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The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
CUMMINS COAL ACT
PASSED BY SENATE;
BORAH BILL is NEXT
Continued from Page One.

solve the tangled hard coal distribu-
tion problem.
Price-ixing was declared by Mr..
Hoover to be a matter entirely up
to the individual States. He said,
however. that the price question had
been carefully discussed at the con-
ference.
S. D. Warriner. who represented the
operators. Is chairman. Other men,
bers are W. L Connell. w. J. Rich
ards. Allen C. Dodson, w. H. Will
liams. r. c Morse, L. w. Parker. ].
F. Birmingham and w. B. D. Ainey.
chairman of the State fuel commits
sion. Another member representing
the government is to be named by
Mr.. Hoover.
asked II II is true that on the basis
of coal prices last winters retailers
were receiving from 81 to s1.25 in
excess of the 81 so gross profit mar
gin set by the Federal fuel admins
tration during the war, Mr.. Hoover
replied:
"In some cases investigation shows
the margin of profit was a great deal
worse than that"
No definite figure was named as a
fair price for anthracite.
IT am here to see that the house
holder is protec1Si," Secretary Hoover
said. THE public must get its coal. -
Government representatives and
operators agreed there are no definite
figures as yet to show the exact eX-
tent of the coal shortage.
'It will take at least three weeks
to get the facts" said Mr.. Hoover
Undoubtedly the use of coke and
bituminous coal in the place of an
thracite has reduced the shortage to
some extent"
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Today and Tomorrow.

For the District Of Columbia and Mary
land, fair today; tomorrow probably fair and
warmer; moderate east, shifting to south
winds.
For Virginia. fair today and tomorrow; no
change in temperature; gentle variable
winds
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
CONTROL
OF GOLD CAPITOL"

The National Woman's party comes
into complete possession of the three
buildings known as the "Old Capitor'
today. when leases on the two houses
not occupied as headquarters for the
party expire. The buildings will be
remodeled when Mrs. Oliver H. P.
Belmont arrives to superintend the
work in October.
The design for the remodeled struc-
ture will be decided upon at the con-
ference of the WOmans' party in
November. One plan contemplated
would build il in conformity with
the architecture Of the official build
ing n Washington.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
Tri-District Convention
Meets to Ratify Pact

WILKES BARRE. Pa. Sept. T.
The tri-district convention of an
thracite miners is expected to
ratify the proposed wage agree
ment Saturday.
The scale committee today began
reading of its report on the agree
ment and will continue tomorrow.
At today's session the hall was
so crowded with spectators that
some OF the delegates were unable
to enter. Adjournment was taken
So delegates could be provided with
Identification badges and hereafter
sessions will be closed.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
! WOULD ABROGATE
PANAMA TREATY

President Harding mas asked Con-
Eress for authority to abrOSate the
Taft agreement with Panama which
is held inadequate for adjustment of
questions between the governments.
On recommendation of Acting
Secretary of State Phillips. the
President, by abrogatinE this treaty
would open the way for negotiating
n new treaty.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
What's Going
On TODAY

Meeting-Big Sisters of the District of
Columbia. Room Cos. 7O4 Eleventh street.
S y. IN.
Meeting-Writers' League Of Washington.
Public Library, D. m.
Meeting-Lincoln Post, No. II, American
Legion. University Club, D. m.
Meeting-Business woman's Council
Church Of the Covenant, evening.
LecturemRabbi Abram Simon. on Hutch
inson's This Freedom" Washington He.
brew Congregation Temple. p. m.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
X. X. X. POTENTATE
TAKEN WITH GOODS

INDIANAPOLIS Sept Edward
Young Clarke. Atlanta, Ga. said to be
acting Imperial Wizard Of the Ku
Klux Klan. was taken into custody in
Muncie today. when Federal agents
ar. said to have found a pint of
bonded whisky in his pocket
Clarke will be brought here for
trial in Federal Court. His bond was
set at s2.0oo-by Judge Francis E.
Baker.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
Texans Lynch Negro.

