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, 1921-12-29
THE TOMB OF COLUMBUS.

..Tb. renewal Of the undertaking to erect a lofty
mausoleum and pharos "over the remains OF Shr,seo o
uher Columbus in Santo Domingo" remarks the new
York Tribune, "raises the much disputed qnesuoh OF
the actual whereabouts of those remains. Ihere are
those who insist that they still rest in santo Domlneo'
where tiev were laid in 1912. There are probably
many more who believe them 20 be in the Cnthedrai
of Seville, in Spain.
aTbese arc the known facts: In 1912 the colony Of
Hispaniola, now santo Domingo and Hayti, asked for
the return of Columbus's body, and Charles 1 accord
ingly had it, with that Of Christophers son, Diego' eN-
humed at Seville and sent thither' ana tney .Le
n,.eed in adjacent tombs beneath the sanctuary oil tine
Cathedral of Santo Domingo There the two bodies
Law for two and a half centuries undisturbed ana, IN
deed, neglected. In 1888 Moreau de Saint,Mery mace
;rouirv Concerning the toribs, and found that the
cathedral had been so remodeled that 1t was diifieult
TO tell Just where they were and which was winch IN
1928 the island was transferred to French sovereign
~, and the Spanish governor on withdrawing got per
mission to remove the remains of Columbus to hav-
ana, Cuba, and the following year he did thus remove
end had inferred in the Cathedral OF Havana what ne
and all others believed to be the coffin containing the
dust of the great discoverer.
aNo question was raised concerning this until 1887.
when extensive repairs were made to the Chtnedrai
of Santo Domingo. in the course Of which there was
unearthed a leaden casket bearing an inscription
which, when amplifed from its abbreviated form. was
said to read: "Discoverer of America: First Admiral
The president of Santo Domingo, various foreign diplo-
mats and other dignitaries were summoned, and IN
their presence the casket was opened. On the inner
side of the lid was found an inscription which was IN
terpreted as reading: Industrious and Noble Man, Don
Cristoval Colon" Thereupon and thereafter the Do
minicans insisted that the dust OF the discoVerer was
in Their possession.
1.-THE Cuban authorities and the Spanish government
made an elaborate investigation, and secured at least
comparable array of authorities on their side, headed
by Senior Columbus, Of the Spanish Royal Academy of
History, whose report was generally accepted as con.
elusive everywhere save in Santo Domingo. so a,
last. in 1893, Spain, on relinquishing the Pearl of
the Antilles took back to a tomb in the Cathedral OF
Seville the casket which had been taken from Santo
Domingo to Havana, believing that it contained the
mortal remains Of Christopher Columbus.
at is improbable that the uncertainty will ever be
entirely dispelled. But even If it is not, and even il
most people believe that the dust Of the admiral rest:
at Seville, it will not be uniting to erect a memoria
ir what was the first capital city of the New Worlt
which he found for Leon and Castillo hard by tbs
scene of his unjust Imprisonment and upon the spo'
where for more than two and a half centuries his bod,
unquestionably reposed."
, 1921-12-29

under solid tires? Rubber cannot be
compressed-pressuse merely deforms
Il. soucezcs II out of shape. The solid
tire must inficit higher unit pressures.
unless the area OF contact is made
larger by wider treads. Even then
the unit pressure can easily reach one
thousand pounds per square inch, or
more in the case OF severe impact.
These considerations point TO one
unmistakable answer the selection OF
rigid type of pavement which provides
a real factor of safety in compress
I've strength. and which affords a per.
mnnentiy even surface unaffected by
temperature changes In its ability to
Withstand impact forces without de-
formation. Therein lies an important
reason for tho popularity OF concrete
as a paving material. During Its pc
ROD OF fabrication II Is In n plastic
condition. and the surface can be fin-
ished to n high degree OF
Most highway engineers realize the
Importance OF good workmanship.
This is evidenced by the number OF
specifications which require the use
of n long straightedee rs a test for
evenness during the finishing process.
Intelligent use OF the straightedge
quickly reveals inequalities. and they
can be corrected before hardening has
commenced. Once finished TO q true
surface. concrete retains its contour
because 1t is 100 per cent resistant to
the softening effect of heat. and its
average compressive strength il usu-
ally not far from 1000 pounds per
square inch. hot or cold. The true.
, 1921-12-29
MUST HELP EUROPE.

