davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1922-01-29

gas, rising stiffly. I'm much obliged.
I'm all right, guess. What's that
smell? Bacon and coffee""
The gir! broke into a merry laugh
and turned. Over her shoulder she
flung: It'll be ready as soon as you
are, guess. Don't be too ::c.tE primp-
ing"
Mangas grinned and reached for his
boots. He was rather disconnected to
think that the girl must have re-
moved them. She's a wonder!" he
observed solemnly. The young man in
the bunk grinned back.
'She sure is" he answered. "She
took care Of man and beast last night
so don't worry about the burros.
There's water on the outside. Towel
on the rack, expect"
Mangas got his simple toilet articles
and went outside the door. where he
found basin Of water and a clean
towel on the rack before a small mir
ror. These civilized products aston
ished and delighted him: SO did the
scene up the canon. where few
palms and scrub trees denoted plenty
of water.
True to her promise. that breakfast
would be served as soon as Mangas
was ready for it. he found the table
spread when he re. entered the cabin.
Introductions were in order and were
duly accomplished. Mangas learned that
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Electric Steel Smelting.

TT is claimed that an electric induc-
L tion furnace which has been under
trial for some time In Sheffield. Eng
land, solves the problem OF making very
large steel ingots demanded by modern
machinery, because it is as easy to
make a two-ton ingot in this furnace as
one of sixty pounds. in a crucible. Ru:
it is admitted that a. present high
grade steels can be made by the electric
furnace on a commercially successful
scale only in places where power can be
obtained at an extremely low cost.
Laboratory experiments have indicated
that a high-class steel can be made by
the electric process from inferior mate-
rial, but for commercial purposes this is
not yet possible.
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Bequests to Cats.

AN elderly French spinster died.
leaving a will bequeathing most
of her property to charity and Q sub
stantial sum to my silent. sympa-
thetic and best-loved friend. Minnette."
Minnette was her cat A Frenchman
was moved by this incident to in
vestigate the subject and he found
that cats, among all animals, have
most frequently been made legatees
In 1871 a noted player on the harp
and flute. Jeanne Felix Dupuis. 'en-
Joined her executor TO give the keep
er of two cats 80 sous a week for
their food, which she specified should
be meat broth. of the kind we our
selves eat, rich and sufficient without
being eked out by bread crumbs. and
served upon individual plates, belong
ing one to each cat" Her relatives
broke the will, and this, provision of
separate plates for the1pussies was
a point upon which they strongly
dwelt in the attempt to prove that
her mind was enteebled.
A century, later Pierre Grosley lefi
"a pounds year to his two cats
to be paid as long as either lived;
but he was a lawyer. and his Will
proved valid. Ten or twelve years
ago a poor woman in Paris left her
property to the city for charity after
her cat Bis. a beautiful young Nal
tese, had been maintained till the end
of his natural life.%The amount was
SO small that principal as well as
interest would have to be used. and
there was some dose calculation.
based on the average length of feline
life. before the legacy was accepted.
Had Bis possessed the traditional nine
lives, it would assaredlys have been
declined. as the city would have in
Cured an obligations without receiv-
ing any benefit He.died advanced in
years.. but there was still, something
left.
Cat legatees are mot peculiar to
France. England has had them, and
in our own country only few years
ago died the second, of two oats.
Blackie and Pinkie. that belonged to
BENJAMIN F. Dilley OF Wilkes-Barre.
Pa. Mr.. Dilley. at HIS death. left the
income of $4,000 to provide for them
as long as they should live, appointed
a woman to care for them. and be-
oueathed her a pension till her DEATH
after which the estate was to be
divided. most of it going to charaties.
Pinkie died first. Blackie followed
her two years later at the age OF
sixteen, which is four years beyond
the average life of cat. as law and
science reckoned it in the cas- of Bis
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Glass Resists, Fire.

