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Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-19
GERNANY'S FINE
Rail SYSTEM
IS WRECKED
Writer Finds Travel Not So
Great A Pleasure ASH
Days Before The War
eY MILTON eRoNNER

BERlGN. June is. ~ German trains
still maintain schedule nuch Better
than American ones do.
| have been travelling very extern
sively in Germany the past month
and in practically every instance
have arrived at my destination right
on the dot. o
but the speed maintained is not
as h Oh rs before the wan The high
average used to he so kilometers per
hour: now il is 65. due to the state
OF the rolling stock
There is marked improvement
in the service compared with last
Year. Now. all the principal trains
carry diners. on which you get good
table d'hote meals They also have
their full complement OF first. sec
ond. thiId and fourth class coaches.
l,efore the war all classes OF
coaches were clean, bat now even
the iirst-class coaches are often
dirty.
They used to be upholstered with
good plush: there were mirrors; the
windows had leather straps for
raising and lowering.
: When tho revolution came, pas
sengers looted the coaches; cut off
shoe OLE the mirrors and even
ripped the plush off the seats.
Now the windows are provided
with straps made of woven Irvine
and tha seats are covered with very
much the same material
The iailway travel in Germany ar
present is enormous despite the ire
mendous increase N the price Of
tickets.
GERMANY used to have the best
and cheapest railway service in tho
world The railways made money
for the states which owned them.
Now they cause tremendous diff
cit The French assert that the govt
eminent purposely creates . big def
let by increasing the number Of rail-
way employees and also their pay.
But many railway employees used
to work u hours per day; now the
eight-hour day is universal. The re-
suit is that the roads which used
before the war 10 have 740,205 en-
ployes; last year had 1.05y,G20. -
Other items that make for the
deficit in the railway treasury are
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-19
Powerful and efficient
Ease of control
Throws out with slightest touch

Car can be driven without springs with
outllocking gears or brakes
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-19
TIRE OF WHALE HIDE

A tire made from the hide OF a
whale was exhibited recently in
Seattle. Wash Except for it's light
red color: it looked like a rubber pro-
duct. The casing was made from a
process invented by Portland, Ore,
man.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-19
GAS BOUGHT IN DRUMS

Mast automobile owners of north
east England buy their gasoline in
drums, reports Consul Slater of New
castle-on.Tyne. That's why there are
no gas filling stations there
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-19

The shortest reign uf an English
ruler was that of Lady Jane Grey, IN
1853. She was queen for nine days.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
No Further Action
In Demmer Case To
Be Taken AT Present

Chicago, Aug. 6.-No. further ac-
ton toward solution of the mystery
surrounding the deaths by poisoning
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Kolze and John Dem
mer. is likely, until the coroner's jury
which held inquests over the bodies
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Kolze is reconvened,
it was announced today.
With Mrs. Mary Demmer,- wife of
John Demmer and housekeeper for
Kolze, freed from further detention
by habeas corpus proceedings. it was
unlikely that she would be questioned
further until next week when her
case comes up.
John Demmer died nine years ago.
Mrs. Kolze years ago and kolze two
weeks ago. Mrs. Demmer who be-
came his housekeeper after the deaths
of Demmer and Mrs. Kolze, admitted
her love for kolze but said she did
not poison any of the three. Yester-
day she asserted that kolze gave his
wife q white powder" which might
have been poison and intimated Kolze
and Demmer had committed suicide.
a theory secuted by the, authorities.
OH6ffbH dMI$ch DHa. Wn h hi
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
COAL RATES
PREJUDlClAL,
EDEClSl0N
Interstate Commerce Com.
mission Makes Such Deci-
sion in Illinois Case.

Washington, Aug. 6.-FreiEht rates
on bituminous coal from Illinois
mines in the Fulton-Peoria, third
vein. Springfield and Belleville dis
tricts from the so-called inner group
of mines to destinations in Illinois,
Indiana. Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas North
Dakota. South Dakota and Missouri
were found today by the, Interstate
Commerce commission to be unduly
prejudicial in many cases when COM
pared to rates from other points Of
origin to same destinations.
Rates to the northwest were found
to be prejudiGal to the extent that
from the third vein mines they are
less than seventy cents lower per ton
than the rates from southern Illinois
districts to the same territory and
from the Springfield district to the
kextent that they are less than 80 cents
lower from the Belleville district to
the extent that they are less than ten
cents lower. Fl
Rates from the fulton Peoria to
certain points in Iowa were found ia
be preiuddcia1 in that they are less
than. seventy cents lower per ton than
the rate from the southern Illinois
district and less than forty cents fow-
er a ton than the rate from the
Springfield district. ~. .-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
NEW STAMP MACHINE
IS EXHIBITED in
NEW YORK CITY

