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The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
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/ A final settlement of all oItstand
ing accounts between the government
and the Missouri Kansas-Tcxas Rail
way Company, which was made III
Washington by the Railroad Admins
tration, involved the payment Of So.
COOOO0 to the road, which is in the
hands Of a receiver.
Lieut.. Milton r. Mackall, who for the
last three years has been lying in a
bathtub at the Fort McHenry Hospital
at Baltimore, Md, as result Of a
wound received in the world war, died.
lie was conscious almost until the lasA
The case of Lieut.. Mackall was with
out parallel in the military annals OF
the country.
The longest cross-cOunty flight ever
attempted by the lighter-than- serv-
ice Of the United States Army was
completed when the army blimp "A, a
dirigible balloon, landed at Scott Field,
near Belleville, Ill.,, having sailed from
Langley Field, Va, distance of ap-
proximately LOO miles, in 40 hours
and 40 minutes
Benny Leonard is still lightweight
champion Of the world At the big
wooden arena at Jersey City, n. J.,
the champion outpointed the leading
contender for his title, Lew Tender
Of Philadelphia. 1t was a battle that
will long be remembered by the 10000
who witnessed Tenders futile efforts
to try to pluck the crown from Leon
ard, who has worn it since 1917.
\ quarrel over a drinking cup be-
tween a white street paving foreman
and negro employe at Hope, Ark,
about 80 miles northeast of Texarkana,
was followed by the lynching of the ne
gro near Guernsey, four miles south
east of Hope.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
PERSONAL,

Arnold J. Hellmich. of st. Louis. was
nominated by President Harding to be
Internal Revenue Collector for the
First District of Missouri.
Capt. Eugene Lazar, air service, in
an army order issued at Washington.
Is relieved from duty at the Curtis Elm
wood Air Service Depot. Buffalo, n. Y,
and ordered to proceed at the expira-
!. ton of his present leave of absence to
Scott Field, Belleville, Ill.
III Gov Henry ]. Allen was welI-satis-
fled with his trip to Emporia, he said
on his return to Topeka. Kan. The re-
union with William Allen White had
turned out well, as predicted.
Henry B. Spencer, former vice-presi-
dent of the Southern Railway, and gen
.eral purchasing agent for the War
time Railroad Administration, was APP
pointed Federal Coal Administrator for
the duration of the present strike
emergency by President Harding.
Col. Walter Scranton, y, former
president of the Lacakawanna Steel
Company. saw his son married to Miss
Beulah Benedict, of Vergennes, VT, as
he lay in his bed at hospital clinic
at Cleveland, it became known.
VIII H. Hays. president of the Mo-
ton Picture Producers and Distribu-
tors of America, signalized his first Off
cial appearance In Los Angeles, Cal.
the home of large motion picture col
ony, by speaking before the Chamber
of Commerce and leading motion pic
ture men.
Don c. Seitz, publisher Of the New
York World, who was on the paper
committee Of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association with John Nor
ris and Herman Ridder. ir 1909, said
that the charges made by Senator Nc
Cumber that the publishers defeated
Taft because of refusal of the Finance
Committee to put newsprint on the
free list were absolutely untrue.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
GRIM ! NAL.

Justice of the Peace II. f. Showers,
an invalid for many years, who was
shot through the body by NJ. L. Con
ZaullOs prohibition enforcement agent
working out of Dallas. died from the
effects of his wound al a hospital at
Beaumont, Tex.
Truman L. Dews, 50 years old, mail
manager Of the RalstOn Purina Mills
at st. Louis. was arrested, suspected of
stealing postage stamps from the COM
pany which, it is thought. will total
In the aggregate, $4,000 over period
of months.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04

Washington.-Henry B. Spencer, for
mer vice president Of the Southern
railway, and general purchasing agent
for the war time Railroad Admins
tration, has been appointed federal
coal administrator for the duration Of
the present strike emergency, by Pres
ident Harding, and distribution Of
coal will be handled by the govern
ment
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04


