Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1923, Page 6

at Ty vir BE ab ee SAS ew" BGS™SSR Suasess PAGE SIX _™ ATTENDANCE OF| ALLIES MUST BE COMPLETE, old Continued from Page One. @ natural and {neseapable result of the policy followed by the United States ever since it refused to rat the treaty of Versailles, membership cn this commission as fet up under the treaty was an issuc in the treaty ratification fight, and even the temporary assignment an American “observ to ser’ unoft y with the comm was assailed in congress as ‘warranted interference in the af fairs of Europe. An effort at the last session to pass a senate reso lution authorizing fu'l representa tion failed almost tn its inception Despite their reticence, officla’s manifestly are pleased that o! hotice has been taken of Secretary Hughes’ New Haven suggestion a that British officials at least have Been in It the possibility of a final Solution the state depart Hughes’ reply t n minister, .made should be left a re-definit Speak for itself as the Ameri Sut that the commu: the whole fie! It is pol cation coy 1 of current discussion on the subject by renewing tt pledge of the United States to hel in any practical w > by re-ernpha sizing the secretary's declaration at New Haven last December in favor ry” solution by Impar American | | | @ friendship founded on the mutual | and by setting forth Again this government's strong con. Viction that all the allied nations! must participate if the reparations ‘conference proposal ts to be crown ed with success. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—(By Th Associated Press.)—The view ex pressed in official circles here toda Was that 2 bridge had been created in the European reparations n tans of stoh a nature as might lead eventually to a practical plan of ad Justment. This comment was made after the French conditional the British suggestion for a com Mission of economic experts had been communicated informally to the state department by Parie. The French position was under- stood here as contemplating par- ticipation of American economic ex Perts in the advisory commission to be named subject to the approval of the Washington administration. American officials obviously are confident that detatis of the arrange- ment can be promptly completed and that some sort of a commission Will begin at an early date. BRITISH OPINION IS RESERVED. LONDON, Oct. 26.—(By The Asso ciated Press.)—Official British opin- fon concerning the response of Sec- retary © Hughes to Lord Curzon’s reparation conference in- Yitation Is cautious and reserved Broadly, however, there is a feeling in the government departments that America’s clear cut declars brings an international confer of reparations appreciably nearer. While the general attitude of the United States on a reparation con- ference was already well known, the British government appears to be much gratified to have the Coolidge administration restate it so specific: ally and clearly on paper. There is a distinct feeling of satis faction over the helpful, friendly tone of the renewed offer of co-operation. It is believed here that America's action will be lmited to the par- ticipation of an expert like J. P. Morgan, as in the case of the tech nical bankers’ committee appointed last year, under the supervision of the reparation commission, It 1s held that one of the most satisfac tory results of the Hughes note is that it factlitates the re-establish ment of such a technical committee ef inquiry to determine Germany's capacity and that if France enters it she will have to scale down her original reparation total, which was the rock upon which last year's com mittee split The feeling among the British acceptance of | Candies Remember — Everybody likes candy President | Friendship Between President Coolidge and Shoemaker Lucey Promises to me an American Legend. ERSONS who subscribe to the doctrine that “even a cat may look at a kin, little while ago ascribed importance to an old shoe- maker of Nofthampton, Ma: be- cause President Coolldge took the trouble to answer a letter the old man sent him after Mr. Coolidge entered the White Hon Others, and perhaps wiser ones, on the principle that a man “Is known by the company he keep are inclined to count the friendship that was revealed as much to the favor of the President as to that of the shoemaker. Endorses Coolldge A visit to the basement shoemak- ing shop of James Lucey on Gothic Street, just off Main, in Northamp- ton and a talk with the upstanding, grey-haired, blue-eyed craftsman will make clear to anyone the rea- son Mr. Lucey’s firm friendship for Calvin Coolidge is one of the finest endorsements that New England President could have. Such a trip will leave the visitor firm in the conviction that here is integrity, honesty, thoroughness and pride of work of both shoe- maker and President. The conclu- sion will be that if Mr. Coolidge is as good a president as Mr. Lucey is a shoemaker; if he has the en- thusiasm for his job, the careful- ness In choosing the best materials to work with and the patience in shaping them to thelr most effec- tive and reliable uses that James Lacey has, he will be a very good President indeed. Reportorlal Assaults At the time the writer talked with Mr. Lucey the shoemaker had been the objective of reporters from half a dozen cities for half a dozen days. Some of them had come fiaunting ten dollar bills in Ris face to persuade him to talk about his friend. Th: he had waved