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President-Elect Melton of Uni
versity Addresses Grad
uating Class.

Know thyself, avoid egotism and
pride, call no man common, avoid
excesses of every sort and Glove thy
neighbor as thyself-so w. D. Mel
ton, president-elect of the University
-of South Carolina, speaking on
"some Suggestions on Life and Lead
ership," yesterday morning advised
the members Of the graduating class
of the university, who yesterday re-
ceived their diplomas and passed out
Of the university walls. In the Chris
tian philosophy, DR.. Melton said, they
would find the one perfect guide in
life and living and in no other.
Mr.. Melton will assume the presi-
dency of the university July 1, sue
ceeding DR.. w: S. Currell, who has
resigned to become the dean of the
university graduate school.
"Never before as today" Mr.. Mel
ton said, "was there such an un-
precedented challenge to authority,
never so inveterate a hatred between
nation and nation, between man and
man, never so abnormal an adversion
to work, never so gross materiallsm
as opposed to the spiritual in human
life.
1'These conditions are not the re-
suit of the great war. Though the
war may have aggravated them to a
considerable extent they were mani
Testing themselves before the war
and indeed contributed largely to
bringing it about. The causes lie deep
in the hearts and souls of the human
beings who make up humanity. The
great war seems indeed to have ac-
complished nothing of good. 1t cost
s33S, 900, 100000 in money, it involv-
ed 5e,O0O,OO0 men and women in ac-
tual fighting, it cost the lives of more
than 100000 of the noblest and
best young men and women Of the
world and did not even have the good
effect of ending war.
Crimes Stalk in Land.
sIn our own land conditions are
far from resasuring. Murder, suicide,
burglary, robbery, theft, crimes OF
every nature and kind seems to be
the order Of the day. The spirit Of re-
volt is abroad on the earth. There is
revolt against government, revolt
against established customs, revolt
against social discipline revolt
against your fellow men, revolt
against religion and God. Mans in.
humanity to man makes countless
thousands mourn Your outlook is
nnon a world at strife.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-06-21
Bible Thoughts for
This Week

Sunday.
AN END TO WORRY BE care
full for nothing; but in everything
by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be
made known unto God. And the
peace of God, which passeth all un-
derstanding, shall keep your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus
Philippians 4: 6, z.
Monday.
REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS:
Mark the perfect man, and be-
hold the upright: for the end Of
that man is peace.-Psalm 81: 81.
Tuesday.
RIGHT REASONING:-Le us
reason together, saith the Lord:
though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snoW.-1saiah
/: 1s.
Wednesday.
MANS APPEAL:-O Lord, re-
vive thy work in the midst Of the
years.-Habakkuk 3: 2.
Thursday.
THE ONLY HELP For I the
Lord thy God will hold thy right
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I
will help thee.-Isaiah Ill: 13.
Friday.
DELIVERANCE AT HAND:-
will be with him in trouble; will
deliver him.-Psalm 9l: 10.
Saturday.
TRIED AND PROVED AS for
God, his way is perfect; the word
of the Lord is tried, he is a buckler
to all that trust In him. Sam
uel %: 81.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-06-21

miles away an exact duplicate OF any
photograph or of any piece of writ
ten copy that has been inserted in
the apparatus. Such messages, which
are already so practical that newspa-
per correspondents use them, are
called Belinograms in Paris. AS long
ago as last October, M. BRAND, just
before he started for the conference
in Washington, wrote with his own
hand this message: "Je me rejouis
la pensee d'aller a Washington Il
rejoice at the thought of going to
Washington)," and it was reproduced
in recognizable autograph form. In
that case not even was there any re-
sort to wires. The messages came by
wireless to the Bar Harbor station.
Whether the photograph of the King
of Italy to which we referred was
sent by the Belin process or by a
modification of it we do not know.
The thing seems uncanny; for any
one except an expert in such matters
lit is difficult, not to say impossible,
to describe. And yet M. Belin who has
worked on the problem for twenty
six years, and the French Academy
of Science, to which the invention
was officially explained a few weeks
ago, take it calmly. In time we shall
probably come to think of it as a
commonplace of our daily life. 1t is
not likely that the ordinary telephone
subscriber will ever make much use
of the invention, but for telephone
messages where secrecy is important,
for the transmission of news or of
pictures to the newspapers in distant
cities and for the sue of the police in
sending out Photographic descriptions
of criminals, it seems certain to be OF
value. To everyone it is of curious
interest as another example of the
almost unbelievable things that man.
kind is doing by means of electrici-
ty.-Youths' Companion.
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book ought to be read by every young
man in the county.
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The Washington times., 1922-04-03

