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Evening star., 1921-02-17
SEES QUITO 40 PER CENT
ABOVE PRICES OF 1914
N. w. Alexander Says Living
Costs Are Now 70 Per Cent Above
Normal-Further Wage Drop.

PHILADELPHIA, February IL
Further decreases in the cost of liv-
ing, so that within few years it
will be only 40 per cent above what
it was in 1914, were predicted here
by Magnus W. Alexander. manag ging
director of the National Industria!
Board. at the second days sessions
of the building construction confer
ence called by the Philadelphia Cham
Der of Commerce.
Referring to costs to the consumer
he said that the cost of living reach
ed its peak in July, 1920. when it
stood at lO6 per cent above that OF
July. 1914.
Now" he conti-red '"+ s+nnds ut
IS per cent. and during the next six
months it will drop to 60 or o5.''
skilled labor will be more quickly af
fected than skilled
Evening star., 1921-02-17
NEED LINOTYPE OPERATORS,

CHICAGO. February 1.-THE board
Of directors Of the Inland Press As
sociation has agreed to consider a
proposal through which the high
school students in all parts of the
country will be interested in the me-
chanica1 department of daily news
papers to the end that the present
editorial department surplus may be
diverted to the linotype machines in
the makeup rooms. The proposal was
made yesterday by b. E. Pinkerton of
the Monmouth (Ill) Daily Atlas. who
said the linotype operators shortage
was becoming serious. especially on
the smaller newspapers
Evening star., 1921-02-17
WANT DEBS TO SPEAK.
Emory University Students Ask Al
torney General to Act.

ATLANTA. Ga. February 17.-Per
mission for Eugene V Debs. socials
leader. now serving a sentence in tn
Atlanta federal penitentiary, to address
them has been asked OF Attorney Gen
eral Palmer by members of the econo
mics class at Emory University here, l
has become known.
Debs would choose his own topic fo
the address at a hall in the prison. Th'
warden said il would be necessary {,
get special permission from the De
partment of Justice.
Prof. A. s. Johnson, instructor of th'
class. and n number of its members die
not join in the petition.
Evening star., 1921-02-17
MEIGHEN FACES TEST.
Canadian Parliament to Decide or
General Election.

: OTTAWA February 17.-Whether
Canada is to have an immediate general
election or the government headed by
Premier Arthur Meighen is to hold Office
until 1923. when its term expires by
constitution limitations. is to be decided
by vote in parliament within a day
oc two.
: The issue is now being debated, the
opposition calling for an election and
the supporters OF the government op-
posing the demand. Both sides express
confidence of victory.
Evening star., 1921-02-17
POLISH SOLDIERS RETURN.
Back in q. S. After Taking Part
in Two Wars.

NEW YORK. February 17.-Bring
ing 1885 Polish soldiers recruited IL
the United States for the world wal
and the bolshevist campaign II
Poland. the United States ARM
transport President Grant docked las
night after having spent nearly TIVE
days at quarantine.
The Polish soldiers are part of :;
contingent of 10000, many of then
American citizens. who are being
brought back to the United States.
Evening star., 1921-02-17
UNION HEADS SENT TO JAIL
Howat and Five Others Found
Guilty of Contempt.

PITTSBURG. Kan. February IL
Alexander Howat, president of the
Kansas Miners Union. was found
guilty of contempt of court and SEN
fenced to Jail by Judge Andrew j.
Curran of the Crawford county dis
trlct court yesterday afternoon.
With Howat We're found guilty his
five codefendants in the contempt pro-
ceedings, all officers of the Kansas
union. They are August Dorchy vice
president: Willard Titus. John F'lem-
ing, James McIlwrath and Earl Max
well. executive board members.
All the defendants were sentenced
to year in Jail and to pay costs.
Evening star., 1921-02-17
STEFANss0N is THANKED.
Privy Council Of Canada Recog
nizes Results Of Exploration.

OTTAWA, Ontario. February IL
The privy council Of Canada has is
sued q formal note Of thanks to Vilh-
jalmur Stefansson, the arctic expIor-
er. acknowledging on behalf of the
Canadian government the services
which Mr.. Stefansson has rendered
the nation in exploring uncharted Ca
madam lands.
Evening star., 1921-02-17
RETURN FOREIGN MAIL.

Return to senders of mail bearing
insufficient foreign postage Is to be
practiced by the Post Office Depart
ment. Complaints reach this coun-
try to the effect that business con-
Germs and individuals abroad resen,
having to buy" their American mail
Evening star., 1921-02-17
Ex-PRlNCE'S RENT FREE.
Dutch Will Continue to Pay Fred
erick Williams Upkeep.

