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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-12-08
N SOLDIERS FELL

During the World war the per.
centage of losses in the French
army by age show that the twenty
year-old soldiers, both officers and
men, suffered most, an average Of
1912 per cent. Men from forty to
fifty years old lost in killed between
3 per cent and 8 per cent of their
numbers.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-12-08
INVISIBLE

An Englishman asserts he has
discovered a metal possessing the
transparent properties of glass, by
which airplanes could be made in.
visible.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-12-08

Mr.. Justwed-I thought you were
going to cream some potatoes for
dinner?
His Bride-T was, but the recipe.
said to cut the potatoes in dice, and
the last time we had dice in the
house your rowdy friends won SAP
from you.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-12-08
SLOGANS

-. The motto Of the old statesman
death |" give me
Sine Lme' change replied Senate,
sorghum. The great motto Of the
present Gay is Safety 6rst.'s
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-12-08
co.AUTHoRs

The Calf (referring to pump
What's that, mother?
The oOw-That, my dear, is a
pump. It has been collaborating
with me for years.-From Life.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
INDEPENDENTS EXPECT
TO DEFEAT BARNES SIDE
They Haze Complete Ticket
in Albany County.
Special Dispatch to THE NEW Yo1R HraALp.
ycw York Hnrnid rs,--r-r.
Albany. Sent. IL.

Special Dispatch to THE NEw YosR HraaLp.
Scw York Herald Hr-rrr.
Albany. Sept. II.
With complete county ticket In the
field the independents in the Republican
party OF Albany county are tonight
claiming that they will win over the
Barnes regulars by a 5000 majority
In the primary election Tuesday City
Judge Henry Hirschfield, chairman OF
the independently executive committee.
announced tonight that he had found
tremendous swing toward the ,inde-
pendent movement because of the cam
paign OF education that had been con-
Quoted for weeks.
Senator Frank l.. Wiswall. county
chairman for the regulars at the same
time declared that the regular Repub-
iican candidates would all be elected
and that out of 432 committeeman the
insurgents would get less than ten.
The insurgents are making n spe-
cial effort to beat Henry NJ Sage, the
orranization candidate for the State
Senate. Thomas +. Woods. the indc-
pendent candidate. is n popular young
lawyer OF Albany. while Mr.. Sage has
had long experience in the State Legis-
lature. TO which he Is seeking to re-
turn after being out two years.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
DEMOCRATS FRAME
A new TARIFF SNAG
Will Attack Flexible Rate
Power Conferred on
President.
--=~
TIME LIMIT NOW OUT
Passage Of Revenue Measure
by Senate is Expected
This Week.
TIME LIMIT NOW OUT
Special Dispatch to THE NEw YoRx HnxaLD.
New York Heraid Bar~aa.


New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. g.. sept. ~.
The final stage OF the Fordney- Nc
Cumber tariff bill Is a; hand and II Is
expected that the measure win be In the
hands of President Harding for sigma
ture this week. Its arrival al the White
House will mark the end OF year and
!. halfs tinkering by Congress, starting
year ago ast April and continuing
since that time all the while there has
been raging liter fight over rates and
general tariff policies.
When the Senate meets tomorrow the
first action will be a ruling on the point
OF order made BY Senator Simmons
(Dem. \. C.) against clause in the bill
giving the President authority to change
the standard of valuation from foreign
to American II. upon recommendation OF
the United States Tariff Commission. the
rates warrant such change.
This is one of the features of the last
minute Democratic program to force the
measure back to the conference commit
tee If possible. thereby making 1t doubt
full whether tariff legislation can be had
before the November elections The
opinion tonight is that vote by the
Sens tie will be required TO settle the issue
raised by Senator Simmons and that.
since in all probability party lines, VIII
be followed. the conference committee
will be sustained.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18

