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The New York herald., 1921-09-15
POSTMASTERS CHOSEN
ON MERIT, SAYS HAYS
Many Appointees From,
Ranks, Including N. y. Man.
Special Despatch to THE New YoaK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. II.

Special Despatch to THE New YoRK HraALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c.. Sept. II.
Merit wins In the postal scrvice.
Postmaster General Hays gave agures
to-day to show that under the Harding
administration practically all the SIS
appointments OF postmasters in the first
six months of his regime had been based
on merit.
More than half OF the appointments.
APE = De exact. were promotions within
the service. Men who had served for
years, some of them starting as carriers
and clerks. had been raised to the highest
positions available.
The postmastershlp In New York was
decribed as n shining example of the
rise OF a man through the ranks to the
top. This is the most important POSITION
In the postal service.
Four hundred and fifty-two appoint-
msnts to Presidential Offices were made
- the result of civil service
Examinations. Under she law the
Postmaster-General can sect any one OF
the three men who pass W. the highest
mark.
Mr.. Hays said that out OF thu .I,s of
such appointments in 345 cases the man
standing number one had been MONT
mated for office. or the other nominees
75 stood number two and SO number
three. In many cases those appointed
from number two and. number three
positions were former service men.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
BUILDING OPERATIONS
NOW ACTIVE IN CHICAGO
Hosting Engineers Return to
Work; Other Trades Out.

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALp.
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-Building opera
tions on the Federal Reserve Bank. the
Union Station and other large construc-
ton projects were resumed to-day on an
extensive scale following the return of
the high pressure hosting engineers to
their jobs The eighty-five cents an
hour engineers who operate the mixing
machines and donkey engines. however.
remained on their runaway strike.
The plumbers. steamfitters, carpenters
and sheet metal men also failed to re-
turn. despite votes taken by most OF
these unions last night to abide by the
lands awards and prepare a protest to
be acted on September 81.
The operation of the hosting enrines
enabled the bricklayers and other trades
who have accepted the new wages to go
on with their work. Heretofore they
have been idle because of the Inability
to get supplies to them.
The business agents met again with
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
RAIL STRIKE IN 80 DAYS
VOTED BY MACHINISTS
Men at CleDeland Told to
Prepare for Protest.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 14.-Boiler makers.
biacksmiths. machinists. carmen. elec-
trical workers and sheet metal workers
employed by different railroads have
voted to strike In protest to the wage
reductions ordered by the Railway Labor
Board. according to two representatives
of the railroad department of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor.
These men. james G. Sause. Fort
Wayne. Ind. representing the boiler
makers craft, and U. A. Lechler. Pitts
burgh, of the machinists, were here to-
day advising the various railroad crafts
to prepare for the anticipated strike.
This is expected within another month.
The workers also were urged to remain
ut their jobs until official word to strike
IS received.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
s5oO,OoO,O0O DUE
US. TO-DAY IN TAXES
Third Instalment of Assess.
ment on Incomes Must Be
Paid by Midnight.
Special Despatch to TIVE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. II.

