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Evening star., 1921-01-16
,SHO0T z MEN DEAD:
ESCAPE WITH $4,000
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BAY CITY, Mich. January 15.-Six
armed men robbed the Broadway
branch of the Saginaw County Saw
ings Bank tonight, shot and killed
L. NJ. Persons, an insurance. man, and
Martin l. Debats. president of the
Valley Home Telephone Company,
and escaped with loot estimated by
bank officials at $4,000.
The bandits departed in the direc-
tion of Saginaw, according to the
police. Debats and Persons were the
last customers in the bank, which was
about to close for the night Persons
had just turned away from the re-
ceiving teller's window and Debats
had taken his place when the bandits
dashed through the doors and i'm
mediately opened fire, their first shots
killing the men.
The bandits then lined up bank en-
pIoyes and made their escape with all
the money in the teller's cage.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
WOULD ASSUME LOSS.
MT. Palmer Explains q. S. Position
in Sugar Shrinkage.

Attorney General Palmer and rep
resentatives of the American Trading
Company. a New York importing con-
cern, appeared yesterday before
Senate committee in support of SEN
ator Wadsworth's bill to have the
federal sugar equalization board dis
tribute and assume liabilities for
about $4,000 tons of sugar bought in
Argentina by the trading company
for the account Of the Department Of
Justice.
The Attorney General said that the
time the sugar reached this country
the famine had been broken and prices
had fallen. avd that it was not fair
that the company. which bought the
sugar at the request of the govern
ment, should bear the loss. estimated
at about $1,800.000.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
URGES AID FOR RAILROADS
Counsel Says Short Lines Face
Bankruptcy.

A number of short-line railroads
face early bankruptcy unless the gov
ernment provides financial relief, the
House commerce committee was told
yesterday by Bird NJ Robinson, general
counsel of the American Short-Line
Railroads Association. Most of the
roads. he said, were 'in dire need"
of partial payments on amounts due
them under the guaranteed earnings
provisions of the transportation act,
and he protested against the Treas
ury's Interpretation of the act which
prevents partial settlements.
A similar position was taken on be-
half of manufacturers of railway
equipment and supplies by Frank w.
Noxon. secretary of the Railway
Business Association. He said wide
spread distress had been caused by
the cancellation of orders by the car
riers' plants having been forced to
close down or operate on part time.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
FRENCH H|ND|GNANRO
At LAB0R'S FAIb
Dissolution of Confederation
Brings Criticism From
All Factions. g.
By PAUL SCOTT MOwRER.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1921.


Copyright. 1921.
PARIS, France. January 15.-
French radical and labor circles have
been plunged into Il condition of grim
INDICATION by the national courts or
der dissolving the General Labor
Confederation.
The extremists are divided among
labor leaders truly point out, the gov
rendered possible by the profound:
schisms within the labor organiza-
tions. Nevertheless, all the factions
unite In condemning the decision OF
the court. Ia
Naturally the order to liquidate thee
labor confederation will not destroy
the trades union movement. which,
though enfeeblcd since the deplorable
revolutionary strikes of last May. can
still boast Of some $500 unions com.
bined in fifty-two industrial fedora.
tions and eighty-nine departmental
uniona -
Moreover. the French law permits
the confederation to be reconstructed.
Immediately so long as the unions res
main purely economic in character,
and avoid attempting political action
Nevertheless the present blow is se.''
we're. a-r
a, y
Program Il Revolutionary.
Leaving aside minor infractions OF
the laws relating to the establishment
OF trades unions. the governments
chief charge is that the abor leaders,
contrary to law, have lifted the oE-
ganization Off purely economic ground
onto political ground, and in creating
the so-called economic council have
attempted to form a state within A.
state by an openly revolutionary pro-
gram. The long and interesting Sddg-s
ment by the court pays tribute to the.
patriotism and valuable services rem.
dered by the labor leaders during the
war, declares its belief in organized
labor for purely economic PURPOSES
and cites much testimony to show,
that the confederation at present has
strayed far from this purely economic.
aim. Its attempted alliances with
foreign labor bodies and it's propaEan-s
da against Russian Intervention ami
in favor of revolutionary strikes areI
particularly mentioned. --3c
Leaders Too Important. .>'
The court declares that it believes
the confederation has done and can dc
much good. but that its leadera,A
through cooperation with the govern
ment during the war evidently COM;
ceived an exaggerated notion of their.
own Importance. -
1t is particularly necessary just
now. the judgment continues. 'thatr
the country should not be disorderefl
by the phantasmagoria of a revoiuA'i
tionary ideal more or less deceptive
and more or less in opposition to thei
profound laws upon which the modern
life Of any society depends" g"
Evening star., 1921-01-16
OPPOSES GRAIN GAMBLING
Brief Of Northern Farmers Read
Before Committee.

