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ROSEBURC OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1925.
VOL. XXVI
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VOL. XIII NO. 170 Or TMI IVININO Ni'i .J.
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TOO SMALL FOR
COMING YEAR
Council Committee Puz
zling Over Way to
. . Meet Demands.
LEVY IS PROPOSED
Special Millage Tax for Pur
pose of Providing Extra
Police and Fire Protec- .
tion Suggested.
How to conduct a $50,000 corpor
ation with an Income of $40.1H(0 is
the problem now facing the city
dada of Roseburg. The ways and
means committee. to which has
bees asalgned the task of figuring
some way of mailing the city's lim
ited. Income stretch over the un
limited expense, la 'finding the
problem one which evadee solu
tion. Roeebarg Is facing a - situation
which eaanot exist much longer.
It has been passed by year after
year, hoping some way out of the
delemna would arise, but the pres
ent administration finds that ac
tions of some kind, and a definite
policy to govern future years, must
be provided.
The city - has an income of
lightly more than (40.000. Ita ex
penses for next year are going to
run over S50.000 if the needed Im
provements are -made. The city
can continue in Its present status
with little Increase in expenses,
but If such a policy is chosen
there can be no Improvement, on
rdvanceraent, and little protec-'
tion.
- No advances In aalerle are con
templated for the coming year.
In tha fire department, however,
there must be a radical change
provided. At the present the city
has one regularly paid employe In
the fire department. An allowance
is granted monthly for the pay
ment of volunteer flretaen who an
swer alarms. The city has more
tffiin $25,000 worth of equipment,
for which one man Is responsible.
In the event of fire he can drive
out only one of the twostruck, and
In several cases it has been the
wrong one, causing some delay In
getting action on the fire. .
it la going to be necessary to put
on at least two, and possibly three
fire truck drivers, as well as fur
nishing money to buy hose and
equipment to replace .that which
wears out each year.
In the police department the city
ia maintaining three officers on an
8-bour shift basis. Merchants of
the city are demanding more pro
tection during the nigtit, and Insist
thatcpnolner orricer be added.
In view of the fact that the fire
loss runs to more than 150.000 an- b. ei, definitely determined thit
Dually, while the theft loss la less the city has a tight to add reside
than one-tenth that much, both tions to a atate law as it appUta
equally coverable by insurance, the
. city feels that the first department
demanding attention Is the fire de
partment, although the need for
addilonal police service la plainly
evident.
In looking forward to next year it
la to be seen that there" is to be a
great expense in maintaining the
city tCmu. Some of the pave
menta have been in for many
years, and under heavy traffic are
breaking down, necessitating a
great deal of repair work.
In 1824 street repairs cost 12,
476.84, but the first six months of
this year exceeded that amount
more than f 1,200, while the street
repair expense for nine months
has been $.2S8.3S. Next year It
will be even heavier, so that due al
lowance must be made for that
condition. -
Not only will the street repair
expense be heavier next year, but
the Income will be less. Hereto
fore the city baa received 70 per
cent of all money raised within the
city for street and mad purposes,
the county keeping 10 per cent for
general road purposes. The recent
legislature changed the law so that
the county may keep fifty per cent,
which means that the city will re
ceive only about 14.000 from the
county. Instead of approximately
17.000 aa in the past. .
Then there must be provision
for an election next year and also
for other minor emergencies.
The city Is carrying a white ele
phant In the form of bonded In
debtedness, whleh Is forcing the
expenditure of over 16.000 annual
ly for Interest alone. The city has
$127,000 worth of bonds outstand
ing, and t:.0O0 on hand for pay
ing three bonds.
, In 12 the city Issued 10-yenr
boSds In the sum of 126.000 for the
construction of the city hall, and a
sewer. These bonds were refund-!
Id 1112. bearln glnlerea at (
per cent The city haa expended
on Ibis I25.0OV issue the sum of
(Continued on page S.) .
PORTLAND
PAINT
rALl KILLED AS
,Tp TURNS OVER
V.
Dre.. Oct. (. R.
