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New-York tribune., 1921-04-28
Valparaiso Board
Says Bolshevisrl
Charge Is False
Trustees Assert Ex-President
of University Tried to
Cloak Failure to Make
Good; Students Pleased
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

VALPARAISO, Ind. April 27.~-The
trustees of Valparaiso University is
sued statement late to-day in which
they fatty denied charges made by
Daniel Russell Hodgdon. former presi-
dent of the university. in resignang
Monday. that the university is ''hot-
bed Of Bolshevism" and other disloyal
cults. Any Bolshevism in the school,
the trustees declared. was creation
OF DR.. Hodgdon's mind and its origin
was due to his constant application of
the term in denunciation of those who
did not agree with his policies.
University officials say the resigna-
t;on of Dr.. Hodgdon is elimination
of many other issues with which the
student dissension had nothing to do.
One Of the most important was the un-
Willingness of the faculty to continue
in q state of disorganization which re-
suited from lack OF harmony and SYM
pathy between the members and the
president. The trustees assert Hodp~
don's statements in the press are an
attempt to find Justification fer his
failure to make good at the university
The officials also say they will vel
come any proof that such a condition
exists, but until this is Forthcoming
must assert DR.. Hodgdon's charges are
malicious and false.
r. E. Huston, president of the Reha-
bliitation Club of the university, com
posed of World War veterans receiving
training at the school, to-day gave out
resolution by the club indorsing the
trustees and the newly elected presi-
dent and vice-president, and indicating
their pleasure to remain uNder their
instruction. The resolution says the
club was in no wise responsible FOR the
removal of DR.. Hodgdon, but believes
his resignation is in the best interes SITS
of the school and the war veterans in
training there. y
More than thousand students held
p jolifcation meeting last night in
honor of the turn Of events.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28
Bronx Jail Food Graft
Charges Under Scrutiny
Sheriff Overhears Prisoner Say
He Paid $500 for Two
Sandwiches i'm Annex

Sheriff Thomas H. O'Neil of Bronx
County said yesterday that he was
conducting an investigation into
charges of graft on the part of en-
ployees in the apnex of the Bronx
County jail. II the charges are sus-
tained, ne SAID tnat the guilty ones
will be summarily discharged
For the benefit of the hearty eaters
OF the annex, which is used exclusively
for women and young men twenty one
years old, system was established
whereby they could purchase special
dishes between meal times.
The system, according to reports.
has always worked we'll and there may
be no truth attached to the conversa-
tion overheard recently by the Sheriff.
Nevertheless. that official has promised
the fullest investigation
The inmate, overheard blythe Sheriff.
was saying that he had paid 81 for a
cup of cocoa and $3.50 for two ham
sandwiches, snack to fill in between
regular prison MEALS
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28
New York Express Is
Wrecked Near Altoona
Nine Cars Leave Tracks, but
No One Is Seriously Injured;
Cause Undetermined

ALTOONA Pa, April 27-~Train No.
Ga. the New York express, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked
late tonight ten miles west of this
city. First reports said number Of
passengers had been injured. A spe-
cial train with nurses and physicians
was sent to the scene from Altoona.
The wrecked train was bound east.
Nine cars OF Train No 64 east
bound. were derailed five miles west of
Altoona, Pa, last night, but no pas
sengers We're killed or seriously in
lured, according to reports received
here by Pennsylvania Railroad officials.
The cause of the wreck is not known.
The engineer of the wrecked train
was slightly injured and several pas
sengers were badly shaken up, but
otherwise little damage was done, the
report said.
Three of the nine cars were sleepers.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28
Negro Says Georgia Mobs
Beat and Kill Nightly
Three Lynch d, One Old
Woman Being Thrown Into
Creek and Drowned

ATLANTA, April 27.-Charges of
.aab violence against negroes in an
ether Georgia county are contained in
letter from the sheriff of county
n southwestern Georgia, made pub
ic to-day in reply to one from Cover
'uor Dorsey, asking verifcation of
eharges that three negroes had been
ynched, one an old negro woman who
aas thrown into creek and drowned
Names were withheld pending an in
cstgation.
"Mobs were riding every night,
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28
BY Harriette Underhill

