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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-27
Regulated Families

When railroads were young the,
were not bothered by regulatory laws
They bargained with communities and
with States, issued free passes to pro.
ninen' people and gave heavy rebate.
TO large shippers; they wa,ered ,hei,
stocks and turned every clever irict
,ha, smart men could devise to fea,he,
the nests Of few rich men. The pub
he rebelled. and for two decades there
has been a eons,an, stream OF tsws
-esuis,ing the railroads. The indus,r-
has been finally corailed in the Fed
erai s,oek1de. and the politicians sen
% washinston have grown 20 csrer:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-27
The Vail Again Taxes

A hundred ears ago a philosopher
.ccried against taxes. He said: The
'choolboy whips his taxed top; the
youth manages his taxed horse with
1 taxed bride on taxed road" How
lucky il is that those tax-ridden people
have escaped living in our day and
&c. Seven and three-fourths billion
dollars were paid in taxes in 1922
This was an increase OF III per cen,
in FIVE years. Thirty-two billion dollars
81 tax-exempt securities are ou,siand-
ing.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-27

"A national debt. if it is not exces
sive. will be to us national blessing"
declared Alexander Hamilton when he
was the first Secretary OF the Treasury
Are these blessings that find the ag-
gregate net debt OF the United States
the States and the local governments
increased six-fold in ten years, and
reaching thirty-,wo billion dollars?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-27
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
By J. Z. Jones

vented production and thus restrain
ed interestte commerce. Chief JUS
iice Taft in his decision states that
it cannot properly be said to support
the argument that mere intentional
cutting down OF manufacture or pro-
duction is a direct restraint OF COM
merce in the product intended to be
shipped when ready" Thus the court
takes picketing from out the provinces
Of interstate commerce. and II there
fore follows that unless the pioketers
have engaged in some act in viola
ton of the laws relating to the peace.
that they are within their rights.
When the suffragists picketed the
White House during the Wilson ad
minis,ra;ion. and the wives and child
rem OF political prisoners picketed the
White House during the Harding ad-
ministration. picketing in war time.
and the were arrested repeatedly. But
the women who were put in prison
for violating the peace" were released
1nceremoniously.
In industrial strikes there have
been many arrests OF picketers. but
the courts have refused to hold pick
.ters unless there was an overt act
connected with the charge. About the
only weapon that seems to have been
employed against picke'
ers has been to keep them waking
I is unlawful for them to obstruct the
But as long as they keep
moving they are as rule not sub
cct to arrest
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-27
Picketing

The United States Supreme Court
has reversed the Federal Dis,ric,
Court OF ST. Louis which sough, 20
proven, pieketins because !, was an
act Of alleged intimidation by employees
on = strike In the 81. Louis case
Il vas claimed that the strikers Pre-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-27
Gasoline

Gasoline production climbed above
all previous records in April. The
igures are imposing, though lacking
IN comprehension to the unioled read
er. The Interior Department ut Wash
ington figures tina, the millions OF
automobile owners are consuming
gasolene al unprecedented rate"
But still the joyous joy-riders slow
down enough to feel concern over the
depletion of the oil resources OF the
United States.
The Washington times., 1924-04-29
Making a Crime Of Things
That Are Not Crimes

IELL-MEANING fanatics, appalled,
wv by the wholesale violation Of Prohi-
bition Enforcement by millions of
decent and law-abiding Americans, insist
that to break this law is just as immoral as
to violate any criminal law.
They say the Volstead Law is on the
Statute Books. Prohibition is in the very
Constitution itself--to offend the Volstead
Law is as much Crime as to commit
burglary or murder. Yet there's vast
difference! ~
The law that makes burglary or 4 rs,
murder crime merely makes effective ~
through the State the dictates of the moral -
s stthe Of cfs0 cb
as drinking glass of beer into heinous -
crime by mere governmental edict Any
people that would tamey submit to such
despotic authority would be servile indeed
Moreover, the violation of this Enforce
ment Law is not confined to citizens alone.
1t is matter of common knowledge that
it is violated in spirit if not in letter, by the
very men who imposed it on the country
Many of them have their private stocks
like other people, and are not too scrUpulous to
replenish their supply.
loentertaing genuine respect for ProhibitionEn
forcement one must regard drinking as crime.
Who there from the highest offices in the land to
thelowliest would mot thenb classeda as criminal?
What degree of moral authority can this incon.
sistent and irrational law then yield?
To the man who believes Enforcement is an
outrage how convincing is it to tell him that it has
been passed by Congress, when the real attitude
of its members is revealed in their private conduct?
How much moral sanction would be given
law against burglary if its makers were receivers
of stolen goods?
Or a law against polygamy if the legislators
each had multiplicity of wives?
SEE YOUR CONCR
The Washington times., 1924-04-29

