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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
SPOJENCI OHLASILI POzADAVKY.
USILUJl o NAPROSTOU VOLNOST
MORSKYCH UzN.
POzADAVEK TENTO ROVNEz sPOJENE STATY
PRIJALY "a SVUJ

mutt, jez by Sc zamlouvalo Ru-
sku Anglii, zdali takova vec
jest moznou.
Neni to lmyslem americ-
kych delegate nabidnouti kom
promisni plan, ackoli ma prvni
pohled prohlaseni velvyslance
Childa tax vypada. Spojene
Staty shoduji Sc S mocnostmi
spojeneckymi tom, ze poza-
duji volnost morskych dzin pro
obchodnii valecne lodi, ale "a
roven spolehaji vice ma dohod
mutt nezli ma vojenskou kontro
lu, v cemz Rusove a Turci spa
truji priblizeni Sc k jejich sta
novisku. Zaroven vsak Spoje-
ne Staty jdou dale nezli spoje-
1leck5 rrto1r1osti; zsS 10 FsSss ssss
valecnych lodi cizfch narodh- v
Cernem mofi nekladou zad-
nych omezeni. Child primo ma
padl rusko-turecky narok ma
proste turecke svrchovanosti
mad dzinami, kdyz pravil, ze
zadny narod, vzhledem k zeme
pisnemu polozeni, nemel by mi
ii prayo nzavfiti mezinarodni
drahu uzin. dodav, ze income
zeni kontrola Gzin a Cerneho
I'd lste uln]i Rln1 ~
dem jest proti hejlepSim za-
jmGm sveta."
Behem dnesni schIze doslo
nekolikrate k ostre vym6ne
nazori mezi lordem Curzonem
hlavou briticke delegace a Ci-
cerinem, vldcem delegace ru-
ske. Curzon obvinoval Rusy, re
ackoli mluvi krasne Erase do
bru clovecenstva, chteji uciniti
z Cerneho more ruske jezero,
kdezto Cicerin odpovidal, re
Anglie pozaduje volnost uzin
jenom proto, ably svym moe
nym lod'stvem mohla ohrozo-
vati Rusko a Turecko.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
LIMA oPET osvETLENA.

Lima, O., 6. prosince. Popr-
We cd minuleho ctvrtka svetla
hofela op9tn6 ma dlicich toho-
to ,mesta dnes v noci. Upisy de-
vlti nbchodnik!o.. ktefi Sc qvoli- ii
Ii sloziti po 500 tento mesfc
umoznily operov4ni osv6tlova-
ciho syst4mu.. Jest dosud ot&z-
kou, jakym zpdsobem budou
zisk&ny penfze po !. lednu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07

vokovani pocinanim techto po
chopI, obcane Williamson a o.
kolnfch okresl povstali v pro-
testu q rozhorleni. Vedeli, ze
tri neozbrojeni uniovi havifi,
II ktsff Il 1Iev hiedav ali ! z5zdf15 fesa eas
hadek, byli zabiti ozbrojenymi
hlfdaci. Toto zavinilo vytrznost
%. cerv., pri niz zahynuli ne
uniovi delnici, stavkokazov9 a
zamestnanci uhelne spolecno-
sti."
Plukovnik Hunter odsuzo-
val zamestnavani scukromych
zbujnfkI "obchodnimi zajmy
teto zem9 ma vyrovn&vani in
dustrialnich )sporI."
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
PARNfKY Sc SRAZILY.