given the right to communicate with
the outside world without being over
heard or interfered with. The hospital
Is not penal institution"
be Careful what You Say.
Representative Rossdale said he
later learned OF the testimony of Oscar
Roma, who declared he was talking
from a public booth in the corridor of
the hospital when some one. apparently
connected with the hospital staff. broke
in with the warning ITO be careful what
he said
Another complaint OF the same char
acter was contained In letter ad-
dressed TO Representative Rossdale
from Maurice Snow, commander OF the
Col Harry Cutler Post No. of the
Hebrew Veterans OF Wars OF the Re-
public. at 1851 Franklin avenue. The
Bronx. The statements are practically
a repetition OF what occurred during the
telephone conversation with Representa-
tive Rossdale. The letter reads:
Dear Sir. David Peitsch. a member Of
our organization. telephoned last week.
stating that he was in Hospital 81 and
not being properly treated. but that this
could not be written as the mail was
censored.
Before he got any further on the
wire the telephone was cut off. We are
very much interested In doing what we
can to obtain justice and fair treat
ment for our comrades. and since you
are the only man that Is capable OF
getting at the root OF this matter.
beg OF you to assist us In this case.
yours very truly.
MAURICE SNOW"
Although Representative Rossdale has
withdrawn from the investigation being
made by a committee composed of two
members OF the Veterans Bureau and
representative OF the public. he declared
he was going to take up both Of these
cases with the hospital authorities and
find the explanation for the telephone
Interruptions
The committee hearings will be re-
sumed at the hospital at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
Another Line of Attack.

The Democratic opposition to the Dill
will be directed also against another sec
tion pertaining to the powers granted TO
the President to change tariff rates with
out reference to Congress.
The Democrats will try to have the
bill sent back to the conference COM
nittee because the committee, in bring
ing In it's report composing the differ
ences between the Senate and House. cut
out the time limit in which the Presi-
Dental authority was bestowed.
The Senate, in the so-called Bursum
amendment. adopted while the bill was
in committee OF the whole. fixed July 1.
1924, as the date on which the Presi-
bHg a<ee n III q
exrsre This the conference committee
eliminated. 50 that there is no time limit
in the BILL Many Senators who ordi-
narily would have voted against what
they thought was an encroachment by
the President on authority clearly be-
longing to Congress, adopted the Presi-
Dental authority feature simply because
of the time limit, believing that an emer-
gency existed and that such action might
be excused on that ground.
The question will arise also whether
the conference committee had the right
to cut out the time limit as it did I'm
DR. &c ru b VIII - ,feren g COM
mittees operate a committee is bound to
go no further in composing the differ
ences in bills as passed by the Senate
and House than the limits fixed by the
bill itself. Since there was no such
Presidential authority in the House bill
the issue now Is whether the committee
was going beyond its power in extending
the Presidential authority for an indefi-
mite period
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
WANTS LEGAL TEST
OF VETERAN'S
Rossdale Threatens Writ I'm
less Roma Is Released From
Insane Ward.
CHARGES GAG RULE
Says Patient Complaining to
Him Was Cut Off
Abruptly.
CHARGES GAG RU

Representative Albert q. Rossdale de-
clared last night that unless Oscar Roma,
the overseas veteran. who is confined to
the insane ward of Veterans Hospital,
No. 81. in The Bronx. is released within
a few days he will apply for a writ in
his behalf and seek TO have his sanity
established by law. fiona Is a neu-
Rossdale that he should not be confined
in G building, which is intended for the
active insane.
The Representative again visited the
hospital yesterday and found many vet
Grams in G building who had not been
legally committed. he said. Not more
than fifteen OF the forty or more pa
tients. he thought were placed there
through the customary legal process en-
ployed in such cases.
One case that attracted the attention
of Mr.. Rossdale yesterday was that OF
Ignatz Yontis. an Austrian veteran. who
suffers from epilepsy. He told the Rep
resentative that he had been locked UP
with the insane patients for eight days,
although there Is a building especially
for epileptics on the hospital grounds.
Says 1t Is Punishment.
According to the information given by
Yontis. he was called up before the hos
pital board eight days ago and accused
of having taken a drink Of liquor. II
was suspected that an attendant had
supplied him with the liquor and they
tried to force him to tell who 1t was.
Yontis said that he would rather be dis
charged from the hospital than tell.
and the board, he said, sentenced him to
be locked up in the insane ward. The
insane patients have threatened him, he
said. and several of them struck him.
He also finds 1t difficult TO sleep there.
Mr.. Rossdale thinks Yontiss confine-
ment with the insane patients con-
stitutes a menace to them no less than
to himself. His frequently recurring fits
tend to frighten the other patients. and
work against their chances for recovery.
he said.
Charges Gag Rule.
Additional evidence of rigid CEN
sorship being imposed on telephone
communications from patients at the
Veterans Hospital has been brought to
the attention of Mr.. Rossdale tending
to confirm testimony last week that
conversations are overhead and warn
ings issued to those communicating
complaints to the outside.
Representative Rossdale said he was
talking to one of the inmates on the
telephone when he was suddenly cut off
as he was abont to learn the complain
ants identity.
"rhe patient told me he was not get
ting the proper kind of treatment" the
Representative said, "and had been
confined to G Building with the ac-
lively insane for three weeks. having
been transferred back to the open wards
two days before the committee arrived
to make their investigation.
II Just had asked the man to tell me
his name and the number of the ward
when the connection was severed rnd-
denly Whether he had real or i'm
aginary grievance is beside the ques-
tion I believe every patient should be
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
When Final Vote Is Expected.