N, V, r' Portland, dis-
trlct Wnager for the Mis-
souri Paint and Varnish com-
pany, was killed, probably
Instantly, when his automo-
bile turned turtle on the Pa-
dflc highway about 10 miles
south of Salem early today.
A lodge card found on his
person showed membership
Portland lodge No. 142, H.
P. O. Elks. Mrs. Clark. w-ho
waa with him, Is in a local
hospital suffering from a
shock, but Is believed not to
be seriously. Injured.
There were no witnesses
of the accident except Mrs.
Clark,, but officers who In-
vestigated. say that the au-
tomobile was traveling south.
The car apparently skidded
on a turn and went Into a
bank which caused It to turn
over Into a complete wreck.
The pavement was slick from
4 a mist during the night.
Clark was pinned under the
steering gear and bis head
waa badly crushed.
TO
CITY
TRAFFIC
L
All Cars to Be Required to
Make Full Stop at
Highway.
TO PLACE NEW GUIDES
Additional Stop Signs' Or
dered and Will Be Placed
on Str-ets Leading
Into Arterial.
A revision of the city's, traffic
ordinance, requlrl-ig all cars pull
ing Into the highway or crossing
railroad tracks to c8me to a full
stop betore crossing the arterial,
waa decided upon by the city coun
cil at lis meeting last night The
highway th.-ough .the cily Is to be
declared a main artery, and before
any vehicle crosses or draws Into
the thorouglifsre It will be required
to make a complete stop and give
right of way to cars t.-aveltng In
either direction on the artery.
The city has been desirous for
some time of providing such re",
lENIEliT
PROPOSED
atrictlona, but waa questioning Itsjterday. Mr. Woodworth was ask
authortty to go beyond the state ied on cross-examination why Ihe
law. which provides that cara
slow dowu to five miles an hour
before entering the highvaay. not
miiitrini- a full st on. After a care-
fi invalidation, however, it has
locally.
Some time ago the city caused
markers to be placed on all prin
cipal streeta. These did away
with the old center traffic guides,
and have proven to be a decided
improvement. Slice, their Instal
lation the number of (accidents hss
been reduced by a surprising num
ber. "Death Corner", the Intersec
tion Qf Stephens and Mosher.
where Ihere formerly were several
accidents each week, haa not wit
nessed an accident since the new
guides were installed. Traftjc con
gestion on Case and Jackson
streets haa also been eliminated to
a great degree by Hie new sys
tem. '
The police department has found
the law difficult of enforcement,
however, owing to the fact that
atop signs were placed on all
.trie, leading Into the highway ini ' i'.l?"
the business district, but the ordl-;J rR.C.hw,1.v".fch8"th,.lh" 1
nance required only a s owing
down to fTv.ml.es per hour. .
The council now proposes
provide that all cars must stop be
fore entering the highway. This
1 $S cot omy e-business,: l X
district but on all residence streeta
aa well, and a number of new
markers hare been ordered and will
soon be In place.
The ordinance giving cars on tne
nignway ngni oi way. ana uir-.
Ing a stop at Intersections, will be
drawn. up at once and will be
readj r for adoption Ir II short tlrne
It haa been reported that many
drivers apparently are not aware
of the Provision of the recently
adopted traffic aw proh bit ng turn-
Ing around In Intersections. Cara
mi r llr (f-M 111 1 1 n il u, me l"
make a U torn on Cass, Jackson or
Sheridan streets.
, As a further protection stop
signs are to be placed at Oak
atreet. Lane street and Mosher
atreet railroad crosaiigs and full
stops will be required at those
pointa. L. a Moore, local freight
.and passenger agent, appeared
be-:
J (Continued on rage S)
JOINT USE OF
OP
BEND OFFERED
Oregon Trunk Would Share
With Union Pacific If
Part Cost Borne.
NEEDS NEW BUSINESS
Lumber Output of Klamath
Region Will Be Doubled
If Northern Lines
Enter Field.
"1 "
(tartlH Tnm Uued Win.)
PORTLAND. Ore Oct. 6. W. P.
