soon
lay before the commission, but it is
not likely that they will be content
with even the 1875 per cent figure.
They can argue with justice that they
are facing demand for wage increases
which will run high into the millions
and that there were increases in wages
in the course Of the year which they
must pay, though they do not fully
appear in the 1919 balance sheet.
They also can point to the increas-
ing costs Of materials and to their
great and immediate needs for larger
maintenance expenditures than were
shown last year.
Those who will oppose so large a
rate increase will have on their side
the fact of the two traffic slumps dur
ing 1919 and the hope that prices will
begin to decline and that labor will
become more efficient. There also is
the fact that recent arrangements of
the mail contract will give the roads
from 100000 to $40,000,000 more in
come than last year.
But it is from these general facts,
worked out in elaborate detail, that
the commission will have to make the
decisions on which the future Of the
railroads depends.
The next article will deal with the
greatly increased power which the re-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-24
figure for reductions with which to

soura for reductions with which to
These appraisals are for only few
srnoIl lines. and are far from conclusive.
They show that the "book value" OF the
lines appraised is about 10 per cent IN
cxcess of valuation reached by ascer-
tanning the cost of rcproducing e Sme
80 donreciation and adding all other
walnes except current cash and similar
assets. 80 .;,.+
+ho ogrrecate book value Of $20,OOO,-
oo0 , Oo0 comes to $3O00.000, 900. So, for
nurnoses of estimate, the present book
value may be taken fairly safely.
Estimates Worked Out
So. too, may the figures for the 1919
freight income and operating expendl-
lures be taken, though they are unsat-
isfactory. They are the only ones to
he had. The following estimates have
boen worked out both for the SIC, ,0OO,-
Oo0 600 basis and that for the SIT ,000,
O.OOO. which is the lowest that Is at
all likely to be reached by any scaling
down process
To provide the legal return Of 6 per
cent named in the transportation act,
the roads must turn in net income OF
81 200, 900 900 on the OASIS OF Jne @1O,-
900 900 900 valuation and Of 81 ,020,0O0,-
600 on that Of SIT 900, 100000, differ
ence of $18000O, 600.
The net railroad income in 1919, ac-
cording to the figures Of the Bureau of
Railway Economics, was $514 1892, 1928.
This differs from the figures Of the
railroad administration by only few
hundred thousands. 1t indicates that
there would have to be an increase in
income of S685, 100000 to meet the
per cent on S20,000,000 900 investm ent
and of $5O5,000,0 900 to meet it on $17,-
900 100000.
The freight revenue figures for 1919,
according to the same bureau, were
$3,547 ,43l ,702, about S9,000,000 less than
the figures given by the railroad admin
istra ton. 1t is from freight revenue
that the increases must come, and if
there be added to this figure the $685.
900, 900 needed on the 500, 900, 900 600
basis, an increase Of 1876 per cent is
indicated.
On the smaller basis the increase in
rates would have to be 14.4 per cent
The difference between the figures of
the two statisticians is too small to af-
feet the final result more than small
fraction of l per cent.
The railroads have not yet completed
the work of preparing for the request
New-York tribune., 1920-02-24

body on earth knows what that value
ia: estimates vary through $5,O0O,OOO,-
900. The question of the valuation Of
the railroads has been debated for
decades. and work has been going on
for wears in an attempt to establish it,
but only small fraction Of the roads
have been even tentatively appraised
Nor has any basis been agreed upon by
which the valuation shall be deter
mined from the appraisal.
Valuation Up to Board
In the last analysis, the entire mat
Generalization. basis Of figuring rate
needs and the rates themselves-rests ts
with the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. The judgment of the eight men
now serving and of the three more who
are to be appointed will determine the
future for the entire railroad system
and all that hangs on it. For this rea-
son business men in general, and rail
road men in particular, are watching
with the utmost concern to see who the
three new men will be.
There are certain things, however
which may be assumed as practically
certain in figuring out the basis on
which the rate increases will be grant
ed. The first Of these is that the com
mission will allow the full 6 per cent
permitted in the law as the basis for
the rates. This will make difference
of about 500, 0,000,O 900 year 1t is all to
go into improvements and extensions,
to be reinvested in Capital account"
1t is only fraction Of what the
roads will need, as witness the fact that
they spent 27O00,0OO for those pur-
poses in the first six months of 1917
and that the government has spent
about $3.50, 900 year for those pur-
poses, even under the strained condi-
tions of the last two years.
A second "practical certainty" is that
the commission, having no time to fin
ish the complicated and tedious process
Of actual valuation if it is to get the
new rates into effect by September l,
when the government guaranty runs
out, will take for the time being the
"book value" of the roads, with certain
obvious corrections. The law permits it
to revise its valuation as fast as actual
facts are established.
It is known that there are some cor
rections to be made both ways from,
the $20,000,0O0 GOO. President Rea Of
the Pennsylvania has estimated that
there are some $3,0OO 100000 of railroad
investment that does not show on the
books. On the other hand, such tenta-
tive appraisals of actual value as have
been made Indicate an almost identical
New-York tribune., 1920-02-24

