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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
5 DAY
RECORD FOR
VISITORS
Thirteen Conferences Awaited
Him This Morning-Leaders
Report on Legislation

President Coolidge returned to his
desk today after his first trip west
of the Alleghenies, to face one of
the most crowded engagement lists
he has had In weeks. Between $50
and 1890 the President was listed
for thirteen fifteen.minute confer
ences.
The President arose as usual
shortly before O'Clock this morn
ing, breakfasted, took a short walk
and returned to his offices a few
minutes before 8, in order that he
might have a half hour to do his
routine work before beginning the
days schedule.
The first caller vas General Lord
Director of the Budget Bureau. who
took up matters pertaining TO Gov
ernmental finance. He was followed
by Congressman Madden of Illinois
Rep) who discussed the progress
OF the appropriation bills in the
House.
Madden said that the Interior De-
partment appropriation bill would
be passed today, and the agricul.
tural bill reported out.
Following in close order on the
Presidents schedule are: Senator
Hale Rep.) of Maine, Senator
Phipps Rep) Of Colorado, Senator
Ball Rep. Of Delaware, Senator
Jones RepD Of Washington, SUI
preme Court, Justice Sanford, and
a delegation; Director Hines, of the
Veterans Bureau; Congressman Fish
tRep) of New York, Rollo Ogden.
editor of the New York Times.
Gutzon Borglum, Atlanta sculptor;
Mrs. James G. Wentz, and a com
mittce from the Woman's Isepub-
hcan Club. of New York, and Charles
G. Baldwin, of Baltimore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
To GUT.
SALARIES To
81 YEAR
Civic Fight in Hagerstown
Causes City Chief to Block
So, 900 Deal

HAGERSToWN, Nd, Dec. e.
No legal action win be taken by
Mayor Charles 3. Bowman and the
city council against the members
Of the sewerage commission o.
HagerstOwn in connection with al
leged irregularities as a result Of
the acceptance by the commission
Of an offer of $4,000 for 312 lots
owned by the city in the southern
section Of Hagerstown.
Mayor Bowman and the council
unanimously refused to approve the
sale of the land at a meeting held
Thursday night, and it was init
mated that court action might be
taken against the members Of the
commission for selling the land to
George B. McC. Wolf, q member
Of the commission.
The action of the mayor and city
council in turning thumbs down on
the commissions deal did not come
as q surprise, as Mayor Bowman
intimated that the sale would not
be sanctioned. He declared that
the price was ridiculously low and
that lots in the same vicinity re-
Gently were sold for a thousand
dollars each.
Mayor Bowman and the city coun-
ell, whose orders to the sewerage
commission to resign have been
ignored, claim to have a. trump card
which they win play If the resigna-
tons of the members of the com
mission are not soon Forthcoming.
The law provides that the mayor
and city council shall fix the sal
aries of the members of the COM
mission and staff and, It is under
stood, that their salaries will be
made one dollar a year. Perhaps
the jobs win not be so attractive"
q city official said. Mayor Bowman
has intimated that the members Of
the commission are holding on be.
cause of the salaries
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
RUINS OF BURIED CITY
UNCOVERED IN NEVADA

RENO. New, Dec. 5.-Ruins of
q buried city, six miles in extent
have been uncovered by an ex-
ploration party, headed by Gov
ernor James G. Scrugham, the
governor announced in telegram
from Beatty, New, where the ex-
ploration work is being carried out.
Many rock writings, thousands
Of fragments of pottery and other
prehistoric articles have been
found, the governor reported. The
city lies along the Virgin river: in
the southern part Of the State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
LIFE SPAN INCREASES
IS YEARS SINCE 1870

The average length OF life in the
United States has increased fifteen
years since 1870, Surgeon General
Cumming, Of the public health
service, said in his annual report
to congress.
F1fty-six years is now the aver.
age span Of life in America. This
contrasts with the sixteenth
century, when human life averaged
between eighteen and twenty years,
increasing to about twenty-five
years in the eighteenth century.
and to between forty-five and forty
eight years as late as 1900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06