Taking motion pictures have been
perfected. A few years ago Thomas A.
Edison came forward with the same
statement, only then it proved to be
untrue. The old contrivance would
nave been all right if only the sound
and the action might have been SYN
chroniaed, but ever the hand proved to
be quicker than the ear, SO that when
Marie Dressler walked to the center of
the screen and began to sing "Heaveh
Will otect the Working Girl" the
pho ,ph had only got as far as the
inter.ae&zo from "Cavalleria Rusticana. "
1T was disconcerting, and talking motion
pictures were abandoned.
However, Orlando +. Kellum believed
that 1T was possible to synchronizc the
action of the pictures and the dialogue
and music, but he also believed that
the old methods were ali wrong. In
the earlier talking motion pictures the
film was made first and the records
were then made supposedly suiting the
word to the action. Only they refused
to work simultaneously.
1T was Mr.. Kellums idea that thew
should be made at the same time and
run off by the same machine. and that
is the way the present machine is op-
Grated.
"A demonstration was given yesterday
by Wendell McMahiel, who is the
president of the Talking Pictures Cor
poration at his studios at 203 West
Fortieth Street. 1t is most uncanny
performance and certainly is one OF
the most startling inventions of the
age. Out on the screen walks a figure.
He smiles and bows, opens his mouth
and talks or sings and the sound comes
directly from his vocal organs. There
is not the slightest metallic sound, for
the ordinary phonograph is not used at
all.
We sat through the performance al
most in a daze, and when the last
shadow had said his say and Mr.. Nc
Mabel asked us how we liked it we
said with fnaiity There ain't no such
machine" The mechanism was ex-
planned to us, but it was much more
than we could grasp, although we were
allowed to 60 in the work room and
watch D. w. Griffith and Ralph Graves
making scenes for "Dream Street"
First Appearance Monday
This new invention will be used for
the first time in picture when
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

beating and killing negroes accord
ing to an appeal the Governor re-
Gently received from negro, who said
he had fed from the county. The
sheriif's letter, telling Of steps he had
taken in the matter and declaring that
conditions had improved. said the
trouble started after the killing of a
constable by negro.
"The negro that killed him Just
murdered INN for no cause at all and
the same negro the next day shot an
other man that was feeding some hogs
on the river bank" said the sheriff
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28
The Stage Door

A. J.. Erlanger. having made an agree
ment with the Theater Guild whereby he
will have first call on all their productions
made at tho Garrick Theater, next seasof Il
will send on tour "Mr. PIN Passes By
with specially selected cast.
Tonight in Atlantic City the shuberts
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

"Bim Bing Bang will be the next at
trnction at the Amba ssado Theater pre-
sented by the famous Sd Division A. E. r.
"Dumb Belis' on May O.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28
Motion Pictures That Talk
Shown Here for First Time
Public Performance of ssDream Street, Projected
by 0. E. kelums New Invention, To Be
Given at Town Hall OH Monday

Dream Street is shown Monday night
to make record. but all we could
think to say was, II cheerfully recon
mend Talking Motion Pictures"
10 prove to the doubling Thomases
who gathered for the demonstration
that the new machine could do any
thing, several short subjects were
given. but the records may be changed
in the twinkling of an eye, and it is
possible to give an entire performance
without a break. Herbert Watrous
stepped out on the screen dressed as
Cradle Of the Deep" Then Walter
Damrosch made short speech. but
Irwin Cobb chased him off the screen
and told his oldest story about the col
ored nanny whose husband was killed
by locomotive. We felt SO guilty
when he looked at us, and expected
every minute that he would say: $50
you didn't like my titles in 'Peck's Bad
Boy'?"
Attachable to Any Machine
Mr.. McMahill says that it will be pos
sible to use the new contrvance in
any picture, as the cost is not prohib-
itive and it can be attached to any ma
Nl'AASt Wv aiC Vhiiho ~ Will Uc lHPalua-
Bile in the houses which have alter
mated with pictures and vaudeville.
Harry Lauder or Fannie Brice, or even
Geraldine Farrar or Olga Petrova, may
appear in thousand houses at the
same time and be both seen and heard.
The records are the same as the films.
An unlimited number of copies may be
made.
The new invention is practical as
well as fawless and now if some one
would only perfect .colored pictures so
that horse could swish his tail with
out looking as though he had score
OF red and green tails, what moro
could one ask! Think of talking pic
lures done in natural colors. Here is
more work for Mr.. Kellum.
When we asked Mr.. Griffith what he
thought Of the new machine he said:
although I'm working with it I find
1T difficult to believe that it is really
true. Dream Street was built with
this invention in mind, but owing to
the accident which delayed the opening
of the picture we will be unable to use
1t at the premier"
"Dream Street" is being re-titled for
the showing at the Town Hall and
some of the titles will be spoken.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

