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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-04-16

DEMOCRATS CAN EITHER HELP
OR HINDER PROGRESSIVE
REPUBLICAN PLAN

Washington, April 16.-(Special
Correspondence)-Now that Demo
cratic leaders in congress have de-
clared their intention not to obstruct
further the work of the legislative
branch of the government, it is in
~teresting TO review briefly the ad-
ministratiOn policies mapped out by
President Coolidge in his message to
congress at the beginning of the pres
ent session. Here are some brief quo
tations:
"The taxes of the nation must be
reduced now as much as prudence will
permit. Of all services which the
congress can render to the country l
have no hesitation in declaring this
one to be paramount"
I'VE must have a merchant marine
which meets these requirements ina
tional defense and service to Ameri-
can commercel, and We shall have to
pay the cost Of its service"
The times has come to resume in
a moderate way, the opening of intra-
coastal waterways, control Of flood
waters of the Mississippi and Colo
RADIO rivers, improvement of water
ways from the Great Lakes toward
the Gulf of Mexico and development
of a power and navigation project OF
the St. Lawrence"
Competent authorities agree that
an entire reorganization Of the rate
structure for freight is necessary
This should be ordered at once by the
congress"
"The congress ought to exercise al
its powers of prevention and punish
ment against the hideous crime O.
lynching."
Laws prohibiting spreading oil ant
oil refuse from vessels in our owl
territorial waters would be most help
full and should be speedily enacted"
Laws should be passed regulating
aviation. Revision is needed of tn
laws regulating radio interference"
America must be kept American
For this purpose it is necessary t
continue a policy Of restricted immi
! grafton"
mo complicated scheme of relief
no plan for government fixing 0
prices, no resort to the public treas
q ury, will be OF any permanent. valu
; in establishing agriculture. But
; seems feasible to provide governmer
assistance to exports, and authorit
should be given the war finance COZ
poration to grant, in its discretion, tn
q most liberal terms of payment fo
fats and grains exported for the d
I rect benefit of the farm"
Subject to the right to retake j
time of war, l recommend that tn
Muscle Shoals property be sold"
"Those suffering disabilities il
Cured in the service must have su
ficient hospital relief and compens
e ton. Their dependents must be su
n ported. Rehabilitation and vocation
\ training must be- completed. 1
ii not favor the granting of a bonus"
u 81 recommend that the field for
az for prohibition enforcement be broug
x within the classified civil sc.yice."
Oh "The foreign service of our Cover
y ment needs to De reorganized a
ne improved
oh Reorganization Of the different
partments and bureaus, more scie
tific and economical than the pres,
a system, should be enacted into |
at the present session."
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-04-16
Some Logic Here

Insurance Agent-"Why, / carry a
$4,000 policy payable to my wife"
Brutal-"It's too much. What ex-
cuse can you give her for living"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-04-16
Blond Bess Opines

"The Finnigans are regular glut-
tons. Why, they eve have overstuf-
fed furniture"
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07
THEATER MANS PROMISE
 BRINGS ON A LAWSUIT
Costl, Fur Coat, Hasty Words, and Mistake of the Police, Involve
 show Manager in Tanglc.

Budapest, March 7.-The Hungar- ian courts have been asked to pass upon breach of promise case in- Hoiying a costly fur coat. the prop crty Of Miss Jeanne Marnae. an act ress. The coat was stolen while she was appearing at q Budapest theater and she held the thcatcr director re sponsible because he had neglected to safeguard her effects while she was on the stage.
 A few days later the police notified the actress that the coat has been re- covered. Miss Marnae was elated. So was the theater director. The latter assured the actress, she asserts, that hc had really planned to buy her an- other coat just as good as the one stolen.
 It developed that the police were mistaken about the coat. It wasn't the one stolen from the actress. The theater director then was anything but elated. He refused to buy Miss Marnae another just as good coat or any coat at all, and sine filed suit to compel him to keep his promise and reimburse her for her lost coat.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07

