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The New York herald., 1921-05-25
Rail Wage Cost to the Public.

The American public pays thefreight
and one thing that ought to be made
clear to this freight paying public is
where Its money goes and In what
proportion. The transportation bills
( the country went up from some
three and a half billions of dollars a
year In 1916, before Government op-
Grafton of the railroads, to more than
six billions Of dollars year in 1920.
when the experiment Of Government
operation had closed in failure and
disaster.
Railroad wages went up so fast and
so far, while the traffic charges were
taking two and a half billions Of
dollars year more out of the pockets
of the American public, that virtually
the whole two and half billions
became an extra labor charge against
the public.
1t does not tell the whole story to
put railway rayrolls, including switch
Ing and terminal companies, Mt
s3,742,4S6,33e for 1920, because the
1920 wage boost was not in effect dur.
ing the whole Of last year. For the
greater part of that year, while the
new scale was in operation. the rail-
road payrolls were running at the
rate OF approximately four billions OF
dollars year. JULIUS KRUTT-
souNTTT's figures, based on a full
year. are $3.9S0. .o0O,O 600.
Now, for 1916. before the Adamson
law was slapped upon the roads and
before Government operation lacked
The railroad payrols sky high. the
labor bill OF the carriers was $1,46S,-
$4,000 a year. with switching and
terminal figures not available. II
these figures added another s32,000,-
ono to the total. and probably they
did not, the payroll then was a bill
ion and a half of dollars.
Before the Adamson law and Gov
ernment operation ripped open the
rublic's pocket the billion and half
q year railroad payroll was an aver
nge Of S15 a year to every man, woman
and child in the country. 1t was an
average Of S75 year to every family
in the country.
The difference between four billions
Of dollars year and billion and a
half Of dollars a year Is two and a
half billions Of dollars year.
Two and half billions OF dollars
a year-the wage increase is an av.
erage Of $25 year to every man,
woman and child in the country. It
is IN AVERAGE of SOS year to every
family in the country.
Four billions u dollars a year
the topnotch railway payroll-is an
average of $40 year to every man,
woman and child in the country. 1t
is an average OF 5000 year to every
family in the country.
What the Adamson law and Gov
ernment operation did to the Amer
lean public, then. in plain arithmetic,
was to increase the average Ameri-
can family's assessment for railway
wages from SIS year to 5000 a
year. They took an extra 1925 a
year out OF every family in the United
States to put into the pay envelopes
Of the railway workers. That is cost
of living for you!
The New York herald., 1921-05-25
Resolved, in Tooley Street.

The spirit OF the Tailors of Tooley
Street lives again. but on this side
OF the ocean. II inhabits the Pro-
League Republican Independents,
who met the other night 500 strong
and sent cablegram to Lord ROBERT
CECIL telling him that, in spite OF
Ambassador HARyEY's speech, "senti-
ment in America is still strong for
the League of Nations"
II was silly to send the message to
Lord ROBERT CECIL There may be
some statesman In England who does
not know that the American major
ity against the League last Novem-
her was seven millions. but that
statesman Is not CEcu- He knows
what the election meant.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25
Cost Of Owning n Home.

To THE NEW York HERALD: friend
bought a house for $4,000 and contra
dicted me when told him II would
cost him about $1,000 year 70 live
in his own house. argued that money
was worth per cent to-day. but even
II he figured per cent and added
hls taxes and upkcep II would come
close TO $1,000 a year.
He argued that man who bought n
house to be his home should not figure
the interest on the money he puts into
that home. Which of us Is right7
BROOKLYN, May "a. KArLrSE.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25
From the Depths.

