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The New York herald., 1921-08-10
Questions Too Technical.


The quesctions had to be repeated
over and over.
your questions are so technical.
the Mayor complained.
II am not trying TO be technical. / am
only hitting the high spots" Mr. Brown
said.
IF you want to get the real facts why
not call the Comptroller or Duncan Mac
Inness, Duncan knows the Mayor
said.
'I am going to coll Duncan. but how
can I put him on the stand while you
are there" Mr.. Brown said inpatiently.
You have come here and read a long
financial statement and I want to ask
you something about II"
'"The assessed valuation on real es-
state Jumped in 1891; did you have any
thing to do with that7'
II don't know that I directed the
raise I may have ] am not positive
You appoint the tax officials. don't
you?''
"Ycs."
You advised and approved this big
gest raise in the history Of the city?''
"They raised It,"
Have you made any study at any
OF the city,"
will you tell me about that debt?
Has it grown?'
Il don't know that / have
"It has grown. II fluctuates, also.
Sometimes up and sometimes down.
The Mayor could not state what the
debt was when he took office: he would
have to get the books.
"Will you define the difference be-
tween the several classes OF securities
In the short term Indebtedness
The Mayors prompter pointed out
definitions In front Of him in a big
book IT wos brought out that when
Hylan took office the debt was 10000
900 and now is about s197. 100000.
what are your views regarding the
short term system of financing I am
only countryman and would like TO
known
Il think it is safe to finance the city
that way"
Would you think 1t safe In a finan-
cial crisis for the city TO have 100000
900 in short term debts?'
There isn't any financial crisis"
Mr.. Brown recalled the 1914 troubles
when the city had 500. 0.000.0 900 in out
standing short term paper and had to
pay many millions In blood money.
The Mayor could remember In a general
way about II; he had read about II. but
that was all. and he insisted there was
no danger Of that happening again.
Taking another quick shift. Mr.. Brown
asked the Mayor to what extent the city
was obligated for dual subway contracts.
The New York herald., 1921-08-10
INVESTIGATION IS URGED
OF NEW GARAGE GRAFT
Said Some Propriefors Are in
League to Pad Bills.

The District Attorney was asked yes
terday to get after new kind of auto
mobile swindle. the garage graft" Ac-
cording to the Garage Owners Protec-
tive League. 1t Is costing car owners
thousands of dollars month. II is
worked as follows:
The garage proprietor pays tho chauf-
feur a commission of 10 per cent. OK the
gross amount OF the monthly bill, in con-
sideration Of which the chauffeur per-
n,its the garage man to pad tho bill as
much as so per cent. Owners OF com
mercial as well as pleasure cars are be-
Ing victlmized. the committee said.
The New York herald., 1921-08-10
ACCUSED BY FORMER WIFE.
Jersey city Man Held for Maria ~
Inside Six Months.

William Douglas Miller and Margery
Stevens Miller of 126 Beach street, Jer-
sey City waived examination when ar
raigned yesterday on charge made by
Mrs. Helen Underwood Miller, Millers
former wife, and were held in $500 bail
each for the Grand Jury by Judge Mar
kley In the First Criminal Court.
Helen Underwood Miller, who lives at
"A Brinckerhoff street, Jersey City, di-
vorced Miller April 90, the decree pro-
hibiting Miller from remarrying within
six months. On juno II. less than two
months later, he married Miss Stevens
at Stamford. Conn, taking the ground
that a decree of the New Jersey Court
could apply only in New Jersey. The
first Mrs. Miller. however. had the pair
arrested. Miller is rs years old.
The New York herald., 1921-08-10
HARDING SIGNS SWEET BILL.
Measure Provides for RcorEnniz'
ing u. y. Service to Veterans.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.---Thc Sweet bill,
reorganizing Government service to vet
Grams Of the world war; was signed to-
1ay by President Harding.
Charles r. Forbes Of Washington
state. now director or the Bureau oi
War Risk INSURANCE. was nominated TO
bo director OF the veterans bureau, Gre
ated by the bill
The New York herald., 1921-08-10
Is It Worth It?

