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The Washington times., 1922-04-24
WILLARD BLAZE
RECALLS SCENE:
Of U-BOAT RAID
Vanderbilt Discovers Noted
Persons in Odd Attire.
DUPONT in Bath.
BY CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, Jr.

In the wee hours Of Sunday morn
ing / was awakened by the jingling
OF the telephone beside my bell A
! friend in great excitement called to
me that the Willard Hotel was burn
7 ing down, but thinking this to be
merely a joke l soon dozed off to
sleep again.
A few moments later awoke with
a start. II my friends words were
true, I thought to myself, I'd better
make sure, and ran for the nearest
street car.
One hour after the flames had
burst through the roof Of the VIII
lard Hotel, l was on the scene. And
/ what a scene 1t presented.
All over the streets fire-fighting
machines were drawn up. putting and
straining in order to give the high
est water pressure possible to the
fifteen gigantic hose that entered
the building from three sides. Lad
ders and nets were raised on all the
streets and police reserves mixed
with the hundreds Of firemen that
fought the terrific heat.
Reminded Of U.BOat Raid.
The sights I witnessed will remain
imbedded on my mind in the same
manner as those l witnessed off
Nantucket lightship in 1916, when
the German submarines layed havoc
with foreign. passenger ships. For in
all the streets, Railways and exits
to the hOtel,people, for the most
part, half-Clad, were running to and
fro. weeping. crying, laughing, and
a few hysterical.
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge,
both fully dressed, were standing
on the north side Of F street. Their
rooms were on the third floor, but
the firemen had climbed into their
windows in order to attach one Of
the hose connections; and they in
fear lest the fire might spread, had
fled to the street.
They were soon Joined by Gen
eral and Mrs. Sawyer, the Presi-
dents physician, who have rooms on
the sixth floor. Mrs. Sawyer was
pushing a great big trunk in front
OF her, which she had pushed down
! the stairs all the way from the
sixth floor. In one OF her hands
she held a waste-paper basket, and
| in II was pair of General
Sawyer's riding boots. Mrs Cool
idge appeared greatly amused at
the salvage of the generals boots.
The Railways of the Willard
made one think, Of a conglomera.
ton OF Ellis Island and a ship.
wrecked ocean liner. In all hooks
and crannies excited guests, scanti.
| ly clad, were seated on trunks,
valises, anything they had been
able to save.
Meets Friends OF Hardings.
As I walked among them soon
came upon Mr. and Mrs. Prender-
grast and their son. The Prender.
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the tenth floor were completely
renovated last summer at a cost OF
$50 900. The color effect was in
gold and mulberry, and special stage
and lighting effects were installed.
Not a vestige of the rich plastic
work, the interior furnishings, the
elaborate fixtures and candelabra
remains.
Discussing the extent OF the loss.
General Manager Hight said that
$3.50, 900 was a most conservative
estimate, and that 100000 would be
extreme. The loss is wholly covered
by insurance, and the underwriters
were among the first to arrive on
the scene this morning, and re-
mained all day.
Heavy Water Damage.
The rooms on the Eighth and
Ninth floors were damaged wholly
by water, and It was stated that
the damage will be repaired within
the next day or two.
The New willard Hotel takes
rank as the most fashionable in
Washington. The present structure
was built In 1901, has always been
the center Of activity in the Ma
tional Capital. The mlniaturs
capitol" is a term applied to the
hotel, by reason Of the constant
flow Of guests prominent Rhd con.
spicuous in the official life of the
nation.
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at their disposal Vice President and
Mrs. Coolidge also sought refuge in
the White House.
The hotel was crowded, every room
being occupied, and cots had been
placed wherever possible. The Con-
gress of the Daughters OF the Ameri-
can Revolution, which ended Satur-
day, taxed Washington hotels to ca
pacity, and hundreds OF guests at
the New Willard were delegates to
the congress.
Prominent among the women
guests was Mrs. T. De Witt Talmage,
widow Of the famous preacher, AID
Mrs. Charles s. Whitman, wife Of
the former governor OF New York
Mrs. Whitman saved her wardrobe
in a pillow slip. Former Senator
Samuel II. Piles, of Seattle, minister
designate to the Republic OF Colom-
bia, was also a guest.
Mrs. Arthur Cohen, OF Now York,
who had been i'll Cor several days,
was carried from her room on a
stretcher and taken to a hospital.
Halls Cluttered With Trunks.
There was little hysteria among
the guests, but much worry concern
ing their personal belongings. The
Railways on the seventh, eighth and
ninth floors were cluttered with
baggage, including trunks. Elevator
service was not interrupted, which
enabled many of the guests to carry
their handbags down to The lobby,
and the toilettes neglected in the
rooms were completed in the recep-
ton rooms off Peacock Alley.
The police department oU-operated
with the firemen and threw lines
around the hotel on the Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Fourteenth and F
street sides. The single seventy
five-foot tower in the department. 8
equipment was raised on the +
street side and reached the sixth
floor. The lines of hose were then
carried up the fire escape to the
burning tenth floor. A bridge to
sustain lines OF hose was erected,
and this prevented interference with
the work of the firemen, and later
enabled street car traffic to proceed
without interruptions
Effective Work by Firement.
The work of the firemen was i'm
peded on the tenth floor by the in
tense heat waited from the win
dows and doors. In order to reach
the first It was necessary to break
through the roof and walls of solid
concrete construction. Hattering
rams, wall picks, sledge hammers
and aCetylene torches were used.
Every window on the tenth floor
was smashed, and gaping holes in
the roof emphasize the effective
ness Of the work of the firemen.
Danger for Firemen.
Twisted iron and steel girders, red
hot like a horseshoe out OF a black
smiths forge, imperiled the lives of
the firemen as they forced their way
into the blazing room, and three
companies of truck men sldestepped
death by a hairs breadth when the
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floor. They were awakened by the
noise Of dripping water in the bath
room, and investigation convinced
them that It was time to leave.
Congressman Dunn looked through
the window and thought the weather
indicated rain. He carried his UNI
brella downstairs.
Congressman Homer p. Snyder
and Mrs. Snyder were in their suite
on the ninth floor when the fire
men arrived. A few minutes before,
however, they heard water pouring
down IN their bathroom. They got
out hastily.
The success OF the firemen in
confining the flames 20 the tenth
floor Is regarded as little less than
miraculous, considering the difficult
ties encountered by them in reach.
ing the fire. Guests at the hotel
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we're warm In praise Of the efforts
of the fire department and the CO
operation Of the police.
Fire Was Problem.
In many respects the fire proved
a more perplexing problem than
the disaster at the Knickerbocker
Theater last winter, because the
firemen had TO climb ten stories,
and carry their hose with them.
before they could get at II. In the
Knickerbocker Theater tragedy the
problem was not to quench the
flame but to reach the victims,
while the problem in this case was
to first reach the flames, through
the roof and solid concrete con.
struction, iron and steel and other
impedlmentn.
The banquet and ball rooms on
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Trade Union Call.

