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and got his hobbies from the sad
dle-horn. While Lieutenant Man
ming. in command. was reading
the letter. the newcomer rubbed
solicitously at some dried mud in
the loops of the hobbies, showing
consideration for the forelees
of his mount.
Boys" said the lieutenant.
waving his hand to the rangers.
''this is Mr.. James Hayes. He's a
new member, Of the company.
Captain Mclean sends him down
frcN 81 Pnsozr rAa hove vim see,
that you have sofns snpper Hayes.
As soon as you get your pony hob
bied.t
After q hearty supper Hayes,
joined the smokers abnut the nrs.
MS appearanS, dia not SETTLE all
ne questions 5 the minds u hIs
brother rsnEc5 1hey saw sim
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The outburst dirge, apology, eptaph and
paean of triumph.

ply q loose. lank youth with tow
colored. sun-burned hair and
berry-brown. ingenious face that
wore q quizzical. good -natured
smile.
Fellows" said the new ranger,
I'm going to interduce to you a
lady friend of mine. Amt ever
heard anybody call her a beauty.
but you'll all admit she's got some
fine points about her. Come along
Murielr'
He held open the front of his
blpe fssnnel shirt. Out of it
fewicd horned frog. A bright
7sds' sloh5a was tied jauntily
sfpaas - ipiky neck. It crawIed
70 its eer's knee and sat there
nnotlcnlf
This re Muriel." said Hayes.
Win - sratoricai wave Of his
~ pd. Is got Qualities. She
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captive twisted and clawed and
struggled vigorously in his hand.
After holding it for a moment or
two, the ranger set it upon the
ground. Awkwardly, but swiftly,
the frog worked its four oddly
moving legs until it stopped close
by Hayes foQt.
well. dang my hide" said the
other ranger. THE little cuss
knows you. Never thought them
insects had that much sense!"
Jimmy Hayes became a favorite
in the ranger camp. He had an
endless store of good nature, and
a mild. perennial quality Of humor
that Is well adapted to camp life.
He was never without his horned
frog. In the bosom of his shirt
during rides. on his knee or shoul-
der in camp. under his blankets at
The Washington herald., 1920-05-24
MARYLAND AUTHORITIES
SEARCHFOR BERGDOLL
Especial 10 TAe wasAinston HeraId.)

Especial 10 The washinston Herald.)
wiIliamspott. Md. May .3.-
Whether or not Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll hid $l5O.OO0 in Sliding
Mountain is still a mystery.
New interest was added to the
search today when a dozen Secret
Service men and reporters arrived
from Philadelphia and climbed the
side of the mountain bent on locat-
ing the place where the money Is
supposedly cached. They returned
to the city late this afternoon. but
were unable to report having found
the money or any trace of Bergdoll,
who is alleged by some to be hid
ing in the forests hereabout.
The police of WilliamspOrt and
Hagerstown place little credence in
the statement that the wealthy
Philadelphian. wanted for draft
evasion and subsequently escaping
from Federal officers, is hiding in
the mountain region. They claim
they have not seen a strange car,
such as Bergdoll is said to have
driven in escaping from the author
tiles. Discussing the case tonight,
one of the authorities said:
If he came this way he must
have done so during the night. as
we have not seen any trace of him" "
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OPPOSES BONDS
ASPAYFOR TAX
Treasury Official Declares
Spectators. Would
Reap Profits.

.Frownirg upon the plan Of per-
mitting Liberty bonds to be ten
dered in payment of Federal taxes,
the Treasury Depar lment declares
such a plan. If permitted, would en-
able many rich individuals and cur
porations to escape a large part of
their taxes.
This would be done by buying
in the bonds when they are at a
low price and turning them in for
taxes at their rar valuation. Such
a plan would yield a big profit to
those who made Use of Liberty bonds
in such a manner.
The position taken by the Treas
ury Department is made plain in
a communication by Assistant Sec
retary Lefhngwell, which was made
public yesterday. Mr. Lefingwell
replied to a suggestion that came
from a correspondent inquiring
whether the Treasury officials
would sanction such a proceeding.
, Mr.. Lefingwell declared that to
accept even 10 per cent of the taxes
in Liberty bends would add to the
governments financial burdens and
the difference would have to be
made up by additions to floating
debt.
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COURT SHOWDOWN
ON ARNSTEIN TODAY