THE HAGUE, February 1s.-Be-
cause the Dutch government insists
that former Crown Prince Frederick
William of Germany live at Wierin-
gen and at no other place in Hol-
land. the government will continue to
bear the cost of his residence there
This statement was made today by
Prime Minister Jonkheer Ruys de
Beerenbrouck in answer to demand
made in report by the second
chamber that Frederick William
should pay for his own upkeep.
The answer of the prime minister
also revealed officially the status OF
the former crown prince in Holland.
"The actual internment of the former
crown prince ended few days after
his arrival in Wieringen," said the
minister.
A dispatch from The Hague Feb
ruary said that in view of the fact
that the Netherlands government no
longer considered Frederick William
an interned army officer, a commit
tee of parliament had suggested that
the government cease. paying for his
housing at Wieringen.
Evening star., 1921-02-17
D. S. C.. FOR CAPTAIN.

The President has awarded a dis
tinsuished service cross to Capt. Roy
r. kriechbaum. 112th Infantry. for
extraordinary heroism in action near
Fismette. France, August 9, 1918, in
which he was severely wounded in
both legs.
Evening star., 1921-02-17
GETS PANAMA DUTY.

Capt. Wesley c. Cox. Medical Corps
at the Army Medical School. this city
has been assigned to duty at Balboa
Heights. Panama Canal Zone
Evening star., 1921-02-17

You are bilious, constipated, head
achy,, full of cold, unstrung. Your
meals don't fit-breath is bad, skin
sallow. Take one or two Cascafets
tonight for your liver and bowels
and wake up clear. rosy and cheer
full. No griping-no inconvenience.
Children love Cascarets too. 10. Is,
50 cents.
Evening star., 1921-02-17
American. Answer Satisfies.

This man said he had reviewed
Schwartz's case and the American was
free to go. Then the bolshevist said:
will you tell me what you think Of
the soviet government? Will you go
back to the United States and speak
against us?"
There was a long pause, in which
thoughts of the four months in prison
and the executioners thronged into the
Americans mind. Then he replied:
. IF your government really repre-
sents the working men, 1 am for it,
All my life 1 have worked for the la
boring classes"
Evasive though it was, Schwartz
said the reply appeared to satisfy the
soviet official who affected a pleas
santry and dismissed him.
IF every bolshevist in America could
spend few weeks In a soviet prison."
he concluded. there would be no more
followers of the red flag at home"
Evening star., 1921-02-17
CARELESS OF FATE
! AFTER JAIL HORROR
Returned American Tells of
Indifference to Death Shown
in Soviet Prisons.

| BERLIN. February 1i.-PrisonerS
|. in the jails of soviet Russia. when
Acondemned to death. are called out to
be shot by soldiers who stalk into the
cells after midnight. declares NJ.
: Schwartz of San Francisco, the social
list who went to Moscow to attend a
congress of the third internationale
and was imprisoned there for four
: months.
Schwartz told of the death of his wife
as result of hunger strike she be-
; gan to end her imprisonment in Mos
Cow. denounced communism in Russia
and said he was going back TO Amer
sica to tell the workers there the
actual facts about the Russian situa-
.tion.l
Tall and gaunt. his black hair and
beard heavily streakad with gray. the
American. who had been a bolShevik
before visit to Russia "saddened and
enlightened" him. described the cold
fear and trembling in which soviet
prisoners wait for the visits in the dead
of the night.
They always come between the
hours of and o'clock" he said. "a
bolshevist soldier walks into the
crowded cell and in the instant si
1ence calls out the names of the men.
or women. who must die. In the Jail
where 1 was, they marched the pris-
'oners down stairway and into
courtyard. We could hear the vol
leys of the firing squads. Many men
were called out for execution from my
cell during those four mooths. Few
of them knew why they had been con-
demned. but generally it was under
stood they were 'counter-revolution-
aries They were shot without trial"
Went Cheerfully to Death.
s After time the prisoners became
. and monotony of prison life. ceased to
care whether their names were called
or not, Mr.. Schwartz said. CHEEKY
greetings were often passed as the
condemned men were marched out
The men about to die would say their
good-byes. wave their cell comrades
q "so-long," and those remaining would
cry out:
Goodbye. See you later
Throughout the first few nights,
however, Mr.. Schwartz said. he trem-
bled as with ague. and his clothes.
even to his overcoat, were wet with
vperspiration. Other prisoners. some
of whom had been in the Jail for more
than year. took the matter cynlca1ly
and told him, with apparent relish, the
horrors through which they had gone.
When at last the summons came to
Schwartz to leave the cell he said he
was certain he was going to the place
of execution. But they led him up
stairs instead of down. He was taken
whose hands was the power of life
and death over all the prisoners in his
charge.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

public sale at the office
A. d..
and succeeding A
taxes for the 1890
the
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16
NOTICE OF
Delinquent Tax Sale

