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Evening star., 1922-06-13
SHORTAGES FOUND
BUT NONE SERIOUS
Final Report on Bureau of
Engraving and Printing to
Show "Average Condition."

The bureau of engraving and print
ing is in fairly average condition"
it was learned from official sources
at the Treasury yesterday. and the
final report on the inventory and in
vestigation conducted there is ex-
pected soon to reveal no shortage
more serious than might be expected
in such an institution after the pres
sure of war days.
Some shortages had been found. 1t
was said, as had been indicated in an
earlier preliminary report, and the
final report in more detail was not
expected to disclose anything of a
serious" nature.
Not Exactly Clean Slate.
The bureau does not exactly have
"a clean slate" it was said. for the
period Of years, over which the inves-
tigation was understood to extend.
Several of the discrepancies. however,
which were discovered by the commit
tee and reported sometime ago to
Mr.. Mellon, were believed to be old
shortages.
Some persons are already in Jail. 1T
was learned unofficially, for some OF
the shortages of the past. The secret
service of the Treasury Department
is charged especially with protection
Of the country's currency, and the Du-
reau Of engraving with its billions OF
dollars worth of securities, and money
is one of it's big responsibilities
Shortages there from time to time
during a long period of years nave
always occurred. 1t was said.
Report on Discrepancies.
The change effected in the manage
ment of the bureau, when former
Director wilmeth and his associates
were summaj1y removed one night
after closing nours, was not made on
account of "the work with securities,
it was said on the highest authority
at the Treasury yesterday.
The final report from the bureau
will be, it is understood, record OF
the discrepancies, an analysis OF them
and recommendation for their dispo-
sition. Old shortages are to be DIFF
ferentiated from new ones.
The final report was prepared from
the report of the special Treasury
committee by Deputy Assistant Treas
urer Tate, chairman of the original
Treasury committee; Director Hill Of
the bureau and Custodian OF Paper
Collins.
The exact whereabouts of the re-
port remained a mystery today, all
officers, concerned with 1t having
nothing to say.
OfIiciaIs have been hesitant to dis
cuss the final report, but made 1t
plain that statements made weeks
ago denying serious irregularities"
would be borne out by the final re-
port .---4
Evening star., 1922-06-13
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio, June 13.-Lashed
and whipped about by a 12o-mile-an-
hour gale, more than four and half
miles above earth, on the verge OF
suffocation, caused by loss of his
oxygen tank and compelled to cling
to ropes and straps attached to
parachute for fear that a whirling
cross current might weaken and
cause them to break, are, several of
the mere" details related today by
Capt. A. W. Stevens. aerial photo
grapher. McCook Field, who yester-
day broke the world parachute jump
ing record, when he descended 24,206
feet.
His First Drop.
The fact that it was Capt Stevens
first drop" tends to make his feat
one of the most remarkable in the
history of aviation. II esuffered no
i'll effects from his hazardous trip.
The plane in which Capt. Stevens
ascended, a twin motored Martin
Wade, broke the world altitude rec
ord for this particular type of ship,
carrying three passengers, when 1t
attained a ceiling of 24,2o6 feet:
Sergt. Foy Langham was the third
member of the party.
Capt. Stevens was reluctant today
to discuss details of his experience.
For a long time l have wanted to
make. parachute drop" he said,
primarily to obtain first-hand in
formation as to the sensations one
feels. l am highly gratified to think
l was able to bring another record
to McCook Field.
Jumps From Ceiling.
when the plane reached the CELL
ing. l made ready to jump. AS near
Evening star., 1922-06-13
SCHEMES too VAST
TO SUIT BANKERS
"Pertinax" Reveals Three
Plans Turned Down by
the Committee.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 13-The international
bankers committee which has Just
adjourned its sessions here WITHOUT
agreeing on a loan for Germany, con-
sidered three distinct plans. according
to "Pertinax." political correspondent
of Echo de Paris. The first plan,
presented by Herr Bergman. the
German representative, provided that
Germany issue a loan of 1000, 600, 900
gold marks. and in return for which
she be given breathing spell for
the space Of. say. two years.
Plan for Distribution.
The proceeds Of the loan would be
distributed as follows: 1900, 900, 900
marks to Germany. 1000. 100000 to
Belgium. 1.Ooo,ooo.o0o to the United
States to defray the costs of the
American forces in Germany. and the
rest to be shared by the allies in ac-
cordance with the proportions fixed
at the Spa conference. Under this
plan France would get 375,o00,o0O
marks, but would undertake to place
in France 750.000.000 marks worth
Of the loan bonds.
The second plan originated with
the French representative. He pro-
posed to divide the $4,000, 900, 900
gold marks due from Germany into
two parts. and. leaving $4,000, ,o00, 900
marks in &c" bonds aside for the
present. issue the remaining 50,0o0.-
100000 marks in corresponding "A''
and "B" bonds in installments spread
over period OF ten or twelve years.
Sum Twice Too Large.
To this. ]. P. Morgan, American
representative, is said to have re-
sponded that it was impossible to
place even half of such sum for
the period indicated, and then only
on condition that France agreed to
a reduction of the German debt and
reputation of all idea of recourse
to penalties. M. Delacroix. the chair
man, and Belgian representative, was
responsible for tho third plan. Leav-
ing out Of account the problem as a
whole. he proposed that Germany
should during the current year OBJ
tain 1.soo. 900. 600 gold marks from in
ternational money-lenders-that is to
say. just enough to meet the require
ments Of Belgium's claim to repara-
tions under her priority privilege.
%, These schemes, adds "Pertfnax."
represent the substance which critics
accuse the French government of
having dropped for a shadow" in
pursuit of its non-compromisingp poll
c. OF ali Ca nothing.
Evening star., 1922-06-13
FIVE BANDITS KILLED
IN SILVER TRAIN ATTACK

