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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
DISCUSSION Of
GERMAN LOAN To
BE BEGUN TO-DAY
Bankers From Many Nations
Have Assembled in Paris;
Opinion Fayors a Large
Advance or None.
tBy The Associated Press.)

Paris, May 22 (by the Associated
Press) "A big loan to Germany
| or none at all appears TO be the
first idea with which the bankers
for many nations now assembling
in Paris for their first meeting to-
morrow are approaching their
work.
Sir Robert Kindersley Of Eng
land; M. Vossering of Holland, and
Signor D'Amelie of Italy, were
among tho bankers who looked in
to tho offices of the allied repara-
tions commission today in prepara-
tion for tomorrow's meeting.
Range of Discussions.
A good deal Of informal talk is
going on between the French and
foreign financiers as to the range
of discussions and the manner in
which the committee will begin its
work. The prevailing thought is
that the bankers are not coming
together for the purpose of find
ing investments, as they all have
under consideration at home more
opportunity for employing their
capital than they have money. If,
however. by arranging a loan to
Germany they can settle the eco
nomic situation in Europe for some
years to come, they will attempt it.
Their attitude of mind is described
rs a conviction that nothing can
be done with the equivalent of
500, 900 or 5000, 100000, and
there is no motive for lending Ger
many SO small a sum for purely
temporary purposes. Such a sum,
it is felt, would be spent on repara-
tion or in other ways within four
or five months, leaving a fresh
crisis on the same problems un-
settled.
Consequently the first sugges-
tions range from the equivalents
of s500.000,000 to $4,000, 900, 900
for immediate issue. The billion
figure appears to be the favored
one, but whether any loan is posi- :
Bile, 1t is thought, could be decided
only IL the governments concerned
could agree to some conditions of
immense and decisive character.
What Belgium Must Do.
in the first place the Belgian
tONeiilHlcliL' 1nuSL surrender, par
TALLY at least. her priority on Ger
man reparations.
Belgium still has something Ike
a billion and half gold francs
due her.
1t is expected also that the Brit
ish government will reduce Great
Britain's proportion of 90 per cent
OF the reparations because she is
more interested In the economic
adjustment and the tranquility OF
Europe than in her chances Of
cash from Germany.
The French government, too, it
Is believed, will reduce her expect
atlons of cash payments.
The amount of time the loan is
sue should run and the rate of in
terest are regarded as far less i'm
portant questions and as much
more easily solved than the larger
governmental policies involved.
j. p. Morgan, the American rep
resentative on the committee, ar
rived from London late this after
noon. Ere
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
AMERICA HAS DROPPED
FROM SECOND TO NINTH
PLACE IN EDUCATION

Especial Correspondence to The Journal }
Las Vegas, N. NJ, May 23.-Bol-
shevism and class consciousness
are the two greatest dangers that
America now faces, said Rev II.
r. Mills, addressing the graduates
of the Normal university at the an
nual baccalaureate Sunday night.
DIR. Mills said that America has
dropped from second place among
the nations in the world for eff
cheney in education TO ninth place.
He blamed the decline to the habit
OF American people to read trivial
stuff for pleasure rather than good
books for instruction. DR.. Mills
said the greatest decline in educa-
tional standing Is among people
who claim to be of pure American
stock. though foreigners coming
here have helped to lower the stan
dard. Negroes, he said, are show
ing a marked improvement. Love
of God, love of country, love of
parents, and love of home, the
speaker said, will save America.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
AN INCREASE Of
s46,000,00O IN
APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDED
Senate Raises the Minimum
Quota of $4,000 Fixed
BY the House and a Con-
test Is Looked For.
SOME DEMOCRATS ARE
OPPOSED TO MEASURE
Clause Providing for Train
ing Of Reserve Officers
and Privates Is Approved
BY Committee.
tBy The Associated rre.s., ,