Opposition to short selling and
every form OF purely speculative fu-
ture trading was voiced in q BRIEF
from John M. Anderson. president of
the Equity Cooperative League Of
St. Paul, Minn.. which was read be-
fore the House agriculture COMMITTEES
by Representative Young. republican.
North Dakota This Organization.
which was said to represent 81 900
stockholders and 100000 customers.
all farmers of North Dakota, Minne-
sofa, Wisconsin and Montana, de-
clared through the brief that "hedg-
ing" ought to be preserved 'if It can
be separated from the riot Of gam
bling transactions now carried on
in all organized grain exchanges"
Evening star., 1921-01-16
ASKS COAL FIGURES.
Newton Wants Full Facts in Gov
ernment Purchases.

The Federal Trade Commission
would be asked to inform Congress
how much coal was bought by the
government the last two years, and
at what price. under a resolution in
troduced by Representative Newton,
republican. Minnesota. The resolution
called for production cost. mine price.
how much agents or middlemen got
and the increase last year over 1919
Mr.. Newton declared one railroad in
the northwest had to pay three and a
third million dollars more for it's coal
in 1920 than in 1919. which. he con-
tended. was one of the principal rea-
sons for an increase in freight and
passenger rates.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
MAY MODIFY ALIEN BAN,
Immigration Bill May Become Part
of Tariff Measure.

Proponents of legislation prohibit
ing immigration for year or longer
said yesterday they planned to in
troduce the House bill in modified
form as an amendment to the emer-
Eency tariff bill when that measure
comes before the Senate.
Several members of the Senate i'm
migration committee said 1t was I'M
probable that the committee would
report the House bill or that they
would recommend passage at thu
present session of any temporary
legislation restricting immigration.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
EXAMINE COAL BILL.
Hearings on Measure for Federal
Control Open Tuesday.

Senator Calder's bill for federal
regulation of the coal industry was
given a preliminary examination yes
terday by the Senate manufacturers
committee, which decided to open
hearings on it Tuesday. Coal opera
tors, wholesalers and others interest
ed will be given three days for the
presentation Of evidence and on
Friday the committee will meet in
executive session to pass on the
measure.
A. G. Gautheim, representing the
American Railway Association, was
called by the committee yesterday for
a brief discussion Of Interstate Com
merce Commission priority orders
issued during the coal shortage last
summer. and w. T. Chantland, counsel
for the committee investigating the
coal situation, was asked as to prices
paid by the Shipping Board for coal
He said this phase Of the inquiry had
not, been completed, but that evidence
would be presented to show that
bunker fuel cost the board from SIG
to $21 ton.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
SHIFT INQUIRIES TO N. Y
Committees on Ship Investigation.
to Resume Work.

Two House committees will go to
New York today to resume investiga-
tions tomorrow on war expenditures.
A congressional subcommittee, con-
sisting of Representatives FTear,
Wisconsin. and Jeffries, Nebraska. re-
publicans, and Lea Of California
democrat. will inquire into the re-
conditioning of ships used by the War
Department as transports.
The committee. investigating into
the Shipping Board and Emergency
Fleet Corporation, OF which Repre-
sentative Walsh, republican. Massa-
chusetts. is chairman. will also con-
tinue it's inquiries there tomorrow.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
DELAYS CUT IN ARMY.
Phelan Causes Recruiting Measure
to Be Held in Senate.

Further progress of the resolution
which the Senate passed Friday or
dering the War Department to cease
recruiting until the Regular Army
has been cut down to 10000 men was
blocked yesterday by Senator Phelan,
democrat, California.
The senator gave formal notice of
his intention to offer a motion for re-
consideration of the measure, and Vice
President Marshall. after ascertain
ing that the resolution had not been
transmitted to the House, ordered it
held in the Senate until the motion
was voted on. Members Of the mill
tary affairs committee said there was
little prospect of a change in the Sem
ate sentiment.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
THEIR HUMAN SIDE
By WILL p. KENNEDY,

Here's how the cost Of foodstuffs
Jump between the producer and con-
sumer: Senator ASle j. Gronna of
North Dakota told his colleagues that
before coming back to the capital
he sold wheat from one Of his farms
for $1.40 a bushel, and in Washing
ton bought some puffed wheat. for
$50 bushel. Chairman Joseph w.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
FURTHER GAINS BY FORD.