NOGALES. Ariz., June 13-Five
bandits were killed and three wound
ed in an attempt to hold up a train
of the Southern Pacific de Mexico near
Rosares between Mazatlan. Sonora
and TepiG, Sinaloa, Mexico, late Satur-
day, according to conductor who ar
rived today. -
The men were members of band
of twenty-five Mexican bandits which
attacked the train carrying a ship
ment of % bars of bullion valued at
$4,000. The other bandits fled with
out loot.
The five were killed and three others
wounded by Gen. Azelardo Rodriguez,
military governor of Nyaret, his aide
and chauffeur, who were passengers
on the train.
Evening star., 1922-06-13
SUDDENLY OPENS,
SWALLOWING BIG TREE
IN UNDERGROUND LAKE

W1ER. Kan, June lathe Raj
ferty farm. seven miles southeast
OF this little Cherokee county
town, has been the scene attract
ing inquisitive hundreds of a
Phenomenon of nature-a cavern
seventy feet deep and ninety feet
across which appeared suddenly a
few days ago. The cracked condi-
tion of the earth nearby portends
another cave-in, observers say.
At the bottom of the pit there is
a small pool of water. which rises
and falls at intervals. Persons who
have experimental declare that
sinker let into this pool by means
of twine failed to reach bottom.
All the earth which went down
has completely disappeared. as
weh as tree about forty feet in
height, which. it is said, stood on
the ground. Local naturalists ex-
press the belief that the cave-in
was caused by an underground
river or lake.
Evening star., 1922-06-13
FRENCH REFUSE TO CEDE.
Note to Britain Insists on Agree
ment in Advance.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. June 13.-Premier Poincare,
in his note to the British government,
in reply to the recent British memo
randum, does not cede an inch from
the position taken in his memoran-
dunn of June l with respect to The
Hague conference. He insists that IL
the powers come to an agreement in
advance and present united front to
the Russians at The Hague and do
not permit them to stray from the
point, they can and will accept all
required of them. AS proof of this, NJ.
Poincare instances what they have
done for Italy in the treaty just con-
cluded.
The French document, although
lengthy and businesslike Is devoid OF
diplomatic circumlocutions and liter
airy graces. The tone Is somewhat
acid; disparaging references to the
Genoa conference are frequent, and
there is what appears to be an un-
complimentary allusion to the bank
ers' commission, when, speaking OF
the question of credits to Russia, the
reply refers to the demands formu-
lated by prospective lenders with re-
gard to certain countries whose pros
perity and economic future couid not
be doubted"
Holds Proof Desirable.
1nasmuch as the difficulty the Brit
fsh government experienced in re-
plying promptly to the French note
was not caused by the strength of its
arguments. the new note continues. it
would have been desirable for the
= Irish government to give soma
proofs of the confusions in thoughts
and ignorance of the subject to which
the British note refers as being evil
dent in the French note of June l.
The French government is glad to
know that the British government
shares its view that The Hague con-
ference will be one of experts, not au-
thorized to take decisions without re-
ferring them to their respective gov
ernments. and not plenipotentiaries,"
says the reply, but other powers
have interpreted the minutes of the
Genoa meeting Of May IA otherwise
and have decided to send plenipoten-
fiaries to The Hague"
Regrets British Interpretation.
The note regrets the British inter-
oretation that the meeting Of experts
on June Is As simply to settle the
rules of debate and not to discuss the
Fundamental principles of law and
fact Such procedure implied that
general agreement would soon be
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Evening star., 1922-06-13