ORANGE Tex, Sept. &c. ]. John
son. negro under death sentence. was
taken from the county Jail at Newton
by mob Of 100 men early today and
hanged. His body was riddled with
buitets.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
ACTION DEMANDED
ON FORD PROPOSAL

A group of Republican Representa-
tives from agricultural districts today
went to House leaders with a demand
thar the House take some action he
fore Adjournment on the Ford offer
for the Muscle Shoals plant.
These Representatives fear a flood
of adverse farmer votes in November
unless the Ford offer Is allowed to
come up for consideration.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
Thousands Of.Women
Are Now Taking This
Newer Form OF Iron
Worn-out Housewife Tells How
She Quickly Resained Her
Health and Strength.

Only . short two
weeks ago l was so
tired, nervous and
worn out from the
drain on my nerves
and strength Of house
hold drudgery. that I
thought / could not
keep UP another day.
A short two weeks
treatment OF the new
er form OF iron has
given me a marvellous
increase In health,
strength and energy
Now / can do my
whole house without
help. and do not have
to SIT at home In the
evening "all-in" sick
and nervous"
The above 10 q
typical hypothetical
case" says DR.. James
Fra ria QnlItUon
The Washington herald., 1922-09-08
Mohawk Gridders to Practice.

Mohawk Indians will stage their
initial gridiron practice Sunday morn
ing at 1890 o'clock at Seventeenth
and D streets southeast. For games
address Manager ]. r. Belt. SIG
Eighth street southeast
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-07-10
Ia 0CI0S|DAD
EN- MADAGASCAR ES RUINOSO NO
HACER NADIA

FL g~ObernadOr general de MadagaS-
car, %pensandO que la guerra ha hechO
imperiosfsima la necesidad de que to-
dos p%roduZcan, ACADIA de crear un i'm
puestO sobre la Ociosidad.
Antes de este trat0 de cOnvencer a
los h%abitantes de la colOnia de Ia
santidad del trabajo; pero nadie ira
bajaba. Ell trabajo serfa. como opina-
ba ell gobernador, una obligation social
a La que nadie tenfa derecho Il suS-
traerse. Asf v todo. eran muchos, mu-
chisimos, los que Sc sustrafan, Y ell
gobernador bien hubiera querido i'm
poner Ell trabajo ObligatOrio.
Como este no estaba Ell sus faculta-
des, ide0 ell impuestO de que venimOs
hablando. A cada eurOpeO dOmiciliadO
en- Madagascar Sc lie eXigen G~Oscient0s
|cincuenta dfas de trabajO por anO, y
a cada indfgena ciento ochenta. Ell
que no trabaje sus ciento ochenta o
sus doscientos %cincuenta dfas, paga un
impuestO bastante serio por cada dfa
de falta. Como es natural, Sc eXcep-
titan de este gravamen los niilos, los
ancianos V los enfermOs.
;Qu6 dirfa-le pregunta en- vista de
este un peri0dico-Alfredo de Musset,
que celebraba en- tan bellos versos ell
placer de no hacer NADIA Y llamaba a
los perezosos gentes preferidas de los
doses?
Los ~perezosOs tendran ell amor v la
preferential de los doses; pero ell Fis-
co, por 10 menos en- Madagascar, ha
comenzadO a p~erseguirlos.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-07-10
La F0llete declarG que Ell pueblo de
los EstddOs UhidOS Sabe ga cOmOcef
q sMS serrid0res leGles.

WASHINGTON, JUNO 29.-'Ha Sc
nado la bora en- que los polfticos reac-
ciOnarios que han c~ontrOl&>dO la poll
tica de este gObierno deben vOlverse
al pueblo"
Fue esta la expression del senador
Robert La Toilette, golpeando con su
puho sobre Ia mesa que tenfa del&nte
cen ell ruido de un disparo ole rifle.
Despu6s de su discourse prOnunciadO
EN- la convention de la American Fede-
ration of Labor Ell Cincinnati, Ell ce-
lebraci0n de Il sesenta y siete &nos,
contra La suprema Corte Federal, las
palabras anteriOres fuerOn parte aR
discourse pronunciadO con motive de Ia
victoria del coronel Smith w. Brock
hart en- las elecciones prImarias de
Iowa, para senador de la repdblica
V en- cuyd exito empen6 el senador
t0dOs slls ~esfuerZOs.
Los V~ltGnteS de IOwa,-NijO entire
otras cosas-han aprovechadO la OpOr-
tunidad para elegir a un hOmbre re-
preventative del pueblo de csc estado'
sin espers.r a que Sc les saliera de
las manos. Va la vrrdad comienZa
a c~Onocerse en- " a%shington, Ide que los
hombres Y las mujeres de este pals
no pueden ser i%nsensatOs indefinite
vamente, de que ellOs pOseen los mis-
mos cl&ros sentimientos respecto dc
los hOmbres p1bllcos Y La pclftica q.
otras generaciones de norteameri
canos y que mientras mas prontO CO.
nozcan Ia deslealdad de les %servidores
pGblicos, los r%etiraran del cargo, sin
consideraciones Ne partidos o faccio-
nes."
Ell senadOr enumera La derrOta de
otros reaccionarics: ell representa- te
Copley, de Illinois, derrotado por una
ma orfa de $500 votos, Y ell senador
Harry s. New e la "viejs guardia
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-07-10
Los Candidates Reaccionarios
han sufrido tres reveses en-
las elecciones