Further recount by the Senate cleo
tions committee yesterday of ballots
cast in the Michigan senatorial con-
test between Henry Ford and Senator
Newberry increased Fords gain. With
go precincts out Of total Of 2.232
counted. co ! ted. F0rd's net Eain was given
Evening star., 1921-01-16
WAR LAWS REPEAL UP.

The House resolution to repeal war
laws will be acted on tomorrow by
the Senate judiciary committee. A
favorable report was expected, with
the food and fuel control act except
Evening star., 1921-01-16
Fordney to See Harding.

Chairman Fordney of the House
ways and means ccmmittee has gone
to Marion at the invitation of Presf-
dent-eiect Harding to discuss taxes
and tariff with the -elect4 $,
Evening star., 1921-01-16

Fordney of the ways and means COM
mittee had a similar experience. He
said a recent shipment of sheep to
New York netted the shipper only
80 cents per head. but II went into
for two measly little lamb chops as
big as a half dollar" 80 he figured
out that between the producer and
the consumer a whole sheep shrank
to the size Of one small lamb chop.
Evening star., 1921-01-16

Augusta. Charleston. Savannah
Through service daily. Atlantic Coast Line
R.R. once. 141s St n.w.-Advertisement
Evening star., 1921-01-16

Many. in fact. most Of Uncle Sans
tion Of the magnitude of Uncle Sans
workshop, which is the largest busi-
ness enterprise In the whole world.
For example,, when one thinks of tho
Treasury Department he visions the
structure just east Of the Executive
Mansion-but as matter OF fact In
the Capital city alone the Treasury
Department occupies forty-seven
buildings, besides fifty-one barracks
buildings used for storage purposes.
This is on the authority of w. G.
Platt, chief clerk and superintendent.
And when one speaks of government
"red tape" it is not by any means
fpuratiye, for the House appropria-
tions committee recently asked F. F.
weston, chief Of the division Of print
ing and stationery. Treasury Depart
ment, about an item OF $4,000 Tor
sealing wax for the fiscal year 1922
FOR that one small branch Of the gov
ernment service. Mr.. Weston explain
ed that the use of the wax sis an old
custom that has come down to US
from the days when the king used to
make an impression with his seal on
paper," and Representative Thomas
U. Sisson Of Mississippi said: Il
think there is still a great deal of red
tape connected with the government.
but this is the first time I have no.
ticed here $1,000 for red tape"
The Congressional Library is not
only most superb in its beauty Of de-
sign, but is exceeded in the number
Of books it contains only by the
Bibliotheque Rationale Of Paris and
tho British Museum Of London. In
the Congressional Library are found
the worlds greatest collection Of mu-
steal compositions and Of maps. It's
a far cry IRON such astheticism to
Evening star., 1921-01-16

Se0A SHers Vi0letD
Via 0ude's. Sweetest homegrown
epecfmenA 1914 F.-Advertisement
Evening star., 1921-01-16
HARRISON CARRIES
PLEA FOR SCHOOLS
TO SENATE FLOOR

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1921-01-16

washing soiled towels. and yet that
Is one of the functions of the library,
1t washes upward of 10000 towels
q month at fraction of a cent per
towel-much cheaper than buying pa
per towels. and about one-fifth of
what the laundry bill formerly came
to.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
WHERE BOARD IS NOW CHEAP
Girls In the Mission Schools In China
Pay Only $18 Year for
Their Meals.

It IS refreshing in these days OF high
prices to learn that somewhere 1t Is
possible to get ones daily bread and
its Accomplishments at a low figure.
The place is China-Tengschow, In the
province of Shantung. There, In the
mission school, girl may have three
meals a day for $1S year.
The menu sounds strange to the
school girl Of the western world, but
to the Chinese student It Is highly sat
isfactory. Steamed corn bread and
raw turnips that have been kept In
brine and then chopped quite fine COM
pose the regulation. breakfast almost
all the year. For dinner there Is usu-
ally millet cooked dry like rice, and
some hot vegetable. Twice a week the
vegetable is cooked with fat pork In
stead Of in bean oil as usual. Supper
is the same as breakfast. Perhaps half
a dozen times year, however, they
celebrate with more luxurious fare
Christian Science Monitor.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
tn. Church Of massachusetts,

The Congregational became the es-
tablished church Of the Massachusetts,
Bay colony in 1851. The same spirit
that excused the banishment Of Anne
Hutchinson and the hanginr Of the
Quakers on the ground that their
teaching endangered the stability Of
the government was at the basis Of
the act which made church member
ship qualification for the franchise.
and finally made the Congregational
the established church Of the colony.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
Getting sense.