THERE Is a product called "wire
I glass;" which. It appears. pre-
sents most effective barrier against
fire. 1t consists simply Of a mesh
work Of wire embedded in a glass
plate. Even when licked by flames,
and raised to a red heat II does not
fall to pieces. and it has bern shown
in many cases that. employer in win
dows and skylights. wire-glass not
only resists the heat of fire, but also
the shattering effects Of cold water
poured over it while II u yet glowing
hot.
Evening star., 1922-01-29

Rule XVII. =
In case Of accident to a participant.
one representative Of his army may.
il he has first obtained the consent
of the officials, come ON to the field
of battle to tend to the injured man.
This representative need not always
be the same person.
Rule XVIII.
No person not takeing part shall be
allowed to walk up and down No
Mans Land
Evening star., 1922-01-29

Penalty
Loss of both legs.
Rule XXN.
Upon one nation declareinG war OH
another, the other nation must be
ready to fight within months after
receiveing said declaration OF war.
Penalty
Forfeiture OF the war.
RING w. LARDNEE-
Great Neck, Jan. %.
Evening star., 1922-01-29
my New Rules of Warfare
By Ring ". Lardner.

TO the Editor: Maybe some OF
my readers will recall how the
writer was sent to Washington
early in November to see that
the boys got a good start in their
disarmament conference which begun
down there about that time and !
hung around there about a wk. and
and it looked like the boys was in
ernest anu didn't need nobody to
watch them so come on home and
Evening star., 1922-01-29

seT OOKS- like you've given me con-
1 siderable attention." said Man
Evening star., 1922-01-29


away with fraud of that sort. too;
it's been done. But in order to get
in town, he'll have to have water
! Therefore. he'll visit the cabin"
He hastened down the hillside. TAX
ing sample Of the clay with him. and
rejoined Beth Linder. '1s this the
stufr"' he demanded. The girl in
sperted II.
IT don't know. but it must be! It's
different from any I've seem"
We'll, Heller was here about the
time we showed up" said Mangas
abruptly. He went on to explain to
the startled girl what he had seen
and his deductions therefrom.
"This stuff can't be very valuable" !"
he concluded, but Heller is probably
going to make an effort to grab it. I'm
going to catch up with him and stop
| his game Now it's out Of the ques-
ton for you to come with me. Beth;
don't try it. Besides, there's work
for you to do here"
"Work for me? How is that?" in
ouired Beth. 'I don't intend to
shirk-"
.aThis claim must have notices pos'-
cd and monuments set up." said Man
gas hastily. "You stay here and at
tend to that, later in the day. Know
how to do it?'
She nodded.
''Then." he pursued, "set out a claim
for yourself, for your brother and for
me, three in all. If there is any va'ue
and we can't afford to take any
chances. I'll take one Of the canteens
and go after him. I'll come back for
you tonight You're perfectly safe
here, 80 don't"
"oh. I'm not afraid" protested Beth
quickly. ~"I only wish that I. ceuld
Evening star., 1922-01-29

IN
AA peering through the starlit dark
ness ahead. Then his infiamed eyes
touched upon a dark blue. Again he
pressed forward; ahead of him. pull
ing at a bush. he perceived a burro.
Where was the man, then?
Hurrying on, despair squirting him,
Mangas came close to the burro.
Again he halted, staring at the ami
NAL; now. however, with incredulous
amazement and anger stirring in his
heart. He recognized that burro with
the peculiar white streak, would
have known the brute anywhere.
"Luck's against me-" he thought,
peering around for the man. ITS
Crater Heller! OF all men! He'd
sooner shoot me on sight than give
me a drink
Suddenly. as Mangas stood there. 4
sound came to him from above. He
raised his head. Perched among the
away. was the dark shape of a cabin.
What was it? Who lived here? Not
Heller, certainly.
Abandoning his burros Mangas
turned and mounted the hillside. He
loosened the gun at his hip. his ears
alert for the warning of rattlers. No
sound came to him, either from the
rocks or from the dim outline Of the
cabin above. Then, as he watched, he
saw a small square of light break out
In the cabin outline, a window.
Heller was there. then, and had
lighted a lamp.
Mangas approached the place eau
tiously. What he was about to find
here he did not know, but he knew
Heller. If he was to get a drink from
that man he must fight for 1t. And
Mangas was too far gone, too utterly
desperate, to hesitate.
Ths light in the window drew him
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09
The AnH-Strike Bill
cFrom the New York Tribune)