Washington, May 23.-Provision
Tor regular army of 13S,000 men
and 1850 officers was made today
by the senate military committee in
virtually completing revision of the
annual army appropriation bill.
House appropriations were in
creased by the senate committee
about $46,000,000. A contest with
the house was predicted in view of
the house limitation on the army
to $4,000 men and 1000 officers.
Chairman Wadsworth was au-
thorized by the committee to report
the bill at once to the senate and
seek an arrangement for early con-
sideration.
None of the democratic commit
tee members voted against report
ing the bill. Some democratic
senators expressed themselves as
believing the personnel authorize
ton excessive and said they were
considering offering amendments tc
reduce to 133,000 figure.
Some publicans also were re-
ported to be planning a reduction
fight. Although the committee pro-
vided appropriations for $4,000
men, the bill could authorize a
maximum personnel of 100000
This, it was said, was to give the
war department some latitude ir
recruiting to fill gaps caused by
eTiibtment expirations.
AS passed by the house the bill
carried appropriation OF about
1898. 900. 900. The senate increase
it was explained, was due largely to
( increase cost of the additional per-
sonnel and also salary increases
fer+cfficers provided for under the
service pay revision bill passed re-
Gently by both branches Of con-
gress.
In disposing of amendments to
the bill the senate committee ap-
proved the house clause providing
for training of reserve officers and
privates including 10000 reserve
officers and 10000 enlisted men.
The committee amended the house
bill to cut the travel pay of reserve
officers to the training camps from
to 4 cents per mile. and disap-
proved a request by the war depart
n1ent for an increase in the >au-
thorized training corps.
Revised estimates furnished the
committee by the department to-
day, it was stated, showed that the
regular army, through reduction In
enlistments, now had been cut to
about $4,000.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
NOT ONE CENT
FOR BLACKMA|L'
MESSAGE READS
Young Ward Received a
Negative Reply to His Re-
quest on His Father for
Additional Money.
tBy The Associated rress.)

White Plains, N. y, May 70
Walter S. Ward, wealthy baker's
son, who yesterday surrendered
himself with the statement that
last week he had shot in self-de-
fense, Clarence Peters, an ex-
marine, whom he charged with
matchmaking him, nearly died from
poison about SIX weeks ago.
This became known late today
when DR.. Orville III. Schell stated
that he had been summoned to the
home of young Ward and found
him writhing on the floor with an
empty bottle of poison beside him.
1T is my personal opinion that
the taking of the poison was acci-
DENTAL" DIR. Schell said. "Mr.
Ward is subject to very severe
headaches and 1t is an easy thing
to get medicines mixed in the dark,
He had a narrow escape
Meanwhile though authorities
spent the day checking up in de-
tail the story told by Ward of a
running pistol fight with three al
legged blackmailers with whom he
had held rendezvous, the nature
of the hold which they had upon
him-and which was alleged TO
have led to a $4,000 payment-re-
mained secret.
In this connection It was learned
that shortly before the shooting
Ward received from his father,
George S. Ward, millionaire head
of the Ward Baking company, then
on the liner Majestic, message
reading:
mot one cent for blackmail."
This message replied to one from
his son telling him Of additional
demands on him.
Tho young wife, seen today Az
her home in New Rochelle, where
her husband Is police commissioner
professed stoutly her confidence Id
him.
She stated that SHE did not know
until yesterday of the demands that
had been made on her husband.
She added that she did not know OF
his receiving any more letters from
two men known only as "Ross' ana
Jack" who were alleged to nave
been with Peters when he was shot,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
PROHIBITION is A
BENEFIT TO CANDY
BUSINESS, IS CLAIM

Chicago, May 23.-Prohibi-
TONS effect upon the candy
industry was explained at to-
days session OF the Associated
Retail Confectioners, one Of the
four branches of the industry
holding simultaneous gather
ings here, by Vincent l.. Price
of st. Louis.
There are three kinds Of
drinking men," he said, "the
one who drank because he had
to have X. the other who drank
to quench his thirst and the
third who imbibed for socia-
bility. The two latter classes
are the ones who have been
the greatest benefit to the
candy business.
This is especially true in
the smaller towns, where the
candy store is a sort of social
center. The whole family par
takes of drinks, and more
candy is sold.
"The savings bank was the
greatest gamer by the closing
Of the saloons, the soft drinks
next, ice cream third, movies
and theaters fourth and our
industry fifth"
Mr.. Price told the retailers
that the consumption of con-
fectionery last year was IA
pounds per capita, compared
with ten pounds in the pre-war
period.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
1uAH nnnl rn ~us -
PAY SCALES ON
RAILROADS ARE
TOO HIGH, VIE "
OF EXECUTIVES
Approve Proposal to Cut
Rates, But Take the Op-
portunity to Tell of Their
Own Troubles
HARDING HOPEFUL OF
OBTAINING RESULTS
Earnings in the East Have
Shown a Recent Tendency
to Risei Western Roads
Earnings Low.
By Tho Associated Tres..1