will occur ir the bill does not become a
law.
eff the roads are turned back with
out legislation" said Senator Sim
mons, "there will be condition fraught
with so much danger that even the
Federal reserve banking system will
not be able to save this country from q
panic" Discussing the fight Of labor
against the bill, Senator Simmons
said:
Government Ownership Aim
"I am convinced that the opposition
of organized labor is not based on any
defects in this legislation. 1t does not
lie in the mouth of labor to oppose
arbitration as provided for in this bill.
They have too often chnmpioned such
arbitration as is provided for here.
That is not the reason labor is oppos-
ing the bill. Labor simply wants the
government to continue to operate the
roads for two years more so as to
give labor an opportunity to strengthen
it's organization and spread propaganda
for permanent government ownership" ."
Senator Pittman, in opposing the bill.
predicted that 'it will not be six
months before the shippers and every
body affected by this legislation viii
DC crying LOT government ownership"
Senator Williams, Democrat, of Mis-
sissippi, said he would vote for the
bill, although he did not favor many
of its provisions, because 1--WE are face
to face with situation where we must
accept the best that can be obtained. "
Senator Overman, Democrat, of North
Carolina, opposed the bill on the
grounds that it's provision turning back
into the government treasury one-half
of the railroads earnings in excess of
per cent was unconstitutional.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-24
Big Rate Raise
Only Hope Seen
|F or Railroads
But Extent of the Increase
in Face of the Estimate
Based Entirely on Guess
Is Difficult to Predict
Valuation Up to Board
Situation Complicated by
Fact That Few Lines So
Far Have Been Appraised
By Stanley Frost

Railroad rates will have to be raised
so as to produce somewhere between
S5Oo,0OO,o00 and $7OO,O0O,OOO year
more than they did in 1919, if the rail
roads as whole arc to be put on a
paying basis, their credit is to be re-
stored and the way opened for the inn
mense new fotations of bonds that
are needed. This is what the trans
portation act contcmplates when it di-
rects the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to adjust the rates so as to
allow 5]s or per cent return on the
aggregate value of the roads.
These figures are only rough est-
mates, but somewhere between them
lies the figure that will almost certain
~ be worked out if the instructions in
the act are followed. There is wide
road men as to just what is needed,
and even wider disagreement when the
government officials become involved.
There is no satisfactory basis on which
Bad Sumps in Traffic
In the first place, the conditions for
the last five years have been unusual.
There is no telling how long they will
last, or whether costs will next go up
or down. In 1919 there were two bad
slumps in traffic, which decreased the
railroad earnings by number of
millions that varies according to who
makes the guess. Also, there were
spots Of great and profitable activity.
SO there is no recent basis from which
to figure. The future, against which
the figuring must be done, is also un-
certain
In the second place, rates on which
one road will earn handsomely may be
death to another. 1t is for this reason
that the plan for making the moro
profitable roads turn part of their ex-
cess earnings back into general fund
was devised.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion has been loath in the past to grant
rates which would increase the already
swollen earnings of some companies,
in spite of the needs which it recog-
nizcd in others. 1t is the hope Of
Congress and Of the railroads that the
surplus return provision will free the
commissions hands.
But at best the power of the COM
mission to help out the roads which
fall below the level is limited. When
the new rates are in effect, even if
they actually meet the provisions of
the act. there will be no assurance re-
garding any individual road
Finally, the law provides that the
rates be based on fair return on the
aggregate value" of the roads. No
New-York tribune., 1920-02-24
Last 5 Days OF Special
February Reductions
Old Prints

In 1IcNugh Frames, rare
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quaint things from France,
England a n d Italy,-all
genuine and interesting, and
especially priced from S12
up.
And a rare collection of
assorted unframed prints,
some of them by Audubon,
from $3.50 up.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-24
Crandmother's days

are not so exciting as when
she was the toast of the
town." but if her eyesight is
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less thrilling than that of her
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AS people grow older, it is
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The next time she goes
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Should he recommend
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Our CHI argos for
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eye specialist, are moderate.
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Old English Furniture

FOR dining and living rooms is built or
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Albert to Visit Rio de Ian.:..-

RIO DE JANEIRo, Feb. 2s-1s
nouncement is made that Albhrt K;.
the Belgians will visit this city in L.
Apartments in one of the most hss.ae' hSaae'
full palaces in the city are being susl- s.u
waited to receive the royal guest 'sl0-