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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

Nearly one-fourth of all the APP
pies shipped in the United States
are consumed in the three cities of
New York, Chicago and Philadel-
phia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

ed thus he would catch mis- hair ana
wrench him back and cram ms
meal upon him. Knock, knoSA'
knock Curse the thing
He said heavily. Iwynins.
Twyning. I've come to speak 10 you
about your SON /"
Twyning slightly twisted his face
in his hands so as to glance up al
Sabre. His face was red. He saio
in an odd. thick voice, -Oh, SABRE
Sabre, have you heard ??
Sabre said. Heard ??
Hes killed. Ny Harold Ny boy
Nv boy, Harold. Oh, Sabre, sabre
! my boy, my boy, my Harold
He began to sob; his shoulders
heaving.
Sabre gave a sound that was just
| a whimper. Oh, irony of fate! ON,
cynicism incredible in its malig-
nancy Oh, cumulative touch. 10
deliver him this his enemy to strike
and to present him for the knhe
thus already strickeni
No sound in all the range OF
sounds whereby man can express
emotion was possible to express
| this emotion that now surcharged
| him. This was no pain of man
devising. This was a special and
private agony of the gods reserved
for victims approved for very nl:e
| and exquisite experiment. He telt
himself squeezed right down pc
| meath a pressure squeezing to ms
vitals; and there was squeezed out
of him just whimper.
| Twyning was brokenly saying
Its good of you to come, Sabre. l
feel it. After that business. I'm
sorry about it, Sabre. l feel your
! goodness coming to me like this.
But you know, you always knew,
what my boy was to me. My Har-
old. My Harold. Such a good boy,
Sabre Such a good. Christian boy.
And now he's gone, he's gone. Never
to see him again. My boy. My son.
My SOM"
oh, dreadful!
And he went on, distraught and
pitiable. my boy. My Harold.
Such a good boy. Sabre. Such a
perfect boy. My Harold"
The letter was crumpled in Sa-
| bre's right hand. He was construct
Ing IL III MS HdAu dAu hAoShihS Ms
clenched knuckles on the marble.
My, boy. My dear, good boy. Oh,
Sabre, Sabre!"
He dropped his right arm and
swung it by his side; to and fro;
over the fender-over the fire; over
the hearth-over the flames.
MY Harold. Never to see his face
again, My Harold"
! Continued i'm our next issue)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
0l01l NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

And dear Mr. Sabre, I do trust Won
to be with Harold what you have
always been with me and with
everybody-gentle, and understand
ing things. Goodbye and NAV God
bless and reward you 70 rever and
ever, EFFIE
He shouted again, Hal" He cried
again, Into my hands! Into my
hands,"
He abandoned himself to a rather
horrible ecstasy of hate and pas
sion. His face became rather hor-
r1ble to see. His face became pur-
pie and black and knotted, and the
veins on his forehead black. He
cried aloud, Harold Harold.
Twyning! Twyning," He rather
horribly mimicked Twyning. "Har-
old's such a good boy! Harold's
/. such a good, Christia-4, model boy.
Rarold's never said a bad word or
had bad thought. Harold's such a
good boy" He cried out: "Har-
ODDS such a blackguard. Harolds
such a blackguard! A BLACKBOARD
and the son of vile, infamous, ly-
ing, perjured BLACKBOARD"
His passion and his hate sur
mounted his voice. He choked. He
picked up his stick and went with
frantic hops to the door. He cried
! aloud, gritting his teeth upon it,
| I'll cram the letter dcva his
throat. I'll cram the letter down
his throat. I'll take him by the neck.
I'll bash him across the face, And
I'll cram the letter down his
throat"
The cab driver was restin,, on
his box with purposeful and luxur-
ious rest. Sabre waved his stick at
him, and shouted to him, Fortunes
office in Tidborough. Hard as you
can" He wrenched open he door
and got in. In moment, the
startled horse scarcely put into
motion by its startled driver, he
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