not only of the Bureau of Engrav.
ing and Printing, but of the Treas.
ury Department, and even the en-.
tire financial fabric OF the Govern
ment.
lntimations are made. it is under.
stood, concerning the duplication of
Government securities 'of large
demonstrations.
1t is charged that during the war
large numbers Of Liberty bonds
were printed in duplicate. and that
these bonds, or coupons therefrom
are being received at the Treasury
Department every day, and are ne.
ing redeemed without question.
Treasury officials fear. it is said
the effect that would he produced
through widespread publication Of
charges of duplicated bonds-that is,
securities without compensating re-
serves.
IT is believed that Is the reason
action has not been taken previously
on the charges brought against the
bureau.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
CARAWAY
DEMANDSPR0BE
Of DISCHARGES
Offers Resolution Citing Civil
Service Rules Governing
Bureau Employment.

The first move toward a Senate
investigation of the wholesale
discharge of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing was made
today.
Senator Caraway of Arkansas
introduced a resolution in which
he called upon President Harding
to inform the Senate why former
Direct James l.. Wilmeth and his
bureau chiefs were discharged and
also by what authority the sweep
ing action of dismissing them was
taken.
Cites Civil Service Rule.
The resolution calls attention to
the fact that civil service employees
can be dismissed only on written
notice and on formal complaint
either as regards efficiency, their
moral character, and so forth.
The Senate Resolution.
Senator Caraway's resolution is as
follows:
Whereas, without notice as re-
Quired by law, and without warn
ing, the President OF the United
States, under an executive order
issued March 81, 1922, dismissed
James f. Wilmeth, director of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
and thirty-one other chiefs and as.
sistant chiefs of divisions in that
bureau; and
whereas, all OF said persons
were within the classified service;
and;
Whereas, the law permits a dis
missal within the classified service
only after written notice and an
opportunity to reply to such notice,
therefore be II
Resolved, That the President of
the United States be requested to
report to the Senate, If it be not in
compatible with the public interest,
what facts warranted the dismissal
Of the men mentioned from the
classified service, and by what
authority he dismissed these EN-.
ployes from the service in the man.
ner followed"
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
GEORGE
TODAY FACES
TEST Of LIFE
British Premier Going Before
Commons Confident He
Will Be Upheld.
BY DAVID NJ. CHURCH.
International News Service.

LONDON, April 3.-Although
facing the most bitter attack yet
launched against him in the House
of Commons, Premier Lloyd George
was confident that his demand for a
vote of confidence this afternoon
would be answered in the affirmative.
During his visit to his country
estate, Chequers Court, the premier
has been engaged upon his master.
piece speech defending his initiative
in having the Genoa economic con-
ference called. and explaining Great
Britain's program at the meeting.
According to his supporters, the
premier had a double motive in seek.
ing a vote of confidence:
l. To go to Genoa with the un.
divided support of the country behind
him;
Q. To put an end to rumors Of the
Tory die hards" that ne is weaken.
Ing and must resign.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
CHURCH BACKS PASTOR
WHO BAPTIZED A DOG

BROOKLINE, Mass, April a.
The Rev. Edwin Curtis, of the
First Presbyterian Church, sat in
the congregation yesterday, listened
to a sermon by a minister assigned
by the Boston Presbytery and
heard one OF the church trustees
read from the pulpit a call for a
congregational meeting on April II
to decide whether the church
should withdraw from the Boston
Presbytery.
Retirement of Mr.. Curtis as pas
tor is sought because OF evidence
before the presbytery that he had
baptized dog and had asked
what witnesses considered frivolous
blessings on food served at the
house where he was boarding.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
FAVORiTISM IN ISSUING
DYE LICENSES DENIED