Semi-detached, large brick, %
#. wide, containing 10 rooms,
and bath, with h.-w. h.; won
derfully built house in fine con
dition; easily converted into
two or three family apt. to
show wonderful return on in.
vestment; must be sold at once
to close estate; price reduced
$4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06

Price greatly reduced, as
owner must sell at once; very
attractive corner, brick, h.-w. h.,
cleo, hardwood floors; fireplace,
large front and side porches, !.
sleeping and breakfast porches:N
spacious closets; built-in ga
rage and many other distinct
features.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
USES coNFIscATED RUM
IN CARS RADIATOR

DEFIANCE, Ohio, Dec. 5.some
county and municipal officials
make a practice OF pouring con.
Ilscated booze into sewers. Police
Chief Karl A. Weaver, however.
uses the alcohol in the radiator Of
ms speed car to prevent freezing.
Before you bay securities from
anyone be sure they are as good AZ
your dollars. - s'u 90
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-11
SAVE OLD CORN

The spring OF 1924 was unusually
backward in many sections. Follow
ng this, the growing conditions were
not good, with the result that the
bulk of the corn is extremely late
throughout the corn belt and north
ward. It is so late that most of the
crop will be unfit for seed unless
frost holds off longer than usual.
The United States Department of
Agriculture is calling attention to
this fact at the present time in or
der to prevent, if possible, serious
seed corn situation in the spring Of
1925. The higher prices for corn in
the last few weeks are drawing much
Of the old crop from the farms.
Farmers not having enough seed
corn for 1925 left over from last
years supply should save the best of
their bulk crib corn from which to
obtain seed, if necessary. If this
years crop is killed by frost before
it is mature, this old corn will pro-
vide source from which seed can be
selected for planting in 1925.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-11
AMERICAN LEGION

Ten thousand St. Paul women
representing 70 organizations have
assumed the task of dispensing hos
pitality to the former service men
who go there for the sixth annual
convention of the American Legion,
September 1919.
Hospitality centers will be estab-
lished throughout the city. They will
be named for the battles of the World
War and here the doughboy, COB and
devildog will get the "little comforts
of Home" such as having buttons
sewed on his vest, etc. There will be
a nurse to administer aid, and dough-
nuts and coffee, the well-known war
diet, will be dispensed.
Besides administering to the COM
forts of the Legionaires, the hospital
ity committee will maintain rest
rooms for women who go there for
the convention.
A brass band of 4700 pieces will
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-11

will be labeled "Gasoline Tax for
Good Roads," and repeated that the
question for the voters. to decide is
not whether gasoline shall be taxed
but whether the proceeds from such
Ia tax, if levied, shall be used on the
roads or for general state expenses.
A majority of "yes" votes will put it
on roads, he said.
Adopting Good Roads Amend
ment No. 1 and the Babcock plan by
a vote Of nearly 3 to in 1919, Min
nesota citizens took a big forward
STEP" said Nickles N. Dimes. Gas a
result, more road improvements have
been made in the last three years
than in all previous state annals. Au-
tomobile taxes have been reduced
some 20 per cent, yet road users have
gained through good roads reductions
in the cost of running their machines.
There has been important state de-
velopment with benefits to every
man, woman and child. These out
standing returns to the credit of
Good Roads Amendment No. 1 of
1919 should influence voters to carry
on for good roads and win a big ma
jority vote favorable to the proposal
that all motor vehicle takes be used
for highway purposes"
The gas tax man added that the
people must look to their own inter-
ests this year because no organization
has been formed to foster a campaign
for Good Roads Amendment No. of
1924. He predicted, however, that
the owners of nearly 100000 cars
and trucks now registered in the state
making up big voting majority, will
make it their business to see that all
taxes paid on their machines are used
for needed road betterments, rather
than to pay miscellaneous state ex-
penSeS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-11