Kenney. vice president of the
Great Northern railway in charge
of traffic, testifying here today at
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion hearing on the application or
the Oregon Trunk, Hill roads sub
sidiary to extend from Bend to
Klamath Falls, said ander cross-
examination that the Creat North
ern and Northern Pacific would be
willing to let the I'nlon Pacific
come In on construction and use
of the proposed line if It wanted
to.
Joint service has proved a sav
ing to the rail companies and a
benefit tothe public, he declared,
ifS.".'"'
the common use of tracks hv the
" - - ..... ...... ,(
Oreat Northern. Northern Pacific
and Union Pacific In the Seattle
district.
The public would benefit by the
use of Portland as a gateway from
the Klamath Falls territory he tes
tified, if the Northern lines were
admitted to the district, but this
city is not likely to become more
of a gateway than It already Is If
the Southern Pacific Is given the
territory exclusively.
- He said the Weverhaeuser's have
told him that they will build a mill
with an annual cut of 180.000.000
feet and the Shevlln Hlxon chiefs
UK
T
have declared that they will install I FLAGSHIP OF POI AR ' on board, were well, the schoon
a new mill of K.O.OOO.OOO feet an i "iTY-ir! . , r III take on'.fuel dH and leave
nual cut If the Oregon Trunk Is
extended from Bend to Klamath
Falls, Kenney said.
The total annual out of the dis
trict is now 300,00,'000 feet," he
said.
W(Jh the proposed mills In oper
ation it would be C30.000.000, ac
cording to his figures.
(Southern I'arlflr Policy Narrow.
W. P. Kenney. vice-president
of the Great Northern In charge
of traffic, and J. O. Woodworth,
traffic director of the Northern
Pacific, were witnesses late yes-
r.ugene-1-.iammn rails line, now
building, could not he used from
Klamath' Falls to the Portland
gateway and cars turned over
there to the Northern lines for
the markets in the northern sta
tes. .
He anawered that, theoretically
that sounded all right, but It did
not work out In practice. The
gateway was not much used in
that sort of a turnover and the
route would not be used, save
under conditions such a a glut
of business that would make Ita
use Impossible.
"But lumher msnnfarturers of
Klsmath Falls would have this
way onen. would they not?" he
waa asked. O
"I don't ant to say anvthlng
disagreeable," he replied, "but I
crinttniien on Tsee a t :
7 TO S ODDS THAT
WASHINGTON WILL
WIN OPENING GAME,
(MM Vnm LeMrd Win.)
PITTSBURGH. Oct. S The
! ' 7"''"" ry7 " ,. " T
''J'Z "Lt 2
24 hours off snd the rival tl-
tie contenders putting the
The hoat of Invading enlhus-
lasts waa estimated at 100.000
though only a small portion
ran gain admittance to Forbes
field, whose csnacllv, even
w,h ,,,, ,rtdltlon,, .
A .,. , ,r nnn a
A ,,,.,' p,rt of th.
, however, was being
' ,old ,,,, ,,,
trkTlp -,P.p,r,-. ofrfceti
brlnrlnK , $r,0 com.
MrM wln ,.,,.,, prlcM of .
j; so ,nrt g go.
A With U-WltoF InhniAn atat. A
,rt , opiH) )r Mesdowa In
-la, . !, game, sn Influx
, wa.hlngton monev haa ea-
a i.mi.ki ik. m.in. a
. alltht favorites.
a, an..r.i it,. rlr.i a
., ,a.
aeven to- fire nn Washington.
Senators and Pirates
Ready for Opening oj
. World Series Tomorrow
(Aaax-UM Press Ussre Win.)
PITTSBURGH. Ta., Oct. . The
hopes of two champion baseball
clubs have been placed In the
arms of tight handed pitcher.
Stanley Harris, youthful manager
of the Washington Senators has
announced Walter Johnson as the
choice for the opening game of the
World's series at 2 p. m. tomorrow,
while Bill McKechnie, Pirate. lead
er, has nominated Lee Meadowa
and Vic Aldrldge for tha opening
two tussles. ;
McKechnie hss not decided upon
the order of his mounilsmen's ap
pearance and Harris, although op
timistic, conveyed doubt as to the
ability of Stanley Coveleskle to as
sume the burden In the second en
counter. Yet. all Indications point
to a chub between Johnson and
Meadows on opening day, to bs
followed by a Coveleakle-Aldrldge
duel, leaving third game rivalry to
the sturdy left handera of tha
clubs, Dutrh Renlher of the Sena
tors and Emll Yde, youthful Pir
ate.
