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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
Twin City
Neuvs Notes

Tomorrow bein gthe Feast of the
Ascension of Christ. into Heaven,
there will be a celebration of the
Holy Eucharist at the Church of
the Good Shepherd, at 10 a. M
Mrs. Margaret McNab. her dau-
ghter. Jenette. and sister. Mrs Isa-
belle Bradford, left yesterday morn
ing from Gary for New York City,
where on Saturday they will set
sail for England and Scotland and
then across the Irish Chanel into
Ireland where they will visit rela-
tives for the next three months.
Mrs. Alice Cook and daughter,
Phyla. spent over night with the
formers sister. Mrs. c. F. Smith.
They are leaving today for Mani
tawac. Wis. to spend the summer.
The Sigma Theta Delta met last
evening at the home of Miss Ruth
Zimmerman on Olcott ave. The d.
version was tive hundred and high
scores were made by Miss Kathryn
Dulie and Miss Margaret English.
40 ACAh AAGClAAh WAlA Q0 ICAQ Ill
two weeks at the home OF Miss
Helen Cooper.
Little Billy Blatt. nine month old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Blatt, of
Olcott ave. is patient in the
University hospital in Chicago where
he is getting along very nicely.
Mrs. John McGuan. of 1929 Mich
igan ave-. will open her home this
evening where the Rosary Society
will entertain for the benefit of ST.
Patrick's church. at bunco and nve
hundred. There will be fine prizes
and refreshments will be served. An
invitation is extended the public TO
enjoy the evening at the McGuan
home.
Miss Mae Edmunds will be host
ess to the members of the Cinderella
Club this evening at the home, 4717
Northcote avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Thomas.
their son and the formers mother.
Mrs. Abbie Thomasa who has been
%SN~AAA6 400 ooi' AdhiAys AIOLOIEQ
from their home In New Richmond.
Mich. yesterday. They dined with
Mr.. and Mrs, T. Thomas on North
Barring and then proceeded to Chi
cago where they were present at
the graduation exercises at st.
Luke's hospital, from which a niece
of the former Mrs. Thomas was
graduated They returned to East
Chicago. where they spent the night
with their mother an dleft this
morning for their home in Michi-
gan.
This evening the Congregational
Sunday. school will enjoy a picnic
supper in the church parlors at
$50 followed by a social evening
when games and music will be in
charge of Mr.. Summers. assistant
to Rev. Naples.
The Past Matrons' club will hold
their regular monthly meeting
Friday afternoon at East Chicago
Masonic Temple The usual 100
o'clock luncheon will precede.
Mrs. r. B. Miller is the guest
this afternoon of Miss Mary Helen
Davis at tho matinee Anna Chris
tie at the Court theater. Chicago.
Mrs. G. C. Hansen has postponed
the Grasselli Bridge club which
was to have met this afternoon un-
til next Wednesday afternoon, on
account of the illness OF her lit
tie son.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24

MARKET CLOSING

NEW YORK. May 24.-The mar
ket closed strong today. Republic
Steel, after touching IS. fell to IS.
Z. S. Steel held around 101A. In
dustrial Alcohol was a strong fea-
ture. advancing to 569s. a net gain
OF over three points. General As
phalt moved UP over two points to
65A. United Retail Stores, after
selling at 6s%. fell TO 6s1z. Stude-
baker reacted III to 121. and Mex
lean Petroleum yielded over one
point to 1879.
Government bonds unchanged;
railway and other bonds strong.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
EAST CHICAGO
-AND-
THE HARBOR
MEMS CLUB To
CONSIDER RADIoPHoNE