BONUS TO WIN OUT
IN SENATE TANGLE
Hope of Jamming Measure
Through Being Abandoned.
Tariff to Be Delayed.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The bonus and the tariff are getting
intertwined. To make way for the
one the progress of the other may be
will win QUIT will be passed by the
Senate during the present session of
Congress whether or not considera-
tion of the tariff is concluded.
All thought of jamming the bonus
through in a few days is being aban-
doned. Senators who oppose the
measure do not wish to filibuster or
otherwise delay its passage. but they
do want an opportunity to tell their
constituents why they are against the
proposal. Usually 1t takes member
of Congress more time to explain why
he Is fighting something than why he
favors it. Especially Is this true with
measure such as the bonus which
interests so many thousands of eX-
service men. The senator who is
wants to explain comprehensively all
his reasons for SO voting.
Thirty Oppose Bonus
There are at least thirty senators
who win vote against the bonus.
Nearly every one will make a speech.
The addresses will vary in length.
Many of the arguments will have to
be answered by those sponsoring the
bill. Those who favor 1t will also
want to show their constituents how
actively they championed it. All this
takes time. This means that If the
tariff gives way on the calendar to
the bonus the latter may take three
or four weeks to pass through the
Senate.
Should the tariff be sidetracked for
cult to get back the momentum al
ready achieved through night ses-
sions in the last month. Relatively
little progress has been made thus
far. The interjection of the bonus
debate will delay final action on the
tariff bill so that Congress will be in
almost continuous session.
Talk Of Harding Address.
AS for the debate on the bonus,
there is talk of a presidential ad-
dress to the Senate when the measure
reaches the floor OF the Senate. Mr..
Harding waited last year until the
bill was in the Senate and 1t was
finally reported back to the COM
mittee after he made his plea.
Mr.. Harding has let it be known a
CONTINUED on PaEe 2, Column l.
Evening star., 1922-06-13
CONGRESS BACHELORS DEFENDERS
OF WOMEN SAYS ONE OF THEM

Bachelors in Congress-and there
are a score or more Of them-were
warmly defended today by Represent
ative Merrill Moores of Indiana. who
recently won denomination despite his
state of single blessedness. Mr.
Moores declares 1t Is all wrong that
a man needs a wife to make his way
in Washington. He pictures the
bachelor as the great champion and
defender Of woman's honor.
While not wishing to mention the
specific wife of any specific man, Mr..
Moores nevertheless said he recalled
some instances where a mans wife
had unmade his political career in
stead of helping him to the heights.
The campaign being made in Maine
against Senator Fred Hale by State
on the contention that a married man
would have a better understanding of
the vexed problems which arise in ma
tional legislation has caused no end
of argument and speculation in the
cloakrooms of Congress as we'll as
in those high political circles" which
are supposed to know everything and
talk about everybody.
Bachelors a. Idealists.
Representative Moores rallied par
ticularly today against the assertion
in the Maine campaign that bachelors
really cannot grasp the things in life
which are lasting and abiding, and
that "eyes accustomed to bright lights
can see nothing but darkness when
they look up at the stars"
why" he exclaimed, bachelors
are more apt to be idealists than
married men. They are nearly al
ways bachelors because they prefer
to remain steadfast and true to a
memory, the memory of some one
woman in their lives and they are al
ways ready to defend the cause of all
Evening star., 1922-06-13
PORTUGUESE ON LAST LEG.