American bankers mast heip se-establisht the fnan-
cial integrity Of Europe in the opinion Of a prominent
western banker.
That is the only way open out Of the terrible fnan-
cial chaos under which world markets and economic
conditions are buried.
Following is the broad statesmanlike view Of A. L.
Mills, president of the First National bank of Port
land. a financial authority:
"The regeneration of the civilized world rests on
the extension Of longtime loans by the United States
to European countries.
"In Great Britain conditions are bad-unemploy-
ment is a problem, Germany is undersening the man.
ufacturers. Steel blames coal, which in turn blsmes
labor. Retailers blame wholesalers. and all these
blanc the government.
"The old fighting bulldog spirit is still in the Eng
lsh nature, however, and with a sound credit on q
longtime basis can pay her old obligations, which she
has already started to do.
France. in her traditional thrifty manner, Ia staging
a comeback.
Belgium and italy by the same token win recover
their financial standings. Outlaw Russia, uncertain
South American nations, staggering China and proud.
selfish Japan. have problems to solve that will of ne
cessity involve other nations. Sweden is coming under
control of the socialist, Austria is / beyond redemption,
a hopeless bankrupt, and Germany Is In a position pc
culiar to the loser Of the war. She has no armament
program to keep up"
, 1921-12-29
Concerning Loads, Tires and Pavements

The forces exorted upon a pave
ment by traffic are combinations of
several factors. The weight OF the
vehicle: the speed at which II moves;
the character or tho tires; tho fexi.
bility OF the springs: the distribution
OF tho weight above and below the
springs. n the OF . the
pavement surface. This factor of
cvennets a be shown 20 be the most
important of all. because II Affects
the impact of moving loads.
II the surface OF n pavement Is
even. n vehicle will roll along smooth
iy and infiot very little impact. If
the pavement IL rough, the impact
may DO serious. Recent experiments
by the United States bureau of roads
Indicate tho eject OF impact may
vary from one and three.quarter
times the actual load. for pneumatic
tires, to a maximum of about seven
times the actual load for defective
solid tires. With solid rubber tires I'm
good condition, tho average impact is
about o times the actual load.
These results werN observed when a
truck wheel dropped n inch. at a
speed OF 16 miles per hour. Thus a
wheel load of 5000 pounds. with a de.
fective solid rubber tire. might de.
liver a blow equivalent TO $4,000
pounds of static load. Under the
same conditions. & pneumatic tired
wheel would deliver an impact equiva.
lent only to $4,000 pounds of static
load. Sometimes impact may not be
caused by h pavement itself. but by
a small obstruction dropped on the
surface. such as a stone. or a stick.
The wheel strikes the obstruction.
rises over 1t. and falls. delivering an
impact. The force OF the impact will
depend upon the several factors men.
, 1921-12-29

toned in the FIRST paragraph. but
chiefly II Will depend upon the kind
or tire. II a been shown that a
pneumatic tire has an important cush.
ioning effect-that IL. instead of be.
Ing delivered entirely to the pave.
mont surface. the inpac. Is largely
expended in COMPRISING the air in.
side the tire and increasing the area
Of bearing surface contact. In the
case OF n semi.solid cushion tire. some
OF h impact Is expended in deform.
ing h tire shape. With a solid rub
Der tire. there is still an important
cushioninE effect, but much more Of
the impact is delivered to the pave.
msHt t.ian with either the cushion or
pneumatic tire. Some states make a
differentiai in vehicle licenses IN IA
vor of pneumatic Ind cushion tires,
and h Il seems right In principle.
There r certain further considera-
lions. Take the pneumatic tire first.
The air pressure in the tires will
vary from about 60 or 20 pounds per
square inch. for light automobiles. to
about 40 pounds In the large truck
tires. Neglecting the effect OF i'm
pact, this pressure will also be the
square inch pressure on the contact
area under the tire or upon tho pave
ment surface. This pressure per unit
of contact urea will be fairly constant
regardless OF the o on the vehicle.
II the load is increased. more tire
area will 70 brought into play, until
the pressure on the pavement Is the
same as the air pressure inside the
tire. Therein lies a reason for the
rutting of a soft surface under flight
automobile traffic-the pressure per
square inch is much more than the
material can resist. II this is the
Ease with pneumatics. what happens
, 1921-12-29
FOOLISH TO DELAY.