New York. May 2$.-when
"Nicky'' Arnstein is hailed before
Judge John c. Knox in the Federal
Court tomorrow, IL will be definite
ly determined whether he will be
required to answer questions he has
refused to answer in the bank
ruptcy proceedings brought against
him.
Saul S. Myers, counsel for cred
itors who have suffered losses in
the $5,O0O,000 bond thefts. declared
today that If Nicky persists in his
refusal to answer questions the
court will be asked to commit him
to Ludlow street Jail and keep him
there until he does answer. Myers
also announced that a reward of
$2.500 had been offered for informa-
tion leading to the arrest of Nicky
Cohn. named in the confession of
David W. Sullivan. the bankrupt
broker. and w. w. Easterday, both
OF Washington, as the real master
mind" in the bond conspiracy.
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were most there nov! Been
long ride for ye. amt 1t. ye old
antediluvian handful of animated
earpet-tacks? Hey, now. quit a
tryin' to kiss me! Don't hold on
to my neck so tight-this here
paint hoss amt any too shore-
footed. let me tell ye. He's liable
to dump us both on IL we don't
watch out"
Two minutes of waiting brought
tired paint pony single-foot-
ing into camp. A gangiing youth
Of twenty lolled in the sadd,s. OF
the 'Murier' whom he had bseh
addressing. nothing was to Be
seen. :,
Hi, fellows" shouted the rider
cheerfully. This here's = letter
fer Lieutenant Manning,
He dismounted. unsaddlsa drop
ped the coils Of the sl4ke-rope.
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Two Big Extra Cash Awards
Offered to Those Desiring to
Get Into Herald Race QUICKLY

Delay in joining The Herald Sales
manship Club may cost you $500
and the chance of winning one of
the sixty-three unusual awards
seven of 'em grand capital awards
a $4,000 home Cor $1,000 in cash. If
preferred) and six big automobiles
"a sass Standard Eight" a
$3.50 Jordan, a s2.125 Sayers Six"
a s1,7oo Dixie Flyer, q 1885 Allen
and a s1,275 Maxwell.
The campaign is just beginning
and the best advice that The Herald
can give you is to join The Sales
Club now. An outstanding
feature of the drive is that two big
extra cash awards are offered for
the best work in the early part Of
the race. These awards are $500 to
the person obtaining the largest
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Persons who have enjoyed and
profted by the advice given by The
Herald's little traffic cop in the au-
tomobile section OF this paper each
Sunday and who are now showing
their appreciation by suggesting ap-
propriate names for him, are urged
to remembed that they can send in
as many titles as they care TO in
their efforts to supply him with one
he will be proud to bear.
Hundreds Of readers of The Her
sid are now enlisted in the effort
to name the little traffic cop and
receive the SO offered to the per
son whose title is selected as the
best.
Following are a few names which
were received in yesterdays mail:
Il c An" by J. r. Derry. 2SO5
North Capitol street northwest.
"Traff o. Kop." by c. J. johnson,
rs II street northwest.
stand Pat" Xby r. II. Dumont.
1875 G street northeast n
Capt. Luke Outthere." by MAry
A. Beckett l2S Rhode Island avenue
northeast
"sergt. otto Stopper" by Ernest
Hutchinson. 234 oakdale street.
"Guidabile," by Mrs. A. +. J.
Eighth and D streets northeast
"Shortie," by Mrs. S. L. Green
berg. I32 Bates street northwest.
&C. o. Wright" by Jesse Perry
Henderson. Hamilton. North Caro-
lima
-"old Hickory" by Ralph C. Gibbs.
Virginia.
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number of subscription credits be-
tween the starting of the campaign
and June II and 5000 to the person
obtaining the second largest num-
Der of credits during this same Pc
riod.
These extra awards are, of course,
additional to the sixty-three awards
offered in the main campaign and
do not affect the winning OF any
other award, except that the candi-
dates who do their best work now,
no doubt, will have the best chance
of winning the grand capital prize
the $1,000 home.
Get Early Start.
You want to win one of these
awards7 Get into the race now and
one may be yours, and you will
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M'ADOO BOOM +.
ON DOORSTEP
OFTAMMANY
Question Of What Will Be
Done About it Puzzles
His Backers.
PARTY SPIRIT MIXED
Mystery, Malice and the
Machine Salient Features
Of Democracy Today.
BY WILLIS J. ABBOT.