The call for the eighth biennial
convention Of the National wo-
mons Trade Union League was is-
sued today from tho headquarters
OF the organisation here. The con-
vention will meet In WRukegan,
Ill, Juno 8 to 10.
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International Now. Reel.

International News Reel
Upper left-GeneraI and Mrs.
Sawyer transferring their belong
ings from The Willard to the
White House.
Upper right-From left to right:
Mrs. j. p. Lepley, Washing ton;
A. ii. Duerrin, Springfield, Mass;
G. ii. Wrigley, New York; Mrs.
Coolidge and Vice President Cool
idge, and Captain Brown, police
department, in front Of fire swept
hotel.
Center - The fire-guttcd ball
room.
Lower left-InspectOr Clifford
l.. Grant retrieving Valuables
overlooked by fleeing guests
Lower right-NIisS VI. Hall aud
Miss L. Adams, of New York, ar.
ranging toilet on fire truck.
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Petition for Soldier
Bonus and Sales Tax

WE respectfully petition Congress to pass the Sol
w diers' Bonus Act without further delay and also
to levy a Sales Tax to obtain the money to pay the
Bonus.
Name .r-.r
Address
Paste additional paper here for signatures
and addresses ForlOard petition Uhen complete TO
PETITION EDITOR, The Warrington Times, Wash-
ington d. c.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16
CIVIL SERVICE
TO SELECT
HELPERS
Examinations to Be Held Here
March 27-30 to Select
Assistants.

