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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
RERGDOLL RELEASED
TO FIND GOLD TAKEN
FROM Il. IS. TREASURY
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1o.---After de-
veloping some high spots in the case
OF Grover c. Bergdoll. the house mill
tary committee decided today to ask
congress for authority to find out how
the rich draft dodger escaped from a
military guard and went to Germany
the country he had refused to fight.
The committee so voted after hear
ing District Attorney c. d. McAvoy
of Philadelphia. who declared there
was no evidence to justify the charge
that anybody connected with the war
department had been corrupted with
Bergdoll money. The name of D. c.
Gibbony, counsel for Bergdoll. was
brought into the proceedings and Mr..
McAvoy was positive in asserting the
belief Gibbony was drowned in Mexico
despite a report that he was alive.
Chairman Kahn announced touight
that enough evidence had been devel-
oped to indicate the necessity of action
Recent statements cabled from Ger
many by Bergdoll prompted the COM
mittee to renewed effort in view OF
his charge that he had obtained from
the treasury department and concealed
in the woods 100000 in gold to be
used in effecting his release through
bribery of government officials.
The committee will seek to ascertain
what influence enabled Bergdoll to OBJ
tain so much gold from the treasury
when the supply was being conserved
The more important thread to be fol-
lowed. members said, was the ability
of the prisoners lawyers to obtain his
release under guard to go into the hills
of Maryland to dig up his gold. Il
was while he was out on this chase
that Bergdoll, stopping in Philadelphia
to visit his mother. indicted with him
eluded his soldier guards.
/ Mr.. McAvoy testified there was M
doubt that Bergdoll got the gold from
the treasury. In expressing belief tina
no high officials of the war depart
ment had been corrupted, he said h'
was equally positive that the draf
dodger had not escaped through po
llitical influence
/ Most of his testimony related Il
many circumstances long ago re
lvealed in connection with the story o
Bergdoll. Describing the legal tactic
of the former prisoners mother, MI
McAvoy indicated a Philadelphia law
yer wise enough to solve any cour
problem, could not satisfy the woman
who constantly traded one attorney 70
another. After Mrs. Bergdoll had pai
out $12,5 in fees, she quit. he said
and left Grover alone with his plan O
buying his freedom.
From Mr. McAvoy the committe
obtained statement as to the dispo
sition of the $12, 500. Five thousand. h
said, went to Samuel T. Ansell, forme
Judge advocate general of the army
five thousand to Gibbony, $3.50 to for
, mer Judge J. W. Westcott of Penn
sylvania; a little to an alienist and
little less to a lawyer in New York.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
DECISION COMES
|AS SURPRISE TO
EXECUTIVES AND
ROAD MPLOYES