be one Of the features Of the sixth
annual convention of the American
Legion, which opens there September
Is. This band will be the compos-
lite of all of the bands going there
for the convention and will be en-.
massed for concert at the Mime
sofa State Fair grounds on the eve.
ming of September 16. Following
the concert there will be reproduc-
ton of the battle of Chateau Thierry
in fireworks.
Wisconsin is sending a. band OF
1000 pieces to the convention and
this band will be used as nucleus
for the combined organization. All
of the bands will compete in the
annual band contest for the $1,000
prize offered for the best organiza.
ton in the annual convention parade.
In the contest all except five bands
will be eliminated and these will COM
pete in the finals. The five compel
ing bands will be featured at the
joint concert.
Red, white and blue doves will
form part of the decorative scheme
for the American Legion convention.
L nc pCSlOuo arc oWuCu Ny q ldHClcI
who has employed an artist to paint
them with the national colors. They
will be released on the opening day
of the convention. Pigeons also will
be used to carry official announce
ments of the convention to legion
aires, in Omaha, Milwaukee, Des
Moines and other middle west cities.
Disabled veterans of the World
War, who attend the National Con-
vention of the American Legion
September 18th to 10Th, will be CIV
en- special attention and privileges,
according to an announcement by
Judge Royal Al Stone, General Chair
man of the convention committee.
'"The Disabled Buddies First" will
be the policy of the convention COM
mittees, according to Judge Stones
announcement. A special reviewing
stand from which they will view the
annual convention parade, has been
erected for them at an advantageous
point near the State Capitol.
Los Angeles, California, Newark,
N. ]. and San Francisco have entered
the contest for the 1925 National
Convention of the American Legion.
Dan TTdIlClSCO entertained Legion
aires last year and is seeking their re-
turn next year. Other cities in the
contest are Omaha, Neb.; Louisville,
KY; and Indianapolis, Ind. The win
ner will be picked at the 1924 ses-
sion.
Plans are being laid by members
of the local Legion post to go to the
convention in a body and to enter the
parade with their banner, "Gophers'
from Gopher Prairie" if any LIE.
gionaire is planning on attending the
convention and has not turned in his
name he should do so at once, all
that is necessary is to advise DR.. A
A. Gales or Arthur Weisner.
The low rate of one fare for the
round trip has been authorized by
the Northern Pacific for the Ameri-
can Legion convention. The reduced
rate applies to members of the Amer
lean Legion or the Legion Auxiliary
and also for widows of deceased
members of the Legion.
The tickets sold for this meeting
are good until October Is, at which
time legionaires must have reached
their original starting point. Let's
all go!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-11

tons for saving and feeding in the
best way possible such corn as may
be harvested:
/. Husk and crib all mature corn
1t will be in strong demand before
the next crop natures.
2. Put as much as possible of the
soft corn in the silo. This should be
done before or Immediately after it il
frosted. If put in before it freezes
there will be less loss Of leaves from
blowing off. Those who do not have
sllos can preserve corn satisfactorily
by the stack method. White the ES.
tension Division for information.
| 3. Cut as soon as frost is indicat.
ed and shock well in large tightly
bound shocks. Re-shock is necessary
as the corn cures SO as to keep the
shocks erect and weather proof. Feed
as dry fodder or use to refill the
silos when empty from the first fill.
ing. If used for silage after drying
it may be necessary to add some wa
ter in filling.
4. Turn fattening cattle, hogs
and sheep into the field before the
stalks are wasted, thus saving the
labor of harvesting and storing
Market the stock as rapidly as it fin
ishes or when the corn is gone.
5. Snap and crib for winter feed
ing all corn that has reached the
hard glazed or denied stage. The
cribs should be narrow and ventila-
ton should be provided by the inser-
ton of poles or tile through the
length or crosswise of the crib.
Save All Good Seed From 1928
Corn Crop-This is evidently an off
season for corn and University Farm
crop experts forsee a serious short
age OF seed next spring. Andrew
Boss, vice director of the Minnesota
Experiment station, advises farmers
to-
Save all stocks of seed of good
terminating quality from last years
crop.
Have seed corn week and pick
and cure the most mature ears. Corn
that has reached the glazed stage can
be Used if properly cured and stored.
1t is best, of course, to pick the ma
ture ears.
Farmers who cannot pick from
tnelr own neldS seed corn Tor next
years use should make arrangements
this fall for getting it elsewhere.
~" Farm Guests to Be Welcomed
by Dean-Walter C. Coffey, dean of
the department of agriculture, Uni
versity of Minnesota, gave the
welcoming address TO the Minnesota
State Conference and Institute of So
cial Work which opened at Univer-
sity Farm Saturday evening, Septem-
Der 6, and closes Friday, September
18th. General sessions were held
Sunday afternoon and evening,
September z, and each day through
the week will be crowded with sec
tional meetings and conferences. DIR.
Richard Bolt, medical director of the
American Child Health association,
Baltimore, will be the principal Wis
iting speaker. Ali persons connected
with or interested in the work of pub
lie or private social agencies are in
vited to attend. Registration fee for
the entire week is SO and admission
to any single meeting so cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-11
Gasoline Tax on Highways?
Vote Yes on Amendment |
Proposed Amendment to Place any
Gasoline Tax Revenue on High
ways to Be First on Ballots

