Chicago eagle., 1921-07-16

wood from the famous old schooner
Revenge, captured from the British on
Lake Champlain in the Revolutionary
war. One member of the committee
that arranged for the presentation was
James M. Cox, publisher of the Day
ton News and Mr.. Harding's Demo
cratic opponent for the presidency last
year.
Il have a great pride in the part I
have had in the newspaper profess
siOn," said the President, in accepting.
IF l could live my life over / would
not change my profession"
Calls 1t Fitting Token.
"How very fitting it is that the tim
bers of the old Revenge should have
been made into a token of friendship
and good WILL" he went on. "In 81
years of newspaper connection I have
never once allowed my paper to make
manifest suggestion of revenge, and
if there is one thing that has con-
tributed more than any other to my
moderate success as a publisher 1t is
that the paper was on higher plane
than the level of getting even.
q
that 1 do not know what there is in
the revolution of fate. There was no
particular reason why l should be
| President. / claim no outstanding
ability. l did not even want the pres
| idency. But somehow / have believed
with ali my heart that by tempera-
| ment and practice maybe l fitted into
this peculiar situation in the world
Asks Tolerance.
"The tolerance, the patience, the
| good will, the kindly feeling and de-
sire to help form the greatest need in
the world today. And if, while I am
an occupant of this chair, can add to
| the good feeling of our republic and
then make our republic the exemplar
of good feeling throughout the world,
my services will not have been in
vain'
The Executives task, the President
said, "is like the varied and endless
| program of a country newspaper pub
the country needs man with the pa
tience of country editors.
Liability insurance for taxicabs and
hacking regulations were important
subjects at the convention of the
National Association of Taxicab
Owners at Hotel Sherman, Thurs
day and Friday.
Seventy-five delegates represented
nearly 5000 taxicabs and approx.
mately $200,000,000 invested capital
in the public cab business.
John J. Boobar, president of two
taxicab compaies in Washington,
ID. c., will preside, and delegates were
here from New York, Boston, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Newark Mil
waukee, ST. Louis, Seattle, San Fran
cisco, Omaha, Columbus, Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Kansas City, Buffalo, De-
troit, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Toronto
and Hamilton Canada
Help the fremen Some of them
may call upon you. They are selling
tickets of admission to the baseball
games to be played August 10, II and
II between the Chicago and New
York firemen for the benefit of the
local Firemen's Mutual Aid and Bene.
fit Association
They want to reach their objective
of 100000 before August /. Give
them a lift
Judge Denis E. Sullivan of the Su
r perior Court stopped the persecution
and prosecution of motorists withou
Identification cards. Good.
Judge Sullivan, after considerin,
the petition filed by Homer Jackson
I of the Illinois Automobile Club, UP
: held, temporarily at least the conten
y ton that the law is unconstitutional
e Attorneys Andrew Rutledge and w
v E. ThOrne, representing the petition
f ers, then prepared to ask the judg
: for permission to amend their bill t
4 provide for a court order compellin
the city to return the 81 tax paid b
automobile owners for the red ident
fication cards.
The petitioners argued that tn
law was clearly violation of the COZ
stitutiOnal right of citizen to ow
personal property without having t