Londyn, g.. prosince. Brittle
ky parmik Clyne Rock, srazil
sc s americkym parnikem
George Washington asi v 10
hodin dnes vecer, proti Dove
ru, die bezdratove depese z
Clyne Rock Lloyd1m. Trup to-
hoto parniku byl poskozen a
utrpel trhlinu, avsak nepotfe-
boval okamzite pomoci. Zadna
zprava nebyla obdrzena o tom,
co Sc stalo parniku George
Washington, jenz plul z Ply
mouth do Bremen.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07

jake hlave narod1 tvoricich
britickou risi. Kdyz obfady
skonceny, prof. Hayes zvolen
byl opetne predsedou snemu a
Cosgrave predsedou kabinetu.
MinistrIm ctena byla prisaha
kazde emu ZvlaSt'.
Vsichni clenove d9lnicke
strany byli pfitomni a slozili
pfisahu krone L. Gaffney-ho,
jenz jediny hlasoval proti dsts
We. Ocekava sc, ze slozeni pfi.
sahy odepre, cimz Sc stane, ze
jeho volebni obvod nebude "a.
stoupen.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07

francouzskeho statnika nez CO.
koli jineho.
Pan Wilson jest pry dusevne
tax bystry, jako kdykoli pred
tim a ma podivuhodne jasny
rozhled pfitomne mezinarod-
nj situaci.
DrivejSi president prijal sla-
vneho hosta v knihovne ma dru
hem poschodi sveho domova.
Pi. Wilsonova byla MIN, kdyz
Clemenceau prisel, avsak j.
hned Sc vzdalila, ably oba mu-
Ii mohli byti sami. Pan Will
son zIstal usazen po celou do
bu navstevy a Clemenceau ne
z1stal tax dlouho jako u pre-
sidenta Hardinga jedine z to-
no ddvodu, aby neunavil sve-
no nOSLlLoIo.
Rano Clemenceau zajel ma
narodni hTbitov Arlingtonsky
ku hrobce neznameho vojaka
a vecer mluvil pred Southern
Society v Memorial Hall. Row
nez behem dne promluvil k ar
madnim dGstojnikdm, vetsinou
veterandm z valky We valecne
kolleji a podnikl pout' do
Mount Vernon, slozit poctu
prvnimu presidentu americke
|republiky.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
HOSI 81 OPATRILI "SANTA
CLAUSE" SAMI.

v elsie 1906 Detroit Ave.,
Lakewood, bydlici krajan Jan
Hucek, .uslySel pojednou ne
jaky naraz, ktery "a nedlouho
sc opakoval. zdalo SO mu, ze
podezfely zvuk pochazi z ve-
dlejsfho zelezarskeho obcho-
du. Pfivolal policii, tato Sc
dostavila, nastala prohlidka
kramu, kdyz tn pojednou ku
strazcdm bezpecnosti prikro-
ill as 9-lety hoch Sc slovy: =
"Mohu jfti take dovnitr a W.
brati 81 n9co "k Jezisku?" =
Byl totiz postaven ma straz,
aby hlidal, kdezto 0 malo jen
starsi jeho soudruzi podnikli
vypravu dovnitf a sice jeden
12-lety a druhy 15-lety, kteri
byi v obchode dopadeni ma
pakovanymi kapsami noziky a
ka1dy 3 novou detskou vzdusni
puSkou pies ramero. Celia ta-
to spolecnost doprawena do de-
|tentniho donu, kde byvse ta-
zani po pffcinach cinu, odpo-
v6deM: ''Nebyli jsme jisti, ze
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
risky svOBODNY STAT.
Nastoupil v6era svoji karisru
jako jedna z britickych


draw.
Dublin, 6. prosince. Inaugu-
race Irskeho Svobodneho Sta
tn jake jedne draw briticke
rise, byla provedena dnes. Oh
fady byly jednoduche a nebyly
mareny zadnou nepratelskou
demonstraci cd republikansk6
menSiny.
Prisaha ctena byla Timothy
Healymu jako generalnfmu gu
verneru predsedou nejvyssdho
soudu v obydli Healyho, til mi
lie ma zapad cd Dublina a po-
zdeji novy generalni guverner
prijal prisahu loyalty Cd prof.
Michaela Hayese, jako predse
dy snemu.
u, Nebylo zadnych zastupI
pred parlamentni budovou,
kdyz snem sesel Sc dnes. Mi
nistri JIM We spojeni VIA
dou dostali sc do zasedacfho s&
lu parlamentu soukromym
vchodem z pfilehajfcich vlad-
Mich dfadoven a zadnym ma
vstevnikim nebyl vstup dovo-
len.
Clenove sesi Sc pfesn6 v 5
hodin. William T. Gosgrave,
predseda kabinetu prozatimni
vlady a Kevin O'Higgins, syno
vec noveho generalnfho gu
vernera, byli mezi nejprvnejsi
mi pfichozfmi zaujali mfsta
jako We starem snemu. v $50
pfedseda Hayes oznamil, ze
jest splnomocn6n generalnfm
guvernerem cfsti pffsahu Gle.
nnm.
We forrnx pfisahy slibuje sc
napred v9rnost tstav9 Svobod.
neho Statu a pax krali Jiffmu
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
| NEMCI ODMfTNOU PLATIr.
Poxadovars n&hrady IA napa-
deni spojeneckych distojnikd
BavOrsku.