vans carly learned much about cold storage that the technieians of the western world came to know only re- gently. They suspend melons. grapes and other fruits in room kept slightly above the freezing point and preserve their freshness and flavor throughout the winter. In the past, gourmet emperors of China sent reg utary across the endless plains and mountains of central Asia to khiVa for supplies of melons for their tables. These expeditions probably set the world record for the transportation of fresh fruits in the da.s before the de- yelopmtnt Of artificial refrigeration. Before the world war the khiNan oasis produced cotton in considerable quantities for Russia, but since the disruption of the market. it's farmers have largely returned to grain grow ing. Silk production is Of importance and the oasis is lined with long awe nues of mulberry trees on which the silk worms feed.
 "Hemmcd in by deserts, khira is still isolated in spite of the extensive Russian railroad building sin the Trans-Caspan region in the decades before the world war. The country is enclosed in a great horseshoe of railroads. but at no place does the track approach closer than 250 miles to the city Of khiya. The country is dependent as Of old on boat traffic on the Oxus fer part of the year and on camel and horse caravans. Moham- emtlanism prevails throughout the country which is roughly about half the size of the state of New York
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07
NEW JEWISH DISTRICT
Ii Has Hcsn Devideu to Establish an Autonomous Hebrew Region in Northern Crinea.

London, Martin 7.--lt is stated in 1 Jewish circles here that it has been decided to establish an autonomous Jewish region in northern crimea and adjacent districts in the Ukraine, in- cluding the cities of Odessa, Emerson and Nikolaiey, where the populations arc predominantly Jewish Tho area, to which il is proposed to give an independent Jewish adminsc- tfation by about 1923 comprises ap- proNimately l4,0oo, 6oo acres. of which . 2,o00,00o hitherto have been uncnl- tiyated and unpoopled.
 The diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph hears that the
 soviet leaders, frot2ky, liucharin and ilamencn, favor the scheme which it is declared is. not, as suggested in
 some quarters, T revival of the caarist
 system of the pale"
 Moscow dispatches on February aa said Il final dorrcr establishing an au-
 tpnomous Jewish state in the crimcan
 Peninsula would be issued within n
 few days by the council Of com
 missars,
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE
 FROWNED ON BY POLICE
Claim That Manual Phones are More Advantageous During a Time of
 Extreme Necessity.

Los Angeles. March 7.-Plans to re place all manual telephones in Los Angeles with those of the automatic or dial type arc not meeting with po- lice department approval.
 "Dialing" q number on an auto natic telephone may be more efficient than calling the number to central on d manual telephone. according 10 Chief August Nollmcr and detective II nutenants. but in times of lTergency the direct connection with a human operator the moment q receiver falls from its hook on the manual phone frequently saves lives or aids in the capture of criminal.
 A child. for instance, they point out, or an adult laboring under great cA- element, might be incapable of "dial- ing;" or time 10 dial might be lack ing. under the stress of an emergency. yet with the manual telephone such a person might bring police to the scene of trouble by simply nttering q cry for help after taking up the re- ceiNcr. Frequently the noise Of q scufTle. during which the receiver of q ilid ludl ieitpiOilt lida D'''i hiioA hS H off its hook. has been sufficient 10 warn central and through her 10 warn the police, it is argued. An au- tomatic telephone, on the other hand, remains deaf to such inarticulatc ap- peals for aid. say the police, and de- Iaands that very presence Of mind which is likely to be wanting in an emergency.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07
SHORT CALENDAR DOCKET.

Ten cases comprise the docket for the short calendar session Of the city court at o'clock Monday afternoon, as follows: Victor Salces against Ed mond Hedley, judgment by default, J. G. Woods for the plaintiff, Henry Nowieki for the defendant, Hospital Import. Corp. against Laura Wads- worth, judgment, J. G. Woods for the plaintiff, $. G. Casale for the defend ant: Gold Brand Confectionery Co. against R. H. Ripple, disclosure of defense and judgment, D. l.. Nair for the plaintiff, I. l. Rachlin for the de- fcndant; H. MaXon against Thomas Tuschowsll. judgment, D. l.. Nair and Alfred Levitt for the plaintiff; Ludwig Mautncr against Frank Pog- litch, motion for more specific state ment and pleading by defendant, Harry Ginsbcrg for the plaintiff, J. c. Woods for the defendant: Joseph Stubonrauch against Mike cherpak, pleading or default, NJ. D. Sake for the plaintiff. M. \. Sexton for the defendant; NJ. Irving Jester against Dominick J. Ales, plaintiffs motion to expunge. kirlham, Cooper, Hun gcrford and Camp for tho plaintiff J. NJ. Donovan for the defendant: Will liam May against Frank Pond, bond for prosecution, Dunn X McDonough for the plaintiff, D. l.. Nair for the defendant: Rohc and Brother against Gussic MaNon, bond for prosecution, A. W. Epson for the plaintiff, D. l.. Sair for tho defendant: Michael Sil- luzio against Alexander rhilicki, pleading by defendant, & q. casale for the plaintiff, Stanley ]. Traceski for tho defendant.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07
kHIVA NOW HAS 4
 NEW CONSTITUTION
Country Is Central Asian De.
 pendency of Moscow

