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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-01
Administrations Hands Tied

AZ it is now. the Administration :
hands are tied in running tho Police
Department by rules which do not per-
nit of n police official being dismissed
for disloyalty.
The Administration has supplanted
SOM of these men by assigning thcIn
to duties which give them no rein in
III" field of dislOyalty--H move which
has highly incpnSed Mr.. Hall. who
puuid now further cut into the admin
iStrntivc powers Of the executive by as
suning jurisdiction over the payroll
Independents say the Mayor will con-
slider whether this is not the time to
find out who is to run the Police De
partncnt, and the city departments
generally.
Mr.. Hall is hot on the trail Of the
Police Department because. for one
reason. certain men assigned t. police
th" Nineteenth Police District. which
is the Seventh Ward. are not mon
whom Mr.. Hall would have there If he
N"r" Director Of Public Safety. Mr..
Hall is the Ware leader of the Seventh
Ward. and h" loudly declared last night
that he had stood for years against
police in politics.
Administration mon pointed out that
NV p'lA't FVIIl Ihl' lilt "hi' W Wv
Director evidently had not been very
much in politics. as the ward in the late
primaries was heavily carried by Mr..
Hall.
Halls anger AT the Police Depart
mCnt rose to fiery heights last night
when he read from paper the names
of certain men VIII" Nerc said Ia be in
"soft snaps. incidentally. Mr.. Hall
conveyed the impression that he had
already gone pretty far on the road to
the inside Of the Police Department. ms
he asserted that the statements he was
making were "cX Cathcdrn.
Observers got the idea that som" one
in the department under Corteiyou had
",lippcd" hinr the information on which
he vas attacking the soft snap system
"Not Correct" Cortelyou Shouts
"Ihat's NOT correct snapped
Cortc'you. as IIulb read from his "cX-
ruth"dra" document.
II am correct shouted Hall.
This same dialogue was repeated soy
crnl times until Mr.. Halls laundering
voi"" had smotherred all 9bjcrt!on'
"I"-boomcd Mr.. Ilull--'Id give
YOU 1000 men if YOU needed them, but
no, until this condition is corrected.
Il tell you." returned the Director,
"that I need 42J more men, and If
don't get what Is needed for the city
tell you that the Council is respon
sIblc. " :.
The, Combines plan TO run the city
government involved it. IN curious
rumplication and contradiction when
tho city Administration. in one pnr-
tular instance, attempted to ccOnolniHc
Fire Chief Davis asked that the posi-
ton Of Superintendent of the repair
shop. an $500 job, he abolished
on the ground that it was not
needed. The chief said the shop
had about forty-tv" men and as no"
run it has three bosses, general man ,
ger, a superintendent and an assistant
Superintendent. lie explained that one
Of the "wh!tc collar" jobs was un-
M,rnesnrX.
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John Hays

Carlisle, Pa, Dec. John Hays,
fnauricr. cighty-hv" wears old, died At
his home yesterday after Il brief Ill
ness. lie was widely known throughout
TIE East beCauS" Of his acrumuIati"n
Of auproximntcly million dollars since
Ei, sixty fifth birthday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-01
joseph Dash

.Toscph Dash, member oi III" firm
of .Josrph Dash & Son. manufacturers
Of metal products, was buried y"St%rdH|
in Frankford Cemetery, Mr. DHSh;
who lived AZ ~ Tabor Fond' diTd
Tuesday in the Jewish Hospital. lie
was forty three years old.
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Deaths Of a Day
SAMUEL NJ. ROBERTS
Camden Lawyer, Hit by Trolley.
Succumbs TO Injuries

Samuel NJ. Roberts, who had prar-
ticrd law IN the Camden courts for
thirty Years. died last night in Cooper
Tosnital from a fractured skull and
other Injuries received on November
81 ,bcn hc wus struck BY trolley cor.
lie was fifty nine years old and was
prominent in Il past generation,
Two years ago he was candidate
for Sunrcuc Court Justice. but fnilcd
Of appointment. His widow, Mrs,
opi.c Jenkins Roberts. lives with her
daughter. Mrs. X. L. BurlNy. in Bur,
lington, y. j., where the interm"nt vii
be. Another daughter. Mrs. H. r.
Webb. lives in Fox Chase. Pa,
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Hall Confers with HetLell

