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New-York tribune., 1921-06-10
Soldiers and CiUiIiar,s
Join IL, Mourning Loss
President Harding and Scores
OF Organizations Espress
Syra DTthy to fynIbr0iths

Resolutions of sympathy for the
family of Commander Galbraith and
his comrades of the Legion have been
adopted by scores of organizations
throughout the country.
One message, sent by Preside Mt
Harding to Mrs. Galbraith, follows:
please know of my sympathy in the
great and sudden sorrow which has
come to you. 1t was my fortune to
know Colonel Galbraith not alone as
the national commander of the Amer
lean Legion, but as fellow citizen of
Ohio, and I have highly valued his
commanding personality, his tireless
zeal and his intense devotion to country
and his companions in arms. The Le-
gion and the nation share witt, YOU the
great loss which has come so sud
denly"
R. G. Woodside, the national COM
mander of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, sent the following message:
"Our country has been startled by
the death of National Commander Gal
braith. Our brothers of the Legion
have lost an indomitable leader, the
service men a friend and devoted advo-
cate and our country most loyal and
patriotic citizen by his death. We sym
pathize with all who are bereaved by
his untimely end, and in memoriam of
this able leader, brave soldier ands pa
triotic citizen all posts of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars are directed to drape
their charters for period of thirty
days"
Mayor Hylan sent message to Mrs
Galbraith, reading:
II have learned with deep regret of
the tragic death of Colonel Galbraith.
Permit me to extend to you my ieart-
felt coincidence on the sudden and Sc
we're loss you have sustained. Yo-r
husband was champion of the ideals
of true Americanism both as an officer
on the field of battle and as national
commander of the American Legion.
His valor as a soldier and uprightness
as man will always remain precious
legacy OF rnamorY0
New-York tribune., 1921-06-10

Hcwery Savings Bank. admitted that
his institution got rid of its unde-
sirable property by requiring borrow
ers to take 1t as part of loans.
DO you think that tends to stimu-
late building?" asked Mr.. Untermyer
We are not looking at it in the
light as to whether it stimulates
building or not" replied Knox.
Do you think that is a just and
proper thing to do?"
eve do.'
Mr.. Untermyer then referred to a
transaction in which the French
Church d'Esprit obtained a loan of
$4,000 and had to take second con-
vertible Liberty bonds at par to get
the money.
ut didn't make any difference whether
it was church or anything else %
asked Mr.. Untermyer.
1--WE treat everybody fairly, whether
they are q church or an individual" he
replied.
In response to a question by Assem-
blyman Leininger, it developed that
banks often went into the market and
bought government bonds at the mar
ket prices, indicating that it was pos
sible for institutions to have bought
them at deprecated value ana un-
loaded on borrowers at mar
New-York tribune., 1921-06-10
Reputation as Fighter

As the national executive Of an or
ggan'zation of more than million vet
slerans of the World War, Colonel GAL
8braith attained reputation as
Fighter second only to that he achieved
ion the battlehelds of France.
His election to the high Office at the
1920 convention of the Legion, in
cleveland, last September was the
unanimous choice of the more than
800 delegates, and his platform an
5hounced to newspaper correspondents
aon the closing day of the convention
ives concerned chiefly with the status of
1.-THE wars wounded and disabled
Our first consideration" he de-
selared, "is those of our comrades who
swere wounded aud broken, | shall de-
vote myself TO them until they have
been cared for properly. Other Legion
edicts must wait until this great work
IS accomplished"
How admirably Commander Cal
braith succeeded in bringing about
needed reforms in the care of wounded
veterans may be learned from the rec
o1ds of Congress. His efforts brought
about the drafting of the Sweet bill,
measure designed to clip the red tape
enmeshing disabled veterans who apply
for compensation, and the fourfold
bonus for veterans, is one which had
his tireless support throughout his
administration.