The desire to make something besides
the interest on their money has lured
many to loss and poverty.
There is nothing so sure to lead to
wealth and comfort as interest regularly
charge against it.
The safe and proper way to accom-
plish this end is through the purchase of
Guaranteed First Mortgages and the reg
ular reinvestment of the interest.
They pay 51a9o now.
Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Co.
Capital and Surplus $12,000,o0o
176 Broadway, New York City
Ito Remsen Street, Brooklyn
The New York herald., 1921-08-10

creased accordingly as well as the gross
funded debit
"You are familiar with tne constitu-
tional provision in regard 70 the debt
limit?'
"Yes. You realize am not he finan-
cial officer OF the city. | am merely the
to be familiar with the notails OF the
financial officer"
syou are the general managing officer
OF the city. and the fnances are the
principal part or the city government.
Do you approve OF the limit OF 10 per
cent. on real estate valuation for the
debt capacity?"
Indeed / do" The Mayor said he
thought it safe to keep down the debt.
Mr.. Brown called attention to the
Mayors messages to the Aldermen stat
ing. for one thing that the debt limit
IN January. 1918, was S1S.000,0o0. Mr..
Brown insisted that was S15,000,000
more than the day before the Mayor
took Office. but the Mayor could remem-
Der ii in IA general way" only and
insisted the Comptroller be asked. lie
could not be certain whether special
revenue bonds were included in the
funded debt
You have been Mayor nearly four
years and your action I'm relation to
appropriations has been guided largely
by the debt limit?"
"Yes. and by the advice of the Comp
troller."
'You have taken his advice but not
investigated yourself?"
ITO some extent"
The New York herald., 1921-08-10

Mr.. Brown paused and read this state
ment charging that the city is on the
verge OF financial rrin:
Mr.. Chairman. X Is rot possible for
me to examine the various city offsciaIs
ell at once. but think that the city Of
ficiais who arc to be examined, as well
as the Mayor should be briefly advised
OF the suggestions that have made in
relation to the debt limit.
II ma that the apparent margin for
additional authorizations on January,
1918. was sls.419,000. and that was
arrived at BY deducting from the funded
debt OF the city the dock and rapid
transit bonds less sinking fund amorti-
ration OF sl02.031. 600.
Tho financial authorities did not add
10 the debt. as they should. the excess
OF special revenue bonds over one-tenth
OF one per cent Of the valuation OF real
estate, as shown by the last assessment
roll. and they should have added $2.-
7<5.000. The tax notes may be issued
not for one year. but for as many years
as the city secs At. and there Is no pro-
vision for their exemption from the
funded debt. and therefore. s4.6o4,0OO
should be added to the funded debt.
1T is expressly provided In the deci-
sion OF the Court OF Appeals in Levy VS..
Mcclellan. that bonds that are in the
sinking fund for the payment OF bonds
that are exempt from the debt limit arc
not to be credited or deducted from the
bonded debt
The deduction as made was Sl2.39O,-
900 less than the amount OF such bonds
and after these corrections are made the
debt limit was exceeded on January /,
1918. by s103.34S. 900 for all other pur-
poses. municipal purposes. other than
docks and rapid transit construction.
I There was a margin OF sll7.o0o.000 for
+. dock end rapid transit created subject
70 the aebt limit, and from that s117,-
to the debt Unit. and from that ex-
cess OF sio3. 5000. 900. leaving at that time
available for rapid transit and docks
the sum of 1000. 600.
"A similar statement for January l,
1919. with the same corrections. accord
ing to the figures existing at that date.
with the classes OF Items being the same,
shows that the debt limit for purposes
other than docks and rapid transit was
exceed on January /. 1919. by s69.-
100000 and there was q margin for
rapid transit and docks of s51. 100000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-12-15