Mr.. Hall. who has been Slashing right
and left. when jobs were not affected
hc~itatrd until Ii" could confer with
Coancilmar IIctzcll, Ware leader OF the
Eighteenth Ward. Then it appeared
thar the man who holds the job in qucS-
tjou was known to Mr.. iictz"ll. Mr..
Hail then suggested that the matter be
UrIL under advisCmcnt.
"Why?" asked Councilman Won
"Intil we can get more informa-
tion." replied Hall.
"Wherc can you get any more in
formation than from the fire chief. who
is here now" colWt"rcd the Admins
trution leader.
Mr.. IIctzcll rarely speaks in '"un-
eli. But independents figured that l."
Stoke TO Mr.. Hall to good purpose. lie
simuly called Mr.. Halls attention {"
the fact that he knew the man who was
tn he eliminated. Administration men,
commenting on this Illuminating cpl
.oJr observed that fractional politics
En, easily more powerful than economy
and efficiency"
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25 Anti.saIoon Delegates Named

Dover. Del, Dec. I. = Delaware
will bc strongly represented ut the am
nual convention Of the National Anti
Saloon League. Governor William ID.
Denny has appointed twenty i've dele.
gates and all will attend.
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FLOOD LOSS S5OO,OOO
Rivers Throughout Pennsylvania
Are Dropping Rapidly

Pittsburgh, Doc. l. -- The Monon-
Gahela. Allegheny and Ohio Rivers COLI
tinued tn rcccdc from the flood stage
yesterday. Reports from many sources
indicated that the damage done by the
flood in We tern Pennsylvania, includ-
ing the losses sustained by railroad and
traction lines. would reach fully half n
million dollars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-01
FARM BLOC OPPOSES TAX
ON SALES TO PAY BONUS
Iowa Representative Warns House
Effort viii Be Futile

washington. Dec. .--keprcSCnta-
tive Dickinson. Rcpublicap of Iowa.
issued n warning last night that the
House agricultural bloc which he leads
was prepared to kill any plnn for adop-
tion of Il sales tax as II means Of rails
ing revenue to pay the soldiers bonus.
The bloc. Mr.. Dickinson said would
place nothing in the way of the bonus
measure itself. but would content itself
with defeating efforts to raise the money
by the sales tax. The Iowa member
added Tint sufficient votes were on hand
to eliminate the tax il 1t was attached
to tho Bonus Bill.
Mr.. D!ckinSon's warning aroused
comment among House members. some
holding that IT was step in the di-
rcction of ending House action by spe-
cial rule. which has limited debate and,
1t has been charged, permitted few and
sometimes no changes in measures as
brought in.
New York. Dec. 1-"BusincsS men
must organize and defend themselves
to overcome the bancful effects Of the
agricultural bloc in Congress. Otto
II. Kahn. banker. declared in letter
to tho committee of American business
mon, made public yesterday.
Business. h" asserted. stands in need
Of q spokesman and organizer. but, he
added. hn did not contemplate forming
n business bloc in Congress. RIocs.
he said. ARE perniCiOus and not con-
formablr 20 the genuine and the very
underlying conceptions OF our lnstltu-
tionE
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Nauy Is Asked to
Bring Morse Home
Continued from Page One

