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ana take the risk My trouble lay in the fact that
the fctional characters whom 1 tried to emulate
set standards which impossible of achieve
ment Even before I came in contact with the
sophIstcatiOn OF HOratio Alger L had found well
beloved book II called Six Little Peppers and
How They Grew" Just now it ought to be superb
material for Metro-Goldwyns next super-super
picture
Al any rate from the age of until almost 10 my
ambition consisted of an ambition to grow up and be
AZ least one Little Pepper. In my freshman year at
college I suddenly realized that never could make
a. Instead of doing the next best and patternlng
after Richard the LiOn-Hearted who was hot sec
ond choice 1 merely sulked and refused to play the
race at all. Since I couldn't be Little Pepper
refused 10 lift much as a finger TO become
Richard.
lust decided not to be anything. And If man
ever fulfilled an ambition this was a goal most
definitely attained. Being a city lad 1t was not
quite possible for me TO be protected completely. A
few hints OF evil filtered through, but at least
never was exposed to motion pictures
The process had been invented but nothing Ike
the modern movie house available IN these Tor
gotten years. was well out of knee pants-and into
long ones of course-before 1 ever was permitted 10
attend the cinema
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Theu We're Pirates Then

TT was at the Old Eden MUSES. and consisted of a
L series of episodes from the Bible. The producer
failed 10 select the best episodes. Gangster stores
and pangster films did not exist and If they had
would not have been allowed to 60. Yet at the
school which I attended We did go in for fantastic
imitation of romantic villains.
We didn't play gunner, I'll admit, but we went
in for being pirates in rather big way. All OF us
had wooden daggers and mine was stained with red
paint Ny name was Teach talias Blackboard. In
recess we had duels and marOOned each other
Pretty nearly next best to being Little Pepper
was the life of a pirate And this sort OF day.
dreaming arose as far as can remember practically
spontaneously. The more savage play of the modern
child always is attributed to the influence OF the
motion pictures I have my doubts.
I rather think that the very young accept the
role Of being villains Just out of natural deviltry
and depravity and aside from any outside influence
whatever. Mostly they OUtgrOw these moods never
did become a pirate and probably it is much too
late TO start
Copyright. 1884 The Tines
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We must assume, it seems to
me, that the general world recov-
cry which began in the summer
of 1882 will at least for the pres
ent be retarded. 1t is difficult to
see how the terrible unsettlement
can fail to be dehationary in
Europe.
Whatever may be the next
phase of the political revolution
in Germany, the economic outlook
is very grave indeed. Something
might happen to change it. But
that something is not now visi-
BILE, and in any detached view of
the probabilities it has to be as
sumed that the German crisis will
become more acute as the winter
approaches.
THE Italian position, while 1t
Il is politically more stable, is
deteriorating economically. The
French position, though it is
strong fundamentally, is not one
of which it could be said that
France has found adequate pol
icies which use her strength to
promote her own recovery. The
effects of the continental della
ton inevitably involve Great Brit
ain to some degree.
All in all, no prudent estimate
of the immediate future can es-
cape the conclusion that We must
look upon Europe as mega
tive force in the general recovery
Of the world.
Last year, when We had sunk to
our lowest depth, We undoubtedly
were assisted in our own recovery
from those depths by consid-
cradle recovery in Europe. but
now we have, it seems to me, to
take the view that for the time
being We must rely largely upon
our own efforts to help ourselves
and to offset the destructive eff
fects of the European situation.
1t is reasonably clear what the
American policy ought to be. 1t
can be stated in simple terms by
saying that we must prime the
pump vigorously with government
expenditures and let the pump
work by encouraging private en-
terpriSe to take hold
fCopyright. 1884,
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Another S5O,OOO,OOO is estimated
lost through cargo diverted to
other transportation. Wage losses
are estimated at $4,000,000 a
month.
Los Angeles, after ten days tie
up, has been handling cargo and
moving ships with fair regularity.
Cargo, passengers, and tourists,
as a result, have been routed
through herewith loss to bust
ness elsewhere.
A certain amount of cargo was
moved in San Francisco by strike
breakers, but teamsters refused to
handle this cargo. It remained in
the piers. The Industrial Associa-
ton, San Francisco open shop or
ganization, made plans to open
the port" by moving piled-up
cargo from the docks, and oper-
ating with nonunion crews.
July l, the industrial associ-
alton began movement of this
cargo, after asking police protec-
ton. The first day, strikers and
Sympathizers took the few move
mentS of trucks IN spirit of
levity. The second day, they di-
rected attacks toward the ware