New York. May 2s.-The principal
question confronting one who OBJ
serves Democratic politics from a
New fork viewpoint today is
whether Tammany is for or against
McAdoo.
The curious thing about Tamma-
ny is that its support is almost
equally desired and dreaded. What
Bryan did to Champ Clark at Balti-
more with the aid of the Tammany
bugaboo is matter of recent his
tory. But the theory on which he
acted was by no means novel or
original. Ever since Cleveland was
loved for the enemies he had made
enemies being the Tammany
braves of that day-the shrewd pol
itician has always sought to find a
way to make everybody outside of
New York think he Is bitterly de-
tested by the wigwam. while at the
same time automatically seeking to
hold the support of that wicked but
powerful body.
Bryan's Former Attitude.
Mr.. Bryan himself is not wholly
free from a record of that sort of
strategy. and in the midst of his
most perfervid anti-Tammany ora
tory there were plenty of old-timers
who recalled the unction with which
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never talks back, she always
stays at home. and she's satisfied
with one red dress for every day
and Sunday, too" -.
Look at that blame insect"
said one of the rangers with a
grin. 'T've seen plenty of them
horny frogs. but I never knew
anybody to have one for side
partner Does the blame thing
know you from anybody eles?"
Take it over there and see"
said Hayes.
The stumpy little lizard, known
as the horned frog, is harmless.
He has the hideousness Of the pre-
! historic monsters whose reduced
descendant he is. but he is gentler
than the dove.
The ranger took Muriel from
Hayes knee and went back to his
seat on roll OF blankets. The
The Washington herald., 1920-05-24
Chicago Stores
Firmly. Resist
Price Slashing
Large Merchants Voice Fear
OF Collapse Of Whole
Economic Structure"
tBy n star Correspondent,

Chicago, May 20. - Despite an al
legged price-cutting orgy throughout
the country. bargain rushes have not
become the national sport here, al
though Chicago is one of the great
est distributing points in the United
States. Instead the harassed con-
sumer is stlll watching and waiting
and also hoping that the big de-
partment stores will hear the news
after a time.
From the FIRST there has been a
tendency among the big stores and
wholesale houses to put the soft
pedal on price-cutting talk. IN.
reason why has leaked out. There
have been advertised cuts in prices
of all the way from 10 to so per
cent in certain commodities, but
these slashes have in the main been
confined to small stores. The big
ones" have been conservative be-
cause of the fear for the collapse OF
the whole economic structure. They
are preaching gradual reduction
over a period Of at least six months.
Unless this is done, 1t is argued.
there is a possibility of a general
smash that will rock the. country
from one end to the other. They
are making great efforts TO get the
bankers to look at the situation in
the same light
I'VE have discovered" said a
manager of a company which Is
both in the retail and wholesale
business, that at the slightest in
tfmation of a cut in the retail busi-
ness our customers who buy at
cnNrINIrrn nv pAcr noIrn
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SPECULATION SENDS
COTTON PRICE DOWN

(washingtsa Herald-Cro.s Atlantic
Service. Special Cable Dispatch.)
Liverpool. May ga serious sit
uation confronts the Lancashire cot
ton trade owing to abnormal infla-
ton Of prices. Prices of raw Egyp-
tian cotton have, declined sensation
ally as a result Of the refusal by
banks to finance further ventures.
the recent speculation in mills aug
ments the difficulties. at
Herbert Dixon, chairman Of the
Fine Cotton Spinning Association.
declared tonight that the boom in
the sale of cotton mills will event.
ually work a grave handicap to the
British trade.
Copyright. 1920, Cross-AtIantic Newspaper
Service, Incl
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Former President Asserts 1t
Can Only Make Limited
Treaty.
NO PERMANENT FORCE
Present Membership With
out Authority to Bind Fu-
ture Lawmakers.
BY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
(CopyriEht. 1920, Public Ledger Co.

BY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
(CopyrtEht. 1920. Public Ledger Col
TIE peace resolution. which has
passed the House in one form and
the Senate in another. has brought
out an interesting discussion Of
constitutional and international
law. Tho limits of an article like
this do not permit lengthy consid-
Grafton of the opposing positions
taken.
The question of the effect OF such
a resolution declaratory of peace
by a joint resolution OF Congress
has two aspects: First, does it
make peace with rmauy? Second,
does 1t have any domestic effect
calling for its passage?
Statement Of Conclusions.
The following seems to the writer
to be a short statement of sound
conclusions:
/. (a) A var may he brought
about by the declaration and acts
of one nation against another.
Whether the other nation consents
or not, a status of war is thus ere
ated. In the United States, war
must be declared by Congress under
the Constitution. but we may have
a legal status of war without such
a declaration wien either domestic
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JIMMY HAYES AND MULRIEI