Washington, b. C.. March 7.-khirt has q new constitution.
 That would have been first page news, probably. before the world war. for most Asiatic countries had potcn- tates whose sword welding ancestors had left them firmly seated on their thrones. Now the news means little more than that dependency of SO yiet Russia has decided to call itself .The Soviet Sociaistic Republic Of Khiya," instead of The Peoples So cialist Republic of khira." and to take away political rights from non laborers." A bulletin from the Wash ington, D. C.. headquarters of the Ma tional Geographic society describes this country in the desert region of Trans-Caspion Asia.
 Powerful When William Conqucrered
 England
 'Khiva, like several other countries in the heart of Asia now of little con- sequence, is q relic of past greatness, says the bulletin. Its king felt T hunger for more land and power at the time that appetite stirred William the Conquerer, and he made himself the biggest factor of his day in cen tral and southwestern Asia, extending his country around the Sea of Arai and even conquering Persia and Ar ghanistan. But by the time Russia began her conquests in Asia the for mer great empire of khiva had been smashed by other Asiatics, and the khivans occupied tight little tri- angle in the delta of the ONus just south of Aral. The conqueror of Khiya was probably the most difficult assignment Russia's Cossacks ever had For several centuries every Russian expedition sent against these desert hemmed fighters was wholly destroyed or it's members made slaves The country was finally subdned in 1873 and, while retaining the sem hlance of autonomy, became a depen- dency of Russia.
 Not "Rinc" For Socialism
 Under the present Russian govern ment, Khiya's status has undergone little change. When autonomous re- publics were being formed all around it, it was announced to be not ripe for complete autonomy and undiluted
 
 direct supervision of Moscow as de- pendency.
 .The khivan oasis near the mouth of the famous OSus has been irrigated and farmcd for moro than 20o0 years, Not far from this region it is believed. many of the domestic fruits known 10 man were dcycloped: and they have been grown in plots moistcned by Oxus water as far back as the history of the region can be traced. The aft of irrigation itself is thought to have phad a birth on the banks of the OSus quite as carly as in Egypt or Meso- rotamia.
 Grows Worlds Most Famous Melons
 "One thing for which khisa is fa- nous all over Asia is it's melons which are credited with delieousness of flavor and a delieacy and richness Of odor not approached by melons grown elsewhere. In their climate in which winter comes on suddenly, the khi.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07
RAIL MEN GIFT PASSES.

Anchorage. Alaska, March 7-- Trainmen and enginemen who have served five years on the governments E Alaska railroad ara to have annual pnsses over the lines, Leo II. landis, thn manager. announced before he left recently for Washington. D. C.. The passes are granted fin appfeeia- ton of loyalty and good will"
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07
The puty Way Out

''f understand that somn ut your creditors arr pressing son."
 T arranged that" answered Scna- tor Sorghum. "Tn 1his pra ot ineesti- lation 1 want ii made perfectly clear that 1 haven't more than enough h money for my cnfcnt expenses. '-- Washington Star.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-07
SNOW MEN HELP TAG DAY.

Vienna. March 1.-Snow men, built On street corners by men and boys recently aided in tag day for the city emergency hospital service. Hold ing baskets on their outstrctched arms the snow men gathered many contributions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-16
The Sucker Crop.

