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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

will be more dificult for the rail-
roads to purchase the necessary sup
plies and that such funding will en-
courage railroad purchases as prob
ably no other single transaction could
do. RALPH BUDD, President.
Northern Pacific r.. r. Go.
The Northern Pacific Railway
Company has no definite plans at
this time for placing rail or equip
ment orders this fall. l believe that
IL the government should fund in
debtedness for improvements made
by United States Railroad Admin
istrntion it would stimulate purchase
Of materials and supplies, but until
general business OF railroads in
crdases think there will be no
large increase in their expenditures
for improvements. We have not
postponed delivery on goods pre-
viously ordered, except as to rails,
ana as the season il, which rails can
be rela!d Is now pretty far advanced,
think it unlikely that we would
increase our Fail relaying program
c'AaAsIEs poNNEILY, President.
Railroad purchases are eff two gen.
eral clAsses--purchases for additions
and ,hettsrunents to the property and
purchases for maintenance of the
property. Purchases for additions and
betterments are largely dependent
upon the policy of the management
and can be held down to within or
10 per cent of the amount that was
spent on the average in the ten years
1905 to 1915, inclusive. This can hap
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

pISScHI lHSTe Is no stable OASIS
in the steel trade. Quotations are
nominal and where any real business
presents the effort is to secure it by
concessions to the buyer. 1t is pre-
dicted there viii be further cut in
wages before long. The Steel Corpora
ton is still paying 81 cents an hour
Tor common labor, while most of the
independents have fixed the price at 30
cents an hour. All have eliminated
the time and Il halt for overtime. Man
ufaeturers as whole are more opti-
mistic over the outlook than they have
been for many weeks.
Home from a protracted visit to Ger
many, Fred King, chief mechanical en-
gineer of the Carnegie Steel Company
IN the Youngstown district, states that
Germany will not be a serious COM
petitor of American iron and steel
makers in the foreign markets for sew
eral years to come.
Cermany's WGr Loss
Germany lost 80 per cent OF her
iron and steel making capacity and but
10 per cent of her population by the
terms OF the peace treaty." says Mr..
King. Her own reconstruction and
the intensive industrial program being
mapped out, in addition to the reln-
pacity, will leave no great tonnage for
export--p possibly 100000 tons q year.
against 5000 900 tons before the war.
Furthermore, the former German
iron. and steel plants now in French
hands will not be so efficiently man
aged as before. There will be olentv
of need for American Iron and steel
products when world affairs become
normai again" al
In a recent interview VI Younestown
Il. Koppers, the noted by-product
coke over maker, predicted thai
Germany would be back to normal as
quick if not quicker than citncr France
or England
In the Mahoning Valley continued
Improvement in small way features
the current iron and steel market, the
stimulus being attributed in large
measure 10 the recent price recession
Substantial plate contracts arising
fran goodszed car repair orders arc
IN prospect. Ore such contract now
II course of negotiation involves about
12.0ee tons a. plate
Ro;h tinpIate ana ssr.s steel havo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

A {,S al kinds; .,........,. sss:se
miscellaneous packing ...... l5os,Hs
Cotter pins, lag screws, screws 112so
taStlHgs, gray IRON --.-..-....- 2,7i2 200
castings. steel .......-,......- l.sTs,s.z
Castings. Inalleabie iron....... i229sfs
Castings, brass .............. 26I4fbA
Flues and arch tubes 1868 4st
Injectors, lubricators. steam
and air gauges and parts. Hslss
Hardware, common (ali kinds
exec pit screws, etc.) ........ s30gss
Fire brick, fire clay, etc. 800. Ils43ts
Moidcrs' materials. ......... l0i ss7
Discriminating and iubri-
c&tlpg. grease and waste. 4ogE,Ms
Iron pipe and fittings. ........ 1o3l6sI
Paints, Oils and va~nishes. .... 2sO7 A50
Springs, ali kinds. .....,...... $3.50!
Electrical material, including
electric lamps .............s 4,ss5,sss
Tinware. buckets cans and
other articles ............... loa5s5
Tires $500. :.............. 1,ess.tas
Tools and machinery. s0ss.7s7
Wheels and wheel centers..... 39fIs2s
Signal and interlccking ma
teriai .........-...,.-....- ll52ie2
Maintenance OF way tools. SlS.e37
Total purchases all ls.aterial
including above, except new
cars and locomotives ...... 195,sls44o
Artificial attempts at stimulating
prosperity through .arger railroad buy
ing have never proved successful any
more than the transportation act could
make railroads prosperous by law.
What can be done, however, is to re-
move handicaps that prevent return
to normal buying JUSTIFIED by eeo-
nomic conditions.
When The railroads were taken over
by the government their cash and ma
terials and supplies were taken over
also, but when the railroads were re-
turned to their owners they were re-
turned with empty treasures. There
were actually companies which had to
earn and borrow their first months
pay roll within the first month.
The proposal which is now being
considered of the governments fund
ing the debt of the railroads to the
government and paying the debt Of
the government TO the railroads in
cash would appear to be one Of those
measures which remove handicapS
without an attempt at artificial stimu-
lation, and that is obviously the view
of railroad presidents that have an
swered The Tribune's kilograms,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
St. Louis-San Francisco