The recently organized Mems club
OF the Methodist Church at Indiana
Harbor has planned a Radio Even
ing for Saturday of this week. This
meeting Will be held at the Wash
ington Grade School Auditorium, at
Hemlock and 141st streets The
hour for the meeting has been set
for 1880 so that a discussion of the
Radiophone may be given preceding
the broadcasted concerts and pro-
grams.
The speaker obtained for this &C.
casion. Major A. o. Mauborgne, Is
pronounced by Guy J. Housley, Rad
10 Editor OF the Chicago Journal
as The greatest radio authority in
the Central West"
In a letter to MT. r W. H Ateher-
son, chairman of the local program
committee. Mr.. Housley says fur
Their:
THE man of whom I speak is Ma
jor A o. Mauborgne. chief signal
officer, Sixth District. United States
Army. For the last four years
during the development of the radio
to its present efficient stage, Major
Mauborgne was in charge of the ex-
perimental and research department
Of the army Just recently he has
discovered one of the most neces-
sary adtuncts to radio telephony
the tuning out" completely OF stat
ic disturbances and of wireless sent
on a meter length close to that to
which the receiver Is listening.
Major Mauborgne IS a practical
as well as a theoretical radio expert
and very good speaker. He has
all the enthusiasm of youth, partic-
ularily when talking on his pet
subject. Radio"
ARRANGEMENTS are being made so
local amateurs may ask questions of
Major Mauiborgne at this meeting
The address, is expected to be of
such nature that it will interest
both the man who has technical in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
CHICAGO PRopUCE

BUTTER - Receipts 10000 tubs.
Creamery extra 34c: standards 3t1a
a Sane: frsts 81 a 35I3c: packing
stock 10 Q20c.
EGGS-Receipts 2s.e56 cases. Mis-
cellaneous 23G23hc; ordinary frsts
22G221ac; firsts 24q24hc.
LIVE POULTRY Turkeys Csc;
chickens 25hc: broilers 40 O soc;
roosters 141ac; geese lac 3oc; ducks
% a 35c-
POTATOES - Receipts SO cars.
Wis. round white s1.4o9 100; Mich.
round white s1.5091.60; MINI. round
white s125 q lao. New: Texas Tri-
umphs s2.25 "a 2.so; Alabama Tri-
umphs s2.750 3.25.
vEAL-50 to so lbs. Toe; 20 to so
lbs. 11912c; 90 to 100 lbs. 13G lac;
fancy 15c-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
Goodbye BoiIs!
S. S. S. VIII Rid You of Boils, Pimples,
BIackheads and Skin Eruptions.

A boil is a volcano,-your blood 10
so chuck full of poisons that these
boiling up until you destroy them
completely by the use OF s. 8. s., one
of the most powerful blood cleansers
known to science. S. S. s. has stood
ingredients is Acknowledged by auth.
critics. It's medicinal ingredients are
guaranteed to be purely Ell a I e.
Right off. 1t clears the skin Of pim-
piles, bolts. blotches. blackheads, acne,
eczema. rash and other skin eruptions,
and does it thoroughly. 1t drives out
of the blood impurities which cause
makes the blood rich and
pure builds up lost flesh. It helps to
manufacture new blood cells,-thatz
one of its secrets. S. s. s. Is sold al
all drug stores, in two sizes. The lar
ger size is the more economical
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
FOSTER is SENTENCED

An alleged Stool pigeon" giving
his name as Charles Foster of 1850
156th street. Indiana Harbor, used
by the Indiana Harbor police for
gaining evidence on a house of Ill
repute. was found guilty of associ-
alton by Acting Judge Hyman NJ
Cohen in the East Chicago court
yesterday and fined SO and costs
His sentence of ten days to the coun-
ty Jail was suspended Eight Other
men. colored, arrested in the place
at the time of the raid, were releas-
ed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24

terest in tho Radiophone and the one
who ds hearing it for the first time.
Special effort 10 being put forth to
assemble the best Radiophone equip
ment available in Indiana Harbor for
hearing the Wireless program
Attendance will be limited to the
members OF the club and such men
as they may bring as their gusts.
Arrangements are being made to
provide for all such between the ag-
es Of IA and 90.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

wHEAT-No. 3 mixed $1.2s q
1875: No. hard winter sI.33% %
1.35; No. hard winter s1.29: No.
mixed s1.13; No. 4 northern spring
s1,26; No. hard winter s1.25.
CORN-No. mixed STA @ SIC; No.
2 white SIC; No. yellow So @62A G;
No. mixed e1q61Ac; No. 3 white
SIX 9611ac; No. 3 yellow 61A q
61Ac; No. mixed 60Ac; No. D
white so q a Gle; No. yellow sic.
OATS-No. l white 40ia G42c; No.
2 white s94415hc; No. white s7%
G40Ac; No. white 36d37lsc.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
sroux City 1--WE STOCK