Koretz. the swindler has been announced as
saying that the sucker crop always IS big and
as agreeing with Barnum that sucker IS
born every minute. Yet men like Koretz are
bigger suckers. really, than the gullible ones
they rob Korctz probably would not agree
with this but he would if justice were done
and he had the sensiblities necessary to
Judge the value OF the things he has lost
Koretz has told how "a good front and
pose as a financial wizard brought profits.
He insisted that, thus equipped, ones task
lis not to discover victims, bur to invent
a way to keep suckers from forcing their
wealth upon one. Swindlers of the Koretz
tyne have a contempt for their victims but
lit is false, as false as their own natures. And
when the time comes to pay they still are
contemptuous lust because they lack the
courage. the common honesty and the moral
Justice to turn their contempt upon them
selves
Swindlers' victims may lose their worldly
goods; the swindler himself in the end yields
none. The swindler takes that which does
not belong to him just as does the robber.
They differ only in the method employed.
And the highwayman at least is more candid
in the manner of his operations. He, at least
stands confessed as a criminal as he perpe-
trates the act He asks no man to Judge nm
nv 4 false standard Indeed, the robber and
his victim have a perfect understanding OF
what is under way. Not so with the swind-
Ter. He depends upon the trust OF other per
sons to gain his ends and then betrays 1t. tie
works to the end that men and women be-
lieve in him, but when he takes their cash
he let's the credit of his own honor go.
Society as far as laws are concerned IS
austere in its arragnment OF persons who
take that which does not belong to them.
If is more lenient in the treatment OF ITS
violators. Some do not even have to go to
prison. Still the robbers, taking all classes
as they come-swindlers, highwaymen, sneak
thieves. burglars and common cheats-loSe
more than they gain even if they are never
caught and punished They have lost the
moral right to demand their places beside
honest men and women. They are not as
they were. They cannot wipe out the crime
itself though striving in contrtlon to eXplate
it. AS long as they live and after they are
dead the black mark stands against them.
The sucker crop is big, but the biggest OF
these are the crooks themselves. They are
their own victims.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-16
Buy the Christmas Seals.

The sale OF tuberculosis Christmas Seals
with the double-barred cross has now begun
and the indication is that these seasonable
stickers will be even more popular this year
than in preceding ones. Certainly they should
be, for the public not only knows about the
fine work which they make possible but also
appreciates the fact that tuberculosis is act
ually being checked, and the loss of life on
account OF it is steadily diminishing in Geor-
gia and other states.
Educational work, made possible by the
sale OF these seals, is preventing no one
knows how many cases of tuberculosis and
making sure that active cases receive early
effective treatment For this reason this work
can never be duplicated by curative insttu-
tons or the medical fraternity 1t helps the
public to defend itself 1t seeks to forestall
tuberculosis in all cases where an attack is
to be expected, and to remedy all conditions
that encourage the disease. Any one who
buys seals al this Christmas season is insur
ing health and happiness for some one whom
tuberculosis threatens-and that is one way
Of making wish for a Merry Christmas
come true
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-16
Automobile Liability.
From the Pensacola Journal.

Governor Cox, of Massachusetts,, recon-
mended to the annual conference OF govern
ors an act introduced in the Legislature OF
his own state to improve the situation as re
CARDS automobile liability.
He would forbid the licensing OF any car
unless the owner had taken out one OF the
common liability policies with $4,000 and
$4,000 limits for personal injury or death,
and $1,000 for property damage inflicted by
the cart.
Or in lieu OF this, unless the owner had
filed bond with a surety company to the
same effect, or made deposit OF not less
than $4,000 in cash or securities to guaran-
tee payment for damages done by the car.
This many will say, would be great
boon to the insurance and bonding compa-
MES Perhaps it would On the other hand,
some way OF enforcing universal financial re-
sponsblity for harm done by automobiles is
needed Most OF the damage is inflicted by ir-
responsible or drunken drivers If they were
forced to make reparation, by a law touch
ing every driver, then careful and response
bic owners would not have to pay much
for their liability insurance and surety bonds
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-16
Elivvers and Newspapers.