aside with contempt. Others had come tactfully and spoken as one gentleman to another. To these the shoemaker made laconic revela- tions about his connection with President Coolidge or had occa- sionally flooded over with seem- ingly irrelevant anecdotes bear- ing on the various characters in Northampton. They had been only e@pparently frrelevant, however, for in the telling of each one the sturdy independence and the keen judg- ment of character possessed by the old shoemaker were made evident. The Legend The eccasion for reportorial as- Saults may be told again here, for quite Mkely it will be included in the traditions and histories of the personal characteristics of the men the American people have called to be their presidents. Coolidge’s confabs with Lucey the shoemak- ; Lincoln's swapping of stories around the cracker barrel; Roose- velt’s thousand and one character istic contacts with the ordinary folk who kept him in touch with tha bémting heatt of America— there 18 nothing incongruous in the relating of these and other human aepects of American presidents, The occasion then was this James Lucey had written a letter of pride and congratulation to Mr. CooHdge when the latter suc ceeded to the presidency. Coolidge immediately addre: answer to: “Jim Lucéy, who would rather be ealled a good shoemaker than the President's cobbler, triend and philosopher.” The letter read: “Not often do I see you or write to you, but if ft were not for you I should not be here, and I want to tell you how much I love you. Do not work too hard. Try to enjoy yourself In your well deserved leyure of age. Yours sincerely, Calvin Coolidge.” President-Maker The meaning of Mr. Coolidge’s Saying that if it were not for Jim Lucey he would not have been president was soon explained. As & political influence among the Irish Republican voters early in the President’s political career Lucey had brought in enough extra votes to insure Coolidge’s election to the Igislature. What was behind the friendship and the “love” took more careful study to reveal, Tt camé out eventually as Mr. Lucey stood stolidly before his last one day in August working away at repairs on a woman's “turned” shoe. He refused to interrupt his work mvfely to talk. It glinted trom the lucid blue eyes of the six- ty-six years old man as he occa- sionally turned from the job to em- phasize a remark. Byen the small- lensed, steel-rimmed spectacles, the rigorously laundered blue shirt, the bristling grey-and-brown mows- tache and the firmly set jaw which occasionally opened to afford exit for a good steel nail that was ham- mered vigorously into the plece of hemlock tanned leather, that Mr. Lucey was molding into a heel that would “outwear three pairs of these new-fangled sort,” seemed to give fugitive glimpses of the spirit that sustained the friendship between president and shoemaker. They told of value given for value re- ceived. “Value” and “quality” were words Mr. Lucey proved ford of using in speaking of elther work or personalities. Personal Hietorles It developed that thse common sympathies that drew the President and the shoemaker together were revealed not only in their common attitude toward their different jobs but even in their personal histories, Cal’ Coolidge comes from a line of @®vuU. & U. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE thrifty New England pioneers who came over in the eighteenth cen- tury and he is like unto them, Jim Lucey wi himself a pioneer who came over in the nineteenth cen- tury, im 1880 to be exact, Both had sought with» indefatigable energy and uncompromising integrity to make their respective niches in the world. Lucey sald his family was orig!- nally French. The Irish of It “The De Luceys came to the County Kerry among the Killarney Lakes six hundred years ago. Pretty soon they dropped the De and now they are more Irish than the Irish themselves.” Jim was apprenticed as a shoe maker about the time of the Franco- Prussian war, there in County Ker- ry. He became a good craftsman. Tn 1880 he came to America, first working in Boston and Cambridge, then down in Connecticut, but set- tHng upon Northampton before 1485, chiefly because it was a col- lege towm. Smith College is at _ eS . people generally {# that there is much encouragement for the re: | mainder of Hurope in the implied | promise of the Washington govern- | ment as construed here, that if the | debtor nations reduce their military outlay and work together to achieve aims of peace and justice the United States will not fail to give it due | recognition in connection with the time and terms of the payments of | debts owed to America. Diplomatic observers in London are asking If Lord Curzon's modified attitude toward the American pro- posal for rum running searches up to the 12 mile limit, which was an- nounced about the same time that the British government made its plea to the United States for co- operation in a reparation settlement, is not something more than a mera Exquisite cream mis- ture centers, choco. John G. Woodward & Co. “The Candy M Council Blum, le r 4 |by the reparation commission be 1 Publish Oct, 26, 27, 28, 1923. miers urged Lord Curzon to adopt the Hughes suggestiop, believing the United States would then pe more receptive to Great Britain's overtures from American assistance in settling European troubles. FRENCH ACCEPT BRITISH PROPOSAL. PARIS, Oct. 26.