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must be performed. No good citizen desires
another year to go by with the same miserable
results as have marked the year just closed
The situation calls for unity of spirit and
action on the part of all decent, law abiding
people, for many who pretend to be decent,
law abiding at heart synpathize with and uphold
certain breaches of the law.
1t will not be through sheer weight of mum.
bers that America will be made better than il
has been in the past but by the quality of ser
vice rendered. .4r
Millions want soft jobs, short hours, big pay,
a pocket full of cigarettes, and no responsibility
for the success or failure of the enterprise that
supports them. Multitudes of others will not
work at ali if they can help it.
The millions who do honest faithful work and
support the religious. and philantrophic insti,
tutions and thriving industries of the country,
have a gigantic task on their hands to sustain
the nations w~ellbeing in the face of present facts
and conditions. These millions understand the
force of the poets further admonition:
III fares the land to ddstening Ills a prey,
Where tCeaithN dccumuldtes and men decay;
Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ;
A breath can make them as q breath has
made;
But a bold pedsqntry, their countrys pride,
When once destroyed can neuer be supplied.
But times are altered; trades u~nteeting train
Usurp the land and dispossess the stodin;
Along the ldtoR tChere scattered hdmllets rose
UnwieIdy toealh and cumbrous ponp reposc.
, 1925-01-07
Who Makes Prices?

Who determines prices? Except
in the unusual case OF. monopoly,
II IL the buyer who makes the price.
By the buyer. we near in all cases.
unless otherwise stated, the man
who buys for final consumption.
The seller fixes merely the price at
which goods are offered: the buyer
fixes tho price at which they are
sold. No merchant ever suffers
long under the delus!on that he can
control selling prices. This may
sound like nonsense to a man who
has just bought a Ford a r He
found the car already priced. and
priced too high to suit him: but he
had to pay tho price OF leave the
car. Nevertheless, even Henry
Ford is no exception to the rule,
Millions of people, In deciding TO buy
OF not to buy at a given price. tell
Mr.. Ford It what price he can dis
pose of his output. 1t is Literally
true that on every road IN the coun-
try there is some driver who has
had a part in fixing the price OF
Ford cars.
OF course the price is unsatisfac-
tory. No price can be low enough
to suit buyers individually. as long
as collectively they want more cars
than there are ears IN existence.
This brings us to the most funda-
mental fact In our whole discussion.
whenever anything Is sufficiently
scarce and sufficiently desired TO
command any price at all. more
I III - - 4o1 xr.-ta AZ fsa.,.,ag
tion ensues. This antagonism OF in,
~terests is too deep to be overcome
by any economic or political pro
granime whatever. Socialists and
communists do not overcome It; they
overlook 1t.
II is IN this very process of com.
peting with each other for the same
goods that BUYERS determine prices,
This Is illustrated daily In the Auto
matte Bargain Basement Of a de-
partment store in Boston, in which
customers are invited to make their
own prices. They are assured that
II they refuse to pay the price at
which goods are offered. that price,
after twelve selling days, will be re.
duced twenty-five per cent. II they
'HNAA tAA pa oaga AAApA1f AAAa 10 lEl
VIII be reduced fifty per cent; IN an.
other six days. se~venty-fivo per cent.
and. six days later. the goods win be
given away. When this policy vas
adopted. about sixteen years ago,
most people predicted failure. OF
course. they said. customers viii
wait a few days in order TO benefit
by the automatic ''mark.downs.''
But they were mistaken. They over
looked the fact that in tho automat.
&c. basement, rs in every other store
buyers compete with each other for
the same goods. The individual buy
err waits for n "mark.down' on the
particular coat which has taken her
fancy only at the risk of having
somebody else get the coat. AS a
rule, the buyer does not wait; about
eishtN-eight per cent of the stocks
sold at the original prices
Buyers sempste With sas sIother
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What's the Reason?