mencing with the first issue of 1922.
Let's beat Iowa's record! Iowa
has more Legion members in proper
ton, to her former service men than
any OTTER state in thescountry. Min
nesota can do better! Every buddy
get buddy. And be sure to pay his
own dues too. Over the top for the
Gopher state.
Your Department Commander,
ARTHUR A. VAN DYKE.
With 1921 and in problems and
achievements fading into the back
ground, national and Minnesota de-
partment Legion officers and mem
bers are turning toward 1922--its
problems and hoped-for achieve
'Inents. And so that the organiza-
ton may be ready to launch its pro-
gram for 1922 with the start OF the
New Year, the eleven thousand Le-
gion posts throughout the nation are
busy reminding their members that
each New Year brings it's readJust-
ment, and that to be in good stand
ing on January 1, next, every Mn
nesota Legionaire must in the mean
time get squared away for another
year by seeing his post adjutant and
paying his yearly assessment. The
adiutant, in turn is expected to remit
the state and national dues OF the
members of his post on or before De-
cember 31st, 1921.
A South Dakota Legion Post is
offering each service man who pays
dues for 1922 before December 18th,
biscuit baked by recent bride and
Legion Auxiliary member. Three OF
the biscuits will contain cash prizes,
$40, $40 and SIS in gold. but no bis
cults will be broken until the night
of the banquet, Dec. Is, when they
will serve as admission tickets. There
is a big rush for the biscuits and the
Legionaires' nerves are on edge
awaiting the fatal night.
A visit to Tyler, Minnesota high
school gym each Monday night helps
keep Tyler Legionaries in fine, shane.
What doughboy wouldn't be feeling
fine after chasing the ball around the
court ITO times and taking the 81
varieties of somersaults and spills,
winding up with few rounds of the
fistic art and topping off with a
shower? Makes married men forget
their troubles, the young feel young
er and the dreamers act out of their
dreams, Every Minnesota Legion
Post should ask the local high school
for this privilege Vi gsgslY
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-12-15
Small cirl,s nenerou. offer.

Little Rose was playing with her
doll when the wig fell off. Just then
a man came along who had no hair
Oh the top Of his head Rose ran up
to him and said: Say, mister, you
can have this wig \ to cover that
empty spot on the top of your head
if You want ii"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-12-15

strike.
Mr.. Lewis came to Willmar in 1871
and established the hardware bust
ness in which he was engaged until
1915. He was one of the organizers
Of the First National Bank, direct
or of the bank from the beginning
and had served the bank as vice
president Willmar Republican Ga
zette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-12-15
Glass Workers Lose SIGHT.

GLASS WoFKcFS Lost SEgHt.
Many of the wOrkmen in the glass
factories of Venice begin 10 lose their
sight after they have passed their for
tieth year and soon become totally
blind. The impairment of vision Is
caused by the excessive heat and the
glare from the glass furnaces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-12-15
coming session of the district court
which will convene on Dec, 5th.-
Fergus Falls Tribune ].

Fergus Falls Tribune
The last of Annadale's 1921 crop of
sugar beets are being loaded this
week. If cars had been available
they would have been taken long
ago. When loading started Monday
there were still about a quarter-nlil-
lion pounds to be shipped. Sixteen
carloads have already been sent out
of Annandale from about IT'S acres
This is an increase in acreage of
about 800 per cent over 1920. This
crop has I. a steady market at all
times, its increasing popularity in
Minnesota proves that it is financial
ly profitable.-Annandale Advocate.
Albert N. Lewis, resident of
|Willmar for fifty years and one of
the city's leading business men for
the greater part of that time, passed
away at his home in this city last
Thursday morning. He had .heen III
year and a half, illness extending
over that period following paralytic
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-12-15
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS

,ss Marcus BafkuIoo ofsss Westport
passed away Friday, Nov. q, at the
age Of q years Z 9FA
Deceased was born July g. 1915 at
Logansbury, Neb., and was married
ito Mary Nelson April 49, 1866. Five
children came to bless the union;
Fred of Webster, S. D., and Dan
of Westport, the others having pre-.
aeeded their father to the grave. Fun
seral services were held at the home
on Monday at o'clock, Rev. j. L.
Parish officiating and interment took
place in Lake Amelia cemetery
Willard Grit. -; - =, e
e ~ .5,. .s.s.Fs q
! Max Kroneman Instituted suit
against the Farmers Livestock 1nsur-
ance Co. for $4,000 for insurance on
his fine bull which died a few months
ago. The bull was insured in the
company for $4,000, but the company
refuses to make payment because it
claims that Mr. Kroneman did not
comply with the terms of the policy,
in giving notice when the bull became
sick. The case will be tried at the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-12-15

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-12
ASSASSINS TRY
TO KILL WOMAN
LEADER OF KHAN
Fiuc Shots Fired at
Mrs. Tyler; None
Take Effect.

