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The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

CARS REGISTERED
,aDURINCLASTY YEAR
Fees Bring $102, ,0S4, Jog
US. Figures Show In
!, dustry's Growth.

Z total of s.z11.sss motor cara
including commercial vehicles, were
registered last year in the forty
eight States and District OF Co.
fumbfa, according to hgures een1-
pfIed by the Bureau Of Public ROADS
Of the United States Department OF
Agriculture In q study OF revenue
available for road-buildfng purposes
There were also registered . total
OF 2ss,14s motorcycles The regis
tration and license fees. includthg
those for chauffeurs. operators and
dealers, amounted to s1o2.034.1e6.zs,
A. compared with 1913 the data
for 1890 represent an increase OF
9. per cent. or 1,s4S.sis motor cars.
This Increase alone lacks but per
cent of being equal to the total
registrations Of the United states
six years ago.
In 1880. In the State of New Norh
alone. the number OF motoI carl
registered, including commercial ve-
hicles. exceeded the total >ars reg
fstered in the whole OF the United
states In 1910. Furthermore. tks
revenues derived from registration
in the State of New Yo:k IN 1928
were about equal to the entire reg.
istration revenues Of the United
states for 1913. ...
-f In the Old Days
The use made of the revenues
has changed with the passing OF
wears. In 1906 the total registrs.
tions were approximately 5000
cars. paying q gross revenue OF
about ,1s3,o00. kArizona in 1899
paid approximately this amounO. In
1906 the gross registration reVe-
nues were equal to less than three'
tenths of 1 per cent of the tota:
rural road and bridge expenditures
for that year.
The registration revenues In 1890
were equal to about 25 per cent OF
the total rural road and bridge ex-
penditures for the calendar year
1919. In 1906. practically none of
the motor vehicles revenues was
applied to road maintenance or con-
struction, while in 1920, IS per cent
OF a total of s7.ss7, ,160.so. was used
for this purpose The remaining
per cent not applied to road work
was expended very largely fol-
number plates and in carrying out
the provisions OF the motor vehicle
registration laws in the several
states OF the total amount ap-
Piled 10 road work 70 per cent. OF
s77.53i.5sz.57, was expended undei
the control or supervision of the
several State highway departments
=. Road Work Increases
Fora number Of years the gen
eral tendency toward devoting ar
eyer-incrsasing portion of the mo-
tor vehicle revenues to road work
under the control and direct super
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
Needless driver.
Rending crash.

Needless driver.
RendinE crash.
Nice new auto
Gone 10 smash.
Driver of the
B Other car
Noes and undis-
Covered star.
Cop jots down the
Drivers names.
Talk of suits
And laws and claims.
This can happen any day
To You, IL you don't
Observation-Disclosures
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
Cone Clutch Slippape.

In the absence of fuller earth,
ordinary talcum powder may be
used to stop cone clutch slippaEe.
Clean the surface of the leather or
fabric with gasoline an$ sprinkle
the powdsr over Il NTss-
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
Road Work Increases.

Fora number Of years the gen.
eral tendency toward devoting an
eyer-increasing portion of the mo-
tor vehicle revenues to road work
under the control and direct super
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

Oh Bcnjdnrin! Oh Benjamin, You 7frrc-" ct cefero.
-Listen.-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
MISSION WORK
IS COMPLETED
WOOD AND FORBES FINISH THE
PHILIPPINE INVESTIGATION
IN FOUR MONTHS.
WILL SUBMIT REPORTS
MISSION FINDS FRIENDSHIP FOR
v. s. Is STRONG THROUGH
OUT ISLANDS.