We have your wire. Have on hand
q full allotment IF new rails for this
year. All goods under contract now
being accepted as fast as needed. We
are working practically full forces in
the shops and on maintenance of way,
and as soon as We are able to make a
final settlement with the government
for the amounts due this company we
shall start considerable Improvement
work which is now being held up.
This includes rebuilding of equip
menr. No new equipment is needed
at this time.
NJ KI1pN pxaa;lA4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

doubt that the contemplated action
by the government will serve to
greatly stimulate purchases for
maintenance work which has been
necessarily deferred, but we cannot
prudently guarantee or announce
any definite schedule for capital
expenditure. The Louisville &
Nashville is currently accepting all
materials, including equipment here
tofore ordered.
W. l.. MAPOTHER, President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
$500 REWARD FOR
CAPTURE OF AMMAN
Authorities at Meridian Fan to Rind
Clue, But Get More Help-De-
tectives on Case.

Meridian Miss, Jan. 19.-With the
authorities frankly admitting that they
could not figure a single lead towards
clue as to who might have commit
ted the crime. hopes of apprehending
the murderer of Moody Price, former
justice of the peace and United States
commissioner apparently hang entire
ly upon the large reward being offered
for his capture.
The sum of $17OO had been sub
scribed to the reward fund by Meridian
citizens late Wednesday afternoon. 1t
was legal holiday and the banks were
closed, and the men raising the fund
are confident that the total will be
swelled to at least $500. This amount
will be supplemented with a $500 re-
ward from the state, Governor Rus
sell advised District Attorney NJ. v.
Miller late Wednesday.
Investigating forces have been aug
mented by representative of the Still
son-Pendleton Bureau of Investigation
of New Orleans, and also a representa-
tive of the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
Meridian citizens are wrought up
over the assassination and it is the
sole topic of conversation in the city.
However, practically none of the To-
cal people are following their theories
with action in an attempt to prove them
The investigation. so far apparently has
been limited to that by Chief of Police
Ludie Monette, District Attorney Mil
Ter and County Attorney Cliff Mulloy.
They have been in close touch with
each other since the discovery of the
crime last Friday morning.
These three officials asserted We'd
nesday that they were completely baf-
fled and urged every person who could
furnish any information at all as to
persons who might be suspected Of the
crime to furnish the authorities with
it at once.
Reports that Mr.. Price had been seen
down town last Thursday afternoon
were contradicted by his widow to a
reporter for the Times-Picayune We'd
nesday. She said Mr.. Price went down
town Thursday morning but returned
about noon and remained at home all
the afternoon and night. Mrs. Price
is still confined to her bed and in a
highly nervous state as a result of
the tragedy. She and her children have
moved from their home to the house
of the father of her son-in-law, Robert
Marlborough.
County Attorney Mulloy announced
Wednesday afternoon that he would
send the piece of wall paper from the
bathroom which is believed to be COWS
cred with blood stained fingerprints to
the New Orleans police department for
analysis. These spots were discovered
Tuesday.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
Life Insurance Company
Interested in Our Health Unit.

