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The Washington times., 1922-11-18
SECOND SISTER
IN HUNGER
STRIKE
Annie Macswiney, at Prison
Gate, Tries to Save Mary.
Starving Inside.
By DANIEL O'CONNELL,
International News Service.

DUBLIN, Nov. 1s.-Crouching ut
the gate Of Mountjoy prison, .
child at her side, Annie MaeSwinsy,
of Cork, began q hunger strike
today which, she declared, would
continue until her sister, Mary
MacSwiney, is released from the
jail.
Mary on Fourtsenth Day.
Mary today entered the fourteenth
day of her own hunger strike. She
has refused to est since she was ar.
rested during raid by Free state
soldiers upon q republican irregular
council of war In this oity on No.
vernber 4.
Upon her arrival from Cork. &C.
oompanisd by, the child. Annie Mao
swiney went ct once to the prison.
where she requested permission to
see her sister. The prison authori'
ties refused.
N you don't let me see Mary ]
will starve myself to death at the
prison gates" declared Annie Mac.
Swiney. The warden expressed
regret. but said they were under
orders not to allow anyone to see
Mary MacSwiney.
Annie then took up her position
In front of the Jail entrance.
IT will remain here Until my sis.
ter is released or I will die with her"
declared Annie Mac5winey to an In.
terhationai News Service repre-.
sentative.
Mary Growing Weaker.
Mary Macswiney was reported In
weakened condition and TO be suffer.
ing from pains In the back. She
has been transferred to q more com
Portable ward.
Mary Maoswiney threatened ia
kill herself like her brother
Terence unless she was released
Her brother starved himself to death
In Brixton Jail. In London. two years
ago, after being arrested at Cork on
account OF his Sim Fein activities.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18

Freight Rates Demorafized.
Freight rates are demoralized as
never before. In August and Sep
tember Of 1921 and 1922 the Shipping
Board carried freights each month
averaging approximately 100000
tons. The average revenue per ton
in August, 1891. was sl0.19: in Au-
gust, 1922. s6.sS. The average per
ton In September. 1921. was S12.74;
In September. 1922, s5.45.
The higher efficiency OF the present
Shipping Board over it's predeces.
sors IL provable by the sart that,
while the worlds ocean carriage is
generally far below last years. the
United states Shipping Board ships
are carrying as much freight as last
year. An absolute proof OF increased
efficiency Ia the fact that though the
average received per ton (Shipping
Board lines charge. on the average,
the same rates as all other lines, was
30.odd per cent less in August of this
year than In August of last year, and
was over 80 per cent less this Sep
,ember than last September. the net
operating loss Of the Shipping Board
in dollars and cents decreased. 1t is
not offensive bombast, but the facts
as expressed in figures, that lead to
The incontrovertable statement that
the achievement of the present Ship.
ping Board $ unique in operation &C
complishmenls in the history of Gov
ernment.
Poiues to Losses.
The same efficient officials who
An al Sn, ks-tt. ~ x,-A n,.t
OF chaos are the ones who aver that
in spite Of what has been accom-
plished, Government operation is i'm.
possible; because, while losses have
been lowered, even In face Of an un.
believable shrinkage In gross income
despite the fact that In tons carried
there was no shrlnkage), no account
has been taken in any year of capital
charges. The greatest efficiency
could not achlve profitable govern.
mental operation.
u In the fiscal year before tho
present Shipping Board came into
office that OF 1920, the operating
loss Of the Shipping Board was be.
tween $3.50, 900, 900 and 5000, 200, 900.
The books were not 10 kept a. to
make ascertainable exactly the real
loss, but the books were well
enough kept TO leave no doubt Of
the minimum and max mum range.
With the accounting and operat.
'ns efficiencies established IN the
first year Of its existence--1ssf--ths
present Shipp ng Board reduced
operating losses 10 $4,000, 900 In
the face Of greatly decreased ton,
mage offered this year, because OF
staRnat!on In world commerce, the
present Shipping Board has been
able to carry the same amount OF
freight tonnage this year as last
That this record is due TO effioi.
ENJOY and good management 10 fur.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
HARDING To ASK
No CHANGE IN
RUMLAW
Attitude Unchanged as to u,
g., But Sympathizes With
Islands Plea.
ny Universal Services.

