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masters and British chief en-.
gineers. to whom were issued
provisional red ink" licenses en-
titling them to the same rights
and privileges that Congress had
bestowed upon American sea-
men.
e Confession Of a relative Of
We a chief United States inves.
tigator that he was secretly EN-.
ployed by the British secret serv-
ice and he tried to get evidence
regarding the ten-twelve case COW
ering foreign interference with
American shipping.
The statement Of President
Harding refers to the opposition
Of foreign maritime powers" to
the ship subsidy bill.
There is but one great foreign
maritime power. The Washing.
ton Herald proposes to show that
Britannia's rule Of the seas has
constituted an internal and ex-
ternal menace to American for
eisn trade and American ship
ping that has been conducted by
fair and foul means before.
throughout and after the war and
is so being conducted today.
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the American flag. was the Luck.
enbach line.
This line for years had been
cutting in heavily on old esRb-
lished British trade routes, the
consequences being the Lucken-
bachs were decidedly in the dis
favor Of Sir Connop Guthrie's
United States shipping control
committee.
Luckenbach's boats were com.
mandeered by the government at
the outset Of the war and the
majority O fthem were ailocated to
other companies. thus breaking up
the established Luckenbach lines.
U. 8. TAKES BOATS.
Mr.. Edgar Luckenbach. presi-
dent Of the Luckenbach Steamship
Company. after repeatedly unsuc.
cessful efforts to obtain fair treat.
ment from Sir Connop Guthrie's
committee. charged in 1918. that
British influences were at work to
put his and other established
American lines out Of business in
furtherance of England's post.
war commercial plans.
ASKED FOR LISTS.
Shortly after the armistice was
signed, at q conference In Wash.
ington. called by Senator Fletcher,
of Florida. and which was attended
by many steamship owners and op-
orators, Mr.. Luckenbach charged
that American formed steamship
companies differed by British sub
jects or those owning and operat.
ing tonnage flying the British flas
were more favored by Sir Connop
Guthrie's controlled committee Of
the u. s. Shipping Board than
were purely American companies
flying only the American nag.
In that meeting Mr.. Luckenbach
announced that he had made for.
NAL application to the Shipping
Board to sell his American vessels
to q British company which he
was preparing to form, addits:
II thought that II could only
form q British company, sell my
ships to the British company and
sail them under the British nag I
could then stand In favor with the
then officials Of the Shipping
Board and get ships allocated to
me like the rest Of the Britishers."
NO RECORDS KEPT.
Mr.. Luckenbach says that rec.
ord was made OF that speech and
no minutes Of the conference ever
were printed.
Case TEN TWELVE contains
the documents that indicate how
the British consul attempted to
have Mr.. Luckenbach furnish q
manifest of his ships. The manifest
would have givsn the British Q
record Of the carsoes. the prices.
the customers. In fact every trade
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Fund for Inquiry

So tremendous was the war
news in June. 1917, there was a
clause in the appropriation act
and approved by the President
on the 18th Of the month which
slipped by without public notice.
II contained this provision:
FOR THE INVESTIGATION
OF FOREIGN DISCRIMINA.
TON AGAINST vESSELS-AND
SHIPPERS OF THE UNITED
STATES, $175, 900, Of which sum
S1O0, 900 shall be available imme-
dlately."
The appropriation act Of Con.
gress in July, 1918, with America
engaged in the war, contained an
other clause that was not noticed
in the excitement of those stirring
days. It provided:
FOR THE INVESTIGATION
OF FOREIGN DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST VESSELS AND SHIP
PERs OF THE UNITED STATES
the unexpected bslance Of s175.-
900 for this provision is reappro.
priated and made available for the
fiscal year 1919"
The money had not been spent in
1917. The idea that anybody would
discriminate in wartime against
the ships and shipping Of the ma.
ton which could help 10 win the
war may not have startled any.
body but Congress.
However. there was q man In
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Evidence Under Guard