Demands for Reforms Heard
AT the close of the national conven-
ton in Cleveland Commander Galbraith
sped the retiring delegates with this
announcement:
u pledge to you every ounce of
g0pYpU I
the ,edicts of the convention and the
establishment of the American Legion,
so that the great nation for which
We iought may know that we are thor
oughly sound, are to be trusted and
are the greatest force for good in
'he United States to-day"
II Is no secret that the Legion off,
clais administration had cost him a
great deal of his own money. In in
sesugatlng deplorable hospital condi
,t.oHs IL was common occurrence for
him to finance needed changes himself
30 30 tnat there would be no delay in
bringing them about. He was at the
instant call of any veteran in distress.
Decorated by Two Nations
IL was strange caprice of fate that
carried Colonel Galbraith through the
trenches and hard fighting to return
him to his native land and death in an
sutomobile accident. AS the com
hander of the l47th Infantry overseas,
as as ieo his troops in the Meuse- -Argonne
V.LnehsIve and the successful attack on
sne st. Mihiel arch, being twice
wounded. For his valor in these
s,Nes .;s he was decorated with the Dis
Sa Sslahgulshed Service Cross by the United
1tates and the French awarded him
ne lroix de Guerre and the Croix de
s1nerre with palm.
me career of this picturesque SOL
a;sf was succession of thrills, be-
sahnlng when he quit school at the
ss Of fifteen. He was born at Water
soWn, Mass, on May 6, 1874, and after
ofiet business career decided to be-
sone naval officer. To this end he
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illustrate tho need Of the remedy to

illustrate tho need Of the remedy to
be applied.
u might add some things to be
avoided by the city administration.
FIRST Withholding information and
obstructing inquiries as to official con-
auct. What would the administration
say # they were not first asked to
speak?
Second Treating the state as an
enemy of the city and forgetting
whence the city charter comes and
where its citizens must look for the
correction Of charter provisions that
work badly and the elimination of cor
rupt or inefficient administration.
The committee cannot do it's pre
llminary work on the lawn of the CITY
Hall Park or tell what it is going to
learn or think thres months from now.
II what 1t learns or thinks in the fu-
ture Is important, the public will be
taken into its full confidence"
Commissioner of Markets O'Malley,
whose department was one of the first
to be investigated by the committee.
Yesterday passed the buck to one Of
MS deputies. Mrs. Louise Welzmuller,
for the practice Of permitting coll
lectors TO tax pushcart peddlers using
the city streets 81 weekly and keep
ing the proceeds for themselves.
f. II. La Guardia, President of the
Board OF Aldermen, one of the two Re-
publican members of the Board of
Estimate, told of having introduced and
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
practice and providing that all fees
collected from pushcart peddlers
should go into the city treasury. The
La Guardia ordinance would abolish
the supervisors" who are now their
own masters and collect for themselves,
and substitute in their place super
Vlsors who would be employees of the
city and prohibit the levying of private
tribute seemingly under city sanction.
This ordinance was introduced On
April IL. 1t became law three weeks
ago. No action can be taken under it,
however, until bonds for the payment of
the supervisors are issued by the
Hearst Hylan Tammany controlled
Board of Estimate.
Woman Defends System
Mrs. Welzmuller said that she in
augurated the system of collectors"
or Supervisors" eighteen weeks ago.
She admitted that some of them, in the
reports made to her, earned close to
$50 week after they had paid all ex-
penses. Some, however, confessed to
but little more than $40
week. She said that prior to the
present system various persons repre-
sented themselves as policemen and
grated on the pushcart peddlers. She
said that the system had been approved
by Assistant Corporation Counsel Tar
box. She also thought that the system
was legalized by the Board of Alder
men in the adoption of the La Guardia
ordinance
New-York tribune., 1921-06-10
Slayer in Court as Eunafic
Counsel Asks That Davis Be
Adiudged Insane

Charles 7. Davis, brooklyn manu-
facturer of surgical Instruments,
charged with killing Detective Joseph
Bridgetts at Davis's Office, 217 D1f-
ago, was taken before Supreme Court
Justice Van Siclen in BrooglyaA yes
tcrday. His counsel, William Tnavers
Jerome and Howard P. Nash, asked
that Davis be adjudged permanently
insane.