In commenting on the building situation and neces-
sity for public to realize changed conditions. w. E.
Creed, president Of the Pacific Gas & Electric Com.
prny. in giving his opinion on tho subject said.
81 think that &c Is very essential that the public
know that they are not buying on a falling market.
There Is a shortage Of building Of all kinds, from the
dwelling to the ONCE building. The investor must be
satisfied that he is not buying on a falling market be.
fore he will consider building.
Another condition that is essential is to convince
the prospective builder that the labor market is stable
and that no sudden changes are going to take place
in IL while his building is In the process Of ~eonstrue-
ton"
The lumber market is rising and the labor market
is pretty well stabilized. There is no reason for delay
ing necessary building.
, 1921-12-29
BY WISE BUYING.

mot by dickering and bargaining, not through a
buyers strike not by tanning the fires of ruthless
competition-these are but shallow expedients with
out permanent value" says the Boot and Shoe Re-
corder.
'"There is but one way in which prices can be
brought down to stay down, and in a way which will
not kill the COW to get the milk-tha is by a reduc-
ton in the cost of making and marketing.
'EIn both these operations the buyer can play a vi
tai part. The best equipped factory cannot operate
economically without a sustained demand for its goods
which will enable mass production, and it cannot sell
economically except through mass marketing.
at is to your interest to know that goods are well
sold, as well as well made. You have to pay the cost
of selling just as you have to pay for the cost of man.
ufacturing. Think that over.
"And the cost of selling is no small item. In some
cases it costs more TO sell goods than to make them.
The seller who clings to antiquated, expensive meth
DDS of selling is no more entitled to your patronage
than the one who runs an out-of-date factory, because
you have to pay the additional costs in either case.
"f the waste is to be squeezed out of selling, the
buyer cannot escape a share of the responsibility in
bringing it about.
'sThis means recognizing in a substantial way the
efforts of those sellers vino have adopted modern, eco
nomical methods of selling, and one of these, beyond
pers. Advertising not only cuts the cost Of selling,
hut it increases production volume and lowers man
ufacturinR costs. 1t standsrdizes quality, and is a
guarantee Of good faith.
1.-THE sooner buyers begin to put this idea into prac-
tice in real earnest the sooner will the benefits be
manifest"
, 1921-12-29
THE BROKEN o

"A new silver dollar, intended to be symbolic Of
peace" notes the New York Herald, sis about to be
minted by the government. This is a good idea, but
many Americans must read with regret that the de-
signer, in his effort to picture the idea behind the
Washington arms conference, represents the American
eagle as standing on a broken sword
eff the artist had sheathed the blade or blunted it
there could be no objection. Sheathing is symbolic
of peace; the blunted sword implies mercy. But a
broken sword carries with it only unpleasant asso-
Citations.
"a sword Is broken when its owner has disgraced
himself. 1t is broken when a battle is lost and break
ing is the alternative of surrendering. A sword is
broken when the man who wears 1t can no longer rem
der allegiance to his sovereign.
"But America has not broken its sword. It has not
been cashiered or beaten; it has not lost allegiance to
itself. The blade is bright and keen and wholly de-
~pcndable.
SIT is regrettable that the artist should have made
ouch an error in symbolism The sword is emblematic
of Justice as well as of Strength. Let not the world
be deceived by this new dollar. The American effort
to limit armament and to prevent war or at least re-
duce its horror does not mean that our sword is
broken"
, 1921-12-29
DESTROYING EMBODIMENT,