Treasurer's Office,
Prowers County,
State of Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

Name of owner-Part of Section or Lot
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

Unemployed ex-service men sleep
ing in Bryant Park, New York, were
awakened one recent midnight by the
sound of a bugle mess call. Seven
hundred of the unfortunate men lined
up for "chow". committee repre-
senting the George Dahlbender Post Of
the American Legion, led the men to
a restaurant where each was fed at
the expense of the Legion post.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

A twenty-acre park. known as
american Legion Park" has been ded-
icated by the city of Melrose. MIMI.
to the men Of the city who were in
service during the World war. The
Melrose Legionnalres have established
children's Fairgrounds, tourists
camping grounds and a baseball dia-
mond.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

Nashwauk, Mimi. has turned over
an abandoned school building to the
American Legion for club house.
The building will be remodeled.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

THE Book of Misery" containing
thousands OF news-clippings and let
ters describing the plight of Americas
World war veterans In the recent
period of unemployment will be pre-
sented to Congress by the Legion as
documentary evidence in favor of
relief for ex-service men.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

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The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

Ex-soldiers and marines, members
OF the American Legion, were the
heroes In the rescue work which fol-
lowed the explosion Of tank con-
tanning 100000 cubic feet Of ammonia
fumes in New York City. One of the
former service men is accredited with
having rescued ten persons from =
tenement which had become filed with
the fumes.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

A PARTY" which is said to have
cost $4,000 was given by L. Gordon
Hamersley. who served as a lieutenant
In the Sixth Field artillery Of the
First division, at his estate near Tarry-
town on the-Hudson. The guests were
disabled soldiers of the First division
and members OF the Jeff Feigl post
of the American Legion.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

The American Legion has asked the
shipping board to permit the use of
the giant liner Liviathan as a tenn
porary shelter for jobless ex-service
men. The liner has been idle at the
Hoboken army docks for several
months. During the war 1t transpor-
ted 10000 American troops to France.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

Charles w. Seymour. of Hartford.
Conn, rendered his resignation as
state senator following his election TO
the commandership Of the American
Legion in Connecticut. Officers of the
Legion cannot hold public Office which
Is elective.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

Failure to doff his hat when thu
funeral cortege of an American soldie
passed, caused Adam Kosloski to los
his job as constable at Sauk Rapids
MINI. A complaint against Koslosk
was filed by members of the American
Legion.
The Mark-Hamilton post Of th'
American Legion at Minneapolis II
organizing its own band, orchestra
glee club. vaudeville teams and dra
matte COMPANY
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

The first woman to hold the position
of adjutant Of a state department
of the American Legion is Miss Ho-
norah n. Cuttings, of California. Miss
Cuttings served during the war as a
yeomanette in the navy. She is act
ing adjutant Of the California de-
psrtment.
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

Emergency officers OF the army dis
abled during the war don't belong
on the retired list of the regular army
Secretary Weeks told officials OF the
American Legion. who are fostering a
plan for the retirement on retirement
pay of the emergency officers of the
World war.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-29
Cigarette Stubs After
Ball Shock College Head
Syracuse Co-eds Also Scolded
by Chancellor for Scanty
Attire at Dance
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. 2S.-- Startled
hy the number Of cigarette stubs swept
up from the gymnasium floor after the
senior ball at Syracuse University,
Chancellor James R. Day to-day took
the STUDENTS to task for smoking on
the campus and also criticized the
co-eds for the scanty dresses worn at
the ball.
For heavens sake" wrote the chan
cellor to the college paper, "be men;
be bigger than cigarette
"How men can smoke in the face of
ladies on such occasions can be ex-
planned only by lack of self-respect, !"
the chancellor said. This is rerilous.
At the senior ball the materials were
inhammable-th dresses (what there
was Of them) the decorations and the
floor itself. This suggested no re-
straint to the young men who found
it impossible to refrain from their
darling cigarette dope. The quantity
Of cigarette stubs swept up in the
gymnasium the morning after the ball
was startling"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-29
Unions Consider Bank Boycott
In Reprisal for Open Shop