Oberlin.-Mrs. Eleanor Young, home
agent, with twenty-six boys and girls
are attending the short course for
agricultural club members in Baton
Rouge.
Lake Charles.-W. B. Logan, mana.
ger Of the Acme Products Company
was in Lake Charles and said that
the company would begin operations
at once. The plan of the Acme Prod
ucts Company Is one of the largest
Of its kind in the world, but because
Of the low price of turpetine and rosin
has never been operated a day.
Monroe.-The North Louisiana Agri-
cultural Society met at the Louisi-
ana Experimental Station at Calhoun
with the North Louisiana Fair Asso-
citation made plans for the fair to be
held there October II IL, and 10.
Pointe a Ia Hache, Ian. P. Doul-
Tut of the Louisiana Navigation and
Fisheries Company, located at EN-
pire, announces the company will make
extensive Improvements before the
shrimp and oyster season opens. The
company has declared a dividend of 3
per cent for this year.
Alexandria.-The first open boil of
cotton in Rapides parish this season
was brought here by Ben Cooper of
Bayou Rapides, who announces that
the boil weevil has not done much
damage up to the present time but
he fears its ravages later on
Monroe.-W. L. Morgan of West
Monroe, president of the Morgan and
Byrd Railroad and Gravel Company,
will open a gravel pit on a large tract
OF land in Webster parish. The new
pit will be ready within less than
thirty days to supply gravel.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
CONGRESS.

Senator J. Thomas Hef1in of Ala
bama, who seldom misses opportunity
In senatorial debate to pay his adverse
compliments to the Federal Reserve
Board, launched into another TRADE
against its members in speech from
the floor of the Senate, during which
he charged inferentially that Wall
street has been influential in suppress
ing news alleged to be unfavorable to
the board.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
MILLIONS TO BE
SPENT ONLEVEES
CONTRACTS CLOSED ON MUCH
IMPORTANT WORK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE
Bids Called For For Many Districts
All over State Involving More
Than Half Million Cubic
Yards.

New Orleans.-A number OF levee
contracts have been awarded for work
aggregating hundreds of thousands Of
cubic feet and thousands of dollars
Work in the majority of contracts is
to begin At once
Contracts were let as follows:
Contract for new levee to replace
the Gaulden levee in Point Coupee
was awarded to the Tansey, Cavett
Construction Company, at % cents q
| yard for 100000 cubic yards OF earth.
Lucky Hit levee, work of $4,000
cubic yards, to Lang, Nixon and Phil
lips, at PAS cents.
o. o. Ogden, with bid of PA cents,
won the contract for the Lakeland
levee, amounting to 100000 cubic
yards
Preston leyee, 100000 cubic yards,
to eraser construction committee at
20 cents.
The Homestead-Port Allen contract,
involving 10000 cubic yards, was
given to the Lower Coast Construction
Company on a bid of 21.3S cents.
Sealed pr '2Osals are called for the
Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, with
headquarters at Port Allen, La, for
the following work: Restoring wave
wash from Fleta to Morganza Ramp
In Point Coupeee, 10000 yards; Area
dia~ lberville parish, 10000 yards;
Golden Ridge to Point Pleasant in
Iberville, 5000 yards; Dunboyne to
Eleanora, Iberville, 10000 yards. Bids
will be received by Victor Lefebre.
president of the commission, until
noon August g.
The state board Of engineers has
called for bids for the enlargement of
the levee on the right bank Of the
Atchafalaya river in st. Landry par
ish from Elba to Baton Rouge, a work
Of $4,000 yards. August is the time
limit
Orleans. Levee District has called
for bids for $4,000 yards OF work on
the right bank OF the Mississippi, the
Stanton levee Time limit, August Z. |
Sealed proposals will be received
by the board Of commissioners of the
Lafourche Basin Levee District, at
the office of the board of state engin-
GERS rooms 213-215 New Orleans court
building, up to noon, August Z.
Pixies Peak Levee, Parish Of St |
James-New levee, approximate con-
tents, 10000 cubic yards; deposit re-
quired. $500; bond required, one-half
the cost Of the work
White Rose to Goldmine Levee. Par
ish Of st. Commissioning wave-wash;
approximate contents, 5000 cubic
yards; deposit required, $50; bond re-
CURED, one-half the cost of the work.
Glendale-Killona Levee, Parish of
st. Char1es-Restoring wave-wash:
approximate contents, 10000 cubic
yards; deposit required, $50; bond re-
CURED, one-half the cost of the work
Killona-Star Levee, Parish OF st.
Misunderstanding wave-wash; ap-
proximate contents, $500 cubic yards;
deposit required, $50; bond required,
one-half the cost of the work
Star to Hahnville Levee, Parish Of
St. misunderstanding wave-wash;
approximate contents, 1890 cubic
yards; deposit required, $50; bond re-
quired, one-half the cost Of the work.
Flagtown to Ashton Leyee, Parish
Of st. Charles-Restoring wave-wash;
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
AGENTS Won't Strike

