Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 11, 1921, Page 3

WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1921 PRESIDENT WL TRAVEL WD TALK WOULD NOT HAVE MUCH CHANCE FOR THAT IF HE WAITED FOR CONGRESS TO ADJOURN. / WILLING TO MAKE SPEECHES His Appearance Not Always on Na. | tional Occasions—Report That He I Will Visit Alaska Before the Sum-. mer Ig Over, r By EDWARD B. CLARK. ‘Washington.—President Harding ap- parently does not intend to wait on the adjournment of. copgress to begin his public appearances in different parts of the' country as a speaker on occa- glons of civic importance. Probably the President realized from the rec- ord of. congress. since 1907 that if he ‘Wwaits on adjournment he will get few chances to leave Washington, for only in one or two years since that earlier date has there been any long extended breathing spell for the national legis- Iators. . The President in reviewing the North''Atlantic fleet as commander in chief of the navy, performs.a service duty which all presidents undertake once or twice in the course of their incumbency of high office. Soon the, President will begin his excursions into the civie field. Already he has filled one New York engagement, and made another one for the early fall at Bir- mingham, Ala. zens of Alabama came to the White ‘House the other day headed by Sena- tor Underwood, and asked, the Presl- dent t¢ gg-to Birmingham within a few weeks, but he found this impossible, and promised to go Iater. e More: than any other President who has held oftice in recent years, Mr. Harding seems to be willing to make speaking engagements on :occasions which represent local activities rather than those of national life. Already . he has.spoken. 4t the Gridiron club din- ner in Washington, at an assembly of the Knights ‘of Pythias; and soon- he is to address an association ‘of bank- ers in Washington, ¢ " May Go to Alaska. It is possible that before.the summer is over President Harding will go to Alaska, If he does and.undertakes to find out what is wrong with Alaska, if anything is wrong with it, he will have to listen to representatives —of two sides of a sharp controversy. The Alaska railroad problem, just at pres- ent, is a .perplexing one. Under . the authority of congress a railroad has been built in ~Alaska by the govern- ment, and.there:- are rumorsithat. it is/ going fo cost n great deal more than it was expected to cost, that it cannot make any money after it is completed, and that the line of its route was badly chosen from a business standpoint. If the President goes to Alaska, he probably will take two of his cabinet. oflicers with him, both of whom are concerned, in behalf of their depart- ments, aboit matters in the territory, Secretary Fall of the Interfor depart- ment today has under his charge the work of completing the Alaska rail- road. The secretary probably will want to knoiv all about the things as his predecessor in office handed them down to him. Secretary of the Navy Denby also Is likely to go te-.Alaska with .the President if the journey is under- taken. Preparedness s Pershing’s Work. An assignment - which has been given to Gen. John J. Pershing, jand just outlined officially by the War department, has been her- alded as news—new news, in fact. “The plan for Pershing’s future work, however, was given in authoritative detail in previous correspondence. General Pershing will take. hold of his job willingly and with a feeling that it is one entirely in keeping with his position as ranking officer of the American army. It is the intention of the secretary of war to frame the final instructions concerning the meth- od\of the work so that there will be _ mo conflict of authority between the general ofthe army and the major general who is- to become- tne chief of staff, In a word, Pershing’s work 1s to be preparedness. He will take the re- gerve forces of the United States as they are, increase their numbers to the greatest extent possible, do what Ire _can to bring the National Guard up to full enlistment. strength and seek to bring about good feeling be- tween the reserves, the National Guard and the regular army with a view to making them one in spirit, in service, and possibly one day in de- termination quickly to become one sol- dier organization for the winning of a war, if unhappily war shall come. Weeks Tries Roosevelt's Method. Secretary Weeks apparently wants to do as much in the way of prepar- edness as he can do: with the means at his command. Some critics here say that some of the Republican mem- bers of congress who “cussed out” the last administration for slacking along preparedness. lines, are now pre- i paredness slackers themselves. It is possible, however, that the regular army under pending legislation will be given 10,000 more troops than the house at first authorized. ! If this is done it will be done under the insistence of the secretary of war, who seems to have followed an ex- ample once set by Theodore Rooser g sm—— . 