Taxation Is gnawing unrelentlossly into the vitaIs Of
western industry.
Take mines as an illustration. They have been hard
hit by taxation for several years and il it is not low
cred, and capital given a chance for profit more mines
will close until such time as relief can be had.
The federal taxes are heavy enough but in addition
to them the total of state taxes in such states as Ariz-
ona is out of proportion to population and business.
State and government taxes are hitting the copper
mining industry a Knockout blow when it is already
flat on its back.
As labor forms more than so per cent of the cost Of
making copper, it will either have to be greatly re-
duced in price to meet the tax burden or mines close.
Thus is the hypocrisy of the politicians argument
that "Taxes are paid by corporations and not by the
people, brought home with singing force to the
working man.
When you tax a corporation to death there is no job
for the workman.
, 1921-12-29
DOES Ir uNsPARINcLY.

The Cowley Progress recently published a very
strong article in condemnation of the modern dances
The Progress, has, in fact, printed several scathing
criticisms on the same subject of late, and has sue
ceeded in arousing one of the readers, G. ". Cutler,
to lend assistance in the good work which may be
found in the following scathing letter to the editor:
al want to publicly thank you for your splendid
and timely article of last week on the modern dance.
You had the courage to call the modern dance by its
right name-the halfway station between the virtu-
Gus purity of a sacred home life and the profaned life
CT the polluted underworld. What view can possibly
be SO degrading as that of a youthful couple wabbling
sensually in syncopated distortion to the jazzy, weird
moan of the saxaphone? The community that pa
tronizes the modern dance hall is placing, in big. broad
letters. the stamp of approval upon public exhibitions
of indecency and immortality. Such a community is
surely committing moral suicide. Such a commun-
ity is forcing its youthful girls and boys to swim in a
moral cesspool from which no one can possibly emerge
clean and pure in heart. Woe unto such a city, for
in the day of Judgment it will be more tolerable for
Tyre and Sidon Than for you. War may kill its mil
lions, but the modern mental, social and physical dis
eases that have their first ~blighting stage of incuba-
tion in the modern dance, kill their ten millions. Why
should a community feed the flames of mans most
ruinous passiou7 Why should we. in a single hour of
, 1921-12-29
MUST BE pocILE.

II Eugene v. Debs, now that he has been released
from Atlanta prison, will devote the remainder Of his
life to deeds for the betterment of humanity; and dis
card the group of radicals that influenced him to step
beyond the laws of the land and the rules governing
the safety of society, all will go well with him and his
days of usefulness may be heightened.
But if the things he formerly represented and es-
poused and the punishment inflicted upon him by the
government are capitalized and exploited by his fol-
lowers there will be other and more serious trouble
N store.
The people of the country will rejoice over the par
don granted; but they will not 'condone further acts
and expressions of treason from Debs or from the
radical contingent that poses as his party.
, 1921-12-29

licentiousness, render n~ugatory the teachings and
training Of yesrsf Can we not stop this mad rush to-
ward racial insaEity7 Can we not call back, before Il
Is too late, the sweet, modest feminity Of yesterday
can But not by sitting in our editorial arm
chairs penning nery phillipics against immortality. We
can, five organize the forces for decenry as efh-
GENTLY as the forces commercialized prostitution are
organized We can, five put behind that organ
ization as much thought, as much planning. as much
vigilance, as much advertising and a. much enthus-
insm as is put behind the organizations for indecent
entertainment That is the price we must pay. Let's
either pay the price or shut up"
, 1921-12-29

even surface reduces the danger Of
impact and the high compressive
strength affords n generous factor OF
safety against the normal tire pres
sure-
An adequately designed aud built
oncre pavement viii carry safely
any traffic OF the weights and speeds
permitted by present motor vehicle
sistutes.
The Mankato free press., 1921-12-16
Strikes and Labor
Disputes In Gotham,
Threat WaIkouts InvoIe More
Than 100, 900 Men Appear
On Horizon
[Associated Press Dispatch ]