Chicago.-The averting of a strike
of approximately 10000 station agents.
preparations for the formation of I'M
ions Of shop workers on 40 Eastern
roads and negotiations for separate
peace on the Baltimore and Ohio
marked the progress of the railway
shipments strike
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
Who Wants To Buy A CASTER

characterization Castle in North
Berwick, for centuries the stronghold
of the Douglases, is to be sold this
summer
In Sir Walter Scott's "Marmione
the battlements of the Tantallon are
the meeting place of Clare and her
sweetheart
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
Dies In Bath Tub.

London-The Countess of Essex.
erstwhile famous beauty, was dis
covered dead in bathtub after at
tending dinner the night before with
Margot Asquith at the home of Hon.
Mrs. Rupet Beckett. She was the
daughter of the late Beach Grant of
New York, and was the second wife of
the seventh earl Of Essex, who died
in 1916.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04

Federal aid roads, either completed
or under construction in the United
States at the end of the present fiscal
year, will require approximately So
100000 tons of stone and gravel for
the making Of $4,000 miles of high
way.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
Son OF Consul kidnapped

Sagaua La Grande, Cuba.-John
Iowa Jr, 2O-year-old son of the Amer
lean consular agent here, was kid.
mapped and is held for $4,000 ran
som, according to a note received nv
his father demanding the money
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
Lives With Broken Neck.

New York.-Two years ago John r.
Fearson's neck was broken in two
places. But today he is as active as
before the accident, and back on his
old job as photographer for the ]. G.
Walters Company in Brooklyn.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04

Tylertown. Miss.-Buford Thomp.
son, farmer, living at Danburn, Miss,
installing his four-year-old son for
burglar, shot and killed him with a
shotgun.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
HIGH Cost OF Strikinn

Chicago.-At the end OF the first
four weeks of the rail strike, employ
ment experts figure that the total
wage loss to the striking shopmen al
ready has amounted to more than
S40,000,000.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04
Farmer BEGINS to compete.

With smooth, hard roads from farm
to town, and big substantial 1O-mile-
an-hour truck to haul grain or hogs
In, the farmer will begin to compete
~ith rail and water transportation.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-04

times the information has been OBJ
tanned only after personal visits. In
one state 1900 Questionnaires had to
be sent out to bring in the needed
figures, and in some it has been found
that practically no records have been
kept. For some of the counties in New
Mexico questionnaires had to be trans
lated into Spanish before the road Off
Gals could understand them.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
SPLENDID SPIRIT OF SOLIDAR-
ITY OF MEXICAN WORKERS
by The Federated Press)