Passing over the already widely
discussed general question OF wheth-
er in any cases there should be pro-
hibition OF strikes and lockouts. the
Dueil industrial relations bill, yes
terday introduced into the Legisla-
ture. seems open 10 criticism on sec
ondary matters and TO be susceptible
OF strengthening amendment.
The bill as il. reads first declares
practically every species OF produc-
ton and distribution affected with a
public interest. and hence within its
scope. The including language is
so sweeping as TO come close to max
ing the measure one ilegalizing
all strikes and lockouts and to es-
tablishing compulsory arbitration for
every employer and employee. The
door is thrown open TO government
al fixing OF all wages and all work
ing conditions. The bill's sponsors
are not socialists in theory. but in
practice they go further in socialism
than do many socialists.
Secondly, concerning the applica-
tion Of the law, its incidence is made
matter Of judicial Interpretation
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09
roRDNEY AND BONUS TAXES.

TT.HERE Is a steady growth OF sentiment in Delaware
n opposition to the soldier bonus plan that now is
being fostered aggressvey by certain elements within
md without Congress. We have doubt that the peo
pie Of State viii read with pleasure the following
editorial which appeared in the New York Herald today
II Chairman Fordney Of the Ways and Means Commit
tee puts his proposed bonus stock and bond trans
fers and estate transfers. together with extra
cent letter postage every that sells securities or
land and houses in open market transactions viii rise in
protest against him and his party Every that sticks
a stamp a letter will rise in protest
But. at that the bonus taxes Mr. Fordney far an
nounces VIII not provide nearly enough money to pay the
bonus His estimate Of the yield from bonus tax Of
one-iifth OF per cent the stock and bond transfers
Is $4,000 900 year. from bonus tax OF onehalf OF
per cent the estate transfers. S50O0OOOO year,
and the three stamp instead OF The present two
cent stamp, every letter. SOOOO000 These special
bonus lakes put together give an estimated yield OF
s3ioO00OoO year.
The army and navy experts however. who have been
figuring the money requirements 10 the bonus
payments conclude that Secretary Of the Treasury
Melons minimum estimate OF Si2o0O000 year needed
Tor the nrst two years Is. anything, too low on the
assumption that the actual requirements would be only
S5OO000o year than Secretary MELONS minimum
estimate. though II would be likely to so SiOOoOOOo a
year there still would have be raised by special
bonus taxes another si5 100000 after the bonus
taxes had been fixed stock and bond transfers real
estate sales and letter postage
A bonus tax on cigarettes and other tobacco as sug-
eesed by Secretary Mellon top Of all the tobacco aYe
in force would yield So 10000 bonus two cent
stamp tax every bank check written would produce
s300O0O00 A bonus stamp tax receipts and similar
get s95ooo0oo OF the lacking Si65OoOO00 Undoubtedly
bonus tax coffee and sugar could be made to pro
vide the remaining s70OO0O0O
SO Chairman Fordney undoubtedly can raise The money
pay the bonus hut the special taxes he win have t.
put the American people TO do Il will place him anC
his political party in jeopardy,
The views expressed by the Herald certainly will NEE
win the approval OF most OF the people state who
are having any taxes Federal or State
heapcd upon them. What they want is tax relief and
not further tax punishment
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09
nIlGn,s RErIER PRICE.

rT1Ils important especially to men out OF jobs
n working only part time
The steel trade has been hearing rumors that German
steel manufacturers about to enter the American
ket on a large scale. bringing cut-throat prices
Hugo SHINES steps out from the atmosphere OF
that ne has 1900 tons Of steel rails ready
the docks at Hamburg which he is offering for de-
livery in America at lower than the American price.
To make i000tons Of steel rails in our country requires
the labor Of 5000 men for one day.
" Shines instead Of American mill, the order
for 1900 tons Of rails It viii that 5000 American
steel workmen will be idle for fifteen days
on a larger smaller scale that is the effect when
Of us buys abroad cheaper price something that
could be made in America
Charles n. Schwab, chairman Of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation. of.god today buys labor
OF an American workman for seventeen days
The same ounce Of gold buys fifty hours Of labor in
England nnetysix hours in Japan ~ hours France
and POP hours in Germany.
The labor cost in manufacturing is, according to these
figures, twelve times as high in America Germany
This Is largely due to difference in foreign exchange
based on the gold standard Of money
Last year. to protect American workmen against flood
OF millions Of low-waged foreigners pouring into out
country and demoralizing wages Congress passed bill
restricting immigration
The foreign workmen, barred from America. have
stayed at home They work there their products flowing
into our markets Automatically that throws American
workmen out OF jobs, just thoroughly as the labor
competition allowed to enter.
Jus how much mat competition amounts to now can
not be estimated exactly But it is large. And il is bounc
70 increase European countries get their machinery
production back TO normal
1t becomes American wage-earners Delaware wage
TO remember that the Republican protective tariff
policy gives equal protection American Industry and {,
American labor; TO Wilmington industry and to Wlmng
labor.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09
NO INTERVIEWING.