Special Despatch to TIVE NEW YORK HERALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. G., Sept. II.
Uncle Sans pocketbools will be fat
tened by half billion dollars to-mor-
row. Taxpayers will strengthen the
United States Treasury's Golfers in that
sum by payments of the third install
ment OF income and excess profits taxes
Secretary Of the Treasury Melons
latest estimate to-day was that income
tax payments may go as high as $685.
100000. All the third instalment must
be in the hands of the collectors of in
ternal revenue Of all districts by mid
night tomorrow. 1t may be several
days before final reports reach Wash
ington and the official totals can be
made public. Treasury officials were
confident that after the income taxes for
this quarter are paid IN the Govern
ment's ledgers would show large sur
plus for the period from July / to Sep
tember. E
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Blair said to-day that of a total of
nearly 100000 taxpayers in the United
States his records showed hat 1922
TIC. including both men and women.
were paying their taxes on, the install
ment plan OF that number, according
to Mr.. Blair. 1.227,141 are taxpayers
whose net incomes are $5,OVO or less.
The revenue lists also showed that there
are 91.71S corporations paying on the
instalment basis.
Some of the heaviest operations of the
Treasury come within the next sixty
days period Maturities which the Gov
ernment must meet total well above ST.
600 100000 There will mature to-mor-
row $685.. 100000 in Treasury certificates
OF Indebtedness There also becomes
payable tomorrow the semi-annual in
terest on the thiysl Liberty loan. amount
ing to 100000, 900.
Other big debts the Government must
meet In another month include retire.
ment of s3S2 10000 certificates of in
debtedness maturing October Is. and
payment of the semi-annual interest Of
$145. 900. 900 on the fourth Liberty loan.
Against these payments. however, the
Treasury counts on to-morrow's income
tax payments, together with revenues
from other sources. to put the Govern
ment's current finances in q favorable
position.
Although the first two months of the
present quarter showed q deficit OF
$161. 900. 900, to-morrow's receipts by coll
lectors, added to other normal revenues.
will make IL possible for the Treasury's
current operations to show q net surplus
for the quarter by September so.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15

Cotton on hand on August 81 IN con-
suming establishments was 1,0O2,3Sl
bales Of liut and 1SS.937 OF linters
against t.126.Ts3 OF lint and 262.0S5 OF
llnters on August 81, 1920. and in public
storage and at congresses 3.4s0.7sS OF
lint and 241,333 of linters. against 1884,
4ss OF lint and 357.566 OF linters on
August 81. 1920.
Imports OF cotton in August were
$500 bales. against 23.1o6 In August,
1920.
Exports OF cotton in August were
495, 1870 bales. including 7,sss of linters.
against 1865, including 1859 of lint
ers. In August. 1920.
Cotton spindles active In August were
33.o59.211. In contrast to 34.51S,203 in
August, 1920.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
N. Y. MAN TO BUILD UP
POSTAL MOTOR SERVICE
r. C.. Matthiesen Is Special
Assistant to Hays.

Special Despatch to THE NEw rMK HrRALn
IA New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, D. c., SeSt- IL
Ralph c. Matthiesen. president Of the
Motor Haul Age Company of New York
city. was to-day appointed to be q special
assistant TO the Postmaster-General to
reorganize the motor transport service OF
the Post Office Department. He viii
create q bureau OF motor vehicle trans
portation in the office Of the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster-General.
There are 271 cities In which Govern
ment owned motor vehicles are operated,
maintaining more than 1900 motor
vehicles. Its operating expenses an
nually amount to about SIS. 100000
There are nearly 5000 supervisory Of
ficials. clerks. chauffeurs, mechanics.
&C.. employed.
Mr.. Matthiesen will organize a force
Of expert field men taken from cities
where the service Is best managed and
endeayor to build up the weak points
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
COTTON CONSUMPTION REPORT

wAsHINcroN. sept. 14.--Cotton dur
ing August amounted to 467.103 bales
Of lint and 50,S71 of linters. in con-
trast to 4s3.560 OF lint and 4s,412 OF
linters In August, 1920. the Census
Bureau announced to-day.
The consumption OF lint cotton in
American mills by months. with COM
parIsons. is set forth in the table be-
low. The headings are cotton years"
which end on August 81.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYED
NOT VIEWED AS SERIOUS

Thomas Kearpey. president of tho Chi
cago Building Trades Council. to discuss
the situation. especially ways and means
of bringing the disgruntled tradesmen
back on their jobs In order to take ad-
vantage of Judge Landis's offer to hold
a rehearing on the unions hardest hit oy
the award.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
=
MONGOLIA TURNS TO REDS.