Berlin, 6. prosince. N6mec-
ko odmitne platiti nahradu l.
100000 zlatych frankd, jiz po
zaduje Dohoda "a utoky ma spo
jenecke ddstojniky v Ingolstad
tn a Passove. To vyslo ma je-
vo po konferenci mezi kancle-
rem Vilemem Cuno a premiery
nemeckych federovanych sta
til.
Risska vlada xaujima stano-
.Nisko, ze nfmhze donutiti me-
|stas plasiti tre1tnE aiAhEady bez
vypsani zvlastni dane a proje-
vuje pochybnost, re RISKY
snem prijal by potrebne zako-
ny. Kancler Cuno pry Sc rozho
dl ponechati spojenclm napro
sto volnou ruku v teto veci.
Mimo to, bylo sd9leno, nova
vlada bude sledovati tentyz
smer vzhledem k valecnym nj
hradam jako drivejsi kanclef
Wirth a sice ze valecne dluhy
nebudou placeny do te miry,
ahv tn nTivodilO vniterni ShrOu
cent Sc zem6.
Mezitim dGverna sdeleni oh
drzena nemeckou vladou zje.
vuji, re stanovisko Poincare-o.
vo ma londynske predporade
predchmzejici reparacni kon'
ferenci bude jak nasleduje:
Podrobna diskusse skrtnu'
I'll spojeneckych dluhd, vcetne
tech, jez jsou povinny Spoje'
nym Statdm.
Udeleni povoleni Nemecku
opatriti 81 pIjcku $4,000, 0,00(
zlatych marek, ktere by bylt
pouzito ma reparacni dcet.
Pristoupeni ma kratke mora
torium pro Nemecko pod urci'
tymi zarukami, jako zvysen.
francouzskeho dohledu v Po
, ryni a zamarkycovani ddlezi
tych drzebnosti hranicicich ns
Ryn.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
EX-RANDlTA VILLA BAN.
KEkEM.

Ell Paso, Tex, 6. prosince.
Pancho Villa chysta Sc zriditi
banku v Parralu, kterou bude
financovati pen6zi, jez mexi-
cka vlada mu cdv&di, aby ne
zacinal novychs revoluci nebo
nepripojil Sc k n6ktere, jez ny
nj jsou v proudu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07

mas bude 0 vanocich vzpome-
nuto n6jskymi darky proto
jsme mysleli, ze ud6lame do
'bfe, postarame-li Sc 0 ne sa-
mi"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
PRIMO oNDlsEJ U PAPEzE.
Vypuzeny bra4r ex-krSle kon-
Stamina dxksaje mu "a jeho
zakroGeni.