HOGS - Receipts 5000. Market.
early weak, later steady to strong.
Range 800 @1o.30. Bulk $1,000 q
1925.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000. Strong.
Yearlings s7.oo9s.75: steers $1,000
s-s5; fed butchers $500 q 7.75;
stockers and yeArlings s5.0097.5o;
feeding cows and heifers $3.50 q
$50,
SHEEP Receipts 100. Market
Csc higher.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

HOGS - Receipts $1,000. Market
fairly active. mostly loc higher.
Bulk s1o.25 a 1910. Top s10.75.
Heavy weight $10.4541o.eo: medi-
UNI weight S1o.55 a 1875: light
weight s1o.7O9 1o.75; pigs 1925 q
1925.
CATTLElReceipts 10000. Market
active, strong to 10c higher. Top
s9.25. Beef steers, choice and prime
1915 q 9.35. medium and good $3.50
6s.75, good and choice Ss35G915,
common and medium 1925 a s.35,
butcher cattle. heifers s5.soGs.50.
cows s4.75 1925. bulls s4.350650
SHEEP-Receipts $4,000. Market
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
EAsT RrrrrAIo 1--we sToCK

CATTLE - Receipts 1875. Market
active. Shipping steers ss.259s.75;
butcher grades s7.25QS.50: heifers
s5.50Q7.75; cows $2.o006.5o.
CALVES - Receipts $50. Market
active. Gull to choice $4,000 IL. so.
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Receipts
1900. Markets active. Choice lambs
$10.7o917.oo: sheep s3.0o9s.75.
HOGS - Receipts 1900. Market
active. Workers s1l.25Q11.35; pigs
s11.25911.S5.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
CAPT. o,xErL MAKES ARREST

What might be the fate of George
Schuljk. proprietor of loop soft
drink parlor at 4603 Forsyth ave,
East Chicago, arrested yesterday
by Captain OF Police Tim O'Neil
charged with gambling with the Vol
stead act. Is yet uncertain.
His case has caused considerable
interest from the business men on
Forsyth avenue and those in the reg
ion of the four corners who claim
to be in possession OF certain infor-
nation as to the eighteenth amend
ment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
OMAHA LIVE STOCK

CATTLE Receipts $500. Beef
steers active. 10915c higher. 1855
paid; she stock strong, veals about
csc higher; bulls and stockers and
feeders generally steady.
HOGS - Receipts 1900. Active.
mostly 10c higher than yesterdays
average. Bulk $1o.oeq1o.3o. Top
s1o.35.
SHEEP - Receipts 1000. Killing
classes steady to csc higher; early
top native and California spring
lambs $500: lambs $500; ewes 81;
feeders strong.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24

ROADS MAY MERGE

llNIERNAlioNAL NEWS SERVicE1
CHICAGO, May Alt was re-
ported in railroad circles today
that there Is a possibility that the
Chicago and Alton and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroads will be
merged.
An inspection trip OF Receiver
c. e. Schaff and other Katy" road
officials over the Alton lines fur
nished the basis of the report
Officials of the Alton road in
Chicago professeds ignorance OF the
possibilities Of the trip.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
MINNEAPoLIs GRAM CLOSE

WHEAT-Sept. 1.25S; July 1.4011 ;
May s1.501z.
CORN-July 55%S: May SIX.
RYE-Sept. ssiIS; July s7BS;
May 500.
OATS-Sept. S5sss; July s4A q
%S; May 33AS.
FLAX-July 1874.
BARLEY-Sept SINS; July So;
May 5s1zS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
LIBERTY RoNDs