The following communication was re-
ceived from an official of the Metropol-
itan Life Insurance Company at the
psychological moment for Brookhaven
when our Health Unit was beginning
to function and our people interested
more than before in our children's ply
sical health.
Following is the message:
I'VE take pleasure in sending you en-
closed herewith copy of our new pam
phlet, THE Metropolitan Mother
Goose"
THE pamphlet has been prepared
with the idea in mind of educating chill
dren in the fundamentals of healthful
living by means of pictures and rhymes
which will appeal to their imagina-
tion. In fact, one of ou promising
youngsters who received a copy of
Mother Goose" has responded to it's
appeal in a manner that has delighted
us. This child had been permitted to
stay up at night with the rest of the
family and had been given coffee at
meal times with the grown-ups. After
having the rhymes of Mother Goose"
read to her, she surprised her father
by requesting to be told when it was
eight o'clock so that she might go to
bed early as Mother Goose" said she
should Of her own accord, she also
stopped drinking coffee to take milk in
stead. We are hopeful that Mother
Goose" will have similar effect on
every child who obtains a copy.
I'VE are planning to use this pam
phlet in schools to be awarded as prizes
to children for the performance of GER
tain tasks, such as gaining the most
weight in a specified time. writing the
best composition on how to keep heal
thy, etc. We shall welcome suggestions
from you as to interesting contests
which might be held along health lines.
Very truly yours,
Lee K. Franks,
Third President"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
Mrs. Peachey Comes Across.

All those people who have some lit
tie trouble of their own and all those
who are borrowing trouble from the fu-
ture, and especially all those who view
with alarm the period of time just a
head, ought to meet Mrs. Henry Peach
ey, and her eight little Peacheys.
Mrs. Peachey is, according to all re-
ports, as fine a specimen of immigrant
as ever landed on New World shores
She was widowed by the war and has
nothing between her and want but her
own willing hands and a pension the
British government awards the family
of a dead hero. No; that statement is
not exactly true. She has more Mrs
Peachey is the proudest mother you ev-
er saw of eight boys. the Oldest 15
the youngest is three.
With my eight boys I am going to
grow up in the New World Mrs
Peachey said when she arrived in Mon
treal. BY now the whole Peachey FAM
lily is headed westward-'where there's
plenty of outdoors and plenty of work
and opportunity" the mother explain
ed.
Many a person would be overwhelm-
Peachey eight small children are not a
burden.
"We'll get along somehow" she said /;
''at first it may be hard, but the pen
sion will help while the children are
small, and the older ones soon will
prove themselves real Peacheys' sons
their soldier-father would have been
proud of if the war had returned him
to u.s."
The wife of hero? Yes, but also
she has something heroic in herself.
Probably it requires no greater hero
ism to command an army on the bat
tlefield than for woman to command
eight little boys in q strange and un-
known land, thousands of miles from
home, in their joint and several cam
paigns to grab fortune by the forelock
Here's wishing success for the young
NPeachey army and it's mother-command-
er!-Vicksburg Post
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
STRONG TALK MADE
AT JACKSON CLUB
gency Rests With Each In
dividual,

That the present financial stringency
in America is due to the Individual men
and women of the nation failing to con-
troll their tastes and indulging their ap-
petites for temporary luxury, was the
statement of Hon Oscar A. Newton,
prominent local financier. at the regu-
lar weekly meeting of the Exchange
Club yesterday.
Mr.. Newton took as the subject of
his discourse one might say, his text,
the passage from Holy Writ HE that
controlleth his spirit is greater than
he that taketh city" and said that
while a thousand reasons have been
assigned for present conditions the true
cause is found in the fact that in
dividuals have failed to curb their de-
sires, have let their expenditures run
away with them and that the remedy
will come when the individuals COM
mence the practice of economy.
Mr. Newton was by no means pessi-
mistic, but declared that the next ten
years hold out the greatest opportuni-
ties in the history of America for vi
rile, red blooded, self controlled young
men. He pointed to the fact that Eu-
rope is short in man-power and must
look to America for much of what it
consumes.
The club adopted resolutions urging
the board of supervisors to secure all
federal aid possible for country roads,
and another resolution endorsing the
movement OF the civic committee of the
federated clubs to bring the Home In
stitute to Jackson at an early date.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
Illinois Republican Against Negroes
In Germany.