houses where the moved cargo
was stored Fights ragged over
wide area.
San Francisco harbor is state
owned and operated Besides the
vast piers over three-mile area,
the state owns the State Belt
Line railroad, serving the piers.
Engine crews were threatened
and quit.
After rest over July fight
ing broke out anew July be-
tween strikers and police. Two
were killed and twenty hurt by
gunfire, and scores suffered from
beatings, rock cuts and other
wounds.
Before nightfall, the national
guard was modified to protect
the state railroad and piers.
Nearly 1000 took stations over
night. Fighting between strikers
and police stopped, and all be-
came quiet on the waterfront.
n
WE can't fight police and
w bayonets and machine
guns" declared strike leaders.
Their strategy turned to an
other effective weapon-the gen.
eral strike. The matter was put
up to the San Francisco labor
council, representing twenty-nine
unions.
A council committee is meeting
with the maritime strikers COM
mittee. In Portland, business
agents and representatives of
eighty unions voted to name a
committee to consider a general
strike.
Normally, 1000 longshoremen
are employed in San Francisco.
The l. L. A. rolls carry three or
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intend saying anything that would
change their minds"
MOT long ago Interior Secre-
IN tary Ickes went over to the
White House and presented to
Roosevelt the name John w.
Finch as director of the Bureau
of Mines.
DR.. Finch had a notable record.
He had done geological work in
China, Siam. India, Africa, Tur-
key, once was mining adviser to
the Governor of Yunnan. He
served as state Geologist of Colo
RADIO, is dean of the University of
Idaho School of Mines, also di-
rector of the Idaho State Bureau
of Mining.
The President looked over
Finch's record and told Ickes:
He looks all right, if you want
him."
So Ickes gave the word that
Finch was to be sworn in. The
ceremony was scheduled for last
week. Everything was set-until
at the last moment, the interior
department could not find Finch's
commission. This is a document
signed by the President certify
ing the appointment.
Word was rushed to the White
House. Still the commission
could not be located. The Presi-
dent had sailed. Finally Marvin
MacIntyre, presidential secretary,
unearthed it.
1t was not signed. But at
tached to it was a memo, which
read:
Appointment disapproved by
General Farley"
Note-Senator Pope, Democrat
of Idaho. is now asking whether
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This is a difficult thing to do,
because the whole European sit
uation is incredibly complicated
and obscure. Nevertheless, we are
compelled to ask ourselves: What
are the immediate practical con-
illusions which we can draw as
a guide to American action in the
next few months?
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rs us dulnOIlJgs
Pacific coast ports for years
have operated with company
unions" in stevedoring. Late IN
1888 the International Longshore-
mems Association, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor,
began organizing on the west
coast.
In district convention here IN
February the unionists voted to
support a San Francisco strike for
union recognition, increase of 10
cents an hour and a thirty hour
week. The regional labor board,
then headed by George Creel,
opened hearings.
Section IA was booted around
by both sides. The unionists cited
its provision giving employees the
right to organize and bargain
collectively-and removing COM
pany union membership as an
employment condition-in their
closed shop demand.
Also, the unions insisted that
San Franciso employers, repre-
senting most Of the major steam
ship lines. sign an agreement COW
ering the entire coast.
THE employers refused, de-
Il claring they could act only
for San Francisco. They, too.
cited Section IA. declaring the
closed shop would violate the act
because other workers would be
coerced into joining the union.
Mr.. Creel's committee could reach
no settlement.
President Roosevelt delayed the
strike through wires to union
leaders to wait until a fact-find-
ing committee could report. The
regional labor board heads of the
Pacific coast conducted hearings
-unsuccesfully.
May 9. the strike went into eff
feet from San Diego to Puget
Sound.
Edward F. McGrady, assistant
secretary of labor, and Joseph P.
Ryan. national president of the
International Long S h Oremen'S
Association. came west for more
conferences.
Many meetings brought forth a
tentative agreement, but the
longshoremen voted it down.
Mayor Angelo j. Rossi of San
Francisco called conferences, but
they. too, failed.
With Pacific shipping para
lived. business interests appealed
to President Roosevelt. His first
appointment under the recently
enacted labor disputes act was the
national longshoremen's board.
Archbishop Edward j. Hanna i
chairman. o. K. CuShman, San
Francisco attorney, and McGrady
are its MEMBERS.
~ARGO worth approximately
~ S80.0OO.0O has been tied up.
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to make room for cargoes on
vessels.
More than $1,O0O,O0O a day is
checked up as lost to Washington,
oregon and California through
the strickland anything can
happen, either for good or for
bad.
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DOCK STRIKE NRA ACID TEST