President Harding has not changed
his mind on the subject OF prohibt
tion since he voted for the dry Law
In the Senate. II was officially
stated at the white House yester
day.
without making reference TO
letter to Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt
Robinson. New Jersey Republican
in which It 10 reported he favored
dry law notifications. this specific
statement was made:
"The President has not writer
any letters on prohibition such as
have been reported. The President
10 not In the habit Of making an
nouncements Of policy In that way
When there is something to say OF
so important a question, the Presi
dent will take advantage of tn,
nimble pencils Of the Washingtor
correspondents"
Had Many Queries.
Il was explained that the Presl
dent had received numerous letters
from friends and acquaintances ask
ing that he suggest some way 10
which the question OF prohibition
could be removed from politics
While no portion OF the Presidents
responses to such communications
was forthcoming, II was stated tha'
the President expressed the view
that the dry question would remain
In politics.
TO callers he said that In hi
years of experience as q public ot
ficiai that the dry issue had always
been linked with politics. and tina,
ne was firmly Of the opinion that II
would always be 30 linked.
To the same callers II was defi
nitely stated that the President does
not contemplate recommending
notifications Of the dry law In ss
Tar a. such notifications may sf
fect the United states. II there
any movement In this direction, II
was definitely learned, II will origi
nate In Congress.
Modify for Islands.
The President does feel, however
that there should Be some nnodifica
ton OF the dry act as II affects oui
island possessions. Strong pressure
ls being brought 70 bear to recon-
mend that the law be so smendee
as to exclude Porto Rice ana posi-
bly the Philippine Islands.
Certain Cabinet officers have
brought TO the Presidents attentior
the fact that Porto Rica will be JIG
orally isolated from the world u
shIps with LIQUOR aboard are prohib
It'd from stopping there. Some ar
ran cement is being sought whereby
ships may touch there with Their
liuuor cargo under seal.
Notifications 70 this extent. Off
c,aIa here declare, have LED 70 un
founded rumors ths, there viii bs
sensrnl modification.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
POTATOES FOR STARCH
SOLD FOR 35c BARREL

Maine farmers are eeilins potatoes
at starch factories for s5 cents a
barrel, rather than let them 60 to
waste, according 10 q market bulie.
tin issued by the Department OF
Agriculture today.
City warehouses which were filled
with potatoes last year are almost
TO buy in any quantity lest they
'set caught" by the bumper crop,
Western growers are getting only
20 TO 40 cents @ bushei for choice
varieties. Transportation costs from
Western producing districts are said
10 be the chief cause OF the low
return 70 growers.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
Observation-Disclosures S
Need, Lasker Says
BY A. D. LASKER,
chairman, shipping Board.

Out Of courtesy Congress- the Shipping Board has
Trained from making public during the current fiscal year
monthly statements of its losses pending the submission OF the
statements the Appropriations Committees policy that
followed last year up the time the committees met
After the figures have been submitted to the committees
they will be made public monthly. Within the next two
weeks the figures from July 1922 October 81 1922 will
be- placed before the committees November figures not being
available before December 20.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18

