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alone. Flames leaped out Of every
window on The top floor and dense.
black smoke poured out in large
volume. The breaking Of the glass glass
room furnished 4 heavy draft, which
famed the blaze quickly to serious
proportions and make 1t appear to
those on the outside that the build
ing was doomed. 1t was nece ssary
for the flremen to stand on the mar
ing and draw their heavy hose lines
almost the full height of the structure.
The water tower was brought into
play, but when extended 1t was only
at the height OF the sixth story. How
ever. several hose lines lead to it and
the pressure sent the stream to the
tenth floor.
BurniDE for Some Time.
Apparently the blaze had been
burning for some time before 1t was
discovered. for within a few moments
after Policeman Caldwell discovered
the smoke pouring from the windows
the blaze was leaping out Of practi-
cally every window on the floor. fed
on the draperies used In decorating
the two bathrooms.
Gradually the firemen worked their
way into the two rooms, throwing
thousands OF gallons of water as they
went Soon after they got inside the
lower ceilings, reinforced with steel
rods. collapsed. but fortunately none
was hurt by the falling debris. 1t
made the work Of conquer!ng the
blaze easier. by permitting an open.
would have been necessary for the
f1refighters to erect ladders in the
bathrooms and chop the ceilings down.
While the firemen were fighting the
blaze the guests were hurrying out
Of their rooms in answer to the tele-
doors. Those on the ninth floor. clos
er to the blaze, were beginning to feel
the intense heat when they We're
called, and naturally hurried out, but
practically all had time to get into
some kind OF dress over their night
clothes.
Guests came down the marble stair
ways struggling under armfuls of
their belongings. and willing hands
later tumbled the trunks down the
stairs to the famous Peacock alley
usually deserted at this time in the
morning. Here could be observed the
unusual scene OF men and women on
their knees packing their belongings
In their trunks.
There were several instances OBJ
served where men, with unbuttOne0
clothes, loosely put on in the hurry
, to get out, carried in their arms and
under their coats bottles containing
liquids of q color familiar months
ago. but now seldom seen in the
open.
Elevators Keep Going.
While the elevators were kept run
| ming for some time after the blaze
was discovered. 1t was not possible
to use them after the firemen got to
| work, as their shafts became cata-
! racts. The stairways even for a time
appeared like miniature waterfalls
as gallons Of water flowed down
them. and tho chandeliers in the
rooms on the first floor appeared as
electric fountains as the water
trickled through. filled the inverted
bowls and then flowed to the hand
some carpets on the floors. To walk
on the heavy plush carpets in the
corridors on the upper floors was like
wading through marshes. They were
! literally sopped with water. Water
later flowed down the immense
marble pillars in the lobby and KEEP
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ENDORSED By PRESIDENT.

NEW YORK. April ga special
thought Tor children Of America who
have only the streets in which to play
is urged by President Harding in let
ter to the Playground and Recreation
of America indorsing Chill
dren's week. April "a to May l, to arouse
interest in the movement for more play
grounds and more supervised recreation.
1--WE are all too familiar" the Presi-
dent wrote, with the great number Of
accidents to children playing In the
streets because they have no other place
to ulay"
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railway fares, etc, calculated on the
basis Of the paper ruble. Foreign
currency, which had reached unprece-
denied exchange quotations on the
curb--as high, for example, as i've
million rubles to the dollar-droppea
slowly soon after the plan was an
nounced.
Municipalities must support them
selves under the new plan. All gov
ernment budgets are to be cut to the
bone, and new budgets arranged every
thrch months.
tina council of commissars has ap-
pointed a special commission, in line
with the new policy, to eliminate bu-
reeuuraoy In the state institutions
and has proposed q further reduction
BY 50 per oent OF the government em-
ployeS. 49,
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FlREBUG STARTS BLAZE
IN NORFOLK Cemetery

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, April 24.-For the
Ilrst time in the history of the de-
partment Norfolk firemen this MORN
ing battled with blaze in ceme-
terry. Fire of incendiary origin. 1t is
said, destroyed the keepers office. a
barn and morgue, two horses. a wag-
on and the body of a negro woman
in Calvary cemetery.