New York, Aug. 6.-New York was
introduced today to the postage meter
IA machine which makes every mar
his own stamp printer and does away
with the necessity Of sticking them
on. The National City bank has the
first one exhibited here ~.
The machine. recently approved by
the postoffice department, operates on
a principle similar to that Of the gov
ernment's automatic cancelling ma
chimes. As the letters are run
Of stamp is printed in which ap-
pear the words: ''U. S. postage-paid
O. cents" =
The machine Is equipped with a
register which can be- set only by
postofnce authorities. When the reg
lister shows the user has stamped as
many. letters as he paid for, the ma
chine stops and has to be taken to the
postof1lce to be reset. ,.s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
JULY WAS BIG MONTH I
FOR PAWllBRO OKERS

Fargo, N. ID. Aug s.Daily re-
port sheets from pawnbrokers show
that the month Of July was the heay-
lest in the year In the amount and
value Of articles pawnsd to Fargo
dealers. (. a,
Police explained that this was NO
doubt due to the MANY transients in
Fargo that month, coming In from
the south and the southwest. en- route
to the harvest fields 81, L,
These transients, according to the
police. usually BECOME stranded upon
reaching Fargo ana then begin to
pawn their tools for what they can
get out of them. 5I.
Pawnbroker sheets show that suit
cases, clothing and tools constituted
the bulk Of the articles pawned. Few
diamonds were pawned during the
month. sts ;555sS i. X n "a s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
OPPOSITION IS
ENCOUNTERED BY
SPANISH TROOPS

Madrid, Aug. 6,--spanish forces
which were landed at la Restinga. on
the Moroccan coast southeast Of Melil-
La, for the purpose of attacking the
right wing of the Moorish tribesmen,
fighting against the Spanish troops
in that district. have encountered SER
ious resistance and their advance has
been held UP temporarily. An official
statement, issued here at midnight
last night. said, however, that the
Spanish cruiser, Catalina is protect
ing the troops that have been land
ed, and bombarding the enemy al
Zoco Arbas. Gourougou and other
towns along the northeastern Moroc-
can coast near Meiilla have been
blockaded by the Spanish war yes.
sells in that neighborho
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
LIVELY SAYS
HE SHOT In
SELF DEFENSE
Held Under Bonds in Con
nection With Shooting Of
Hatfield and Chambers.

Welch. w. Va, Aug. 6.--Self-
defense is the claim Of c. e. Lively,
Baldwin-Fe detective, held under
bond in connection with the shoot
ing and killing Of Sid Hatfield and
Ed. Chambers. Mingo mountaineers
in statement to newspaper men to-
day.
Il regret having had to shoot eith.,
one of these men" Lively said. ''but
IT Is case Of self-defense, pure and
simple.
Fight Was Short.
The gun fight on the steps of the
court house lasted perhaps quarter
Of minute. the detective added.
Lively said he had been told many
times that following his testimony
given in the Matewan trial last Feb
,ruary, Hatfield had threatened to take
his life Il knew that if Sid got wha,
he considered good chance II
would be either his life or mine,
Lively asserted.
Lively had posed as a union Goa
miner at Matewan. following the bat
tie there in May 1920 in which ter
men were killed and had testified
against Hatfield Chambers and Other
co-defendants in the trial at William
son.
Speaking of the welch fght, tn,
detective said, he was sitting on {
balustrade outside the court house
when Hatfield. Chambers and thei
wives approached.
II happened to look down the step
and there stood Sid Hatfield, Et
Chambers and their wives on the frs
landing.
They were looking at me, and ex
changed glances, nodding their heads
Sid said something to Ed. couldn'
| hear. Suddenly they stepped apart
could see Sids jaw set like a stee
trap. Both men pulled their guns
AS they did so, I jumped to my fee
and pulled mine. Sid fired at me an,
Immediately shot back"
Used Two Guns.
| Lively continued II had two pistol
and was using both. Sid staggere'
, and fell as did Chambers Immediately
afterwards. Then Mrs. Chambers at
tackled me with her umbrella.
/ grabbed the umbrella. threw it ava
and walked over to the office of A. {
! Hufford justice of the peace, and sur
rendered. The report that shot int
Chambers body while he was lyin
on the steps dead, is an absolute false
hood" s.
w c.. Mitchell, chief of police a
Welch, stated that after the fight, h
i took g pistol. still warm, and contain
ing empty Shells from beside Cham
bers and found a two.inch barrele
gun IN q trouser pocket pf Hatfield. !
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
Recall