Tessa Kosta is to sing the principal role
in princess Virtue" which opens at the
Central Theater next Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

will present the new Oscar straus operetta,
ne Last Waltz" with Eleanor Painter in
the prira donna role
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

Spanish Love-" at Maxine Elliott's The
ater; The Rose Girl at the Ambassador,
and Three Live Ghosts at Nora Bayes
end their seasons simultaneously on Satur-
day night, May 7.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

The last two matinees of Eugene
O'Neill's drama "Dif'rent' will be given
to day and tomorrow at tho Princess
Theater.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

Carrie Carlton is recasting Love, Ltd. i"
by Guy Bolton, Philip Bartholomae and
Lawrence Langner. which was give a
three weeks out town trial under the
name of "Tangerine.'
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

'"The Cameo Girl" which comes Into New
York next month.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

But ''rhe Broken Wing" is going to flap
right along into the summer, for contracts
have been signed by William Brady and
Sargent Aborn which make 1t possible FOR
any one. to buy tickets for the Fourth Of
July performances.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

=. Robert Cummings has replaced Howard
lruesda'c IN the part of Big Frank In
Smooth as SILK at the TraZee
New-York tribune., 1921-04-28
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Sales Corporation
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New-York tribune., 1921-04-28

Dot Buckley will do the ingenue rol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-29
sive we must decide whether an avia

-sive we must decide whether an avia-
ton equipment is more necessary than
a naval or an ordnance equipment.
Our experience has proved that we
cannot take the air" in q hurry. We
cannot build planes and train aviators
over night, as it were. Our avia.
ton drills must be constant to insure
q large number Of competent pilots
and observers and bombers for this
duty. The human wastage in this
drill is unfortunately high. 1t must
be taken into account in measuring
the prospective net result.
II the commercial airplane is de-
veloped md a large number Of ma
chimes ana men are employed in the
line of business use. the country will
then have a reserve for possible mill
tary service. But today there is no
such reserve. The commercial air
plane is in it's infancy. 1t is still
novelty, a luxury. Perhaps ten years
from now it will be a commonplace.
and it will be as easy to find pilots
for military machines as it was in
1917 to find drivers for Army motor
trucks. But until that time an in
tensive training system must be es-
tablished and, above all, the govern
ment must be prepared to equip it.
self quickly with the agencies that
this war has proved to be vitality es-
sential for defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-29
Accent Mr.. Morgan's Gift.

Members of Congress have little to
do in questioning whether they should
accept the gift of the London home
Of J. Pierpont Morgan as residence
for our ambassador there. 1t is no
new thing for the government to &C
cept presents. It allowed Andrew
Carnegie to provide the home Of the
Bureau Of American Republics in
Washington. 1t allowed Miss Helen
Miller Gould to present the govern
ment a hospital ship in the Spanish
war It has accepted. il the records
were consulted, countless gifts from
individuals. particularly for it's great
museums, like the Smithsonian, and
the collections in the Congressional
Library. The Smithsonian was itself
the gift of an Englishman named
James Smithson.
The only thing for Congress legiti-
mately to consider is whether any
such gift would prove white ele-
phant II it would, Of course we
ought not to accept it. In the case
of the Morgan residence there is no
such possibility. 1t is exactly what
the government needs. 1t is none too
large for our purposes. 1t would add
to the dignity and the comfort of our
representative at the British capital.
Mr.. Morgan deserves the thanks of
the nation for his considerate gift
BY promptness in acceptance Con-
gress should show it's appreciation Of
what he has done.-Boston Herald
independent republican,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-29
To Prevent Car Accidents.