Rim, 6. prosince. Prime On
dfej recky, svypuzeny revo-
lucni vladou v Athenach pro
sve lcaster,stvf ma katastro-
f9 recke arrl&dy v Male ASH,
pfijel do Rfr4a dnes v poledne,
provazen stojf manzelkou,
princeznou Ahci jejich ctyr
mi dcerami.
Odebrali "a Dffmo do Vatika
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07

Lausanne, 6. prosince. Lord
Curzon, mluve jmenem spoje-
neckych mocnostl. predlozil
dnes TurkIm rozhodnuti Doho
dy, aby nejenom zIstaly uziny
volny obchodnim lodim vsech
narodG, ale zaroven valecnym
lodim vsech vlajek a ably bre.
ny Dardanell a Bosporu byly
demilitarisovany pod mezina.
rodni kontrolou.
Spojenci prijimaji omezeni,
ze zadna jednotiva mocnost nj.
kdy nesmi vyslati v jeden cas-
do Cerneho more vice valec-
nych lodi, nez by Sc rovnaly ST.
lie We valecnych lodich ktereho
koli z narodI hranicicich ma
Velvyslanec Child, mluve
jmenem americke vlady, cetl
prohlaseni vysvetlujicf pevne
stanovisko Washingtonu pro
svobodu a volnost lzin jak pro
obchodni, tax valecne lodi.
Spojene Staty tudiz podporuji
hledisko spojeneckych mocno.
sti proti onomu RusI, kteri Ia.
daji, ably uziny byly zavreny
valecnym lodim vsech narodi
krone onsch nfinalsf fsjiesdse
Turecku
Turci podaji odpov6d' v pa.
tex ma spojenecky plan. Vyro.
zumiva Sc, ze prijmou navrh
ma demilitarisovani pobrezi Il.
zin, ale budou Sc pokouseti u
loziti takove omezeni ma prI.
Jed valecnych lodi, jez by We
ekute6nosti znamenalo uzavre
nj dzin.
Pravda o turecke situac
vzhledem k dzinam jest, re sc
velmi obavaji, ably 81 nerozhn9
vail Rusy ma jedne strane 8
Anglii ma druhe. Turci s mad
senim by prijali kazde rozhoe
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
NOVY SMRTfCf PLYN.

Varsava, g. prosince. - Gen. Rachewski poske arma
dy prohlasl dnes re ma nformac re Nemc vynaez
edovay pyn pouzivan vace prot nemuz kraboska
niceho nepomaha. Rachewsk tvrd, re bylo hrozeno
smrti prozradi-i tento novy nemecky objev
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
.PATRtNf basup AlAKNk.
Panuje minSni, ze vraxednice
Phillipsov8 jest uz v
Mexiku.

Los Angeles, 6. prosince.
Clara Phillipsova, odsouzena
do statni trestnice pro vrazdu,
jejiz ltek ze zdejsiho okresni-
no vezeni vzbudil velike vzru-
SEMI po celem state, jest dosud
ma svobode a nejmensi stopy
nebylo po nj objeveno. Jest ne
pochybne v Mexiku, kan mela
jiz dosti casu dostati Sc.
>Nejposledn9ji Sc sdeluje, ze
hukot aeroplanu byl slysan
vcera kratce pred lsvitem, le-
ticiho smerem k mexickym hra
nicim. Byl pry slysan o dve no
diny pozdeji v Mexicali a pax
opet, jak Sc vracel ma sever.
Blize Los Angeles jest zakla
dna aeroplanova a tn mohlo to
byti pomerne snadne pro spo-
jence Phillipsov6 opatriti il
stroj, jenz by il dopravil do
Dolni California neb do statu
Chihuahua, kde byla by pomer
ne bezpecna.
Dnes opetn6 vyslychan byl
dlouho manzel Phillipsove, ale
mic nevyslo ma jevo, co jej uva-
d9lo We spojenf s dtekem jeho
zeny. Rovn9z Jest dosud z&ha.
dou, kdo We vezeni byl il napo
mocen. z Mexika ozn&meno,
ze v prfpade dopadeni Phillip.
sove ma mexick& pade, bude
!, vracena do st&tu California
pres to, ze nenf zadne smlou
Wy mezi Mexikem a Spojenymi
Staty.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-12-07
DVA AEROPLANY VRA1LY DO SEBE.
SEST DUSTOJNfkIJ A vOJAKU IA
HYNULO phi NESTESTL
MEZI USMRCENYMI JEST STABNf SERzANT
KRAJAN ARTHUR MARSlK z CLEvELANDU.