Knight separate and distinct treaties to come out
H Of the Washington conference.
Each deals with specific subject discussed by the
ferees and each will be dealt with by the home govern
ments without The embarrassment OF having it encum-
bered with riders concerning unrelated topics.
How much better would II have been II the peace
ference at Paris had followed similar But for
mer President Wilson's policy precisely opposite to
that Of President Harding and Mr. Hughes. He openly
boosted that his League Of Nations would be inter
wined with the treaty Of peace that IL could not be
sdered separately and would have to be approved the
stale OF war would continue.
Under The Washington conference plan each treaty will
be considered strictly the merits Of the single propo
sition that It covers
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09
The Genoa Conference
CFrom the New York Tribune).

The troubles OF Europe, which
have their repercussions in this
country and throughout the world.
are, OF course. commercial and in
dustrial. and an international con-
ference as it is proposed to hold at
Genoa naturally seems proper
agency to consider them.
But back Of the economic causes
OF unrest are political evils OF such
a nature that their persistence
makes labor in the economic field
largely futile. Business cannot be
done in a whirlwind or doubt. I'm
less the disturbed countries, through
their own action, re-establish do
nestle tranquility It is not worth
while to talk Of restoring trade.
We would be tie last 10 suggest
that political action in itself will
bring back prosperity This will
come chiefly from individual work
and initiative. Governments. though
they can help by removing special
obstacles, can go but little beyond
this. The delegates at Genoa will
represent political power able to
order men to march, but which only
to limited degree can force capital
to invest.
What then, can be done through
political action to prepare the way
for trade? To answer this question
it is necessary to consider the foun-
dations on which trade rests. The
first and most important of these is
conhdence-the confidence of the
trader that he will not unjustly lose
through the action on non-action of
the political power in the arena with
whose people he bargains. Unless
there is security for principal and
interest, 1t is idle to expect COM
merce to spring up. As an atmos-
phere OF nitrogen is required by
vegetable growth. to an atmosphere
of confidence is, required for bust
ness growth. No amount sof gusty
talk at Genoa or anywhere else will
repeal this law of commercial life.
. Now. what political action by the
PROSTATE countries will tend to
restore outside confidence? Four
important items quickly come to
mind-free elections, a free press to
give the world honest information
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09

rather than Of statutory enactment
or administrative action. The I'M
satisfactory principle OF the Sher-
man act declares all restraints OF
trade illgal rather than defines
what acts improperly restrain trade.
Thus Their would he uncertainty OF
how far the law went. Not until the
courts, in individual cases. identified
this or that industry as affected with
a public interest, and declared to
20 in fixing industrial conditions
would any one know the law. Prob
ably not for generation would
either side in the industrial contro-
versies be exactly advised of what
was legal and what was not legal.
Such a delegation of general author
lily 10 the courts would almost OF
necessity make the courts political,
and the courts according to judicial
habit, would be slow in building up
an understandable code.
IL is likely that the bill will be
much changed in committee, and
that in the end no more will be
attempted at this session than to pre-
vent strikes and lockouts i'm public
utilities, plus, perhaps, fuel concerns.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09
The Story Of Car Loadings
CFrom tho New York Herald.)