Supper was over. and there had
fallen upon the camp the silence
that accompanies the rolling of
corn-husk cigarettes. The water
hole shone from the dark earth
like a patch of fallen sky. Coyotes
yelped- Dull thumps indicated
the rockinghorse movements of
hobbled ponies as they moved
to fresh grass. A half troop of
the frontier battalion of Texas
Rangers were distributed about
the fire. ...
A welI-known sound-the fiut-
tering and scraping of chaparral
against wooden stirrups came
from the thick brush above the
camp The rangers listened eau
4ousiy. They heard a loud and
sbeerful voice call out reassur-
isgly:
-Brace up. Muriel, old girl,
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night, the ugly little beast never
left him.
Jimmy was a humorist Of a type
that prevails in the rural South
and West. Unskilled In originat-.
ing methods of amusing or in
witty conceptions. he had hit upon
a comical idea and clung to IT rev.
erently. 1t had seemed to Jimmy
a very funny thing to have about
his person. with which to amuse
his friends, q tame horned frog
with a red ribbon around its neck.
As II was a happy idea, why not
perpetuate it?
The sentiments existing between
Jimmy and the frog cannot be ex-
actly determined. The capability
of the hOrne{ frog for lasting at-
fection is Subject upon which we
have. had no'lsymposiums. It 10
easier to guess Jimmys feelings.
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LEADERS ADMIT.
HOOVERPOWER:
s-s-.-5- etE- ..--
Strength in Western States
Claimed by Friends of
- Candidate.
PublIc Ledger serviceJ
BY Frederic WILLIAM VILE.

Shrewd Republican leaders con-
slider Herbert Hoover a decidedly
potent compromise possibility at
Chicago. The convention, they de-
clare. will be full of latent Hoover
strength, despite the absence of Of
fetal Hoover delegates. 1t will be
ready to unfold itself at the psyche
logical moment-as soon as futile
balloting has demonstrated the in
ability of any of the leading candi-
dates to obtain the 493 votes neces-
sary to a choice. The statement Is
made that there will hardly be a
delegation in the Coliseum, in
structed or uninstructed, in which
determined Hoover men will not sit.
They form a nucleus around which
Mr.. Hoover's friends profess they
will ultimately rally to victory. The
facts just enumerated are well
known to the party managers and
to the managers of all candidates,
and they assess their Importance at
their full worth.
Regarded as Victor.
The Hoover element at Chicago
will be made up of Republicans who
are for him, among other reasons,
because they regard him the one
absolutely certain guarantee of Re-
publican presidential victory.
who but Hoover" Is their slo-
gan.
1t is the battle-cry with which,
when the hour arrives. they hope to
win the day. They figure that the
convention will reject Gen. Leonard
Wood because of his generally con-
ceded inability to carry the anti
miIitarist West. They expect the
Coliseum to be equally inhospitable
to the idea of nominating Senator
p CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.
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CHIEF
RAPSCONGRESS
Gompers Asserts Workers
Demand Instead Of Ask
H. c. L. Relief.

Samuel Gompers, in an appeal
yesterday to the workers of Amer
lea for, an "overtufn in Congress"
yesterday declared the voice of sup
plication for relief from the cost of
living has changed to one of de-
mand.
THE working people are speak
ing today in mandatory terms" Mr..
Gompers stated in an editorial ap-
pearing in the American Federation
ist under the caption, "Labor's Pro-
test Against a Rampant Tragedy"
They have reached the point at
which they will no longer endure
or suffer injustice by legislative
enactment and profiteering by pri-
vate pirates.
IF those in control of the legis-
lative destinies of the country do
not understand the needs of the
workers, at least the workers them
selves understand. They know the
condition in which they find them
selves. They know the restraint
they have practiced. They know
the limit which there is to their
endurance. The service they have
given entitled them to the, right to
be heard. They will be heard. Their
demand to be heard is a demand
which comprehends the welfare of
the country"
Palliates Railroad Strike.
The railroad strike, however ILL.,
advised and contrary to the general
purposes of organized labor, ac-
cording to Mr.. Gompers, simply was
a demonstration that certain classes
Of workers are unable longer to re-
strain their physical protest against
economic conditions.
Mr.. Gompers attacked not only
Congress and the Department of
Justice for failure to bring relief
in the cost of living, but declared
"the courts bring their assistance
to those who have been so ably
plundering the public" He cited
CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE.
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CARRANZA PARTY
!. RESISTED UNTIL
DEADOR CAUGHT
Britain's Premier
Pays Tribute to
Pilgrim Fathers
CwashinEton Herald-Cross At
lantic Service. Special Cable
Dlspateh.)