Davis, during the testimony, sat
quite still with his legs crossed, look
ing neither to right nor left. He held
in his hands ? --.-ir of gloves nnd
soft hat. He wore a dark gray suit
~::n dark, flowing necktie, and APP
peared to take no interest in the pro-
ceedings.
The hearing will continue to-day.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-10
Col. Galbraitl,
Killed, 2 Hurt
I'm Auto Crash
Legion Commander Hurled
From Car Which Upsets
Near Indianapolis When
Faulty Steering Gear Fails
Mourned by Millions
Administrations Marked by
Relief He Obtained for
Needy, Neglected Heroes

INDIANAPOLIS, June 9.-National
Commander Frederick W. Galbraith ir..
Of the American Legion, World War
here and spokesman tor more than a
million veterans enrolled in the organ
ixation, was killed early this morning
when motor car in which he was
riding plunged over an embankment
near this city.
Two other officers in the American
Legion were injured in the crash. They
are Colonel Milton /. Foreman, of Chi
+ eago, and Henry Ryan, of Indianapolis.
Foreman is national committeeman for
Illinois and chairman of the national
Acommittee on finance. Ryan is chair.
man of the national Americanism COM
mittee.
Commander Galbraith suffered
fractured skull and died almost in
stantly. Foreman's skull also was
fractured and his back and shoulders
were badly hurt. Ryan escaped with
minor injuries.
Car Fails To Make Turn
Ryan told the authorities he had
been driving rapidly from the In
sdianapolis Country Club, where he
and the others had been spending the
evening, to make a train for Chicago
ion which Commander Galbraith and
5iMr Foreman had reservations. Just
5before reaching the turn at which the
accident occurred, he said, he reduced
HhiS speed TO twenty miles an hour, but
the ear failed to make the turn.
In the plunge from the road the car
turned over and threw Commander
GsIbraith and Mr.. Foreman clear of
the wreckage, Ryan's foot was caught
IN the wreckage, but he managed to ex-
fricate himself.
An Investigation by Coroner Paul F.
Robinson disclosed that a broken con-
neetion of the steering wheel was re-
Sponsible for the accident
The body of Colonel Galbraith was
taken to Cincinnati this afternoon,
Jesse Galbraith, a brother, taking
charge of it. Colonel Galbraith is sur
svsyed by his wife and two children-a
daughter of ten and a son who was
flast about to enter college.
!. CINCINNATI, June 9.-The body of
Colonel Galbraith will lie in state in
.ithis city tonight. All the American
Legion posts in Cincinnati and vicinity
swili act as an escort of honor on the
garriyal of the body from Indianapolis.
TIE funeral will take place Saturday
ssafternoon, ard it is planned to hold the
services in Music Hall or some equally
8large public building.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-10

City Superintendent, the futile but
protracted efforts OF Mr. PralI TO sup
plant the City Superintendent, as chief
executive of the system, the notorious
Tildsley incident. the juggling with the
civil service law in the case Of the
board of examiners. the Indifference Of
the authorities to the legitimate salary
needs Of the teachers. the Threatened
decentralization caused by the cut Of
S27ooG,000 in this years school budget
and the thousand and ons petty
squabbles Of the authorities among
themselves and with everybody else
that have served to make the field OF
professional education resemble po-
litical chessboard"
Arizona republican., 1921-02-15
OPERATOR HEARS.
 ? POL|CE CHIEFS THREAT TO KILL .MATEWAN GUARDS
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 WILLIAMSON, w. Va, Feb. May Chafin, a 17-year-old telephone oper- ator. as an eye witness, today testified of events of the Matewan battle last May in which 10 men met death. She is a niece of Reece Chambers, one of the l9 defendants. Armed men ran u9 and down, bullets rained on all sides and men dropped in their tracks, she testified. Miss Chain said she was so excited, she saw only one man use a pistol and he fell near the railroad sta- tion, where most of the shooting oe- cured. This man, she said, was a Baldwin Felts detective. She saw the bodies of six men lying about, she testi- fled.
 Asked how many men she saw run ming, Miss Chafin said, it looked to me as though all the men in the town were out" Sine testified that after the battle. she saw Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers, two defendants, .'search the body of Lee Felts.