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CHICAGO. Feb. 10-Decisfon of the
railroad labor board today that the ma
tional agreements shall remain in force
until completion of the present hearing
was characterized tonight by railroad
employees as a victory.
The ruling came as a surprise both
to railroad and labor camps and upset
plans of union officials for lombard
ment of the railroads request for i'm
mediate abrogation of the agreements
Fortified with a legal battery head
ed by Frank P. Walsh, the labor rep
resentatives appeared to answer the
request of w. w. Atterbury, speaking
for the railroads. for quick abolition of
the national agreements. The boards s
decision against granting the request
left little for the labor men to do ex-
cept to file a statement prepared by
B. NJ. Jewell, president of the rail-
road employees department of the
American Federation of Labor.
This statement and an amplification
by Mr.. Walsh, charged the railroads
with being a party to an attempt at
wiping out collective bargaining and
crushing all labor organizations When
they had finished they were unprepared
to proceed with the regular rebuttal
of the railroad evidence objecting to
the national rules and the hearing went
over until Monday
Mr.. JEWELS request for time to pre-
pare his testimony met with protest
from the rail Representatives but he
promised to canvass the situation to-
morrow and advise the board Satur.
day when he could proceed.
Both sides expressed qualification
that the hearing would proceed in the
regular manner w. w. Atterbury
speaking for the railroads, declared
that "if there was urgency on Jan. 81
when made the request of the board
there is still more nov. December re-
ports show that 115,000 miles of rail-
roads did not earn their operating ex-
| penses and fixed charges for thai
month" The railroads have contendet
that abrogation of the agreement woult
| mean a big cut in their operating ex-
penses.''
| w. ]. Lauck, consulting economis
| for the labor men, however. declared
| the real issue was not the rules, "bu
what they concretely sanction th'
principle of collective bargaining OF
thebasis of union recognition
! The boards ruling reviewed the pow
ers delegated to it and declared it
duty to be that of deciding just ant
reasonable wages, salaries and work
ing conditions. 1t said that pending
thc oulcoHic VI lle IuicS HedIlHs, WAlcl
was separated by agreement from tn
| wage hearing which ended in the awar,
of July. the national agreements pro
mulgated under federal control woul,
| remain in force. Plea for their abro
cation on account of financial inabilit.
to pay wages awarded was a matte
outside the boards jurisdiction, tn
ruling said. and should go to the inter
state commerce commission. The eX
ecutives' request for permission TO pa
common laborers on the basis of tn
| scale prevalent in different localitie:
was also denied and leaves the basi
railroad rate at 81 to 4S1. cents a
hour.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
Labor Demands
Protection From
Regulation Bill
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - Unless
trades S1nions are "affirmatively and
definitely" excluded from the Calder
bill for government regulation of the
coal industry, organized labor's obJec-
ton to it will be unyielding, Samuel
Gompers today told a senate commit
tee. His statement, together with pro-
longed and at times heated contest
over an allegation by Representative
Huddleston, Democrat. 'AIapama, that
coal mine operators had inSulged in
Wholesale looting of the public and
that the National Coal association had
something to do with fixing the
prices took up the day
Mr.. Huddleston's statement was de-
MED by J. d. A. Morrow, vice president
of the coal association, and when the
representative said he had steno-
graphic transcript of directors meet
| ings in which prices were discussed.
| Chairman La Toilette took a hand He
called on w. b. Reed, secretary of the
association, to produce original copies
of all such records. but was informed
all had been destroyed after being
summarized in minute books.
| Mr.. Morrow asserted agents of the
| Calder senate rommlttee on recon
struction had spent two days and
| two nights in our Offices" and that he
had insisted every association record
be examined by them.
| call on the Calder committee fol
our records" he added. they took ev-
erything they wanted and we dom
know whether they have brought the
papers back now though they got then
December 49,
Mr.. Huddleston agreed to return to-
morrow with the transcript.
President Gompers repeated his gen.
eral objection to the regulative legis-
lation, saying that the Sherman anti
trust law and Lever act for war tim,
food and fuel control, had been turned
against labor.
Provisions of the Calder bill, 'insofal
as they may be applied to labor" h
said, would be ''step backward
Laws designed to control business
"are likely to be construed by th'
courts to control labor-to tie men t
their jobs Mr.. Gompers testified
That isn't right. Labor is the lif
blood of human beings, business i
something else. You can outlaw mer
put them in jail but you can't stol
them from ceasing work when their in
terests, their constitutional rights ar
being impaired.
'All these compulsory arbitration
proposals-the latest freak thing
! the Kansas Industrial court-to max
} employees and employers litigants
They can't confer together TO see
, their mutual advantage = they ar
| made 1itigants."
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
PONz| COLLECTED
OVER 100000
IN ONE DAY FROM
PUBLIC
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BOSTON. Feb. Hollow the flood
of money that poured into the Golfers
of Charles Ponzi was stopped, was
related at the trial of counter suits
between the former promoter and w.
H McMasters his publicity agent, to-
day.
Judge Heating ordered the jury to
return verdicts in favor of PonZi
McMasters testified he received S.
600 from local newspaper for copy
righted article August 2, in which he
asserted Ponzi was hopelesz.S insol-
vent, and $1,000 more as a bonus when
it turned out that the article was cor
rect.
When did you suddenly determine
to drop Ponzi on behalf of the general
public?" he was asked.
II had %een suspicious in the first
week Ponzi was insolvent," the witness
replied, but I did not come definitely
to that conclusion until July 80"
McMasters testified that while he
was in Ponzrs employ the latter in a
single day took in s1,75e,ooo.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
Counsel For Mrs.
Peete Informed
Denton Seen At
Aztec, New Mex,
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LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 10.--W.
T. Aggeler, acting public defender.
said tonight he had sent teiegraphic
inquiries to Aztec, n. NJ. for infornia-
ton concerning a report that a man
had been seen in that section who re-
sembled Jacob Charles Denton. for the
murder of whom Mrs. Louise l.. Peete
was convicted here last Saturday.
Mr. Aggeler said this information
was sought in connection with an ap-
plication for a new trial to be asked
for Mrs. Peete next Wednesday, the
date set for imposing the sentence of
life imprisonment fixed by the jury in
her case.
AIR. Aegeler declined to go info de-
tails about his inquiries. He said
three affidavits were being prepared
to support his contention that a new
trial should be granted on the ground
of new evidence other than what might
develop from the New Mexican inves-
tigatiOn.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
Labor's UltirmatuEm Given Congress
OPERATORS REQUEST DENIED
Union Officials
Charge Operators
Refuse To Adjust
Wages In Kansas