ar. wearing out the ships In 0per-
a'in HitbouSh % we have over $500 ships;
of which we are operating sVo NJ.
I 100 are tied up. our fleet IN
balanced. We are using up the very
cream and most desirable types .,
the ships, and when they. are useu
IN there will be no replacemen.s;
for the Government Will MOI oulis
and prvate ownership withefs anu
dies in competition with us.
No matter how we improve ouI
s,,ustion. IL ali will finally come 10 10
nothine. because the best ships VIII
no worn out and useless. In the
nnea ntir1e, the Treasury Is beerins
the loss of tens of millions OF doiiars
annually, entAiled even by eiticlen'
oueration--an operation that, i aver
IN challenging the admiration OF eA'
merit shipping men the world over.
In this praise ] am giving, l am
neysonally entitled to no credit, and'
Therefore, cannot be charged re-
motely with speaking we'll of myseiI:
The credit goes to those members Oh
the shipping Board and those ex-
perts OF the Shipping Board VINO
have spent their lives in shipping
and public life.
Product Of Experts.
The pending bill for relief to the
American merchant marine ana .ne
Establishment Of an American mer.
chant marine privately owned, 10
largely the product of the same men
vho have brought the efficiency OF
which I am speaking into Govern
ment operation.
II the bill does not inspire sue.
cessful private operation, there VIII
be no large amount OF subsidy TO
nav out, Even then, to whatever
extent there will be subsidy, II VIII
be riyen where private owners are
covering routes from which the Gov.
ernmsnt can withdraw, because the
American nag will be represented,
ard 70 that extent the Shipping
Board losses will be decreased.
n the provisions of the bill do
successfully inspire and insure pri-
yate operation, the loss of the Ship.
ping Board will be wiped otit.
This, we on the Shipping Board
believe, win be accomplished In thirty
months; and, though opponents OF
the hill wiilfully or ignorantly mis-
represent some, In indefensible CHI
cane, the cost Of the proposed leeis-
iation IN direct subsidy. II successful
In the establishment OF an American
merchant marine the maximum cost
can never equal the minimum loss OF
Governmental operation.
Thus We are brought to the point
where the question before the Ameri.
can people 10 not. "Shall we subei-
dlre or shalt we not subsidize ship.
ping7" We are already sidixing
shipping through the operation OF
chips by the Shipping Boardj and, as
I have undertaken to show, we will
ultimately be nowhere. because our
ships will be worn out.
VIII Cover Losses.
The new bill simply proposes that
4 lesser amount than the Shipping
Board u losing be Transferred 70 Aid
private owners that they may meet
established foreign competition and
through the greater efficiency and
inspired Initiative OF private owner.
ship. accomplish the things that
Government operation can never &c.
complain. one Of the chief factors Of
which 10 the building Of types of
ships needed % balance the fleet for
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
lsHll SCHEDULED 70 Be
JAPAN'S ENVOY TO U. 8

PARIS, Nov. is.--viscount 1shii,
Japanese ambassador 10 France. is
slated 20 succeed Baron shidehsra
es Japanese ambassador TO tho
limited ntates, according 10 q re-
port current In dipionnsfis circles
here today.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18

children. II 10 one Of the many sur
vivnls of Puritanlsm which have
wrought havoc with Ne. IL makes
US q nation of hypocrites.
so we want TO turn II over to
the schools. A. with our other re.
sponsibilities to our children. let
someone else do u. And In the mean.
time let us WORK hard 90 We can get
10 the movies or bridge or q baii.A
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
Little Girl Killed.

GRAFTON. w. Va. Nov. 1s.-
Mildred. little daughter of Mrs
Joseph Mustachio, was instantly
killed yesterday when playing by a
large sled which fell and crushed
her.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

is needed to carry stock successfully through the winter. Recent snows have disappeared rapidly and owing to the extreme dryness of the soil have resulted in little improvement. Thirty cars of feeder cattle were shipped Seligman Tuesday.
 With the week just passed the first one in November with even seasonable temperature, all growing vegetation in the irrigated valleys made gratify ing progress. Winter grain that for several weeks stood just above the surface of the soil now gives the fields a decided lawn-like appearance. Be- cause of the lack of fall storms and early maturing of the crop cut short by the untimely frost, the cotton har- vest is more advanced than has been IL l~ -r ---S -tt
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01
THREE SMALL CHILDREN GO
 TO SPANISH CAPITAL ALONE

It is believed that all lorg-distance travel records from Jerome were bro ken today when three children, the oldest between 10 and Il years, start ed for Madrid, Spain.
 They are the family of a Spaniard employed at the United Verde shelter at Clarkdale and their mother died some little time ago. Relatives in Spain asked that the children be sent to them and will meet the little tray elers at the port of debarkation. Will liam J. Gray supplied the tickets and has made every possible arrangement for the comfort of the youngsters who will be in charge of the steam ship company from the very moment they leave Clarkdale and whose wants will be looked after across the con- tinent and ocean.
 Agent Gray states that he has been able to secure a number of passports for citizens of Jugo-Slavia who will come to the United States immediate ly after the first of the year, when the new immigration quota has been fixed.-Jerome News.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

on more than half the fields there re- mains only the light top crop or scrap ping; the unpicfea second crop 's coming in very rapidly. In some dis tricts stalk cutting is under way. AL though their harvest has been unin- terrupted, all grain sorghums are not yet gathered and thrashed. Cool
 nights in the southern valleys have favored the early ripening of citrus fruit which is now maturing consider ably in advance of average. Harvest and shipments have gone forward without interruption, one car of lem ons going from Yuma to Los Angeles.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01
SNOWFALL HELPS
 RANGES EVERYWHERE