 Miss Chafin testified Saturday that she had overheard an alleged telephone conversation between Sid Hatfield and Tony Webb, a deputy sheriff. Hatfield, she said, asked about warrants for the arrest of the Baldwin Felts men, and he told Webb, she continued, that the detectives would be killed before they left.
 Another telephone operator, Elsie Chambers, daughter of Reece Chamb- CTS testified that she heard Miss Chafin call Anse Hatfield and tell him of the alleged conversation between Sid Hat field and Webb. Anse Hatfield was to have been a witness of the state, but he was killed last August. Further examination developed that Miss Chambers was not particularly friendly to Sid Hatfield but that she, had no prejudice against him. She testified that she was not on friendly terms with her family.
 N. Snow, who was station agent at | Matewan when the battle occurred testified that he examined seven bodies to establish identity and that he had arranged to have a train stop at con venient point to take the bodies to Williamson.
 | Satisfaction was expressed tonight | by Judge R. D. Bailey, attorneys and 1 county officials when they learned thai the war department had issued orders l to stop preparations for withdrawal oi
 federal troops on coal strike duty here
Arizona republican., 1921-02-15
IMPROVEMENT IN. PRODUCTION |S NECESSARY FUR HUMAN PROGRESS
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 SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. H. Con tinuous improvement in productivity IS necessary for the advancement of ctvt- lization, national progress. better hu- man relations and higher standards or living, Herbert Hoover declared in an address before the convention of the American Engineering Council.
 American industry, including agr1- culture. he said, is running from 30 to 40 per cent below capacity production. Cooperation between industries and with labor and government, was cited as a means for guaranteeing an in- crease.
 The danger of over supply as a limit ing factor in production was dismissed as without proper foundation. The speaker added there is no such thing as production.
 "The commodities or services pro- duced by this nation he continued, fare capable of absorption by the whole nation if they are of the right character.
 "rhe absorption of increased pro- ductivity lies in the conversion of lux uries of today into necessities of to- morrow. Wheat, bread railroads, good roads, electricity, telephones. automo- piles and movies were once luxurieS There is no limit to consumption ex- cept the total capacity to produce"
  production were measured mainly il unemployment, lost time due to labol | conflict. losses in labor turnover failure to obtain maximum production of the individual. poor co-ordinatior | of great industries and failures il transportation of coal and power sup plies.
 Stabilization and standardization O | industrial output by agreement, elim | mating overlapping efforts and sea l sonaI activities were cited as on means for bringing greater production ! Utilization of natural resources fo power was urged as an additiona help.
 "The spirit of cooperation" MI Hoover concluded. "has solved man. things in this country since it began to be noticeable thirty years ago. Go operation has standardized some thing and is ripe for initiative toward co operation of a widespread character The leadership of our federal govern ment in bringing together the forces 1 needed but we do not believe it neces sary for the government actually t do the work. The first step is san analysis of weakness and sober pro posal of remedy. If you engineers ca. establish the facts to an intelligen people such as ours, action is certai even if it be slow.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-15
READ|NG LINES PLAN FUR
 CATION IF
 RAIL IN TERESTs
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 PHILDELPHIA, Pa. Feb. 14--A plan for the segregation of the Reading company and affiliated corporations, decreed by the United States supreme court and notifications suggested by the government were filed with the federal district court here today and March l was fixed to hear arguments
 The plan proposed by the Reading company and its associated companies which have been adjudged an illegal combination, provided that the Reading company. a holding concern will as- four per cent bonds. which are the joint obligations of the Reading com pany and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company. The coal company will pay the Reading com pany $10,000.oo0 in cash for current assets at market value and $25, ,000, 900 in four per cent mortgage bonds of the company
 The Reading company will merge the Philadelphia and Reading Railway company under authority of the pres ent charter by the Reading company and will subject the railway property to the direct lien of the general mortg- age. The name of the Reading com pany will not be changed and the Read ing company will be subject to federal and state regulations as common car riers.
 The proposed plan asks the court to defer the sale of the stock held by the Residing company in the Central Rail- road company of New Jersey pending the grouping of railroads by the inter- state commerce commission under the transportation act but subject to the further order of the court.