There comes clear day when one
realizes that clothes are to keep the
weather of you, that food is to give
you health, that home Is shelter and
inspiration; that aside from being
clean and inoffensive. ones personal
appearance does not signify very
much; that the main thing In life Ii
to be going along toward the goal OF
your ideals. That isn't getting old. It's
getting sense. From then on Time 10
not master. but friend.-Collierk
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
Corn Borer In Maine.

State Hortioulturist Frank 81. Dudley
has been notified by the federal authori-
ties that specimens of the European corn
borer has been found in the corn field of
W. Pickering. at Elliott, Ne. "The find
ing of this dangerous pest means a great
deal OF work." said Mr.. Dudley, who has
done everything he possibly could in the
past to keep It from reaching Maine
from Massachusetts, where 1t has been
very prevalent during the past two or
three years.
When Mr.. Pickering's corn was out ev-
idence OF the pest was found by the fed.
eral department, who are on the alert for
It in oil parts Of the east. "The finding
Of the European corn borer here will
mean close quarantine In that area, y
said Mr.. Dudley, and will involve much
work and expense to eradicate % II musi
not reach TO other parts Of the state.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11

OF the 4S,227 farms in Maine, A, 103
report live stock. Horses are reported
by O,25S, mules by 264, cattle by Al ,2S9
sheep by $3.50, ami hogs by N,996.
The number of horses In Maine is o.
$50, which includes 30, 724 horses 2 years
old and over, 1894 colts from to 2
years old, and 1872 colts under ! year
old. The total value reported for horses
10 SIS $780, ,6S1, an average OF $l69 80 per
head. The number of horses on April
Is, 1910 Excluding spring colts, in order
to make fair comparison with the fg-
ures for January l, 1920) was 107, ,21o.
The total number of cattle is 300, TAT
including 3S,474 beef cattle and 267,27S
dairy cattle. Dairy COWS alone number
175, 1926. The value reported for all cat
tie is $iS. .270, $40; the total value Of dairy
cows, 81, ,S47, ,99S, an average of $73 "a
each. The number OF cattle in 1910 lex
cludiug spring cslves) was 224,622.
or the l19, All sheep In the state, 23,-
$50 are lambs under year old; 90,049,
ewes year old and over; and 5,762, rams
and wethers. The value reported for
sheep is 81, ,191, ,7SO, an average of 80 9S
per head. The number of sheepin 1910
opkfuS Woo 2TOsooH.
The 81, ,204 swine reported include 53,-
0S6 pigs under 8 months old, II, Ala sows
for breeding, 1858 boars for breeding,
and 24.201 other hogs. The swine are
valued at 81 ,93S, 1875.
The value of the !, ,40S, ,2S4 chickens re-
ported is $2,17S,964. The number of
chickens in 1910 was ], 1,704 300.
The total production of milk In 1919
was y, ,876, ,SS1 gallons, as compared with
SO, ,7s4 ,455 gallons In 1909. The produc-
ton of wool in 1919 was 665, ,453 pounds;
of honey, 209,072 pounds; Of eggs, g.
977, $40 dozen; and the number Of chick.
ems raised, 1,90S, ,466.
The value OF all dairy products, ex-
cluding home use of milk and cream,
was 81, ,772, $40; of eggs, 5,4s7 ,542; and
of chickens raised in 1919, 2,S2S, ,S29.
Domestic animals kept in village barns,
city stables, and elsewhere not on farms,
were reported as follows: Horses, "a, 972
in 1920, as compared with 29,822 in 1910;
cattle, 1915 in 1920 and 9,700 in 1910;
hogs. is. .473 in 1920 and 5,66S in 1910.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
Sweet Corn Yield.