Norfolk, Va, g. prosince. Dva armadni d0stojnfci
ety fadovf vojac jeden mich sbni
Six els 1895 zap A. uice Cleveland zahynulo p vybu-
chu gaso1novych nadrzek ohn jenx vznik kdyz
jenske aeroplany srazy vzduchu dnes blize
11angleyova letste sever cd Hampton Roads.
Ohofea temef nepoznatena tela pat ob9ti bya vyta-
zena zohybanych oceovych koser dvou srod Sesty
muzd seskoc jednoho aeropan1 kdyz srazka udaa
mste Sc zabil Mrtvf krone serzanta Marsika sou:
Major Guy L. Gearheart, pilot Fokker aeroplanu, z
Leavenworh Kan kap A. Benton Doyle pilot Martinova
bombovaciho aeroplanu ST. Lousu F. Blunka Chica-
ga; Thomas Jordan Deepstep Ca Leon Rolas Philadelphia
Ociti sv6dkove vypravuj ze doba nestes oboa stroc
manevrovay We vy enom asi 500 stop mad zem Bombo-
vaci aeroplan cn ostrou zatcku Fokker patrne
lete nm Ohon Martnova aeropanu by Gplne useknut
cd hlavnho rupu sroe kdezto Foker by poskozen
narazu Uba sTtly
aeroplany zahaleny byy pameny jese drive nez dopady
Skoro soucasne dopadnutfm strojd zemi
vybuch kdyz nadrzky gasolinove rozpaeny asnym Ia
prasky Ma sta zachrancd kteff specha kukufcne
pole kan stroe dopady bylo plameny vzalo
vice mnu nezli mrvoy trosek vytazeny. Tea ubozakn
napolo shofea Leon Roas eden vojaki jenz skocil
Fokker aeropanu I'll snad asi pet minut Jny vojak, enz
rovnez skoc soje byl pohrben pod MIN eho telo byo
skoro dpln6 spaleno.
Oci sv6dkove shoduji tom, ze nestest byo zavne-
no tm ze pilot navzajem nfvde, al kdyz bylo pozde
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Serzant Arthur Marsk ctal pouze % roxy veku sdei-
la vcera jeho matka, bydlci manzelem rem dcerami
nym elsie 1895 zap A. uce Nebyl pry donna cee
ct roxy, cd vsoupeni do armady jese valky sib
pfijede etos vanoce nacez velm tes AZ
slouz Kelly Field blize Antonio Teles.
lie pozdstatky budou pTvezeny do Cleveandu pohfben
Manzee Marsikov jsou po mnoho rokI Clevelandu H.
sazeni a udanem elsie vlastni grocerni obchod
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-19
STEVE KA!ONKA
GOES ON TRIAL;
WIFE TEsT|F|Es
District Attorney Finds That
Couple Is Not Legally Wed
and Alice Katonka Tells
of Staying.
nv The Assncin;ed press.l

Aztec, n. NJ, May 1S.--Steye Ma
tonka, charged with the murder OIL
William Kelley and Sam Gray, taNi
drivers last August on the ROAD
near Shiprock, wens on trial mere
today, with Alice Katonka, the ae-
fendant's reputed wife, testifylns
against him. District Attorney Al
exander Read declared today that
he had discovered that the pair haa
not been legally married and tnat
therefore the woman can TESTIFY
against Katonka.
She told on the stand today tnat
Katonka had forced her, at the
point of a pistol and with threat
Of death, to shoot one OF the two
men. She declared she half tainted
after pulling the trigger and tnat
she heard two shots. When sile
recovered her senses she found poth
men dead. Katonka, she testified,
then hid the bodies under culvert
and the pair proceeded to Pits
burgh, Pa. where they were later
arrested, after Katonka had writ
ten local authorities telling them
of the murder and duplicating the
woman.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-19
BORDER RAIDER IS
GUILTY OF MURDER
IN FIRST DEGREE