When the fire was discovered it
had gained SO much Roadway that
there was no possibility of saving the
buildings or contents. The horses
and wagon, with a lot Of tools. were
in the barn. The body had been
taken to the cemetery Sunday and
was placed in the morgue to await
burial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-24
RUSSIA TACKLES FINANCES.
~ The Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreS6.
MOSCOW, April aa.-while it's dele.
CATION at Genoa is trying to reach an
for economic aid for soviet Russia.
the bolshevik government is seeking
to bring its financial and other affairs
to q sounder basis by work at home.
The all.Russian communist party
congress has been the preliminary
battlefield on which this internal
In Russia's finances has been fought.
Against the few remaining mem
bers Of the communist. party who
still cling to the idea that money
should be eliminated. NJ. Sokolnikoff,
assistant to the commissar for finance.
supported by the majority. carried
his point that sound monetary sys-
TEN for soviet Russia can be gained
only by curtailing the issue of paper
money, on one hand, and by collecting
taxes to bring the money back to the
government. on the other.
SHards Money vital.
sokoinikoff said that Russia's in
dustfy and economic resistance was
now dependent upon the amount OF
'hard" and foreign money the gov
eminent could get into its hands.
To attempt to go to gold STANDARD
Immediately. he declared, would be
futile. az the recent attempt to cal
culate taxes, etc. on gold basis
had failed because of the impossibiltty
of setting exchange rates quickly
enough to keep UP with the market
fluctuations.
Up to the last of March twenty five
trillion paper rubles had been issued
in 1892, 1t developed at the confer
ence. Hitherto the government, while
paying out huge sups in paper.
scarcely ever received any Of IL back.
As there were no taxes in money to
be paid, no tram fares. railway fares
or postal or other revenues. Now
She income ID expected to grow, and
there with be IN effort to check the
outgo.
tempt was abandoned and al taxes,
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FRENCH THREATEN
TO QUIT At GENOA
IF PLANS DIGRESS
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have in their dealings in Russia
The soviet delegation has over
thrown for the moment it's noted
memorandum issued as an answer to
the experts. because it is in contra
diction with the later Russian note
of discussion. Russian spokesman
explained that the memorandum.
which the powers found unpalatable,
merely voiced the opinions OF the So
Wet delegates at the first stage of
the negotiations, whereas now they
have decided to modify their earlier
opinions.
Concrete Results Desired.
They were careful, however, to
make the reservation that this modi-
fication was contingent upon "the sue
cessful outcome of the present pour
parlers." but the conference has pro-
duced 80 many shocks and sensations
that mere phrases no longer are caus-
ing the panic which they did at the
outset Of the deliberations.
Everybody seems to desire some
concrete results and then to return
home feeling that at least hopeful
beginning has been made toward re-
building the deranged economic ma
chinery Of Europe. Such seems the
week of the conference.
The republic of Georgia yesterday
made . dramatic protest to the eco
nomic conference against the pre-
sumption" of the Russian soviet dele
cation to speak Mt Genoa for the peo-
pie of Georgia.
Georafa, the land Of oil, which all
countries covet, desires to speak for
herself, and SHE has submitted vari-
Gus documents to prove she has the
right to do SO. Some of Georgia s
delegates came to Genoa from the
y.s& WIN fhaSy ho1
in communication with American oil
interests. They maintain that the
soviets occupied their country really
because of a desire to control the
vast oil fields, which Georgia would
like to see developed with the capital
OF all the powers.
Industrial Europe in the future
must find its food products, especial
~ wheat, in Siberia and not in Amer
lea, declares a statement issued last
night by the Russian delegation,
which attempts to prove how much
The report traces the rapid indus
trial growth of Europe and the accom-
panying increased demand for food
which 1t says Europe itself is unable
to furnish, and adds, Europe depends
on American and Russian wheat, but
more Of the products OF its soil"
Electric Railway Recommended.
The statement points out that there
are vast areas in European and Asiatic
Russie which are not yet cultivated to
their capacity. and declares the world
needs Russian soil If II would solve the
food problem, which Is ever growing
more grave. In this connection en-
phasis is laid on the lack of a proper
tr usport system in Russia, and the
statement therefore recommends a
great electric system which would
cross the continent from the Atlantic
10 "a "A n-ginning at London and
reaching vladivstok by way of Calais.