that several of the Cabinet officers hau
benn in communication since the san
ing of Morse first was reported last
night. = rronoe
called at the State Department shortls
after noon and went into con1crruc'
with Secretary Hughes. 1t was NOT uls-
closed whether the matter OF Morsy
departure on the Paris, when uhuc'
international law is French territory
was under discussion.
Officials refused to reply to num-
Dor of questions bearing on the matter
surh ns how an American destroyer can
intercept vessel flying the FrcnCh nag
and how Morse could be compellcd 10
return TO this country in view OF tnc
lack of legal proceedings against Hill
New York. Dec. 1.--By \. P)--.
Joseph Bourgeois, publicity director OF
the French Line, today confirmed re.
ports that Charles W. Morse, whose
shipping contracts are said to De uhHei
Investigation by Federal authorities.
sailed for IIavrc. France, last Friday
on the liner Paris. lie said, he was
at the gangway of tho steamer ana per-
sonally examined the passports whlch
nnu DCpn lSSupU W li l. ah'lN
Burgeos said that aS he had not seen
the name "C. W. Morse" on the
passenger list he asked Mr.. Morse il
he was not &C. W. Morse, the shipping
man." Morse replied, "Ics, yes,' ac-
cordng to bourgeois.
lie said Mr.. Morse occupied stat, =
room No. go. which had been made
out to &C.. Morris"
Members of Mr. Morsc's family here
would neither confirm nor deny the re.
port that he had sailed. They said
they believed he was either at Wash =
ington or New London. Conn.
Morse's Spectacular Career
Mr.. Morse has had one Of the most
spectacular careers Of any Of the big
figures in American finance.
For years n power in banking and
shipping circles. he faced his first Scri =
GUS clouds in 1908, when suits were
filed against him for more than 5000.
600 on promissory notes. Mr.. Morse
then was abroad and his counsel Cabled
him to return.
On his arrival hero he was arrested
and later convicted of having miSapplipd
the funds of the National Bank of North
America in this city. In November
1908, he was sentenced to fifteen years
in the Federal pcnitcntary at Atlanta
lheil ms VIE began night for h"'
huSoand that attracted nation wide in
tereSt' Every art known to Il loving witt
was cmployIed by Mrs Morse to MAKE
her husband free man. Morse had pro
tested to the end of his trial-and after
that he hnd committed no wrong, bu;
mad followed practices common to nearly
L.,
every business man of his time.
On January IS, 1912. President Taft
commuted the bankers sentence on the
recommendation of the Attorney
General, based on n report from the
surgeon general of the army which read
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-01

lu4llAOn toIluTS.
Harrisburg. Dec. streams in the
SusQuchnnna basin nre falling and the
crest of tho rise passed Harrisburg
yesterday at less than sixteen feet, nc
cording to State Water Ernry commits
sion officials, Reports received from the
North and West branches Of the Junata
al showed fall in tho waters.
Cincinnati. Dec, l. - TIL" Ohio
yesterday and the crest Is expected to
reach tifty-one or ffty-two feet. which
Will not cause any serious damage at this
point. The food stage here Is fifty feet.
MurphysbOrO. ILL.,. Dec. !. - The Big
Muddy River overfiowcd is banks yes
tcrday and flooded mine No. q Of tn"
Consolidated Coal Company. valUcd at
$1,000. 600. Two adjoining mines wcr"
closed hccaUSc Of the backwatPrS.
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people, mindful, as it is, of its SOW
ereignty, suffered a violation of SOW.
ereignty in the occupation by Amer
lean forces of the port of Vera Cruz
and the punitive" expedition which
reached the heart of Chihuahua.
AS regards the second point. not
withsta nding the pro-allied sentiments
of the thinking classes of Mexico, the
country had to remain, neutral dur
ing the great war. because it was
deeply engaged in its internal prob
Il ms and also because in no case could
it. have taken part in sufficiently
decorous manner. The direct motives
calling it to war were not sufficiently
important, nor its contingent Of forces
SO large as to influence, even in an
appreciable manner, the course Of the
war. :.
From the time OF the declaration
of war on Germany by the United
States the neutrality of Mexico con-
stituted another source of friction be.
tween the two countries, besides the
fact that, taking advantage of these
propitious conditions, the damaged
foreign interests were able to intensity
to the maximum possible degree their
hostile campaign against Mexico.
Fortunately, the Mexican revolution
and: the European war are things Of
the past. Both /. the Mexican and
American peoples daily manifest in
various and eloquent forms-their In
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sion to inferior states of civilization.
either when confined within the
frontiers Of a single nation or when
they pass beyond its borders and in
volve several nations, are factors that
break the international concert. They
considerably disturb the commercial
and friendly relations among nations.
This is the present status Of the world,
in which are included, reciprocally-
with the special circumstances lnher-
ent to their contiguity-Mexico and
the United States.
The relations between these two
countries are affected: First, as re-
suit of the revolutionary convulsions
which during ten years have dis
turbed Mexico, and second, as re-
suit of the neutrality, in which Mex
leo had to maintain herself during
the great world war
Let us examine briefly these two
points. Civil war is the evolutionary
and violent form produced in an un-
avoidable manner =, all the nations
OF the world whenever the gradual
development of their institutions re-
mains behind their time in regard
t: the necessities and the aspirations
Of a. people. Naturally, during the
last internal war, as happens in all
civil and international wars, there
were not applied in Mexico the moral
and legal precepts corresponding to
peaceful times, and in this regard the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23