There perhaps never was more
secrecy attached to any Federal in
vestigation than TO this one. Pick.
ed men were used to conduct 1t.
Copies of the reports were put un-
der special guard.
Efforts without number were
made to pry into the files Of
the TEN TWELVE case and the
work that Frederick A. Dowsey
had set afoot. reached a climax
with the mystery attached to
Dowseys death.
Dowsey was in Seattle investi.
eating shipbuilding activities. He
was found dead in the wash room
of the building that housed his
offices. He was lurched over from
his seat. There was three-cor.
nered cash that had fractured his
skull. Many Investigations failed
to establish the cause Of his
death. When the body reached
New York medical men asserted
that Dowsey had been slain with
a blunt instrument.
The mystery remains unsolved.
but evidence in the TEN TWELVE
case continued to pile up. and It
is now available to Congress.
should that body be interested in
discovering more about the dis
elimination against vessels and
shippers Of the United States"
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thank you to see that the con.
sulate is SO supplied.
Yours very truly,
THE SHIPPING CONTROL
COMMITTEE
BY Z. NJ. Lee.
Division of Trades and Alloca-
ton.
IGNORED DEMANDS.
Mr.. Luckenbach states that all
vessels were under control of the
Shipping Board through its Brit.
ish dominated shipping control
committee.
Mr.. Luckenbach's testimony is
In part az follows:
Il will give you an example
of British control of American
shipping even before we entered
the war.
Il had planned to send ship
from New York to Norfolk, Va.
I was told that would have 10
get the British consulate's o. h.
went down to see him and he
said the clerk would not stay
after 6 O'Clock. 1t costs money
to hold q ship at dock for twenty
four hours in order to accommo-
date an eight hour British clerk
REBUkE FROM NAVY.
Now here was an American
ship, owned by an American con.
cern, going from one American
port to another with an Ameri.
can cargo.
I'VE let her sail without the
British o. X.
"A day. or SO later the Naval
Intelligence called me up and
said. SO you let your ship sail
without the British o. X, did
you not?"
Luckenbach: Yes"
Naval Intelligence: "Do you
know where she is nowi"
Luckenbach: Yes; she is in
Norfolk"
Naval Intelligence: "How do
you know that7"
Luckenbach: Got a wire from
her today"
Naval Intelligence: "well, do
not do that again."
Luckenbach: What have I
got to do with the British con-
sulate? I'll do as I please until
I receive written orders to the
contrary"
NEW FIRMS FORMED
II informed the shipping
board that every American.
owned steamship company has
suffered q loss of tonnage
through reQuisitions at the
hands Of the shipping control
comUittee, while many new ship
operators, who have previously
never owned a rivet In ship,
have set up in business since
the war commenced, and have
succeeded in securing ALLEGATION
or assignment of vast tonnage
from the ship control committee,
In most cases these new com.
panies being Britishers.
These fly.by-night concerns
which had British affiliations
were underselling American bot.
toms.
I'VE American shipping men
were continually finding out
that our customers had been ap-
preached by them with the re-
suit that Ne suffered q great
dsaL I also told them that the
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British Consul Ruled
u. s. Ships SaiIings,
Narrative Reveals

(Copyrisht, 1853, by The washington
Herald and by Universal service.)
This Is the narrative, supported
by facsimiles of documents. to
prove that the owner Of an Ameri-
can vessel could not sail his ship
from an American port to an
italian port--or to another Ameri.
can port-from New York to Nor
folk--without the permission Of
the British consul In New York
unless he behaved as Ed. Lucken.
bach did: kicked them off the
dock. Il"
Prior to the entrance OF the
United states into the war. one Of
the few purely American steam
ship lines operating 1ssess under
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coke. and at about the same time
we were able to charter a bark for
Buenos Aires to take this cargo
OF coke. In September we again
applied for a license for 1000 tons
of foundry coke for the Argentine
Republic. which we were desirous
of shipping in our schooner the
Richard T. Green. We applied to
the chartering committee for per-
mission to make this voyage. but
we were refused. ..
After considerable difficulty with
the shipping control committee.
British Ministry of Shipping and
the chartering committe II was
finally decided to allow this boat
to make the voyage.
During all this time we were not
given a license nor permitted to
make any shipment Of coal to
Buenos Aires.
WE, AN AMERICAN COM.
PANY WITH AN AMERICAN
BOAT. WERE UNABLE TO
MAINTAIN OUR POSITION
WHILE OUR COMPETITORS
WERE RECEIVING AMERI.
CAN COAL WITH WHICH TO
MAINTAIN THEIR ORGANI.
ZATION AND TRADE.
Q.--Do you refer to foreign
competitors2
A.--When I say that, I am
thinking Of the English competi.
tors.
Q.-Do you think an exclusive
monopoly of that American trade
In South America was practically
given by the British ministry of
shipping?
Al believe that there was an
understanding between some par
ties to hand over the Argentine
coal trade to England.
The only concrete information
that I have Is that Mr.. Jennings
of the British ministry assistant
director Of the British ministry of
shipping) told rs that II a Gus.
toner of ours needed coal that
he should apply to the British
consul at Buenos Aires, who
would act upon his inquiry, and IL
he, the British consul. thought
that this coal should be brought
out. he would then arrange with
the British Ministry Of Shipping
in this city to load a vessel: that
II we wanted to we could supply
the coal, but that on arrival In
the Argentine Republic the British
consul still held the right to turn
this coal over to our customer or
not, Just as he saw fit at the
time.
Here r. a letter from the
British ministry OF shipping. 1ss
broadway. New York. signed by
p. J. Jennings. assistant director,
rent TO Mr.. Huddell. agent Of the
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"1O-12" Investigator
Victim of Violence
In Western City
Copyright. 1874. by. The wsshinStcn

