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Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
NATIONS BUSINESS

Baltimore Shipbuilding and Drydock
Co. announced wages would be reduced
10 per cent.
Chicago Real Estate Board opposed
Spring rent increases, as nothing has
occurred to warrant increases where
rentals were adjusted last year."
Retail prices in Jaalary declined 3
per cent, according to report issued by
the department Of labor.
Aggregate reductions of about $122,-
100000 in loans and discounts and of
$14S, 100000 in total loans and invest
ments, accompanied by smaller reduc-
tipns in deposits and in borrowings
from the Federal Reserve banks, are
Indicated in the Federal Reserve
Boards consolidated statement of con-
ditons on February IL of 832 member
banks in leading cities.
Boston Chamber of Commerce is op-
posing connecting the Great Lakes
with the st. Lawrence River as CaEada
and not New England would benefit
most by it.
Secretary of the Interior John Bar
ton Payne, who served for time as
chairman of the Shipping Board, told
the Walsh investigating committee Of
the House that the development of an
better accomplished if single official
were in charge of government activi-
ties instead of the present board of
seven members.
Supplies of corn in Chicago increas-
ed 14,5OO,OOO bushels, making the total
24,373,OOO bushels, 2O,2O7, 900 bushels
more than last year.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
GENERAL

The New York Cutters Club has an
nounced that its fashion show at Hotel
Commodore March and will be fea-
tured by the display Of white tuxedos
adapted to spring and summer wear.
Mayor Hylan, heading a delegation
of New York City officials appealed to
Republican leaders in the House for
speedy consideration Of the River and
Harbor Apportionment bill, which
would provide for beginning work on
SO-foot channel in Jamaica Bay.
New York State, including New York
City, contributed $4,2S9,271 of the $5,-
100000 asked by the European Relief
Council.
Felix Cordova Davilla, Commissioner
Of Porto Rico, in Washington, an
nounced in the House that "insidious
propaganda is being waged with view
of misrepresenting conditions in Porto
Rico
DR.. James Rowland Angel was
elected president Of Yale University.
He is the first man elected to the Of
fee who was not a graduate of the
University.
More than two-thirds of the Kansas
deep miners are idle, reports received
by the Coal Operators Association
show. Most of the steam shovel mines
were working.
Costly furs worn about the neck are
believed to have caused a peculiar in
fection that mars the beauty of Chi
cago women. Health Commissioner
Robertson believes the malady is der
mathis. Three cases so far investi-
gated showed the fur to be prepared
skunk hide.
According to the American Red
Cross 10000 children under fourteen
years are killed every year in this
country by accidents.
The Geological Survey report shows
that 90 per cent of the worlds petro-
leum supply in 1919 was produced by
the United States.
Sleeping sickness caused two deaths
in Scranton, Pa.
Eggs sold in York, Pa, at 25 cents
per dozen, the lowest in four years.
The study of German, barred by the
schools of Washington in 1917, will be
resumed next year, it was announced.
Alexander NJ. Howat, president, and
August Dorchy, vice-president, respec-
lively, Of the Kansas district of the
United Mine Workers, were arrested
at Fittsburg, Kan, on warrants charg-
ing them with criminally violating the
Kansas Industrial Court law in con-
nection with the calling Of the Mackie
strike.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
HUGHES TO Be
ACTUAL CHIEF
Harding Emphasizes Statement
in Announcing Selection
BIDS HIM DO OWN TALKING
First Appointee Of New Administra'
ton Says Call Was One Nobody
Could Refuse-Has Long
Chat With Chief.