NEW YORK. May 24.-Close of
Liberty bonds: 3as sse.ss; End As
sss.s4: 1st AIS sse.s2; End Az s
sse.7s; srd AIS sss.s4; 4th Az S
sss.ss; Victory sxs $4,000; Victory
AS s1oo.7s.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
BIG FOUR DIVIDEND

NEW YORK. May 24,-The Cleve-
land Cincinnati. Chicago and st.
Louis railway today declared a divi-
dend of per cent on the common
stock. This is the first disburse-
ment to be paid by the road in
twelve years
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
EAST ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK

CATTLE-Receip $500. Market
steady. Native beef steers $3.50
800; yearling steers and heifers
ss5o9soo; COWS s5.oo9S.oo; stock
ers and feeders 1915 G7.s5; calves
G3.75.
HOGS - Receipts $4,000. Market
10c higher.
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strong to csc higher. Lambs, "a lbs.
down, sl1.ooG13.50: lambs. IS lbs.
UP. s1o.5oGIs.5o; lambs. culls and
common. s7.5oq1o.50.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24

Lehigh Valley ........... 63%
Mexican Petroleum -...---.... 133&
Mtdvale Steel ............. 43n
Norfolk and Western ....... 102 u
Northern Pacific ....-....- 1854
Pure Oil 323s
Feop4es Gas -.....-..- -,.~s-.-a 80
Pressed Steel Car -........-.. 7sA
Railway Steel Springs ....... 1913 ss
Reading S0A
Republic Iron and Steel ...,.. rs n
Studebaker .........-... ..121
Texas Co. 40
Union Pacific ...-..........1 lao
Westinghouse .....--.......-. 63
WHY'S Overland ..-..-........ SIS
Sinclair Oil ........ IS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
TOLEDO SEED CLOSE

CLOvER-Cash s13T5; Oct. 11.45.
ALSIKE-Cash 11.50; Aug. s11.75;
Oct 1920.
TIMOTHY-cash 1910; May $40;
Sept. $40; Oct. 5.25.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-24
NEW YORK STOCKS CLOSE

Ailis Chalmers .-.----..---- 4s1k
American Smelling ...--... 64ss
American Steel Foundry $4,000 3sss
American Tel. and Tel. ..-..12315
Baldwin Locomotive ..-.117
Bethlehem Steel 3 ...... 7sL
Chesapeake and Ohio ........ 6712
Chicago and Northwestern - rs
Colorado Fuel ..----.... SAN
Consolidated Gas .........1171
Crucible Steel ...-...-.-.. 1874
General Motors ....--...-. 14h
Lackawanna STEEL IT'S
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
PARENT MURDERS CHILDREN
Then Kills Himself With SHOTGUN
Three Victims of Ak

Charlotte, n. C.-John Helms, 40
years old, farmer, murdered three of
his five children with an ak and then
killed himself by shooting with a
shotgun. The tragedy was reported to
police by his thirteen-year-old daugh.
ter, Ruby Lee, the only member of
the family on the scene to escape.
According to the child, she was
walking in the yard of the Helms home
with babe, when her father suddenly
approached and struck the infant from
her arms with the handle of the AK he
was carrying.
Helms then dashed into the house,
she said, emerging in few minutes
with the gun. Placing the muzzle
against his cheek, Ruby said, Helms
leaned and pushed the trigger. 1t de-
veloped later that Helms had murder
ed his two sons, Broncho, 8 years, and
Bleeker, 4, as they lay asleep in bed.
Mrs. Helms escaped with the fifth
child as he entered the house. Authori
ties put forward the theory that Helms
suddenly had became insanse as a re-
suit Of i'll health.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
"superpower Project" |"

Washington-The proposed super.
power project" for the Atlantic Sea.
board, between Boston and Washing
ton, was taken up by President Hard
ing and his Cabinet during a general
discussion Of the coal strike as a
means to minimize the effect of sim.
liar strikes in the future on the eco
nomic fabric of the country. The
discussion was said to have been thor.
ough, although no definite conclusions
were reached. The discussion was
based upon the report of a commits
sion Of engineers.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
PROBE of Federal.
ENGRAVING BUREAU
OPENS AT CAPITOL
BOND DUPLICATION DURING
WORLD WAR ALLEGED-AUD-
IToRS ScRUTINIZE BOOKS
Action Comes On Heels of Order Gust
ing Thirty-one-New Angle of Mys-
terry Crops Out In Case As Result
of Finding Cancelled Paper Money In
Potomac River.