Lincoln was right" Prohibition goes beyond
the bounds of reason in that it makes crime out
Of things that are not crimes"
Its too drastic terms are responsible for the
wave of crime and lawlessness that has swept this
country and threatens the very principles upon
which our Government was founded"
Let us modify these terms-thats what pow
erful Congressional group is seeking to do now
Let's make them more reasonable and sure of en-
forcement We will thus restore respect for law
This matter is up for consideration now
Bring all the pressure possible to bear on your
Congressman to support the increase of the alco-
holic content of all beverages from onehalf of one
per cent to two and three-quarters per cent. Do
YOUR "bit" tn save vour country from, Ana chvI
The Washington times., 1924-01-19

A secret inquiry ordered by Com
mander Ralph d. Weyerbacher,
construction engineer of the ship,
was in progress behind closed doors.
Reports outside the meeting room
werc that Lieut.. e. H. Kinkaid,
assistant NAVIGATION officer, pilot Of
the Shenandoah, on her wild ride
of Wednesday night and Thursday
morning, would ampllfy his COM
plant made yesterday against Capt.
Anton Heinen, civilian engineer,
generally credited with saving the
ship.
Officials Reticent.
Heinen, who spent last night in
New York, returned to Lakehurst
today to attend the inquiry.
Officers refused to comment on
Lieutenant Kinkaid's statements In
which he took issue with what he
termed "Heinen's effort to run the
ship"
There was no secret here today
Continued ON Page 2. Column ~
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
FORTY TUBERCULAR WAR
VETERANS ECAPE FIRE

DENVER. COL, Jan. ia spec
tactilar fire early today forced forty
tubercular patients to flee In their
night clothing. when the Ex.Pa-
TENTS Tubercular Home, in Mont
view boulevard, was almost totally
DESTROYED. Firemen were hampered
IN their efforts to subdue the
blaze by the zero weather.
The bed-ridden patients were car.
ried from the building to safety by
firemen and patients. There were
no houses in which they could find
temporary shelter within from three
to five blocks of the institution,
and many suffered severely from
exposure.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
Philadelphia Police
Set Record For
Arrests
INTERNATIONAL NEWS. REEL

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan.
19.-With another day to go in
the forty -eight-hour onslaught
against vice and crime, Brig.
Gen. Smediey Buffers "army
Of eoppers' today was enjoy
ing the fruits Of victory. In
the first twelve hours Of the
new weekly two-day offensive,
the police set what is believed
to be a record for arrests
when they took into custody
358 alleged law violators. This
number included 149 persons
arrested for disorderly conduct
and idleness; II for violations
of the liquor laws, and 81 for
infractions of the motor laws.
General Butler was elated
today over the Ego get 'em
spirit of his cohorts.
"Last nights work is an ex-
ample Of what the police can
do and what they will do as
long as I am a director of pub
lie safety. And it proves the
benefit CT instilling q little pep
in the boys and eliminating
politics from the department"
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
s R ALL
STRIKE IS
AvERTED
Negotiations by Laborites'
Unions and Companies Put
End to Threat.