tention to develop closer relations and
friendly cooperation, to which they
a. morally bound by their geographic
propinquity. This would be to the
advantage of their respective coun-
tries, the American continent and hu-
manity at large: Thu. present gov
ernment of: Mexico, which is the out
come Of this expression Of the free
will Of it's people, endeavors to carry
out its high purposes. It energetically
maintains the national tranqu1l1ry, oe-
ginning not with soap-box oratory, but
with real and tangible facts, policy
Of just reparation for the damages
caused by the revolution and for the
mistakes of former governments e" ST.:
What is lacking, then. for the full
fillment of that beneficial and friendly
cooperation between. the governments
of Mexico and the United States, 50
much desired by the Inhabitants of
both countries? Tnat9 the American
government placing itself above, the
unwholesome tendencies. transitory
characteristics and absurd impatience
of q few material interests do. JUS
tice to the people and government of
Mexico by applying the traditional
policy initiated by Jefferson in these
memorable words According to our
principles, !. we must recognize as
legal any government constituted in
conformity with the will OF . nation.
stated.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
BY ALVARO OBREGON.

How could the relations between
Mexico and the United States be i'm
proved? This question can be cas-
lily answered, but 1 shall endeavor
first to settle this point: What is the
present status of the relations between
Mexico and the United States?
The peaceful intercourse Of nations,
as we'll as of individuals, is possible
with the sole condition that the
Observation-Disclosures or nations
adjust their conduct to the dictates
of morality and law. Similar senti-
ments of this mutual understanding
are naturally necessary for the ma
terial and spiritual interchange of the
common life which fortunately, takes
place, more or less, throughout the
civilized world, ant. the development
OF such intercourse may even come
to transform the simple peaceful in
tercourse Of nations into a friendly
cooperation, not only beneficial TO
their own interests. but also beneficial
to the general interests of humanity
at large.
This would be the state Of the
world, under the rule-now, unfortun-
ately impossible-of an imperturbable
peace. But wars, which. are plaus-
ible as crises of evolutionary develop
ment, and deplorable for their meth
sds OF. brutal violence, ASA regres-
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KANSAS miners ~
TO keep AT It
Will Pay No Attention TO Anti
Strike Law Il Operators
Provoke Trouble.

COLUMBUS, Kan, July 21.-"The
verdict means nothing to me-" SAID
Alexander Howat, president of the
Kansas miners. .con.seted of a mis-
demeanor~ when he called a strike
in violation of the state "can't-
strike'' law.
"Just as soon as the operators of
this district do an act which we be-
lieve demands a strike we will strike
again and again and again regard
less of all the laws they can wr1re
on the books,' said Howat.
Human rights come first, and we
will see that our rights are respected.
I'll appeal and my appeal will be
denied. I suppose they will send me
to Jail, but that will not keep the
miners from striking when the oc-
casion demands.
'Why, right now, one Of the great
est strikes in the History of the Kan
sas coal fields is on. Not a ton of
coal has been mined during our trial.
The men quite their jobs to show
their disbelief in this law"
A significant feature of this law"
was signed statement by the jurors
who declared that the law as applied
in this case was "unjust.''
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episodes of the latter could not have
been better or worse than those Of
the European war.
The Mexican revolution gave rise,
therefore, to incidents which deplor-
ably affected the relations between
the two countries, and of such not
only the United States can complain,
but also the republic Of Mexico. It is
true, in fact it could not be otheI-
wise, that several American citizens
have died and many have suffered
damages in their properties as Jog
ical consequence of the state of war
and Of inevitable or arbitrary acts
of the revolutionary government, such
as the attachment of the railroads
and other private propert:, the tenn
porary discontinuance Of payments Of
interest on the public external debt,
etc.
It is nevertheless also true that in
the United States the interests in
jured by the Mexican revolution, or
those fearful Of it., carried out an
intense campaign against it, and.
therefore, against the Mexican people,
grossly exaggerating its methods and
its acts, and unjustly picturing Mex
leo, not as country which struggles,
to the point If sacrifice, in order to
win its liberties and a place of honor
in the civilized world, but as a band
of outlaws incapable. of regeneration.
IT. is also true that the Mexican
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
PENNSY DEF|ES
RAILROAD BOARD
Ignores Esch-Cummins Law;
Declares It Will Deal lnde-
pendent Of Railroad Board,

