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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
SIAMESE RULER is SUPREME.
Monarch That Is Left on This
Old Earth.

You forget, when you are in Lon
don, that you are in the kings capital.
You forget it in every kings capital
in the world-eXcept Bangkok, Siam.
I had not been in my hotel for half
an hour when / heard whistles blow
ing and bells ringing and trumpets
sounding strange fanfares. | asked
my hoy" Che came with my hotel
room and was my shadow during my
entire stay in Siam) what the noise
signified. He knelt down and put
his hands pOusly together, as Gus
tom DEGREES that a servant must do
when addressing a superior, and made
me understand in his queer, pidgin-
English that the king was passing by.
Later | came to know that the pass
ing of the king was not a rare Oc-
currence. Often the trumpets an
nounced him two or three times
day, as he took the route to or from
the gOlden-roofed royal palace in the
center of the city and the audience
hall two miles distant. Every time
he passed. the highway was lined with
q NloWu eager W pay 1IOlLdSC VI
in Bangkok, a king is a reality, not
the mere figurehead that he has come
to be in most other countries.
The hotel at which | stopped was
owned by the king. So | found, was
everything else in Siam, including the
inhabitants, body and soul. Rama VI
Oxford graduate, playwright, poet
lynnn -,
the most absolute of all the monarchs
left on earth. Gle does not appear
in the SiameSe archives as Rama VI.
His real name, with his titles, is Som
detch Phra Paramendr Maha Vajir-
avudh Phra Mongkut Klao. But for
the sake of convenience, foreigners
caG him Rama VIZ.
Rama VI is an autOcrat, but his
government, strangely enough, is
more like an advanced state social
ism than anything else. The state
owns the main lines of the railways
the oil fields, the forests and the
mines. The street cars and the water
works and the lighting system of
Bangkok are state property. Of course
the state is the king But the king
draws very firm, straight line be
tween his rights as an individual and
his rights as the head of the govern
ment, and governs for his people more
truly than does many an elected ex
ecutive. He is democratic in spirit
know of just one act of his that
might be called tyrannical-his recent
order that the women of Siam must
let their hair grow Iong.-Florence
Burgess Meekan in Asia Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
The CONSPICUOUS Result

us bOlshevism constructive"
"Only in one way" replied Miss
Cayenne. 'It makes a great deal of
conversation
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
"Ravaqes" of Education.

congress of general agents and man
ayers in st. Louis, reminded his hear
ers that of the ten thousand men,
whose names appear in "Who's Who,
only 80 had no schooling, zoos had a
grade school education, 1,545 a high
school training and $500 are college
graduates. Will somebody page the
Missouri solon who argued learnedly
against the bill to raise the prepare
tory requirements of rural teachers in
this state by shouting that Abraham
Lincoln never had a high-schOol ed
ucation ?-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
Women Rat Catchers.

The latest sphere of women's &C
tivities is rat-catching!
Two women at Red Shanks, Farcet,
caught % rats in one morning. Wear
ing suitable clothing and accompan-
led by two dogs, the woman rat
catchers attend at farms where thresh-
ing is in progress. 1t is said that the
women enjoy their job and that the
farmers are enthusiastic in their
praise.-LOndon Times.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
A Realist.

did you ever see that good old
play, Ten Nights in a BarrOom'?"
"NO," answered Cactus Joe. II
didn't like the title. 1t wasn't true
to human nature. 1 never knew q
man with money enough to last tel
nights and / never heard of bar
tender who would let him hang around
after he was broke
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
Grasshopper PIaoue7

Mr.. Arthur Gibson, Dominion ento-
mologist, states that there is every
prospect of a serious plague of grass
hoppers in the western provinces this
year. AS many as 1900 grasshopper
eggs per square foot have been found
in Manitoba, and large numbers also
in the other prairie provinces-Mon-
treal Family Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
Living.

1.-THE cost Of living is coming down."
$50 I've heard" said Farmer Corn
tossel, 'but cheaper food won't solve
the expense problem for folks who
don't believe they are living unless
they attend all the parties and see all
the motion pictures"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
Remote "Reminiscences.

'The boys never sing Landlord,
Fill the Flowing Bowl any more"
NO." replied Uncle Bill Bottletop.
"The nearest we ever get to drink
ing song now is Comm Through the
RVe'"
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
PRODUCTION OF COAL
ON SHARP DECLINE
Last Weekly Report BeiolO
5000, 900 Ton Mark.