| St. Augustine, Fla. Charles E
Hughes. New York, stands as the first
designated appointee of President
elect Harding.
The former New York Governor, Su'
preme Court Justice and 1916 presi'
Dental candidate will head the new
Cabinet as Secretary of State, Hard.
ing announced.
| Practicing at once the policy he
said would be maintained in the State
Department, Mr.. Harding left Mr.
Hughes alone to talk independently
The President-elect made it plain that
Mr.. Hughes will be the actual as well
as titular head OF the State Depart.
ment.
II will let Mr. Hughes do his own
talking" Mr.. Harding said. "The Sec
retary of State is going to speak for
the State Department under my admin.
| istration.'
1T is call no one could well re
fuse," Mr.. Hughes said.
The President-elect and Mr.. Hughes
had been in conference for some time
| just before the former called in the
| newspaper men and made the formal
announcement of his choice of pre-
mier.
Smiling quizzically, Mr.. Harding
said: Some of you have already sus-
pected the reason for my calling Mr..
Hughes down here Well, I'll confirm
| it now. l called Mr.. Hughes down
here to ask him if he would accept
an appointment as Secretary of State.
am happy to say he has agreed to
do So"
Mr. Harding then showed his smil.
ing appointee forward to speak for
himself"
On public affairs Mr.. Hughes de-
clined to go further than to say many
subjects" had been discussed with his
liberty to speak at this time. "Of
course, I appraise it very high hon
or he added, ito be invited by Sena-
tor Harding to come into the admin
istration. And l have regarded it as
an imperative obligation to accept the
offer he has made.
Mr.. Hardings conference with his
chosen Secretary of State occupied
the greater part Of the day. But he
also talked over the tariff and taxa
ton question with Representative
Fordney, of Michigan, chairman of
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee Mr.. Fordney urged approval Of
emergency tariff legislation at the be-
ginning of the special session of Con-
gress, and although the President-elect
said a detailed policy must await con-
sultation with congressional leaders,
he indicated that he had received fav-
orably the proposal of the Ways and
Means Chairman.
"The incoming executive" said Mr..
Harding, ''is going to be very anxious
for some early tariff legislation of an
emergency nature. I think it is i'm
perative for l don't believe the coun-
try can industrially survive under the
Underwood law"
Mr.. Harding also continued his con-
ferences with Harry M. Daugherty, OF
Ohio, his intimate adviser on questions
of administration personnel as well as
on administration policies. Mr.. Daugh.
erty is understood to be in line for
the attorney generalship and is spend
ing several days here in close touch
with all the problems that now are
moving toward solution.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26

The expectation is that President
Wilson will return the Fordney bill
with a scorching message denOuncing
the Republicans for the framing of an
unscientific tariff measure which would
invite retaliation by other countries.
No attempt may be made to pass the
bill over his veto in view of the line
up In both Houses.
The emergency tariff bill was sent to
conference by the House after two
hour debate on special rule. This
rule had been granted by the Rules
Committee after the leaders had al
tered their previous program not to al
low any more rules of this nature be-
cause of the delicate situation affect
ing the meat packer control legislation.
Cities of New York state, as repre-
sented in the conference Of Mayors,
will fight the bill just introduced Gre
ating q statewide commission to censor
and regulate exhibitions of motion pic
lures.
Governor Miller, in making public
report of the work Of Superintendent
of Public Works Charles l.. Cadie, an
nounced that Mr. Cadie had reduced
his 1922 budget $9S0,574, or 80 per
cent below his predecessor.
Former Governor Frank o. Lowden
of Illinois declined to be considered for
Secretary Of the Navy and will not be
appointed to any post in the initial
makeup Of the Harding cabinet.
The price Of eggs reached the lowest
mark in Lancaster county, Pennsyl-
vania, in three years. % to 81 cents
wholesale. Butter dropped to 40 from
As cents, with big supplies of both.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
SPORTING

Bill Brennan, the Chicago heavy
weight, defeated Bob Martin, of West
1,7irginia, who holds the A. E. F. cham.
pionship in that class in 15-r0und
bout at Madison Square Garden New
York. The bout went the limit and
the judges agreed on Brennan rs the
winner The former soldier, although
beaten, gave very good account of
himself.
Rocky Kansas, of Buffalo, won from
Ritchie Mitchell, of Milwaukee, in the
first round of a bout scheduled to go
II rounds at Buffalo.
The Aero Club Of France announced
the race for the Grand Prix de France
must be flown during the first six
months of this year and is confined to
French owned machines piloted by
French fliers. The distance is 1900
miles for a purse of 100000 francs.
In an international skating match
at Christiania, Harald Stroem, the Nor
wegian skater, covered 5000 meters
in minutes q seconds, beating the
worlds record by six seconds. Stroem
was the holder of the record for that
distance, 8.33, which he hung up in
1917.
Yale defeated Columbia in an inter-
collegiate swimming meet in New York
43 points to IL. The visitors also won
the water polo match Is to 5. L. Jel-
lisse, Of Yale, equalled the intercol.
legiate record of 56 % seconds in the
100 yard event, made by H. Z. Woll-
mer of Columbia, in 1916.
E. H. Cornwall, Of Williamsport, Pa,
star forward on the Penn State fresh
man basketball tt am, has been elected
captain for the remainder Of the sea-
son. Cornwall is one of the fastest big
men to report for the cage game at
Penn State in years. He played full
back on the yearling eleven last fall,
and he is also a track man of note.
The warhorse, Arthur Fletcher, will
be back with the Philadelphia Nation
ais this coming season, for Sir Arthur
mailed his signed contract to Prexy
Baker, thereby quashing all rumors
concerning his retirement.
If Jack Johnson can get a license
from the New York Boxing Commits
sion it is likely that a match between
the ex-champion and Harry Wills, the
New Orleans heavyweight, is likely to
be arranged as big outdoor contest.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
WOMEN TO FIGHT
FOR LEGAL RIGHTS
Crystal Eastman Leads Radi-
Gals in DEMANDS
FEMINIST PROGRAM WINS
Conservatives Vote Down Opposition
-Thirty.seven Women Honored
For Services As Militant
Pickets.
FEMINIST PROGRAM WINS