Editor Tribune: May 1 ask the
courtesy of space in your columns
to mention a matter OF vital impor-
tande TO the welfare of this city and
It's future progress. Recently your
editorials have dealt lucidly and
vigorously with the fine prospects
for commercial and industrial de-
velopment in this new year 1925.
From. the material standpoint you
have made out an excellent case for
confidence and optimism on the
part of our people. and there can
be little doubt that your forecast
of Substantial progress and increas-
ing prosperity will be realized.
But I have looked in vain for any
MERTON of the Christian church in
the program OF development. Sure
" the church stands for. and seeks
to promote all that is best in man
hood and national life, the things
which make life sweet and whole
some and worth while. and without
| which there can be no true progress
or prosperity. Doubtless, many of
your readers may think the church
has no relation to the business life
of the community. and some may
even consider 1t a clog upon the
wheels OF progress. This may ac-
count for the fact that many men
are not found in the church either
on the Sunday or weekday eve;
nines. q
liam told by some who should
know better than I that the ma.
jority of the men of Casper do not
attend any church. Is this correct?
If 50. why? Is it the fault of the
church Or the preachers? Are they
out of touch with modern life and
its problems? Or is 1t just care.
lesshess or irreligion hat keeps
men from coming to church? Would
1t be true to say that they have
lost the spirit of worship or the
sense of God? Would our city get
along just as well If all our churches
were closed? >
AS a minister who believes In his
job and seeks to be of real service
to others, j am anxious to get tc
the root OF this problem. II the
preacher or church is to blame ]
want to know and profit by the
knowledge. So within the last ter
days II have written to over 20t
representative men of this city ask
ing them to tell me quite frankl,
why, in their Judgment. men do no,
go to church. Already the reptile.
are coming in. and I am expecting
many more in the next few days.
May l. with your permission. re
quest your readers TO write me OF
this question, giving me their candid
opinion? l do not care how out
spoken they are; the franker the
better. Nor do / care whether the
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Dependent Interests

There Is 10 Independent class in the United
States The men who labor In factories hurt
themselves when they injure the farmers and
vice versa Wall Street has every reason to
desire agricultural prosperity. When rural
prosperity is missing that of Wall Street is
largely gone
1t is high time TO disabuse a large part of
the public of the notion that in panics or
depressions, bankers wax fat. They do not, they
suffer. To believe anything else is to show an
utter ignorance of the A B G of economies
During the war demagogues spread the lie that
bankers welcomed hostilities-indeed that they
had brought on the -fighting-because it served
their selfish purposes to do that. War and the
plans TO carry it on simply raised the dickens
with the orderly processes of banking.
All the simple truths referred to should be
emphasized now during a time when politicians
are not vcxing the air with bunk calculated to
help them get votes. What the railroads, the
grangers and some of the manufacturers have
started should be taken up by other elements in
the country that a better understanding may be
achieved, to the end that foolish and hurtful
strife be done away with.
, 1925-01-07
Borah Agreeable

An international economic and armament
conference, with Germany and Russia included,
such as has been proposed by Chairman Borah
of the senate foreign relations committee, is not
favored by President Coolidge, who feels that
the best results would come from a conference
of limited scope. The question of economic con.
ditions is too broad. Senator Borah later said
he felt sure these matters would have to be dis.
cussed some time, but added he would be de
lighted. if my proposal seems too broad, to have
a disarmament conference called, including the
great naval powers. That would be a greatNgain
IN itself, and I will be glad to support that
proposition, in view of the situation now exist
ing between the United States and Japan"
, 1925-01-07

SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably
sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them.
and they In turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white
space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either
horizontally or vertically or both
, 1925-01-07
Lacks Jurisdiction

Harry f. sinclair's brief in the Appellate
court denying contempt by his refusal to answer
certain questions propounded by the senate
committee ON public lands and surveys main.
tains that the senate resolution declaring oil
leases void deprived the committee of further
jurisdiction in the matter of investigation, and
that congressional power to compel testimony
under pain of indictment and Imprisonment ex.
lists only in four specific instances, viz, punish.
ment of its members, contested elections, i'm
~peachments and determination of the fitness of
its members.
, 1925-01-07
The Exodus Continues