Manila, +. Mai. Gen. Leonard
Wood and Cameron Is. Forbes, sch
by President Harding to investigat,
conditions in the Philippines for the
purpose Of guiding the administration
In its policy toward the islands
reached Manila. having completed q
four months tou of the archipelago
The missions work ON inspection
Is completed, and AS soon ms a brief
confidential report Is cabled to Presi
dent Harding Il final report Of the
missions findings will be prepared
This is expected to require two Oh
three weeks.
Although General Wood has made
no public announcement on the sub
jet. 1t is understood he will retire
from the army to accept the governor
generalship of the Philippines.
The mission has Travelled 1900
miles through the archipelago by
steamer, motor, horseback and afoot,
1t visited forty-fiye OF the forty
seven provinces, conducted public
hearings IN more than a hundred mu-
inequalities, listened to more than u
thousand speeches and held private
conferences with many hundreds oi
persons.
Throughout their tour the invesliga.
tors heard expressions Of friendllest
regard for Americans, and gratitude
for what the United States has ac-
complished IN the development of the
Filipino peoples.
A large majority of Filipino speak
ers AT public meetings held by the
mission advocated some form VI indie
pendence under an American protec-
torate.
Only a few declared for absolute in
dependence, and a few others de
clared themselves satisfied with The
present government. The mission also
received petitions from many non
Christian tribes and individuals and
groups OF Filipino business men in
various parts of the Islands. asking
that American sovereignty be con
tinued.
In the islands of Mindanao and Sulu
which are inhabited by Moros, who
are Mohammedans, and by Christian
Filipinos and pagan hill tribes. there
was found a wide difference of opin-
ion on the question of independence.
Virtually all the Moros and hill
tribesmen, represented 10y their datos
or chiefs, opposed independence. ac-
cording TO speakers at public meet
ings.
ON the other hand, the Filipinos In
these provinces favored independence.
Petitions were presented by the Moros
asking that the islands of Mindanao
and Sulu he made an American terri
tory, and some Of the more radical
datos openly stated that they could
moi be responsible for the conse-
quences IL their people were placed I'M
der Filipino rule.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
MONARCH|STS
DEFY GERMANY
FORMER PRUssIAN MINISTER AN
NoUNcEs THAT PRESENT CON-
sTITUTIoN WILL BE IGNORED.
IDEALS OF kAISERD0M
BAVARIA RAISES STORM OVER
GRANTING OF SPECIAL POW
ERS TO EBERT.
twssisrn Newspaper rnion News Service

Berlin.-ln his speech delivered be
tional Peoples party at Munich, the
former Prussian Minister Hergt said:
We regard the German constitution
merely as an episode. We will not al
low it L keep us from the attainment
of our highest aims, namely, restOra-
ton of the monarchy and the carrying
out of the ideals of kaissrdOm."
At the meeting of the council OF the
empire and II meeting of the reichstae
vigilance committee heated passages
occurred between the ministers of the
imperial and Bavarlan governments,
arising out of Bavaria's resentment
over the failure of the imperial author
tiles 10 consult with the federal gov
ernments before issuing President
Ebert's exceptional powers decree,
Herr Prayer Of the Bavarian min
istry expressed Bavarla's "pained as
constituent" Herr Gradnaur, minister
of interior in the imperial cabinet, ex-
planned In defense that the government
obliged to act quickly.
Chancellor With complained of the
threatening character of the Bavarian
delegates speeches and reprOach the
Rightist parties for making Difficult
ties.
Herr Wirth's speech caused Il great
sensation and the debate became ami
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
MAKE GOOD ESCAPE
HOlDUPS RIDE INTO SUBURBS
OF SALT LAKE AND SLIP AWAY
TWO ROBBERS BOARD TRAIN
NINE MILES OUT OF OGDEN
AND ROB PASSENGERS.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The Los An
grles Limited, No. 7, of the Union Pa
rific system, was held up by two
masked and armed robbers, near
Clarified. nine miles south OF Ogden,
while on the way from Ogden 10 Salt
were robbed. The train was stopped
by an automatic block signal. The two
robbers boarded the train and COM
mnnded everyone in IN" observation
car Ia hold up their hands.
The train is moi scheduled Ia stop
between Ogden and Salt Lake City.
After Il few minutes delay the rob
hers signaled to W. +. Hayes, the o
ductor, to have the train started. Ii
came on toward Salt Lake city.
Nearing the outskirts Of the city
the robbers pulled the cord and again
brought the train to Il st.tnlStill. They
alighted and escaped IN the northern
part Of the city.
l.. A. Torrens and wife at New York,
occupying a drawing room. Were
nmnny the victims. They ~repnrted n
lass of Sl3 II. NJ Grinder. n CONNER.
,,uI traveller of Salt Lake clty. re-
norted n lass of ST.
The women and children OF. the
train were MOI molested. with the ex-
c,ntion of Mrs. TorrcnS.
While the train WAS spcedinc here
n brakeman scribbled n note and threw
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
CANDIDATES SELECTED
WESTERN HEMISPHERE WILL
PROBABLY GET THREE JUDGES
ELEVEN TO BE CHOSEN FROM 100
NOMINATIONS, BY COUNCIL
OF LEAGUE.