WashingtOn.-Behind closed doors a
corps of Secret Service agents, expert
auditors and counters, began an investt
cation which is expected to fix the re-
sponsibility for alleged duplication of
Government bonds at the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing For the first
time in history, the big Government
printery and its force of more than six
thousand employees will lie idle while
the investigation Is on. Nearly two
weeks will be consumed in the inven-
tory and study of conditions which
resulted in the dismissal of Director
James Wilmeth and thirty bureau
heads.
Most of the alleged duplication is
said to have taken place during the
war period, when three eight-hOur
shifts were kept constantly at work
turning out the $25,OO0,OOO,OOO of war
bonds issued by the Treasury.
The new evidence is said to show
that the amount of alleged Liberty
bond duplication was surpassed during
the latter part of the war, when Vic
tory bonds were being printed.
According to reliable information,
the vast amount of war issues caused
the work of the bureau to fall behind
the demand for the Victory bonds. As
result this issue was completed in
comparatively small sections. That in
certain instances these sections had
been duplicated is the charge made in
unofficial reports.
a new element of mystery was in
jected into the inquiry by the find-
ing of 200 sheets of cancelled So bank
notes, with face value of $4,000, float.
ing in the Potomac River. The sheets
Of money were found in the river be
low the Bureau of Engraving, which is
located on the banks of the tidal basin
that empties into the Potomac.
Secret Service operatives are busy
tonight trying to learn how the. sheets
got out of the bureau. 1t is believed
that the money was buried near the
river bank and washed down by recent
heavy rains. Efforts also are being
made to ascertain whether other notes
and bonds are hidden in the banks of
the river.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
Keep Your Health!

l found some figures recently
which proved about one-third of
the deaths Of persons under 40
are caused by diseases contracted
from filth.
This seems to leave no doubt
that an annual spring cleanup
campaign is of vital Importance
to every community of any size.
The degree Of immunity during
the summer months will be in
fiuenced by thoroughness or lack
of it in the community house
cleaning.
A city or COMMUNICATIVE
cleanup now may head off an ep-
idemic Of infantile paralysis this
summer.
The battle against this disease
is one conducted for the most
part in the dark. Medical men
do not know exactly how it is
spread.
They do know. however. that
the disease has been made less
perilous and extensive in the
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
After BergdoIl

Washington-COnviction that the
Stacker" Bergdoll, would be appre-
hended and returned to the United
States within year was expressed by
Representatives Walter F. Lineberger.
California Republican, in urging the
House to increase by $1,000 the funds
granted by Congress for bringing
home from foreign countries persons
charged with crime" "One million
dOughbOys are On Grover C. Bergdolls
trail" said Mr.. Lineberger, "and Sec
retary Charles E. Hughes is active
in seeking his apprehension" The re-
quest was voted down.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02

large cities where cleanup cam
paigns have become a regular
annual public health measure.
Disease-breeding places are
wiped out of of existence.
Disease-producing germ 8
thrive best in warmth, dampness
and darkness. The places fur
nishing these conditions should
be sought out and thoroughly
cleaned.
Flies are without doubt one of
the greatest spreaders of COM
municable diseases. They trans
port germs from person to per.
son. A fly killed in April is
equivalent to millions killed in
August or September.
Mosquitoes also spread diseases
and these pests find ideal breed
ing places among empty cans,
bottles, and broken crockery
partly filled with water.-Dr. R.
H. Bishop.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
l.. H. Jones
VeterinaryISurssonss ssand Dentist of
Special attention g iven, Disease
Domestic Animals
Once at Residence, l mile Of town, on
-s3Iown road.
Columbia. Ky