Nogales. Ariz.. May 1S.---Manuel
Martinez, one of seven bandits VINO
crossed the Mexican border last
August, raided the Ruby. Arlz.,
nostoffice and killed Postmaster
and Mrs. Frank pearson, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree
and his punishment was liked at
death by a superior court jury here
late today. The Jurors delberateo
only fifteen minutes.
The wife and daughter OF Mar
tinez became hysterical when they
learned that he was to be hanged.
He admitted having been q mem
Der of the bandit gang but he de-
clared he had no hand in the shoot-
ing.
Placido Silvas, the only other al
legged member of the gang to be
captured, was placed on trial on u
charge of murder at the conclu-
sion of Martluez's trial.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-19
NEGRO TORTURED
OVER FIRE THEN
BURNED AT POST

Davisboro, Ga, May 1S.-Charles
Atkins, a negro, 10, one OF four
taken into custody today in con-
nection with the killing OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Kitchens, 20 years old,
was burned at the stake tonight.
The lynching occurred at the
scene of the murder and followed
an alleged confession from the
prisoner. He was tortured over a
slow fire for fifteen minutes and
then shrieking with pain was ques-
toned concerning his accomplices.
Members of the mob, comprising
nearly 1000 people, then raised
the body again, fastened 1t to a,pine
tree with trace chains and relighted
the fire. More than 200 shots were
fired into the charred body after
the boys death.
Following the lynching OF At
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-19
RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION
ELECTS OFFICERS; DIRECTORS
FROM EACH COUNTY PICKED
Ben c. Hernandez Made Chairman With M.
L. Fox, Secretary; Charles White, Treas
urer, and F. S. Donnell, Assistant Secretary;
Will Seek 1000 Members in 80 Days.

furnishing the money TO pay the
cost of construction OF reclamation
projects such as proposed for the
middle Rio Grande' valley in order
Ito take care of flood protection,
storage of water for irrigation and
drainage of water-logged lands, but
before anything can be done Ky the
government the people who want
| this help must do their part.
The secretary OF the interior is
| not authorized to deal with indi-
vidual property owners but can act
only when a petition is presented
from q duly organized district.
This petition must be accom-
panied by maps showing the lands
| of the district, together with the
plans, estimates and description o.
the project TO be constructed.
Upon receiving petition from
a district and the payment of one
\ half the estimated cost of preliml-
nary investigation as fixed by the
secretary and assurances of such
additional sums as may be needed
to pay the balance of this cost. the
| secretary may enter into contract
with the district when he shall be
satisfied:
(a) That the project is feasible
for reclamation.
% That the district Is duly
authorized to enter into contract
with the United States for the pur-
poses herein provided.
(c) That the validity Of the
organization of the district and of
the bonds has been determined
through q judicial confirmation.
The district must issue bonds in
ample amount TO cover the entire
cost of the project and when such
bond issue shall have been con-
| firmed by the courts. the district
d, shall deposit the bonds with the
federal farm loan board which Is
directed to advance the money
needed to pay for the work.
Forty Years to Pay.
! These bonds to be payable III
forty years and to bear interest at
) per cent. payable annually.
The amount of money to be adj
vanced by the government Is limit
ed to s30,000,000 for the first year.
s45,00O,0 900 for the second year ana
$55, 100000 a year for the next five
| years.
Districts are now being formed
! in all parts of the country in order
to be ready to submit their petit
lions to get part OF this money Just
as soon as the bill is passed by con-
gress. A.,
Present state law authorizes the
formation of irrigation districts TO
carry out the entire project OF
storage dams for both flood protec-
| ton and irrigation, also drainage
of waterlogged lands. The law
also authorized the district TO enter
into contract with the United States
reclamation service to do the WORK
! of construction.
The meeting last night was
probably the most effective meet
/ ing ever held in the middle val
ley to further the reclamation OF
This section of New Mexico farm
! ling lands.
Engineers Report.
The situation of the middle val
! ley was completely covered from
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-19
HAVE
ABANDONED 5000
MILES Of TRACK
Speaker at Rotary Club
Shows What Lines Are
Doing: Urges Opposition
to Free Tolls Bill.