The drought that for many weeks has prevailed over northeastern Ari- zona and northwestern New Mexico was relieved to considerable extent by moderate fall of snow during the week. While range and stock are quoted as fair to poor in that section the water supply was materially help ed. Milder weather in the lower cat tie ranges, following recent precipita- tion, has improved pasture and stock conditions. In the Fort Apache h. dian Reservation conditions were tenn porarily improved during the week by liOht snowfall hut, ,p,ora rrani-itn+'cn
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01
AN IDEAL COMPANION

A woman inserted the following ad- vertisement in newspaper:
 Wanted, companion for lady; must be a total abstainer, must be cleanly in her habits and know little about nursing. Comfortable home; no salary"
 A few days later she received by express a basket containing tabby cat. An accompanying note said:
 "In reply to your advertisement, recommend bearer. She is total ab- stainer, cleanly in her habits and knows a little of nursing, having brought up large family. She will be pleased to accept comfortable home
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

We'll never forget that visit. The ditch behind them had let in a lot of fish, which had punched together in the ditch line just opposite the dredg- er The big shovels had dropped some dirt in such a way as to dam the con- nection between the hole and the ditch. The engineer, not knowing there were fish in the hole, had kept on dumping dirt into it and just be- fore we arrived had displaced so much of the water that the fish had been crowded all together, some of them even splashing out on the grass.
 am a truthful man, and so l know you'll believe me when l tell you, with the assurance that fifty other people who also saw them, that there were not less than a ton of cat fish in that bunch. The engineer of the dredge said there were one and half tons. Many of them weighed as much as ten pounds each. Before we left the men had picked up a wagon load with their hands and sent them to the city fish market. We didn't see a llSH lldI WelSIleu leSS Illdil I"o pounds.
 The owner of the dredge, who rode on the train to Baton Rouge with us, said that until a few days ago the dredge's mascot was a 12-foot alliga- tor. He had adopted the dredge be- cause of the refuse thrown out from the kitchen boat. Then the men adopted him. They named him Joe. He would come as far as he could hear when they called him by name. They fed him stale bread, potato peel ings and other refuse, and he lived high. Then the first "norther" came and he disappeared, to "hole up" for the winter. "But he'll be back in the spring." the dredge owner said.
 The latter said he is a member of a gun and rod club with big plan tation in south Texas. They have a big lake filled with bass. Several alligators in the lake are treated with great respect and are protected, be- cause they are the enemies of the only two enemies the bass have-turtles and suckers. The latter eat the spawn. The gators eat them.
 But occasionally gator kills pig or chicken. Then he has to be killed, because his new diet spells him for other food and he becomes chicken and pig hunter.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

Now we've left the rice fields and oil of Texas and are in the sugar cane and oil and lumber regions of Louisiana. Louisiana is the second state in the production of lumber.
 We notice most of the people here are very dark complexioned
 Hope we'll get through safely, but my wife bribed the porter to steal her some sugar cane and the future looks dark.
 That cane sure grows thick. The darkeyS strip the stalks of all leaves, then cut and pile the bare stalks from six to a dozen feet long, on wagons and load them on gondola freight cars for the sugar mills.
 The cane produces three years with out replanting. When they plant it, it is not with seed, but by covering up stalks of the cane which sprout and grow from every joint.
 Ferry across Mississippi at Ba- ton Rouge, then S5 miles more to Moo Aw'lins.
 In the lobby of the St. Charles to- night Mrs. Del asked why it is called -NOO n" llllN. IOlN llti IL was 4uCllu of Orleans. Glancing around the crowded lobby, she countered that it looked more like it is made of Jews.
 Thereupon we at once renamed it Jew Orleans.
 At Baton Rouge is the biggest oil refinery in the world, belonging to John D. Rockefeller, who works for Cecil Nose Archer. The oil is piped direct to the refinery from the Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana oil fields. as far away even as the Kansas state line. Baton Rouge is a port of entry for ocean-going steamers, most of the boats clearing being Standard Oil tankers.
 It's much warmer here in Jew Or leans, and a darned sight colder. Six ty above and heavy overcoat feels good.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01
Tuesday P. M