Berlin Minsk. Nizhni-Novgorod, the
Ural Mountains, Omsk, which was the
seat Of the Inflated kolchak govern
ment, and Irkutsk. The statement
points out how such a line would
open great regions rich in oil, coal
and other minerals.
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LORD ASTOR "SEvEN-DAY
WONDER" AS CONDUCTOR
FOR "NAN'S" TOUR

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labels. Lord Aston wears spats. be-
cause his an:-les get cold. Lazy AS OF
travels in the Aston pearls, strung
twice around her neck with the
longer strand tucked in the bodice OF
her dress, because that is the easiest
and safest way to carry them.
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Arizona republican., 1922-04-22
Social And Moral
Uplift Problems
Engage Conferees
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BALTIMORE, Nd, April Flip
lift, social and moral, was the key
note of both sessions of the Pan
American conference today. Ma.. and
women from many parts of the world
presented their views of the status
of women in relation to these ques-
tions and almost without exception
the speakers expressed their convic-
tion that the.United States must lead
the way to social as well as industrial
reform.
At the afternoon session, Mrs. En-
incline Pankhhrst, who arrived un-
expectedly and who spoke as presi-.
dent of the Social Hygiene move
ment in Canada, was given an ovation
both before and after she spoke.
Mrs. Pankhurst declared the world
stood urgently in need of both social
and moral reform and she declared
that stringent Legislature enactment
should be obtained to stop the traffic
in human lives.
I'VE must not skip over the surface
and think we have done our part,
said Mrs Pankhurst. CLOSING few
houses will not cure the situation
though it may alleviate it. We must
go to the cause that underlies the
traffic In human lives. and men and
women must cease to make conces-
sions to the human nature of naan
Our moral standards. must be raised
and there must be one moral law for
men and women alike. When they
cease to sell themselves the union of
the sexes viii produce race physic-
ally and mentally perfect.'
Arizona republican., 1922-04-22
TEXAS UNIONS END
STATE CONVENTION
HELD At PASS CITY

ELL PASO, Tex. April 21-The
Texas State Federation of Labor
wound up its twenty fifth annual
convention here today after passing
a resolution which provides that all
rent houses be declared public
utility and that rents be regulated by
a state commission similar to rail-
road rate regulatory commissions.
The resolution provided for rents
based on a valuation to be derived
from the rendition which the prop
erty owner makes for taxation pur-
poses.
A measure providing for a single
tax on land was endorsed.
There were numerous other reso-
lutions endorsed. Three are declared
to be '.the favored measures which
will be vigorously pressed for adop-
tion into law
They are, state owned and oper-
ated system of industrial accident
compensation insurance; boosting of
the minimum weekly compensation
for industrial accident claims from
s. to $3.50 per week. and the maxi
mum from SIS to $25 q week: mini
mum wage law for women workers
and minors between 16 and 81 years.
Recognition of Mexico by the
United States was endorsed without
dissenting vote.
The convention indorsed a mini
mum wage law for common labor
based ION living wage for a family
of five persons" Enactment of a law
was indorsed providing that if a
firm sells q faodstuff for one price
in one place it will not be allowed to
sell it for a higher price in another
part of the state.
The federation voted down reso-
luton for endorsement of an amend
ment to the Volstead act to provide
for sale and manufacture of light
wines and beer. The vote was three
| to one against. But every speaker
| opposing the resolution made it clear
| that rejection of the amendment was
a matter of political policy in Texas
and not of dry" sentiment.
| It was declared to be purely a ma
| tional measure and not state one.
| A bonus bill for former service men
| was endorsed.
| Texas legislative conventions of the
| Big Four railway brotherhoods, in
| joint session today drafted pro-
gram of legislation they will advocate
and adjourned to meet in Amarillo
1 in 1924. They ask repeal of the
] act anu the 4 SSNelo
state law known as the "open port"
| measure.
Their legislative program calls for:
Federal restriction of foreign i'm
/ migration to America for two years;
a car limit law. providing that no
/ freight train shall have more than SO
cars and no passenger train more
than IL; regulation by the state rail-
road commission of any change in
division points Of railways within
this state
Arizona republican., 1922-04-22
Railroads Favor
Rate Reductions
Official Asserts

SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 21.-The
+ransnort alton act of 1920 was instru-
mental in saving not only the rail-
roads but the entire country from
disaster II. +. Byram, president OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway, said in an address here lo-
night before the Sioux City Trafllc
Managers club.