ShitA IArSAiOuS OA similar character
will be raised before the Senate comes
to a final vote on the bill. but the dis
cussion Is not to be prolonged Unless
there IS an unexpected hitch II Is
agreed by Republicans and democrats
alike. final vote would be taken late
Tomorrow. but more probably on Tues
day.
In the event the conference report
is adopted by the Senate without change
the way Will be paved for sending the
bill to the President for signature by
the middle Of the week That Mr..
Harding will sign the Dill is not doubt
cd. II is well within the range of ros-
slbility that the meas re will be a law
before the end Of the week.
Mr.. Harding's chief concern about the
tariff has been the granting os author
tty to change rates without reference
to Congress, the so-called flexible tariff.
1t Is with this section that the Repub-
icans hope to Offset the Democratic
political attacks that the bill. carrying
as II does an increase in the cost of
living OF between $4,000. 900. 900 and s3.-
500. 100000 a year, is unscientific and
devised merely to help pro fiteering spe-
cial interests.
What the Republicans will do is to
say to the people that the bill is the
best that could be provided wit unset
tied economic conditions the world over
and that when II is apparent that rates
are too hi h 1t can be changer to meet
requirements.
Upon signing the bill. according to
reports tonight. President Harding in
tends to state publicly that when rates
are changed 1t will be downward.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
KLANSMENAT INITIATION
GET VOLLEY OF SHOTS
Return Fusillade During Out
doors Ceremony.

FREDERICK CrTr. Nd. Sept. 17.-open
opposition developed to the formation OF
the Ku Klux Klan In this county on last
Thursday night when about 30 shots
were fired at members of the Frederick
Klan during ceremonial at which a
number of candidates were inducted.
The ceremonial was put on In a field
about mile west OF Frederick. and had
just opened when the gun fire started.
One OF the bullets shattered the wind
shield of a klansmans automobile. A
member OF the klan returned the fire.
according TO an eye witness. and the
fusillade was kept up until the attack
ing party retreated
The khan has offered reward OF $50
for information leading to the identity
and arrest OF those who started the
firing.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
Ur Of the Chaldees Will
Give Secrets to Science

DHILADELPHIA Sept. 17.-Ur
of the Chaldees. ancestral
home of the Patriarch Abra-
ham. Is to be explored down
through the dust OF centuries to
the earliest records OF human in
habitants by experts OF the British
Museum and the University of
Pennsylvania museum. Actual
digging will be started October Is
and will be continued six months.
Bible scholars and authorities on
the early history OF mankind en-
bracing half dozen sciences
greeted the announcement with
declarations that the attempt to
wrest from the ruins of Ur the
secrets OF the city's antiquities Is
the most important archaeological
development In the last century.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
UF = 70 GET COAL,
SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF

inability 70 get coal u cd Franl
Moerschcr. 81. u 224 Richmond turr
pike. Tompkns lie. 10 shoot his wi
ard kin himself He died IN staten Is
nd Ho pit ! ast nignt az result
the two wounds Ia The hesd. Hs
may recover. Moerscher used a 20
caliber revolver.
Moerscher owned three apartmct
houses and had had much trouble witt
tenants because he was unable to &c.
coal
The New York herald., 1922-09-18

given the right to communicate with
the outside world without being over
heard or interfered with. The hospital
Is not a penal institution"
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
ARRESTS STOP CONVENTION.