The charge is made that American magazines
and moving pictures contain propaganda to in
duce Canadians, and especially young people to
emigrate to the United States The exodus, it
Is said. to the United States is a serious menace
to the future economic and political prosperity
of the Dominion. There are 100000 Canadian
ex~.servicc men and pensioners in the United
States,
, 1925-01-07

letters are signed or not. All I
want is an honest statement of the
case from the point of view Of the
man who does not go ochurch.
Just as soon as I havc heard from
the men themselves. and.sI hope. a
number of your readers. l shall
make this topic the theme Of a
special sermon. presenting the views
of those who are good enough to
respond to my request.
A. L. COOK.
Minister. First Congregational
Church.
1880 South Ash St
Telephone 2o29.
, 1925-01-07

heed It can stay in business. He
who seeks profits must do his ut
most, not cny to keep account Of to-
days market returns, but to antici-
pate tomorrow's. .
The Washington times., 1925-05-15

important work performed in the
Naval Academy.
The story was specially written
by Carey Wilson, while the scenario
or continuity is by r. McGrew
Willis, an experienced and we'll
known specialist in his line.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
To BE LAID
At j. s: NAVAL
ACADEMY
Metro -GoIdwyn to Produce
Picture With Approval of
Navy Officials

With one of the countryfs fore
most moving picture concerns to do
the job, life as it is lived at the
United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Nd, will be breathed into
a. photodrama for public exhibition.
The film will be temporarily known
as "Midshipman Sterling and was
placed today definitely in the hands
of the Metro .Goldwyn- Mayer Pic
lures Corporation by Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur and Admiral w. X.
Shoemaker.
A whole producing unit, number
ing at least $50 persons, will engage
In the filming Of the story on the
Naval Academy grounds. A con-
tingent of fifty members of the
company has already arrived to lay
preparatory plans, and the re-
mainder are now en- route from the
corporation studios in Culver City,
Cal.
Navarro in Lead.
After a lengthy end careful con-
sideration of prominent motion pic
ture men, Williasn Christy Cabanne
was officially selected to direct the
photoplay and Ramon Navarro was
chosen to portray the title char
acter.
In commentary on the contract
awarded the Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
Corporation, Admiral Shoemaker
said:
In accordance with the terms of
the contract entered into between
the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Corporation and the chief of the
Bureau of Navigation for the
United States. giving authority for
the production of photoplay at
the United States Naval Academy,
the bureau approves the scenario,
"Midshpman Sterling" as submit
ted. The bureau requested that all
titles be submitted to the superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy for
approval before being filmed, and
also approved the selection of Viii.
liam Christy Cabanne as director
and Ramon Navarro as the star.
The entire production is to be
made under the direct supervision
of the Bureau of Navigation and
the Naval Academy. and several
heads of both divisions will take
part in the various duties necessary
to the consummation of the finn.
This is the first time that the
Bureau of Navigation mas utilized
a popular form of universal enter
tainment to bring to public atten-
ton the life. benefits of, and the
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
BETHESDA, Nd, TO HAVE
DELIVERY MAIL SERVICE

City delivery mail service will be
established in Bethesda, Md, and
adjoining sections tomorrow, ac-
cOrding to announcement today by
Postmaster w. NJ. Mooney. The
Bethesda postoffice will have the
status of a regular branch of the
Washington postoffice, with Mrs.
Brenta Wallace, superintendent, in
charge of a clerk and three car
rierS.
One city carrier and two rural
carriers will be on duty, the former
making two tips, and the latter one
trip daily. Edgmont, Hampton
Park, Battery Park, Woodmont and
Leland will be served. The branch
postoffice will be in the same loca-
tiOn as was the former office.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15

son McClintock. his millionaire ward
which opens Monday were being
served today as both State and de-
fense busted themselves with last
minute preparations for the pre-
sentation of their cases.
Today brought conflicting esti-
mates of the length Of time which
the trial will consume.
Not over three or four weeks"
the defense maintained.
More than a month to select a
jury" the court-wise around the
courthouse held.
The defense, it was said, would
base it's case mainly on an attempt
to discredit the State witnesses in
addition to pointing out the grand
jury's action in speedily voting
no bill in the case of Mrs. Shep-
herd who the coroner's jury recon-
mended be held as an accessory to
the alleged crime.
The State will attempt to intro
duce the confession Of Charles c.
Faiman in which he declares he
gave Shepherd typhoid germs to
innoculate young McClintock and.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
London Clasps When
u. S.. Man Breaks In
On King George
Nv InternatiOnal News Service.