14 i & s i T < e e = A delegation of citl- |, velt, when ho. was - President. Roose- ing to appropriate money for battle- . ShIps, 50 he promptly asked for four battleships. Congress was willing to compromise and gave him two, which was all that Roosevelt wanted. Seccretary of War Weeks asked for 175,000 soldiers. The house had sald that 150,000 men are enough. It looks now as if the members were willing to split the difference and compromise on ‘the basis of about 167,000 men. It s pretty: definitely knowni now that congress will do nothing in the way-of preparation for'military train- ing of the youth of the country. It Is going to_let George do it. In other words, congress seemingly s depend- ing on the men who ‘fought ounce to fight more if the fighting'emergency shall come. S For Stronger Reserve Forces. One of the missions of General Per- shing will be to increase the strength of the reserve forces. There are now about 00,000 men in civil life who hold commissions in the reserve corps. This seems like a large number, but it is claimed it is not enough. For some reason or other, thousands of young men who held commissions in the great war declined to enter the re- gerve. The enlisted personnel of the reserve is almost down to the vanish- ing point. Of course’ it is expected by congress that the members of the American Legion and- other veteran organizations at once will enter the service if war shall come, but the officers of the regular army want the reserve ranks. filled so that it will be possible for a short time each year to order certain units of the reserve into training. This can be done un- der the law with the reserve forces. Men who have served are likely to grow stale unless given field work. The ' War. department has stopped the_sale of government-owned ammu- nition. and supplies. It can be sald today that the administration does not intend to allow the country ‘to drift into a state of unpreparedness in the matter of the material of war. Can Solid South Be Split? Some time ago the Republican national committee. appointed a sub- committee ~with instruction, to go into the southern states, there to study the situation and to formulate sentation of the South in future Re-| publican conyentions on a basis_ more in_ Keeping’ with ~the party’s * voting strength in that section of the coun- try. ~ e The sub-committee-i$ expected also litical conditions in the .southérn states’ with a view to determining if a_considerable part of the Democrats dwelling therein cannot 'be expected shortly. to change their party affilia- tions. Are the Republican party leaders in congress out drenming dreams, or have they’ } ome solid ‘basis for tlieir ap- pbarent, belief that in, the near years of the future they are to make In- roads Into the voting strength of the South? 3 _Are the efforts’ of .the Republicans to amount to anything? Democratic leaders in congress, true to their par- ty traditions and principles, say no.” Republicans, however, seemingly have been bolstered in their hopes by tariff developments in the South, and also by a recent manifestation of high tariff desires by a large delegation of southern business men who have just visited, the White House on a tariff misslon bent, and who also appeared before the house committee on ways and means on the same errand. Think Tariff Will Be. the Wedge. Some time this summer the Fordney- Penrose tariff bill will be passed by a Republican house and senate and signed by a Republican President. In former years when Republican tariff bills were before congress for consideration the Democrats of the country, North and South, stood vir- tually in solid ranks for low rates, and some of the Democrats, many Southerners ‘among them, vowed their fidelity to the cause of free trade or to a close approach to it. it is true that a few of the Demo- crats of the North and-South yielded their low tariff positions in favor-of protection for certain industries in which the home districts were inter-, ested, thereby bolstering ‘Winfield Scott Hancock’s pronouncement when Tie was the Democratic candidate for the presidency: “The tariff.is a local issue.” It is apparent today . that the Re- publicans hope that the tariff is to be one of the wedges to break the solid South. The Democrats say this is nonsense, and that even if some of the Southern senators and repre- sentatives shall give way to high tariff. pressure in behalf of certain ]so\lthem industries, they in the main will stand stanchly by the old tariff- for-revenue-only cause, and will have no fear in their hearts that any of their constituents will leave the Dem- ocratic party to consort with the Re- publicans. In some of the industrial districts ‘lof the South, Republicanism, so say members of the Republican natlonal committee, is strongly intrenched, and it its influence in these business cen- ters can find a means to extend itself outside of, its present limits, Republi- eanism, they say, will come into a re- spectable share of the voting fl-uitsv of the southern states. i The Motoring Multitude. i “There will soon be an automobile for every sixth person in the country,” i{remarked the statistician. “Ig that all,” .excinimed Mr. Chug- gins. “The jam at the downtown Cross-- ing made me think the average was velt heard that corgress was not go-|§ Al a_report on means to fix the repre-| 'DEATH TRAPS ON ROAD-SIDES to make a thorough inquiry into po- | ‘ present ditch system of drainage and GIVE CONCRETE ROADS CARE Contraction Joints Should Be Cleaned and Filled With Het Tar ‘i Twice a Year. & With the increase and use of con- crete roads. and pavement the prob- lem of proper maintenance becomes one of prime importance. All' con- tractlon joints should be given atten- tion: at least once a year, and where the traffic is very heavy, this should be done at least tyice every year. The' months of April and October will usually be found to be suitable for this work. All joints should be | carefully cleaned and filled with hot Splendid Type of Concrete Road. tar, ‘whose melting point, as