PITTSBURG, Kans, Feb. 10. -
Charges that coal operators OF
Crawford and Cherokee counties
have wilfully refused to adjust
wage controversies and have con-
federated to exasperate the miners
into striking for the purpose of
claiming that such strikes are
called to violate court injunctions,
are contained in an answer filed in
the district court today by Presi-
dent Alexander NJ. Howat, of the
Kansas Miners Union, and eight
other union officials arrested this
week on. charges of contempt of
court.
The answer combines the cases OF
Howat and five members of the ex-
ecutive board, arrested following
the calling of a strike in two mines
and those of three local union Of
ficials charged with having at
tempted to fine two members Tor
appealing grievances to the state
court of Industrial relations.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
COLBY DECLINES
TO GIVE SENATE
copy Of MORRIS
PROCEEDINGS ON
NEW JAP TREATY

WASHINGTON, Feb 10-The letter
of Secretary Colby declining to trans
init information on the negotiations
conducted with the view to treaty ac-
ton with Japan was received without
comment today by the senate foreign
relations committee. The letter was
in reply to a communication of the
committee, forwarded at the instance
of Senator Johnson of California, re-
questing information on the subject. II
not incompatible with the public In
terest.
Secretary Colby said in his letter
that the record of the negotiations was
practically that of preliminary
| comparison of views, coupled with rec
| concentrations still the subject of ex-
| animation"
substantial progress has been made
| toward an ultimate agreement" the
letter added through informal conver-
sations conducted by Roland S. Norris
| ambassador TO Japan and Baron Shi
| dehara Japanese ambassador, with the
view of laying the basis of a new
treaty or amending existing CONNER
cial treaties in an effort to solve the
! problem arising from the enactment
last November by California of an anti
alien land bill"
Mr. Colby's letter to Senator Lodge
follows:
81 have the honor to acknowledge
! the receipt of your letterNof yester-
| days date requesting, if not incom-
patible with the public interest, that
furnish the committee with a copy oi
the agreement reached by the japanese
ambassador and Mr.. Norris
Permit me to say that this request
indicates a misapprehension of ths
pourparlers which have been going or
for some time past with a view Il
reaching a friendly understanding a:
| to the scope and terms of q conven-
tional agreement yet to be negotiated
by the plenipotentiaries of Japan an(
the United States, when they shall
have been duly empowered to that end
While l think I am warranted in say
ing that substantial progress has beer
made toward an ultimate agreement
there is no agreed text of which cop!
could be communicated to the com
nittee in advance of the regular sub
mission of whatever convention ma.
be ultimately signed.
''I think you and the committee vii
readily concede that any communica
tion of a record which is practicali'
5 that OF a preliminary comparison o
) views coupled with recommendation
) still the subject of examination. woul'
be premature and might tend to defea
rather than aid an eventual settlemen
of a question which has been tn
} source of much misunderstanding an
rnisinterpretation for a period of man
years"
Senator Phelan, Democrat, of Cali
: fornia, who is not a member of tn
= foreign relations committee. issued
tary Colby had said he would be yer
glad to go over the matter verball
; with the committee and durgine sue
! conference.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
NATIONAL WAGE
AGREEMENT WILL
NOT BE CHANGED
DURING HEARING