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)\—The French govern- ment fs willing that an international conference of experts to be named called to consider the question of reparations in conformity with the treaty of Versailles. The French government, it was said, in official circles this morning, would be most happy if the govern- ment of the United States would name an expert to participate in such a conference. It was announced that Premier Poincare, in the name of the French government, already had informed Secretary of State Hughes that he would accept an international com- mission of experts to determine Ger- many’s capacity to pay, but that they must be nemed by the repara- tions commission. The British gov- ernment it was added, has not yet accepted this condition. PARIS, Oct. 26.—The German note sent Wednesday to the repara- NOTICE OF INCORPORATION. Certificate of Incorporation of Curtis and Graham Drilling com pany was filed in the office of the Secretary of State, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on September 1, 1923.| The object of said corporation is| the establishment and operation of | a business for the drilling and bor-| ing of oil and gas wells and other | wells, and for the doing of any and all things necessary or inci-} dentsl to the main object. ‘The capital stock of said company is One Hundred Thousand (100,- 000.00) Dollars divided into One Hundred Thousand (100,000) shares of the par value of One (1.00) Dollar each. The term of existence of said company is fifty years. The number of directors is three, and those who will manage the affairs of the company for the first year are J. M, Curtis, M. S. England d A, M. Bangert Operations of the company will be carried on in the City of Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, and elsewhere, The principal office of the com-| pany is located at Casper, Wyo- ming, and the agent in ‘charge thereof is Frank England. QURTIS AND 1AM DRILL ING COMPAN | By Frank England, Agent. tion commission will be discussed by ‘the commission next Tuesday. Louis Barthou of France, president of the commission, will propose to his English, Italian and Belgian col- leagues, according to a semi-official note today, that the commission accept the proposition for the Ger man representative to be heard. such procedure being provided for by treaty of Versailles. CREFELD, Oct. 26.—(By The As sociated Press-—The separatists chiefs stationed - here apparently have the idea that the Republican movement is sweeping through the Rhine!and like wild fire, They as- sert, however, that a number of the smaller and more troub!esome cen- ters in the northern area of the Rhineland must be brought into line. Herr Muller, in charge here, says he has 4,500 adherents who are eag- er to take tho field wherever neces- sary. Neuss, where a large plant of the International Harvester com- pany is located, will be given special attention, The Republicans have consolidated their position in the rathaus here, erecting additional barricades at street corner DUREN, Oct. 2 ‘The @eparatists at Duren today began to comman- deer automobiles belonging to wealthy citizens not in sympathy vith the Republican movemen: COAT 112 S. Center 66 ‘Shoemaker their proud insistence on ethics. Success Comes Success came to Coolidge and he climbed from one office to anothe! but though his visits to Lucey’s shop became of nevessity less fre- quent they continued to be as loy- ally made. The last ond was in April of this year, and has a fondly cherished memento of it In the copy of a letter Mr Coolidge had written at that time in an effort to bring help to his old counsellor, in @ personal matter. And he has the answer, ad- dressed to the Vice Pres- ident, which brought the required result and which Mr. Coolldge turned over to his shoemaker friend. Of course, Mr. Lucey is not giving his private concerns out for pub- lication; but he show- ed hii itor the greet- ings and signatures that SHOP WHERE FRIENDSHIP 8TARTED Northampton, and Amherst is a short distance away, To Amherst, early in the 90's came Cal’ Coolidge. Before long he came to Jim Lucey to get his shoes repaired. The two often sat long in philosophical conversation on the chances of life. After Cal’ left Amherst and began law prac- tice in Northampton he continued to go to Jim Lucey’s shop—the same shop in which the latter now plies his trade. When politics called the young Coolidge, Lucey proved an invaluable counsellor, He could Each separatist leader now has an automobile to himself and rides around Duren and vicinity at will with the green, white and red flag flying from the hood of his car, The Duren banks are closed, the directors asterting that they are not in sympathy with the movement and that all currency has been re- moved for safe keeping. The restau- rants, all bakeries and most of the food stores are closed, One scheme for ridding the city of Republicans is to starve them out and word has gone forth to the country peas: produce into Duren, BONN, Oct. 26.