ing money from industry and from la
Dor interests in order to create de-
pressed economic condition, unem
ployment and reduction in wages. Back
Of it, they say, is determination to
disorganize the workers and bring
about an era Of the open shop or "anti
union shops" that being the term,
they declare, which more accurately
describes them.
~ am glad" said Me- Broening to-
day, "that the resolution was referred
to the executive committee and not
acted upon hastily. 1t is n serious
matter and ought to be carefully stud
led. l am inclined to believe, however.
that the resolution will be acted upon
fayoraby. We do not know that there
is conspiracy to break down organ
lied labor, but there are those who
strongly suspect it. Naturally the
working man does not take kindly to
the idea that his money is in the hands
Of those working against him"
III tho resolution is adopted and car
ried out what Is to be done with the
money!" it was asked.
"fhc organization Of labor banks is
part Of tbs plan." vas the reply.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-29
Senate Inquiry
Into Berggdoll
Case Probable
Borah Says Blame for the
Slacker's Escape Must Be
Fixed Definitely, as Good
Name of Army Is Involved
Criminal Negligence Seen
Baker Still Unimpressed;
Knew 2 Months Ago Draft
Dodger Was in Germany

From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-A search
ing inquiry into the case of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, the millionaire
Philadelphia deserter, whose sensa-
tional escape from army guards at his
home in May was followed to-day by
a detailed story Of the ease with which
he avoided all searchers in this coun-
try and proceeded to Germany, will
probably be ordered by the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs.
Senator Boran of Idaho declared to-
day that the good name of the army
had become involved and the respon-
sibility for the slacker's escape should
be definitely fixed The Idaho Sena-
tor conferred with Senator Wadsworth
of New York, chairman of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee, on the
question Of an investigation, and both
agreed that an inquiry should be held
Senator Borah commented sharply on
the escape Of Bergdoll, saying:
"The manner in which Bergdoll Sc
easily made his escape was Indicative
Of gross negligence, or perhaps crimi-
nal negligence, upon the part of those
who were responsible for his safe keep
ing. The method Of his escape tends to
show that the statement coming from
Berlin is probably true. At any rate
the government cannot afford to sit
quiet and ignore either the method of
his escape or the story which now
comes in confirmation Of the suspicion
already obtained. In fact, the integrity
and the good name of the army are in
volved in the matter, and it ought to
be cleared up and the responsibility
established. l have no doubt that will
be done; if not immed ately, later"
Baker Not Impressed
The detailed story of Bergdoll'a
escape, carried in cable dispatches from
sion on Secretary Of War Baker. He
declined to discuss the story detailed
by the Philadelphian, who duped not
only the army officials at Fort Jay, but
responsible War Department officials
including the War Secretary himself
who personally assumed responsibility
for his removal from the prison bar.
racks to Philadelphia.
1--WE are very glad to have all tina,
kind Of information we can get" Sec.
retary Baker said after reading the de-
tailed story of Bergdoll's escape. "The
more we can get the more we will be
helped in our efforts to apprehenc
him"
Secretary Baker said he had received
nothing from Major General Allen
commanding the American army ir
Germany, on the Bergdoll case, and he
failed to indicate whether the cabled
reports Of the attempt to kidnap the
fugitive had been made the basis of ar
inquiry by the American commander al
Coblenz. Mr.. Baker likewise evaded
all questions as to the possible steps
that might be taken in diplomatic
way to bring about Bergdoll's return tc
this country TO serve out the remainder
of the five-year sentence in Fort Jay
military prison.
At the State Department it was def
nitely said the War Department had
(confInued an next paoa>
New-York tribune., 1921-01-29
Air Defenses
Asked Place
OF Battleships
Army Officers Offer a Pro-
gram to House Committee
for Coast Protection Abol-
ishing the Use of Fleets
Work for Seized Liners
Assertion Made New York
Could Be Cassed if I'm
guarded by Flying Forces