BY PHILIP ]. SINNOTT
Times Special Writer

the
- employees employers struggle
labor bubble Section
IA of the NRA and stay hiring halls
300 vessels swing idly at anchor millions OF
O their holds
Thirty thousand striking with thousands
o affected
crtaied
toll
waterfront General strikes
being Francisco Portland and other
cities
The closed shop of the hiring haI-whence
shop IA of the NFA is cited by each side
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In the determinations that fol-
lowed the amazing fact came to
light that Johnson, far from be-
ing hard-boiled or drastic. al
most had been tender in his deal
ings with the company.
He had offered to return its
bird" if it WOULD agree to re-
instate only fifty of the 300 dis
charged strikers. The other $50
johnson was willing to sacrifice
in order to avoid a fight.
It was small wonder therefore
that. after this puSsyfooting, when
Acknowledgement Cummings an
nounced ne would not prosecute.
the die-hard mill operators sat
back and thumbed their noses.
Rufling the blue eagles fathers
had proved about as dangerous as
whistling to a canary.
CLENDER Mrs. jim Lands be-
- lieves in keeping family
secrets.
Following the appointment OF
her serious minded husband to
the new Securities Exchange COM
mission. she was visited by staff
writer of a nationally known
magazine. He explained that he
was seeking personality" mate
rial.
"You know, Mrs. iandis," ne
said, up in Wall Street ! they
speak of your husband in fear and
trembling"
"Really?"
Yes. indeed, he is bad medicine
to those boys. What is there
about him that should frighten
them SOP"
We'll" was the smiling reply
IF that is the way they think of
Jim UP there / certainly do not
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HJeemC bM
A
Haywood BROUN

TIORATIO ALGER JR. vas a gentleman who
Il lived by many years too soon. If this amable
chronicler Of the careers Of newsboys and boot
blacks we're alive today he might quite readily coin
a fortune His simple tales Of honesty triumphant
would ht precisely the requirements of much
harassed motion picture industry. In not Of his
many hundreds OF books did a single stray sugges-
ton Of evil ever creep in.
Indeed I am reminded of a remark once made by
Texas Guinan in one of her night clubs while intro
d,,rine dancer And this little girl" said Texas
hasn't single tvil thought in her head, or any
other for that matter" But possibly have been a
little unfair 70 Alger. When his stories are taken
I'D for screen adaptation, feel sure they must
I shall 90 with great interest.
During several Of my more formative years Anger
was nv favorite author Perhaps I might add that
he did not have very much with which 10 compete
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in his sentimental moments but strictly k. to hire
press agents and expensive lawyers to create public
opinion in favor of accused finapcer whose oper-
atonS have cost the frugal and industrious citizens
a billion dollars in savings
There is a difference between operations and
depredations. Operations classified honest
mistakes and though they may destroy the labor
and savings and the lifelong plans of many honest
people and drive them to suicide, prostitution or
bandltry themselves, they still dstinguishable
from the works Of the criminal low-life.
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY GO-ROUND
Blu Dreqo Pearson and Robert S. Allen