A year ago the agricultural extension
service OF the University Of Maine issued
q new bulletin showing an analysis OF
records of the cost OF raising sweet corn
on 81 Maine farms, having total Of 20e
acres devoted to that crop. The average
was 8 6S- 100 cents per pound of cut corn.
But it will be remembered that the sweet
corn yield in Maine in 1919 was consider
ably above normal. On the 81 farms In
question there was an average yield OF
2, ,75S pounds par acre.
A similar analysis has been made by
N. D. Jones, farm management demon.
strator of the extension service, based on
figures secured from accurate records
kept In 1920 on 1S1 farms on which 800
acres were devoted 10 growing sweet
corn for canning. In the keeping OF
these records the farmers were assisted
by the county agents and Farm Bureau
Com mittees.
The records of these 131 farms, scat
tered over the counties of Androscoggin,
Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox,
Oxford, Psnobscot, Somerset and York.
show an average production OF 1880
pounds of cut corn per acre; net cost
of Sl21 90 per acre, and an average cost
of 4 26-100 cents per pound. Reckoned
ON q basis of q normal yield, which ID
about 1000 pounds per acre, the cost per
pound would have been in excess Of five
cents.
The items Of average cost per acre en-
tsring into the analysis are: Rent on
land, $9.07; use Of machinery, $S.47; in
terest, sl.57; fertilizer, 645 pounds,
SIT 81; manure, 20.7 tons, $2S.15; seed,
9S quarts, IS 40; miscellaneous, Al;
horse labor, 103 hours, $40 40; man Ia
Dor, 1872 hours, $51 IS; total, S1S6 04;
credit for fodder and factory waste,
$14.14; net cost, $l21. 90 per acre.
The analysis shows that in four of the
nine counties enumerated the production
was at net loss, but Mr.. Jones explains
that the records from those four coun.
ties were few and may not fairly repre-
sent the general conditions prevailing
there. It is important, however, to know
that 45 of the 131 farms included In the
reports produced at loss. II this ID
true in good corn year the per cent
losing In an off year must be large. The
fact that there are crop failures In sweet
corn, and years with email yields, must
be taken into account when considering
the cost per pound Of production.
"Cousidering that 80 many, In q good
year, produced corn at loss, one of two
things is evident" says Mr.. Jones,
"either there are men growing sweet
corn who do not know how to grow II OF
they are using land not adapted to the
crop. The former condition can be rem
edied; the latter can be by growing some
other crop for which the land is better
fitted. These records show wide vari
alton In the cost of producing corn on
different farms. More growers should
keep records to flnd out where their cost
10 excessive and to determine whether
the crop is profitable one under their
condition"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
Black Bear Put Up Flight

As residents Of Maine know, the
black bear is usually shy, inoffen-
sive animal, but farmer who lives In
Brownville ran across one not long
ago that proved to be very lively ex-
ception to the rule. The bear attacked
him in the woods about mile from
his house so fercely and persistently
that 1t defeated his every effort to es-
cape until he managed to pick up two
heavy clubs. BY feinting with one
club and hitting the bear with the 9TH
er, he fought it of until he worked
his way to an open field.-Youth's
Companion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11

D Subscriber hereby gives notice that abe
been duly appointed executrix Of the last
md testament OF
m ANDREWS, late of Hampton Falls,
s County Of Rockingham and state OF
Ham, pshire, deceased. without bond. Al
ms having demands against the estate OF
|deceased are desired TO present the same
etflement, and all indebted tneresc are 70
= 10 make payment immedistely.
A MIRIAM g. ANDREWS,
Hampton Falls, N. Il.
c. K. CHAPLAIN. Agent, Lowell.
bember 2lst, 1910.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
Smut t.ke. large toll from The whe

Smut takes large toll from the wheat
crop each year. Be forehanded aod pre-
vent this loss by sprinkling on the
cleaned seed solution made By adding
one pound Of formalin to forty gallons
Of water. Use about one gallon Of the
solution for each bushel Of seed. Get ev-
cry kernel wet. Cover the grain with .
blanket for several hours, then uncover
and stir occasionally until u II dry. when
Il ID ready for seeding.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
To Press Water Power Measure


The New Hampshire Manufacturers
association will present a bill to the
incoming legislature seeking Ito pro-
vide some practical and proper means
Of accomplishing what New Hamp-
shire needs more than anything else
early development of her natural r.
sources" principally water storage and
water power.
Elaborate and farreachtng plans
for the development Of electrical ener-
gy are later contemplated. The plans
call for great water power dam to
back up Lake Winnipesaukee six In.
ches higher than at present at q cost
Of $4,000, 900, with the proposed dam
In the vicinity of Lakeport, where a
central power station would be erect
ed with high tension wires carrying
the current to cities and towns in the
state.
Projects also contemplated by the
proponents of the bill include plans for
daming seven streams, the Portsmouth
harbor development and other projects