Copyright, 1877, by The Wnshington
Herald and by Universal service.)
F. A. Dowsey, government agent
who started the Ten Twelve in
vestigation of foreign interference
with American shipping. is dead,
the victim Of an unexplained vio-
lence. yet his work still lives.
The following is a statement In
affidavit form, taken by Mr..
Dowsey himself from l.. L. Young.
legal representative of the Pitts
burgh Coal Company. A sum-
mary of the charges:
THAT a conspiracy existed
to take the coal trade with
South America from American
shippers and hand 1t over to
British shippers
2-That British shippers were
permitted to deliver American
coal Of a shoddy grade to Ar
gentine consumers at an ex-
orbitant price, under the repre-
sentation that 1t was standard
coal.
3-That the British Ministry
Of Shipping delivered and the
British consuls in South America
controlled the distribution of all
coal shipped.
THAT the U. s. Shipping
control committee showed favor
tftS,r,
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OFFERS AFFIDAVIT.
The affidavit follows:

The affidavit follows:
No. 1912.
Statement Of l.. e. Young,
Legal Representative. Pittsburgh
Coal Company.
New York City, December %.
1918.
Present: Messrs. Young, Hud-
dell, Dowsey, Perch and stenog-
rapher.
Q.-Do you believe that the
United States Shipping Control
Committee has shown favoritism
to any company to the detriment
OF, other coal companies dealing
with the South American trade?
Al know that there have
been actions on the part Of the
Shipping Control Committee
which we were absolutely unable
to understand. and that In 30 far
as Berwind.white Coal Company
is concerned they seem to be
operating without the Sisad.
vantages that we are under.
In August of this year we were
able to secure from the bureau OF
exports Of the War Trade Board q
license for 1000 tons Of foundry
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secret necessary to a campaign
calculated to capture American
trade.
The British consuIs letter
speaks for itself:
British Consulate General.
New York. May 81, 1918.
Messrs. Luckenbach, 8. 8. Line.
a Whitehall Street,
New York City.
0entlemen.-
I should be greatly obliged to
you II you would be 90 good as
to hand bearer . copy Of the
outward manifest Of the ]. L.
Luckenbach cleared by you for
Genoa on the 17th Of May.
This manifest il required solely
for confidential use In connection
with the statistics Of this office.
and the courtesy will be much
appreciated.
Yours truly,
M. M. sHENERRANN.
Vice Consul.
SNUBS BRITISH
It appears ridiculous, almost as
ridiculous a. to imagine the United
States consul In London calling
upon British shippers for . com.
piete list Of their customers, prices
and trade secrets for private in.
formation" Nevertheless . fac.
simils Of the British consul's let.
ter to Mr.. Luckenbach is In the
possession Of the Washington Her
aid.
There Is no indication that any
other American shipper than Mr..
Luckenbach dared to question the
authority Of the British consul.
But Mr.. Luckenhach snubbed him.
And in due course came the fol.
lowing reprimand. directed at an
American steamship company, by
Americas war control committee
which WAS dominated by . British
personnel:
THE SHIPPING CONTROL
COMMITTEE.
IS Broadway, New York.
July 8, 1918.
Luckenbach Steamship Company.
a whitehall Street.
New York, N. Y.
Gentlemen;
We have been asked by sew
eral steamship companies IL It
would be In order to furnish
the British consulate with q
copy Of the manifest Of vessels
assigned By them 10 the ship.
ping Board.
The Shipping Control Com
mittee sses no objection to
your Furnishing the British con-
suiats With such ceplss WHEN
REQUESTED ana We would
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charge of the New York office Of
the Department. of Investigation
of the United States Shipping
Board to whom had come alarming
rumors. That man was Frederick
A. Dowsey. He launched the in
vestigation which became officially
known as the TEN TWELVE case.
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Pittsburgh Coal Company. New
York:
1855 Broadway, New, York.
November Is, 1918.
Letter No. J-13774.
Pittsburgh Coal Company.
2 Rector Street.
New York City.
Gentlemen: Attention Mr.. Hud-
dell.
With reference to. your letter
Of November 8 and subsequent
telephone conversation regard
ing the shipment Of 2.0o0 tons
of coal to Buenos Aires.
In accordance with our ar.
rangements with the War
Trade Board 1t will not be pos
sible for you to ship this coal t"
Buenos Aires consigned TO any
particular firm, as we have
arrangements whereby all coal
for Buenos Aires and Monte.
video is consigned to tho Brit.
ish consul, who makes a dis
tribution according to the re-
spective needs.
However, we will be glad to
purchase 1000 tons of coal
from you at the port Of Balti-
more. and as your sailing ships
are now at Baltimore, your
prompt action IL requested.
Yours faithfully.
BRITISH MINISTRY OF
SHIPPING.
Nigned) r. J. Jennings,
Assistant Director"
SENT INFERIOR COAL.
Q.-tBy Mr.. Dowseyl Mr.
Young, in regard to the promul
cation Of the so-called Norwegian
sailing and West rndies and
South American charter party
forms--do these forms grossly
favor the foreign shipper only
and grossly prejudiced the trade
against the American shippsrsS
Avery much.
o.-Do you know. Mr., Young
that at the present time there
arc loading and have been load
ing, a largo fleet OF Norwegian
sailig vessels at port OF Baiti
more. Nd, sailing for the Eas,
coast Of South AmcricaI carrying
coal for the British ministry Of
shipping. and II is claimed thai
this coal now being shipped ir
these vessels lis a very inferiol
grade Of coal known a. crop
coal or "scrap" coal, that II I,
being delivered to South Ameri
can ports to American customer
as representative American coal
consigned to the British consu
general In Buenos Aires and othe
East Coast South American ports
Did you know thatf
Al have heard u. yes. hav,
this information from Washing
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RxsaAdQnt.