Washington.-After voting for reor
yanization, the National Woman's
Party has been threatened with a split
within the ranks of its new organiza
lion by a battle that developed in the
convention between the advanced ele
ment and the more conservative group
rs to how radical a feministic program
It will dare to undertake at this time
The proposed feminist program
which brought on the debate, in which
women stood on the chairs to cry oud
for it or against it and in which Miss
Crystal Eastman, leading the advanced
group. said that the young women
would leave the organization if the
program was not adopted, follows:
Having achieved political liberty for
women, this organization pledges itself
to make an end to the subjection OF
women in all it's remaining forms
Among our tasks we emphasize these:
l. To remove all barriers of law
or customs or regulation which pre-
vent women from holding public Office
the highest as we'll as the lowest
from entering into and succeeding in
any profession, business, from prac
ticing any trade or joining the union
of that trade.
2. So to remake the marriage laws
and so to modify public opinion that
the position of the woman whose
chosen work Is home-making and child.
rearing shall no longer be that of a
dependent entitled to her board and
keep in return for her services, but
that of a full partner.
3. To rid the country of all laws
which deny women access to scientific
information concerning the limitation
of families.
4. To rewrite the laws of divorce,
Of inheritance, of the guardianship OF
children and the laws for the regula.
On of sexual morality and venereal
disease on basis of eGuality-equal
rights, equal responsibilities, equal
standards.
The conservative element won the
fight and the convention finally adopt.
ed for the feminist policy the follow.
ing, THAT the immediate work of the
new organization be the removal OF
all legal disabilities of women" This
general statement Of the future policy.
according to those who supported it,
includes the program of Miss East.
man and the young group she led, but
the bobbed-haired girls who wanted
their specific definition of feminisn
adopted shouted back to the conserva.
tives that their general statement was
"pussyfooting, timid and SO respect.
able that any group of ex-suffs from
California to Maine would be unafroid
of it and that such was not the way
Of the Woman's Party of the past"
Miss Eastman, who is the sister OF
Max Eastman and associate editor of
The Liberator, supporting her pro-
gram, said: "The majority report is
pussying and timid It is so old-fash-
ioned and respectable that any group
OF ex-suffs from Maine to California
who put respectability before anything
else will be willing to take it up."
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
FOREIGN

Ignatius Tribich Lincoln, notorious
international spy was arrested in
Austria.
At meeting Of the Dante Society
in Rome, Luigi Rava, Mayor of Rome,
the chairman, and Ettore Ximens,
sculptor and painter, urged the rails
ing of a Dante monument in New
York.
Soviet newspaper reports that oil
concessions were offered to the Royal
Dutch Oil Company in Baku, Caucasia,
were neither denied nor affirmed by
Jonkheer de Jonge, executive director
of the company.
Premier Lloyd George, addressing
the British house of commons, declared
he stood by his pledge that Germany
must pay to the limit of her capacity.
Capt. Gardner Richardson, head Of
the American Children's Relief Com
mittee. returning to Vienna from Ber-
lin, reports extension of the work of
the organization to September.
British Foreign Office announced
that the attitude of the British gov
ernment had not been changed from
last year when it was recommended
that the West Indies be turned over
to the United States for cancellation
of debts.
Bolsheviki are organizing a Black
Sea fleet to support Soviet forces,
overruning the Georgian Republic, by
bombing Sochi. A provisional gov
ernment was set up at Tifiis by the
Soviet.
The British house of commons de.
feated the amendment to the speech
from the throne, proposed by Horat,o
Bottomley, cersuring the governments
policy with regard to the treaty of Yer
sailles. The vote was 1S1 to 40.
Tiffis, capital Of the Republic O,
Georgia, is threatened by Russo-Ar
menian Soviet army. The &c eorgiar
government has fled.
A whole section Of Dublin, on tue
north side, was cut off by troops.
There is little hope in Paris that the
London reparations conference will
succeed. That s ts say, the French
do not believe the Germans are going
to accept the allied proposals when
they meet the Premiers on March. l.
In regard to Austen Chamberlain's
proposal on the cancellation Of the
allied debt, an American correspond
ent was Informed officially that Pre-
mier Lloyd George wrote President
Wilson directly last August, but that
Mr.. Wilson never acknowledged l.loyt
Georges letter.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
BUG WAVE THREATENS WHEAT
Myrfads Of Green Variety Have Al
peared In Oklahoma.