LONDON, Jan. 19.-Negotiations
for averting the threatened strike
of railway locomotive engineers
have been satisfactory. it was an.
nounced this afternoon.
1t is probable that the strike,
which was called for tomorrow
night, will be called off.
There was no session of parlia-
ment today so the Laborite mem
bers of commons had plenty OF
time to work for q last minute set
tlement.
Hope of government Intervention
dwindled when Premier Stanley
Raldw'n departed for Chequers court
the official country seat Of the
premiers-to spend the weekend.
There was a heavy movement OF
freight and passenger traffic.
Travellers hastened toward their
homes, fearing to be narooned II
they remained until the strike went
into effect.
Foodstuffs and perishable goods
were moved at passenger train
speed to their destinations. Plans
are being made to use airplanes and
motor busses IL railway traffic ID
brought to a standstill.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
INDEX SHOWS SLIGHT
FOOD PRICE DECLINE

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.--Brad
streets Food Index Number, based
on the wholesale prices per pound
for thirty.one articles used for food
Is 1928, compared with 1929 last
week and $S.40 for the week ended
January IS, 1928.
Although fairly we'll divided. price
changes this week In the wholesale
commodity markets were somewhat
more numerous, SO advances ap
pearing in the list Of quotations. .
ceived by Dun's Review. - against
Il recesaiona.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
FAMED DOCTORS
TRYING To SAVE
INFANT

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19.-Four
world famous physicians, headed by
DR.. Chevalier jackson today began
a series Of consultations over a mite
Of humanity, carried 1000 miles in
a race with death, that their skill
might be employed to save his life.
The object of their ministrations
Cletus Moore, aged eight months,
of st. Louis, writhed in a crib in
the university hospital, racked by
the pain from a carpet tack In his
lung. He was registered at the
hospital at o'clock by Mrs. Leila
A. Parrish, Of st. Louis, who cared
for him in the cross-country trip
while the father, too poor to do
otherwise. continued to work and
the mther looked after her other
children.
The surgeons, who will do their
work free Of charge, are attempting
to determine whether or not on i'm.
mediate operation is expedient. DIR.
Jackson said delay ID sometimes ad.
visable.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
At TENDANT
Of CORPSE
MISSING
Norfolk Police Believe Passen-
ger Who Disappeared Com
mitted Suicide

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 19.-
When the Old Dominion steamer
Jefferson from New York dockei
here yesterday, H. r. Burnett. .
passenger who had given bis ad-
dress as 140 East Thirty-third
street, New York city, was miss
ing. A note to the purser, two
letters, a bunch Of keys and a
few coins were found in Bur-
nett's disordered stateroom.
Burnett was last seen by a
negro porter about Z o'clock
Thursday night.
Attendant for Corpse.
Just before sailing from New York
Thursday afternoon an undertaken
brought a corpse aboard the Jeffer-
son and bargained with Burnett to
act as its attendant to Norfolk. The
law requires every corpse must be
accompanied by a passenger and
there was nothing unusual in the
situation.
A note addressed to the purser
read:
THE undertaken will call for this
corpse at Norfolk. I am. instructed
to give this baggage check to him,
but as am unable to do this I will
be obliged II you will.
''H. p. Burnett"
Detective Mails Letters.
Detective Nowitzlky, assigned to
the case, mailed the two letters
found in Burnett's stateroom with.
out opening them. One was ad.
dressed to Mrs. A. B. Burchell, 159
West 18th street. and the other
to Mrs. J.. BoisSanade, 140 East
18th street. New York city.
Police believe 1t to be a case of
suicide. although officials Of the
Old Dominion Line said 1t would
have been possible for Burnett to
come ashore here unnoticed as he
was not known to any one on
board.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
4D|E WHEN
HOME IS
BURNED.
Mother and Her Three Children
Perish as House Is
Destroyed.

R1DGWAY, Pa, Jan. IA
mother and her three children were
burned to death in fire which de-
6troyed their home at Sinnemahon-
ing, near here, today. The father is
dying, physicians say, in local hos
pital from burns suffered when he
attempted to rescue other members
Of his family.
The victims are:
Mrs. Jacob Smith, twenty-fivei
daughter, aged five, and two sons,
aged four and one.
An overheated stove is believed to
have caused the blaze.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
RAZES
HOSPITAL
IN VA.
Winchester Memorial lnstitu-
ton Destroyed With Loss
Of $125. 900.
Ry Tnsernatlonal Newa ssrvles.