There is no particular assurance to
the public in the conclusion by the
Public Utilities Commission that the
motornan was at fault in the recent
Connecticut avenue hill accident, in
which several people were injured.
The motorman has been dismissed,
but the fact remains that an opera.
tive, through ignorance Or incompe.
tence or indifference, can jeopardize
the lives Of passengers. Dismissal Of
this man may have a moral effect
upon all other operatives on the sys-
TEN. But what the public wants is
assurance that all of the men who
operate the cars in Washington are
trained, are competent in emergen.
cies, are dependable to handle their
apparatus in all conditions. II there
are conditions of weather in which
the cars cannot be so handled assured.
ly that no accident will result, then
the equipment is at fault. 1t is stated
by the commission that the fault in
this case lay in the fact that the
motorman did not reverse his cur.
rent to full power. but tried to check
it by slight reverse. He had been
instructed to the contrary. Had any.
body watched how the ears were run
to see whether this man and others
were following instructions? The
point is that too much is taken for
granted in the handling Of the street
railway traffic Orders are given and
are supposed to be carried into eff.
feet. But they are violated constant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-29
The Supply Bills.

Some uneasiness exists as to the
supply bills-as to the enactment Of
all Of them into law before the ses-
sion ends.
There should be no doubt about the
matter. Public interests demand that
all the bills be passed. and Mr.. Hard
ing has requested the performance.
Moreover, Mr.. Harding expressed
himself, some time ago. For weeks
Congress has known his feelings in
the premises.
Still, there has been delay, and the
delay is now giving some concern.
The supply bills are supposed to
have the right of way; and this is i'm
portant always at the short session Of
every Congress. The time limit is
three months-not too much time.
even with all of it devoted to those
bills.
But such is never the case. Other
measures enter into the equation,
with the result that the supply bills
are whipped through at top speed,
or jam is created, and some Of the
bills are caught in it.
The card of the Sixty-seventh Con-
gress will be crowded. The country
is expecting much of that body-prob-
ably too much-more than is within
the range Of a Congress.
For this reason the must" meas
ures Of the present Congress should
all be disposed Of before adjournment
day. Let Uncle Sam receive his ra-
lions in good time and in the proper
way. It is not too late, late as it is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-29
Industrial Philosophy.

Call one of the veteran traders in
n big stock exchange aside and per-
suade him to share with you the Sc
cret OF his success, and. what you
would hear from nine out Of ten would
run somewhat like this: Buy when
the mob is pessimistic. Sell when
they think they have the world by
the tail. And then sit tight. The
turn Is just around the corner in each
instance"
There Is. in the program suggested,
food for thought and basis for cheer
in the present day and hour. For
the shrewd and effective business
philosophy of the veteran trader is no
whit less applicable to industry than
to industrials; to the whole of bust
ness than to that phase thereof which
concerns stock transactions. Bust
ness today, say the pessimists, is 60
ing to the dogs. But the veterans in
the game are undismayed and face
the future with assurance. They
have seen too many peaks and hol-
lows in the graphic chart of bust
ness progress to miss a heartbeat
over the inevitable. They, at that
time not so far back when most of
us were overoptimistic, sensed that
the boom was at the crest and pre-
pared for the reaction. That reac-
ton has gone far, the normal period
Of dullness in which all upward or
downward movements terminate is
upon US, and the griZzled, expert
enced business men Of the nation are
cutting their cloth accordingly, while
the rest of us consign the nation to
the demnition bow-wows.
Happily, the nation cannot be so
consigned. Happily, despite the
gloomy forebodings that haunt the
faint of heart, the destiny of the
United States, its progress toward the
contamination of our economic and
industrial ideals, cannot be halted. In
terrupted from time to time by the
inevitable reactions to our own ex-
uberance, that progress will be stead
lastly maintained. So today the
words Of the veteran trader are per-
tinent and timely. BUY when the
mob is pessimistic. And then sit
tight. The turn is just around the
corner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-29
The Bonus.