In order to discuss and go over the
plans Tor the coming season on graz
ing, hre and improvement work, q
meeting of the members of the force
OF the Nez Perce National Forest was
held at the supervisors office al
Grangeyille from March q to 10.
A representative of the district Of
ice at Missoula, Z. j. O'Brien. law
enforcement officer, attended the
meeting ON March s.. Rangers w. H.
Deasy of higgins, w. M. Gregg of
White Bird and j. w. Dyar of Elk
City, were out of town attendants.
To Hold Examinations.
AS announced by the United States
civil service commission an examin-
alton Tor the position of forest assist
ant will be held on March 81 and 2S
at Grangeville and for grazing assist
ant on March 20 and 80.
These examinations are for the mr.
pose of filling vacancies in the forest
service for forest assistant and graz.
ing assistant and in the Indian service
for the position of forest assistant
The salary ranges from $1,000 to 81
ooo year. Ordinary appointments
TO the forest service will be at an en-
the Indian service a $1,000 to 1920 a
year III ADDITION to quarters The in
crease OF $50 per month granted by
congress may be allowed to appoint
ees whose services are satisfactory.
Grazing Fees i'm InstalIments.
AS measure of relief to livestock
owners who have suffered from the
widespread depression in the cattle
ana sheep industry, the Secretary of
Agriculture on the recommendation of
the Forest Service has waived the re-
quirement that grazing fees on stock
using national forest ranges be maid
80 days in advance of the beginning
OF the grazing period. Under the new
regulation stockmen this wear will
be permitted to pay the amount of
ices due in two installments, first paw
ment to be made on or before the date
the stock enters the national forest.
ana nnal payment on or before Decem-
Der l, 1922, without interest on the
deferred amount.
Grazing permits will be issued at
the time of first payment but each
permit will contain a stipulation that
failure to make final settlement by
December l will be cause for the re-
vocation OF grazing preference. to
gether with the institution of legal
action Tor the collection of the value
OF the forage consumed.
In 1921 over $4,000 livestock owners
grazed 2,129,500 cattle and horses
and 1,455,600 sheep and goats largely
In the national forests of the western
states.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16

auditor, which l accepted. 1 believe ]
have made good. At least have tried
TO. l invite anyone in doubt as to
my experience, character and ability
to communicate with anyone who
knows me in any of the places that
| have resided"
Dunn's announcement is considered
one of the most unique that has been
made In politics in this state. For
that reason it has attracted universal
attention. He makes it clear that he
is for economy in state government
and against frills; he deplores the
bonding fever which he says has
seized the state; he asserts the state
is suffering by reason of the fact that
it has incompetents in office who
must hire deputies to do their work.
Laws Make Heavy Taxes.
Dunn contends that many of the
laws now ON the statute books are re.
sponsible for the heavy tax burdens
placed upon the people. He cites
the mothers pension law as an ex-
ample of this alleging that while it
Is good law, Ii every county i'm the
state pays In proportion to the. amount
Cassia pays, the total for mothers
claims the law Is abused.
1t is quite apparent, says political
leaders here, that Burley's aspirant
for the nomination of state auditor
is not familiar with affairs in Idaho
for If he was he would not have made
the attack on the mothers pension
law which had the backing of the
women of the state at the time 1t was
nd cfn
ured by them. They have been able
to ward off all attacks and to keen
the law on the statute books.
it through amendments
at every session of the legislature
since it's original enactment. Dunn's
with regard to this particu-
lar law will fall upon deaf ears. The
women are determined to preserve the
act and will not be enthusiastic in
their support for any candidate who
they think is critical in relation to It
Or who might use his influence to
bring about its defeat.
School Districts Extrayagant.
Dunn also charges that school dis |
-ricts In the state have tried to see |
low expensive they could make them |
selves and he advocates a school sys- |
em which should be better than the |
,ld-fashioned country school, but at |
he same time should not permit of |
III kinds of luxuries and alleged ex-
1t is confidently expected that lead
ng men in both the democratic and
epublican parties will follow Dunn's
cad and will make known their DO
ltical aspirations for the particular
'ffice for which they expect to be
The executive committee
Il the state central committees will
neet soon to decide where and when
he state nominating conventions will
e held.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16
PIONEER OF '62 CALLED.
Joseph Vicory. in 8Sth Year, Died at
Home Last Sunday.