Mexico City. - A telegram urging
that the capitalists respect the rights
and interests of American organized
railway labor, signed by A. Garlic
Vargas, president, Confederation Of
Railroad Unions, was sent to President
Harding, the Big Four Brotherhoods,
IB. M. Jewell. railway employees de-
partment, and to the Society of South
American Railway Workers.
The Confederation Of Railroad
Workers, headed by Vargas, has been
active in support of the American strike
since its inception. In addition to or
ganizing the nationwide four-hour
stoppage Aug. /, the following action
has been taken:
CD Clearcut orders were issued to
all affiliated members to refrain from
accepting scab jobs on American rail-
roads no matter how tempting the Of
fer. These were supplemented by man
ifestos explaining the nature of the pre-
sent strike and the need for complete
solidarity.
~ Strong representations were
made to P. E. Gales, secretary Of IN
terror, requesting that the government
take steps to prevent Mexican laborers
from crossing the border as strikebreak-
ers. AS result, instructions have been
issued to all Mexican consular officials
TO require guarantees from Mexicans
leaving for the United States to the eff
feet that they are not going for rail-
road work; and to use all means pos
Sible to prevent and dissuade Mexicans
from accepting scab jobs.
~ Data regarding the origin and
nature Of the strike has been forward
ed to the rail workers Of South Amer
lea, together with an urgent appeal for
depression Of solidarity BY means IF
demonstrations and all possible meth
DDS.
Interviewed by The Federated Press,
Isaac Ortiz, former head of the Con-
federation Of Railroad Unions, and now
secretary Of the Mutual Society Of Tel
egraphers and Despatchers. expressed
astonishment that several millions Of
workers now on strike in various indus
tries Of the United States should toler-
ate intimidation, BY a few thousand
soldiers.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
IT HAS TO BE A NEW DEAL, FOLKS
lBx The Federated Press

Chicago. - Washington advises that
the former U. S. railroad adminlstra-
ton has been instructed TO expand its
skeleton organization, were viewed with
mixed feelings at national strike head
quarters Of the 100000 railway shop
men and their allies here.
While it was regarded as sign that
President Harding is reluctantly taking
steps to take the railroads out of con-
troll of their owners. 1t was also said by
some advisers that an attempt might
be made by the government to break
the unions nationally and confine I'M
ion activity to regional or single sys-
tenn channels. Union chiefs sre re-
naming in Washington awaiting posi-
'ble call before congressional commit
tees and the outcome of isolated direct
negotiations with individual roads.
That the larger railroads have no
idea Of insisting on seniority for strike
breakers is shown by the employment
contracts signed on The Illinois Central
BY the replacement men, as they
are called by the companies in the eff
fort to avoid the term scabs. The llli-
nois Central application for employ
ment blank, which the applicant and
the employment agent both sign, speei-
fically states:
The company has the right at any
time that it may SO desire, to end my
employment by giving me notice to that
effect and so soon as such notice is
given, my employment and pay should
Immediately cease.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
THE MISSION OF LABOR DAY
az The Federated Pressl

Labor day" in the words Of w. D..
Mahcn, international president, Anal
gamated Assn. Of Street and Electric
Railway Employees. is an industrial
epoch mark. It is the milepost. as it
were, from which one may observe the
pace in industrial development
Labor day first was thought of in
1882. The Knights Of Labor AN or
ganization combining the idea Of '''one
big union" with the ceremonies of a
lodge on the order Of Masonry, were in
convention in New York that year. The
Central Labor union of New York chose
Sept. 5, when the knights were in ses-
sion, for parade. The order saw the
parade from the reviewing stand, and
afterwards that particular day was call
led Labor day. Two years later, on
motion made by a member of both the
knights and the Central union. the lat
ter organization declared the first Mon
day in September holiday and set to
work to obtain legal recognition in the
state Of New York.
In 1887. Oregon. New Jersey, Colo
RADIO, Massachusetts, and New York
made the first Monday in October La
Dor day. This date later was changed
to the corresponding day in September.
After that the idea grew until now all
the states and the federal government
recognize labor's holiday in some way
In 1903 an attempt was made to
change the day TO May /, but il fail
ed. May is the recognized holiday
Of revolutionary labor thruout Europe.
In the United States it has not receiv-
ed general Yecognition,tho the idea
Of taking May for labor was inaugur-
ated in America.
Writing upon the significance Of La
bor day, Eugene ". Debs says ion La
Dor day. labor not only has the right.
but it is under the most binding obi
cations to recite the manifold wrongs
which labor suffers, and in no uncer-
tain terms voice its protests.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
MEXICAN EDUCATOR ExcORI-
ATES THE TEACHING OF
A SLAVE PSYCHOLOGY
lBx The Federated Pressl