Washington, May 2S.--Adminis-
tration intervention into railroad
rate problems as instanced most
recently in President Harding's
dinner conference with carrier
executives has disclosed the close
relationship between these and tho
problems of railroad pay scales and
railroad financing, it was indicated
today at the White House,
Railroad management, it was
said. while voicing approval OF the
general proposal that rates be
brought down in the interests of
general business betterment and
expansion Of enterprise have taken
the opportunity to tell OF their
own troubles with wage scales
which they consider too high, with
the financing OF new equipment
and repair Of old, and the n1ainte-
nance and betterment Of their
lines.
Harding Is Hopeful.
The result is said to leave Presi-
dent Harding hopeful however,
that tangible immediate reductions
can be obtained.
Railroad executives we're told by
the president and Secretary Hoover
at the Saturday night conference IL
they would leave class rates prac-
tically unchanged at existing
levels, they could go into session
with the Interstate Commerce
Commission and at once cut sharp
ly existing charges on coal. iron,
ores, brick, paving materials and
other heavy tonnage low unit
priced commodities.
This, in the administration view,
would remove burdens which have
acted to retard the wheels of COM
merce and at the same time leave
high rates on traffic which can
bear the burden because of its hisn
unit price.
| Many roads regard the proposals
with favor but others look with
concern on the plans as comprising
a reduction in their chief source OF
revenue. Among the latter are
listed the coal roads"
Must BE Treated Regionally.
Rail earnings in the east have
developed recent tendency to rise.
it was argued by railroad mana
gers, while western roads are still
at low earning points. indicating
necessity for treating the rate
problem regionally.
President Harding has acknowl-
edged to consider that the admin
istration negotiations with the
roads, direct as they are both in
fashion and in application to the
rate problems, were entirely sep
arate from the Interstate Com
merce Commission procedure, al
though that body now has the gen
eral rate case under consideration
Sin chamber" 1t is merely his
view, it is said, that IL the rail-
roads come Voluntarily to the
commission, radical rate reductions
can be made Immediately and be
directed at "sore spots"
II roads do not cooperate, the
commission also, in the admins
tration view, must act by setailed
order after numerous and pro-
longed hearings. moving point by
point to cope with the situation
under statutory restraint. That the
president can cut through these
hampering limitations is his hope,
rather than his assurance, accord
ing to administration spokesmen-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
MEN WORKING ON
GALLUP PAVING
ARE ON STRIKE

tsrgci,L oispIrcH TO mosNiNo JouRhAn
Gallup, N. NJ, May 2S.-All
men employed ,,by the New
Mexico Construction company
now working on a paving con-
tract In, Gallup went out on
strike this morning. The men
are demanding three dollars
per day as a minimum wage.
The construction company had
been paying all laborers two
dollars per day for eight hours
work. Yesterday it was an
nounced that wages would be
educed to one dollar fifty and
one dollar seventy-five per day.
Mexicans, Indians and Ameri-
cans were employed at two
dollars per day. Last night the
men held a. meeting on the
public school grounds and de-
cided to quit. Street work to-
day was under the provost
guard protection. There were
four or five men working.
Gallup town board will hold
meeting tonight and make an
effort to have the matter ad-
justed between the men and
company. 1t has been report
ed that the company had an
nounced that 1t was, willing to
return to the ormer wage OF
TWO dollars per day.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
INTERESTS
ARE RID|CUL|Es'
THE EPR0TEsX,l
PASTORS ;HlERs
Pasadena MINI 7r Claims
This Is Being Done in Re-
taliation for the Censor
ship Campaign,
BILL HART'S LETTER
Is CAUSE OF STORM
Movies Do Not Insult Cath
olc Priests or Jewish
RabbiS; More Candidates
for Ministry Needed,