republics ma" quien fue r%epudiadO por
una mayOrfa de 10000 vOtos.
"Nningdn hombre de ordinaria inte-
ligencia puede estudfar las campafas
que Sc llevan {; cabo en- diferentps sec
clones del pals sin recOnOcer ell juG-
go die las fuerzas reaccionarias,'Ai di-
ce ell senadOr. Agrega que esasi fual'-
zas tratan rSe Ocultar del ptblico suS
veldaderos prop6sltos y que asf como
han ~fracasado IN Illinois v iowa, tam
bi6n f%racasGrdn en- Michigan. ~ 81
Observa que los nuevos elementos
que Sc presentan al p1blico con ell
programa de la defensa de los prin-
cipios democraticos, libertad de prem
sa, de tribuna, de 'feulni0n, son llama
dos ~''radicales" fppof las fuerzas reac-
%cionarias, como 10 fu6 su amigo que
sali6 triunfadOr Ell las eleccioneS pri:
marias' de Iowa.
Dice ademas, que para que estos
re~acciOnarios sean (artyidos por cual-
quiar denominadO 'progresista" dc
! Washington, Sc necesrta que tenga una
historic tan pervertida para que las
fuerzas poderosas que estan detrds de
6l apruebe que Sc p~resente ante los
CONSTITUENCIES. Pera concluye afr.
mando que donde quiera que de aqut
en- adelGnte Sc presente TN candidate
de esta jazz, tendrd que confrontaI
I'm pueblo agraviado v consciente de
su vote.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-07-10
FL SARGENTO GUTIERREZ TIENE
UNA PETACA

En- poder del sargentO Gutierrez de
la detective. sc encuentra una petaca
fina para cigarrillos, La cual parece
que 1ltimamente S e utiliZaba para
guardian Ginero. AL parecer tiene una
fechs que dice asf: 1912"
Su dueho puede pasar a recojerla.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-07-10
EN- VIAJE PARA EUROPA

En- ell vapor frances "San Rafael,
que Sc espera salga hoy para Marti-
MICA en- transito para EuNspa, embar-
ca la apreclEble sonora Maria A. Due
no, en- compa1fa de su gentil y bella
hija Rosarito DelgadO, quienes pien-
san estGr fuera del pals un aho.
Buen viaje les deseamos.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
REAL COURAGE

To be feared OF thing and yet do It.
ia what makes the prettiest kind Of a
man.-Robert Louis stevenson.
IF YOU have read Kidnapped" you
- remember the quotation 1t was
spoken by Alan Breck after the boy,
David, had stood for minute terri
fed on the brink of a roaring torrent,
ard then, still sick with the fear IF
If. leaped across.
To Alan Breck, the leap meant lit
tie. 1t required no courage for him
10 make it, for he knew very little of
fear, But for the boy, who did the
thing he feared as he feared death,
IT was Il real act of heroism.
The only real courage consists in
doing the thing We are afraid to do.
The hulking prizefghter Of the John
Sullivan type. who has as much inn
Rgination as "A grizzly bear, is not
brave. He is sure he is going tn~win.
1t takes no courage TO 20 into win
ming fight,
The bully is never brave. In fact
he is always a coward Feeling sure
that his superior size VIII carry nm
through, lie picks quarrels as a pleas
ant method of passing his time.
Put this same bully into the ring
with a large hungry tiger, face him
with man who looks as if he en-
ioyed shooting DULLES as much as the
bully enjoys thrashing his physical
interiors. and all the courage oozes
out Of the bully.
You will never know whether yor
are brave or not till YOU find yourself
in a position where you are afraid tC
do something that ought to be done.
If you do it, you have courage. Il
you shrink from it and quit, you have
not.
Never mistake a physical willing
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10