Dinornhs trials daily grew
And much of grieving they gave rise
The miseries that Lucia knew
One surely must give fearful eyes to.
The lively Mint suffered much
And Toscd had her tribulatlons:
The Media was In sorrows clutch
And Mdlisdnde had her vexatlons.
Yet greater far Ii my despair
And worse the storms have 10
weather
Because OF them have TO bear
More woes than all theirs put together
All. maid above. whose warblings nll
Ny soul with endless lamentations.
What wouldn't l do II could kill
Your operatic aspiratlonsi
NATHAN NJ. LEVI.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

An@sthesia is thousands Of years
old and nobody in particular Is en-
titled to the credit Of its discovery.
DIR. Crawford w. Long Of Georgia is
credited with having performed the
first surgical operation with the aid
Of sulphuric ether in 1912. But he
did not discover ether-physicians and
others had been experimenting with
1t for forty years-and he did not pub
lish his use of it to the medical world
and failed to utilize his opportunity.
DR.. w. T. g. Morton Of Boston intro
duced ether anesthesia into general
use In 1s46 and therefore gets the
credit due a pioneer. But several other
persons had share in developing the
use Of ether and the glory Of the
achievement has not yet been exactly
apportioned among them.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25
St. yincent's Graduates 20 Nurses.

Twenty-nine nurses were graduated
at st. vincents Hospital last night, ad-
dresses being made by Mgr. Michael
j. Lavelle, rector Of st. Patricks Ca
thedral: DR.. Edward l.. keyes. presi-
dent Of the medical board OF the hos
pital. and the Rev. John f. Brady.
supervisor Of the Roman Catholic hos
pitals OF the diocese. st. Vincent's Is
the largest and oldest Roman Catholic
hospital in the city.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

Gait and Mrs. F. Louise Slade. who
viii preside. The committee includes
Mrs. Dwight Morrow. Mrs. Learned
Hand. Mrs. Montgomery Hare. Mrs.
Pierre Jay. Mrs. Seth Milliken, Mrs
Gordon Norrie. Mrs. Willard Straight,
Mrs. v. Everit Macy and Mrs. Walston
Hill Brown.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25
Ether's DISCOVERIES.
DIR. Long Of Georgia One Of Those
to Whom Credit Is Due.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: What is
the truth as to the credit for the dis
covery Of annsthesia?
People in Georgia are forever accus-
ing the North of stealing the honor
from Crawford Long Of Georgia.
/ would like TO know the truth. What
claim has the South to this discovery.
and II she has a good claim why can
she not get her proper credit?
MARIETTA, Ca, May %. A. f. D.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25
A Kansas ArmIsiice.

Elk correspondence Topeka Capital.
Tho town baseball team OF Elk has signed
an arnistice with the Sunday school whereby
the members OF the team attend Sunday
school Sunday NOR iings and the members Of
the Sunday school attend the baseball games
Sunday aftsrnoonA
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

Cur frivolous weather makes the
confirmed gambler regret that he can
NOT trade in It. II 1t had been possi-
bic to go short Of Temperature Com
mon when it was s5 on Sunday and
close out at SO on Monday
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
. the use for republication OF all news des-
atcheB credited to II or not otherwise
credited In this paper. and also the local
news published herein.
An rights OF republication OF special -
patches herein ara also reservv&
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

OF the Cabinet" What this actually
means is that the Portuguese believe
they should have a strong Govern
ment. The people see the need OF II
and their great desire for a power
which will bring them tranquility
and an improved economic condition
is the real cause of the country's po-
litical unrest.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25
Disarmament Meeting Tomorrow

The New York City League of Women
Voters will hold disarmament week
mass meeting tomorrow at the Thirty
ninth Street Theatre at $3.50 p. M. The
speakers include George w. wicker
sham. Will Irwin, Mrs. Carrie Chapman
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

Highest temperature, IS. at s p, M
lowest temperature. 40, at 8 A. N
Average temperature, 81.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

Yes, full speed ahead-except in
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

WEDNESDAY,. MAY 25. 1921.
The New York herald., 1921-05-25

TIC temperature In this city yesterday. I
rsscoruea py the official Thermometer,
snOMn In the fnhla.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
LEAGUE WILL FIX
 BOUNDARIES FOR SILESlA
Lloyd George and French Pre- mier Agree to Abide by
 Decision of Council

