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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
RAILWAYS ALONE
HAVE. FAILED To
CUT COSTS, SAYS
Clifford Thorne, Shippers
Spokesman, Asserts That
Carriers Earnings Will
Stand Reduction.
(B, The Associated Press.) }

Washington, March IA. - Rail
roads constitute the only great in
dustry in the country which has
not been Compelled by the laws
of commerce and industry to re-
duce prices and reduce costs" ac-
cording to brief filed with the
Interstate Commerce commission
by Clifford Thorne. spokesman TO"
shippers, in closing the general in
vestigation into transportation
rates
Wholesale prices Of commodities
have dropped so per cent and in
terest rates on money 25 per cent
since 1920. when the last general
advances were put on railroad
service charges, the brief asserted,
land the time has come when that
advance must be removed"
IF all of it cannot be taken off
at one time" the brief CONTINUED,
then let us in good faith elimi-
nate a third or a half of it, remov-
ing in substantial amounts the
transportation burdens resting up
on these basic necessities of life
which are essential to our well
fare"
Competition has forced other in
dustries to yield price standards,
Mr.. Thorne said. and in transpor-
tation, where we have simply
substituted government regulation
for competition" the commission
could not consider railroads to be
sort of sacred cows in our midst,
immune from fundamental laws Of.
society and commerce" free from
necessity to lower charges for serv-
ices as other prices declined unless
public regulation is to bee ome a
farce"
Mr.. Thorne, asserting in his
brief that railroad earnings would
stand the reduction, fixing them
'at the rate of more than one bill
lion dollars annually during the
last few months declared that
fewer miles of railroads were In
the hands of receivers iasc year
than any year since 1912, ana
asked the commission to contrast
this situation with that in general
industry, which. he said, sho' Ell
profound Industrial depression,
thousands of factories closed down
or in hands of receivers. millions
of people idle and few industries
able to meet operating expenses"
Actions of the railroad labor
board. he said. had been attacked
by Studied propaganda" on the
ground that 1t had not allowed
railroads to cut costs, but its de-
cisions Contributed twice as much
toward bringing things back 20
normal as all the railroads in the
United States have done" This
was true. he added, because the
wage bill of American roads Lad
been cut 100000. 900 annually by
the board since 1920, while all the
rate reductions allowed by the
railroads in the same time only
cost them S1S6, 100000 in revenue.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15

santa Fe, March 14.-MrS. Qui-
teria Miera and Andres Barejo
were given a hearing before United
States Commissioner Archer this
afternoon at 8 o'clock on a charge
of perjury. Both waived eXamna
tion and were bound over to the
grand jury under $1,000 bond.
Mrs. Quiteria and Barejo were
witnesses for the government in
the case of the United States
against Andres Polaco, janitor a.
at Las Vegas, in the United States
district court here his morning.
Polaco had been charged with the
possession of liquor, the possession
Of a still, and the ownership of a
couple of barrels of mash. Mrs.
Quiter,a and Barejo staged a COM
edy of errors an, suddenly found
that they had performed in the
wrong arena. Within a half hour
after they had left The stand they
were charged with perjury AMI
within five hours were arraigned
on the charge-possibly q record
of fast dealing in the administra'
tion of justice.
Prohibition Agents John s.
Beaven and J. d. Hannah and
United States Comm sso oner Ogle
of Las Vegas had informed the
district attorneys office that Mrs
Miera and Barejo had testified at
a hearing in Las Vegas that Polaco
was the owner of whiskey. still and
mash. The pair were accordingly
summoned as government witness
es. a jury was impaneled and
Albert Clancy, government prose,
cutor called Mrs. Miera.
The usual preliminary questions
were asked. Then an inquiry was
made as to the whiskey. still ana
mash Mrs. Miera announced that
they belonged to her.
Where did you get the still?"
asked Clancy.
II found it in an arroyo"
She admitted that she had been
taken to Commissioner Ogle's Of
flee, but claimed that she was not
put under oath. Clancy asked il
she did not admit then in he pres
ence of Polaco that the still was his
: l not hers. Her counsel object
ed and the question was not al
lowed. She also claimed that
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
COAL SELLS FOR
$40 A TON; COST
IS S1.1O, SAYS
Operators Should Be Con-
sistent and Cut Price
ProportionateIy As Pay
Is Cut, UnioniSt Claims.
lRy rhe Assocla,e.i rress.l