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S-An attack
on the battleship as an obsolete weapon
and a plea for the development Of
aerial defenses were made by officers
Of the Army Air Service before the
House Appropriations Committee,
which to-day made the testimony pub
lie.
Major T. H. Bene, of the engineering
division of Cook Field, said this coun-
try could repel invasion with an ade-
quate aerial force. In discussing ex-
pense, he estimated the cost of aerial
defense for $50 miles of coast line
would be s1oooo,oo0. For 1,4oO miles
$40,000,000, or the cost Of one battle
ship, would be required, he said
Brigadier General William Mitchell,
assistant chief of the army air division,
said that the development of the air
plane had made the battleship helpless,
and he favored using money now going
toward construction of battleships for
developing the air service.
Plans for national defense, if ef-
fective, must be based on an adequate
air force, one which could cope with the
aerial force which would accompany
any attacking fleet to this country. he
said.
Would Use Seized Liners
He held that the American navy, if
it were made the equal in tonnage to
that of Great Britain, would have no
chance against the latter on account
of Brtain's superior air service.
General Mitchell presented pro-
gram providing for land and sea opcr-
alton of airplanes. He favored con-
verting the German liners seized by
America into airplane carriers, so that
ar adequate aerial force could be
quickly dispatched to any place. He
said that one hundred pursuit planes
could be transported aboard the Levia-
than alone.
He favored brigade of 600 airplanes
similar force behind the Pacific Coast
line. AS an auxiliary to these he
recommended seventeen surveillance
flights of six planes each.
General Mitchell told how easy it
would be to gas New York from at
tacking planes. He said that few
planes could visit the city as the CEN
tral point of a territory 100 miles
square every eight days and drop
enough gas to keep the entire section
inundated. He said that 200 tons of
phosgene gas could be laid every eight
days and would be enough to kill every
inhabitant. He declared the only pro-
lection against such an attack was by
means of an adequate air force
In discussing other countries, Gen.
eral Mitchell said that England was be-
ginning to reverse its naval policy in
favor of the air.
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee
to which has been referred the Borah
resolution looking to suspension for
six months Of naval building that in
formation may be had as to what con-
stitutes a modern fighting navy, will
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New-York tribune., 1921-01-29
Fair Rob JeaveIer
As Dozens Pass By
so,OOOHold-Upi in Broad
woy Building Staged as
Halls Are Thron9ed

"hiie cozens Of men and woman
Ss Sis waikang up and down the corri-
VIE o. building tenanted by several
sauisctur1ng jewelers. at 1868 Broad
ay az ciosing time last night. two
wsa entered the Office of the Geiger r
Sscn corporation and stole platinum.
I az & s and silver watch cases valued at
ss',ypo from drawers and cases.
=, so@chim Ce ger, head If the corpora-
~, toio tne police fifteen minutes
sf mat he had been held up With
'sveiver and warned that he would
shied II ne made any outcry or re-
tt,s.so sne robbery within twenty min
u aae robbers, describei merely as "a
at man and Z short man in dark quits
ysafing caps" escaped.
lhe Office Of the 1eiver Watch Gov
seia'ion Is in Room on the second
Dor of the building, which il opposi.e
e marlborough Hotel at Thirty.sixth
%Isss and Broadway. Geixcr and an
poyee we're getting ready to close
e. oniees at about 5:45 o'clock when
70 men entered. Ceiger said ne was
.s.''g away tray Of watch cases
sssh ne heard the shorter Of the two
nold up your hands or will
ysizer said he and his employee i'm
pa,eiy complied With the robbers
4ass,' Then the other mar came
saha s behind the counter snd com
esa1 es1 bling his pockets wi In watch
When the taller man kad filled
81 gwn pockets, Ceiger said, he then
-" - those >f the man who had the
ins two men then backed out
2m ae once. mingled with the stream
H. saanplcyses of cher firms ,tavink
/ ses day and disappeared.
~~sr~~
3{ss.ali uA~-s THHOrGH TRAINS DAILY.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-29
spse.ns p.spatcn to The Tribune

BALTIMORE, Jan. 28.-Thc exccu-
tive committee Of the Baltimore FEEDER
alton Of Labor has before it resolu-
tion calling upon all labor organiza-
tions and the individual members Of
such bodies to withdraw savings &C
counts from all banks Immediately.
The resolution was offered by Boiler
makers Local 1A3 at tho last meeting
Of the federation, and but for the ear
nest objection Of conservatives, who
feared such q move would have a scri-
oug effect upon the economic situation,
1t IL said, II would have been carried
1T once.
From President Henry F. Broening
of the federation 1t Is learned that this
proposal js now being agitated all over
the country, with the possibility that it
will be looked upon with favor by cer-
tain elements as counter attack upon
"the intcrests" which are believed TO ba
conspiring against organized labor.
1t is charged by those who are urg-
ing this action that the fnancisrs OF
tho country ara deliberately withhold