The falling production figures. week
by week, tell the tale OF the decreased
need for coal, an article In the current
Issue Of the Black Diamond relates. The
last weekly figures available show
bituminous production to have fallen
well below the eight million ton mark.
the lowest figures in the history OF the
country since last April and less than
two-thirds Of the record production
week of last fall. The article continues ::
This decrease has been brought about
by conscious closing of the mines By the
producers when orders were not at hand
to absorb the coal The present condi-
ton is one which somewhat resembles
that of the early months or 1919, when,
following the signing Of the armistice,
coal consumption fell to a low level and
production followed.
There is decided factor of differ
once, however, in the present situation.
At that time there was q considerable
volume OF coal above ground as the rs-
suit of the speeded UP production
brought about by the war. To-day.
however. although the actual tonnage
in storage is not known. 1t Is far below
that Of two years ago. Then, too. the
industrial activity was on the decline
to-day, although the progress back to
normal is slow, 1t Is a progress toward
resumption Of manufacturing"
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
ROSENBLATT OBJECTS
TO CRAIC,S JAIL TERM

Magistrate Bernard A. Rosenblatt Of
fered voluntary criticism yesterday OF
the sixty day jail sentence imposed upon
Comptroller Charles L. Craig by Federal
Judge Julius NJ. Mayer.
"If the appointees Of Judge Mayer ex-
pect to run the transportation system OF
a few million people through contempt
proceedings" he said. they will find
themselves sadly mistaken. Enough
public spirited citizens will be found who
will go TO Jail under judges orders
until Congress will take from the courts
the power Of coercion under the guise OF
punishment for contempt"
The Magistrate endeavored to compare
Lincoln's denunciation of the Dred Scott
decision by United States Supreme
Court Justice Taney with the protests
made against Judge Mayors sentencing
OF Comptroller Craig. THE decisions
and opinions of Judge Mayer arc not
more sacred than the decisions of the
United States Supreme Court" he said.
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
RABBI SEES MOCKERY
IN CHURCHES STATUS
Would Close All Until Princi-
pIes Are Put in Practice.

Rabbi Louis j. Kopald OF Buffalo,
speaking yesteray at the Free Syna-
gogue In the absence Of Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise, said that religion has failed. as
was indicated by the war, but that the
mockery of this failure Is that The
churches have not profted from the ex-
perience.
I'VE seem not to heed the lesson of
how and why religion failed to prevent
the world war. but rather are slumping
back into the SNUG and fruitless re-
ligious life OF pre-war days." he said.
The war evidenced the fact that re-
ligion had succeeded in creating every
thing but God
THE way Of the Jew. the Christian,
the Catholic and the Protestant ha
failed. and will fail again unless Col
becomes to US more than fetich, a
prayer. a cathedral, or church. or syna-
sogue.
The hybrid Of the world war came
upon US because, previous to it, our
churches and synagogues had been mon
uments to theology and not to religion,
to ritual and not to concrete applica-
tion Of their symbolism in terms Of ones
fellowmen"
Rabbi Kopald suggested that sincerity
demanded the churches and synaEogues
be closed until those protesting religion
became willing to put religious principles
In practice.
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
PHILADELPHIA GARMENT
WORKERS PLAN STRIKE
Will Be a Reflection of Con-
ditions in NeO York City.

The lockouts in the garment trade here
are being reflected in Philadelphia. and
strike may be called In the Quaker City
within few days, according to state
ment made yesterday at the headquar-
ters of the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers of America by H. Madanick, man.
ager of the Philadelphia Joint Board.
Mr.. Madanick said that garment work
that has been held up by the anti-union
war here during the last three weeks has
been sent to certain Philadelphia shops,
with the result that the rank and Ale of
the Philadelphia union have demanded
measures OF recrimination.
"The manufacturers have been urged
to desist from handling New York con-
tracts" he said. 'but the production OF
scab work continues. Under the circum-
stances. the only action open to the
union Is to call q general strike"
A mass meeting of the entire member
ship of the Philadelphia union has been
called for Thursday, when plans for a
general strike will be completed.
Arrangements for a public debate on
the issues involved in the mems clothing
industry were made yesterday by the
New York City Consumers League and
the Women's City Club of New York. IT
will be held at Town Hall next Sunday
Afternoon. The speakers will be DR.. N.
I. Stone, labor manager for the Hickey
Freeman Company of Rochester; Sidney
Hillmln, president of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America, and Prof
James H. Tufts. who acted on an arbi-
tration committee in the Hart. SchaffneY
G. Marx agreement with the Amalga-
mated. Strikes or Arbitration" Is the
subject announced.
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
SHOT SEVEN TIMES BY ROBBERS
Newark negro Dying After Pistol
Battle In Garage.