Kansas City, Mo.-Myriads of green
bugs of a kind not yet identified have
appeared in Oklahoma and are adyanc.
ing toward the Kansas wheat fields,
according to information received here
by J. c. Mohler, secretary of the Kan
sas State Board of Agriculture. Crops
in the infested districts of Oklahoma
are seriously threatened, according to
message from Oklahoma City, which
quoted Thomas B. Gordon, State ento.
mologist, as saying the bugs had en-.
tered Oklahoma from Texas.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
WILSON ATTENDS THEATRE.

President Makes Third Visit To PIay.
house Since Illness.
Washington.-President Wilson at.
tended the theatre for the third time
since mis- improved condition led him
several weeks ago to break his long
abstinence from that diversion en-.
forced by the illness. AS on the pre-.
ceding occasion, the President wit.
messed a musical comedy. Besides
Mrs. Wilson, he was accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Boiling, and his
brother-in-law, Mr.. John Boiling.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
TWO U. S. MARINES KILLED.

Washington.-Two marines were
killed in an airplane crash at Mire.
balais, Haiti, the Navy Department an.
nounced. They are Gunnery Sergeant
Donald L. Mack. Seattle WASH, and
Pay Clerk Douglas X. Booth, Key
West, Fla.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
SEEKS BRITISH WEST INDIES.
Congress Asked To Feel Out England
f: On Island Possessions.

Washington.-A resolution request
ing the President to ascertain wheth
er Great Britain is willing to consider
The cession by it to the United States
OF all or any part Of its possessions in
the West Indies
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
THREE PERISH IN SHACK.
Fire Destroys Hut In Which Ohioans
Were Guaranteed.

Warren, Ohio.-Adna Chaffee, aged
26; Howard Smith, aged IL, and Henry
Smith, aged 13, Of Greene township,
near here, were found dead from suf-
location when fire destroyed shack
in which the three were living be-
cause Of smallpox quarantine follow.
ing a case of smallpox in the Chaffee
home, where the two Smith boys also
lived.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
DENMARK FACES "DRY SPELL !"
Ministerial Crisis Expected On Pas
sage OF Prohibition Bill,

Copenhagen, Denmark-A bill pro-
hibiting the importation, manufacture
and sale Of spirits and strong wines
was introduced in the Rigsdag by the
prohibition group. The Tidenstegn says
that, as the Left is sure to vote for the
measure, it will be adopted, and that
this may cause a Ministerial crisis.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
EXCLUSION BILL PASSES SENATE
Dillingham; Measure Substituted BY
Vote OF 81 To 2

OITTInQham MeaSure SUBSTITUTED BY
Vote Of 81 To 2.
Washington-A drastic measure
against immigration during the next
year was adopted by the Senate when
by the overwhelming vote of 81 to 2,
the Dillingham; immigration restriction
bill was passed after amendments in
creasing its restrictive features had
been added In the form adopted the
bill, it is estimated, will limit the num-
ber of immigrants during the next
IL months to slightly over 355,O00.
Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26
BRIDGE TO MINES DYNAMITED.
Violence Develops In open-shop Ala
bama Field


bama Field.
Birmingham, Ala.-A bridge over
Warrior River, in Jefferson county,
near Deltona, serving the new coal
mines of c. 0. Rogers, was dynamited,
according to advices to State military
headquarters here The mining prop.
erty is said to be completely isolated.
The mine has been operated on a open
shop plan, its officers said, and while
warnings have been received, no at
tention has been paid to them.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-12-15
SURGICAL WORK IN MID.AIR
French Authorities Equip Airplanes
With Every Appliance Neces-
sary for Any Operation.