Geneva.-By u resolution adopted
by the league OF nations council. that
body will assume control of stipula-
tiOns In the treaties with Hungary and
Kumunia regarding the rights of mi
nOrities in territories which changed
their sovereignty. The council ad-
| adjourned for II few days 10 give mem
bers time TO study the Silesian siina-
ton and exchange views.
Chief interest in the work of Ia"
council now centers on The interlia-
tiOnal court Of justice, which is re-
garded as promising better results
than any other action of the league,
Speculation has begun as To the prob
able choice by the council and ASSEM-
bly, of the eleven judges u among
about 100 names submitted.
As geographical considerations will
enter into the election. il is generally
assumed the western hemisphere will
get two. and perhaps three Judges
one Spanish-speaking from South or
Central America, and n each from
the tHIttu sSluttS uIlu N6tiistti. Nittt
Britain is granted one for the United
Kingdom and another for the colonies
besides Canada.
France will receive one, the Scandi-
navian countries one, the Slav cOun-
tries one and the German-spenking
tates one, while provisions must also
be made for the .\sintic states. China,
japan and Siam each have nominated
Two candidates.
South Americans thus far nOmlnnt-
ed are:
Senior Alvarez. Chile; Ruy BarbOsa
and DR.. Rodrigo OctaviO, Brazil Senior
Ortenez, Uruguay, and Senior Gonzales,
Argentina. Cuba has nominated DIR.
Antonio s. De Busiamente, Haiti has
nominated konomy and Verona, while
pnn-America's candidate is Senior
Oroli.
The Brazil candidates are Lord
Flnlaw, Baron Phillimore and Sir
Henry Erie Richards. From Canada
there are Charles J. Doherty, the min
lister of Justice, and former Premier
Sir Robert l.. Borden. South Africa
and India also have named candidates.
Greece has nominated Nicholas
%I'olitis. former foreign minister, and
GeorgeiOs STREET. legal adviser To the
foreign office; Italy. Signor Anzilottl
and Signor Cassetli France, former
President Poincare, NJ. F~romageOt,
counsellor TO the French foreign Of
flee: Prof. Ferdinand l%arnnude, dean
of the Paris law faculty DIR. q. DE
Lapradelle of the University ~ Paris,
Leon Bourgeois. president Of the Sen
ate, and NJ. Dupuis; Spain, Prof.
Rafael Altaimira y Cerva and Senior
IIonoria Portugal. Senior Spares ;
Switzerland, DIR. Eugene Borel and
Max Huber.
Bulgaria. ltumania and Norway
have two candidates each. Poland and
Denmark have one each. while Swe-
den has four.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09

Grneva.-At its forthcoming meet
ing the assembly Of the Iengue of
Nations will for the first time he
called upon to decide II territorial dis
pute. This il n result of the action OF
the league council in referring to the
assembly the entire question raised by
.Albania's complaint agalnt Greece and
Jugo-Slavia for occupying territory
conceded to Albania by the powers In
1917. The case will he presented 10
the assembly by Il Harvard graduate,
Bishop Noli, who Is head Of the Al
bantam delegation. J~ug0-Slavia will
contest the right Of the Albanian dele
cation to speak for that country, con-
tending 1t has been divided by the es-
Establishment Of the Mirdite republic.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Increased Interest in Religion.

winona Lake, lnd.-More Young
men and ome are showing Interest
in religious education than ever be-
fore, il was shown by reports pre-
scented Ia the international Convention
of the Disciples of Christ Church, In
session here. There has been n real
awakening during the past three years,
and our thirty colleges and univer'
stiles now have three times as many
students enrolled as they had three
years ago the report declares. Reso-
lutions, which included approval of "A
proposal that S5.0oO,oO0 be raised for
new churches within the next five
years and that Sl,OOO,O0O of this
amount be obtained Immediately, were
adopted,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Launch Bio Dattieship.

Camden, y. 1.-The Washington
one Of the largest and most powerful
superdreadnaughts eve built for the
United States navy. has been launched
at the New York Shipbuilding Com
pany here. As the great fighting ma
chine slid down the ways toward the
Delaware river, Jean Summers. 10
year-oId daughter of Representative
and Mrs. ]. W. Summers Of Walla
Walla. broke n bottle containing wa
tiers from the principal rivers Of her
native state on it's bow.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Seek to Dam Liquor Flow.

Neutrality-suspicious. squads of eX'
pert prohibition enforcement Officers
are to he sent from Washington to va
riOus Atlantic coast cities to assist IN
Struggled into the country. Illicit dis
tilling along the seacoast. Commissions
err Blair said. was n minor problem
compared with smuggling. particular
ly between New York and the Florida
coast. Assistance from headquarters,
he said, would be extended TO the pro
hibitiOn officials of the port cities and
also along the Mexican border.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Pays Pershing's Taxes.