Denver, Colo, March Ire
duction of wages of coal miners at
this time would be unreasonab e
and unwarranted, James C. Bulger,
president Of the Colorado State
Federation of Labor, told members
of district Is, United Mine Workers
of America, at their second bien-
nial convention, which opened
here today.
The public has been misled, he
said, as to the wages which coal
miners are receiving. They have
been led to believe that the miners
get the fixed wage continuously,
and they forget that the miners
work half time, or less, he declared.
Bulger also said that the opera
tors should be consistent and re-
duce the price of coal proportion
ately as the wages of the miners
are reduced. He declared that the
cost of coal at the mine in Colo
RADIO will average about S1.10
whilo the operators sell the same
coal at prices around SO.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
SOLDIER BONUS
BILL IS READY
To Be REPORTED
To HOUSE TO-DAY
Time for Calling Up the
Measure viii Not Be
Fixed Until Speaker Gil
lett Returns From South,
MELLON, CRISSINGER
AND HARDING HEARD
First Two Reiterate to the
Committee Their 0DpOsi-
ton 10 Adjusted Certifi-
cate Loan Plan.

Washington, March IA IA
vorable report on the long contro-
verted soldiers bonus bill was or
dered today by the house ways and
means committee by a vote Of ~
to S.
Chairman Fordney plans to sub
NIT his formal report tomorrow or
Thursday, but said the tine OF
calling the r.easure up in the
house would not be fixed definite
ly until after the return here Of
Speaker Gillett, who Is in Florida
with President Harding.
Representative Fordney said he
did not expect Speaker Gillett to
bring any message on the bonus
bill from the executive and tina.
subject OF the conference with in =
speaker would be tho question Of
calling up The bill next Monday
under a suspension of the rules.
Some members OF the house.
however, expressed the belief that
Mr.. Gillett would be prepared to
give the presidents vews on the
compromise bill.
Experts Questioned.
The vote the measure today
was taken ten minutes after Sec
retary Mellon, Comptroller OF the
Currency Crlssinger and Governor
Harding of the federal reserve
board. had been questione for
two hours in open session as to
their de; ! of the bank loan ad-
justed certificate plan. The five
NOM barS Vptipu n 90 met O fa,,nra -
BILE report were Garner of Texas.
Kitchin Of North Carolina, and
Collier of Mississippi, dem Gratis:
and Treadway o Massa chusetls
and Tilson of Connecticut, repub-
leans. All memb of the com
mittee were present with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Kitchin and Repre-.
sentative Chandler, republican, Of
Oklahoma, who e votes were cast
by proxy.
Before the fin~l vote the COM
mittee rejected. % to 5 an amend
ment offered by representative
Bachar Oh. republican, New Jer.
sey. to impose for a period oI
three years, 1 per cent tax on
WHOLESALERS. designed to raise $780,
100000 with whic,. to finance the
bonus. Those supporting this
amendment were all republicans
Longworth of Ohio. Bacharach and
Mott Of New York, Tilson and
Watson of Pennsylvania.
Amendment Adopted.
Under al amendment suggested
by Governor Harding and adopted
by unanimous vote, banks making
original loans on the adjusted
service certificates could have
those certificates rediscounted by
other banks authorized to make
original loans on the certificates.
Governor Harding objected to hov-
ing the certificates rediscounted by
Continued on Page TwoD
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
$40 ALBUQUERQUE BOOSTERS AT
Dinner GIVEN BY C. OF C. AT THE
MASONIC temple LAST NIGHT
More Than $50 Members Who Wanted to At
4 tend Were Unable to Be Provided Seats;
President Putney Delivers Address on Co.
operation; Others Talk; Excellent Music.

With the dining room at the
Masonic temple crowded to capac-
ity with $40 Albuquerque boosters
men and women, the annual
Chamber of Commerce "get-to-
gether" banquet last night proved
to be probably the most enthusi-
astic civic meeting ever held in the
city. More than $50 members who
wished to attend the dinner were
unable to be provided seats at the
banquet as they did not get their
reservations made before the clos
ing time. Many of these. however,
attended the meeting following the
dinner and heard the snappy talks
which outlined the plan for "a
Greater Albuquerque"
The program was opened by
Robert e. Putney, president Of the
Chamber of Commerce. who adj
yised cooperation and expansion,
and called attention to the IL OBJ
jectives of Chamber of Commerce
activities for the year, which were
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15