The headquarters also today made
public letter from o. Ellingson of
Epring. n. D. Mr.. EIlingson answers
the charge that a petition from Ep-
ping contained the name of an Ep-
ping merchant when that merchant
had not in fact signed the petition
Mr.. Ellingson's letter in part fol-
lows:
Ny attention has been called to an
editorial in the Courier-News under
date of July 20, also your letter in the
Forum. evening of July 20, and a let
ter from one H. Schiedyger, a So
called business man of Epping, N. D..
referring to forged signatures to the
recall petition circulated in Epping.
and consequently hasten to inform
you of the facts
I'm the first place Il am the only
one circulating petitions in Epping.
This man to my knowledge has never
signed a recall petition, nor his name
appear thereon. He did, however,
sign an initiative petition and un-
doubtedly does not know the differ
ence between the recall petition and
one initiating the proposed laws. or
is wilfully mistaking something for
the purpose Of lending aid and COM
fort to the opposition. want this
thing cleared up because they have
used his purported letter as prcpa-
ganda over the state"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
FINAL HEAT IN BOAT RACES.

Chicago Aug. e.-The final heat in
Lakes championship and Sinclair
trophy Is to be run today over the
same course as for the two preceding
days. ..ra .'
Miss America, champion speed boat
OF, the world, won the heats on the
two previous days, with Miss Chicago
as her only close rival. Miss America
must finish at least second today in
order to win the Sinclair cup.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
INCOME |.
MORE THAN US.
EXPENDITURES
Present Business Depression
Responsible For Decreas-
Is ed Income.

Washington, Aug. ga shrinkage
in three months of $s30,000,00 Of
the estimated government income for
this fiscal year based on the prvsent
revenue law is disclosed by the state.
ment recently presented to the house
ways and means committee by Secre-
tary Mellon The total income is es-
timated now at $4,217,643,o 900 rs
against the estimate Of $4547. .643, 900
contained in Mr.. MELONS letter of last
April soto Chairman Fordney.
In the same time, the estimated ex-
penditures have decreased only $11,-
864,216. The estimated excess Of dis
bursements over receipts is placed at
1886, 6,36s.51f as compared with an es-
-timate of S1S,234.033 made by the
treasury last April.
! OF the total shrinkage in receipts
$130,000.00oa is charged to the ex-
pected falling eff in internal revenue
largely as a result of the present de-
preston. The remaining 5000. 900, 900
is accounted for by revision of the
estimated amount to be received in
interest on foreign obligations.
Would Make Payments. @
In Mr.. MELONS letter of April 30,
this interest fund was placed at s225,-
026,000 and was based on the as
sumption that several countries would
make substantial payments. The es-
timate now is $25.026 900. most of
which, it is said, is expected to come
from France. <
Analysis of the figures sent to the
committee yesterday by Mr.. Mellon
shows that returns from taxes for
this fiscal year. under the revisions
suggested by the treasury would be
TX nhn nhn no $n
der the existing law.
Would BE Decrease.
Miscellaneous receipts would be
sion than. at present but it is estimat-
ed there would be s55 900, 900 de-
crease in the returns from corpora
tion income and excess profits tax il
the latter tax were repealed as Of last
January and q fiat corporation in.
come tax of is per cent substituted.
| If the repeal were made effective as
of next January ], however. the esti-
! mated return from all taxes would be
| $50. 100000 greater than under the
existing law, as the returns from the
lcorporation income and excess profit!
tax would be approximately the same
las under the existing law. :. =
| It 'is estimated by the treasury ex
perts that under the law. as 1t nov
stands, the CORPORATIONS, would pay {
total i II Of IS N II 81 s125,aOo,o00 dividet
4 $seS 000, 900 pro ofitss tar and s$45 5000,
900 income ta4lsssit Under, the Revision
|kuggested effective last January 9th'
+ divided $4ts,o00, 900 proffts. tax I AM
! $657 ,O0o, 900 eincome tax. Should tn
revision be made effective as OF mex
January 1, the corporations woult
pay, .theS same amounts as under tn
\ nreaent law ih,- III IEfi al vi
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
Four Hundred And Fifty Pc.
titions Still In Circulation !;
Elingson Answers Charges
Made By Nonpartisans Re-
garding Alleged False Sig
nature.