Mexico City. How to Learn En-
gIish, an American text widely used
in Mexican schools, was scored as an
immoral book by Roberto Haberman,
head Of the newly-created foreign lam
guage department, ministry of public
instruction, in an address before 200
teachers Of English.
The book is meant for adults, not
children; it is designed to turn foreign
ers into 100 percent Americans. he
charged. Filled with undemocratic
propaganda, it pefverts rather than ed
ucates the people who use it. Factory
workers are admonished always to en-
ter the back door, to be respectful and
loyal at all times to their superiors.
Servant girls are advised how to be
servile; in short conformity to customs
prescribed by ruling class is the chief
virtue which the text inculcates. This
is not virtue but immortality, the 200
teachers were told.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
WHAT WILL PRESIDENT
HARDING DO ABOUT III?
az The go Ple..l

1t a government contracted a debt
with a certain amount Of money in cir
culation and then contracted The vol
ume Of money before the debt were
paid, It is the most heinous crime a
government could commit against a
peoplel" So said Abraham Lincoln in
discussing a similar condition during
the civil war.
Yet this is just what our government
did in 1920, with what disastrous re-
suits to the farmers and to all produe-
tive business everybody knows The
high priests Of such reduction were D.
F. Houston. then Secretary Of the
Treasury. and w. P, G. Harding. then
and now head Of the Federal Reserve
Board.
Publicists in Paris. France. seem to
grasp at last the actual condition Of af-
fairs in Europe more clearly than the
capitaliStic press in America. LOeu-
vre, the liberal organ, states: The
Treaty of Versailles is bankrupt, and
Mr.. Poincare is unwilling to substitute
anything for it. Cancel the interal-
led debit" demands LIE Temps. after
showing that the principle obstacles in
the way Of reparation loan by the
bankers is the continued existence Of
the inter-aIlied debts; and it calls for
their cancellation without reference to
what America may do with hers.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
AUSTRALIAN LABOR UNIONS
TO BOOST COOPERATION
lBr The Federated Pres.l

Sydney. N. S. Wales. The Aus
tralian Labor party, at an annual con
ference held at Sydney. decided ia fur
ther the cooperative system to bring
farmers into closer touch with consum-
ers. 1t is proposed that cooperative
societies be formed of all farmers,
members TO be bona fide producers
from and off the land. The co-opera-
tive spirit between the farmers and the
industrial workers is to be encouraged,
while cooperative societies are to be
established to handle from producers
to consumers direct. A move is made
to institute cooperative farming banks
in order that farmers may be financed,
while later on cooperative distribute
ing centers are to be established thru
out the world for the sale Of products
exported from Australia.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26
RAILWAY BOSSES OVERRIDE
ALL IMMIGRATION LAWS
(By Ths Federated Pres,

Washington. Discovery that strike
breakers for the shops Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Ry. and other roads
have been recruited in England and
Germany. and shipped 70 this country
III violation Of the alien contract labor
act, was announced BY President john
sion, International Assn, Of Machinists.
He stated that a large number of
these imported strikebreakers, inform
ed BY pickets at Huntington. w. Va.
of the fact of the strike. refused to
work and demanded that they be re-
turned to Europe. They told the pick
cts that they had answered advertise
ments published in England and on the
continent. and had been put aboard
ships and sent here without notifica-
tion that they were to take the places
of strikers. Johnson sent cable to
the British labor unions, asking them
Ito publish the facts. He then took up
with the department of labor the issue
of violation of the law by the rail-
roads employment agents.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26

ITALIAN WORKERS AROUSED


Rome. In letter TO Umanita No
va, the iurist. Prof. Carlo francesca
Ansaldi. University of Rome, scores the
Italian government for its failure 10 act
more vigorously in defense Of Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. the
Italian radicals awaiting death in the
electro chair in the American state Of
Massachusetts,.
50 long as the world is split into
many sections, he argues, each of these
is obliges to protect its citizens where
ever they may be. in standing aside
while two OF its sons are to be legally
murdered for their social opinions, he
says, Italy is FORGETTING its international
and conresslng impotence
as national entity.