, printed on the back of the menu
cards, and which have already
been started by the reorganized
chamber.
The Years Program.
To advertise Albuquerque's eli
mate to twenty million people.
To bring not less than one million
dollars of capital here for invest
ment in Albuquerque property.
To promote drainage.
TO promote harmony and pull
together spirit at home.
Extend the city limits.
To assist in getting another rail-
lroad.
To secure great national sana-
torium.
To extend paving.
To secure more apartment build
|ings.
TO lay the foundation for a per-
manent state fair.
Cooperate with city officials in
|clean-up campaign.
Cooperate in tree-planting
campaign and assist property own
ers in selection of trees best adapt
ed to different localities.
Women Are Praised.
o. N. Marion, who was sched-
uled to talk on the subject of com
munity cooperation, was sick and
his place was filled by his law
partner, f. E. Wood. who changed
the subject to community service
and expressed his great satisfac-
tion at seeing that the women OF
Albuquerque Were interested
enough in the city to attend the
dinner IN iarge numbers.
Heretofore we men have held
these pep meetings." Mr., Wood
said, "and we have decided to do
great things, but when we got
home We did as our wives wantei
us. Now that the women are back
of Greater Albuquerque and will
cooperate with us in service, moth
ing can stop u.s."
Mr.. Wood outlined the great ef-
forts which had been made in the
past and which have resulted In
the present Albuquerque.
Among the accomplishment
which he listed were the erection
of the Chamber of Commerce
Continued on Page Two.)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
NON N-PART|SANS
ARE PREPARING
FOR PRIMARIES
Proclamation Addressed to
Organized Labor Calls
for Committee Meetings
to Be Held at Once.
tBy The Associated Pre4a.,

Washington, March 14.-Me, e
ings Immediately of local non-par-
tisan ca m paign lmmittens
throughout the United States to
begin active preparations for Il e
primaries" were called for today
in a proclamation addressed to or
ganized labor by the executive
committee of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor's partisan po-
litcal campaign committee.
Where local organizations have
not remained in existence, since
the last election, formation of new
committees is urged so that plans
may be made quickly 'for a most
intensive campaign of education of
not only members of trade unions
but of the great masses of the
people," and for placing candi-
dates in the field where neither
party puts up a candidate regarded
as representative of the peopl s
interests"
Every state federation Of labt
says the announcement. every
city central body should create
on-partisan political campaign
committees. Every local union
should appoint committees to CO.
operate with the state and central
bodies.
"The present campo ign in the
primaries and in the fall elections
offer opportunities which may not
come again in a decade to redress
wrongs and attain Justice" the
proclamation says.
The announcement also declares
that mo genuine construct @
measure has been enacted by con-
gress since March 4, 1919"
Every means used to secure leg
islatior that will aid in relieving
unemployment has been met with
rebuff" it states.
"Only appeals for subsidies for
ship owners, railroads and other
interests find listeners" it says.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
% Known Dead, Many
Injured AS a Result
of Series of Storms

which were 1000 children barely
escaped the path of the storm.
Aged Negro Killed.
An aged negro man was killed
and several negroes were slightly
injured and a score of houses were
destroyed at Arkansas City, Ark,
early today.
Only meager details are availa-
BILE from the sections visited by the
storm on account of the damage
to wire communication, and it is
feared the death toll will be great
ly increased when more informa-
ton is available. Little effort has
been made to estimate the prop
erty damage which. in addition to
destroyed homes and other build
ings, includes damage to crops and
destruction of livestock
The storm was accompanied by
the usual freaks, the most out
standing of which was reported
from Kennel, Ark, where a 12-day
old infant was blown from a bed
on which it was lying, across tho
yard, where its clothing held it
suspended to a picket fence until
the storm abated.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
COUPLE Held ON A Charge OF
PERJURY I'm Case OF JANITOR
AT VEGAS NORMAL UNIVERSITY
Mrs. Miera and Andres Barejo Are Bound
Over to the Grand Jury at Santa Fe for
Testimony Given in Case of Andres Polaco,
Alleged Liquor Law VioIator.