PARIS, Aug. 12.-Ey the Associat- ed Press )-The disposition of the rich region of Upper Silesia, which has disturbed the peace of mind of Flu rope since the signing of the treaty of Versailles, is postponed for several months by the action of the inter-al- lied supreme council today in request inC the council of the league of na- tions to study the subject and advise upon the fixing of a line separating
 any and Poland.
 The text of the resolution asking the council of the league to aid in set ting the question was drawn so as to nvCid the appearance of arbitration, which is not provided for in the trea- " of Versailles. The resolution fol lows:
 "The supreme council before rend- ering it's decision upon the Upper Si- .esian frontier between Germany and Poland comfOrmable with Article SS of the treaty of Versailles, decides, >-r-uant to Article II, paragraph 7, of the covenant of the League of Ma tions. to submit to the council of the league of nations the difficulties at ending the fixing of the frontier and to invite the recommendations of the council as to the line that the princi pal allied and associated powers should lay down.
 "The council of the league of ma tions /; requested to regard the mat ter as one of great urgency in view of the situation in Upper Silesia.'
 The resolution was so drawn that the council of the league may not de eide the question at issue but DavlC Lloyd George and Aristide Briand. re spectiyely the British and French pre- miers, pledged themselves in the su preme council meeting today to ac cert the advice of the league of na tions.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
Russians Must Guarantee To Protect Supplies Sent
 By US. To Famine Victims
Hoover Authorizes Director of American Relief Work in Europe to Go Ahead With Negotiations For Aid
 to Starving;, Will Take No Chances

RIGA. Aug. .l2.-(By the Associated Press)-An absolute guarantee of the protection of food supplies sent into Russia is asked of the Russian gov ernment in draft agreement present ed Maxim Litvinoff, representative of the Soviet relief committee, by Wal ter Lyman Brown, European director of the American Relief Administration this afternoon. The guarantee was asked following the receipt of cable n'sD; tch by Brown, from Herbert Hoover head of the American Relief Administration, authorizing Brown to proceed with the negotiations for re- lief. Hoover accepting the release of seven American prisoners in Russia and the promised opportunity to other Americans to leave the country as evidence of good faith on the part of
 Russia in meeting the demands Of
 Hoover as a basis of aid for starving Russians.
 On receipt of the cablegram, Brown arranged a conference with M. Lit
 vinoff. He explained the details of
 the proposed agreement and made ar engagements flor another meeting with
 tine Russians tomorrow when the ques
 tion of signing is expected to be set tied. In regard to requirements for , receipt of American Relief Adminis tration supplies, specal proposals are included in Browns draft agreement. These are based generally on the un- certainty of Russian conditions. Brown proposes that the relief admin istration deliver goods at ports, from | which the Soviet government in Rus sia is to transport them to the fam, inc distrcts. An absolute guarantee 1 of freedom of travel and communica- 1 tion for relief administration workers ; in Russia is also requested We will have the situation in ouI
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
HARDING WILL TAKE NJ PART
 AS A DELEGATE
 AT CONFERENCE
Other Members of American Delegation Are Yet to be
 Named, Announcement
MAY APPOINT WOMAN
President Expected to Open Meeting and Then Retire
 From Any Actual Part

WASHINGTON. Aug 12-CBy The Associated Press.)-Any expectation that President Harding will himself act as delegate to the disarmament conference. was overthrown today by the White House announcement that he had definitely designated Secre- tary Hughes. of the state department. to head the American delegation.
 It was said that other members were yet to be chosen. although the president is known to have narrowed considerably the list of those he con siders available and may reach the point of other definite selections in the near future. He is understood to have decided that at least one of the places shall go to a United States sen ator and the choice of a woman as a member of the delegation still is with in the range of possibilities.
 The exact role to be played by the president never has ben officially de
 
 that, after delivering the opeing ad- dress of the conference. November II. he will remain in the background of the negotiations. leaving direct con tact with the foreign commissioners to his accredited representatives. but at the same time keeping in close touch with them and with all the pro- ceedings of the conference.
 By this course, Harding will he in position similar to that President Poincaire, of France, when he opened the Versailles conference and then retired from actual participation in the proceedings. President Harding's close advisers are said to feel that by keeping away from details of the dis armament discussions. he can reserve his efforts for the more important features and be so placed as to act as mediator for all the delegations in any disagreement that might threaten the success of the conference.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
POLICE DOUBT STORY TOED BY
 BAKER HELD IN
 MURDER PRObE
Suspect Remains Calm Under Examination Regarding
 His Part in Crime
SEEKING TWO WOMEN
Officials Searching For Pair Named by Hightower as
 Street Associates