Des Moines, Ia, May 20 (by the
Associated Press) Waving a. let
ter from William "Bilr' Hart, two
gun motion picture star, in the
faces of 500 Presbyterian commits
sioners of the 1S4th general as
sembly here this afternoon, the
Rev. Dr. Gustave Briegleb of Pas
adena, Calf, charged that film in
terests are ridiculing Protestant
pastors in their pictures in retalia-
tion for the censorship campaign
being conducted against them by
Protestant denominations.
Harts letter was in reply to one
from the California pastor protest
ing against picture in which a
pastor is portrayed as robbing a
stage coach in order to complete
the construction of u small church.
The grim hero of the studio" who
Is himself the author OF the cceno-
rio in question. replied to the crlti-
cism that ho admires "a man brave
enough to go ahead with his good
work although it involves robbing
stage coach,p
Bill Is Some Shot.
Later in the picture the pastor
is caught by posse and Hart saves
him from hanging only by cutting
the rope with we'll directed shot
from his trusty pistol.
SHOW me film which ridicules
or insults a Catholic priest or a
Jewish rabbi in this manner"
shouted DIR. Briegleb. "Their in
suits are aimed at u.s." Twice
Briesleb's speaking time was ex-
tended byfyote OF the assembly.
The attack on motion pictures
made by the committee on temper
ance and moral welfare in it's re-
port earlier in the day, gave only
a hint of the storm which burst
when DR.. Briegleb of the sub-com-
mittee on movies, took the plat
form. The California morals cru
sader described a scene from
picture now showing in Des Moines
in which woman, STOPPING to
pick something from the ground,
is bitten on the breast by viper.
Tho hero, undaunted by conven-
tions, tears Off her bodice and
sucks the poison from the wound.
Boycott Is Urged.
why, IL the motion picture
mems intentions are so moral, did
the director not have the viper
bite the woman on the wrist"
asked DIR. Briegleb. Boycott of
theaters showing Objectionable
films, and national censorship at
the point of production, based ap-
on a federal law, were urged by
the resolution adopted.
Urgent need of a larger number
OF candidates for the ministry was
asserted by the standing commit
tee on theological seminaries. Va
cancies now exist for four hun
dred Presbyterian ministers, which
are being filled by drafts from
other denominations, to the extent
Of 100 during the past year.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
TRIED To SELL
j. 6. AUTOS TO
MAIL CARRIERS
fBy rhe Assoclats,,, Press !

Atlanta, Ca, May 23.--Investl-
CATION of an alleged attempt to sell
rural mail carriers several thou
sand government automobiles at
800 each--$50 down, was begun
here today by postoffice inspectors.
Letters offering to sell the ma
chimes, it was said. were signed
James d. Bailey" and said the
writer was member Of congress
serving on the house committee on
postoffices and postroads. Recipi-
ents were cautioned not to divulge
their contents.
The attention of L. A. Johnson.
postoffice inspector in charge OF
the Atlanta district, was called to
the automobile offer by c. d. Lind
sey, a carrier on q route out or
Tucker. Ca, who had received one
of the letters written on what
appeared to be official stationery Of
the house OF representatives The
letter requested that $50 be re-
mitted with his application for one
of tho cars. The balance to De paid
in small monthly installments.
According to Inspector Johnson
the name of Bailey does not aii-
pear in the house roster issued last
month, and is not on the roster of
the house committee on postofficcs
and postroads.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
CANCELLATION Of
DEBTS WON I BE
Asked BY|TALY.
Ambassador Ricci Makes
the Statement in An Ad-
dress Before the ASsocia-
ti0n of Commerce.

Chicago, May 23.-Italy has
never asked and never will ask her
creditors TO cancel her debts, SEN
ator Vittori Rolandi Ilicci, Italian
ambassador to the United States,
declared in an address before the
Association of Commerce here to-
night.
Neither, he added, does Italy ash
for credits because the national
savings furnish to the state all the
money it needs.
Turning. to the international sit
uation, the ambassador asserted
that despite the absence of Amer
lea, some good was accomplished
at the recent Genoa conference,
and continues:
that foundations have been laid for
reopening relations with Russia.
And / will add that another aim
has been reached, namely, the
placing of France and Germany to-
gether at the same table. Little
by. little they will understand each
other better and they will realize
that the international situation is
such that, none can shrink from
the obligation of participating in
the economic reconstruction of the
world. It is my opinion that Am
erica will have to admit in time
such a necessity.
Your production is today, so
great that you need to export, but
so long as your valuation of the
dollar in comparison with our lire
Is not bettered we shall not be able
10 buy from you, and we shall not
be able to buy from you IL a high
tariff. will not permit the importa-
tion of our natural products such
as olive oil, lemons, dried fruits,
preserved vegetables and the like,
to your country"
!
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
MAY REsURRECT
SOLDIER BONUS
BILL THIS WEEK
McCumber Says the Meas
ure May Be Brought Up
in Committee Without
Getting Harding's Views
(By The Associated Press,