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CHICAGO. Feb. 10-The federal rail-
road labor board today denied the re-
quest of the American Association of
Railway Executives for immediate alb
rogation of the national wage agree
ments with the brotherhoods and es-
adjustment of new basic rate for un-
skilled labor predicated on local condi-
tions.
The ruling pointed out that the
transportation act provided that it was
the duty of the carriers and employees
TO confer over disputes and said it did
not appear any attempt had been made
10 readjust the wages of unskilled labor.
and therefore declared that the board
was without jurisdiction. The Jewell
and Walsh charges simmered down to
declaration of conspiracy by indus
try to crush the labor unions and re-
-iterated charges that New York bank
J ing interests were so interviewer with
she directorates Of prominent railroads
That these banking interests controlled
20 of the leading roads with rs per cent
OF the railroad mileage.
Mr.. Walsh asked that these inter-
locking directors be called before the
board for Interrogation. The board
took the request under consideration.
The labor board will'sit in executive
session tomorrow and Saturday and
win set the date for continuing the
rules hearing.
The only comment by railroad man
ayers on the boards action was a. let
ter from Mr.. Atterbury to Chairman
Barton OF the board saying:
Your board has very properly said
all questions involving the expense OF
operation or the necessities OF railroads
are under the jurisdiction of the inter
atate commerce commission. If there
is any doubt in the mind of the board
of the correctness of my statement Of
the serious financial condition of the
railways. / beg you TO request i'm
mediately statement from the inter
state commerce commission.
You say that the board is not in
sensible of the fact that the nationa
agreements effect the expenditures D
the railroads and that if any are unjus
and unreasonable they constitute al
unwarranted buriec upon the railroads
and public. This matter OF rules ant
working conditions has been in con
troversy since the railroads were re-
turned to private operations. The un
warranted burden imposed b. unrea
sonable rules and working condition
fs especially great and dangerous at
time of financial stress. 1t is, there
fore. gratifying t1St you announce you
intend to proceed to n determination o
the reasonableness of the existin;
agreements with the utmost practic
able expedition.
with regard to the wages of un
skilled labor the Association of Rail
way Executives will take immediat
steps to have that matter presented i
definite controversies between indiVid
rial carriers and their employees.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
MER|CAN GOOD
ROAD CONGRESS
WANTS HIGHWAY
WORK STARTED
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CHICAGO. Feb. 10.-The Aneri-
can Good Roads congress tonight
adopted a resolution urging that
the road building program of the
nation be started without further
delay.
The measure states that Il is
expedient because it will give en-
ployment to thousands without
work." and will directly con-
tribute to our national wealth."
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
Non-P artisans Ask
Support From All
American Congress
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CLEVELAND, Feb. 10. - The ALI
American Co-Operatiye Congress, rep
resenting farm and labor organizations
was appealed to today by Spurgeon
ODe1l representing the State Bank of
North Dakota, to give the moral and
financial support of labor and farmers
organizations to the bipartisan
leagues program for the sale of bonds
for North Dakota for the development
of rural credits loans. the purchase OF
mills and elevators and home building.
Explaining recent political reverses of
the Non-partisan league in North Da-
kota O'Dell said "One mistake we
made in North Dakota was that we
have been too democratic. We gave
the people the initiative and referen-
dunn and they have forced us to a
referendum seven times. Last July
Dakota and now they are trying to
| trump up charges on which to recall
state officials
C. H. Gustafson. president of the
Nebraska Farmers union. presiding at
! the farm labor cooperative confer
| ence which opened its convention to-
aday. said the conference would en-
| deavor to confine its action to the de-
velopment of cooperative marketing
and establishment OF cooperative
| banks.
w. S. Stone, grand chief of the
| VI loCOulOllNe engineers,
and T. c. Howe. secretary of the COM
mittee on cooperative banking and
credit of the American Cooperative
commission, discussed cooperative
banking systems and credit unions to-
| night.
Mr.. stone pointed to the Co-opera-
tive National Bank established in
| Cleveland by his brotherhood as an ex-
| ample of what labor can do Openins
of this bank he declared, means thai
for the first time the depositor Is tC
have consideration in dividend earn
ing
Credit union banks for working mer
and farmers in which small loans car
be negotiated on the characters of per
sons seeking the loans were explained
by Mr.. Stone and Mr. Howe The,
predicted that the time was not fal
distant when there would be thousand,
of the credit union banks and hundred,
of cooperative economical bank,
scattered throughout the country,
Other speakers today included L. E
Sheppard of Iowa, president of tn,
Order of Railway Conductors
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-11
STRIKE CENTERs QUIET