 To this last appeal the government entered an objection and suggested that the Reading company shall with all due diligence, offer the stock for sale at reasonable prices and upon reason able terms.''
 The Reading company owns s14,504, 900 of the s27, 800 stock of the ter sey Central and in turn the Jersey Gen. tral owns $S,4S9.000 of the ss.212, ,50C stock of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-15
Mystery Surrounds
 Finding of Body in Canyon Near Miami
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 GLOBE, Ariz-, Feb. 14.-Considerable Miami district as to the probable cause whose body was found yesterday in a gully near Miami. The finding of an automatic badly rusted from exposure to the elements, points strongly to the suicide theory. The weapon along with a number of .32 calibre cartridges was found under the skeleton which was all that remained of the body. A bullet hole in each temple showed how the man had met his death.
 The other theory advanced by au- thorities is that the man was the vic tim of bootleggers' quarrel, as barely 200 yards from where the skeleton was found. a still was discovered by off cials. Apparently it had not been used for some time.
 The only clue that was unearthed and which failed to throw any light on the mars identity was the stub of a pay check of a local mine in the sum of $5S.50; however, there was no date nor name on the slip.
 Learning that a Mexican by the name of Francisco Bojorguez worked his last shift at the Miami Copper company mine August, 1920, officials last night were directing their efforts toward finding friends of Bojorguez Not only did Bojorguez leave his work clothes in his locker at the mine and fail to turn in his key, but he even neglected to draw his pay check Some of the officials are of the opin- ion that the body is that of Bojorguez
Arizona republican., 1921-02-15
FRESIDENT WILSON
 WILL VETO TARIFF
 MEASURE IF PASSED
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Develop- ments centering around tariff legisla- ton came fast in congress today. They included:
 Declaration by Senator Underwood that he had received assurances that President Wilson would veto the Fordney emergency tariff bill. not by withholding his signature, but with a comprehensive statement giving his reasons coupled with final attack on Republican congressional policies.
 Announcement by Senator McCum- ber Republican, North Dakota, that vote on the bill probably would be ob- tained tomorrow night.
 A statement by Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means commit tee making definite the intention Of republicans to press legislation revis- ing the permanent tariff through the extra session before attempting con- sideration of taxation.
 The Fordney bill was pulled out of its pigeon hole for several hours of debate. Nothing came of it however, although it had been expected a vote would be had on the amendment of Senator Shoot, Republican, Utah, changing the import rates on sugar from those accepted by the senate if nance committee.
 MT. McCumber, as well as Senators Gay, Democrat, Louisiana, and Shoot discussed the amendment and several other senators got into the debate. Senator Underwood declined to say whether his assurances of a veto came from the president direct and refused to answer questions relative | to the form in which the information caused his statement however, was the cause of speculation among senators r. {1,nf result of the White House attitude the Democrats were more than willing | to let the measure go to a vote where all senators records could be pre- served.
 | Senator McCumber did not elaborate on his statement that he expected a vote by tomorrow night. It was made in connection with a warning by the senator that the unfinished business | should actually become unfinished work of the senate and attention given | it.
 Plans of the Republican leaders concerning revision of the permanent tariff were made public in a letter l by MT. ForGney to Representative Frear, Republican, Wisconsin. Any program. MT. Fordney said, which dit not contemplate immediate action or revision of the Underwood tariff would not be in accord with the lover, Wu0uIllLlS cApICSSlOL OI tie peOplc, in the election
 The house ways and means com.
 mittee, it's chairman indicated, vii launch into the work of framing tn,
 new tariff law immediately after tn. Il present hearings are concluded, prob ably within few days: The bill ther
 will be made ready for introduction
 and consideration in the house earl.
 in the extra session.
 After the tariff bill has passed tn,
 house." the letter continued. and dur.
 ing the time it is being debated in tn, senate. time will be afforded to pre- pare new revenue bill and to conduc
 hearings on which tax revision shoul, be based
 Chairman Fordney also secuted pub
 lished reports that the committed mind was made up with respect to
 sales tax.