An emphatic denial that favor.
itism was shown by the War Trade
Board in issuing dye licenses was
made today by Henry B. Thompson,
chairman of the dye advisory com.
mittee, in testifying before the
Senate Committee probing an al
legged dye monopoly. Thompson ad-
vocated an indefinite dye embargo
to save the American industry
from ruin"
Ihere was never any unneces-
sary delay In issuing licenses, and
emphatically deny there was any
favoritism shown" Thompson said.
Charges of favoritism had been
made by Herman A. Metz. of New.
port, former Congressman and mil
lionaire dye importer.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
U.S.. Control of
Mines Asked
By Lewis
BY International News Service.


Sooner or later the Government
must step in, nationalize the coal
mines. and operate them for the
benefit of the public. and it might
as we'll be now as any time.
This was the message and the
advise laid before Congress today
by John l.. Lewis, president Of
the United Mine Workers of
America, when he appeared be-
fore the House Labor Committee
to present the miners side Of the
present strike controversy.
The striking miners, Lewis said.
are going to stand pat" and pre-
sent an unbroken front, and he
advised the committee against at
tempts to force settlement
through adjustment boards or
commissions.
Industry Is Diseased"
The coal industry, Lewis said, is
diseased, and the only remedy is ma
;ionaliZation.
THE mine workers" Lewis de-
clared, have been waiting for many
years, hoping to detect some signs
that the operators were awakening
to a realization of Their duties. But,
so far, nothing - been accom-
plished except talk, oNd no RELIEF has
been extended 10 t. time workers
or to the public.
mo remedy has been offered by
the operators, and I'm default Of any
other remedy, the mine workers sert.
ously suggest that the Government
take over and operate the mines.
I'VE do not do this through any
mischievous or wanton spirit.
but we see that II is inevitable
that, sooner or later, the Government
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
Additional Affidavits Filed.

Additional Affidayits Filed.
Late in December. 1921, or early
In January, 1922, employees of the
bureau and public spirited citizens
interested in the case filed fur
ther supporting affidavits with the
Treasury Department, the Depart
ment of Justice and members Of
Congress.
AS a result of this action the
Treasury Department ordered an
investigation of the bureau. This
inquiry. which was conducted in
secret. was made, it is charged,
by persons who had long been as
sociated with Director Wilmeth in
his work as chief clerk of the
Treasury Department.
Apparently no action was taken
as the result of the investigation,
and it was assumed the bureau
was given clean bill by the in
vestigating committee.
Second Investigation.
Shortly after this additional affi.
davits supporting the charges
against the bureau management
were filed with the Treasury Depart
ment, Department of Justice and
members of Congress.
At this time, IL is learned. the
charges reached the ears of the
President
President Harding Immediately
ordered the Secretary of the Treas
ury to conduct a thorough inquiry
into the charges.
Comptroller of the Currency ID. r.
Crissinger was directed by Secretary
Mellon to make a personal investi-
cation.
Again. there was no apparent &C.
tion resulting from the inquiry.
Director Wilmeth continued in Of
flee. However. intimaCions were
made that a considerable number
of employees were to be discharged
by the director. Employees who were
concerned in the charges against
Director Wilmeth state that most
of their number were to be includ-
ed in the proposed dismissals.
The threatened discharge Of these
employees, it is believed, led to the
summary action forced upon the
Administration in the dismissal Of
the director and many of his as.
sistants.
Summary Action Taken.
Last Thursday employees of the
Bureau and others who have made
charges against the Director visited
Comptroller Crissinger and members
of the Finance Committee of the
House and at least one member of
the Senate.
They stated that unless Director
Wilmeth and certain other employees
of the Bureau were discharged at
once, galley proofs of the charges
with a detailed account of alleged
abuses at the Bureau would be i'm
mediately released for publication.
Treasury officials asked for one
weeks delay.
This was refused, and twenty.four
hours was given for action, with a
threat OF immediate publication in
case no action was taken.
Story in Type.
The galley proofs shown to mem.
bers of Congress and to the Treas.
ury officials are said to have con.
tained accusations OF such astound-
ing nature as to cause Treasury
officials TO fear for the reputation,
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
Bold Attempt by Three Bandits
to Rob Merchants Trust
Company Thwarted.

