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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
SENATE RULES
BONUS TO Wait
ON TARIFF BILL
Defeat Plan to Rush Soldier
Compensation Measure
BY 2 to l
HARDING is FIRM
Will Not Sign Bill Without Financ-
ing Provision Despite Statements 10
Contrary.

Washington, June 21.-The Soldier
Bonus bill fight ragged in the Senate
"Wednesday and entirely sidetracked
the discussion of the pending Tariff
bill.
Outside of the hectic debate, the day
produced this agreement oy formal &C
ton of the upper chamber.
The Senate will not put the
Bonus bill ahead Of the tariff
measure. 1t will take up the SOL
der compensation measure as
soon as the Tariff bill is out OF
the way. 80.
An effort to shunt aside the tariff
and take up the bonus was defeated OIL
to %, majority of more than to |,
with the Administration forces and
the leading spirits of the Republican
caucus in full control of the situatlo1i
Senator James Watson, Indiana, Al
ministration spokesman, then partly
Modified the bonus contingent by Oh
fering a motion that bonus should tol-
low the tariff. This was adopted % 70
s, presaging ultimate approval OF the
soldier bill.
While the Senate fused over the
Bonus DILL, President Harding lndl-
Gated to White House callers that his
attitude concerning that measure is
unchanged-thati is, he insists that the
Bonus measure shall einDody its own
financing provisions Senator McCum-
Der said he was confident that the
President would sign a Bonus bill
without financing clauses. The Presl-
dent yesterday let it be known ne stood
exactly as he did some weeks ago
when ne wrote Representative Ford
ney that he was against any bonus
measure that omitted reference TO
means of payment.
During the protracted skirmlshine
in the Senate Senator Walsh, Demo
crat, Massachusetts,, moved to take
up the soldier bonus at once and TO
displace the tariff measure.
Senator La Toilette, Republican,
also of the Finance Committee, had
been selected informally by the pro-
bonus forces to make his move, but
Senator Walsh was a pinch hitter for
him. Senator Watson, Republican,
Indiana, moved to lay the motion on
the table. The motion TO table
was carried by 81 to %, with the fol-
lowing Democrats voting in favor of
the Watson motion:
Glass and Swanson, Virginia; Dial,
South Carolina; King, Utah; Myers,
Montana: Pomerene, Ohio; Under
wood, Alabama, and Williams, Mis-
sippi. .
Only two Republicans, Norris, Of
Nebraska. and La Toilete, of WiScon-
sin, joined with the other Democrats
in favoring immediate action.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22

the pick of the best human material
available for the operation of our
transportation system. Under an
honestly managed transportation
system there is an inverse relation
between rates and wages. Lower
rates should mean higher wages,
the same as higher rates brought a
demand for lower wages. This is
equally true in industry. Henry
Ford, who makes the lowest cost
automobile in America, pays the
highest, wages, because, he has
found that high wages attract and
hold competent men, that compel
ent men mean Increased efficiency,
and that increased efficiency invari-
ably lowers cost.
The. Expensive Folly of Cheap La
Dor
Those railway officials who are
now agitating for wage cuts are as
short sighted as they were two
years ago in pleading for eXorbi-
tant freight rates. Railway wages
were not increased during the war
to anywhere near the level received
/ by other workers in other indus
tries. The general wage slash ord
cred by the Railroad Labor Board
last July took one eighth out of the
pay envelopes of the railroad en-
ployes, thereby saving the railroads
S400,000,000 year In consequence
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22

Manufacturers have, had to boost
brides IN Older to pay the freight
on raw materials. These price IN
creases we're passed along by the
iobber, the wholesaler and retailer
to the consuming public. Every ar
tiele of cl6thing we wear and prac-
tically every bit of food we eat has
paid its share of this eXorbltant
tribute to the transportation com
panies. These higher prices made
it impossible for many consumers
TO bny. Retailers and wholesalers
accordingly cancelled their orders
The wheels of industry stopped IN
told thousands OF, workers were
thrown out of employment because
their industries. could not pay the
freight rates demanded of them.
The 10 per cent rate cut just Or
dered by the Commerce Commission
is the first genuine step back to
normally occurring under the pres
ent Administration 1t is not a
large decrease in comparison with
the freight rate increases Of % to
4Ce per cent granted two years ago,
yet it has already stimulated in,
dustry and commerce and started
preparations for important crop
movements from the western ware
houses. There can be no question
that the income of the railroads
will be enhanced and the prosperity
of the country greatly improved by
the 10 per cent rate cut.
Why. Lower Rates Should Bring
= Higher Wages
Just as the exorbitantly high
freight rates of the past two years
have so crippled railroad income
that. the executives asked for swage
decreases, so lower rates win IN
crease traffic to the point where
railroads will find 1t to their pref
to raise; wages in order. to secure
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22