defies alteration by inks or chemicals.
. Never typewrite a check or per-
nit check to leave your office that
contains an erasure.
3. Write the name of the payee and
the amount Of the check clearly and
plainly, never leaving any margin be-
fore the amount or between the writ
ten figures.
4. Keep your blank checks under
lock and key and know where every
one of them goes. They are worth as
much money as your credit once they
have your name in the right-hand
corner-and some one may be able 20
deceive a bank or "a storekeeper into
believing that q check with forged
signature is yours.
s. Finally, to he doubly sure, insure
yourself against loss by forgery or
check alteration. The makers Of the
best safety check paper and check
writing machines are so sure their de-
vices defy the efforts of the most in
genious criminals that they carry
their customers insurance themselves
ut a merely nominal cost.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Uncommon
Sense . . .

ness 10 take chance, 10 attempt some
dangerous thing for the kind OF cour.
uge that counts.
II is not brave but a very foolish
man who wa.as a tight rope over
Niagara falls. 1t IS a brave man. who
not wanting to die. and knowin4 thar
an operation may send him out or
the world, cheerftIlly goes 10 the
table, to take the one chance that
may mean his continued support of
his wife or his dependents
Often the timid school hoy. who
fears to quarrel, and tries his best to
keep his peace with his fellows. gets
the name Of coward But when this
same boy has TO fight for what he
thinks Is his honor or to save little
boy from a bully, he becomes a very
dangerous tichter.
Real courage is not daunted by pain
The boy or the man who fights when
he is afraid TO, stops being afraid Of
anything, pain, or a black eye, or
punishment. He fights because he
has courage, and he usually wins
There Is more real courage = this
world than you fancy. 1t is behind
all great achievement. If YOU have il.
you are fortunate But don't be- sure.
either that YOU have or that you
haven't it til you have done or re-
fused to do something YOU were afraid
TO do.
(C0pyriEhtl
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Something TO
Think AbOuf
GIVE THE BEST
By F. Il. WALKER

ITO GET the best from life you must
= give the best
In whatever position you may be,
there should be no reluctance to make
a fair exchange in which measure for
measure is given on both sides in alb
sOlute sincerity.
That you should make fashion of
doing this encourages others who are
taking note Of you to do likewise.
They find through experience that
there comes with continued actions of
this kind an inexpressible gladness
which fills their hearts with friend
ship and lightens their countenances
with sunny complacenCy.
There are no pleasurahle expert
ences Of this sort felt by those who
are constantly complaining about the
Shortcomings Of others, forgetful all
the while of their own
You cannot feel the balny air Of
spring mornings unless you 20 forth
into the glorious outdoors and become
a part Of it, nor can you give to 9th
ers If you have nothing to give
That YOU should waste your days in
ignorance of this fundamental truth
underlying happiness is a deplorable
error, which, as the years pass softly
over YOU, CRAVING your hairs and mark
Ing little lines upon your face, often
becomes Il burden almost too heavy
for selfrespect
You cannot have the best without
divorcing from your heart all forms
Of selfishness. egotism, Jealousy, COW
etousness, doubt and pride,
Your kit of fine sentiments may be
packed to the top but unless You shan
stoop. omen the bag. take out each sen
timent one by one and use them as Il
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Famous Tree, 800 Years
Old, Shows Signs of Wear

Mexico City.-The great tree
of Tule," in Santa Maria de
Tule, state of OaXaca, after 500
years. is beginning TO show signs
of wear. This giant cypress,
with a trunk so huge il takes so
persons with outstretched arms
to span it, is known to~haxe been
a fair-sized tree when Columbus
discovered America.
History also recounts that
COrtes and his Spanish soldiers
slept beneath its branches four
centuries ago en- route to Hon
duras following their conquest of
Mexico.
There is no immediate cause
for worry. however, that Tule,
as Indians call the tree, will
wither away before the present
generation has passed on. And
even if it should, Tule has son
some fifty yards away that is
showing signs Of maintaining the
family honor. Hijo (son) al
ready is SO large l. persons are
needed to span it. Hijo is only
a couple of hundred years old.
The tree rises 175 feet. The
spread of its branches is almost
100 feet.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
QUARANTINE"