Washington, May 23.-Chairman
McCumber may bring up the SOL
diers' bonus bill in the senate fl
nance committee majority without
waiting for President Harding to
communicate his views on the
amended house measure. He said
today he would try to get the bill
before the majority some time this
week.
Senator McCumber desires TO
have the bonus measure placed on
the senate calendar at an early
date SO senators may have oppor-
tunity to study it and thus be pre-
pared for senate consideration
when a favorable opportunity Of
fers. Before the bill can be re-
ported to the senate, however, it
must be approved by the entire
finance committee, republicans and
democrats.
Some republican senate leaders
are in favor of letting the bonus
question rest for a while in the
hope that the negotiation looking
to the refunding Of the foreign
debt soon will reach the stage
where some definite information
will be available as to when the
refunded foreign bonds will be in
hand for financing the adjusted
compensation legislation.
Supporters of the legislation in
its present form, however, argue
that the cost of the financing for
the first two years will be SO small
that there is no need of waiting
until the foreign bonds actually are
in the possession of the treasury
department before the legislation
is enacted.
The amended house bill was out
lined to the president two weeks
ago by Senator McCumber and
others of the finance committee,
and it was stated then that the
president would communicate his
views to the committee. Thus far
Chairman McCumber has received
no word from him.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
TWO ARE ARRESTED ON
A CHARGE OF THEFT

Las Vegas. N. M, May 23.--In
the arrest~of Andres Villegas, 12;
Inocencio Vigil. 1S; Adelaide Sena,
IL, the. police believe they have
found the thieves who have been
robbing Santa Fe cabooses in the
yards here. The boys were arrest
ed by Santa Fe Special Officer
Louis Melvin. They are said to
have had a key to fit the car oose
looks. The articles that have been
stolen from cabooses have been
foodstuffs, largely.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES BIG CLASS

Especial Correspondence TO Tho Journai)
Clayton, N. NJ, May 23.--The
graduating exercises of the Clayton
high school will be held Wedncs-
day, May "a. This class will be s'.o
largest ever graduated in Union
county and hold the record Of be-
ing the third largest to graduate
this year in the public schools OF
New Mexico. The baccalaureate
services were held last Sunday
morning in the high school audito-
rum and large crowd attended.
An able address was delivered by
the Rev. Guy Davis, pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
100 CASES OF BLACK
SMALLPOX REPORTED

Calexico, Calf, May 23.-Dnc
hundred cases of "black" smallpox
We're reported today under duara,i-
tine In Mexicall Mexico, across the
border from here, with twelve
deaths there last week. Mexican
officials have decreed fins upon
all who refuse to undergo vacciaa-
tion and vaccine has been provid "a
by the government. Gases In Cali
exico are reported on the increase,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
SENTENCES coMMUrEp.

Washington, May 23--Announce-
ment was made today by the de-
partment of Justice that President
Harding had commuted the SEN
tences Of Joseph G.. Gordon, Albert
w. Wehdc and George p. Boehm,
all Of Chicago. convicted OF war
time offcnses. Tho communication
in each case is effective at once.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24
PROSECUTION CLOSES
IN BOTTOMLEY CASE

London. May 23 (by the Asso-
ciated Press) The prosecution
closed today in the case OF Horatio
Bottomley, member OF parliament
and former editor OF John Bull,
who is on trial charged with mis-
appropriation of funds belonging
to the Victory Bond club.
The proceedings adjourned mn
til tomorrow.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-24

parley.
No more fitting place for con-
ference which hopes to seek a basis
which will lead to prosperity and
international peace could be chosen
for the conference.
The peace palace, donated to in
lternational peace and amnity, in
1913, was the gift to the world of
the late Andrew Carnegie. The
building cost s1,500,000. The pre-
sentation OF the building to the
administrators was marked with
elaborate ceremonies, The dedica-