On board (un) limited
 Half way across Texas and haven't seen the sun since we left Flagstaff, 27 hours ago. In New Mexico, where the cattle suffered this summer from drought, and in Texas, where the cot ton suffered, the clouds are trying to make up for lost time.
 One of the men in our Pullman IS MT. Shepherd of Roswell, N. M., an old friend of Fred Lusk, and who lives near Mrs. Jagger. He has gar ages in Roswell, Estancia and two other New Mexico towns, and says if Flagstaff would spend 50 cents day during the fall and winter keeping the Fl Paso papers advised of Flagstaff road conditions, we'd get several times as many late fall and winter tourists. In the absence of specific knowledge that our roads are open, MT. Shep- herd and other garage men have no alternative than to route inquiring tourists through southern Arizona, though, he says, almost invariably they want to go through Flagstaff, but are afraid the snow may be too heavy.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

There is a sign hanging outside a Dover. (N. J.l shop, which reads:
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

Out of the cotton fields into the rice fields in southeast Texas. The land is flat as a floor as far as you can see. Canals lead from the rivers and more canals are being dug. One rice-producing company has 75 miles of canals. These are 50 to 60 feet wide, floating light draft boats. Wa ter is pumped from the rivers into the canals from which it is drawn as needed to flood the rice fields. The canals also afford easy transporta- tion for threshed rice to market, sav- ing the highways this heavy traffic.
 In Japan they transplant rice sprouts into the fields already GOV cred with water. In Texas they SOW the rice grain and harrow it in. Then, when it is about four inches high they let the water in on it, just covering it. The water is not to make it grow, as you might suppose, but to keep the weeds from growing.
 When the rice is headed, just as the weight of the head begins to bend the stalk, the water is drained off. About a week later it is cut with machines much like an ordinary grain binder.
 A big rice grower told us the worst enemy rice growers have are wild ducks. They fly in at night, in bunch, and will clean a couple of hun dred acres in a single night. So many ducks, he says, that not all the guns in Texas could keep them away. Then the ducks, stuffed with rice, take 6 week off to digest it, while the rice growers work like sin to get the crop harvested before they come back.
 Eating breakfast on the diner on Wednesday morning the conductor broke the pleasing news that while we were going in the right direction, our tickets were for another railroad. Then we said that while we couldn't dispute him, the fact that our Pullman reservations were for the road and car just ahead that we had our grips parked in, we were sure we were 50-50 right, anyhow. So he wired the train master, who said he didn't care, let us ride.
 At Beaumont, Texas, where oil and rice are the industrial twins, the train stopped to let the engineer go to the town and buy a new pair of garters. A big ditching dredge was working close by. We called on the crew.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

Up in Texas they say the reason the state has such big eXpanses with out population is because so many have moved to Flagstaff. They com plain that even Uncle Tom Brown moved away after they named two towns after him.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

Got here too late for Rotary meet ing, so the assistant secretary-a lady took Mrs. Del shopping while I threatened if left too long alone to do the Creole section. But if I do I'll promise not to Golightly Morril.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

In all this distance we haven't seen a tree since leaving the big pines at home except very few cottOnwoods and orchard trees.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

Here's a sign near the depot at Slaton, Texas: WHAT SLATON NEEDS IN 1922 'Cotton Compress.
 Cotton Seed Mill. sSteam Laundry.
 Grain elevator.
 sModern Ice Plant.
 Sweet Potato Curing Plant. First Class Hotel. Bakery.
 Wholesale Grocery.
 Creamery.
 *Ice Cream Works.
 Wholesale Produce House. A big black mark is drawn across the sign over each one of the things marked above with stars denoting that those things have been secured since the first of the year. Evidently Sla- ton is growing fast.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01
CHEERFUL CHIRPS
(By "DEL.")


Mostly those intervals when real idea
 comes along and is grabbed off.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01

Post, Texas, through which we just passed, was founded few years ago by the Postum Cereal guy, who cut up several townships and sold them for farms on easy terms. A big cot ton mill he built there is said to be only one in the United States where the farmer unloads his cotton and can carry away sheets and pillow cases, which according to MT. Jones, tin liz zie dealer in Post, are the best sheets and pillow cases made in the world.
 In spite of all that Post committed suicide.