Three airing young robbers
shortJ' liter noon today made an
unsuccessful attempt to rob the
newly-formed Merchants Trust
Company. which today opened Of
fices oV the corner of Fifteenth
and H streets northwest.
But for the presence of mind of
Samuel April, twenty one -year-old
receiving teller, the robbers would
have made away with more than
$4,000.
Entering the company's offices
about l245, the men approached
April's cage. One of them reached
through the receiving window and
grabbed a bundle of money. The
trio then fled.
One Bandit Captured.
April seized revolver and
started after them. As April
reached the door. he fired three
shots in the air. A few seconds
running and he caught one OF the
would.be robbers. the man who had
grabbed the money.
A hurry call sent to Police Head
quarters brought a score of detec.
tives and policemen TO the bank An
unsuccessful attempt was made to
capture the other two men, but it is
believed they escaped in "a high
powered motor car waiting near by.
5000 Witness Capture.
Coming in the MONDAY hour, the
robbery caused a sensation in this
thickly populated business section.
Fully 5000 people surrounded the
bank and police experienced diff.
Guilty in taking the would-be robber
TO the PATROL.
Peter A. Drury, president of the
bank, was holding a reception in his
office when the men entered. lie
declined to discuss the attempted
theft
April, the receiving teller, gave
a Times reporter this version of one
of the most daring attempted rob.
berries in the history of the District:
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
Ex-EMPEROR CHARLES
BODY LIES IN STATE

FUNCHAL, Madeira Island. April
3.-Clad in a uniform of a field
marshal OF the Austrian army, the
body Of former Emperor Charles
rested in state here today.
Masses were said during the
morning. Representatives of the
Portuguese authorities called upon
former Empress Zita to express
their condolences.
A funeral service will be held on
Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
40 CHILDREN MADE ILL
BY APRIL FOOL CANDY

JERSEY CITY. N. j.. April a.
The number of school children
made Ill here by eating April fool"
candy was fixed by the police at
ITO.
In two schools children were sf-
fected with vomiting spells.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
CLEANUP IN TREASURY
OUTCOME Of CHARGES
FILED WITH CONGRESS

tCopyright mpsnyD
Mystery surrounding the discharge of James Wmeth,
director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
several other employees by executive order partly
cleared up today when it learned a large number
of charges supported by afdavts involving the director
and many employees of the bureau had been the hands
of the Department of Justice and members Congress
several months
ACTION PROMPTED BY THREATS
demand for immediate action under threat of news
paper caused the precipate action Admin
lsraon This situation tends to dsprove thoroughly
charges of playing politics made against the Admins
tration.
Accusations involving the director the bureau and
certain other employees it learned today, filed
with the Department of Justice and with members the
House Committee Finance than a year ago.
CONGRESS BLOCKED INVESTIGATION
~ No apparent action by the Department of
Justice
Members of Congress- seeking to eliminate the abuses
charged, it is understood met with nsurmounable
obstacles in obtaining official action official co-opera-
ton
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
BY EMMA GOLDMAN.

STOCkHOLM, Sweden. April 3.
During the second visit to Peter
Kropotkin we had an hour to-
gether. In that time Peter spoke
in detail of the Russian revolu-
ton. the part played by the Boil
shiviki, the lesson to the Anarch-
lists in particular and the world
in general. He considered the
Russian revolution in scope and
possibilities greater than the
French revolution. While it is
true the people were not devel-
oped in the western sense, vet
they are more responsive to new
arrangements of life. Th" spirit
of the masses during the February
and October revolutions demon
strated that they understood the
great changes waiting their con-
certed efforts. and they were will
ing to do their share.
The people knew that something
tremendous was before them, which
they themselves must face, organize
and direct. That spirit, though now
Continued on Page 9, Column p
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
Girls! Girls! Girls!