In case of rain Rav Kramer, Pa
cific coast man of mtvht.- mav go
to the firing lino for Pittsburgh to
morrow, or perhaps Aldridxe will
be the selection. If Meadowa ap
pears In the box It will be the first
bespectacled .che; na. TakVoVe
mound
Injuries Handicap Stars.
Injury nlaye a nart In ihe dram
about to be unfolded. Two second
basemen, Manaver Harris of the
Senators and Kddla Moore of the
Pirates, will be handicapped hv
If me dixit. Moore Infured the
itmmh on his tbuwlng hand In the
last came of the season against
9""V.M Sunday and yester-
ritrt nn. -nlwa fnr n---lr
Harris middle f Inner on the rlrht
hand Is swollen as the result of a
spike wound. He says the Iniury
will not handicap him. Both Har
ris and Moore, however, are certain
to start the. aeries.
The Washington manager admit
ted on arrival here last nlaht that
Coveleskle had suffered somewhat
from a aoTe beck, hut declared thatU.Hetvaw Wagner.-famous shortstop
the hero of Ihe. scries of 18S0 be-, of the Pirates When'they won their
Iween Cleveland and Brooklyn
would be ready to lake his turn.
Roger Perkinpaugti. veteran short
stoo, who hss proven one of the
main cogs In the machinery that
ivruuiun BAlIVLg, few hours later
(Am-lattri Vnm Umanl Win-.)
SYDNEY. N. S.. (Jet. . The
auxiliary schooner Bowdoin, flag
ship of the MacMlllan Arctic expe-
nuiou, docked here today. In anite
of the rough passage down the
west coast .of New Foundland all
Spends Half Life
His Arm
CVS u " irA'-
X v ' j
tec it
At the close of this season Walter Johnson will have gives)
his life to baseball and the Washington team, tie Is pitching kls
nineteenth year for the club and will bt thirty-eight In November.
His am still bold ha canning. Above, eloseup ef Walt and hat
nn.
has carried through to two straight
pennants In the American league
and a world's series conquest, will
enter the battle with a weak right
1IS.
No Line-Up Changca.
The Senators face the Pirates to
morrow, with a sterling reserve
corps which Includes the record
making Everett Scott.
"My men will be ready," said
Harris. "They are confident but
they figure that any team which
wiiis a National league pennant ia
Just as good. In the first game I
will start a young fellow we have
down there Walter Johnson."
"The same lineup that won the
pennant will play for us In the
world's series," . McKechnie said.
"They are the best we have.'.'
The Pirate manager's atatement
nettled the fact that Moore will go
to second base and Grantham to
first with Stuffy Mclnnls in a util
ity role..
Extra Scats hsve been piled In
almost every section of the enclo
sure and It la exnected that 45.000
can be accommodated at the game
here.
Five hundred press seats hsve
Ibeen eonstrrcled In the open be
hind the catcher.
In attempting to handle an eager
throne. Barney Drevfus, owner of
"T
back, more than JOO.000 having ap-
plied for the 45 00ft Beats. An en
thusiasm, pent up for sixteen years
I is about to burst forth as Pirate
I rooters follow their favorites Into
action.
Rain Is Forecast.
Ten millions, from coast to coast
snd Canada to the Gulf, will hear
World's series radio reports or
watch the progress of the cham
pionship games between Pittsburgh
and Washington by player board,
arrording to estimates based upon
record breaking arrangements for
distributing the story and picture
of the battles.
Weather reports are for "rain
and cooler" tomorrow, opening dav,
but fans are hoping they can chalk
up an error for the forecaster.
last National league pennant and
raptured the World's aeries in 19
09. has given 'np nnjltlcs for Journ
alism.. -temporarily, and will write
newspaper accounts of the series.
for Monhegan
Island off the main coast. It Is un
derstood the other vessel of the. ex
pedition, the Sti amer Peary, la
waiting at Leiscombe, N. 8., and
will loin the Bowdoin when she
passes. ' Commander MacMlllan la
eager to teach Wiscasset, Maine,
by October 10. '. V
With Team:
Still Holds Canning
PIERCE VETO OF
ELECTION BILL
RULED!