in their power to hasten a restora-
ton to our national prosperity. Bus.
mess is picking up. Lower freight
rates are setting dormant indus
tries in motion. This, in turn,
means more employment, more bus
mess, and more productivity for
the entire country. 1t also means
more revenue for the railroads. If
they keep this revenue for them
selves, only few stockholders will
benefit. If they distribute a gen
erous share of this increase in the
foim of better wages to their en-
ployes, they will add to the spend
ing power of 100000 railway
workers with 100000 women and
children dependent upon them. The
merchants of every community in
which these employees live will pros
per with them. The industries from
which these merchants buy THEN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22

goods will expand to meet the de-
mands of this increased buying
power; and as industry needs more
material and has additional pro-
ducts to ship, the railroads them
selves will profit from the wave of
prosperity which they have set in
motion. On the other hand, if a
desire for selfish gam leads the
railroads to beat down wages and
decrease the spending power of the
workers, the merchants throughout
the nation will suffer, the indus
tries whose products they sell will
suffer with them, shipments will
be curtailed, and the railroads will
be the victims of their own greed.
The prosperity which yesterday
was Just around the corner is now
in plain view. The railroads have
it within their power to help us
overtake it if they will.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
The Truth About The
Railroads.
RATE CUT SHOULD BRING
HIGHER RAIL WAGES

When the Interstate Commerce
Commission on May oath ordered
the railroads to make a rate cut
averaging 10 per cent OF all freight
except farm produce, i, did more to
solve the problem of satisfactory
wages for railway employees than
have all the conferences and COM
missions since the war. The rail
roads have been gradually starving
themselves to death. They sought
and obtained permission from the
Evening star., 1922-12-12

"Say 1t With Flowers
this Nmas Potted plants-specI-
men blooms. At GUIDES. 1912 F.
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1922-12-12
PlAy Paragraphs

First Kid (sorrowfully)-M says
no toys this Christmas cause theie
no place to keep 'em In our nttie
apartment.
anybody's way. In the summer l keep
'em in the furnace and in the winter
ma let's me keep 'em In the bathtuo.
FRANCHAN POWERS,
144o Meridian place northwest
Electricity travels 1900, 900 miles a
minute-or nearly as fast as gossip.
GA G street southwest.
oh, wad some power
The giftie gle US
To see some people
Before they see u.s.
f. II. L.,
3125 NeDaTk street,
Clereland Park, d. c.
.Jimmie-Alother, there's a poor old
man crying outside. May give him d
Mother-Mhat's he crying about?
Jimmie-Weli. he's crying, Popcorn
five cents a bag!"
ELMA ELLSWORTH.
3 S street northeast.
u hear your brother has hay fever
pretty badly" .o,u..
every time he passes grass widow.
4. G. HEFLEBOWER.
9s2 Eye street northwest.
Father-This thraslling Is going to
hurt me worse than it will you. Johnny.
Son-Well, pop. don't be too rough
on Yourself. / amt worth it,
r: "; H..
The Winton.
(.ustomer-F and sauer-
kraut, good and hot.
Waiter with shouD-Fido. Shep
and IA bale of hay. and let 'em sizzle!
MRS. A. f. RICHTER.
1870 7th street northeast.
visitor-Why do all District of Co
lumbia motorists display Maryland
license tags:
Cppa Ghinit-So that they may lind
marking space somewhere between the
White House and Baltimore.
BARRY WHEELER,
1441 Q street northwest.
Two ladies attending a vaudeville
show were handed a note by the usher.
The one anable to read it handed It
along to her friend, who had also Tor.
gotten to bring her glasses. "Oh, WELL.
she said, "I'n read it when get home.
When she did so. she found the follow
ing: please remove your hat.
MRS. EDGAR THOMPSON,
947 14th street southeast.
Evening star., 1922-12-12
TODAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