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 12.-United
Press Police and county authori-
ties with bloodhounds today were
endeavoring to pick up the trail
OF persons who fired five shots at
Mrs Elizabeth Tyler, head of the
propaganda department of the XII
klux Klan, through her bedroom
window last night.
None of the shots took effect
Bloodhounds found the trail Of
the would-be assassins under Mrs.
Tyler's window. They followed it
to the Howell Mill road, a distance
of about 100 yards from the window
and there lost it
All further efforts to pick up a
trail were in vain.
Shortly after the shooting some
one is said to have called a morn
ing newspaper on the telephone:
VIII AGet Simmons"
"I Just wanted to say that we got
Mrs. Tyler tonight and we will get
Simmons tomorrow" the myster-
ious voice is quoted as saying. The
man would not give his name.
The shots rang out, Mrs. Tyler
told officers, as she stepped across
the threshold of an adjoining room
In which her daughter was lying
i'll.
Naturally l was badly fright
ened," the khan official said. How
ever, l retained sufficient self-pos-
session to Immediately extinguish
all lights IN the house and phone
county police"
klnBsmen Guard Home.
Klansnen have been guarding
her home for several weeks, Mrs
Tyler declared. The guard was late
last night, arriving shortly after
the attempted assassination. KlaE
| headquarters were notified and a
large number of klansmen gathered
| at their leaders home.
1T was simply an attempt upor
my life by enemies of the kian who
have sunk to the level of attempting
to essaEStnate a defenseless woman
so bitter Is their hatred of the
klan," Mrs. Tyler declared.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-12
Mexican Killed In His
Sleep; Arrest Wife AS
She Starts For Mexico

body lying on the cot the head and
face covered with blood. Authori-
ties were notified and inquest held
and police in the territory warned
to be on the lookout for the wife.
Within a few hours afterward,
Davenport police captured Mrs
Meja in the Rock Island lines sta
ton. She appeared calm and main
tanned her silence until the police
grill had been in progress several
minutes, then she spoke vo1ubfy
but calmly for a few minutes. The
Interpreter said she admitted kill
ing her husband and explained that
she had shot him through the head
The police were halted for a
time. They discovered the inaccur-
acy of her story, faced her with ii
and renewed their questioning
Finally she told the whole story
Pedro, she said, began to drink
hooch a few weeks ago and found
his chief pleasure in Furnishing her
She decided to get rid of him and
return to Mexico.
Besides the widow, two sons
aged and 4 years, survive.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-12
FUNDING BILL
Is AGREED TO
House and Senate Committees
Frame Tentative Bill as SubsH-
tute for Other Measure.

Washington, Oct. ia COM
mission of which the secretary of
the treasury would be chairman
would have full authority to fix
terms for funding and refunding of
the foreign debt under provisions
of a bill tentatively agreed to to-
day by the house ways and means
committee. The measure, Chair
man Fordney said, would be favor
ably reported, probably tomorrow,
as a substitute for the administra-
tion's bill, which would have given
the treasury secretary authority to
arrange for funding and Tefunding
of the debt
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-12

Pedro Meja, aged 43 years. a
Mexican section hand on the Rock
Island lines. was slain yesterday
morning while be slept in his box
car home in Walcott- His skull
had been crushed.
His wife. Meria Mota Meja, was
arrested by Davenport police late
yesterday afternoon while she was
buying a ticket to Kansas City, en-
route to Mexico. She told the po-
lice last night that she had shot
her husband. but the coroner's au-
topsy did not reveal any bullet
wounds The woman then said she
had crushed his skull with ham
mer. The blood-stained hammer
was found later in a wooden chest
in the boxcar which was their
home.
Pedro was killed while he slept.
The body was not discovered until
late in the afternoon when his fail
ure to report for work, his wife's S
absence and the apparent desertion
of their boxcar home aroused Pc
dro's fellow workmen. Breaking
into the car they found Pedro's
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-12
MAY
PUT CASEUP
TO HARDING
Cuts Will Affect 1000, 900
Workers; Amount Not
Yet Decided.