While the present situation OF the
railroads was far from enViaple, ne
said. he believed the railroads anu
the country were facing better tlifles'
that improved business conditions
were near and that high freight rates
will not prevent their arrival.
n believe" he said, that before
another wear passes, the demand Tor
more cars. more locomotives, more
freight wards and other facilities 70
move the business of the country VIII
he much more insistent than the cry
for reduced rates is at this time, lof
lower rates will do no good unless the
freight is moved, and it should pc
remembered that the increased Ia
cilities on the railroads of this coun-
trv have been at a standstill for i've
years"
THE railroads, he said were in ac-
cord with the public demand to re-
duce rates. but do not now belleye II
is safe to do SO.
1--WE believe it is much more inn
portant to the public welfare that the
railroads be maintained in safe and
efficient condition. he said, and
that their credit be maintained by
satisfactory returns to investors so
that needed cars and locomotives
may be provided, than that already
inadequate railroad earnings be re-
duced below their presents level"
Arizona republican., 1922-04-22
TARIFF MEASURE
RECEIVES SCANT
SENATE NO OTICE
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WASHINGTON, April 21-Official-
~ the tariff bill was before the SEN
ate today but it received such scant
attention that Republican party lead
ers finally acquiesced in a request
of the Democrats that further consid-
Grafton of it be deferred until Mon
day. BY that time the minority ex-
poets to be ready to proceed with the
general deliberation Of the measure.
When the bill was called UP today
by Chairman McCumber of the fl
nance committee, Senator King, DEM
ocrat of Utah. took the floor and aft
er reference to the tariff, launched
into nearly four hour discussion OF
the Mexican situation.
After his address, Senator Harrison
Democat OF Mississippi, had the sem
ate clerk read a lengthy newspaper
account by Senator Moses, Republican
of New Happshire, in which the agri-
cultural bloc and many other things
were discussed. This over. Senator
Curtis of Kansas. the Republican
whip. demanded the regular order,
which was consideration OF commit
tee amendments TO the tariff bill
Senator King announced that il the
regular order We're insisted upon he
would have to make a speech on
another subject.
Senator Harrison requested that
the tariff bill go over until Monday.
saying the Democrats had not had
time despite "diligent work" to pre-
pare themselves for the tariff fight
He added that there was no dis
position on the minority side unnec-
essarily to delay the bill and that
time would be saved and considera-
ton Of the measure expedited If It
went over.
Senator McCumber said he was
glad to hear this declaration. as he
bad been unable to connect up" the
speech Of Senator King with the tar
iff Senator King insisted that he
had discussed the bill for an hour and
remarked that if Senator McCum-
ber had been present he would have
known il. The North Dakota sena-
tor replied that he had been present
for two hours and in that time heard
little about the tariff.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-22
TWOHUNDRED
DEAD BODIES
RECOvERED|N
SERBIAN CITY.
Entire City Laid Waste BY
Explosion Tuesday; Sew
eral Hundred Wounded
Still Buried In Ruins
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MONASTIR, Jugo -Slavia, April 21.
Salvage work in the section of the
country laid waste by Tuesdays ex-
plosion is being carried on with the
greatest difficulty. Lack of water is
hampering the task of putting out the
numerous fires, while gas fumes are
hindering the soldiers and gendarmes
who are searching for victims.
Two hundred bodies have been re-
covered and there is little likelihood
that any more persons will be rescued
alive, as the cries of the wounded
amid the wreckage which were heard
throughout yesterday have died out
altogether.
1t still is impossible to estimate
the total number of persons killed,
but several hundred were wounded,
many of them hopelessly. Great
numbers of them have been removed
to the American hospital founded by
DR.. Regina Flood Keyes of Buffalo,
N. ", which somewhat removed from
the scene of the explosion escaped
with slight damage.
Relief workers from the American
womans hospital at Veles arrived
last night bringing cots, blankets and
medicines. II. Fl. Reeder. Jr., OF New
York city, acting director of the
American relief commission in Bel
grade, is hurrying to Monastir with
doctors, nurses and medicines. He
will take charge of the relief work
Most of the houses of the city,
flimsy affairs of wood and terra
Gotta, collapsed, burying their occu-
pants in mass of debris. The ruined
area covers many square blocks. The
only structures which resisted the ex-
plosions We're Turkish minarets,
which are built of solid masonry.
