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New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
Marine 'Iie-Up
Breaking Down
On Both Sides
tcen,inuee frsm sase enc,

'Sehtthuea fram Sa5e ene1
the Atlantic scaboard and two for ports
In the Gulf of Mexico. They were the
Miskianaa, for New Orleans: West Sc
govia. for Norfolk; Comus, for New
Orleans; Santa Marta, for Kingston,
and San Juan, for Porto Rico.
Inc managing operators of Shipping
Board vessels expressed the opinion
yesterday that the strike would coll
lapse within forty-eight hours. They
based their belief upon the fact that
the negotiations In Washington have
tailed TO shake the position OF Admiral
William s. Benson, chairman of the
shipping Board, in his demand for 15
per cent wage reduction, and also upon
the contention that the railroads have
not placed an embargo en- cargoes NOV
Ing TO this port.
Owners Issue Statement
A statement issued by Winthrop L..
Marvin, vice. president of the Steam
ship Owners Association,- reads as fol-
lows:
"A statement given out on behalf of
the striking engineers that of 500
American steamers in the Port of New
hork az are idle or laid up and 27S
technically in operation is calculated to
mlslead the press and the public. AS a
matter OF TACT, many steamers, prob
ably a majority in this port, princi-
pally Shipping Board vessels, were laid
up or idle before the strike began he
cause of the extraordinary depression
IN general ocean trade and the inability
of the high-wage American ships to
compete with 'low-wage foreigners.
This statement of the striking en-
glneers further asserts. Since the be-
n hn 4~Sly
midnight Sunday, May s, eighteen ships
of American registry cleared this port
This statement also is inaccurate
and misleading. The strike of the en-,
glneers and the International unions
is directed against all American flag
ships whether of overseas or coastwise
service. American ships sailing for
foreign or American ports in the week
from midnight Sunday, May /, to mid
night Sunday. May 8, numbered forty
ones of which twenty were sailing In
the foreign and twenty-ons in the
coastwise trade.
Calls Record Official
These are the official records of the
United States naval communication
service for the third naval district. a
dlsinterested government agency avail
able for all interested in the American
uteAchane marine. IL Will De noted that
che sailings OF American steamers
actually numbered more than twice as
many as this assertion of the striking
engineers would have the public and
the press believe"
Captain Irving L. Evans's statement,
issued at the shipping board Offices,
read as follows:
Reports from the agencies of the
Sea Service Bureau at the principal
American ports showed that the bureau
placed from May / to May inclusive,
the first seven days Of the strike, 1871
men, 1,512 or sos per cent Of which
were Americans. Of the total number
Of men placed during the week sixty
eight were engineers.
"The Sea Service Bureau placed dur
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
New York Men
RaIk on Shift
TnI.aullllel Board
Commission Refuses TO Fol-
low New Jersey Body in
Appointing Three New
Consulting Engineers E
Removal Is Held Illegal
Consent of Both States Is
Necessary for Such Ac-
lion, Is Their Contention

rae New York Interstate Tun-
-, Commission refused yesterday to
soI,ow the example Of the Jersey
mn,ission aud make three appo Mt
r.ots to the Board Of Consulting En-
,.;neers to fiji the places Of the six
wen whose services were dispensed
9th on May by the New Jersey COM
mission.
Az meeting of the Jersey commits,
s;onsrs three engineers were appointed
"a represent that state, but the sug-
0estion that New York follow suit met
Nth a rebuff The enginee. appoint
I'd 10 the consulting board yesterday
we're st. John Clark. George Nj. Wells,
Who is q member of the engineering
srn Of George W, Goethals & CO., and
Colonel George II, Watson, the latter
haviar been member of the recently
dismissed board.
The New York commissioners not
only refused TO join with the New Jer-
sew members in creating a new con-
sulting board, but declared that the
latter's action in dismissing the six
members OF the original engineering
staff was In violation of the treaty be-
tween the two states.
The Jersey commissioners denied
emphatieally that politics had anything
to do with their action and insisted
rather heatedly that they were not
even aware of the political affiliations
of the three engineers whom they had
just appointed.
In statement read by Major ]. A.
Sensei, of the consulting board, and
signed by al its members, there was
this paragraph:
"The board is OF the opinion that
under the terms of the treaty between
the States of New York and New Jer-
sey the Board of Consulting Engineers
appointed by joint action cannot be
dismissed by the action of one of the
commissions, and the board therefore
refuses to consider that the resolution
Of the New Jersey commission is of any
force or effect"
This statement was signed by ;. A.
Bensel, William II. Burr, j. Vipond
+ 1%GFiSoJ 1t0- -i- w dtSOH anu w. u ..
Wilgus. 1t was concurred in by Chief
Engineer G. III. Holland.
In a lengthy statement signed by
Chairman Dyer and read by Commits
sioner E. W. Blooningdale, it was held
that the New Jersey Commission could
not terminate the existence of the con-
sulting board without the consent Of
the New York Commission.
1t developed at the joint session
yesterday that meeting to have been
held between counsel for the two COM
missions and Attorney General New
ton. fell through because of the failure
Of the New Jersey representative to
appear.
The commissioners agreed yesterday
20 request another meeting with The
Attorney General at which his inter
pretation of the treaty will be asked.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
Britain Anxious Over Coal
Cabinet Council Again Seeks
Solution of ProhIer,n