THE origin of Il term Of 40
- days-a "quarantine"-as
sanitary precaution against the
spread Of various diseases is lost
in the dim mazes Of early ORR
entail history. Forty days was
the period devoted in ancient
times 20 the burial Of the dead.
The spies of the Israelites spent
10 days I'm Canaan before they
submitted the report. Jonah
gave the residents Of Nineweh 10
days in which to consider his
prophecy AID repent Christ
Moses ana Elijah each tasted for
50 days-the Christian observ-
ance of Lent being 4 commemor-
alton OF the most notable Of
these. Under William the Con
dueror no man was permitted to
remain in England more than
40 days without paying "A tax
of some kind. while under the
Magma Charta II is provided that
a widow shall remain TO days
In the house of her deceased
husband before being allotted
her doWry.
The modern sanitary adapta-
tion of the quarantine was es-
tubliShed by the French along
the Mediterranean in order to
prevent the Introduction Of
plague from the eastern coun-
tries. but apparently the only
reason for the arbitrary setting
Of such time is that 1t forms
one Of the periods resulting from
a division Of the lunar year by
the mystic number nine.
(CopyrightD
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Take Annual Levy of S30,000,-
900 From Careless Check
Writers in United States.
IS ARISTOCRAT OF CRIMINALS
Introduction of Modern Protective
Measures Only Hampered Crooks
Plans for Time-Safety PAPER
10 Best Precaution.

New York.-Forgers and penmen
are exacting a toll of between $50,
100000 and $35,O00,0O0 year from
the people of the country because of
the careless manner in which checks
and drafts are written and handled, ac-
fording to Burgess Smith, eX-inSpector
al technical work in the United States
bureau Of Engraving. writing in Amer
lean Industries, the magazine of the
National Association of Manufac-
tlseeFs.
Baked by scientific Inventions in
check nroteeting devices and il check
paper thst deties alteration, check
raisers ale now robbing mail boxes
and adopting other subterfuges to
obtain checks which are not safe
guarded. Their depredations are be-
rnming so Extensive, the writer says.
that authorities do not make public
eny more the amount of losses being
sustained.
"Ninefy-five per cent of the bust
ness of the nation is done by check
and draft says the writer. During
the last year a total of approximately
S400, 000, 100000 in checks and drafts
passed through the clearing houses
of the nation, based on a total cur
reney issue in circulation of about
5000 100000. III other words checks
a1d drafts in circulation constantly
exceed currency and bullion at the
rate Of eighty to one.
It is only natural, therefore, that
tie most astute minds of the criminal
world should turn their attention to-
ward a form of crime which yields
great profits with little chance of de
lection and eonvcti0n-all because of
The innate carelessness Of individu-
kls
Grow With Use of Checks.
u Tracing the rapid development Of
The use Of credit Instruments the
world over, particularly within recent
" sears, Mr.. Smith shows how losses
flen forgery have increased with the
Increased use of checks and drafts.
The idea of the bank check is as
old as Egypt" the writer says, but it
vas only half century ago that the
word check meant little or nothing
n n the daily life of the average Amer
lean business man. Such a thing as a
forged or raised check was almost I'M
thought Of. Where today the losses
from forgery are increasing at the
rate OF 81 100000 annually, with more
than SS000O,000 estimated as last
Years figures. the total annual toll
thirty years ago was only 100000
Tie methods employed by ne forg-
er embrace d cunning and skill that
- seldom found in other forms OF
crime. The forger and penman is the
arlstecrat Of the underworld. lie is
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Dissolvjno Salt Raises Shin.

Norfolk, Va.-Capt. L. T. Power ef
the schooner Cumberland Queen and
his wife, given up for dead in the wreck
Of the ship, arrived in Norfolk one day
recently. The snip, after grounding
twice, finally sank, Power said, in the
deep water. The captain and crew
were taken to Charleston. Then the
salt cargo. with which the vessel was
heavily laden. dissolved and the light
ened ship bobhed up again, to be res
cued by the coast guardsmen.