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 6.-Virtual as-
surance that the petitions for the re-
call of the three state officials, Cow
ernor Frazier, Attorney General Lem
ke and Commissioner Of Agriculture
Hagen will be signed by sufficient
number of voters to guarantee the
holding of the recall election on Mo-
vember ! was voiced today at the
headquarters of the joint campaign
committee in Fargo. The number Of
signers to petitions listed. in headquar-
ters is 67,498, this leaves about 12,50G
signers still to be obtained in order
70 reach the goal Of $4,000 that the
committee has established for itself.
Want Margin.
The number of signers actually re-
quired to force the recall is 68.sS1.
that being 80 per cent of the total
vote cast for governor in the election
OF last November when 229.606 votes
were cast for the candidate for gover-
nor; The recall law REQUIRES that per-.
centaEe of signers to recall petitions
The $4,000 signers are required by the
committee so as to absolutely insure,
the holding of the election, with that
number of names on the petitions
there is chance for irregularities to
crop in by which several hundred
names might be successfully ciial.
'SHSSu LII COuIL Dy lHe Officers against
whom the recall is aimed 1t Is to,
avert any such possibility that the
margin of about 1900 signers is be-
ing obtained over or above the num-
hers Of signers actually required for
the election.
At this time there are about $50
petitions still in circulation, a very
large portion of these in the hands OF
clrculators who are known to have
A<~. l.
calling for these petitions to be fled
as early as possible in order to hold
the recall election on November 1, and
1t will be necessary to have the peti-
tons filed about September Is for the
law requires that between forty and
forty-five days shall elapse from the
time the petitions are filed until the
election is held. The secretary of state
fixes the time of the election and is
sues the call for it.
Result Of Campaign.
A recapitulation of the number Of
Agners obtained from some of the
counties was given out today by the
Independent headquarters 1t has been
the objective of the cam paign com
nniftee to obtain signera, equal to so
per cent of the vote cast in the last
election for j. E. T. O'Connor for
! governor. Mr.. O'Connor received 4s
per cent of all the votes cast in that
| election. The results of the campaign
| for signers in a number of the coun.
ties follows: ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
STRIKE ENDED.

Racine. Wis. Aug. Sit was an
nounced here today that the strike
of the Hamilton-Beach Manufactur-
ing plant had been called OFF follow
ang conference between the COM
pany officials and r. G.. Knutson OF
the Wisconsin industrial commissions.
AT meeting Of strikers they voted
to declare the strike OF uncondition-
ally. The difficulty arose over a ques-
ton of application OF the seniority
rule. The factory viii be operated
as an open shop. ,i %
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
|. w. W.'S STAGE
DEMONS S'TRATlON /.
In VALLEY CITY
l,,;IIerald {; special Service. !,

Valley City, N. d. Aug, 6.-I. w.
VS. to the, number OF Its staged q
demonstration here today to intimi-
date authorities to release q man nam
ed Burkhart, arrested q few days ago
and given q sentence Of 10 days on the
charge Of vagrancy. Organizers at the
head Of the gang; have. called out ev-
cry harvester IN Valley City vicinity
ON strike until Burkhart is released.
George Speed OF San Francisco, an
organizer, shas challenged any bust
ness man, professor or, other resident
Of Valley City to; an open debate. II
The l. w. W. ultimatum Of a strike
in the wheat fields came this morning
after the 1. W.. w. had stormed offices
Of local authorities demanding Burk-
hart's release. j,G.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
$500,000 FOR
RED CROSS WORK
IN PUEBLO WANTED

Washington, Aug. 6.-An estimate
of 100000 was made by the Amer
lean Red Cross for adequate relief
work in Pueblo, Colo. although that
would not cover a building program
for homeless flood sufferers.
The announcement said $350.o0Q
had been subscribed by various Red
Cross chapters and the public in re-
sponse to President Hardings appeal
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
HAIL LOSSES, NOW
ABATNG, EXCEED
$4,000 FOR STATE