ashington.-Declaring the cause Of
justice and humanity is not being pro-
NOTED by the retention Of the french
colored troops in the occupied area of
Germany" Representative Britten, Re-
publican, Illinois, announced in a state
ment that he would introduce tomor-
row in the House a resolution calling
on President Wilson to communicate
with President Millerand of France, and
the League of Nations secretaries with
view to the removal of French colo
nial troops from the occupied area Mr..
Britten said he would present a pc
tition carrying 10000 signatures with
his resolution.
Il cannot believe" said Representa-
tive Britten, that the civilized nations
of the world will long countenance the
retention of semi-civilized African
troops in the Rhineland of Germany,
when repeated protests, not only from
the women of the world, but of high
ranking British and French authorities
are outspoken against this procedure
because of the brutalities that are daily
being committed against old women as
we'll as defenseless young women and
girls"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
AN ANALOGOUS CASE
Citizen Make an Affidavit Against
Mayor Charging violation OF
Sunday Law.

Crystal Springs, Miss.-A case that
attracted a great deal of attention To-
cally came up for trial this week in
the Mayors Court when an affidavit
was filed by H. w. Mason against May
or F. M. Hutchison before Mayor Pro
TEN T. j. Hargraves.
Jan. Mayor Hutchison gave notice
that the Sunday laws would be enforced
to the letter and gave instructions that
nothing remain open for business on
Sunday. The Mayor owns a penny in
the slot chewing gum machine which
he leaves hanging in front of his gro
Gerry store. Saturday night, he left the
vending machine out in front of the
store and Mr. Mason, seeing it, proceed
ed to drop a penny in the slot, get some
gum from the machine and prefer char
ges against the mayor for violating the
Sunday law by operating the machine
on Sunday.
Mayor Hutchison refused to plead
guilty. He contended that the machine
was left out of the store thoughtlessly
and unconsciously and with no intention
of permitting it to be operated on Sun
day, so ne had violated no law. Pro-
bably there has never been a case like
this tried in the courts before as the
City Attorney searched the law books,
but was unable to find an analogous
case whereupon he sought an opinion
from the Attorney Generals office
which was given him as follows:-
Sec. 1103 of Hemingway's Code pro-
vides that a merchant, shopkeeper or
other person, shall not dispose of any
wares or merchandise on Sunday or sell
or barter the same. The perpetration of
a misdemeanor of any kind contempla-
ted by the Statute involves the idea of
conscious knowledge, and if a grocery
man thoughtlessly and from oversight
suffered a mechanical vending machine
belonging to him, to remain accessible
to the public, 1 do not think he would
be guilty of the misdemeanor because
some person bought merchandise by
means of the machine.
But / am of the opinion that If. a
person shall consciously place, or suffer
to remain, vending machine charged
with his merchandise for sale, access
ible to the public, and the public does
patronize it, he would be guilty of dis
posing of wares or merchandise in vio-
lation of the Statute"
Mayor Hutchison stated to the court
that he thoughtlessly left the machine
out and on this statement and the O.
pinion of the attorney general, Mayor
Pro Tenn. Hargraves discharged the
Mayor
The one thing that disturbs the pub
lie is the fact that the authorities have
put the ban on the sale of soft drinks
on Sunday with or without meals But
for this there would be no especial OBJ.
jections to the Sunday rule.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
italy VIII Issue No Passports to U. S.