New York, December 13.-New
York's industrial horizon assumed a
more pessimistic outlook today.
Three great strikes that would in
volve more than 100000 men in the
metropolitan area appeared against a
background of three Important labor
disputes came from three quarters
the anthracite coal miners, railroad
maintenance of way and shop crafts
men and the building trades.
or these, the threatened walkout in
the building trades which alone would
affect nearly 100000 men here, was
pointed out as having serious possibil-
tiles. Drastic wage cuts to be drafted
tomorrow will be fought to the ut
most, union leaders declared yester-
day. A similar attempt, last summer
though on a much smaller scale was
met with immediate refusal by the
men.
Railroad men stated their position
with regard to proposed by unani
mously voting to demand immediate
increases of about seventeen per cent.
In the meantime. New York's milk
strike was still in progress. Police Of
fcers were riding ON delivery wagons
to protect the drivers. More than, A.
600 employees of the "big Eve" packers
walked out yesterday in protest
against what they said was in effort
on the part Of employers to destroy
the principle Of collective bargaining
in the industry
The Mankato free press., 1921-12-16
Claim Yargis Has
Pulled Cleuer Trick
He Is Charged With Having
Obtained Money On His
New Saving Scheme

Fairmont, December Sd. S. Var
gis, organizer of q new save your
money plan," visited F'airmont, after
yDtaining, 1t is alleged, a certified
check for $3.50, issued by a farmer
near Winnebago and a note for the
same amount from the same man. He
evidently failed to meet with success
in Fairmont and as the authorities of
Faribault county were hot on his
operation was discovered.
His scheme Is to sell contractors
and builders the privilege of purchas-
ing lumber from his company for cost,
providing however they pay from one
to FIVE hundred dollars for the privi-
lege.
The Mississippi Lumberman, a
monthly magazine, discloses a few
facts about Yargis as follows: His
farmers to whom he represented him
self as agent for a corporation with
capitalization of half a hillion dol
lars and assets worth a number of
times that amount. His proposal that
the farmers pay him anywhere from
500 to $500 in return for which they
would be able to purchase lumber at
Wholesale prices and subtract the
amount paid In for the remittance of
the first car received.
In spite Of the fact that farmers in
Iowa, and other middle western states
had been badly nipped prior to this
in the purchase of stock in various
wildcat schemes, this Yargis told So
good a story that he was not only
able to get good sized checks from a
number Of farmers, but was also able
So,rS to sta1d md off hotel keepers for his
Among other plans given by him
at that time was the establishment
OF large distributing yard in Ames,
Iowa and on the strength Of the state
ment that such yard was to be es-
tablished he sold stock to a number
of people in and around that Iowa
city.
After waiting for some time to get
the farmers, to whom he had sold
stock, commenced to look into the
matter and the suspicious of the
proprietor Of O hotel in Ames were
also aroused. Mr.. Yargis was arrest
ed and brought before a court at
Ames to answer a charge of jumping
a board bill, and according to our
latest information at the time the
previous article was published he was
his term or settled his board bill and
avoided prosecution we are not in
formed but some correspondence that
has come to our desk this week indi-
Gates that Yargis is again active
though In another field.
His new field Of operation seems to
be in South Dakota and obtained op-
ton on two pieces of property and
interested several farmers and con-
tractors In his proposition. promising
to sell than material at cost IL they
were stockholders. Mr.. Yargis was
also more or less active in Nebraska.
Mr.. Mum Of the H. L. Mum Jim-
Der company of Ames, Iowa says that
he has learned that Mr.. Yargis is still
under Indictment at the district court
at Ames, for obtaining money under
] false pretenses-
The Mankato free press., 1921-12-16
TWO CHILDREN KILLED

Dubuque. Ia, December 1.-Two
children were instantly killed and
three other persons are in serious
condition at local hospital, as the
result of fast Illinois Central pas
senger train striking an automobile
at Epworth late yesterday.
The dead are: Florence Murray,
aged three, and Leonard Murray,
aged fifteen months. Their parents,
Mr.. and d-Mrs. John Murray Of Placid.
Iowa, and another child Margaret,
aged fifteen, are In serious condi-
tiop.