"Vote Yes on Amendment No. 1
for Good Roads,"
Nickles N. Dimes, the gas tax man,
this week revived a victorious four
year-old campaign slogan upon being
informed that the proposal to author
ize the legislature to use for good
roads the money from any gas it may
levy will be Amendment No. 1 one
state ballots at the November cleo
ton.
Attorney General Clifford L. Hill
ton announced that the amendment
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
WOOlen Trust Fails to Pay Dividend; Labor
 Faces Wage Cut

New York, Sept. 27.-Directors of the American Woolen Company (the trust) have voted to pass their com mon stock quarterly dividend, This means that $70O,O0O will not be dis tributed to stockholders.
 The political agents of privilege are panicky, for in addition to the passing of dividends, wage reductions are dis cussed.
 In previous years monopoly did not pass dividends or discuss wage reduc- tions during presidential campaign. The woolen trusts unexpected move would indicate that the industrial cap tains are satisfied with the nominees of both old parties
 The public was unprepared for the trusts action William Wood, presi- dent of the trust, declared against wage reductions three months ago and let it be understood that the corpora tion's surplus of $33,OO0,0O0 is sufficient to meet dividend requirements.
 It was this declaration by one of the shrewdest stock manipulators in the country that offset rumors that the dividend would be passed, and per mitted Insiders" to make large gains.
 The passing of the dividend will be a hardship to the trusts thousands of unorganized workers who were induced to invest in this stock. They were told that the income would protect them during unemployment Many of them are now unemployed, and those who are working face wage reductions. All of them have failed to collect their dividends, while the insiders" who knew the blow was coming, have won more than their dividends by playing the market without a chance to lose.
 The grim humor of the situation Is the warning to labor by these 'insid- CTS" and their political agents that the election of La Toilette will cause hard times"
 The woolen trust owns and operates $ mills in New York, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Rhode Island, New Hamp- shire, Vermont, Connecticut and Maine. In the past 10 years earnings have been stupendous, with stock divi- dend issues to Spread out" the pro fits. Four years ago the trust iii creased its preferred stock from $4O,- 100000 to $6O0O0OO0 and it's common stock from s20,OO0,ee9 to $4O,OOO,OOO, Last year its net income was $6,66O, 21, and 1t reported a surplus of $33, ,596,825.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
Rail Board to Hold
 EmplOye Election

Chicago, Sept. 27--For the first time in its history the United States Railroad Labor Board is to conduct an election among the employees of a railroad system to determine who, in the eyes of the board, may legally rep resent the employees in dispute before the board.
 This step was taken today in the controversy between the teelgraphers and management of the Pennsylvania railroad. Hitherto, the board has all ways left the question of representa- ton to the decision of the parties in volved, but in an effort to settle the longstanding contest as to represen- tation in disputes over wages and rules on the Pennsylvania lines, the board decided to directly oversee the election ordered today.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
LACK OF REAL AMERICANISM BY ENIPL OVERS
 BIG FACTOR IN NEW ENGLAND DEPRESSION

should be a campaign to Americanize Big Business. New England cotton mills, which have been shut down for months, have made no cry for legis- altive relief, such as is customary, so there must be condition profitable to the mills in the present situation. Much, however, has been printed and said about the condition of the work CTS for whom there is no employment.
 Those cynically minded point out that there fnay have been too, much prosperity" and perhaps wage reduc- tions may find favor among employers as a means of restoring a less pros porous condition. Workers, however, point out that this is measure which has been tried without success.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
Cloak Makers Strike
 Forces New Standards