when the agents called at the
house she did not tell them who
owned the still and whskey.
"Where did you get the bar
rels?" clancy asked.
II Lad them to hold water"
what was the matter with your
pump?"
sit broke when It got cold"
who taught you how to maka
the mash?" she was asked.
Nobody. just heard it,"
"Where did the whiskey found
in your house come from?"
II bought it in Raton."
''Who from?" ....
'I don't know his name"
The witness testifi that she
had brought a pint of whiskey IN
bottle. Clancy asked her If the
prohibition agents had not found
a gallon jug half full. She denied
it. She admitted, however. that
she had poured the whiskey into
the jug so that people could not.
see it. She neglected to mention
why she left the still and two bar
rels of mash in plain sight.
Barejo WIS called. He was
equally stubborn He had been
called as witness in the prelim-
mary hearing. He claimed that
he did not testify and that he was
not called to testify.
What were you doing there?"
asked Clancy.
Il was summoned" Barejo an
nounced.
"9idn't you say word?" Clancy
demanded, and the witr 50 said.
mo"
You just visited around?" asked
y" ncy. and the witness nodded.
AS it was imr ''le TO make ne
witness state whether or not ha
had admittec TO prohibition tffi-
GERS that Polaco ow d tho whis-
key. still and mash, Clancy drop
ped the case against Polaco.
Mrs. Miera enrered a plea OF
guilty to all that had been charged
against Polaco. Barejo settled
back In his cnair with satisfaction.
Pretty soon he started out. but
found he was being held to an
swer charg1 OF perjury.
Government officials predicted
that the sudden arraignment OF
the pair would have a good effect
on future witnesses.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
Entire City Block in Chicago
Burns; 5 Million Dollar Loss
SLIGHT" ERROR MADE
IN ESTIMATING COST
OF SOLDIERS BONUS

Washington, March IA
clerical error resulted in an
over estimate from the treas
ury of $167,000.00O.OO0 in the
possible cost of the land settle
ment provision of the soldiers
bonus bill, the house ways and
means committee was told to-
day by Joseph f. Mccoy, the
government actuary,
In the letter written to
Chairman Fordney and made
public last Sunday, Secretary
Mellon was made to say that if
all the veterans accepted the
land settlement option the ulti-
mate cost to the government
would be approximately $685.
000.000,000. The secretary was
questioned about this before
the committee today and Mr..
Mccoy explained that the total
should have been $4,000, ,000,-
600 in round figures.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
COAL STRIKE:
NEXT MONTH
|NEv|T ABL {. .
IS OPINION
Davis and Lewis, After Re-
viewing the Situation,
Foresee a WaIkout in ALI
the Union Fields.
OPERATORS REJECT
PARLEY PROPOSAL
U. N. w. A. Leader Asserts
Mine Owners Are "PIay-
ing for Position" and
Shooting Propaganda"
tBv The Associated Press }

w aSnlngCon, Mafch IL
Secretary Of Labor Davis
and John L. Lewis, presi-
dent of the United Mine
Workers, exchanged views
today on the threatening
situation in the bituminous
coal industry and both were
said after their conference
to be of the opinion that a
national strike in the union
fields was inevitable. Mr..
Lewis assured Mr.. Davis
again of the willingness of
the miners union to open
negotiations for a new ma
tional wage contract, a pro-
position which mine oper-
ators are refusing to enter
tain.
Later Mr.. Lewis declared ths
cessation Of work in the union
mines after April l was coming
about automatically" and asserted
that "a bold commercial policy Of
the operators for which the public
must pay" was in part responsible.
No Contract, No Coal Dug.
"lf there is no conference be-
tween the miners union and the
operators" he added. referring TO
the bituminous situation, "theru
can be no wage contract drawn up.
If there is no wage contract there
won't be any coal dug after April
in union mines"
Mr.. Lewis accused mine opera
tors associations which have
sought local conferences with the
union, looking to the construction
of district contracts, of "playin;
for position" and shooting propa-
ganda." Operators in certain dis
tricts. he insisted, would like to
get an exclusive right to the coal,
market after April !, when
all other mines are shut up"
hut could not make wage
contracts until the basis foi
a national scale had been laid by
a wage contract into the central
competitive field (which will de.
termine the wages and costs OF
their competitors have to meet AMI
fix the relationships in the coal
market"
Officials Supported.
Meanwhile he declared "coal
CONTINUED on Page TwoJ
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma Swept;
Reach Proportions OF Tor
nadoeS in Places.
ALL COMM UNICATI0N
LINES ARE DAMAGED
1t Is Feared the Death Toll
Will Be Greatly Increased
When More Information
Is Available.
tBy The Associated press9