The chairman of the Senate appro-
priations committee makes it known
that the committee and probably the
Senate will restore the bonus of s240
a year for the government workers
in the legislative bill. This is good
news. But it was not unexpected.
1t was confidently felt that the Senate
would restore the item when it was
stricken from the bill in the House
on point of order. Nobody really be-
lieved in the possibility Of a final
denial of this so-called extra compen-
sation to the department employees.
But the shock of it's refusal by the
House on technicality was felt
nevertheless all through the ranks.
For the bonus is not a statutory"
provision. It is merely an appropria-
ton bill item that can be dropped at
any time, and as long as it remains on
that basis and is not made part of
the basic pay it may be discontinued,
and the bare suggestion Of its discon-
tinuance is enough to give a chill to
everybody working for the govern
ment who falls within it's range.
This matter of $40 a month is to
many of the government employees
just the difference between meeting
bills and not meeting them. 1t is just
the difference between getting through
out of debt and mourning liabilities.
For there is in the average case no
margin that can be relied upon for
cartailment Of expense in case the in
come is depleted. The plain fact is
that almost all of the members Of the
government working force are just
about 100 per cent balance between
income and cost all the time.
This should be the last time the
bonus is subjected to point Of order.
1t should be, in fact, the last time
there is any bonus" This extra
compensation should be written by
statute into the pay scale, not merely
as a minimum wage system, but as a
definite addition to the whole pay
range. Redistribution will do it. or
Congress can make a shorter cut to
this particular point by enacting a
simple provision to the effect that
from a certain date. say July /, 1922
the bonus taking effect meanwhile
the pay provided by law for every
employee Of the government, from the
lowest range up to, say, $500 a
year, shall be increased by $40 per.
manently. Then there could be no
points Of order and no discrimination
and no anxiety on the score Of this
small but necessary addition to the
semi-monthly income.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-29
The Coming Tariff Debate.

The tariff discussion Is rambling?
That is nothing new. A tariff discus
sion always rambles. The subject
touches at a good many points. It
embraces a good many things. Those
who discuss it need a good deal of
information. No debater can do it
Justice without taking into account
much that to the uninitiated appears
beside the question.
Hence the tariff does not lend itself
to rhetoric. The orator cannot weave
garlands Of flowers around rates and
schedules. Among all the famous
Englishmen who have presented bud.
gets to parliament, Mr.. Gladstone
stands out as the only one who ever
held attention to the end. His gift
as speaker was so extraordinary.
the could endow the multiplication
table with charm
Nevertheless, the tariff, in the
hands Of a competent man. can be
presented most Interestingly, without
q scrap Of ornamentation. John G..
Carlisle could do it, and did it. VIII
liam Mckinley. taking the other side
Of the question, was quite as capable.
Neither was an orator, but both spoke
with great ease, and in a way to en-.
tighten all listeners.
The man who wants to know some
thing about productive America, and
the necessity Of protecting productive
America, would do well to follow next
springs tariff debate closely. He will
find the subject anything but presy.
In both House and Senate are men
who can invest it with genuine in.
terest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-29
Aviation Defense.

There is one phase Of our defense
problem that should not be considered
on the basis Of economy or Of what
II called disarmament" at the present
condition Of the world. That is the
aviation branch. One Of the plainest
lessons taught by the war was that the
United States was deficient in air
planes. It was also plain that air
planes were a powerful weapon with.
out which an army was exposed to
disaster. Had we produced at the
rate Of our enthusiasm and initial en-.
ergy when we entered the war in
April. 1917, we would have been much
more quickly effective in action and
probably the war would have been
ended sooner. But our program OF
airplane construction and aviation
drilling was hating. 1t was blocked
by constant changes Of plans, by i'm.
perfect organization and by expert
ments which, while inspired by the
laudable desire to reach the maximum
Of efficiency quickly, left the country
lacking in average competence in the
air.
In the light Of our failure to pro
duce an air service adequate for the
occasion in the course OF our wal
preparations in 1918. it Is desir
able now to consider what should be
done to put the United States on q
basis Of dependable defense in the air
II all the nations are to disarm, il wal
10 to become obsolete, We will. Of
course. need no such preparation fol
defense. But that is not assured
1t is not necessary to enter into q
competitive building program. We
should fix our standard Of need anc
proceed to attain It. If-it Ii -expen