put his head and arm from the win
COW and was out on the step.
Stop. Stop! Let me out. I've some
thing to get
He ran again into the housr and
bundled himself up the stairs and
into his room. A his bur-au he
took drawer and wrenched IL open
so that Ii came out in his hand,
swung on the sockets of its handle,
and scattered its contents upon the
floor One article fell heavily. His
service revolver. He grabbed it ip
and dropped on his hands and
knees, padding eagerly about after
scattered cartridges. AS he
searched his voice went harshly,
He's bounded 1e to hell. At the
very gates of hell I've got him, got
him, and I'll have him by the
throat and hurl him I'M He broke
open the breech and damned the
cartridges in, counting them,
One, two, three, four( five, sikh
He snapped up the breech and
iammed the revolver in his jacket
pocket. He went scrambling again
down the stairs, and as ne
scrambled down he cried I'll
cram the letter down his throat.
When he's SPRAYING, when he's
looking, perhaps I'll out with my
gun and drill him, drill him for the
dog, the dog that he is"
He was arrived. He was herei
Into my hands, Into my hands"
He passed into the Office and
swiftly as he could go up the stairs.
He encountered no one. He came
to Twyning's door and put his
hand upon the latch. Immediately,
and enormously so that for a mo-
ment he was forced to pause, the
pulse broke out anew in his head.
Knock, knock, knock Knock
knock, knock. Curse the thing!
Never mind In, In, At him!
He went in.
On the left, at the far end of the
room, Twyning sat at his desk. He
was crouched at his desk. His head
was bruised in his hands. At his
elbows, vivid upon the bla6l ex-
panse of the table, lay a ton en-
velope, dull red.
Sabre shut the door and leant
his stick against the wall by the
fire. He took the letter from his
pocket and walked across md stood
over Twyning. Twyning had not
heard him. He stood over him and
looked down upon him. Knock,
knock, knock. Curse the thing
There was Twyning's neck, that
brown strip between his collar and
his head, that in a minute he
would catch him by No, seat
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Continued in our next issue)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
Philadelphia.
INV ERANE N NT,ANl

Philadelphia, jan. 4.-The press
of readjustment in this section of
the country has made headway in
every line of business and finance
with the possible exception of an
thracite coal. Liquidation of stocks
of goods in the hands of manufac-
turers, jobbers and merchants, re-
adjustment of prices to lower lev
els, reductions of loans and of in
terest rates and readjustment of
wage scales have put the business
world in position TO make good
progress this year.
Except in the textile mills, local
industries began the year at a very
low level of production but with a
good foundation on which to build.
There is a general belief that the
worst period of readjustment has
passed.
Retail merchants are making sui
stantial reductions in prices TO
stimulate buying and streets AMI
stores are almost as well filled with
shoppers as during the holiday pc
riod. According to President Rea
of the Pennsylvania road, the sys-
TEN has reduced its expenditures
s17O, 100000 within the last year
but he added that only further
reduction in costs and an increase
of efficiency by workers will en-
able the road to earn its six pei
cent dividend rate.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
The Argus
Business
Review
(By Consolidated Press.)
Telegraphic dispatches from
nations important Centers
giving Business News and
Reviews of Interest and I'm
pOrtance to Producer and
Consumer.
Chicago.
BY A. ID, WELT0N,l

Chicago, Jan. 4.-The outlook in
this business center is cheerful, al
though there is no tendency to un-
deresumate the Importance of low
er freight rates and further wage
adjustments. At every turn there
is evidently spirit of confidence
and assurance OF bigger and better
business accompanied also by an
improvement in foreign trade.
Three failures Of brokerage con-
Germs within the week and the ab-
sorption of two banks in distress
as result of association with va
rious enterprises tell a story of
local shrinking values but have
served to clear that atmosphere.
These shrinkages have not tended
to blanket the optimism with which
the new year is regarded
Reports of two of the big five
packing companies just issued show
a great shrinkage in values OF the
goods sold and also a decided de-
crease in operating expenses. Each
report shows a deficit on the years
business. Mail order houses are
struggling with their annual figures
and statements showing losses are
expected.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
Warn,est, Wettest Year
Was 1921; Mercury Tops
Daily Normal 4. 8 Degrees