Jospeph vicory, who died at his
home near Mt. Idaho, last Sunday,
March IL, was born at Springfield
Ohio June 20, 1884, and came to this
county In 1862. Funeral services con-
Quoted at the home by w. ~ Knox nj
IL o'clock Tuesday forenoon. were at-
tended by many friends of the family.
In 1850 deceased crossed the plains
ny OK team i'm company with others.
locating at Fort creek, California
The Following year he went to Ore
gon, where in 1873 he was united In
marriage with Lydie Margaret Kin
der who preceded him to the grave
some II years. and by whose side he
was laid to rest in the Mt. Idaho ccm-
etery.
Two children, Herrick Vicory and
Mrs. Bessie Stilwell. survive him and
were with him when he died.
II. ). Hancock was funeral director.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16

The agriculture bloc is non-par.
tlsan", says Senator. William ]. Har.
rls, OF Georgia. 1T has i'm view AS
its purposes only those things In leg.
lslation which are for the best inter-
ests OF the whole country. 1t has been
mainly concerned in legislation to helm
agricultural conditions, and where sue
cessful 1t has helped all lines of In
dustry. The farmers and livestock
growers or this country do not hoa I'd
their earnings, but their success means
prosperity for all lines of business.
ITO show that the so-caIled bloc
is non-partisan 1t is only necessary
to cite the legislation which has been
passed during the present Congress-
with the main support of the Demo
Gratis and the few Republicans who
wanted to help in the agricultural
troubles. Two important bills which
nave become laws were the Norris
agricultural credit relief bill and the
henyon-kendrick meat packer Iegis-
lat1on. If the Democrats had cared
Tor party advantages rather than the
welfare of the country those two
measures would not have passed. The
Republican administration will go be-
lore the country on those two meas
ures as the greatest thing in con-
structive way during their time
1T has been truly said that the
farm bloc has created a great deal
or interest and much animosity main
~ because 1t works in the open. Other
blocs which have been successful and
notorious, wanted anything but light
ON their acts and purposes.
"The safety Of the Republic is not
by the agricultural bloc.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16
FARMER
SELLING IN
CARLOADS
Commission Man, Freight,
Taxes, Take More Than
30 Per Cent.

Senator Arthur Capper, chosen al
the leader of the Farm Bloc to sue
ceed Senator William S. Kenyon OF
Iowa, who resigned from the Senate
TO accept appointment on the FEEDER.
al pencn, promises to put even more
pep into the bloc by bringing sharply
10 public attention concrete cases
showing the exploitation of farmers
and the necessity for non-partisan SUP
port for agriculture.
Almost before he has settled him.
self for action the Senator points ont
the case of farmer named Kantz
who sent a carload of alfalfa hay TO
Kansas City, Mo-, for sale. Quoting
from the report of the commission
merchant these facts come to light !.
The hay sold for $196.5O. war
tax, freight, plucking, watching and
commission footed up to $685."
The balance left for Kantz was
$9o.Sl, or $3 ton, the exect price
IL cost the farmer to bale the hay.
Inc hauling cost the farmer $1.5O
ton. The cost of cutting, stacking
and irrigatiDg the crop also had to
De paid. The farmer did all the work
When he got down to figures. not
cunning Ills own time or the value
OF his land Kantz found he had sold
2l,SOO pounds of hay in the Kansas
CITY market through the regular chan
nels and had lost $3.50 a ton in the
transaction.
The railroad made money hauling
the hay, the commission man made
money handling the hay, an army of
small employees made money In con-
nection with the transaction, the gov
ernment made money taxing the trans
action. and the man who did all the
work lost $3.50 a ton.
Other startling facts are fast be-
ing absorbed by the public. For in
stance, a cowhide sells for about 2
cents per pound. After 1t has passed
through the business machinery of
the packers 1t is found that the shoe
maker pays 81 pound wholesale FOR
the leather. BY the time the farmer
needs pair of shoes he learns that
his income from an entire cowbide
does not come anywhere near being
enough to pay for them.
Concrete facts Of this kind are win
ming stronger support for the farm
bloc.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16
LEW KARR BJjRIED.

Word received from Butte relative
to the funeral of Lew Karr, formerly
OF this city, who died at that place
on Wednesday of last week, stated
the funeral was held from Sherman &
Reeds chapel with Rev. b. FL. Ling
enfelter officiating. Mrs. Paul Bailor
rendered appropriate selections.
Grangeville people will remember
Mrs. Paul Bailor as Miss Mona Jean
Nickel, member of one of the pioneer
families of this section.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16
MADE ADMINISTRATIVE.