Boston, Sept. 2.-After an eight days strike organized cloak makers won a complete victory over small anti-union shops and jobbers in this city. The recognized cloak manufac- turers accepted the agreement which places this industry on a new basis.
 The principle clauses of the new agreement call for the registration of contractors by the jobbers; minimum of six machines manned by six oper- ators to a shop, the unemployment in surance fund, conducted by both em- ployers and employed; a sanitary union label; an impartial chairman for the loca trade; equal distribution ot work among all contractors; no dis charge of contractors during the sea- son without just cause, and an obllga- tion placed upon the contractors not to purchase non-union made garments within. this state. Tn case of a strike, notification to. the jobber by the union will be considered sufficient for the jobber to cease dealing with the struck concern.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27

if carried out will drag down the work CTS standards i'll Great Britain, Bel gium, the Scandinavian countries as well for economically they are one
 Let the capitalists who are trying to squeeze still further the impoverished European working man take warning that they will not submit to such ex- ploitation Movement has already be- gun to counteract this retrogression Led by the miners of every country, the backbone of the labor movement in each, demands will be made to stop "coa1 reparations," one of the worst fea- lures of the payment plan. Onslaught on wages and hours, whether to pay American capitalists or anyone else, will meet with the determined resistance by the European labor movement No Gov ernment that attempts to put 10-hour day in force in this day and age can survive.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
Company "UniOn"
 Aids Wage Cuts

Manchester, N. H., Sept. 27.-The company union" of the Ameskeag Manufacturing company is aiding that textile corporation to reduce wages. So-called Headers" of the textile work CTS, who have been selected by the corporation, are in consultation with the management, while the rank and file of workers are voiceless. The company union" was established fol- lowing long strike in which the workers were defeated. Recently the management issued speeding up orders and these employees have been forced to almost double their output With this sweating system firmly en- trenched, the workers will be handed wage cuts that may average 121z per cent.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
UniOn-Mined Coal
 Pays Higher Freight

Springfield. Ill, Sept. 2o.-lllinois coal, mined under union conditions, will be driven out of the market by low wage non-union Kentucky coal, if de cision by the interstate commerce com mission stands.
 The commission has reduced the freight rates on the Kentucky product to the northwest market 54 cents ton and proposes to increase freight rates to the same market of Illinois undermined coal 28 cents a ton. r Protests by Illinois miners to Presl- dent Coolidge and to congress have been futile
 "Ever since the war ended strong in huences have been diligently at work to bring about reduction in our wage scale" said President Harrington of the Illinois miners. Every attempt has failed, no matter what were the means employed to bring it about. We have stood our ground, but now a new and more powerful and heretofore unknown enemy, has come forward to combat us and he promises to give us the hardest fight of all"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
Sees Fish Famine

Atlantic City, Sept. 27.-Addressing the United States Fisher1es Associa- ton here, Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, urged action against blind and reckless" destruction ot fish and shellhsh in inland waters. He pointed out that salmon on the Atlantic coast have disappeared as a food supply and they have diminished one-half on the Pacific coast. In 40 years, he said, the sturgeon fisheries of the great lakes have decreased 9o pef cent The shad yield has decreased 70 per cent. In 20 years the Chesa- peake oyster fisheries output has de- creased 50 per cent.
 MT. Hoover pointed out that the waters of the ocean and inland waters are not an inexhaustible supply for the present and for all future time.
 Nothing is inexhaustible when matched against the mechanical genius of man." he said.