II your photograph looks like
picture OF Dorothy Dalton,
send It to the Dorothy Dalton
Resemblance Contest Editor OF
The Washington Times today.
1t may mean $3.50 worth Of
Easter finery to you. Some
Washington girl is going to get
this enviable outfit and IL your
picture looks like Dorothy's II
might as well be you. See page
S for the details Of the con.
test.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
District No. s Shut Tight.

by tnternnttonh Ne~s service,
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April g.
Union mines In District No. s,
United Mine Workers, known as
the Western Pennsylvania field.
Continued on Page 2, Column G)
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
NON N-UNIoNIsTs QUIT WORK.
PENNSYLVANIA MINES IDLE.

Every anthracite collery in the three districts of
Pennsylvania is idle The first expression of fear that
political agtators may attempt make capital of the
strike out of the anthracite fields.
Another conference of the anthracite wage scale
mittee and committee Of operators scheduled for
this afternoon in New York city, where the miners are
still presenting data to support their demands for 20
per cent wage increase for contract labor and 81 dav
for dav labor.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
kR0P0TK|NL LAYS
RUSSIA 'SPL|CHT.
To BOLSHEV|k|
Emma Goldman Tells of Inter-
view in Which Aged Anarch-
ist Flags Soviets.

Emma Goldman, noted anarchist,
,Cds depOrted TO Russia IN Decem-
Der, 1919, by the United States De-
pdrtment Of Labor. After tiCo
gears of disiiluSionment and dis
dster, she has reached SWeden, and
has indicted BolsheUism in series
of bitter, stinging articles.
Because Of the fact that an arch
anarchist, Ooman Vho has de-
uoted her life to attacking eristing
forms of government, turns upon
the degis of Lenin tUith such fury,
The Washington Times thinks 1t
north 1Uhiie 10 print her vieWs on
Bolsheuism. Her eighth article ap-
peored yesterday. The ninth arti-
Gle fOlIOUs:
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
1000 Out In klOndike.
BY International News servi

UNIONTOwN. Pa, April S.-The
first break in the strong non.union
field in southwestern Pennsylvania
came today when several hundred
miners were persuaded not to go
to work. Every group of non.union
men headed for the mines in the
Klondike region, near New Salem,
were met by squads Of union men
and told to remain home and avoid
trouble" Nearly q thousand non
union men have gone on strike.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
Non-UnionM Men
Join Strike
In W. Va.
by International News Service.

WHEELING, W. Va, April 8.
The first break in operation of
non-union mines in the Panhandle
counties of West Virginia came
today when two mines in Marshall
county. between Benwood and
Moundsville. suspended operations
with the forces joining the. strike.
The two forces totaled about $50
men. 1t is reported 1900 non.
union men are idle throughout the
district.
All Union Mines Idle.
All the union mines remain idle
and at United Mine Workers head
quarters this morning it was de-
clared the strike is still 100 per
cent effective in organized mines.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
HEAD Of STRIKERS
ASKS CONGRESS To
INTERVENE At ONCE
By International News Service.

The national coal strike of 100000 btuminous and
anthracite miners swung into its full significance today.
As Saturday and Sunday holidays, it could be
determined until today whether the coal strike order
had been Obeyed by all the union men, and 100
per cent effective.
President John L. Lewis, of the United Mine Workers
of America, testifyng before the House Labor Commit
tee, proposed immediate naturalization of the American
coal industry. - -. ...
NON -UNIoNIsTs QUIT WORK
The first break in the ranks of non union miners was
reported from northern West Virginia where 1500
organized men quit work. In Southern West Virginia
and in central Pennsy ylvana. the non-unon mines were
still at work.
No disorders of any kind have yet been reported and
the union officials have warned the against violence
Union officials declared that the presenting
a solid front and will fight it out along the present
line matter how long it takes.
The Washington times., 1922-04-03
Story In Type.

The galley proofs shown to mem.
bers of Congress and to the Treas.
ury officials are said to have con.
tanned accusations OF such astound.
ing nature as to cause Treasury
officials TO fear for the reputation,
The Washington times., 1922-04-03

Fair and warmer tonight; Tuesday
probably fair. Gentle variable winds.
Temperature at a. m, 80 degrees.