London. May 23.-"The closer
union of Britain and America
has come to mean so much for
the future wellbeing of the
world it would indeed be a trag-
edy If any political exigencies
promoted q misunderstanding
between peoples whose hearts
and conscienceS have been, at
tuned to the same endeavor by
such a past as is recorded in
the story of this great pilgrim
age. Let 1920 mark a deepening
and strengthening of the union
not by bonds that change and
wear and break. but by the more
lasting bonds of spirit allied to
spirit in a common effort to ben
eft the whole human race and in
a fellowship of hardy endurance
until the work is accomplished"
This was the message that
Lloyd George sent last night to
commemorate the oncoming BIZ
continent tercentenary celebra-
tion OF the pilgrims landing.
Copyright, 1920, Cross-Atlantic
Newspaper Service, Inc.).
The Washington herald., 1920-05-24
By O. HENRY

Muriel was his chef d'oeuvre OF
wit. and as such he cherished her.
He caught fies for her. and
shielded her from sudden northers.
Yet his care was half selfish, and
when the time came she repaid
him a thousandtold. other Nurie's
have thus overbalsnced the q
attentions Of other Jimmies.
Not at once did Jimmy II
attain full brotherhood with
comrades. They loved him 70
simplicity and drollness. but
hung above him . great sy
suspended judgments-
merry in camp ~
rangers life T
thieves to trailS
malls to run down,
with. bandits to-
chaparrsl. peace
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Returns
Show johnson is
Winner in Oregon

Portland, Ore, May Ex-senator
Hiram johnson has carried the Ore
gon Republican preferential presi-
Dental primaries. Returns practi-
cally complete from all counties of
the State, compiled late today, give
johnson 40,0S2: Wood, 3S,735; Low
den, 14,4S5. and Hoover, 1882.
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Mexico City, May 2S.-The mes
sages received today by the pro-
visional government show that
members of the party of Venustiano
Carranza, murdered President of
Mexico, resisted the forces of Gen.
Rudolfo Herrera until finally over
powered. Sixty members of the Car
rama party were taken prisoners.
their exact whereabouts being un-
known at this time.
Among these prisoners is Marie
Mendes, former director of the gov
ernment teIegraphic lines. Another
is Pauline Fontes, former director
of the national reiIway lines.
Offered Desperate Resistance.
The hero of the Csrranza party
was Gen. Francisco Marguia. who
with others, offered a desperate re-
sistance. Gen. Marguia himself
fought desperately until shot and
killed All other members Of the
HTesisting party also were killed,
among them being Gen. Pasqual Mo-
rales Molina.
These additional details of the
massacre were communicated to
Gen. Obregon by Generals Juan Bar
ragan, who was Carranza's chief of
staff, Francisco Mariel and several
others They make mention of the
fact that Gen. Pelaecista Joined Car
ranza at the town OF Patla, offering
to protect the deposed President. At
that time Gen. Herrera and his
troops formed the advance guard of
/ the CarranZista force.
Fired on Presidents Party.
However. at daybreak Friday,
Herrera and his men surrounded
the hut at Tlaxcalantongo where
Carranza and his PARTY were sleep
ing. The revolving officer directed
his men to open>a rife fire on the
former President. All members of.
the CarraRza party who offered the
slightest resistance were des-
patched
Gen. Barrangcn GrA the other
signers of the message to Gen, Oh
!regon deny the latter's imputation
Ef cowardice. Announcing their
Eeadiness to apr ear before the pro-
|Visional government authorities to
Explain their attitude.
Body Failed to Arrive,
Contrary to expectation, the body
|Df CarranZa failed to arrive last
blight. but was expected sometime
|tonigh.-
The Stars and Stripes over the
American Embassy were flying at
half mast-today in mourning for
the murdered executive. Other for
.eign embassies and legations also
observed this mark of respect
The standing committee of CON-
gress vas to ASSEMBLE this after
noon to appoint a provisional Pres
ldent to act until the regular cleo
lions
RevoIutiOnists at Odds.
Carranza's death has not brought
peace to Mexico. Self-sppointed
leaders of the various Mexican fac
lions are showing their teeth at
zach other and there threatens 10
be a war waged between them that
may call for intervention.
Fighting was already reported In
progress between revolutionary or
Plantations in the States of PuebIa.
|Campeche and Tabasco.
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Details Shou,
Officers Died
In Hero Roles
Sixty Guards Taken Prison
ers With Fate and Where
abouts Mystery.

Monterey, May -. - Amer1-
can citizens and British sub
Jeets were eye witnesses to the
killing of President Carrnnxa,
according to word received here
today from Mexico City.
The Americans and British
composed n foreign colony on
Necaxa, where the hydro-eIec-
tric power plant that supplies
Mexico City Is located. Carranza
and his escort were near this
colony when the nrst chief and
his aides were slain.
Carrnnxa was back tracking
along the electric line to Mexico
City, to surrender to Obregon,
IL Is said.