RIGA Sept f4.--A radio despatch re-
ceivcd here from Moscow says the new
Mongolian Government has requested
NJ. Tchitchcrin. the Bolshevik Foreign
Minister. TO regulate Mongolia's rela-
tionship ~ith China. and has placed all
Mongolia's foreign affairs In the hands
Of the Moscow Government.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
Ex-Gov. SMITH At CoNEY.

More than 100000 persons went to
Coney Island last evening for the third
night of the annual Mardi-Gras celebra-
ton. 1t was woodmen of the World
Day, and more than 1000 members OF
that fraternal order were In line in the
parade. The march was reviewed b.
ex-Gov. Smith. Mrs. Smith and their
daughter. Miss Emily Smith.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15

An advertisement 81 tns Lost and
Found columns OF THE NEW YORK
HERALD offers a real possibility Of
recovering your lost property.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
Range OF prices:
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 1f.-Cotton closed
to-day at net advances of to IL points.
January 19.6lc.: March. 19.4Ic. May
l92Oc. Spot firm; middling, l9.7oc
SPOTS.
The local market for spot cotton was quiet
and 10 points lower at 20.2O; sales 6s oales.
changed at 20.T5: sales ITO bales. New
Orleans firm. 25 higher at 1913; sales
6,E37 Mobile steady. unchanged at 19c
sales no. Savannah steady. 25 higher NJ
oOc: sales 1874 bales. Norfolk steady. 90
higher at 1880: sales 535 bales Augusta
steady, unchanged at 1919: sales 2S4 bales.
Memphis steady. UNCHANGED at 2oc: safes
1000 bales. st. Louis firm. unchanged az
2Oc.: sales 750. Houston steady. unchangeeo
III 20 Is: gales 4. 74s. Little Rock steady. %
higher ut 2oc sales 725. Dallas steady.
unchanged at 1880: sales 800 Mohtgom-
cry firm, unchanged at 1925: sales 300
Fort Worth steady. unchanged at 1870;
sales $50 bales.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
LIVERPOOL.

Spot cotton active Mt 81 points advance:
middlngs 13.41d. Sales. $1,000; American.
10000. Imports. 5000. none American. Fu-
lures opened steady. at Al 10 % points ad-
vance. Closed very steady at net advance
Of 40 to SO points. October. lS. i9d.: De-
cembcr, 13.37d.: January, 10. 1Od.: March.
12s1d: May, 12.6id.: July. 1236d. Man
chester yarns fair business doing: cloths
In more demand,
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
BID AND ASKED QUOTATIONS
n. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS

To the following prices accrued intere
Is 10 be added:
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Equitable Trust Co. d New York

st the close Of business on the 9th day OF
eep'eni' RESOURCES.
sSi,r,: Other currency authorized by the
Laws OF the United States. i.ee4.4oo!oo
Cash items. VIZ:
Exchanges and
days ' ciesrinss. SIS. .s4s 1880
Other cash items. 6s5.S37.lt
Due from The Federal Reserve
Bank of New York less offsets. 1S.97a.ll3.63
Due from other banks trust COM
panies and bankers. ....,. 2z,Zoe.cof.5S
Stock and bond Investments. VIZ:
Public securities xl3,O4l .425,sI
Private securities 27.leS 7O6.45
Loans and discounts secured by
bond and mortgage deed or
other real estate cola terai. ool.z3Zoo
Loans and discounts secured by
other collateral. 5O.Z05,1o1oo
Loans. discounts and bills pur-
chased not secured by collateral b3.0255l9l ~
Own acceptanccs purchased. sao.aaoi3
Bonds d' and mortgages owned l.e52ooo.o0
Real estate viz:
Bank buildings. s3.376. $4,000
Other real estate. 3oisz.oo
Customers lia-
bility on accept~
ties per CONTRA SEE. .336, ,57s.i4
Less anticipations 2.610. l64.64
Other assets. viz:
Foreign Offices
(per contra) SIC. .113 10000
Accrued interest
enteredon books
at close OF busi-
ness on above
date ...... l,lSo, lSo.zS
branches 6,s2I635,46
Sundry debtors 7l5.07o67
Total. $50. .s272. 2.ols.s557s
LIABILITIES
Capital stock. .Sl2,0CO. 10000
Surplus:
Surplus fund SI4. SOC. 10000
Undivided profits 2.317, 53l .32
The New York herald., 1921-09-15
STATTSTICS.