NATIONAL David Warfeid as
Shylock. in The Merchant OF Venice
performance at pm.
POLrS-"The Passing Show OF lsIz'
at $50 pm.
PRESIDENT-"Abie Irish Rose'
performance at $50 pm.
fESTH'S-Beilc Baker, vauoeVlile'
=. .:,5 and Sis pm.
BELASCO - Troubles or lSzZ'
vaudeville. at 2:l5 and sis pm.
COSMOS of the Ad,' vaude-
VILE at ., $50 and pm.
STRAND Little Lord Roberts'
vaudeville, at 2:3O, $50 and pm.
GAYETY - keep Smiling, bur-
lesaue, at 2:15 and S:l5 pm.
METROPOLITAN Doone:
riotoplay, at 1I:45 am, 1855, $780,
5:35, 7:4O and 9:45 pm.
RIAITO-"The Face in the Fog.
with Lionel Barrymore. at ll:"o a'h'''
1870. $3.50, $40, 1880 and $3.50 pm.
PALACE-Estelle Taylor and Lewis
S. Stone, in "A Fool There was
11:2O am, 1::0, $50, $50, 1;ao anu
$40 pm.
COLUMRIA-Rex 1ngrams Irlnlns
Women" (second week). at 1890 a.H''
1855, 8. $40, 7:25 and 9:2o pm.
LEADER-"Ten Nights in Bar,
ROOM" at 10 am, IL, .. 4, 6, anu
10 pm.
Evening star., 1922-12-12
NEW RADIO STATION
SEEN BY PRESIDENT
AS TIE TO HONDURAS

President Harding, in an ex-
change Of messages with R. Lopez
Gutierrez, president of Honduras,
on the occasion of Inauguration
OF service from the powerful radio
station in that country, expressed
hope that this new means Of in
tercourse will bring the peoples
OF the two countries into still
closer relationship. and will result
In their mutual advantage"
The Honduran president, in his
message, expressed my most en-
thusiastic and cordial greeting"
to the people of the United States,
"togegther with the wishes that
make for the personal happiness
of its worthy ruler, who, with his
pacifist, just and innovating poll
cies. has attracted to him the
glances and the applause of think
Ing men. who yet expect many
surprises from his fearless actua-
ton"
Evening star., 1922-12-12
PLAN new APARTMENT.
District Firm to Build Adjoining
Temple Heights.

The District Commissioners yesterday
authorized the issuance Of building
permit to Blessing & Warwick for the
erection of a combination public garage
and apartment on 10th street north OF
Florida avenue. adjoining Temple
Heights.
The question Of whether this permit
should be issued has been under con-
sideration for more than a month. FOL
lowing public hearing at which num-
ber of protests We're received. Ihe
garage will not be visible from 10Th
street, for the season that the apart
,nent will occupy the front of the lot.
\ considerable portion of the garage in
the rear will be below the street level.
Evening star., 1922-12-12

The Vicar-Do you give your DOR any
exercise, Mr.. Hodge?
Farmer Hodge-Oh. yes, he goes for
tramp nearly every day.
". n. OFFLEY,
1901 30th street northwest.
DIPLOMACY.
Mother. do you know what I'm going
to give you for your birthday"
what, DEAR"
"A hairpin tray with gold flowers all
around the edge
But l have one like that already"
mo. you haven't, mother. I just
dropped it on the floor
MRS. j. Il. REPETTI.
707 22d street northwest.
4 patient was telling a Washington
dentist Of the epitaph on the grave of
an old dentist in ST Michael's church,
yard. Charleston. s. c.. which reads:
He is now filling his last cavity"
The local practitioner replied In
stantly: They should have added
and is entitled to a gold CROWN"
GERTRUDE G. BLAISDELL.
Government Hotels. T-U, 22S.
There was q girl in our town whose
brain was far from dead:
Her Christmas shopping all was done
two weeks or so ahead.
And to the post office forthwith she few
with might and main
And mailed her presents days ahead
believe me, that's some jane.
". c. GILBERT.
City Post Office.
THE MONTHLY THRILLER.
tissue, One Hundred Million.)
I'D like to read tonight" said he,
"A tale of robbers bold:
To make the Chills chase down my spine
And make my blood run cold'
Without a word his wife arose.
His wishes to content;
He shrieked and tainted when he read
The bills for coal and rent.
MRS. n. J. ABRIB-iT.
e01 18th street northwest
Small Daughter 1learninS the multi
plication table e)-Mother If daddy
should give you ten ten-dollar bills
would it be a hundred:
Mother-So. daughter, it would be a
Knockout drop.
MISS THEODORE COOPER.
20 Fairfar street. Cher7ydale, Va.
Gushing Tourist-Oh. what a beauti-
full building! What is it. the state
capitol:
Guide-No'm, that's the gas house.
PAUL CASASSA,
S21S 14th street northwest.
Evening star., 1922-12-12

Floral Xmas Greetings Sent Anywhere
by telegraph. Shaffer. 900 14th.-Ad-
yertiSement
Evening star., 1922-12-12
BOND WILL is FLED.
Late Attorney Favors Colleges and
Church IN Testament.