New Orleans, LA 1~oyear-old
woman who signed herself Just an
old Friend" has mailed Ia a local
newspaper so toward payment of $50
overdue tuxes on the Louisiana estate
Of Gen. John J. Pcrshing. She wrote
that she would send the remainder as
soon as she could get 1t. The 100
acre tract NJ Roseland, La. is sched-
uled for sale Sept. 10, unless General
I'ershing and his brothers and sisters
meet the assessment. Publication of
the threatened sale led 10 the remit
lance received from the oma
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09

Chicago.-Dancing masters having
failed in their efforts 10 design a dance
which would meet with the approval
Of the Methodist church and cause it
t. lift its ban on dancing. DIR. &. ii.
McCrea, assistant editor Of the North
western Christian Advocate, n church
publication. suggested that Methodists
now undertake to reform the dance.
He suggested in an editorial some form
of mutual athletics that will v all
that is harmless and provide all that
Is lacking in the social life OF the
young people Of both sexes"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Bow Gets Twenty Year,.

Chicago, Aug. 30-A 17-year-old boy
was sentenced TO twenty years in pris-
on here after lie pleaded guilty to roll
hing q store of merchandise by Chief
Justice Mcdonald. How many other
robberies have you committedf- asked
the judge. Too many to count" said
the prisoner whose name is Joseph
TOntiewichz. How long have you
been stealingf" Too long to remem-
Der" Twenty years i'm Pontiac
said the jurist. Il guess that will take
the smile off your face"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Hunger Riots Raging.

Copenhagen.-Bread riots have brok-
en- u I'm the Russian provinces OF
Tambov, VOronesi Kursk and Orel,
says a dispatch TO the Berlinske I'll
dende. Red troops refused tn fire up
on the rioters. In some districts the
rioting is reported TO be taking on a
revolutionary character. Famine, chol-
era and bubonic plague are r~avaging
Odessa. The great port is being DESC
lated. The people are without food
and persons frequently collapse in the
streets.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09

B%cllingham, Wash.-George Brooks
and W. skinner, injured in an auto
mobile accident ri here last week,
were tried AT court sessions held nj
their bedsides in two local hospitals
and convicted Of violating the prohi-
hilton laws. Each received a Jail
sentence aud was fined S35o. II was
charged fourteen cases of liquor were
thrown from their ear when il was
wrecked.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Ford Company Files Assets.

Lansing. Mich.-Total assets of the
Ford Motor company at the close of
business June 30 were $263, 36s. 1919 as
according to a statement filed by the
company with the department of state.
The assets included S~54.S44,53S in cash
on hand and in the banks; plants, in
Guiding lands, buildings and improve
ments. valued at S46,926,O1O; machin-
cry and equipment, valued at s2l, lS3.
80. and good will, valued at S20,517.-
gs5.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
DEAFNESS

Is greatly relieved by CONSTITUTIONAL treat.
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
Dea il caused by an nfiamed con-
chan Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing. and when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result. Unless the In
fammation can be reduced. your hearing
may be destroyed forever. HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE acts through the
blood on the mucous surfaces Of the sys-
TEN. thus reducing the inflammation
assisting Nature In restoring normal con-
iitions.
Circulars free. All Druggists.
r. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio.-Ad.
;ertisement
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
life's Little Courtesies.

Stillwell seemed in none too good 6
huinor when he got home from the
office. Hang 1t all" he exclaimed.
"We1l have TO call on the Mortons to
night -
"Why. Henry" said Mrs. Stillwell,
lynn said you wanted to stay hOme
with me in comfort tonight"
Yes; but Morton told Collins he
and his wife meant TO call on US
tonight. We can leave their house
earlier than we could make them
leave ours"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Judoe Gives "vaorants" 81.

CHARACTERISTIC threw away her
'lindfold. Seven penniiess Migrants
'ound sleeping in a park were taken
mfore Judge Charles Mckinley, ex-
meeting fines and ~workhouse sentences.
rhe court instead gave each mar a
new dollar bill and a letter assuring
him of n job in a South Chicago roll
ng mill. Courts were created not
merely TO dispense punishment, but 10
end a helping hand to those temper
uiIy in dire. circumstances" said the
Judge.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
SILENT LEGISLATORS.