—The Republican flag over the rathaus was wrested from its staff today by the police, reinforced by civilians. The crowd DON’T FORGET THE BIG NOW GOING ON at the NATIONAL SAMPLE COAT AND SUIT STORE in the street tore the banner to pieces. The separatists, in the face of threats from the population, evacu- ated the building but later re-entered the structure under the protection of French soldiers, Late in the day, the Republicans hoisted another flag over the rath aus. set aS, LAUREL, M4., Oct. 26—Sara- zen won the $15,000 match race with Happy Thoughts here this afternoon. The time for the six furlongs was 1:14 SALE Henning Block nts not’ to bring their | Proved the correspondence. It was Significant of the effects of the vis- its of skeptical metropolitan re- porters that Mr. Lucey thought without its being requested of giv- ing proof for his word. Imagine, if you please, anyone’s doubting Jim Lucey's word in Northampton! But when one becomes a national figure one must be prepared against the charge of lying. From first to last—his good shoe- maker's last—the sturdy depend- ability of Jim Lucey stood out It ‘Company Chief Detends Forbes | Against Charge | SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 26—Any Suggestion that a contract to con- struct the American Lake, Veterans | hospital near Tacoma had ‘been im: | Properly obtained by the Hurley- Mason company of Tacoma “was absolutely false and never had any foundation in fact,” asserted Charles B. Hurley, president of the com: pany, in a statement published to- day by the Seattle Tim Mr. Hurley, who was named in testimony given this week by Elix H. Mortimer of Philadelphia before @ committee of the United States Senate inquiring into the note of Charles R. Forbes while director of the United States eVterans bureau, said that “we were particularly careful In this case,” because Colonel Forbes during the World Second and Yellowstone = : . 5 was the same unquestioning adher; put the time neécessaty into leary’ ence to thé best and most thorough-| ing going rules of conduct that have made, so it is said, Calvin Cool idge’a reputation in Massachusetts, No “Cobbler” someone who putters at a job. “There were years when I did SHOEMAKER LUCEY shoes. I do repairing now hecause persons are not willing to pay for the time and work that go into a hand-made shoe. I made two pairs for a men last winter and he thought twenty dollars a pair was high for them. A man can’t make a living now making shoes by hand unless he charges thirty dollars a pair. He can’t make more than five or siz pairs a week and do a right job, while the factories make hundreds of thousands a day.” Auld Lang Syne The old shoemaker paused tn re- gret over the days that were be ginning to go thirty-two years ago when he moved his shop to its pres- ent location. “I had to raise the house and move it back siz yards to get my shop bullt under it,” he ex- Plained. “I didn’t have much mon- ey, but they trusted me for what I didn't have, I paid off every penny, and I own the house now.” 2 No one now, he said, is willing to war was associated with the Hurley Mason company. 100 Rioters in Hamburg Slain rioters were illed in Cemonstrators were wounded, Jim Lucey scorns the namé of cobbler bécause to him it means repairing at ail,” he said. “I made In Street Row BERLIN, Oct, 26.—One hundred the street fighting in Hamburg Tuesday and Wednesday, the full reports on the disorders show. An equal number of have done for him. “Not that te machines are not all right, i there’s a man with brains behing them to steer them right,” he ¢on. cedéd honestly, “Bven an automo. bile would be no good if you tried to steer it through a swatiy.” This brought him to the eudject of materials. “f'm a leather man,” he ata, sniffing contemptuously at yar: other shoe materials that had beey offered him for use. “You can't do & good job of shoemaking with oth er stuff. It won't stitch right, You can’t cut it right And none of 4 Will Wear like ral good leather, “1 Want Leather” “Remember the wart" he asked “Did they send anything but jeatn. @f over for the soldiers? Of course they didn’t. They wanted louther, I want leather.” His mind returned to the rela. tion between shoemaking and shost repatrin; ‘Sometimes I think,” he * sald, “repairing takes more skill than making shoes, Of course you can do a bad job at either, Jim Lucey pute quality inte both, and he charges 4 Pretty » £004 price for his work.” He looked at the mail be had just drawn from his mouth. He didnt smile, though one could see he wes pleased. In this respect he showed throughout the talk the samo tm. passivity that is generally ascribeq to President Coolidge. Foreign Trade “People send their shoes to ms to be fixed even after they leave Northampton,” he said presently, ‘From Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and other places. A gdod deal ot my work goes outside the town and they send me some awfully nice let ters. I wish I'd kept them.” A good deal of Coolidge’s work has gone “outside the town” too, and for the same reason. It was honest and thorough. That {s the Treason James Lucey will give you and which other Northampton resi dents will give you. And just as James Lucey does not expect others to go back on thelr support of his work, because he knows it is “quality”, work, so he has not a doubt that Coolidge will succeed himself as President. The Next President “You don’t head him off,” he said confidently. “He's alright, and no body’s going to have that job until my friend is through with it.” Having said that Mr. Lucey took & piece of leather off his bench and intimated that he was. too busy to talk any more. BERKELEY |S GIVEN $37,000 BY RED CROSS WASHINGTON, Oct. 26,—Nattoo- al headquarters of the Red Cross to- day sent $37,000 of its disaster re Nef fund to Berkeley, Cal., wher? fire recently destroyed more than fif- ty blocks of the residential district. A total of $97,000 has now been mais available for Berkeley by tho Red Cross. 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