The American missionary school,
some distance from the catastrophe,
is reported to have escaped damage.
King Alexander has decreed a day
OF mourning throughout Jugo- -Slavia.
The cabinet has ordered that a COM
mission of army and government eX-
perts make strict investigation TO
fix responsibility for the disaster,
which in some quarters was attrib-
uted to enemies of the state.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-22
z Die When Gas
Tanks Explode In
Oil Station Fire
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DOWNEY, Calf, April 21--Ed-
ward Yandergrift, a retired merchant,
died tonight from burns received in
an oil station fire here earlier in
the day, this being the second death
due to the blaze. w. l.. Henry, grain
merchant, died about two hours be-
fore Vandergrift.
The list of seriously injured was
increased to five by reports from
hospitals. Basil Cummings and Clyde
Wierbach were declared to be in a
serious condition, the results of burns
and bruises.
Roy Tompkins. a storelSeeper;
Lester Witherspoon, school boy, and
Walter Pulley, druggist. were so bad
" burned that physicians said the
chances We're against their recovery.
Most of the others injured had gone
to their homes tonight.
The fire started on truck stand
ing by the station, and quickly spread
to the station. A group of school
boys ran a hose to the roof Of a shed
nearby and began to spray the
flames. As they were doing this. an
underground tank at the station
blew up, scattering burning gasoline
over the boys and bystanders. Short
ly afterward the flames reached a
tank truck standing by the station,
and the gasoline in this also explod-
ed. iniuring many more. Flying
fragments as well as thee burning
fluid was the cause of many of the
injuries.
Henry was struck down while
working as volunteer fire fighter,
as were also Tompl1ins Witherspoon
and Pulley. Among the less serious
ly injured were Dean Kelsey and A
Beauchamp. proprietors of another
oil station and S. NJ. Mersch. driver
of the tank wagon which blew up.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-22
Denver Business
Men Want To Keep
Reclamation Head
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DENVER, A pril 21.- Governor
Shoup today joined with bankers and
business men to retain the western
division headquarters of the United
states reclamation service in Denver.
a joint resolution Of protest over the
proposed removal also passed the
special session of the legislature.
In response to a telegram, United
states Senator Phipps wired that
Secretary of the Interior Fan was in
New Mexico and that the acting Sec
retary had assured him that no ac-
ton on the removal would be taken
untsl his return.
The Denver clearing house, COM
pressing every national bank in Dem
yer. telegraphed Secretary Fall urg-
ing reconsideration of the proposed
removal. 1t pointed out that the Of
flee here serves a section of the
country in which by far the greatest
amount of work of the reclamation
service is located and handles 80 pei
cent of all reclamation business il
tae vest
Arizona republican., 1922-04-22
MADALY YV|VE s LOVE
MESSAGES ARE READ
To JURY ONCE MORE
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LOS ANGELES, April 21-The
jury in the second trial of Arthur G.
Burch for the murder of J. Bolton
Kennedy learned today of the love
Mrs Madalynne Oberchain, Burch's $
CO. defendant, had for Kennedy when
Deputy District Attorney Asa keyes
commenced reading her letters writ
ten to Kennedy prior to his death,
Aug. 5 last This makes the third
time the letters have been read in
court The first time was at Burchs
first trial, in witch the jury dis
agreed, and they We're also read at
Mrs. Obenchain's trial, in which the
jury became deadlocked. She is now
awaiting a second trial.
1t is by these letters that the pros
ecution will seek to prove its theory
of the case that Mrs. Obenchain was
a woman scorned," and consplred
with Burch, an old time friend, TO
bring about Kennedy's death.
One letter told Of her lonesomeness
for Kennedy and thanked him Tor
flowers he had recently sent her
Another letter said that she wanted
to return to Los Angeles, and would
do So if it were not for her uncle.
Mrs. Obenchain did return to Los
Angeles some time prior to NOV. D,
1917, as shown by a letter of that
date which she wrote Kennedy from
Long Beach, Cal, where she went to
s.be alone, after what you said TO me
last night"