LONDON, May 1o.-Another Cabinet
council was held to-da, the third
within twenty-four hours, to discuss
the situation created by the coal crisis.
The executive committee Of the
Transport Workers Federation held a
four-hour session. at which it was re-
solved to maintain the embargo de-
clared against foreign coal. The Rail-
waymen's Union has taken no decisive
action as yet, but meetings of the rail
road men, especially in North England
are demanding national stoppage of
coal traffic for Sunday.
Thus, while there was no new deveI-
opment in the situation TODAY, the
gravity Of conditions has not been less
ened: The government Is hesitatinp
to adopt new restrictive measures, but
it is understood to be ready, if neces-
sary, further to curtail travelling facili-
ties and place restrictions on the use
of petrol.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
Baltimore Ship Burns
After Day of Rioting
Oscners Doubt Blase Was Set
by Strikers; Mobs attack
Negroes and Battle Police

BALTIMORE, May 1o.-The steamer
Persian of the Merchants and Miners
Line was set on fire and partly de-
stroyed at her dock here tonight. The
fire originated In the forward hold and
burned its way to the upper deck.
The fire followed day of rioting and
violence by marine strikers. There
were rumors that the strikers were re-
sponsible for the fire, but this was de-
MED by officials of the company and
by the police. None but members of
the crew had access to the vessels hold
and confidence was expressed in every
man on board.
The Persian, formerly the Tallahas-
see, was built in 1882 and is of 2.s77
gross tons. An Investigation is to be
made of the cause of the are. 1t is at
tributed by officials of the company to
crossed electric wires.
Mobs of striking seamen made several
ierce attacks upon non-union workers.
princlpaliy negroes, to-day. A dozen men
were severely beaten and nearly 100
strikers were arrested. MANY of the
strikers were armed with pistols and
seamen's knives. Several shots were
hred and one policeman was struck with
brick.
In one onslaught near the Custom
House, in the financial district. police
men temporarily were overpowered and
the strikers chasedethe negroes through
the streets unchecked for some time.
Few of the negroes stopped to fight
but in the narrow streets north and
west OF the Custom House, there were
several battles when negroes attempted
to defend themselves.
When the strikers marched from the
foot of Broadway to the Custorn
House they saw fifty negro strike
breakers summing themselves against
the Gay Street side of the buiIdinp
They rushed the negroes and several
we're severely beaten.
For more than two hours the financial
and shipping districts. from Cav to
Charles streets, were thrown into CON
fusion by crowds of strikers rushinc
through in pursuit Of strike breakers
The frightened negroes finally were
rounded up by the police and sent yeck
to the sea service bureau Of the Shin
ring Beard on the fourth floor of the
Custom House Police guards we're
placed inside and outside the build
ing to keep away the strikers. 1t Is
not likely that any more negroes will
be hired to take strikers places.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
Church Seizes Furniture
OF Missing Official
Nation Wide Search Begun for
New Brunswick Nam and
Perth AYnboy Waitress