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12. - Will liam Hightower, itinerant baker, stoutly resisted today all efforts of the police to connect nm with the murder of Rev Patrick HeSlin, Colma priest, and after two days question ing still maintained he had no knowl- edge of the crime. He was taken in to custody after he had led a group of policemen and newspapermea to the priests grave on the seashore Wednesday night.
 Captain of Detectives Duncan Math- eson, Assistant District Attorney Col den of San Francisco, and District Attorney Franklin Swart of San Ma teo county, said tonight that they were nearer solution of the crime than ever before"
 Things are coming to head" said Swart.
 Hightcwer was confronted by the police with information from widely differents ources, tending, they said, to show he had knowledge of the priests death, but he remained calm and undisturbed.
 He showed emotion only once, the police said This was when handed a long delayed telegram which told of his wife's death in Saltwater, Okla When he head the telegram, Hightower broke down and sobbed.
 The inquiry today developed con- flict of Hightower's story of the use he made of a small automobile rent ed from a local garage the night the priest disappeared in company with a stranger who said dying man sought spiritual consolation.
 HightCwer said he took the machine from the garage about o'clock, went to San Jose, south of here, with Dor ris Shirley, waitress, with whom he said he was living, and returned tC San Francisco at 10 o'clock. Findins no one in the garage, he said, he Jeff the machine outside. Against this story is the testimony of a garage em ploye that Hightower did not leave the garage until 6 and the police were bending every effort to trace the move ments of the car between that time and o'clock, the hour that the pries disappeared in an automobile knowr ! to have been of the same make. The police have been unable to To cate Doris Shirley and several clues to the present location of Dolly Ma son, the woman from whom Hightow CT said he received first knowledge of the graves location, have Erovet worthless.
 A letter mailed Wednesday b. Hightower to Dolly Mason was recoV cred today from the San F'rancisc, postoffice and read, with Hightower'
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
2O INJURED IN RAILROAD WRECK

PUEBLO, Colo, Aug. 12. - Santa Fe passenger train No. II. east bound was wrecked at Deyine, 10 miles east of Pueblo, at 1:30 o'clock this after noon. Twenty persons were more or less injured, two of them seriously enough to be taken to the hospital here.
 They are: Mrs. Alice Dunkin of Kerwin, Kansas, who suffered severe cuts about the head and arms, and George Williams, a negro, address anobtained, who suffered injuries to one of his knees.
 The cause of the accident was the breaking of the axle of one of the main drive wheels of the locomotive.
 This spread the rails and permit ted the wheels on the coaches follow ing to leave the track and two bag gage cars. the smoker, two chair cars and two Pullmans were off the rails and the right of way.
 Three Pullmans stayed on the rails
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
DR. STONE TO BE BURIED MONDAY

ST. PAUL, 4Iinn., Aug. 12. - En- route to Lafayette, Ind, for burial, the body of Dr. w. k. Stone. president of Purdue University, who plunged to death in the Canadian Rockies near Banff on July F, passed through here this afternoon.
 Accompanying the body were Mrs. Stone. who herseN was rescued from a mountain ledge after eight days eX- posr-e without food; Richard Stone, Of Cleveland. and David Stone, of New York City, her sons, and Harlan F. Stone. dean of Columbia Univer- sity law school. New York, City, a brother of n" Stone.
 The part S II go on directly to La Fayette. where funeral services will be held. probably Monday.
 Despite the hardships she has .en- dured, Mrs. Stone shows no lasting physical effects of her experience. Her hands still are rough and sore from the friction of ropes, but other bruises practically have healed, and in the past three days, she has regain ed some of the weight lost during her exposure.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
FOR TAX REVISION BILL ARE COMP LIFTED
 BY HOUSE G.O.P.
Income Tax Exemption For Married Men May Soon be
 Increased to $2,500.00
DEBATES TO BE LIMITED
Final Action by House One Week From Today Hoped
 For by Party Chiefs