WESTCHESTER, Va, Jan. 10
More than n score Of private
homes in Winchester were turned
into emergency hospitals today 70
care for the thirty-one bed-ridden
patients Of the Winchester Me-
mortal Hospital, which was des-
troyed by fire last night with a
loss of $125,O00.
The patients were mostly
women, including some with new
born babies and several who had
been operated on a few hours
before the hospital buildings were
ablaze. There were no casual
ties.
Patitnts Taken Out.
The Winchester Hospital, one Of
the largest In northern Virginia,
had sixty.five beds and was fur.
nished throughout with modern
equipment.
Within a few minutes after the
fire was discovered at p. M, yes
terday in the dieticians kitchen, Miss
Anna Macmillan, superintendent,
and twenty-five pupil nurses, with
twelve or fifteen graduate nurses
who were on duty, were at their
posts. and the more seriously Ill pa
tients were placed on stretchers and
conveyed to waiting ambulanceS
that had been quickly summoned
from all parts Of the city. All pa
tients were removed to private
homes.
Nurses In charge of the hospital,
with the assistance of Winchester
physicians, maintained perfect order
and discipline and averted a panic.
Firemen Handicapped.
Heroic work was done by the Win
chester volunteer fire department.
but the firemen were seriously handi.
capped by bursting hose and insult
ficient water pressure. Water in the
city's reservoirs was at @ low ebb
when the fire broke out.
Two wings were intact today, but
the second and third floors were
completely gutted, and an operating
room, equipped with $4,000 worth
Of instruments, Is a total loss. The
first floor and the basement were
badly damaged by fire and water.
The children's ward is q complete
loss, sun parlors on the first and
second floors were ruined and large
sections Of the roof were burned
away.
The x-ray room. with $4,000 worth
of equipment, was saved, but sur
Rical instruments valued at $4,000
and q large quantity Of beds and
bedding, furniture. linen, surgical
dressings and bedclothes On the two
upper floors were lost. Practically
ell furniture and equipment in rooms
on the first floor and the books and
records in the office were saved and
were piled UP on porches of nearby
homes and in the street.
The blaze originated either from
an electric light wire or from the
incinerator.
Cost $lSO.OOO in 1908.
winchester Memorial Hospital
was built in 1903 at a cost of
a small private endowment, was
gelf-supporting.
Mrs. Henry Brooke Gilpin, of
Baltimore and Virginia, built and
equipped the children's ward in 1917
at q cost Of $25, 900.
DIR. Hunter H. Mcclure, Of Win.
chester, vice president of the
American archaeological Society,
is president Of the hospital board.
Loss Of the building by the fire last
night 10 regarded aR a serious
calamity In. this part Of Virginia.
Plans for It's rebuilding already ere
being formulated.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
LONE BANDIT GETS AWAY
WITH $13,5OO PAYROLL

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. ia
lone bandit today held up Z. N.
Daniels, cashier for the Irving Pitt
Manufacturing Company. and OBJ
tained $13, 500 in cash. The robbery
occurred at the entrance of the
company's plant.
The money was to have been
used IN paying $50 employees.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
RUM TREATY WITH BRITAIN
TO BE READY NEXT WEEK

LONDON, Jan. 19.-The Anglo
American rum running treaty will
be ready for signing next week,
the foreign office announced today.
The British dominions have given
their approval to the various
amendments suggested by the
United States.
Under this treaty the American
authorities may search suspected
whiskey smuggling ships outside
the three-mile limit.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
RAIN AND SNOW ARE
ON THEIR WAY HERE

Unsettled weather, with snow
over the northern states, rain and
snow over the middle Atlantic
states and the Ohio valley during
the next twentv-four or thirty-six
hours was predicted today by the
United States Weather Bureau,
Cold wave warnings have been
ordered for western kentucky and
western Tennessee.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
By International News Service.