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., May TO-
A cloud of contradictions shrouds the
disappearance last week OF Shubel X
Siver, treasurer Of the First Reformed
Church here, and Adele Gouin, Perth
Amboy waitress, together with six
$1,000 Liberty bonds belonging TO the
church. A careful sitting of rumors,
innuendoes, suggestions and theories
to-day, however, established the fol-
lowing facts:
Neither Siver, Miss Gouin, nor any
of the Liberty bonds were located at
Bridgeport, Conn. to-day. although
such rumor was widely current here
and in Perth Amboy.
Dehnite legal action has been started
to attach furniture at two Perth Am-
boy addresses so that the church may
make up some of its $500 loss. The
six negotiable bonds are valued at
$500 in the market to-day. It is al
legged that Siver bought the furniture
with part of the church fund.
Circulars bearing the pictures of
Silver and Miss Gouin were sent out
to-day from the Office of County Pros
ecutor Joseph E. Stricken, and ma
tion-wide search has been instituted in
which the private detective agency
which protects the National Bank OF
New Jersey, from which the bonds
were removed, have joined. Mr..
IL. 4 Al. 4 /.
not think the couple could get far
awav
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
u. S. Refuses Immunity
Notifies Argentina She Must
Settle Dispute Over Liner

WASHINGTON, May 10.--The Argen-
tine government was notified to-day by
the State Department that the United
States would continue to look to it for
an adjustment of the controversy over
detention of the Munson Line ship
Martha Washington.
The American Embassy was in
structed to inform the foreign Office
that the Argentine governments pro-
po-ats, recently offered as q basis for
adjustment of the dispute, were un-
satisfactory, since their acceptance
W ulf involve the United States in the
settlement of an Argentine internal
question.
The principal objection was to the
suggestions of the Argentine govern
ment that the United States guarantee
certain members of the Martha Wash
ilngton'sr crew immunity from prosecu-
gion. 1t was made clear that the
United States did not consider the
making of any promises advisable.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11

tion with transcontinsntal railroads.
"Tolls for the use of the Panama
Canal should be sufficient to pay in-
terest on It's cost, operating expenses
and maintenance.
Do not deprive transcontinentaI
carriers of coast-to-coast traffic by in
hexibly forcing strict long and short
haul clause"
Mr. Kruttschnitt apparently startled
the committee by his statements as to
the enormous claims which he said
would eventually be made against the
government for under-maintenanee and
the like. He said the Southern Pacific
had not made up its bill, but he had
seen in the comptroller's office a stack
OF papers sixty-thrae inches high which
composed the claims Of the Southern
Pacific for the six months guaranty.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
Roads Urge
Traffic Toll
On Highways
tcOasiuuad from uauo sns,

tConsinuad from pauo ensi
carried on to arouse pubI1c se1timent
against existing freight rates The
fact is that even since the rates have
been advanced the cost of transporting
commodities is far less than the toll
taken by the commission merchant and
the retailer. There is the strongest
reason to believe that the very great
reduction in traffic has been due
almost entirely to general business
conditions, worldwide in their effect
and that would have come if there had
been no advance in freight rates.
1t was general defiation and fall in
prices from the heights to which they
had been driven by war conditions that
has caused stagnation of business
throughout the world"
Mr.. Kruttschnitt made an analysis
of the rates on cotton, rice, lemons,
cantaloupes, lettuce and other products
IN an effort to show the decline in
business was net due to prohibitive
freight rates.
The percentage of freight charges
to the average val;ie of commodities
shipped in the early part of 1921 is
only two-tenths of ! per cent greater
than 1T was in 1914" said Mr.. Krutt-
schnitt.
Wants Tolls on Other Carriers
In discussing remedies for the situa
tlon MT. kruttschnitt hit at Federal
operation and urged tolls on the Pana-
ma Canal, tolls on inland WATERWAYS,
Tolls and regulations for common car
rler traffic on public highways and for
keeping the. government out of the
shlpplng business. He said:
ha II
been intensified by the results of the
twenty-siX months of an experiment in
government ownership and operation.
Ihe word ownership Is used advised
~, as the Federal railroad administra-
tion treated the railroads as if they
were absolutely owned by the govern
ment and turned them back to their
owners helplessly bound in improyi-
oent agreements in the making OF
which their owners had no voice.
The first requisite for the prosper-
l,ty OF any property is the right to con-
Duct its own affairs. Without this eff
hclent operation is impossible.
Some remedies easily applied and
productive of great economies are.
Stop the use for common carrier
purposes of highways built with public
moneys without adequate tolls and
proper regulations.
MAKE inland waterways built or
improved at public expense carry them
selves as to interest on cost and
maintenance by regulating the common
carrier traffic on them and by imposing
adequate tolls.
Against y. s. Rule in Shipping
Keep the United States government
out of the business of operating steam.
ships and stop the lavish expenditure
Of public money to provide coast-to-
coast ocean transportation in competi-
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11

ing the frat week of Aprii 1921. d
total of 1862 men, The number OF
engineers among these men was forty
four"
Captain Evans also issued the follow
ing telegram received from the San
francisco office of his bureau:
American Shipmasters' Association
Of Pacific Coast had notified this off,ce
they are agreeable working conditions
set forth by Admiral Benson"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
Against U. s. Rule in shippiup