The French authorities have found
airplanes so useful for transport and
other services In their colonial ter
ritories that they intend to introduce
large multi-engined airplanes. which
will be assigned, with pilot and a
small staff of mechanics, to surgeons
who have large territories to cover.
The cabins will be equipped as
operating theaters possessing every
life-saving device that modern surgery
can suggest. The surgeon, with his
assistant acting us anesthetist, will
be able to perform major as well as
minor operations just as readily in
remote areas as If he had his patient
In well-equipped hospital.
1t will be possible, should a patient
In transit develop any suddenly ad-
verse symptoms, to perform delicate
operation In mid-air.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-12-15
By
Booth
darlington
Copyright. 1871
By the Bell Syndicate. Inc.

could see but one person; boy of
thirteen or fourteen who looked
through crack in a board fence.
steadfastiy keeping an eye to this aper-
ture, and as continuously calling
through It, holding his head to one
level for this purpose, but at the same
time dancing-and dancing tauntingly.
1t was conyeyed-with the other parts
Of his body. His voice was now sweet.
now piercing. and again far too
duicet with the overkindness of bur-
iesque; and If, as 1t seemed. he
was unburdening his spleen. his spleen
was a powerful one, and gorged. He
appeared to be in torment of tor
menting; and his success was proved
Icy the pounding of bricks. and rocks
Of size, upon the other side of the
fence.
"Oh, Jolling." he walled. his tone
poisonously amorous. "Oh, dolling
Henery Oo's dot de mos booful eyes
in dray bid nasty world, Henery!
The Holly chieftain., 1921-12-15


Oh, has l dot booful eyes, dolling Pat
tywatty? Yes, l has ] has dot
pretty eyes!" His voice rose to an
unbearably piercing climax. "Oh, what
prettiest eyes dotl Me and Herbie
Atwater! oh, my booful eyes! Oh,
my booful-'
But even as he reached this apex,
the head, shoulders and arms of Her
bert Atwater rose momentarily above
the fence across the alley, behind the
tormentor. Herberty expression was
implacably resentful, and so was the
gesture with which he hurled an OBJ
.iect at the comedian pre-occupied with
the opposite fence. This object upon
reaching its goal, as 1t did with more
a splash than thud, was revealed as
tomato, presumably in useless
state. The taunter screamed In aston
ishment, and after looking vainly for
an assailant, began necessarily to re-
move his collar, as Noble went on his
way.
How bllndly we walk our ways! AS
Noble fourished down the street there
appeared wan face at a prison win
dow and the large eyes looked out
upon him wistfully. But Noble went
on, as unwilling that he had to do
with this prison as he was that he
had to do with Master Torbin's to-
mato. '4
The face at the window was not like
Charlotte COrday's, nor was the VIM
dow barred, though the prisoner knew
solace in wondering II she did not sug-
gest. that famous picture. For all pur-
poses. except during school hours. the
room was certainly a cell; and the
term of Imprisonment was set at three
days. Florence had finally been
obliged 10 face questions awaiting
her; and 1t would have been better
for her had she used less Imagination
in answering them.
Yet she, was not wholly depressed
as her eyes followed the disappearing
figure of Noble Dill from over the
fence IT the yard whence she had
ventured for better view of Noble,
thereby risking heavier sentence.
Noble passed from her sight, but
nevertheless continued his radiant
progress down Julia's street. Life
stretched before him, serene, ineffably
fragrant, unending. He saw 1t as a
flower-strewn sequence Of calls on
Julia, walks with Julia, talks with
Julia by the library fire. Old Mr..
Atwater was to be away four days
longer, and Julia, that great-hearted
bride-not-to-be had given him her
promise and sacred word.
Blushing, indeed dlvinely. she had
promised him, upon her sacred word.
never, so long as she lived, to be en-
gagged to anybody at all.
(THE END.)
The Holly chieftain., 1921-12-15

bled eggs, cold lamb, salad and cof-
fee were quite as much Of dinner
as Noble wanted. To him everything
on the table was hallowed. yet shred
ded through and through with an ex-
cruciating melancholy.
Now we'll talk!" said Julia, when
she had brought him back to the fire
again, and they were seated before it.
Don't you want to smoker" He
shook his head dlsmally. having no
heart for what she proposed. "Well,
then" she said briskly. but little rue
fully, "let's get to the bottom OF things
Just what did you mean you had in
black and white In your pocket?"
Slowly Noble drew forth the his
toric copy of the North End Daily Or
ole: and with face averted, placed 1t
n her extended hand.
what In the World - she exclaimed
Unfolding 1t; and then as Its title and
'tatement Of ownership came into