The recent wholesale arrests OF many
leading members of the Workers Party
OF America has caused Its convention 10
be postponed. Charles Ruthenbcrg. Sec
retary. announced yesterday. Accord
ing TO revised plans the convention.
which was originally set for August 2s
In Chicago, will be In this city on De-
cember 90.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
Continued from First Page.

q. the manifest desire OF the greatest
number OF Republican leaders 10 set
aside Lieut. Gov Wood OF his own
county and nominate in his place Dis
trlct Attorney (''Wild Bnr') Donovan
of Erie county.
There Is certain 10 be a lively tilt
over this proposition. with the chances
favoring the Buffalo man, whose rec
ord for valor on battlefields In France
Won him meritcd distinction. one or
two other conflicts OF the same sort
may contribute excitement TO the Re-
publican nominating convention. but
will probably not result in any serious
consequences 20 the party or the can
didstes ultimately chosen.
Hearst and Tammany.
The Democratic program is gener-
ally predicated on the theory that the
greater number OF men and women
citizens OF New York are OF an ex-
trcme radical turn Of mind; that they
are dlsgusted with the failures" Of
the Harding Administration 10 fulfill
its pledges. and finally that they de-
sire a change not only in the national
but State Government. The Democratic
situation presents at once a striking
analogy and equally impressive
anomaly.
Discussion Of fhe Governorship at
present recalls the condition In the
Democratic party that existed at the
same relative stage of the prenominat-
ing campaign sixteen years ago.
Hearst was then and now the cause
OF the confusion that then prevailed
and still exists In the Democratic
mind. He is the stormy petrol In the
many Democratic complexities Of the
moment. Not one Tammany politician
in a hundred entertains the slightest
doubt o. Hearst's determination to
force the Murphy machine to give him
the nomination for Governor.
The editor politician is conceded by
the same authority to hold many
trumps that the Tammany boss cannot
afford TO overlook. Not the least inn.
portant OF these Is money: another Is
Hearst's control through Mayor Hylan
of the municipal payroll of New York
city. which constitutes the visible
means Of support OF thousands or
Tammany henchmen. Further than
this, IL is admitted by some of Muir
phys most loyal supporters that he is
afraid OF Hearst. This is not the least
amazing feature Of the situation be-
cause. according to Tammany esti-
mate. Hearst cannot actually control
or deliver more than $4,000 votes.
Wherefore Tamniany district leaders
and their lieutenants who reflect abso-
lutely no enthusiasm for Hearst as a
candidate are compelled to admit that
he is in fact the boss of the Tammany
boss The situation of Murphy is not
a pleasant or an agreeable one. The
ambition of Hearst has ripped the
Tnmmany organization as well as its
allied connections In Brooklyn. Queens
The Bronx and Richmond wide open.
The anomaly OF the situation is that
while the district leaders and their
cohorts believe Murphy will be COM
PEELED to bow to the ambition OF Hearst
90 out of every 100 Tamrany men and
women desire the nomination for Gov
ernor of Al Smith.
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
Anti-Hearst Democrats.

Aside from Hearst. Murphy and
Conners and, of course. their conf
dental agents. the terms of any deal
that may have already been negoti-
ated looking to the nomination OF
Hearst are unknown--if any deal has
nctually been effected. There Is
great deal of confusion in the Demo-
cratic mind in both the city and up
State districts on this point. The con-
troll of the city payroll is conceded to
rive Hearst decided advantage In
the situation and to add n-cot'y to the
other embarrassment Of Murphy. In
many respects the conditions that now
prevail are identical to those which re-
suited in the nomination Of Hearst in
a06. Some of the most important
eaders In Tamrany Hail. notably
homas r., Foley. the political mentor
Smith, hate Hearst with holy fervor.
he threat that emanates from the
'N'ey element cannot be regarded rs an
lie threat. But VI Ia a singular fact
so that the intense bitterness that
PREVAILS In Manhattan Borough does
not prevail in some OF the other bor-
The New York herald., 1922-09-18
Murphy's Dilemma.