Awakened early yesterday morning By
two negroes who sought Easolene from
liis fathers garage at 80 Lille street.
Newark. Samuel Cook. also a. negro.
found suddenly that ticir request was
merely an excuse on which 10 gain en-
trance and attempt robbery. lie seized
revolver near his bed In room off
the garage and fired at the intruders.
They fired back. lodging seven bullets
In young COOK. lie is in the Newark
City Hospital, dying.
The irtrudcrs fled, and. although tho
shots were heard in n police station
two blocks away, they escaped pursuit.
Later In the day Harry lippc or ESQ
Henderson street. Newark. was passing
through Jiilie street and found a re-
yoivcr. which II Is thought ono OF IN
robbers dropped. as e was OF the same
caiibre as tho bullets 81 Cook. rfc
continued to the home OF his neither
in-law. Mrs. Mary Trcsor G. OF 5S Seven.
tcsnth avenue. Newark. There. wiile W.
vas examining ,he vcaro.. Z. '~e
,ff. ~ bullet io5rins - Aire. TrcH,.f'
tight arm. ahc also Il in Newark C,3'
Hospital. although her wound is not
serioua a
The New York herald., 1921-02-28

CORNERSTONE LAYING PUT OFF.
Because of the rain the laying of the
cornerstone OF Beth David Hospital, at
Lexington avenue and 113th street, was
postponed until next Sunday
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
BOYS WRECK CLASSROOM
IN HUNTER COLLEGE RAID
-Four Youngsters Smash Desks With Hammers Seeking
Loot and Janitor Captures Two-Others
Use Fire Escapes

The janitor then telephoned the East
Sixty seventh street police station that
he had caught some burglars, and Lieut..
Pierce sent three patrolmen to arrest
them When the officers arrived, how
ever. they found only John Cowla, COW
ering and crying In a corner. John
Karuchatt had vanished down the fire
escape. but he was arrested an hour or
so later at mis- home. and he and John
Cowla were sent to the Childrens So
ciety, and this morning they will be ar
raigned in the Children's Court charged
with Juvenile delinquency. The other
two boys names were given to the police
BY Cowla and Karuchatt and they will
be arrested this morning.
The police found that the four boys
entered the college by climbing up the
fire escape and breaking pane OF glass
in a window OH the second floor. With
their hammers and mallets they broke
a glass panel and entered the principals
room, but finding nothing there to theii
taste they went on up TO the third floor
There they broke into desks and when
discovered had collected number OF
paper weights. pens and pencils to carry
away with them.
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
GOLDEN WEDDING
ONE GRAND AFFAIR
Schapiros Were Brought by
Son All the Way From
Poland for Event.
NOT A TOAST IN WATER
No Such Feast as Sam Gave
400 Friends Was Ever
Seen on East Side.

Everybody who went to the golden
wedding anniversary of Hirsch and
Bessie Schapiro last night simply had
to admit that their son Sam certainly
had done things in grand style, and
that Mrs. Bessie Schapiro In her years
of married life had forgotten nothing
she knew about dancing when her
charms first won Hirsch half century
ago.
But although the activities OF Mrs.
Schapiro at the age OF 70 was the
source of much laudatoiy comment. 1t
was the men that really gripped me
attention OF the four hundred guests
who were made merry last night at
the Home of the Sons and Daughters
of Israel, 230 East Tenth street.
When the mother and father OF
man with a flourishing restaurant with
cabaret have a golden wedding the East
Side naturally expects something, but
IL was not quite prepared for the erup-
ton of edibles In the basement Of the
home. There were, among other things,
grapefruit with maraschino cherry, sal
mon mayonnaise, soups with noodles.
calf tongue, duck roasted, SQUADS, tur-
KEY. coffee. water ices. &C., and there
were siphons on the table and not
single glass of water was raised TO toast
the pair
To explain why it was held and where
It was held it Is necessary to go pack
to the days in Brody, In Poland, wnen
Hirsch and Bessie Schapiro were young
and had many friends. They parted
with many of these friends decades ago
tor year by year the New World called
,,,nra apd moro neonlc of their COM
munity. At last came the time when
Sam, the youngest of their three sons,
also went to America. Then came war,
and with war famine and unhappiness.
Peace In the great war made things no
better. for there was little peace In
Poland.
But while there was poverty and
famine In Brody there was wealth and
plenty at 80 Attorney street. Sans res
taurant. He despatched an envoy to
the old country with orders to bring his
parents here. So at last they. too, came
to the New World three months ago and
found all the old friends who survived
living either on the East Side or in The
Bronx. And Hirsch Schapiro found
several of his best friends living at the
Home OF the Sons and Daughters of
Israel 230 East Tenth street.
So when the time Of the golden wedding
came Hirsch Schapiro would have none
OF IT unless his friends could come. And
his friends could not come. for time had
not dealt as kindly with them. There
fore the golden wedding went to the
friends, and that was why the four win
dows on East Tenth street blazed Will
light and ratified with the shuttle of feet
and failed to contain the strains OF
music bursting out into the rainy street
The New York herald., 1921-02-28