COTTONSEED OIL.
Range of prices:
The New York herald., 1921-09-15

Closing prices OF stocks IN which there
were no transactions yesterday:
The New York herald., 1921-09-15

(Charter No 34D
tR eserve District No. q
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
FIFTH NATIONAL BANK
at New York in the State Of New York. at the
close of business on September Q. 1921.
RESOURCES.
The New York herald., 1921-09-15

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
New York Lie insurance and Trust CO.
at the close OF business on the 9th day Of
The spectator., 1921-04-29
CHAPTER VII
The Lost 1oto

When Kirgan told me he was shy whole locomotive, I began to see all sorts of fireworks. Of course, the boss disappearance with that of the engine which had been left stand ing below the coal chutes. but the two things snapped themselves together for me like the halves of an auto matte coupling, and I couldn't wedge them apart
 An cnglne-even n little old Atlan- tic-type-is pretty big thing to lose, isn't it, kircan?. I asked.
 kirs0n rightcd his chair with n crash.
 Jimmie, f.e sifted this blamed out fit through an eiehty-mesh sereen!" he groWled. With all the evil-to-pay that's goin' on over at the head quarters, I didn't want to bother Mir. Van Britt, and I haven't been ad- vertiSin' in the newspapers. But it's a holy fact, Jimmie. The 'Sixteen's gone '"
 was trying to pry myself loose from the notion that the loss of the engine and the boss disappearance at about the same time were in some way connected with each other. It was no use; the idea refused 10 let go.
 Look here, Kirgan,' I showed in :; why AIr. Norcross should write Mir. Van Britt n letter saying that he had quit and was going east on the mid night train and then should change his mind and come down here and go somewhere on that engne?"
 After I had said it, 1t sounded so foolish that l wanted to take 1t back. But Kirgan didn't seem to look at 1t that way.
 Well. I'll be shot. '" he exclaimed "I never once thought of that But where the devil would he go? And how would he get there without some body finding out? And why in Sam Hill would he do a thing like that, anyway: Why, sufferin' Moses. if he wanted to go anywhere, all he had to do was to order out his car and tell the dispatcher, and go
 "I can't figure It out any better than you can," l confessed Mir. Norcross Is gone and the Ten Sixteen is gone, and they both dropped out between ten and twelve o'clock on the same night. Mart. I don't believe Mir. Nor cross went east at all. I believe. when we find that engine we'll find him :"
 Klrgan got out of his chair and be- gan to walk up and down in the little space between his desk and the draw
The spectator., 1921-04-29

stenographer on some errand or other, and made me sit down and tell him all I knew. When I got through he was pulling at his long mustache and wrinkling his nose as I've seen bull dog do when he was getting ready to bite something.
 You haven't got all the drop-out business cornered over wonder in the general office, Jimmie," he said slow ly. tilting back in his swing-chair and glowering at me with those sultry eyes of his. "On that same night that you're talkin' about. stand to lose one per fectly good Atlantic-type locomotive. At ten o'clock she was set in on the spur below the coal chutes. At twelve o'clock, when the round-house watch man went down there to see if her fire was banked all right, she was gone"
The spectator., 1921-04-29