What was the drag on business
and what made unemployment in
1921 is shown in striking contrast
by the number of freight cars
loaded on American railroads last
year and the year before.
The American farmer shipped his
crops to market to get what he
could out OF them at dehation prices,
for 100000 cars were loaded with
grain and grain products as against
1,SS0,000 in 1920; even livestock
was loaded to the extent Of 1880, 900
cars as against 1,5S6.000. while
merchandise in less than carload
lots was loaded to the number Of
'i1.O45,OO0 cars as against 9.143.OOO.
The farmer had to sell and did
sell. as the consumer had to eat.
But selling at rock bottom and be-
ing asked to buy up in the sky, the
farmer had no purchasing power
in the national markets
The consumer had to wear clothes
and use other articles. and the
stores supplied these necessaries OF
one kind and another known as
general merchandise. Yet there was
not enough Of this to keep the ma
TONS wheels humming.
But coal loadings went down
from 10.2S1.OO cars to S.t51,OOO
coke went down from $4,000 cars
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09

to $4,000. and forest products from
100000 cars to 2.533,OO0. Ore
loadings went down from 2.423.OOO
cars to $4,000, and miscellaneous
loadings went down from 16,7SS,OO
cars to 1905, 900 cars.
Industrial America. in other words.
as shown by the foregoing car load
ings Of materials and supplies
shipped TO and from the basic in
dustries OF the country, fairly col
lapsed. Economic readjustment was
needed to put their products back
into the competitive export markets
and even to keep them in the home
markets in anything like normal
volume. But economic readjust-
ment was resisted. by interests and
influences laboring under a miscon-
ception as wild in economies as the
hallucination in physics that water
runs up hill.
When the key to the situation was
lower costs and when the fact was
as clear as sunshine there were
those in the greater as well as in
the humber walks who challenged
that solution. 1t was the stubborn
insistence by labor upon maintain
ing excessive wage costs and by
some capital upon maintaining pro-
hibitive prices that brought our in
dustrial stagnation.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-09

instead of a billion dollars year,
say $500, 100000 a year-would that
meet the transportation needs Of the
country?
\. My judgment Is that IL would
not.
Q. Well, at the end OF five years,
assuming that the country is not go
ing Backwards but will go forward,
what would be the effect of such
policy mean on the public well
fare.
A. The spending OF only $780,
100000 a year?
q. Yes; Of new capital
A. My judgment is that IL would
impair the ability of the transport
tation lines to render the public SER
vice, and IL would give the public n
less satisfactory service than they
should have.
Q. Now, as the machine stands
today, and we will assume that the
transportation lsroff 20 per cent, but
il 20 per cent. more business should
come on the railroads as they stand
today, in maintenance and other re-
spects, do you think they would be
able to handle it satisfactorily?
A. My Judgment is that il could
be handled with very great difficulty.
and l think probably il would be
necessary TO call again for the inter-
vention of the Interstate Commerce
Commission i'm supervising the hand
ling of IL i'm order 10 get ii done.
tkc 80 NAM.
testimony today, 1t is along the line
as Viewed from public service, from
the public service angle, and you
have to keep in mind the mainte-
nance OF this transportation ma
chine and to keep it~abreast and not
let it become impaired?
A. Yes; that is the idea, MFR. Com
missioner.
@. Now. is It your opinion that
the foundation for that would be the
maintenance of confidence in rail-
road investments and the mainte-
nance of the credit OF the railroads !?
A. Yes; 1 think that is an essen
tial element i'm n, MFR. Commissioner.
@. (by Commissioner Esch) After
March 1 the Cimmission is to de-
termine the rate OF return. What
are your views as to what the rates
should be after March /?
A. At the moment. would say
that everything indicates that it
would not be expedient to reduce
that below its present basis.
O. (by Commissioner Lewis) What
effect would a 10 per cent. reduction
in all rates have on the business OF
the country? That is, in the matter
of stimulating demand7
A. My impression Is that a reduc-
tion OF that sort would translate it.
self into such an exceedingly small
change in price that IL would not
have an important effect.
Q. Cby Commissioner Esch) Would
or would not the retention OF 15a.
practically unamended, induce pri-
vate investors TO invest so as to Gre
ate the billion dollars a year which
you think necessary for addition
and betterments?
A. MFR. Commissioner. Il seems "a
me that the credit OF the railroad
companies is going to depend very
largely on the resumption OF bust
ness.
may say that 1 believe n very
important element I'm that improve.
lmcnt will be Section i5a.