CHICAGO, July 21.-The Pennsyl-
vania railroad has notified the rail-
! road labor board that it will ignore
it's order which extends the opera
tion Of the nationa: agreement. The
labor board operates by authority Of
the Cummins-Esch law, and workers
were assured at the time of its
passage, that this machinery would
smooth out all differences between
railroad employers and employees.
For several months the railroads
have conducted an agitation for the
abolishment of the national agree
ment. and this was finally ordered
by the board with the understand
ing that roads perfect methods to
handle disputes. Because of the fail
ure of many roads to comply with
the latter provision. the labor board
ordered an extension of the national
agreement. |
The company's attitude IS in line
with the Atlanta, Birmingham & At
lantic railroad, ordered by the labor
board to comply with the Cummins-
Esch law and not reduce wages un-
til same was considered by the
board. The railroad was thrown into
the hands of a receiver by federal
judge who ordered wage reductions,
and a strike has been on for several
months. f>*f'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
STEEL LEADERS
WARMLY ATTACK
CHURCH: REPORT
Break Long Silence in Reply to
|nterchurCh Revelations Of
Condition in Steel Mills.

NEW YORK, July 21.-After long
silence steel interests have attacked
the interchurch world movements
report on the 1919 steel strike. Pre-
viously the only reply of steel was
the wide circulation of an attack on
the report by an obscure Andover,
Mass, clergyman.
The present attack was written
shortly after the church men issued
their report. Its alleged author is
Clayton L. Patterson, secretary of the
bureau of labor. National Associa-
ton of Sheet and Tin Plate Manu-
facturers, and was privately circu-
lated among these business men by
w. S. Horner, president Of the asso-
citation. Horner attempted to inter-
est Judge Gary in the public circula-
tion of the attack, but the steel trust
head declined, it is stated, on the
ground that things have quieted
down and there is no use in stirring
them up" In January of this year
the attack was offered the senate
committee on education and labor as
"evidence" against the resolution by
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts,,
seeking to have the church mems re-
port made a public document. The
attack was later withdrawn from the
committee.
The New York World says that
records in its possession indicate that
Horner headed Pittsburgh business
men who attempted to stop the strike
investigation, and withdrew their fl
nancial support to the interchurch
world movement when they failed.
Then. Horner became interested in
preparing an attack that would
weaken the reports value.
The attack. conslsts OF over 100
pages. When it was before the sem
ate committee it was denounced as
a tissue of falsehoods. Nearly one
half Of it is devoted to, assailing: the
interested clergymen. without regard
for truth.
It is predicted that the attack will
be given wide circulation: This will
undoubtedly result in again bringing
the nationwide steel strike into pub
lie notice.
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SETTING wolves
TO GUARD SHEEP
SAYS EURUSETH
d.. tping Board Revives Old
Custom; Conspire With Own
erS to Dominate Seas.

WASHINGTON, July o1.-"Setting
the wolves to guard the Sheep Is
Andrew Furuseth's comment on
statements in the public press that
the United States shipping board will
work in the closest cooperation with
the American Steamship Owners as
sociation, and that the board will con-
suit with the ship owners.
"Come to think Of it," said the
executive of the seamen's union,
that policy is not new. 1t has Oper-
ated for 60 years, with the exception
of the passage of the seamen's law
and during the war. In the latter
period, however, the ship owners
we're dollar-a-year patriots.
1T was the ship owners who. -.
1881 and 1884, secured exemption of
their vessels from all liability, plac-
ing risks and dangers on the shipper
and traveller, while the ship owner
escaped the common liability of
other business.
In 1857 the ship owners drove
the American boy from the sea by
securing legislation that kept the ben
efits of the thirteenth amendment
from American seamen.
Through all these years it was
on the ship owners advice that ship
builders held a monopoly which
raised the cost of American vessels
and drove American capital under
foreign flags.
Now we are told that these same
influences will aid the shipping board
in building up a merchant marine.
Once again is the wolves set to guard
the Sheep
The shipping board announces the
appointment Of three vice presidents
to direct the emergency fleet corpor-
alton. Two of them, J. B. SmulI of
New York, and w. J. Lowe Of Balti-
more, 11were the unanimous CHOICE of
shin owners. it is stated.