New Orleans, March IA Al
least 81 persons were killed and
many others were seriously injured
as a result of a series of storms,
at places reaching the proportions
of tornadoes, which visited isolated
sections of Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas and oklahoma last night
and early today.
The heaviest loss Of life report
ed was at Gowen, Okla, a village
Is miles east of McAlester, where
IL persons were killed when "a
tornado swept through the foreign
section of the village last night.
Many others were slightly injui ed
Trail of Wreckage.
Six negroes were killed when
ihe storm passed through the
northeastern section of Jeffer-
son county and the south
eastern section of Lonoke coun-
ty, Arkansas, early today. The
storm in this section left trail of
wrecked buildings for 20 miles.
At Sulphur, Okla, two persons
were killed late yesterday and 10
others were seriously injured.
Property damage is estimated at
100000. Fifty buildings We're
completely demolished and 200
people We're left homeless.
Eight homes wer, demolished at
Sunrise, a village two miles north
of Baton Rouge, and a negro wom-
an and her child were killed. Four
others were slightly injured there
early today.
Twenty persons were injured, a
number seriously, when the storm
struck Corinth, Miss, today. More
than $50 homes were leveled. The
storm swept path more than 100
feet wide razing every building In
its path. A school building in
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
21-Story Office Building
and Several Small Manu-
featuring Plants Eaten
Up By Flames.
tBy The Associated Press ,

CHICAGO, March f5.-Fire
covered an entire city block,
including 21-story office
building and several small
manufacturing plants. caused
loss estimated early today
at S5,O00,O0O.
One fireman was fatally in
jured when n wall collapsed
and another fireman was
seriously injured. The fire
still burning furiously Mt 3
a. M. and practically all avail
able fire apparatus in the city
had been summoned. Only n
few pieces of apparatus were
left to guard outlying districts.
CHICAGO, March 15.-Firc
starting i'm the Austin build
ing at South Canal street
and West jackson boulevard
shortly after midnight spread
rapidly and Mt $50 a. m. the
entire block bounded by
Canal, Van Buren, and Clln-
ton streets and jackson
boulevard was reported burn
ing.
The flames were famed
by high wind. An hour
after the fire started calls
for special apparatus still
were being rung I'm. The dis
trict Is largely made up OF
wholesale houses and loft
buildings.
Shirley t. High, city fire
attorney, said the fire gave
indications of being the worst
in Chicago I'm years.
The heat broke the window
n the Mercantile Trust &c Saw
ngs bank and special guart
If policemen protected the insti
ution. A series of gas explosions
md others of undetermined ma
ure scattered burning materia
)ver the firemen. One of the fire
nen was injured when wall o.
he Burlington building fell. Orig
n of the fire was unknown tw,
hours after 1t started.
Traffic within mile radiu,
vas halted and neither elevated
Tor surface lines operated. The
nail terminal at Adams ant
Clinton streets was threatened
ind postal employees hurriedl,
'arried out all mail. The flames
we're spreading from east to west
lriven by the high wind. The
building is II storie!
ligh.
The flames We're visible withir
! radius of more than 20 miles
md thousands of spectator.
hronged about the burning area
Firemen at 2:30 a. m. said they
the fire would be helt
within the one block boundary.
A number of spectators were
truck by burning pieces of woot
md broken glass, but none ap.
,arently was seriously injured.
The blaze reached a number oil
wo and three story office and
lat buildings on Van Burer
treet at the south end of the
lock near Canal street, and fire.
men said they would be destroyed
'efore control could be obtained
fire Attorney High immediately
allied a number of his aides and
tarted an investigation.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
GRAND JURY TO
QUESTION GANO
1T is REPORTED

Especial oIsHArcE 70 MORNING JouRnAL
y Santa Fc, March 14.-At the
close of the session of the Santa
Fe county grand jury today.
there were reports that w. v.
Gano, head o. the accounting
firm that audited the work of
the educational department
during the term of Jonathan
II. Wagner, would be called
before the grand jury to sub
nit any evidence relative to
Wagner's conduct that he
might have to offer.
Gano's firm audited the de-
partment privately for the AL
buquerque Morning Journal.
Tho result OF the audit has
never been made public. Carl
G. Magee, editor of the Jour
nal, appeared before the grand
jury this morning at its re-
quest.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
LAS VEGAS RECEIVES
FIRE PUMP AND TRUCK

Las Vegas, N. M. March ID
The new three-stream, 750-gallon-
per-minute pump and truck re-
Gently purchased by the city for
the East Las Vegas fire depart
ment, has arrived and is being
put in readiness for use. The re-
duction in insurance rates granted
the city because of the purchase
of the truck will more than pay
for the equipment in the next few
years.