Keep the United States government
out of the business of operating steam
ships and stop the lavish expenditure
of public money to provide coast-to
coast ocean transportation in comne+i-
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
Interest Rate Is Reduced
On New u. S. Certificates

WASHINGTON, May 10. - Issuance
Of new series of Treasury certificates
70 the amount of about s200,o0o,00o,
maturing in six months and bearing
interest at 5}z per cent, was announced
tonight by Secretary Mellon. The
series Is to be dated Maybe aud will
Offset maturities of approximately the
same amount falling due on that date.
The interest rate on the new issue
ID Y per cent less than the last issue
Of nine-months certificates. The lower
ing of the interest rate was said to in
dlcate an easier money market.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
Red Trade Deal Not Formal
Recognition. Britain Saws

LONDON, May 1o.-There has been
no formal recognition of the Soviet
government of Russia by Great Britain,
and the situation with reference to rec
ignition has not changed since the con-
e!usion Of the preliminary Anglo Rus
san trading agreement, the Foreign
Gflice announced to-day.
1t was stated ip the House Of Com
nons when the negotiation of that
agreement was announced that il was
antamount to recognition, although it
was not recognition in the regular Dip
tomato sense of the word.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-17

The most misunderstood form Of ly.
ing IN thni known us "mythomnnia." Z"
In Il the person who tells the false.
hood does so without purpose and
sometimes with injury 10 himself. II
develops from the fable, making Of
childhood, and, unless corrected early.
will work great harm In ones life.
There have been cases of mytho-
mania In adults that have bniiied the
hest detectives. The victim has told
things about himself that might be
highly discriminating. and when ques-
tisDed made use Of his quick presence
Of mind TO strengthen the circum.
sn,ntial evidence against himself. !.
This mental disease often works
harm upon others who are ms innocent
a. the mythomanIac himself though
he Is rs prone to tell hsttering lies Of
himself.-Populnr Science Monthly.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-17
Death OF Osmar Hill.

II Is with no little degree Of sorrow
that we announce the death OF Osmer
c. Hill, which occurred at Kansas City,
Friday OF last week, June 10, 1921.
He was the son OF Prof. o. {. Hill,
who back in the sos was at the head
Of our school, and his early school days
were spent in Oregon, and his former
school chums here will regret 10 learn
Of his death. As he grew he developed
into a high-class railroad man, and al
one time was the Burlington yard mas
ter, and at the time Of his death was
the superintendent Of the Kansas City
Terminal Company. He Is survived
BY his wife and several children; two
brothers, Louis, Of Hannibal, Mo-,
claim adjuster for the Burlington, and
Mark, OF ST. Louis, also railroad
man; a sister, Mrs. Carrie SehiiinR, Of
Hiawatha, Kansas. The body was
taken 20 Hiawatha, Kansas, for burial,
the funeral being held Sunday last.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-17
Death Of Napoleon Browning.

By the death Of Napoleon Browning,
which occurred at his home in Mound
City, Monday Of this week, June 10,
1921, Holt county loses one Of its pio-
neers, and one Of its very best citizens.
His father was Francis Browning,
and his mother was Nancy Johnson
Browning, of Clark county, Ky, where
the deceased was born December %,
1885, being in his seth year at the
time Of his death.
The family came from Kentucky anc
located in Platte county in 1sA6. and
| TO Holt county in lS4S, and in 1853
the father died, and the deceased being
the eldest Of the children, much of the
help and responsibilities of helping the
widowed mother came to him. which
he met manfully and courageously.
His brother, James, is the only surviv-
ing member Of this family.
Napoleon took Rebecca Wilson for
his wife in 1857. and she passed over
TO the other shore April II, 1917. OF
the eight children born TO them, five
survive; these are Mrs. w. ID. Brown,
Elmo, No.; Mrs. r. W. Zachary, Mound
City; Mrs. W. T. Crews, Craig; Mrs.
d. N. Jasper, Chicago, and Miss Effie,
at home.
In 1866 he became an initiate in
Forest City Masonic lodge, filing his
petition September 1; November 8 he
was initiated; Jan. p, 1867, he be-
came a Fellow-Craft, and April 8,
1867, he became Master Mason. On
April 20, 1867, he demitted from his
parent lodge TO become a charter mem
Der Of Mound City lodge, and was it's
Is. ID. in 1868, and s. w. in 1869, and
it, Worshipful Master in 1875. He
is the last Of the charter members Of
this lodge.
When the Grange movement was
most prominent he took an active part,
and organized the greater number Of
the Holt county lodges.
He was one Of the patriarchs OF the
Christian church Of Holt county, and
his funeral was held from the Mound
City church Of his faith on thursday,
June i6, the services being conducted
by Elder Jewell Howard, OF Cameron,
Mo, and the body was laid away with
the honors Of the Masonic order.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-17
ALL SUBSERvleNT TO MAN
Process Of pomes,ieation Of Wl'd AMI.
mails From Earliest Ages Is
interesting Study.