Patrick j. Fitzgerald OF 1T6 East
Seventy-first street. janitor OF Hunter
College. at Park avenue and East Sixty
eighth street, was walking through a
hallway on the second floor of the build
ing yesterday afternoon when he heard
a tremendous Gathering and pounding
on the floor above He hurried UP the
stairs. and In one of the large class
rooms he found four small boys. all ot
them about IL years old. trying TO
break into desks. Each of them had
either hammer or a wooden mallet.
and he was hammering away vigorously
at the locks.
Fitzgerald yelled at the boys and they
dropped their tools and ran. The Jani-
tor chased them all over the room and
through several other classrooms and
finally caught John Cowla, 13, of PAT
East Seventy-seventh street. He dragged
John to q small classroom in the rear
of the building and locked him in and
then took UP the chase Of the others.
After another fifteen minutes he caught
John Karuchatt, IL, OF 242 East Sew
enty-seventh street. He locked John In
with the other boy and then tried to
catch the other two. but they Ned down
the Are escape.
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
FIGHT FOR CANNIBALISM.
Belgian Congo Natives Resent
Ran ON Eating.

That the natives of the Belgian Congo
feel the same way toward Governmental
interference with their practices of can
nibalism as certain persons in the United
States act toward prohibition was indi-
Gated in a statement yesterday by the
Methodist Board Of Foreign Missions,
announcing the return to his post In the
Congo Of the Rev. Roger S. Guptill.
"Cannibalism Is now practiced with
much more concealment than heretofore
because Of the alertness Of Government
supervision" the statement quotes Mr..
Guptill as saying. The natives eat each
other almost as much as ever. especially
in tribal wars, but they take care to
burn the bones to powder, which they
scatter in the swamps. thus hiding all
traces Of their deeds"
The New York herald., 1921-02-28
Devii Introduces Himself.

And while Miss Corday was still con-
trolling the astounded Mr.. Chaloner's g
right hand, the Devil took over the left
~ am the Devil" announced the new
conner You are surprised to hear
that?"
II am" replied Mr.. Chaloner.
Would you be inclined to listen 10
advice from me II ] should prove myself
capable Of tipping you off to the move
ment OF eighths In Wall Street,"
You bet your life would" was Mr.
Chalorcr's immediate response. "-rip
me off accurately and I'll follow you
until hell freezes over
The Devil chuckled bit at that but
told Mr.. Chaloncr to hitch UP his best
trotting stallion, Mldlock. and drive TO
Gordonville. Va. and catch the ? A. NJ.
train for Wall street Despite the odd
ity OF the request and the fact that IL
was almost 3 O'Clock and Cordonvilic
twelve miles across country. Mr.. ChaI-
oncr caused Mldlock TO be hitched 20 q
buggy and he. the Devil and n negro
boy embarked for the depot rortu-
nat ly the Devil vas invisible and talked
into Mr.. ChHloner's ear. otherwise there
might have been trouble with tho boy
But Midlock knew. The Devil drove.
Mr.. Chaioner merely holding tho rcins.
The Devil. still invisible. and Mr..
Chaloncr took $500 into n brokerage
Office and bought Manhattans on 3
Foint margin. In three days the 5000
became $1,000. That was proof enough
for Mr.. Chaloner Unhappily, before
Mr. Chaloner and Ills Satanic Majesty
could get going on large scale. the
formers enemies caused him TO be
clappcd into Bloomingdcic for four
years.
The New York herald., 1921-02-28

f1,iAprfipS of mon have sold their ca
through the Automobile Exchange OK Til,
ft.~aid Cirrsifed gcrticn. Real bargains
tasre. Read thsm.--Adv.
The New York herald., 1921-02-28