the average temperature was 77.7
degrees as compared to 76.S de-
grees last June. There was an ex,
cess of 271 degrees during the year
of 1920. as compared to 1,765 dur
ing the ySar just passed.
The average temperature for the
gear was 81 degrees higher than
any other year on record. The
mercury averaged SAB, the next
warmesL 12-month period being in
1878, when the average tempera-
ture was 52.2 degrees.
September was the wettest Sep
tember on record. There was a
precipitation of 1872 inches as
compared to the second highest
September in 1874 when there was
1856 inches of rainfall. An excess
of IA inches of rain in 1921 was
recorded, the total being 1913
inches, while the normal year only
records $3.50 inches.
The excess of rainfall last De-
cember as compared with the nor
NAL was 2.03 inches. The greatest
snowfall for the month in a 24-hour
period was Is inches, which oc-
Cured Dec. % and "a.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
CANCELS
PROPOSED MEET
Gives as Reason That Operators
Refused to Attend Joint Meet
With Union Miners.

Indianapolis, Jan. 4.-The meet
ing of coal operators of the central
competitive field with officers OF
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, called to meet at Pittsburgh
on Friday, was called off today by
John. L. Lewis, president of the
union.
The Pittsburgh meeting was for
the purpose of fixing a date for
holding negotiations on wage
agreement to become effective next
April, and Mr.. Lewis, in a formal
statement, declared the meeting
was discarded because of operators
refusing to meet with miners.
1T is essential from a standpoint
of public interest" Mr. Lewis said,
that a joint meeting of operators
and miners be held. In no other
way can the problems of the coal
industry be solved, and in due time
circumstances will compel such a
meeting"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
Continued on Page Four.
SEIZE BOOZE ON
CANADIAN Line
Total for Year is III LiquOr-Ladeu
Autos and 1000 Cases of lntOxi-
cants-Many Pistol Battles.

Rouses Point, n. Y, Jan. 4.-Seiz-
ure of lit iquor-laden automobiles
and IS horse drawn vehicles loaded
with intoxicants, ana confiscation
of approximately 1000 cases of Ii
duor, is due to the efforts of Unit
ed States customs officials in their
attempt TO break UP the illegal
liquor traffic from Canada during
1921.
Pistol battles between bootleg
gers and officials occurred fre-
quently during the year. Many 0f
the persons discovered with liquor
in their possession, however, were
described by officials as meek"
and gave up their supplies without
q struggle.
Many attempts to bring liquor
from Canada on trains were frus-
trated. Officials said that during
the year they found and seized Ii
quor secreted under mattresses. un-
der seats, in linen closets and every
conceivable place on the trains.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
LLOYD GEORGE
AND BRAND TO
SAVE EUROPE
Pren,iers Plan Pro-
gram at Cannes
Allied Meet.

Cannes, France, Jan. 4.-(By the
Associated Press)-To save Europe
from complete disintegration and
keep the entente from falling apart
are the big tasks to be undertaken
here by Premiers Lloyd George of
Great Britain and BRAND of France.
Opening of private conversations
today soon after the arrival from
Paris of NJ. BRAND and Minister of
Liberated Regions Loucheur, the
two premiers began to lay out the
program for the allied supreme
council which convenes here on
Friday
Mr.. Lloyd George intends that
this shall be the last meeting of
the supreme council, if there is any
way of bringing pending questions
to a point where they can thereafter
be dealt with by the ambassadors
of the allied powers. Since his ar
rival he has been preparing himself
for a strenuous week of work dur
ing which he is going to try to
raise the decision above all indi-
vidual differences between the
members of the entente and apply
a remedy from which all Europe
will derive benefit.
NJ. BRAND is understood also to
favor adoption of a broad under
standing as to what is needed to
save the situation, and then to let
the work proceed through the reg
ular diplomatic channels, details as
to the application of the terms be-
ing left to the council of ambassa-
doris
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04