showed up on the map. The ten-mie siding might have served for the pass ing point. but in that case the crew of the Fast Mail would surely have seen the 1916 waiting on the siding as they came by. And they hadn't seen it; kirgan said they had been ques- toned promptly the following morn- ing.
 Though I had been over the road with Mr. Norcross in his private car any number of times since we had taken hold, didn't recall the detail tOpographies very clearly. and couldn't seem to remember anything about this siding ten miles west of Banta. So l asked Kirgan.
 That siding isn't in any such shape that the Fast Mail could get by with out seeing meet train on the side. track. Is it?''
 The big master-mechanic shook his head.
 Hardly. you'd think. I reckon we are up stump. Jimmie. That siding is part of an old " at the mouth of
The spectator., 1921-04-29

sulch that runs back into the noun tains for maybe dozen miles or so. They tell me the ~'Y' was put in for the Timber Mountain Lumber outfit when they used the gulch mouth for their shipping point. They had one of their saw-mills up in the guch somewhere, but the business died out when they got the timber all cut off"
 Tell me this. Mart" I put in quick ly. The Timber Mountain company Is one of the Red Tower monopolies: did 1t have n railroad track up that gulch connecting with our 'Y'?'
 Why, yes; l reckon so. I'm not right sure that there ain't one there yet. But if there Is, it's been dis connected from the " I'm sure of that. because I went in on that 1T one day with the wrecker."
 You'd think this would have settled it. But l hung on like dog to a root.
 Say, Mart,' l insisted, this " siding we're talking about Is just around where the Ten Sixteen ought to have met the Mail; so far as we can tell by this map it's the only place where 1t could have met 1t. And the old gulch track would have been q mighty good hiding place for the stolen engine"
 There amt any track there," said kirgan, shaking his head; "or, least wise, If there is, 1t hasn't any rail con nection with our siding, just as I'm tellin' you. We'll have to look far ther along"
 Somehow, l couldn't get It out of my head but that l was right. Our guesSes all went as straight as string to that " siding ten miles west of Banta, and I was sure that if had heen talking to Mir. Van Britt I could have convinced him. But Kirgan was awfully hard-headed
 its supper time." he said, after we had mulled while longer over the map. Tomorrow, if you like, we'll take an engine and run down there. But we ain't goin' to find any thing. 1 can tell you that. right now"
 Yes. and tomorrow we may have the new general manager. and then you and l and all the others will be hunting for some other railroad to work on." I retorted.
 pretty nearly had him over the edge, but l couldn't push him the rest of the way 10 save my life.
 If there was the least little scrap-a reason even to imagine that Mir. Nor cross had gone off on that stolen eight-wheeler. 1t would be different, Jimmie" he protested. But there aint; and you know doggoned well there alnt. Let's go uptown and hunt up something to eat. You'll feel a heap clearer In your mind when you get good square meal inside O your clothes"
 We left the shop offices together, and got shut out. crossing the yard by a freight that was pulling in from the west. There wns yard crew shifting on the other side of the in. coming traIn. and rather than wait for the double obstruction to clear itself. we walked down the shop track. mean.
The spectator., 1921-04-29
LosT-oNE PERFECTLY GOOD ENGINE.

Jlnm  
  O. to 
 
 
 
  In
  To
  Citizens Warehouse   has he resgn and goneea
The spectator., 1921-04-29

ing-board. Besides being the best boss mechanic in the West. he was first class fighting man. with clear head and nerve to burn. When he had got as far as he could go alone he turned on me.
 Jimmie. do you reckon this Red Tower outfit was far enough along in It's scrap with the boss to put up job to pass him out of the game" he de- manded.
 I told him IL didn't seem to fit Into any twentieth-century scheme of things. and past that l mentioned the
The spectator., 1921-04-29
Enter Mir. Dismuke, "gen- erAl manager"
(To BE CONTINUED
Totterino for 600 Years.

The famous Leaning tower of Pisa is of pure white Carrara marble in the Gothic style. Its departure from the perpendicular has been variously in- terpreted. but there Is little doubt that 1t rises from the softpess of the soil on which 1t stands and which has given way. Notwithstanding It's threatening appearance. 1t has now stood for more than s hundred years without rent or decay
The spectator., 1921-04-29
And usbid.