government coal monopoly of Brazil, BE-
cause this concern iUas on the British
black list. Captain Gaunt threatened to
put GanO on the British black list, Ul,ich
meant destruction.
The Gano Company stopped, although
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their customers of tUO years. standing
threatened them vith suit for damages
HoWeuer, Lloyd Brazileir0- got the coal,
and American coal at that. For they
signed neu contract pith Cory Brothers,
of London.
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British were underselling our
American shipping men as much
as $40 a ton; that IL the British
pressure kept up American firms
would soon be out of business.
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4 MERICA lcas neutral Uhen Captain
II Guy Gaunt, of the British secret
- service, called up Gano Moore and
Company of Philadelphia, and told them
that they lUOuld haze to stop shipping
coal to the Lloyd BrazileirO, the official
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You're very truly.

The British firm shipped them An,eri-
can coal in American bottoms. This is
one of the scandals of lOdr time that UiA
be related in detail in ton,orrOW's Wash
ingtOn Herald.
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.Sept. ~ .1s1e
20 His Erce11 ency,
Tho British kmbas oador>
Warrington. D. @.
Dear sl1s~

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ters az
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tho the nra.i1aen ooe1
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ssuzsA this vs1u.oas husinss:
visv making ths sals
ask. therefore, that you kindly aavtos " :hsths!
ndsrsand Captain o:ut v1se
talk With R1ohAEdson
August loSAs
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AffiddUits and Letters Reveal British Assaults on
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Ss:m. IAyn. BUILDING
.:.~.~ F@zsG4REss:sles ~ @eA. '1+as
Y. Y. Richardson. sttsh Woe Consul.
N.
referring previous 1stssr' OF the
York that uss'rs' so"rans
Co.. Battery Place, stsaashap trade
steansrs. nsiro for the account OF
Cory Bros. Coal Co.. and "' .s' sl''
chartered today
uorfolk TO o
sox.ins;a &C. another rns1A'h fisn that aT'
In ssalso o Lloyd srasi1si1o. We,
.hssIfors, to whether
Brazla intend to fulfill this
insinuat1ens sads to No
BY CAPTAIN ssnd
ws es1 his nattsr .. and
xssrious inuscs that IT should Be
CLEARED aumsdiatsy Yoursv very truly.
INC:
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~ ssoSee. ~ ca sup~v srsssis Aer'ses's
Ase eAuuss sevuU ~ sessso
The Coconino sun., 1922-11-24
Our Simple Menu
 For Merchandising