Saturday for British ports. That made
something 10 look at during the morn
ing and evening promenades Also, in
the waiting rooms. windows permitted
view OF West street. so the immi-
grant always had something to do.
Thursday passed in the same manner.
Tonpers among some OF the inni-
grants began to grow sharp. but tenn
per did not good. They continued to
wait. and to walk up and down for an
hour In the morning and evening the
steamship company continued to feed
them. Friends who called at the piers
were refused permission TO speak TO
them 1t was forbidden.
Evening journal., 1921-02-11
COUNCIL THINKS.
PIGGERIES 0. \.
Continued from FIrst pare

Continued from First pace.
cussion was undertaken last nighr.
as Mr.. Hannah proposed to let
Council think the matter over and
come here again.
1t was pointed out by members Of
Council that at this time the crema-
tory is costing the city from $1,000
to $1,000 a month, and that ex-
penses must In some way soon be
reduced, and that they could see m,
reason for objections 20 the pro-
posed establishing of piggeries at
point outside the city limits. Under
the present contract the hauling to
the crematory is costing the city
s5S,000 a year, in addition to the
expense Of operating the crema-
tory, for which $500 is set aside
in the budget. On September %.
the crematory company, following
the fire which destroyed the city
plant, threw up its contract. and
Council was obliged to carry on the
work in the city's new plant. on
Marsh road, at considerable expense
for equipment. etc. The city has ex-
pended approximately $4,000 in 4
little over six months of operation.
The present unsatisfactory method
is costing the city all told, about
$1,000 a month.
Evening journal., 1921-02-11
Price
WAR GOES ON
Public Gets Benefit of
Price-Slashing by Re
hnerS
CUBAN CROP is
DOWN TO 37sG
(N. e. A star Specially

NEW YORK. Feb. 11.-There's \
jolly priee-cutting war on between
the cane sugar refiners.
Sugar IS tumbling toward prevail
levels.
From a record-high price OF q
cents for refined sugar last spring
today's price is below cents.
1t is no exaggeration to state that
the profit has been nearly wiped
out on sugar all along the line from
Cuban planted TO retailer. Rehners
are staying in the market at or near
a loss merely to keep their custom
ers- And for this same latter reason
the prioe-cutting is on.
The public-especially the large
manufacturing plants using sugar
are buying on a 'hand-to-mouth-
basis.
Certain signs. however indicate =
bottom around cents and then pos
sibly a rise.
Cuban raw sugars now are sent
ing around as cents a pound.
aboard vessels at New York. This
doesn't include one cent a pound
tariff duty. At a price of AZ cents.
sugar made from higher-priced
at slightly more than cents 4
pound without any great loss TO the
refiners.
But they are today selling their
sugar made from hikgher-priced
Cuban raws. and therein lies tha
danger OF terrific losses.
II a tariff Of cents is added next
summer the wholesale price Of sugse
will be increased by that much
Evening journal., 1921-02-11
TRUTH TELLERS
GO THE LIMIT
IN. E. A. STAFF Specially

CHICAGO. Feb. 11.-"Well, rot
ten night 1 didn't expect to have
a good time when came, but 1 did
hope you'd serve a dinner fit to eat
That steak was terrible. will not
come again as long as I have my
right mindi"
That's a sample OF the simple
truth the truth-tellers of Evanston
High School are dispensing here.
Miss Dorothy Pickard is the presi-
dent OF the Truth Club. which was
formed by the High School club of
the Congregational Church.
I'VE are pledged to tell the truth
on all OCCASIONS" explains Miss
Pickard. Instead OF telling folks
that we are glad to meet them when
really we don't care about it, we
just up and tell them so. We are
warning to the death on the pink
vices and the white lies
i SO far there have been no fist
fights reported.
Evening journal., 1921-02-11
TIDE HARNESS TRIED.
IN. E. A. Stan Specially

BRISTOL, Eng, Feb. 11.-Mefl
have tried for ages TO harness the
tides, the greatest unbridled energy
in the world. =
Many have gone insane trying to
turn this great force to the benefit
of man. >
The tide flows unusually fast in
the Severn here. The weight of tbs
water flowing twice each ? hours 10
placed at three hundred million
tons.
Now engineers are installing tUEs
bines which they think will cln-
vert the tides power into electricity,
Evening journal., 1921-02-11

VOUNG MAN, =, MARRIED. WITH
Il six years general ofnce experience.
desires connection with reliable hrm /;
hest reference. Address W-24 Evening
journal Ofice. fcbl1-3t