Mrs. William Sorweide returned on
Tuesday evening from a few weeks
visit at The Dalles, Ore, where she
visited at the home of Mr.. Sorw weide's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sor-
weide, and other relatives. On We'd
nesday forenoon Mrs. Sorweide was
made administrators of the estate of
her late father, Thomas Surridge, by
Probate Judge j. f. Byron.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16
WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE
FROM CRUEL HUSBAND,

On Wednesday of this week suit
Tor divorce was filed in the district
court by Bertha NJ. Lyons against
Charles III. Lyons, the complaint
among other things charging cruelty
me litigants were married at Grange
vile In October, 1892. Attorney M.
Reese Hattabaugh is representing the
plaintiff.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16

despite the propaganda inspired by
those interests who fear their hold
wlil be lessened through the actiyi-
Ties OF those senator's who think thai
the welfare of the country means
ple" peo'
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16

we have the capital-at least for In.
vestment in oil wells.
There is just one reason why we
have not already become manufac-
turing state. We have heretofore
lacked the skilled labor necessary,
but that feature is being gradually
overcome, and there Is nathing to
hinder Idaho from becoming a great
manufacturing state in the future"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-03-16
IDAHO MANUFACTURING STATE
Has All Resources Including CapitaI.
Says u. of L. Professor

says U. OF /. Professor.
Idaho eventually will become a man.
ufacturing state, according to Profess
sor III. G. Dale head of the department
OF economies at the University of ida
no.
We have all the resources" said
Professor Dale I'VE grow the wool
that is sold in Boston. the wool mar.
ket Of the United States, and that Is
made into cloth in the textile mills
OF New England and later sold to the
clothing manufacturers of Chicago To
be made up and resold to us aft high
prices. We have the power. that fact
or that makes the New England states
manufacturing centers. And finally
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-28

I Congress might or might not be in
session to respond quickly to ma
tional emergency.
President Harding returned to
the white house today from week
ending with his strike cabinet" on
the Mayfower, to face a situation
in which industry is giving signs of
slowing down from the paralyzing
effects of strikes, and in which
there is imminent danger of the
shipments walkout spreading to
other classes of railroad labor be-
fore many days have passed.
Ford May Close Down
Henry Ford's announcement that
he will close down his factories on
September Is throwing thousands
of men out of work, rather than
submit to "gouging" for coal and
necessary materials startled the
capital. 1t emphasized in a positive
way, conditions which have been
complained Of in hundreds of tele-
grams and letters sent to members
of Congress from all parts of the
country.
Spread Of the shipments strike
either by authorized strike or sus-
pension OF work in other classes of
railroad labor, was freely predicted
today in responsible labor quarters.
Labor chiefs asserted that their
orders to their men-permitting
suspension of work whenever con-
ditions are held to be preiudicial
to life or comfort still stand,
while no sympathetic strikes will
be tolerated, the union leaders will
not attempt to compel the men to
work under adverse conditions. 1t
was marked significantly that the
t1eup at Roodhouse, Illinois, on the
Chicago and Alton, came within
forty eight hours after the breakup
OF peace conferences in New York.
Fight To Finish
Railroad executives have declar-
ed that this is to be finish fight"
said VIM. H. Johnston, president of
the international Association of
Machinists, the largest single shop
craft on strike. 1--WE did not ask
for it, but the have decreed it and
we have no other recourse than to
accept their challenge. This strike
Will be more effective three weeks
from today than it is now"
Extreme importance was attach
ed today to the wage hearing up
before the labor board today, af-
fecting some 100000 maintenance
of way employees.
The maintenance of way en-
ployes have been FESTIVE" ever
since the shipments strike started,
according to union leaders. They
are the lowest paid in the railroad
industry, and it is asserted today
by union spokesman that they have
been etching" to make their dissat-
1sfaction felt for some time. A
strike order has been held in abey-
ance for some weeks in this craft.
The switchmen's union of North
America, headed by r. c.. Cashen
also is nervous" according to lab
or spokesman. The switchmen's Or
ganilation has been subjected to
internal troubles as a result of the
outlaw strike of two years ago,
during which thousands Of switch
men went on unauthorized strike
against the wishes of their leaders.
The balance Of power in the rail
road is admitted by the brother
hoods. Sympathetic strikes or walk
outs will not be tolerated in these
crafts, it was asserted in labor cir
cles today, but it was asserted
with equal positiveness that the
solidarity of railroad labor is such