Germany can no longer lay claim
to possessing "Eurcpe's model MEM
Der Of parliament" Albert Horn. who
sat IN the ~reichstag for "a years. and
never made a single speech. 1t is
said that he broke the record Of "Sin-
rle-Specch Hamilton" who delivered
Q long Grafton On the proposal TO raise
elk Irish regiments for the help Of
Portugal. lie broke out like an Irish
rebellion said walpole, three score
thousand strong. when nobody was
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Fire Control Improving.

Missoula, Mont.-Forest fire condi
lions in Montana and northern Idaho
national forests were greatly i'm
proved, 1t was announced at the dis.
trict forest headquarters here. The
largest fire In the district, Ii was said,
was in the Flathead forest, near Ola.
cier National park, which cover T..
600 acres.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Both Couldn't Go.

Honey" said the negro sutton,
when We gifts married you amt gwine
TO give up that good job you has
workin' for de white folks. is your
"But amt we gwlne Ia have no
honeymoon an take a trip IN de train
somewhere"
zone of us might go. honey. Dey
amt a thing holdin' me. but you's got
sponsibilities.'
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Girl Must Serve Sentence.

Helena. Mont.-Ruth E-ne, "a, must
pay for her love of pretty clothes and
jewelry. Attorney General Daugherty
and the Montana Board of Pardons
have denied her appeal for a pardon.
Miss Kane is under sentence TO spend
fifteen months i'm a federal peniten-
tiary and pay a fine of $500, follow
ing her plea of guilty here to charges
Of e~mbezzling that amount from the
postoffice at East Helena, where she
assistant to her father, Postmas-
ter Kane.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Girl Sold for Grocery Bill.

Chicago.-'harging that her family
had sold her into white slavery" Ia
pay a grocery bill, l~6year-old Anna
Klinbsky caused the arrest of Denver
Cummings, ~, ut n Milwaukee hotel,
cummings, the girl told Milwau-
kee police, was a boarder at her faith
er's home. The girl told police she
had been taken 10 Milwaukee by Cum
mings. Federal and state authorities
are investigating the charges.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Million Aliens Enter v. S.

Observation-Disclosures admitted
10 the United States during the fiscal
year ending June 30, numbered S05,-
22S as compared with 430,0Ol for the
pre-, ious fiscal year and with m av-
erage Of 1,03i,9i0 during the prewar
years from 1910 to 1914, it is shown
in figures made public by the Bureau
of Immigration. Nonimmigrant aliens
admitted during the year numbered
l72.3ol, making "A grand total Of
91S, I63.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
New York Bonus Law Invalid.

Albany, y. Y.-The Court of Ap
peals, voting ) to 2. held the state sol.
der bonus act invalid, on the ground
that il violated Article VII, section l,
of the state constitution. which pro
hibits lending the credit Of the state
for the benefit Of any individual, asso-
citation or corporation. The bonus act.
according 10 the majority of the court,
is clearly a gift Of the credit of the
state unless it is a payment Of some
obligation the state owes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
New Gas Is Deadly.

Montreal.-Chemical agencies Will
~ the sole factor I'm deciding future
wars, Sir william Pope. retiring presi-
dent of the Society Of Chemical Indus
try, declared in an address at the clos
ing session of the annual convention.
At the time of the armlstice in the
World War. he said. n gas had been
-ound against which respirators were
# no avail. The material, he declared.
would stop a man IL il was present in
he air in proportion OF n part In
a.OOOlOO.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Four Perish In Fire.

New York Six persons, four of
hem members of the same family. per
shed in n fire in a Harlem tenement
'iouse. Nincenzo C~atalano, his wife
md l~6-year-old son and Syear-old
laughter, who occupied an apartment
II the third floor. were burned Ia
leutli a. were Fred de Lucca and his
wife
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09

aware or in the least suspected IT,"
But if Mr.. Horn surpassed Hamilton.
he was far and away behind Mr..
Lowther. the grandfather of the for
mer speaker. who sat in the house Of
commons from 1916 TIL 1866, and new
er addressed it on a single occasion.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Poorly Equipped.

Funny how some people try to get
along with no household equipment at
ALL" remarked Juggins. "Why. those
new neighbors of mine haven't a lawn
mower, II hose, "A stepladder, n saw, a
any new books"
"IiOw in the world do you know they
h%aven't?' asked Muggins.
why. the day after they moved In
I stepped owe In a ~neighborly way
New York Sun.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
In the Beginning.

II was a beautiful New Year morn
ing In the Stone age.
Hey. Strongarm." said Hairy Face,
lend me your crowhar. will yonY'
"Watta you want with ~" asked
Strnngarm.
IL wnnta take IL home" informed