Editor Shackelford, OF the Lexington
Echo, offers an explanation why so many
subscribers to weekly newspapers are in
arrears. He blames the aivver, and it may be
that he is right. The Echo says: Ever think,
Brother Publisher, what effect automobiles
are having on our subscription lists? All of
us are nonplussed by failure Of our lists to
return to normally Folks in the country use
TO take the county paper to see what their
kindred and friends in other parts of the
county were doing. Now they crank up their
fivver and go see. Also folks use to take the
paper to read Sundays. Now they are not at
home Sundays. This is what's the matter
with country newspapers subscription lists
The fivver, however, hasn't cost The News
any subscribers. Our list is up to the usual
number, and would be much larger if we
would send the paper on credit indefinitely
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-16
Drugs Responsible for Crime.
From the Athens Banner.

A Judge in the Atlanta superior court stat
ed from the bench in his charge to the mem
bers OF the grand jury that drugs were re-
spOnsible for greater portion OF crimes
committed i'll this state. He showed to what
extent the use of drugs had played in the
criminal life of Atlanta. Drug addicts, young
men and women, were committing crimes of
all character brought on by the influence of
the use of drugs. While many OF the cases
were traCeable to the use of whisky, yet the
drug addict is less responsible than is the
addict to the alcoholic habit and the greater
harm OF the two evils is found in the use OF
narcotics.
The government is spending millions in
the enforcement of the prohibition law, and
much of it is being wasted in patrong the
seas and ports. If some of these activities
were directed towards the suppression of the
sale and manufacture of narcotics the people
OF this nation would be the better off and
less crime would be the result.
State and municipal officers should cooper
ate with the federal officers in every particular
in the enforcement of the narcotic law and
in the prosecution of all cases where evidence
is found sufficient to convict. The condition
in this country is growing to an alarming
extent, and unless drastic action is taken for
the enforcement of the law many of our peo-
pie will suffer the consequences OF a degen-
crate life one filled with crime and dssipa-
ton OF all morals and respectable citizenship
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-16
Another War Loss.

Ten mighty bonfres the Virginia coast
will soon burn as funeral pyres for the wood
en- ships built during the war. When the
embers have cooled expert junk men will
poke around in the ashes and estimate the
value of salvagable metal. II their estimates
are satisfactory POS more fires will burn up
on the shore, and the huge fleet OF wooden
ships will be written off Uncle Sans books.
During the war the government paid S235,-
100000 to build these ships The Liberty
bond buyers furnished the money. Today a
salvage company is offering $4,000 for the
lot The taxpayers will pay the difference.
The money was spent, but the ships never
sailed. Some one made plenty OF profit, but
that was one of the mere incidents OF the
strife we went through. War is costly
proposition, so costly in fact that it is the
eighth wonder of the world how rational hui
man beings can be so deluded as to engage
in it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-16
In the Billion Dollar Class.
From the Baltimore Sun.

A poultry show brings to the attention OF
those whose only concern about hens is a
fresh egg in the morning that poultry IN the
United States now constitute a billlon-dollar
industry In recent years these denizens OF
the barn yard must have heard something
about this being a billion-dollar country and
determined to get in that class. At any rate,
the business has had healthy growth. The
number Of live chickens now is considerably
more than 650,000000. Eggs produced in 1928
totaled 2196l94000 dozens, at an average
value OF more than twenty-seven cents
dozen making this the greatest egg-produc-
ing country in the world.
In this state poultry increased from 1883
$40 in 1910 to 42l6,105 in 1920. The indus
try is now a source OF steadily growing in
come and profit to the farm.
A poultry show has, therefore, no reason
to apologize for being held Exhibits have
educational value in demonstrating what
breeders are doing with various strains and in
furnishing information to chicken raisers and
to the public, adding to the permanent I'M
provement of the business.
The domestic fowl is assumed to have
come originally from southwestern Asia. 1t
seems to have been rather a worthless bird,
as some authorities assert that its output
consisted OF but one egg year In these
days intensive effort produces pens which yield
220 eggs per fowl in twelve months. Pres
ent output could be cared for only by mod
ern methods OF storage, which when kept free
from abuse have good results in evening up
to some extent the price of eggs between
the productive and reproductive seasons.
The public generally is interested in de
velopment OF the best breeds, in elimination
from focks Of the shrkers and slackers
that do not pay for their keep and in the
steady betterment OF an industry that makes
so indispensable a contribution to the table.