deter- mined by the “cube in water” method s about 105 degrees Fahrenheit. It is important that tests be made to determine the melting point ¢f the ma- terial to be used. If the melting point is found to be too high, it may be re- duced by the additfon of creosote; if too 10w, it may be brought to the de- | sired consistency by the addition of tar of a melting point higher than 105 degrees. | Highway Authority Condemns Present -~Type of Construction—Not Suf- | ficiently' Wide. “The present type. of highways is equipped with death traps on each side, says George C. Djehl, chairman of the good roads board of the Amer- ican Automobile association, in an article in ‘Motor. He condemns the advocates ‘a system “of underground drain pipes;imaking ditchless roads of our highways. i “The highways of the future,” says Mr. Diehl, “must have; roadways of sufficient. width not merely for safety, but for the comfortable confidence of the driver. A car owner may come through alive at the end of a day's run on a popular thoroughfare, but the condition of his nerves aftet he times an hour DANGERS OF A COLD Bemidji People Will Do Well to Heed Them Many bad cases of kidney trouble result from a cold or chill. Congest- ed ' kidneys fall behind in filtering the poison-laden blood and backache, headache, dizziness and disordered kidney action folow. - Don’t neglect a cold. Use Doan’s Kidney Pills at the first sign of kidney trouble. Fol- low this Bemidji resident’s example: ‘Wm. Barnes, foreman in saw mills, 816 American St., says. ‘“About a year ago I took cold. It settled on my kidneys and-caused -me a:lot of annoyance. -My kidneys acted too freely and I had pains across the small of my back and it was hard for me to keep going. I was so lame I' got a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills and was cured of the trouble. have never been bothered since.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get | Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Barnes had. - Foster-Milburn Co. Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 30c to $3.00 sizes— For Your Furniture For Your Floors OCdarMop higher.” 1! betwedn’ & yawniig' Gitelr ac nts right and whizzing cars at his left, is some- thing that need not be described to the average driver, because he has | been there. “Fear of an open ditch breeds over- caution that drives men to the other extreme and brings about collisions. On fairly wide roadways: with deep ditches drivers are reluctant to use only one-half of the roadway, since a momentary slp means disaster. Al- lowanee for & two or three-foot mar- gin of safety by drivers between their cars and the ditch reduces the effec. tive width four or five feet, Safety ang. comfort demand the discontinu- ance of deep ditches. “On a pleasant Sunday afternoon in the touring season, probably most of these people are on the road. Every effort should be made to care for their safety. The roads ought to be made as safe as human ingenuity can make them, instead of being fitted with death traps on each side,” he con- cludes. FARM-TO-MARKET HIGHWAYS Definite” Plan Inaugurated by lllinois Agricultural Association for Better Roads. The roads and legislative commit- tees of the Illinols Agricultural asso- Tlation have started on a definite pro- gram to get more and better market roads for Illinois. The association fa- vors the adoption of the patrol system of maintaining roads on a large scale. Farmers want. geod roads to thelr markets and they want them now. A trip to Wisconsin, studying their pa- trol system of maintaining roads, re- veals the fact that they surpass Illi- nofs and Towa on good roads and at less expense than we are building a few miles of concrete roads. Detriment to Rural Progress. We need more good roads. There is no one factor which retards agrl- cultural development more, or which more detrimentally affects a rural “Any U. S. Tire is a universal full- money’s worth.” fit now. worked $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 sizes SpiFlt of progress, (han (he pregent ar- | most Intolerable roads. Dollar Per' Foot. Pennsylvania Is spending '$5,000 a mile—almost a dollar a running foot— for maintenance, and $62,500 per inile, or about $12 per running foot, for the construction of ‘state highways. |\FOUND LIFE'S. BATTLE HARD Great British Painter Finally Van. qu!ghu in Struggle for Proper Public Recognition. Few diaries are more sad than thut which was kept by Benjamin Haydon, the greatest British historical painter of his day. His life was an hel'nlg struggle against - adverse ~ circum- stauces, partinlly the fault of others, but also as a result.of his unscrupu- lousness in money matters, vanity and egotism, Here is an entry which he made in his diary in April of the year 1846: “The beginnifg of the end.” His rea- son for writing this forehoding proph- esy was on account of his opening an exhibition of the “Banishment of Aris- tides,” which was not 'successful; In another entry he wrote: “They ‘rush by thousunds to see Tom Thumb. They rush, they fight, they scream, they falnt, they cry, ‘Help! and ‘Murder! They sée my bills gnd caravan, but do not read them; their eyes nre up- on them, but their sense is gone. It 1s an insanity, a rables furor, a dream of which I would not have believed England could have been gullty." The lucky dwarf, Tomn Thumb, was the “feather that broke the' back” of the unhappy artist—a pistol and a razor furnished the climax.—Chicago Journal. 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