Samuel r. Bond. Oldest member of
rho District bar. left an estate valued
at S1OO. 600, according to a statement of
1fs executors. Edwin H. Bond and
George c. Gertman. who yesterday filed
his will for probate. After specific be-
quests of about $4,000. the will directs
that one half of the remaining estate be
equally distributed among the Ipswich
tMass.) Historical Society. Dartmouth
College, at Haro over: n. H. and All
Souls Church in Washington. The
other half of the residue goes to his
niece Fanny C. Trussell. and grand
nephew. Robert Il. TrusselI. and Ray
1nond II. Bond
The specific beauests include $500 to
the Manassas lVa) Industrial Train
ing School. the income from which is to
be used in prizes. John Wright is to
have $500 for faithful services. A gold
watch and $500 are given to his grand
nephew. Robert Bond Trussell; $1,000 to
4 niece. Fanny c. Trussell: $500 to a
nephew, Raymond H. Bond: $500 to the
1atter's son. a number Of other nieces
and nephews are remembered with
smaller bequests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
BIRMINGHAM TONNAGE CREATES |. RAILROAD EARNINGS

1; Financial authorities rightfully credit the tonnage of the Birmingham district with play ine m important part in the affairs of the railroads that serve it's industries. Southern railway earnings for the first time this year have passed the earnings of 1921. This TO. fleets the general improvement in the south, but the Wall Street Journal, looking for prime cause of the better earnings, says:
 Toadings of ore, including cars received from connections, in April were 1897 cars, compared with eo1 in 1921. Further reflect ing the improvement in the Birmingham dis trict, loadings of iron and steel products iu April totaled 1,S40 cars, compared with 876 in 1s21."
 This causes the same journal to say:
 Improvement in the Birmingham district, which is the center of Alabama Great South ern territory, has particularly helped this road and will further increase earnings fig ures of the Southern railway system"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
LIBERTY BONDS HAVE PROVED
 A GOOD INVESTMENT

On the last day of May the securities mar ket records that trading in the bond market was noteworthy chiefly from the fact that practically all the Liberty issues sold at par or better"
 It was not a sacrifice to purchase Liberty bonds. It was good business, especially for men of small or average means, because they were allowed to make the investment in small monthly payments.
 It was good business for the rich, because later on they were able to trade in these bonds on investments bearing a higher rate of interest The same might be said of men of average means during that period when the market was gorged with offerings of the very best type of 8 per cent securities.
 Wise investors made fortunes off these bonds when they were around 85 to 90. They have realized $1o to $15 on each $100 of in- yestment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
CHILD CONSERVATION TAUGHT
 DURING BABY WEEK"

Baby Week. will be observed in Birming- ham under the auspices of the Axis club. It is far cry from the old-fashioned baby show to the modern idea of child conservation which will be illustrated this week. Science stands ready to give every child an equal chance in life, so far as health is concerned, but doc tors and nurses cannot do it all. They must have the cooperation of parents, particularly of mothers.
 Even among native-born Americans knowl- edge of the proper care of infants is some what limited. Among the foreign element 1t is appalling. The death rate among babies and children has been steadily lowered, but not far enough.
 In Birmingham we have made some progress. Baby Week" will give new impetus to child conservation and will broaden the scope of the work here. We already have four centers. Eleven will be established during the current week and it is hoped that they will be made permanent. Fifteen centers would be none too many for city the size of Birmingham.
 Every large city in the country is devoting more and more attention to saving babies lives. The idea \is not so much to cure children after they are sick as to prevent them from becoming sick, which is the basis of modern medical science, both for infants and adults Each baby center Is neighborhood affair They are in charge of competent nurses and vI~ nxhn k~{r xk~l~ hah to the center nearest their homes, where they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
CITY SHOULD ACCEPT GIFT OF SMITH HEIRS