by the United States Senate is.
Judge Taft could, if he would
talk Interestingly upon the SUBJ
ject. When Mr.. Taft was inau-
gurated President March 4,
1909, he called Congress togeth-
er in extra session to revise the
tariff downward, and he unques-
tionably thought Congress in
tended to do so. But Congress
refused to reduce tariff rates.
and finally passed a tariff bill
that proved so odious to the coun-
try that the Taft administration
was destroyed.
We cannot doubt that Mr..
Harding knows this piece of po-
litical history, but he seems to
feel that what destroyed Mr..
Taft's administration will not in
jure his. But be may find him.
self mistaken. Louisville Post.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
LAP0RTE MAN ENDS LIFE
Dependency over Taking of Home
for School Is Reported as Mo-
tive for Act.

Laporte, Ind, April S.-Wright Buck,
forty-three years old, was found
strangled to death at the end of a
small rope in the basement of the
home of his brother, DR.. Dexter Buck
An open pocket knife was found on
the floor and the police believe Buck
tried to cut himself down. Recently
the city school board announced Bucks
home would be purchased as a site for
a new schoolhouse, and neighbors say
Buck was despondent over losing his
home.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
Consult Mr.. Taft.

The Nashville Banner suggests
that President Harding send for
Chief Justice Taft and request
the latter to give him some pri-
vate information about what
happened to him (Mr. Taft when
a tariff bill was adopted by the
Republican party that was not
half SO bad as the actl reported
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
Bio Nitrate Auction April 1s.

Washington, April 10.-Forty thou
sand tons of sodium nitrate will be
sold by the War department at auc-
ton in Washington April II, 1t was
announced by the department. Oppor-
tunity will be offered for the purchase
of nitrate in quantities as small as
100 tons, with bidders required to make
a deposit of ten per cent of the pur-
chase price at the time of the sale.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
Jealous: Shoots Three

DetrOit-Peter Cygan shot his wife,
Bernice, and Andrew Mazurak, a call.
er, then wounded his mOther-in-law,
Mrs. Mary Frelick, in a jealous
frenzy. He was arrested and confess
ed, police said, that he was jealous
of Mazurak.
The Adair County news., 1922-05-02
"Autocrai." I"

Many years ago it became OBJ
vious that a complete change in
the personnel employed by the
United States government. with
each change of political party
initiated against efficiency, re-
sulting in confusion and chaos.
The civil service came into be-
ing and with succeeding admin
istrstions its provisions have
been extended until a trained
clerical force has been created.
That force is composed of capa.
BILE intelligent men and women,
so familiar with their duties that
the routine business of the gov
ernment has come to be expe-
dited.
Both political parties have
guarded the civil service and fos-
tered the ideal of trained cler-
ical personnel whose removal
from Office would come only
from dereliction of duty.
Recently. President Harding
discharged a number of men en-
ployed at the Bureau of Engrav.
ing and Printing. They were
discharged in fragrant disregard
of the provisions of the civil SER
vice law. Men who had served
for more than a quarter of a CEN
tury, who had served as faithful
ly under Republican rule as un-
der a Democratic regime, men
who sought only to discharge
their duties faithfully regardless
of the party in power, were dis
charged without a moments
warning.
Our disapproval of the recent
action Of Mr.. Harding is not af-
fected by partisan considerations
Both Republicans and Democrats
were discharged in the recent
episode which strikes at the
heart of the civil service.
Despite the fact that President
Harding was elected on a plat
form which had embodied there
in plank which stated I'VE re-
new our repeated declaration
that the civil service law shall
be thoroughly and honestly en-
forced" that pledge, as other
campaign promises, has been
disregarded. By that stroke of
the pen which ordered the dis
missal of conscientious servants
of the government, he destroyed
that which it took Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson years to build
up.
The dismissal of these persons
was an indefensible, arbitrary
act, perpetrated by a man who
had the temerity to call Wood
row Wilson an autocrat.