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Virtually winding up revision of the levy sec tions of the 1918 tax law, house ways and means committee Republicans voted today to increase from S2,000 to $2,500 the exemption allowed mar ried men having an annual net in- come of S5,000 or less. This change would be retroactive to January l, 1921, and would be in addition to the increase of S200 in the exemption for each dependent of head of family previously decided upon.
 Agreement was also reached, it was said, to decrease the manufacturers tax on candy from five to three per cent, the manufacturers tax on furs from ten to five per cent, the tax on art works from 10 to , per cent, and to repeal all of the so-called luxury taxes. including the levy on carpets. rugs. trunks, travelling cases, pocket books. umbrellas and portable light ing fixtures, as well as those on wear ing apparel.
 Under present plans of Republican leaders, the committee draft of the completed bill. which will be in the form of an amendment to the 1918 law, will be presented to a conference Oi HOuS6 ct l p ViOh- day, and introduced in the house later that day Actual consideration of it there, however, it was said, would go over until Wednesday in order that the measure could be formally passed uron Tuesday by the ways and means committee with the Democratic mem 'bers present.
 While the question of a'special rule is to be decided by the party confer ence. some leaders said tonight they expected the majority to adopt rule limiting general debate. fixing a time for vote and giving priority to com mttee amendments. They regarded final action by the house week from tomorrow. as something more than a probability, but it was emphasized that this was a matter for determine ton by the party conference.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13

hands at any time Russia shows a disposition not to act n good faith,' Brown said today But ther are no evidences of that. Immediately after signing the agreement, some of our representatives will go into Russia to look over the ground"
 Brown is not personally going into Russia. He probably will send Car roll, who, it is expected. will act as chief of relief in Russia.
 M. Litvinoff this morning, prior to the receipt by Brown of the cable dis patch from Washington, informed Brown that he could wait in Riga only until Saturday, as he had important business to attend to in Reval. He desired that the negotiations be transferred to Reval ip the event that no decision had been reached in Riga by that time.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
Governor Pledges
 Undivided Support
 To San Carlos Dam

CASA GRANDE, Ariz.. Aug 12.- More than 1000. persons attended the annual San Carlos day celebration here today. A number of talks were made by representatives of various sections of the state.
 Governor Thomas E. Campbell. who delivered an address. pledged his un- divided energy in support of the early construction of the dam. He told his hearers, however, that it probably would be five years or more after the appropriations for the work is secured from congress before water could be furnished to the lands to be irrigated by the project
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
Emergency Tariff May Be Kept In
 Effect Year

WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. - The American valuation plan of assess ing duties on imported merchant disc, with qualifications and limita- tiOns proposed by Republican mem bers of the senate finance com mittee, was accepted today at joint conference by Republican members of the house ways and means committee and the program will be recommended to the senate as a part of permanent tariff bill.
 An attempt also was made at the conference to determine whether the next tariff law would contain a dye embargo Although no for mal action was taken, it was indi- cated that the Republican leaders would provide high protective rates for the dye industry but prob ably would not favor the suggested three year embargo.
 The house members also agreed to an amendment by the finance committee to the Longworth reso- lution extending the life of the emergency tariff law. as well as the dye embargo. to January l, or until superseded by the permanent law.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
Nogales Physician
 To Take Charge Of
 Insane Institution

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 12.-Appoint ment of Dr. Ray Ferguson. of Nogales as superintendent of the state hospl- tai for the insGhe here. was announc! ed today by the governors office: Dr. Ferguson will assume his new duties on August 15.
 Dr. Ferguson was superintendent of the hospital under Governor Kibbey, the next to the last of the territorial 20, ernors. At the end of Governor Kibbey's administration, Dr. Fergus on returned to Nogaies where he had practiced medicine for many years before assuming the superintendency of the hospital, and resumed his pri- Nate practice there.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-13
To Hold Up Woods. Appointment Until
 Report Submitted

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. - AL though General Woods designa- tion to head the island govern ment is regarded among war de- partment officials as virtually settled, it was emphasized in high administration circles today that no nomination would go to sithe senate until after report of the present special Investigating commission, of which the general is chairman. This commission was sent to the Philippines by President Harding to make a thorough survey of conditions and to recommend what form O. gov ernment was best.