WEMBLEY, England, May Is.
While some Americans spend
thousands of dollars to be pre-
sented to King George at court
and through diplomatic intro
duction, John Cownie, Of Des
Moines, Iowa, brushed aside all
formality yesterday and went up
to the king and shook hands
with him.
King George and Queen Mary
had come here to visit the ex-
hibition. While they were
sightseeing, middle-aged man
approached the king, put out
his hand, and said:
"How do you do, king; shake
hands with America"
King George was astounded,
according to by-standers, but
smiled, shook hands and said:
II hope you and all Ameri-
cans are feeling WELL"
Queen Mary smiled at this.
Cownie then said:
"Meet my son, king"
Cownie presented his son, and
King George shook hands with
him.
The Iowan leaped into. mo-
mentary fame in. London as the
result Of his informal meeting
with the king. Ali the after
noon newspapers in the British
capital made feature of the
meeting, characterizing it as an
Astounding but humorous in
cident."
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
WOMEN 'SSONGS
CAUSE FATAL
CRASH
Drown Engines Noise, and
Bus Is Hit on Tracks-One
Dead, Nineteen Injured
BY International News Service.
xr4E ~

WINDSOR, Ontario, May 15.--one
woman was killed and nineteen
others injured early today when a
motor bus, of which they were oc-
cupants, was struck at the Howard
street crossing by an Essex term
inal switch engine. Two men were
injured.
The party, comprising drill and
degree teams Of the Daughters and
Maids Of England, a 'fraternaly or
ganization, branch Of the Sons Of
England, was returning to the boz
der cities from initiation proceed
nigs at Kfngsville.
Mrs H. c. Potter, forty-two,
Windsor. died a few minutes after
admittance to the Hotel Dieu. Her
daughter, May, severely injured,
was taken with many of her In
jured companions to the same in
stitution.
The bus driver, 0rville Bea.udoin,
explained that the din caused by
the women, who were singing lodge
songs, drowned the sound Of the
locomotives crossing whistle.
The locomotive was moving only
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
ALLEGED oBERHOLTZER
SLAYERS TO FACE TRIAL

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May 15.-
Judge James A. Collins, in Grim
inal court here today, over-ruled a
motion by defense counsel to quash
the murder indictment against
David c. Stephenson, Earl Klinck
and Earl Gentry growing oua of
thes death last month of Madge
Oberholtzer.
Eph Inman, chief counsel for
Stephenson and his alleged accom-
plices, stated, when court opened.
he did not wish to offer any oral
arguments in support of the mo-
ton when Judge Collins immediate
ly overruled the motion.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
NET FEARFUL OF ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE IN SEPTEMBER
Coolidge To Present
Roosevelt Service
Medals Here

The T h go d ore Roosevelt
medals, awarded annually for
distinguished services by Ameri-
cans in law, welfare work, pro-
motion of outdor life, and kim
dred activities, will be pre-
sented by President Coolidge at
the White House this afternoon.
Recipients are:
Governor Pinchot, of Penn
sylvania, for advocacy of con-
servation Of national resources.
Miss Martha Berry, of Mount
Berry, Ca, for child welfare
work; and
George B. Grinnel, New York
ciyt, for advocacy of outdoor
life.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
MEN SEEK
! BIC PAY
BOOST
Operators Demand Reduction
From Present ScaIe-Fed-
eraI Officials Investigating
By HARRY WARD.