Reinforcement still is the overshadoWlng
w problem NRA At General Hugh Johnon code author
the general out
of authorities do anything
In of criticism johnson
enforcement machinery But to
Complaints widespread today they
asst
existence of these charges
they But the record the
headlines affords ample eV
deiveness There lot of
talk cracking down. but action.
Toothpick and big stick clubbing is the rule
little of Hartman,
federal by the
NRA
The specific charges interference with attempts at unionza
ton plus discrimination Some 300 of the latter
lost their jobs of
finally the
Blue Eagle
fhrnWi nennnlnNe 1tnfmn
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he or Jim Farley is running
Democratic politics in Idaho. His
colleague, Senator Borah, Repub-
lican, thinks it's great joke.
II Il
A PROMINENT of the Wag-
L N ner labor board was obscured
in the excitement over the stock
exchange commission Now, how
ever, the board is emerging as one
of the most potent in Washing
ton.
Copyright 1884 by United Feature
Syndicate. Incl
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American states, and proceed
to marry other persons. &C
cording to life and the statutes
of the various states and their
mutual preferences.
HoodlumS have continued
to rob and shoot citizens of
more or less law-abiding char
acter in the movies. And, in
some of the scenarios, the
hoodlum has been ennobled
inferentially by comparison
with the genteel brigand of
the gold coast.
1t is very wrong to present
the criminal hoodlum in a
sympathetic light in the
movies and show how kind he
is to his family and friends
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Fair Enough
.ESTbRO0K REGLER

NEW YORK, N Y, July $50 now it states in
~ the papers that the forces of right are de-
termined to pick up their marbles and go home I'M
less the moving picture magnates agree to fire their
car. Will H. Hays, the living moral standard.
They have monkeyed around with Mr.. Hays for
all these years and he has promised but still NOV
ing pictures continue to issue from Hollywood, Cal,
in which male and female are divorced from one
another accordance to the statutes of the various
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cisco, both sides given opportunity
to present evidence. Similar hear
ings will be held at other Pacific
coast ports.
After heavy rioting, nonunion
trucks are rolling out of militia
guarded San Francisco piers.
Stored cargo thus is being moved,
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7
age Of IS or II exclusively on
clean books. Sometimes /
wonder whether 1 am really
a useful exhibit Of the result
of such a system of reading.
Naturally I readily might be
more moral. Again 1 could
b much less so if it we're not
for a constitutional timidity.
An earlier experience with the
more candid chronicles might
have made or marred me.
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
BY Waller Lippmann

political
involve the whole continental Europe merely
the future in the United
the utmost importance that should appraise them properly their
hearin gnnnnn own atiO DO
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127 DROWNED IN JAPAN
Property Damage Reaches Millions
in Disastrous Floods.

By Lhtcd Press
TOXIC, July 13-At least 127
persons were drowned and property
damage of millions of dollars was
done by disastrous floods in three
Japanese procedures, the home min
istry announced today.
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He'd Try Again

PERSONALLY 1 would be
i willing TO do it all over
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again, If that were POSSIBLE,
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TOmlinsOn Hall Mat
Roster Is Completed

With the signing of Clete Kauff-
man, veteran light heavyweight, to
meet Russ Schooner in the first of
the double semi-final, the mat show
at Tomlinson hall tomorrow night
was completed.
The main event will be for the
junior middleweight title held by
Coach Billy Thorn OF Indiana uni
versity. His opponent and chal-
lenger is Everett (SilenD Rattan.
Rattan Is indicated here and is
one of the fastest men on the mat.
Thorn successfully defended his
title here a few weeks ago against
Duke Ruppenthall, who was defeat
ed by Rattan last week.
The other two out of three falls
match will see Ben Bolt, Sioux
Indian grappler, also undefeated
here. meeting a newcomer. Sammy
Vangler, Jewish ace. Bolt has six
wins in six starts. defeating Bobby
Pierce. each Of Oklahoma u, last
week.
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EOSDICK GOODRICH is leading
Il G. r. Redding, 2 up at the end
of eighteen holes of their thirty-six-
hole battle for the championship Of
the Indianapolis Country Club. Both
will hold positions on the 1. c. C..
team that invades Meridian Hills
for a match Saturday, so the windup
eighteen holes Of the championship
can not be played until Sunday.
Besides Redding and Goodrich,
golf committee chairman Henry
Davis has selected Sammy Simp-
son. Joe McDuhee and Bob Bowen
TO form the first team of six with
the other player in doubt. Jimmy
Lawson states it will likely be either
Bobb Hobbs or Verne Ray. They
surely miss veteran Eddie thinner
in these team matches. Eddie broke
his arm some time ago. Besides
the first Of six, a second team of
somewhere around twenty-five play
ers will travel over to the Hills, too.
TACK GOODMAN galloped in a
j winner of the annual Broadmoor
pari-mutuel tournament with two
strokes to spare. Jack had total
of 147 for the thirty test,
while Dave Lurvey and Melvin Cohn
finished in a dead hear for second
honOrS, with 149 each.
Leonard Solomon has the Broad
moor 1884 championship sailed
away, having defeated Milt Stern
berger 5 and 4, in the decision
scrap.
TINE other day we heard Jimmy
Il Hamill telling the boys in the
locker room that he was tired of this
stunt of pairing him against the
club champion, Max Buell., each
year in the first round matches Of
the Highland club title play
Furthermore, Jimmy told the boys
Max should be in the upper bracket
of the pairings. and we are told he
was right.
Maybe Jimmy was Just working
himself up to the proper frame of
mind. however, for when he COL
lided with Make he gained an early
lead of one hole, lost it and then
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National Net
Event in Full
Swing Today
Van Ryn Faces British Ace
in Feature Match;
Perry Coasts.
BY HENRY MLEMORE
United Press stan Correspondent