Man gained the dog by homestead.
INK the Jnckai and different species
OF wolves, In different parts Of the
world mud then by crossing or. by "a
more or less unconscious selection
bred different varieties, until We hive
nj present n chaos Of lnteriningled
forms. Something similar hut on q
smaller scale was true OF the domes.
tic cattle, according to "The New
Stone Age In Northern Europe" by.
John NJ. Tyler. One kind uf domestic
cattle nppenrs fully domcstlcutcd In
the oldest lake dwelling. II Is unlike
any wild European form This Is the
Bos brnchyccros. II was almost Ger.
tmniy Imported. Mingled with Hts
forms We find those Of the Hos primi.
genius, a native OF Europe and north
Asia. but apparently not dornesiicntcd.
This In the urus. which was common
In Europe In Caesars dny. and lasted
In central Europe until 1000 A. H..
and still fingers In Poland. This was
. very large and powerful form with
long spreading horns whose domesti.
cation Appears 70 have commenced %
ward the close NJ the NeolithIc pe-
riod. II II not improbable that Il
was domestlcnted. or at least tanned,
independently In different countries At
ouite different times. Raising OF cat,
tie was nt Its height during the bronze
age: nfterwnrd the results seem To de.
cline and the cattle TO degenerate.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-17
Community Notes.

Next Monday night, June Goth, is
the date for the next Community Sing.
The Presbyterian church is nice and
cool, but II the night should be little
warm, there are plenty of fans. And
we have plenty of song books.
Miss Maymc Greene will be here
during the summer months, and has
agreed to act as chairman OF the pro-
gram committee during that time. She
will see that you enjoy yourself while
there. We are not attempting any
thing fancy. Just good wholesome
music, with few specialtes for va
riety's sake.
The mpsic for the orchestra accom-
paniment will be here in time for the
next Sing, and We hope to get the or
chestra started good and strong.
The tennis court is proving a very
popular place, and our young people
are not only making good use Of il,
but are keeping II in excellent condi-
ton. PUB. COM.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-17
Guided BY llaht on Cloud.

In the night, when low clouds font N
q thin veil above the river, where
searchllehts on battleshlps throw their
beams upon them, curious round
patch OF light can be seen on a cloud.
Airmen flying above these clouds would
also see the patch OF light and. In
clear weather, the long beams cast up.
ward into the sky. ~
The suggestion has been offered that
air-iighthouses should be provided with
vertical searchlIehts of great power.
Even In moderately foggy weather the
Hight would penetrate the cloud OF mist
and be visible from above.--Popular
Science Monthly.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-17


MIR. and Mrs. A. W. Gotten re-
turned home Sunday evening from
Pawnee City, Neb., where they Were
the guests of relatives, and also at
tended the wedding of Mrs, Cotten's
sister, Miss Ollie Quinn, 10 Mr.. Lloyd
Collster, of Fairbury, Neb., on Sat-
urday afternoon, June II.
The Oregon and Forest City ball
teams will meet on the Oregon dia-
mond, Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock,
ard fast game is expected, as each
team has won one game from the 9TH
er. and both teams are going strong
now.
Quite a large number of people
from Oregon and vicinity were Big
Lake visitors, last Sunday, and nearly
all attended the ball game there that
afternoon between the Craig and Corn
ing teams, which Craig won by score
of 3 to 2 in ten innings. This was one
of the best games ever played on. the
Lake diamond, and was a pitchers
battle between Evans, Of Craig, and
Thieman, Of Corning. Neither team
scored until the. eighth inning when
Corning scored two runs, and. Crag
tiet. the score IN their half ef the
eighth, and won out In the tenth, due
to the poor support the Corning team
gave Thiemsn.