ALBAN1, n. Y, FED. 1U.-BOth Al
bany and Troy were quiet tonight un-
der the heaviest guard of state troop
ers and police assembled since the
trouble began to develop from the
strike of the United Traction com
pany's 1900 employees. There were
few disorders today and the traction
company announced that it expected
to have 125 cars-half its normal mum
ber-in operation soon.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-18
REVlSES IDEAS OF
HAWAIIAN MUSIC
Original Vierra Company Opens the
Liberal Chautauqua

Do you think ukalele constitutes
Hawaiian music? Forget it. In its
place, the ukalele serves its pur-
pose but it has to be used with a
master hand.
Revise your ideas of Hawaiian
music and come and hear the real
thing. So much imitation junk has
been peddled under the name "Ha-
waiian" that people do not realize
what real Hawaiian music is.
Redpath-Horner has succeeded in
securing George Vierra's original
Hawaiian company fer the entire
season. Vierra's Hawaiians are no
more like the ordinary company
than a grind organ is like a concert
grand piano. There is great steel
guitar player, the greatest singer Of
ballads the Islands have ever pro-
duced and the finest assemble work
ever produced by an Hawaiian COM
pany in this country.
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Mrs. Skinner and daughter, Miss .Lu-
'cile; Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Barrier
and children, Dorothea, Laura, Paul
and Laura Catherine. The three
course dinner was daintily served by
the young daughters of the hos
tesses, Harriet and Fern. The girls
all remained for slumber party and
did not return to their homes until
late the following afternoon, having
spent a happy day. lat the country
home Of Mr.. Ralph Boles. ss
fffsi
Entersained a. Dmrer IN honor
OF Ssn anu ma hs'a
Mr. ana MRS. Sosepn o. nuns Oh
HiiV hawthorhe y fAvehue' e"'e
tained at dinner ON tnursoay even
ing IN .nonor u .he'r son anu niS
oride' Mr. ana = MRS. onver Ahsei
nuns mrs' nuns was MISS "ue.'s'
mae fraim Oh L'oera,, Kansas De-
~ - c...ss1, 49,. Ss,,.s.h
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-18

"True Blue and the blue Ribbon"
The expression true blue is handed
down from the Scotch C0venanters Of
the Seventeenth century. who chose
blue as their emblem in opposition to
the royal red. The Covenanters were
a group bound ty series Of covenants
to uphold the Presbyterian forms and
doctrines Of faith. Thus true blue was
applied originally to loyal Presby-
terrain. The blue ribbon, always ahe
reward of the winner In race or con
test, originated In the use of blue
ribbon as the distinguishing badge Of
the Knights Of the Garter, an order
founded by Edward ILL.,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-18
Where Plaques start.

There are four epidemic centers Of
bubOnic plague-that Is, localities
where the disease is always present
and from which seed may be derived
for an extensive outbreak In other
parts of the world. One of these cpl
demic centers is In Mesopotamla, two
are In the regions Of the Himalayas
and the fourth is located In Uganda,
Africa. The fight against plague is
necessarily u fight against rats and
their tenants, the fieas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-18
Ns 81!

Mrs. Charles Woods entertained
at one o'clock luncheon Monday,
for sMr. and Mrs. d. C. Wood and
Mr.. CASTOR of Little Rock, Arkansas.
= ftt =
The +. N. T. Club met with Mrs.
Sanford Cox Tuesday afternoon.
Dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess.
The W. 9. T, C. met at the home
Of Mrs. Minnie Grinstead' last Fri
day evening. Dainty refreshments
swere served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eural Gray enter
tanned at dinner Tuesday evening
for Mrs.. Cramsy of Long Beach,
California, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Scott,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Cooper and Miss
Rose Hall. - =
IS ph",; ~ =
The Pythian Sisters will meet in
regular session Monday night, the
22nd. Initiation work will be put on
and light refreshments will be
served. All Knights and Sisters are
cordially invited.
ftt
The young people of the Christian
Endeayor Society of the Friends
church enjoyed a social at the
church Tuesday evening. The even
ing was spent in playing various
old-fashioned games, after which re-
freshments were served.
ftf
A family reunion was held at the
l.. H. Swan home six miles east OF
the city Sunday. Members of the
family from Hugoton, Arkalon and