President Coolidge and his Cabl-
net are frankly concerned over the
possibility of a strike in the an
thracite coal fields when the
present wage agreement between
the operators and the United
Mine Workers expires August 80,
1t was learned today.
The possibility of a strike
hinges on the announced inten-
ton of the miners to ask for an
increase of from 10 to 80 per
cent over the present scale, while
the operators are expected to in
sist upon a reduction of any
where from 10 to 80 per cent.
Other Demands Expected.
Along with the wage boost the
miners undoubtedly will include a
demand for the "check-off," which
provides for the withholding of
union dues from the pay envelopes
of the men.
The "check-off" strengthens the
unions hands and the operators
will put up a stiff fight to prevent
It being put into effect.
The Government will closely
watch the negotiations for new
wage agreement and in the event
q deadlock ensues undoubtedly will
take active measures to insure a
continuation of work in the hard
coal regions.
While stocks of coal at present
on hand are ample to run the
country for a considerable period,
a strike in the anthracite fields
would cause much inconvenience
to those sections of the country
where hard coal is almost exclu-
purposes.
Administration Hopeful.
The first step in the process Of
negotiating a new wage scale will
be taken in June, when the Tri-
district convention of the United
Mine Workers meets in Scranton.
This convention will frame and
adopt the demands to be submitted
to the operators.
The latter, will then hold their
policy meeting and formulate the
action they propose to take when
the two contending groups meet
I'm some neutral point, probably
Atlantic City, about July Is, to
begin the negotiation Of g. new
wage agreement.
Administration officials are hope
full the negotiations will result in
an amicable a agreement.
In some quarters it was pointed
out the operators could hardly at
ford to go before the country with
a demand for reduction in wages
at a time when there is "a con-
slant cry of monopoly in the apthra-
cite fields.''
Miners Are Busy.
BY the same token the miners are
enjoying steady work while their
brethren in the bituminous fields
are only working part time, while
ir some bituminous fields the mines
arc entirely closed down for lack
of a market, these observers say.
In anticipation Of possible ces-
20 tion of hard coal mining afte.
August 80, production is now nearly
touching the 1000, ,0O0-ton per week
mark
1t has been steadily rising since
the week of April IS, when it was
.567 900 tons. During the week Of
May production reached / 1,98t.000
tons, making a total of 20, 49,, ,900
tens for the calendar year to Gate.
Production of bituminoUs to date is
approximately I54, AIS, 900 tons
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
Embezzler Candles,
Wins, Wants To
Make Good

CLEVELAND, May 15.-Wil-
liam F. Lynch, clerk in the
auditing department of the
Union Trust Company, has been
arrested on the charge of en-
bezzling $11, 900.
Contrary to the usual story,
he did not lose the money in the
stock market, although he gam
bled in stocks. He won, and
has announced he would like to
return the money, but bank Of
ficials insist on prosecuting.
to their advance claims
will show through other witnesses
that Shepherd was known to have
visited Faiman's National Institute
Of Science.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15

six or seven miles an hour, but it
upset the bus at the first impact
and ground it along the right CT
wa.y before it could be stopped.
The most severely injured are Mrs.
Jonathan Hornsby. thirty-two; Mrs
Ernest Cook, fifty-two, and Mrs
Robert Brumpton, sixty, all OF Wind
sor. All were expected to die.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
TRIAL
WILL OPEN
MONDAY
Belief Is That Month Will Be
Spent Selecting Jury.
100 Summoned
BY international News Service.

BY International News Service.
CHICAGO, May 15.-Summonses
for 100 veniremen to serve in the
trial of William ID. Shepherd for
the alleged murder of William Mel
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
Wheat Fields Outline
Walls Of Ancient TOwn

Lines Of the walls and streets Of an
ancient Roman town, Magma Castro,
near Hereford. England. are plainly
visible in the wheat fields near there.
The crops grow shorter where there Is
Tess depth OF soil and show the entire
plan OF the town.
Excavations have been made there
and the foundations Of the old forum
have been discovered. Magma was one
OF the smallest OF the British Roman
towns having an extent OF only %
acres and was probably used for a
stopping point for troops ON the way
TO the great wall.
The complete skeleton OF a British
woman has also been unearthed there.
together with much dateable material.
Pottery dating from the time Of An
tonius Pius 1SS-16I A. D.. to valens.
S8A-ST8 A. D.. with the stamp OF the
potter has been found. A perfect
bronze bracelet for a child. with It's
catch complete. was among the discov-
cries.
There Is tradition that Magma was
burned. either by Saxons or BY native
uibeA