Bismarck. N. D., Aug. 6.-Crop
loss by hail has decreased greatly
during the last week, according to
Martin Hagen of the state hail insur-
ance department Among the most
recent storms were those near Werner
which caused about 100 losses to.
Dunn and Mercer county farmers. and
in the vicinity of Courtenay F.
The total number of losses claimed
this year Is over $4,000. considerably
exceeding the losses of last year @N-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
HARVEY ACCEPTS II.
: INVITATION TO
LEAGUE MEETING

Z Paris, Aug. 6.-Am bassador Har-
.vey has accepted the invitation of the
French government to be guest in
Paris during the meeting of the su-
preme council there and will take up
his quarters at the hotel where the
Italian delegation is stopping. The
American ambassador is due to ar
rive this evening"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
INSURANCE BROKER KILLED

Los Angeles, Aug. 6.-John B. Ken
nedy, insurance broker. was shot and
killed last night as he was entering
his summer cottage at Beverly Hills,
an exclusive residential suburb. Mrs.
Madeline Oberchain of Evanston, ILL.,,
who was with him, was held as ma
terial witness.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
AMERICANS TO
BE RELEASED
. !. MONDAY, | o ||, AUG. 9
Brown Receives Message
Today From Leo
Karneneff.

London, Aug. 6.-A1l the American
prisoners in Moscow and Petrograd
will be sent across the Russian bor-
der by Monday at the latest, accord
ing to. a message received here today
by Walter l. Brown, European di-
rector Of the American relief adminis-
tration from Leo Kameneff, chairman
of the Russian relief committee.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
FIND OLD CANNON.

Warsaw. Ind, Aug. 6.-A cannon
which was fred as a salute by its
owner. Billy Binns, an ardent Demo-
crat, celebrating the election of Grover
Cleveland as president in 1884, and,
which disappeared Immediately after.
has been found Embedded in the mud
of Center lake, in which the water is
unusually low. 1t was thought at the
time that Republicans removed the
cannon and sunk it in the lake, but the
wherea bouts of the piece had never
been definitely determined.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
ALLEGED MURDERER
COMMITS SUICIDE

Aurora. ILL.,. Aug. s,-sJames witt,
alias Jeslin, %. for whom nation
wide search was Instituted as the
murderer recently OF Chief of Police
George, Rheim. 81. Of West Chica go.
last night shot and killed himself aft
er he had been badly wounded in 4
gun dual with Sheriff Martin Hextali
of Kendall county. in a country road,
near Yorkvilie. III. n
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
ONLY 1850 SIGNATURES ARE
NEEDED ITO RECALL PETITIONS
TO REACH GOAL SET AT $4,000
Irish Republican
Parliament Members
But One To Be Freed

Dublin, Aug. 6.--(By the Associated
Press)-All members of the Irish Re
publican parliament now in custody
will be released. with one exception
in anticipation Of the meeting OF the
parliament called for August 16. Off,
cial announcement that the prisoners
would be freed was made today. The
exception is John j. McKeown. con-
Wcted of the murder of District In
spector McGrath. Ez
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
FARM LABOR is
WELL DISTRIBUTED

Fargo. N. D., Aug. 6.-Farm labor
is being evenly distributed over the
state through the United States en-
ployment agency in this city, accord
ing to the government field agent.
1t was announced at the employ
ment agency yesterday that the state
is getting all the men it needs for
the harvest, and that none OF the
districts in the state are suffering for
need Of farm help.
The prevailing wage in the eastern
section of North Dakota is So a day.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
REP. JAMES Is DEAD.

Danville, VT. Aug. 6.-Representa-
tive Roerer A. James, 81, of the Fifth
Virginia district. died suddenly today
at his home here from heart failure.
He was Democrat. He was publish
er OF the Danville Register and DAN
vile Bee.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
BANK CONDITION.

New York, Aug: 6.-The actual
condition Of clearing house banks and
trust companies for the week shows
that they hold $19,7S0,2e0 reserve in
excess of legal requirements. This is
an increase Of ss3,1o1,41o from last
week. ,&E
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
Richter Aoepts.

Valley City, N. D., Aug. 6.--Lieuten-
ant Dan e. Richter, who Is in Valley
City today, has accepted Speeds chal-
lehge and he will debate him tonight,
it was reported here early this after
noon.%s l2...,t ;sa.st5 .a
In his speech last night, Speed is
said to have declared that the /. W.
WIS had protection in North Dakota,
and he demanded that the authorities
lection. @,.
1t was unoficially reported that AS
sistant Attorney General Anderson
had written letter to local authori-
ties intimating that Burkhart's arrest
was illegal.