The warmest year ever record
ed at the local weather station was
reported for 1921, Andrew Ham
rick, meteorologist, compiling the
years statistics, says.
There was an accumulated excess
of 1,765 degrees. an average daily
excess Of AS degrees.
Aside from the high temperature
of the year, 1921 was unusual be-
cause it was one of the wettest
years and September the wettest
September ever on record. Should
1922 balance the past year, it
would have to have an average
daily temperature of 9.6 below nor
NAL.
The last year was the warmest,
largely due to the high daily tenn
perature in January. During that
month the average daily tempera-
ture was IL degrees higher than
normal for the first month of the
year. June was also an extremely
warm month, and no month during
the year fell below the normal tenn
perature. June, 1921, was the
warmest June since 1878. In 1878
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
GIRLS EYES ARE
BLINDED BY A0ID
FROM TOY PISTOL

Des AIoines. Iowa. Jan A.
Acid, shot from a ICY pistol into
the face OF Miss Beruice VII
hanson, 1s-year-Old school girl
here. last night, BY an uniden-
tilted assailant. destroyed her
eyes.ght. physicians reported
today. No motive Is known for
the attack.
Miss Williamson told police
that she was on her way home
when a man passed her going
in the same direction. He Turn
ed suddenly, she said. and shot
acid il her face and Hsap-
pea-e1.
Several months ago, Mary
Allen, "a girl OF Miss William
sons age. was attacked in a
similar manner in the same
neighborhood.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
New Orleans.
(BY /. V. SHANNON.0

New Orleans, Jan. 4.-The annual
inventory and stock-taking period
has not uncovered any weak spots
in the business fabrics as yet and
is not expected to do so because OF
the caution with which merchants
and manufacturers have conducted
their business during their last
year. The stocks on hand are
comparatively small, not averaging
more than 70 per cent of the
amount of goods on the shelves al
a similar period in former years.
Sales of retailers have come
close to former years in actucl
turnover, although the margin of
profit has not been so large as pre-
viousiy. Few merchants lost mon
ey, however. The largest stocks
appear to be in the mems and wom-
ems ready-to-wear lines and deal
ers in such garments are making
so per cent price reductions in or
der to reduce their stocks before
the winter is over. Jobbers and
manufacturers have not Jared so
we'll as the retailers because of the
low prices prevailing for -agricul-
tural products and the reduced pUr-
chasing power of the farmers. The
banking position in the south and
southwest is excellent and is stead
lily improving owing to the volun-
tary reduction of lines of credit
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
FARMER LEADER
DENIES CHARGE
OLA TOILETTE
DisaUolOs Conspir-
acy' With Railroad
Interests.

Washington, Jan. 4. - Denial of
recent charges by Senator LaFol-
lette of Wisconsin, that an agree
ment not to push legislation to re-
peal the so-called guaranty section
of the trans Sportation act, and to re-
store state control over intrastate
rates, was obtained from farm Or
ganization leaders at a conference
here with representatives of the
railroads, and of coal, steel and
lumber interests, was made today
by w. l. Drummond of Kansas City,
chairman OF the board of COVER
nors of the International Farm con-
sress.
Mr.. Drummond, who attended the
conference on Dec. 8, which was
termed a secret meeting in a
statement by Senator LaFollette,
declared the session was not a Sc
cret one and that the agricultural
representatives held out uncom-
promisingly" for repeal of the
guaranty clause in the transporta-
ton act, and that the railroad ex-
ecutive agreed not to oppose its re-
peal.
Want Rates Cut.
The railroad executives also
agreed, according to DR.. Drum
mond's statement, Ito vesting OF
regulatory powers in the state rail-
road commissions which the Esch-
Cummins act does not provide, y
while the farm representatives
agreed not to join in the effort to
transfer the control over intrastate
rates from the interstate commerce
commission to the state railroad
commissions at this time.
The objects of the conferences, as
far as the farm organizations lead
ers were concerned. he said, were
to obtain quickly the greatest pos
Sible reduction in freight rates and
to cause the correction of any con-
dition or practice unfair to agri-
culture by peaceable effort, where
possible"
The railroad officials, he added
contended the 10 per cent rate re-
duction already made on agricul-
tural products was more than they
could stand under present condi-
tions and they sought cooperation
in "effecting such reductions in
railroad expenses as would justify
this decrease and permit still fur
ther reductions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
THE WEATHER