Ot NAciSLsa4-t'S St-j
 We give ,a"L rorn- muriry the merchandise t desires Nutn.ng g.rrs as great >ausfartsu to a con>nmpr ls O g.; what .he wants vhru lr wauts il. Our hu-un"~s and am :s 10 study what you want
 We buy In as graat quaurlI, a~ ur ran lu IS wlur ,aurJl a~ Me an. 70 Secure urr"uaurlI~e as rra>uuahlr as nr -an >O That We mar >"U rou IS .Chruph 1- ne rnu The ue,pi> nf uur 31i stores naturally uake JAl, pus- Slb.e
 We are aot sa'fSf'al win lusl oT,lHna-v -f1asr the hest must alNags be put forth
 Q~G2-,-.-,-a-zG c.
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Federated Church

am indeed glad to be back on the field again after, a three we ks ab- Bence spent in Oklahoma at the bed side of my mother. l heartily appre- ciate the patient and kind considera- ton shown myself and child en while compelled to be away. l assure you that there was never a moment that my heart failed to breath a prayer for my flock that God had graciously entrusted to my care. Because of the various experiences of the last few months it has been impossible to even formulate any definite plans of ad- vancement. We hope that in your minds some plans have matured that %ill enable us to go forward and at ain a higher goal this year than ever before reached. May God help us to cooperate in His name to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in the lives or the people of this town. and commun~ ity.a
 The Womens Missionary society will have charge of the services next Sunday morning. Special muisc and hort addresses by local talent. You are urged to come and help by your prayerful support.
 We had two very good services last Sunday, the special music in the eve ming was much enjoyed by those who were present. We are planning to make our evening services as attrac- tive and helpful as possible. Come and help us make them a success. We are nearing the end of the calender ear and of course some new officers will be needed. When you are ap- preached we trust that you will give
 he matter careful and prayerful con sideration. Be on the lookout for any strangers that move into town and for children that are not in Sunday school. Our church door is always open to all who will come.
 w. H. ZOOK, Pastor.
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Country Doings < + ++*++++++**++ + F | | < |

Rangers Arthur Gibson and Jesse Frost have been using the forest ser vice Ford truck in hauling hay to the various ranger stations on the Tusa
 'an forest. The truck has done enough work to wear out just an ordinary ,ruck. This fall, in addition to work ing the truck days, Rangers Gibson and Frost started to working nights, in order to be able to get oyer the roads while they were frozen. The truck objected either to this or to working Sundays. It just waited un- il last Sunday evening, when the boys started with load of hay for the ranger station at Anita. They were iist half way, when the truck discon- lected one of its piston rods and put { throu the engine block and was out If commission. The boys had to walk
 8 long miles back to Spring Valley, nut as they had seen real service in he U. s. army over seas, it just seem ed like old times
 The low temperatures that have 'revaiied the past couple of weeks has seriously. injured the potato crop hat is still in the ground, in the vic inity of Williams. Only about halt # the potatoes were dug. About half fl the undug potatoes are frozen,
 his is the colde2t weather so early n the winter that has been known for
 ears. 'H' .,t s,, :, .r' .s, .....
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Bucko Sisk says the damed consti- tuition ought to be changed because it's a dalned lie. For, he says "lt guara-guarantees every m-m-man if l-frce s-s-spccch.'
The Coconino sun., 1922-11-24

Ar Dickinson couldn't go to sleep the other night All of a sudden he thought about something he'd read in an almanac, how if you count imag- mary sheep jumping over fence it would put you to sleep, So Ali he be- gan counting and he'd got up to a hundred and forty-two, when Mrs. Dickinson asked him if he'd wound the clock.
 Gosh, ycs," said Ar. "Go to sleep"
 Ar had to sturt all over again, and when he'd started the one hundred and twcut. sixth sheep over the fence tIe window curtain blew against a dish and knocked it off the table.
 "Daru it." said AlI
 Then he started on the sheep again. This time he got up to two hundred and sixty-onc, when his son, Arthur, knocked on the door to find ont if Ali had written a letter he said he was going to write.
 "UeU. Yes" said Ar, and started counting again.
 Just about as the three hundred and fourteenth sheep got safely over the fence a dog parked outside the win- dow began to bank. Ali abandon ed his sheep and threw everything he could find at the dog.
The Coconino sun., 1922-11-24
SUCH A DEAD PLACE

What sort of place did you go to ast summer?
 Well, one hair net lasted me two weeks.
The Coconino sun., 1922-11-24

Carter Joy cxclaims that he never got such a shock in his life as he did the other day when he heard in church that Adam and Eve were relations of hisn an here he never knew it until after they were both dead