Bossom-Did you pay for this cleo tric battery1" His valet-"No, sir: you told me to ha e 1t chargedw
The spectator., 1921-04-29

He who Is unaby to collect his wits CT his bills ,s in bugh luck.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-09-16
FIVE ARE MISSING
IN TEXAS FLOOD
San Antonio Streets Swept by Rivers
OverfIow-Worst
Since 1913.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas.-Five Der
sons are missing and property damage
estimated at thousands of dollars has
been caused in the downtown business
and residential district by an overflow
OF the San Antonio river and Alazan
creek here early Friday morning
which is described as being the most
serious flood here since 1913. The
waters rose suddenly, following rains
OF two days, with a precipitation ex-
ceedlng seven inches. The missing
are; Mrs. Alma Elan and two chill
dren. A neighbor reported having
seen their house washed away. Chas
Grant was seen to hand his baby to
a nelghbor and enter his house in
search OF his wife. Neither has been
seen since.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-09-16
Grain Priced Below Value

~ PAUL, MinD.-Forty per cent
OF the 1921 grain crop of the United
States has been dumped on the mar.
ket IN the first 30 days of the harvest
season and has depressed prices be-
low actual value, j. R. Howard. presi-
DENT OF the American Farm Bureau
federation, told a massmeeting of
farmers here at the state fair. He
characterized the marketing system as
dlsorderly" and said it had broken
down under the pressure of 1870. 900 ooo
Duhels OF wheat thrown on western
terminal markets in a month
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-09-16
HARDING NAMES FOUR =
HUGHES, ELsHUE ROOM SEN
TORS LoeE AND UNDER.
WOOD.
AT ARMAMENT CONFEREAcE
Four Each From. Five Nations W.
Sit at Main Meet, But all VIM
Have Large Number of
Under Secretaries.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Presido,,
Harding has announced the full AZ
erican delegation to the armamo,,
conference. 1t consists of four mo.
bers. ''''u'
Charles Evans Hughes, secretarv i,
state, former Justice of the snnrs,' y
court, one time candidate for the n,a ,s
idency, and twice governor Of Nss
York; lawyer by profession.
Elihu Root, once secretary Of va.
later secretary of state; former 60,
ator from New York, lawyer iu,;,
and statesman of international reum
tation. Sp~
Henry Cabot Lodge, senator from
Massachusetts; republican floor leod
er, chairman of the foreign relation,
committee; long time student of Il.
ternational affairs, and author :,
many works of an historical naturo
Oscar w. Underwood, democrat
senior senator from Alabama Ieado,
OF his party in the senate as he was
III the mousse OF representatives rp
garded by colleagues of both parties
in the senate chamber as safe and
sane Lawyer by profession and in
public and political life since 1892
He was for the treaty of Versailles
and the legue of nations covenant
with or without reservations.
These four will represent America
at the table at which will be gathered
four from each other nation repre-
sented
The conference proper or what
might ge termed it's supreme body
will consist of 20 members, it was
each of the five major
powers being represented by big
our"
Only the big four delegations
rom each of the five allied and as
ociated powers will sit in the gen.
raj conference on armament limita-
ion
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-09-16
WlNTRY WEATHER
COMES IN HURRY
Snow Piles High in Canad a-CoId
Days Due in United States
Also Much Rain.

WINNIPEG, Misunderstanding rains,
which have suspended harvesting and
threshing operations in nearly every
district in Saskatchewan, with wintry
weather and snow in several areas was
reported throughout the province
September 10, causing great damage
to standing and cut crops.
Reports from Swift Current state
that two feet of snow have fallen in
storm, with the thermometer register
ing 20 degrees above The snow is
piled in high drifts, and according to
the report this is the worst snow storm
for this time of the year that has
occurred in this district for % years.