Rain turning to snow tonight.
Much colder with cold wave. Tenn
perature Thursday morning be-
tween zero and 10 above. Thurs
day generally fair and colder.
Highest temperature yesterday,
As: lowest last night, SO.
Wind velocity at z a. M, 5 miles
per hour.
Precipitation last "a hours, .5S
inch.
yester. yester. today
12In. 7p.m. am.
Dry bulb temp. "A 3S 35
Wet bulb temp. SO 80 80
Relative humid. 60 "a 100
River stage at Z a m, &c, a
fall Of / last "A hours
Sunset today, 4:45 p. m; sunrise
tomorrow, 7:3l q. N.
ANDREW HAMRICK.
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
PROPOSES
AMITY PACT
To BRITAIN
Says Original Agreement
Not Basis for Endur-
ing Peace.
RTTIETTN.


Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 4.-(By
The Associated Press
nouncement was made during
this afternoons session OF the
Dali Eireann that Eamon de
Valera would make public his
alternative proposals rs sub.
stitute for the AnglO-Irish
treaty. which is under cOnsid-
Grafton at the close of the aft
ernOOn session.
Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 4.-(By the
Associated P-ess.) .)-On the re-
assembling of the Dali Eireann, tn
new version of cannon de Valera
amendment was distributed to the
members. 1t proposes a treaty Of
amity and association between Ire
land and the government of Great
Britain and of the other states OF
the British commonwealth.
The amendment provides:
THAT inaSmuch as the articles OF
agreement for a treaty between
Great Britain and ireland, signed
at London, Dec. 6, 1921, do not re-
concile Irish National aspirations
and the association of Ireland with
the community of nations, known
as the British commonwealth, and
can not be the basis OF an enduring
peace between the Irish and Brit
ish peoples,
THE Dali Eireann, in the name
of the sovereign Irish nation,
makes to the government of Great
Britain, to the governments of the
other states in the British Com
monwealth. and to the peoples OF
| Great Britain and of these several
states, the following proposals for
a treaty of amity. and association
which the Dali Eireann is convinced
could be entered into by the Irish
people with the sincerity of good
will"
Text Not Given.
The complete text of the propos-
ais, it was announced, would be
put into the hands of the delegates
| before the motion was moved.
! Mr.. de Valera, after sharp ex-
changes with Arthur Griffith AMI
Michael Collins lover the much
mooted document Number O." an
nounced that he WOULD move his al
ternative proposalS tomorrow as
an amendment to the Griffith mo-
tion for ratification of the treaty
The question was Haised whether
! Mr.. de Valera, underS the rules OF
the debate. would be \permitted to
make another speech.
The first speaker at today's ses-
sion was Donald Buckley, OF Kill
dare, who opposed the tAeaty.
Flags Irish Press
THE people of this country have
been stampeded into acceptance OF
the treaty by the rotten pfess OF
Ireland" he said. Il shaIA vote
| against it"
Alexander MacCabe Of Shg6 Col
! lowed with a plea for acceptance
While he was picturing the \dis-
| appointment he said millionsN ol
Irish women and children woAid
| feel if the treaty were rejectAf
Miss Mary MacSwiney interrupted
him, saying the women were not il
favor of the treaty. To this Mac
| Cabe retorted:
81 know what the women of Ire
! land want as well as you"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
Business Topics.

Boston, Jan. 4.-There has been
a feeling of conservative confidence
in evidence among business men
and bankers since Jan. 1. Nothing
approaching a boom is anticipated
hut il is felt that the trend OF ous-
mess in the right direction and that
will continue through
out the year. 1t is estimated MI MI
ing of the transportation tax VIII
save New Englanders s14.OOO,OOO 4
wear. 1t should be suggested here
that the problem of the New Eng
land railroads be lifted by having
the New England states guarantee
the debts OF the carriers.
Fort Worth. Jan. 4.@The soutn-
west is holding its breath over the
rain situation. With the grouna
fnII of unsprouted wheat and ranges