{ The city should promptly accept the gener- eus donation of the heirs of the late Dr. Joseph R. Smith and build the auditorium in the solid block of property which they are willing to give to the city. provided tho auditorium is placed on that site.
 There could not be more central location when Greater Birmingham Is considered. From . stxeet car standpoint there Is none more accessible, seven lines running within three blocls or less and the Tidewater line directly b tho site. It is seven blocks from the post office and the same distance west of the Tut wiler and Motion hotels, the Southern and Athletic clubs and the Young Mems Christian association as Paul Hayne school is to the south. It is . quiet situation, with ample parking space.
 Reputable architects declare they can build m auditorium seating 10000 people of style that would be credit to any city with the $425,000 They should be consulted before coming to the conclusion that the sum in hand will not suffice.
 i The donation should be accepted because it is fraught with bearings on the future It may mark a new era in Birmingham, one signalizing an appreciation of what this city has done for it's successful men. It sets a fine precedent and should lead to other gifts to the city by those who love it and have done we'll here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
THE GIFT OF TONGUES

When the day of Pentecost was fully come, there came a sound as of a rushing, mighty wind. There appeared the divine fire which sat on each uplifted brow. The apostles were filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak of the wonderful things of God. The Parthians, and Medes; the dwellers of Mesopotamia; the strangers of Rome, the Cretes and Arabians; these heard the message. These all understood. The little waiting church, gathered in the upper room, had received the Gift and went forth to pass it on to waiting and needy world.
 So much for the miracle of Pentecost. We call it a miracle because it seems to have been unique, and partly, perhaps, because 1t happened so long ago. The church has looked back with longing to that day when the power of God was visibly manifest, and the church has prayed again and again for the outpouring of Gods spirit as in that for mer time. From time to time strange sects have arisen and claimed for themselves this gift of tongues, deceiving themselves with strange mutterings and cries which meant nothing to God or man. We have waited so long-and sometimes in the darkness for the renewal of the Divine fire which sat on the brows of Gods expectant children. We have waited like blind fools for the light which today is all around usl May God open our eyesl
 For what is the gift of the Holy Spirit but the awakening of man to spiritual reality? Through all the passing centuries this awakening has been taking place. In every upward surge of man from the level of the beast where he began to the life of God where he shall end, there was and is the coming of the Spirit of God. By the outpoured blood of the early Christian martyrs; by the flaming zeal of the apos- ties of united church to the heather of northern Europe through what we call the "Dark Ages"; by the rack and stake of the reformation; by the sword and guillotine of the days of the revolutions; by the shrapnel and poison gas of this age which we cannot name as yet, but whose drift we know is Godward; by all of these have men been lifted to their crosses, and on their crosses, lifted the world toward God.
 And not in these world-shaking events alone is the Spirit of God made visible. In the humble lives which you and I are called upon to live; in the little sacrifices which mean so little, and in the great ones which seem more than we can bear; in the willing ness that we know to spend ourselves in labor and to give ourselves in love, that the world in some degree may be happier; through all of these things the Spirit of God is continually flowing into the heart of the waiting, needy world. Deeds of sacrificing love are even now the Gift of Tongues. They speak to the starving of eastern Europe; to those of Armenia and China, too; to the poor and unfortunate who stagger past our very doors; our deeds of love yet speak to all of the wonderful works of God. If you cannot hear God speak it is because you will not let Him speak through you.
 MIDDLETON S. FAREWELL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
| NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE RUNOR
 | STAGE HERE AND TELLS SOME FANTS

able properties we shall probably haveS,fs; cient income to take care of streets and I~Ls and schools for long period. We only nA.s efficient business management among our offA cials. They beginning to realize that the burden is upon them and are seeking advice from the best people.
 Col Tom Smith and his relatives-the heirs of the late Dr. Joseph R. Smith-have rendered the city, as donation, an entire block for the new auditorium, already pro- vided for by bond issue. It is an ideal loca- tion, and after the usual small town gossip has been indulged in, will be accepted.
 The property bought for the purpose on Eighth avenue can be used for a new city hall or for some other purpose. The city will need it in time, and it will continue to increase Tn value if the city might care to sell it.
 *
 Birmingham is today probably increasing it's population more rapidly in proportion than any other city in this country.
 With the starting up of industries thousands of people are coming into the district. Miners are coming from the middle states, and iron and steel makers are coming from the same section. The Tennessee Company is working to full capacity and employing more men than ever in it's history. All the other companies starting up furnaces and mines, and within the month it is predicted every iron furnace in the Birmingham district capable of operation will be in blast.
 There is not a man in the Birmingham dis trict who wants to work who can't get work Monday morning
 The pay roll is the crop of Birmingham, and it is today in the full harvest stage. AeIs3,uea