Behind wall OF Official silence,
the United States Government
was moving in various ways To-
day to aid the Obregon govern
ment in suppressing the de Ia
Huerta revolution and to insure
the protection of American lives,
property and commerce in the
Mexican trouble zone.
Orders Pending.
While confirmation of reported
naval movements was still with
held, 1t. is understood that orders
are pending-if they have not actr-
ally been sent-for the detachment
of a small naval force from the
combined fleets in Panama waters
and it's dispatch to the region OF
Tampico, where de Ia Huerta's two
gunboats have been molesting for
eign shipping and attempting to.
blockade the port.
Neither the State Department nor
the White House would deny today
reports that the vessels actually
were enroute. Neither would they
confirm. the reports. Questions deal
ing with naval movements merely
met with replies that the situation
could not be discussed" from that
angle, and that "a reasonable
amount of reticence was necessary
| in discussion Of the Mexican situa-
ton at all.
Trip Takes -Four Days.
Naval authorities said it would
take four days for vessels to reach
Tampico from Colon, where the
combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets
have been conducting maneouvers.
They consider a small force, prob
ally several cruisers and several
destroyers, would be amply suf-
ficient to send the rebel gunboats
scurrying and insure the uninter-
rupted flow Of commerce from the
great oil fields of the Tampico dis
trict.
1t is known that the Cabinet
yesterday approved the dispatch Of
the vessels, when, in the opinion of
the State Department, such action
was deemed advisable. Secretary
Of the Navy DENLY was instructed
to be In readiness to carry out the
instructions of the State Depart
ment In the matter. And the State
Department today declined to state
whether or not the vessels are
actually under way.
Troops to Cross Texas.
The Administrator AID and sym.
pathy for the Ohregon government
was further manifested today hyI
the announcement that obrescnI
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
PRAIRIE OIL ADVANCES
PRICES ON ALL cRUDEs

TULSA, Okla, Jan. ,19.-The
Prairie OIL and Gas Company at
the opening of business today an
nounced advances Of is cents on
the first two grades, 20 cents on
the third and rs cents on the
fourth. making It's nsw schedule for
mid-continent crude oil:
Below 80 gravity, $1.15; 33 to 35,9,
$1.40; 81 to SS.s, $1.50; 80 and above,
$l.75.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
THE WEATHER

Rain tonight, possibly
changing to snow Sunday;
temperature slightly above
freezing tonight; colder SUM-
day; moderate southerly
winds.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
PRESIDENT RESUMES HIS
MAYFLOWER EXCURSIONS

President Coolidge, after one
week interruption, viii resume this
afternoon his Saturday cruises on
the Mayflower accompanied by q
small group Of political friends.
T0day'a trip, WIN be the fifth.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
King to Speak on Russia.

Senator King from Utah viii.
speak on Face to Face With Rus.
eia" at the meeting of the Political
study Club at 2 o'clock this after.
noon at the Franklin Square Hotel.
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
Fight OUer Credit for
Saving Shenandoah
ISTIRIV 1oMAC NEWS REEL
By Internatlonal Nova Service.

LAKEHURST, N. j. Jan. 19-Factiona differences which
today threatened the of the United States navy
proposed Polar flight next June reported the naval
air station home of the giant dgbe Shenandoah here
The Washington times., 1924-01-19
ARE.
Rl)N0RED
! ON WAY
NOW
Official Confirmation ct Re-
port Refused. But No
Denial Given.
BY international News Service.

AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 19.-Act-
ing Governor T. w. Davidson TO-
day acquiesced to the request OF
President ObregOn of Mexico and
has granted permission for 1000
Mexican federal troops to cross
into Mexico at El PasO. This In
formation was transmitted to
Secretary Of State Hughes ut
Washington this morning.
Acting Governor Davidson mod
fled his decision at the request Of
Secretary Hughes, who declared
that it was urgent because Of the
emergency existing, involving the
protection of American lives and
property in Mexico. Secretary
Hughes message was different
from his first communication TO
the acting governor, In that. the
request was for the troops to cross
at El PasO instead Of Laredo.