rhat tbe roi1roods Of the United
Sto,o. ,a,.. al,a.1o,,oa nm niles
".''''9 nave "'''i'uoiisu 49,
or rack IN the past I'VE years ara
only constructed Sl4 mlles IN L11O
was the declaration OF Charles Dlis
Ion, assistant to the chalrlliail VI
the western presidents conlililI NY
OIL the Association OF hallWaS EN-
ecutlVes' IN ms ADDRESS peiore ,he
hotary clup mere Yesterday hoon.
MT. Dllioh Is now OF ciiicaso pu'
was lorHlelly reSiuen' ~ 80.
querque and his ADDRESS was inter
estlng ID tne extreme.
Illustrating the SUDDEN lhGrsase
IN COSTS OF operation Mr' DiiioI'
presented a series Oh iisuIes
| Guced 10 r twenty minute paS4S'
ne SAD ID part
"The gross earnings OF the class
l ralIroads' every twenty minutes
IN lSl+' were Just $50 IN
ls@l' every twenty hllilu.e'' .hsS
were $sV9'o'1' an increase VI o
per cent
'Ihe operating, eNpehses--W llat
IL cost 10 run the roaus-eyeIS
twenty minutes IN lSle ahiolIliteu
10 SS0'S9q. In l94l' every tWen,s
minutes those expenses were o.
b52, an increase or W. per cent:
Our pay ron Tor twenty I,,'',-
utes IN IVA was sov,ooo' WA. WHY
FOR the same snort t,nle III l'-
IL amounted 10 JUST %loo'o''' "''
increase OF lo9 per cent.
our taxes Tor twenty mlnutes ~
1914, were So,l6s, but III lsZl' los
twenty minutes thcy hau incaeaseu
to Slo,526-an increase OIL IVA per
cent.
You read or increased earnings
in railroad reports; you look az
your own red INK entries ana YOU
/ blame the railroads. ~ IS urue'
earnings did increase IN W. here
are the facts taken from me inter
state Commerce commission re-
ports: In the last SIX months Oh
1921 the railroads mad total earn
ings 80 per cent higher' apout
s5,2Oo,OOO q day more IN the ias-
six months or 1916: why. inen,
did not rates come down because
while earnings went up ." per cen.
total operating expenses ana taxes
were So.i00,0Oo a day more INA
in the last half Of 1916. lhlnk OF
1t, in the last six months OF i9lo
the operating expenses alone
amounted to Sc, oo,S,o day IN
the last halt or l92l lhey were
precisely Sl2,l3o,42o q day lha'
is about twice as mucn.
I'm 1916 our fuel, materials am
supplies cost S660,3oo,4oo' IN
1921 they cost Sl,l96,1 S2,O2i, more
than twice as much.
you complain about hlgh TAX
es---that is to say every place
go ! hear the complaint--but give
thought to these figures you
business men: In 1916 the rail-
roads paid taxes amounting to
s159,279,S05. In 1871 they PAID
$2S0,441,4SS in taxes. rms IN an
increase Of more than I6 per cert
over 1916, or abo 1t 5 4-l0 cents OF
every dollar taken in as revenue.
1t is $76S,333 a day for taxes.
'In the last four months OF l92l
our operating expenses were
500 day less than in the
same period of 1919. This was due
largely to a decline In traffic. but
mostly to substantial economics in
maintenance expenses, none or
which, by the way should have
been effected. Maintenance has
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-19
THREE ALLEGED AUTO
THIEVES ARE TURNED
OVER TO U. S. AGENTS

John Pavloski, Pete Schafer anu
lanes Sanderson, the three men
. rrest ed "wednesday evening by po-
lice on a charge OF having s.o w.
automobile. were turned over " w
department of justice yesterday, r ~
Police Judge George Roddy' Ing
men are alleged to have stoleii
car from Chicago and driven II 10
this city. They were arrested a..
one of the free auto camps.