BAHAI. June 13-The Portuguese
aviators, Capts. Sacadura and Cou-
thinho. left here at 7:35 o'clock this
morning on the last leg Of their air.
ship flight from Portugal to the Bra
lillian capital.
Evening star., 1922-06-13
WEATHER.

Showers tonight or tomorrow
morning. followed by fair tomorrow:
rising temperature.
Temperature for twenty four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest, SO, at
2:40 pm. yesterday; lowest, So, at
4:10 am. today. Full report on page II.
Evening star., 1922-06-13
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paper and also the local news published herein.
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dispatches herein are also reserved
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-18
Florida Pecans Take Prize

During the middle week in Decem
her, just passed. there was held in
Bend. Texas, a world wide contest for
pecan growers. The Pioneer Pecan
Press offered a prize of s25 for the
best pound of pecans exhibited, re-
gardless of county, state, country or
kingdom in the world. There was an
intense interest shown, and the COM
petition was reported to have been the
strongest ever known in this country.
Florida won hands down.
The following letter to the Month
cello Nursery, at Monticello, Jefferson
county, from the Pioneer Pecan Press,
is something that should bring pride
to every citizen in the state, and
should encourage the development of
the pecan industry in Florida:
Gentlemen: This is to notify you
that your pecan (the Schley) took the
$500 prize for quality in our world
wide contest OF December 18th, and as
soon as the judges make their written
report the moneg will be forwarded to
you. Allow the Pecan Press to con-
graduate you on winning this prize
and for the splendid nut that carried it
off in the face of the strongest com
petition that was ever seen"
The samples were judged by mum
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-18
REVEAL TONS of A WIFE
ADELE GARRISON

Jim went slowly away, everyline Of
his back spelling protest against I'M
doing so much work already counted
done.
'.Why, Cousin Agatha has 10 have a
room to herself. You know your moth
er cannot have anyone sleep with her,
and as am sleeping very comfortably
on my army cot anyway. It doesn't
mater to me where put it. I'll bring
it down in the library
You'll do no such thing" said
Dicky. rs there room for two army
cots in your room?'
Yes. indeed" l replied.
Well. then, tell Jim 10 put another
one in. I'll give up my room to Cousin
Agatha-eonfound her. and Wen camp
out in your room"
And drew me to him and kissed me.
L was no end OF a beast this morn
ing. sweetheart" he said, and the
Goals Of fire are certainly scorching
my topknot."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-18

and Politics" by Miss Mollie Ray Carroll.
Phi. D., Associate Professor of Social Sci
ence in Goueher College, Baltimore.
Glass B prizes, open to undergraduates
in American Universities, were awarded
as follows:
First prize, $500, to Paul T, Nutting
of Oberlin College, for an essay on Pub
lie Problems of Bituminous Coal
Second prize, 5000. to William John
Schultz of Columbia University for a
study on six Years of Imitation"
Honorable mention to Harry Nadell,
Harvard University. was awarded for a
study on Conditions of Employment in
the United States Postal Service.
The judges who passed on the merits
Of the manuscripts submitted, were:
Professor J. Laurence Laughlin, of the
University of Chicago.
Professor J. B. Clarly of Columbia Uni
versity.
The late professor Henry c. Adams, of
the. University of Michigan.
Professor Edwin F. Gay. former pro-
fessor of Economics and dean of the
school of Business Administration of
Harvard University and now president
and editor of the New York Evening
Post.
Former United States Senator, Theo-
dore E. Burton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-18
THE CONSUMER Is
MASTER AFTER ALL