It is the opinion of experienced Tam.
many leaders who krow their districts
that If Murphy lays down to Hearst"
there will be an explosion of elemental
emotions which will strike the props
out from under Tammany Hall anC
seriously impair the prestige of Muir
ply The sturdy Tammany boss has
weathered some devastating storms
during his twenty years of tenure in
Office. He is regarded as bearing a
charred life. for. with the exception
OF the aristocratic Henry Cabot LODGE
o. Massachusetts, and Senator Hiram
Johnson of California. he has lasted
longer than any other leader or so
o,l'ad no'itica, boss in the country
Firmly established as are his pow ers
OF endurance Murphy will be compe le
TO display even greater skill in nero
tiating party breakers If he conse, $
70 the nomination of Hearst Para
doxically, he is certain to he exposed
to n pitiless blast IL he doesn't nor Z
nate Hearst but responds TO the deeu
rooted and insistent demand that the
nomination be given to AL Smith; 1t is
not often that n nominating conven-
ton ignores the wishes OF vast ma :
jority of delegates as the Democratic
National Convention did in 1892 in Sc
lectinr Grover Cleveland as candidate
for President against the protest OF the
-Tammanv organization
Muruhy Is in control OF the State
machinery. which demands Smith
Under the system or representation In
the Democratic State convention at
Syracuse the votes OF the city dele
gates can nominate the candidate for
Governor regardless OF the wishes OF
those from the districts above The
Bronx. There will be 736 delegates in
the Syracuse convention. the control
being vested in 1853. The five boroughs
of New York city will have an aggre-
than tho ma torfty.
Mr.. Haarsts agents appreciating
this fact have centred their fire and
arguments or the borough organiza-
tions OF the city. with the execution
OF one or two spots like Buffalo. where
Editor w. j Conne~s. the general
manager Of the Hearst campaign
forces. is not without influence, Demo-
cratic sentiment In the other fifty-six
counties of the State is unmistakably
opposed to the nomination OF Hearst
and In favor OF Smith, In the Republi-
can convention the city boroughs have
only 375 out OF / 1.136 delegates. so that
the balance Of power liz just the other
way around from the Democratic.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21

tn whistle almost forgot how cold his
reet were and that the raid had sue.
ceeded In making his stockings very
wet and wretched. It really must have
oeen the tune. for everybody had
coin and a bit Of greeting. So he
played and played and played. He
thought his luck would change IL he
changed the tune. and he very nearly
blew the breath out Of him, keeping
the notes dancing about in that dismal
place. Rawlings and he were going to
have the finest supper in. all Christen-
dom' If whistling could do 1t.
Some people threw in pennies, and
some threw In dimes. and an OCCASION
al one dropped quarter; but the best
surprise Of all came at the last (which
Is the way 1t should be, especially on
Christmas Eve).
The man With the tin whistle was
Just about to take It away from his
mouth and start home when a little,
old lady. with white hair, stopped in
front Of him. Her eyes twinkled like
frosty stars and there was something
about her that made one think Of q
chickadee. Perhaps 1t was her bright.
quick eyes, or maybe the way she put
her head on one side and looked so ex-
ceedingly wise and happy. The man
with the tin whistle thought she was
the incest old lady he had ever seen.
And this was before she had said a
word.
Somebody" chirped the old lady
cher voice was like chickadee's, too,
only it did not say what a chickadee
does), Somebody who went through
here last year about this time has sent
you present. That somebody was
very discouraged over lot of things.
And the day was discouraging. too, just
like this. But you were playing away
here for all you were worth, just as IL
the sun were shining and your feet
were warm as toast. The tune was the
same one you are tootling now. And
that somebody decided that If you
could stand and whistle jolly air in
all the cold and wet and drizzle. that
1t was time to make himself brace up
and do something. And he did" The
old lady twinkled harder than ever.
The man with the tin whistle wondered
what In the world she was going to
say next. But she did not say any.
thing for a minute. She whipped out
a pocketbook. snapped open the top,
took out small. folded piece Of pa
per and handed 1t to the man with the
tin whistle. Then she snapped her
pocketbook together. put 1t in her bag,
perked her head on one side and
chirped, "Merry Christmas The man
was my son." And she was gone before
you could say Jack Robinsonl
Rawlings and his master had sup
per worth talking about that night, I