ashington.-Ultimate solution of
the immigration question through di-
plomatic agreement rather than thru
separate legislative action by various
governments, was forecast today at
hearings of the senate immigration COM
mittee on the Johnson bill to impose
ten months restriction on immigration
to the United States.
Senator Colt, of Rhode Island, chair
man of the committee, made public a
letter from Acting Secretary of State
Davis announcing that the italian gov
ernment voluntarily had suspended the
issue of passports for the United States
The letter was presented to Secretary
Davis by the Italian embassy and came
as surprise to committee members. 1t
read in part:-
"The royal Italian government has
suspended the issue of passports to sub
jects immigrating to the United States
and will refrain from issuing such pass
ports until informed as to the classes
of Immigrants desired in this country
The offer to cooperate in the mat
ter with the United States was receiv-
ed with gratifcation by senators.
Some expressed the belief that while
immediate legislation to prohibit the
food of Europeans from pouring into
the United States. eventually the
whole thing would be solved by di-
plomatic agreements.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
MISSISSIPPI LOSES
ONE REPRESENTATIVE
1ouasiana Also Cut In House-Turbu-
lent Session votes to Keep Mem
bership Down.

washington, JAN 19--At the close
of the most turbulent session of the
present Congress, the House adopted the
reapportionment bill today, with an
amendment limiting it's membership for
the next ten years to 435, which is the
present total BY the reapportionment
Louisiana and Mississippi each lose one
seat. other states which lost seats are
Missouri two, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas.
Kentucky, Maine. Nebraska, Rhode Is
land and Vermont, one each.
These twelve seats will be shifted to
eight states in this order: California
three, Michigan two. Ohio two and Con-
necticut, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Texas and Washington one each.
The fight to prevent an increase to
4S3 was won several hours earlier, how
ever, when the House, sitting in COM
mite of the whole, refused to post
pone consideration of the whole ques-
tion of redistricting and then voted 1913
to n to keep the present maximum. 1t
was after long parliamentary wrang
ling that the bill was brought before
the House for a final showdown. The
435 amendment finally was agreed to
by vote of 2S7 to rs, and the measure
made ready for Senate concurrence.
after the"feal fight had been settled
Representative Tinkham, Republican
Massachusetts, came up with proposal
to reduce House seats in states where
negroes are denied the right of fran
chise and the battle started afresh
Representative Longworth. Republican,
Ohio, raised point of order against
the Tinkham amendment, and after
nearly two hours of debate the point
was sustained.
Representative Longworth was sus-
tained in his point of order against
the Tinkham amendment by Represen-
tatives Mondell, Wyoming Republican,
leader, and Towner, Republican, Iowa,
and Garrett, Democrat, Tennessee. Rep
resentatives Main, Mason and Modden,
all Republicans of Illinois, argued
against the point of order and for
the Tinkham amendment.
Representative Garrett said the Tink-
ham amendment would render chaotic"
the provisions it proposed to amend and
If adopted would throw the entire act
into Confusion and chaos"
With the exception of Representa-
tive Garrett, Democrats took no part
in the discussion. which was confined
to the Republican side and which was
brought to an end by Representative
Campbell, Republican of Kansas, who
was in the chair. sustaining the point
of order.
Another wrangle developed over an
amendment by Representative Barbour
to perfect the bill by providing the ma
chinery for redistricting in the eleven
states which will lose, seats after March
4, 1923. The Barbour plan and many
substitutes finally were defeated and
the several states will. be left to work
out the problem ins accordance with
long established custom and law.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
County Health Unit in Action.

Led by DR.. Genevieve South, who
was the first of Lincoln County's Health
Unit on the field, activity has begun
in the largest school of the county To-
Gated at Brookhaven and children are
being physically examined at the rate
of about eighteen each day.
Yesterday there arrived Miss Lam
bert, of Chicago, dietician, and Miss
Kennedy, bacteriologist, who are as
sisting DR.. South, of the U. s. Health
Service
1t will probably require six months
to complete the examinations in the
county There are $4,000 school child
rem in the county and babies will also
be examined If presented.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-01-22
SUNDAY school nraetinp.

Rev. Fred w. Long. who is big broth
er to everybody else in the Sunday
School work, is announcing the Sunday
School Convention to be held with New
Prospect Sunday, Jan. 80
Congressman B. G. Lowrey is the
State President and Mr. Long, the Cen
eral Superintendent. Prof. r. H Eager,
for so many years connected with
Mississippi College, is Superintendent
of Adults Division while the executive
committee is as follows: j. NJ Morse
r. =. Wilborn, S. e. Moreton, w. E.
hampton, T. D. Bratton, w. A. Boone
d. L. Brown, James Hand.