Chicago, Oct 12.-(United Press.)
Railroad executives plan again to
slash the wages of 100000 rail
workers, the United Press was re-
liably informed today.
The executives of the leading
carriers of the country who meet
here Friday have definitely decided
upon this step. The amount to be
cut from the payroll will be de-
cided at the conference.
Railroad officials today believed
they would be successful in trim
ming wages. They pointed to the
attitude of the administration which
recommended to the employment
conference a reduction in wages
and cut in freight rates.
ssBig Four" Won't Argue.
knowledge of the contemplated
cut has reached the big brother
hoods.
The rail union leaders, armed
with a five to one strike vote Will
not discuss further cut in wages
with the executives, it was be-
lieyed.
When the reduction is offered, ac-
cording to reliable information the
union heads will carry their case
directly to the president as they
did during the Wilson admins
tration.
The present railroad crisis arose
when the United States railroad
labor board ordered a IL per cent
reduction in wages on July l. after
both sides had presented tons of
exhibits to prove their contentious.
The men accepted the cut tenta-
lively and the leaders ordered a
strike vote on the proposition. The
vote showed the men were over
whelmingly in favor OF a strike.
Leaders Restrain Men.
The leaders, however. with whom
the final decision rests, held the
men in line and have since frankly
stated that they will not call a
strike against the July L reduction,
but will use their weapon against
further decreases.
During the controversy the Unit
ed States railroad labor board was
the target of both sides. The exec
utives stated the reduction was too
small. The workers stated they
should not have been cut at all.
The executives at their meeting
here Friday will ask congress to
allow the interstate commerce COM
mission to adjust wages This
would mean the abolition of the
railroad board-a product of the
war-if congress acts upon the
suggestion and so amends the
transportation act
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-12
Late Bulletins

Washington, Oct. 12-Unit-
ed Press. .)-Establishment of a
federal traffic board to cut
down the governments annual
transportation bill now amount
ing TO sea, 900 900 WAS announ-
ced today by Director OF the
Budget Dawes.
Naptonville, Mo- Oct IL
(United Prcss.)-R0bbers who
entered the Saptonvilie State
bank here during the night,
blew the safe and escaped with
S1,500, 1t was announced TO-
day.
Armed citizens are search.
Ing for the bandits.
Chicago, 0ct. i2.-(Cnited
Press Fifty thousand dollars
worth of furs wers stolen from
the store OF Jacob A. LewfM
here carly today by two BAN
dts. The bandits covered two
suspicious passershy with guns
while they broke uhrougn o
brick wall
The furs we're carted away In
wo automobiles.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-12
SECOND SHOALS
OFFER REFUSED

Washington, Oct. 12.-United
Press. )-Secretary of War Weeks
has told the brother of c. E. James
Of Chattanooga, Tenn, that James
offer TO take over the Muscle Shoals
project was impossible" it was
learned today.
Secretary Weeks Is still waiting
for a report from engineers OF
Henry Ford on his fWeeks) obiec-
ton to the Ford Muscle Shoals Of
fer. Weeks reiterated that there is
a difference of $50, 1000. 600 between
the sum that Ford estimates il will
take to complete the Muscle Shoals
dam and the money estimated as
necessary to complete this work by
army engineers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-12
See the Independents
Chicago Cardinal Game
Sunday on the Argus
Grid Board

The Argus will present a play-by-play exhi-
bition for the fans of the tri-cities of the Rock
Island-C Chicago Cardinal game Sunday at Chi
cago on The Argus gridiron board, repeating its
performance of Monday, when for the first time
football game taxing place 2d6 IN u another city
Arrangements have been completed for di-
rect wire from Normal Park, Chicago, scene of
the contest, to The Argus office. The game
will be covered for The Argus by J. L. Hughes,
sporting editor. A new board is being made,
including several improvements over the origi-
nal, and the game will be presented in even bet
ter and more attractive way than on Monday.
Reserve Sunday for the Independents and see
them battle Paddy Driscolls famous team on
The Argus board!