There may have been times in the last
few years when the American citizen
who usually thinks of himself vaguely as
the consumer felt that he had mighty
little TO say about prices or quality or
anything else.
1t seemed to him as though he had
to take what he could get and pay what
was demanded, and that there wasn't
anything he could do about it.
He'll be surprised. if he'll read The
Theory Of Consumption. which has just
won the $1,000 Hart Schaffner &, Marx
Glass A prize for 1921 for tire hest essay
on economics TO discover that he is the
master after all. The giant steel mill.
the builder of locomotives, the refiner of
sugar or the maker of needles all bow
to the command of the consumer in the
long run
He'll be surprised. too. to learn that in
the period of after-war imitation, he was
largely responsible for the run away
markets which put prices sky high. He
blamed some mysterious persons whom
he usually spoke of as "'the profiteers'
for ii, II he happened TO be a producer
of something, as well as a consumer Of
many things, il never occurred to him
to include himself in the ''profiteer'
group.
The consumer" forced up prices when
he bought wildly beyond his accustomed
needs; he forced them down again when
he would no longer pay, or got himself
in a position when he could no longer
pay the inflated prices.
II has ever been thus. and probably
always will be. according to THE Theory
OF ConSlmps ,rs,." which was written by
Miss Hazel kyrk. PHI. B.. University of
Chicago, 1910: Pm. y, University of Chi
cago, 1920; assistant professor Of. eco
Monies lsls-1s1s. and Statistieian with
the American Shipping Mission in London
in 1slS-ls. It is q mastery study Of
the subject written In very readable
style and VIII be made available to the
public later in book form.
Second prize in Glass A. $500. went TO
Charles Stillman Morgan. PHI u. Eco
nomist in the Bureau OF Valuation. Inter-
state Commerce Commission. for study
entitled The Regulation and Manage
ment OF Public Utilities.' and the judges
awarded honorable menNen to a study
entitled The Attitude of the American
Federation of Labor Toward Legislation
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-18
THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL

Pensacola was the ancient gateway
of the Spanish in West Florida and
claims the most ancient history of
any city in the land, for De Luna
came with great expedition of mill
tary and priests in 1869. and here
planted a colony The ancient trail
of the Spanish connected st. Augustine
and Pensacola, and today the trail
goes from. Pensacola to Tallahassee,
from Tallahassee to Jacksonville, then
to st. Augustine, and Tampa and Mi
ami.
The Florida division of the Old
Spanish Trail is 1000 miles.
The Old Spanish Trail connects the
Fairgrounds of Florida with the play
grounds of California, and links the
Fairgrounds that lie between.
The Old Spanish Trail Association
has published very interesting book
let in which is embodied some of the
interesting historical material of the
section which the Spanish Trail will
traverse, of which the following is an
excerp:
De Soto landed at Tampa Bay in
1889 and with 1000 men, 213 horses
and a remarkable equipment, including
chains and collars for enslaving the
Indians, he explored the southern
country TO the western bounds or Ar
kansas, then returned to the Missis-
sippi River, where he died. Several
hundred half naked Spaniards reached
the present Tampico four years after
the proud landing at Tampa Bay. ST
Augustine settled in 1865, is the oldest
city in the United States and the old
Spanish atmosphere there is St Au-
CUISINES charm.
Pensacola lays claim to being older
than st. Augustine based on De Luna's
expedition of colonists and priests,
greater in ships and people than De
Sofas, which landed at Pensacola Bay
in 1853. The Indians however, by force
and strategy, soon disrupted the en-
terprise and the colonists returned to
Vera Cruz.
Through Florida are Pensacola, it's
great bay the seat of Spanish effort:
Tallahassee, ancient center of a proud
Indian nation; the Suwanee River, and
then Jacksonville; ST Augustine. the
Ever-faithful City; and Tampa Bay,
the first gateway into Florida. FIori-
da was Spanish until 1919. At the
time of the American Revolution Spain
held, the dominion known as the Lou
isiana Purchase and all that land
known as the Spanish Southwest, and
also the Floridas.