FOREST HILLS. N. Y. Sept. g.
With practically all of the straight
men disposed of in the two pre-
liminary rounds, the big racquets
of the national mems tennis tourna-
ment will start waving at each other
this afternoon.
Frederick Perry, the leading in
vader and nonresident champion,
will have a comparatively innocent
byStander at his diSposal-John Tai
bot, citizen of Buck Hills Falls, Pa.
Other foreigners will have more
difficult passage. Frank Wilde,
Perry's fellow Davis cupper from
England, will face Johnny Van Ryn
of philadelphia, also a Davis cup
per, who yesterday disposed of Henry
Prusoff, the tall Seattle youth, with
comparative ease. Vernon Kirby,
another alien, will face Norcross
Tilney. a spirited lad from Prince
ton, while Roderick Mcneil, who
has his good and bad days, will need
a good one for Gregory Mangin of
Newark, former indoor champion.
Shields Feets TidbalI
The strife in domestic circles will
be equally severe, although no cas-
ualties are expected. Frank Shields,
leading American, plays the former
intercollegiate champion, Jack It'd
ball of Los Angeles, both having
come through so far without much
annoyance.
Bryan Grant, midget marvel from
Atlanta, Ga, tackles another small
baggage of highly combustible ten
mis- talent, red-headed Don Bulge
of Oakland, Cal, in a third-round
match that may produce fireworks.
Lester Stoefen, rangy Los Angeles
Davis cup ace, will mix with Herbert
Bowman, veteran New Workers,
while Berkeley Bell, swarthy Texan,
has DR.. Lawrence of New York in
store Other leading performers
have fairly easy opposition.
Grant Stops AlOnzO
Yesterdays main events found
few of the leading lads encounter
ing more trouble than expected.
Grant had to go five sets to van
quish the old Spanish gentleman,
Manuel Alonzo Wilmer Allison
was hard-pressed beating DR.. Eu-
gene McCauliffe, who recently beat
Mcneil.
Perry toyed with Martin BuXby
of Miami, Fla, in straight sets, and
Shields spent the afternoon trying
his backhand on Ward Herndon of
New York. Stoefen blasted his way
easily through Tom Flynn, Princeton
varsity player, while Cliff Suffer
advanced over Eddie Jacobs of Bal
timore, who did not show up to
complete his unfinished match.
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Dinner Planned by
Cycle Race Board

Plans for a celebration dinner in
honor of the twenty-seven Indian
apolis boys and two town
riders who rode in the Indiana leg
of the transcontinental bicycle relay
race are being considered by the
local committee, according to an an
nouncement by H. L. Martin of In
dianapolis, chairman of the state
committee and captain of the Hoo
sier division.
The boys who took part in the
relay race against time across the
state are expected to be feted and
small medals will be presented at
the dinner, Mr.. Martin said. The
old record of 1896, thirteen and one
half days, was broken by more than
five days.