Within His Constitutional
Right, Is Opinion of
Supreme Court
BILL LIKE ANY OTHER
Hits Referendum Invoked
on Revenue Measures
and Income Tax
' Abolishment.
rAancbttd Ptms Uew! Win.)
SALEM. Ore., Oct 1 Governor
Pierce waa within hia conatltut
tional right and authority when he
vetoed an act of the 1825 legisla
ture, calling a special election and
appropriating money for the pur
pose. This is the opinion of the
sunreaM court In a decree handed
down, today In the case of the
state on relation of L. L. Swan of
Albany, a member of the legisla
ture, against Secretary of Bute
Koser. It waa an original proceed
ing In mandamua to compel the
secretary of atate to carry out the
provisions of the act not bw 1th
atandlng the executive veto. The
opinion waa written by Justice
George M. Brown, auatalning a de
murrer to the alternative writ
The opinion holds. In effect, that
the measure from the point of view
of legislation, waa no different
from any other, bill passed by the
assembly.
"An examination-of the bill it
self," says the opinion, "ahowa
that it waa a proposed law. It was
treated by the legislative assembly
aa a pro nosed law. Llkewlae. the
governor deemed It to be a bill for
an act, and he but exercised his
constitutional prerogative when he
vetoed it It has all the component
parts of a proposed statute. Every
section conatlned therein waa con
templated by the legislative assem
bly to be a section of a proposed
statute. By disapproving that
measure, the chief executive exer
cised a power vested in him by the
constitution
Swan contended that the measure
waa not ordinary legislation. He
held In effect that the measure.
House Bill No. 617, waa but an or
der for a special election provided
by the constitution.
Revenue Acta Affected1
The veto led to many political
charges and counter charges. The
bill provided, thst the special elec
tion should be railed only In event
the referendum were Invoked
against some of the revenue pro
ducing measures passed by the leg
islature. These were mainly Ihe
tobacco tax art, the so-called tith
ing art, the latter providing that
aelf auatalning atate actlvitea pay
a tenth of their proceeds Into the
general fund of (he atate. The ref -
erendum waa Invoked upon all
these measures. The governor was
arcuaed of desiring to have the peo
ple vote on inese measures, ahould
they be referended, at the same
time aa the liennla resolution which
he bitterly opposes. H provides for
a constitutional amendment that
would bar Income and Inheritance
taxes In Oregon for IS years,
-o
Ouasts at Hagar Home
Mr. and Mra. Smith Hhallenher
ger, of Long Beach. California, are
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Hagar at their country home, "The
Maples." east of Roseburg. Mr. and
Mra. Shallenberger made the trip
by auto and will remain for two
weeka to visit.
Follow the
World Series
Tomorrow marks th opening of
th 12S world' championship
bast ball . atrisa bttwssn tha
th Washington Americans and
th Plttaburgh Nationals. A
complete play-by-play account
of th gamss will bt found
dally
In the
News - Review
And en th bulletin starting
dally at neon th fan will gat
all th thrill ef th gam just
s thty hspptn. fht eld rail,
abl Associated Prs will b
n th job to glv this rssl
strvlc.
PLAY O
ball!
10
GOVERNOR PIERCE
PRAISES CHIEFS
FORTHEIR SljQW
' The Uinpqua Chiefs are
highly praised for their par.
tlrlpation in the Oregon State
Fair by Governor Walter M -
pierce, In a letter received by
Attorney Dexter Rice. The let- 4
ter deala with mattera of
personal nature between tbu
governor and Attorney Rice,
but In conclusion Governor 4
Pierce aaya, "I enjoyed the
s Vmuoua Chiefs at the State
Fair last - night very much.
Roseburg made a great lm-
preasion. and the boys are to
be congratulated on their
work. Guy Cordon and one
other that 1 waa not quite sure
of certainly deserve more than 4
passing praise for their parts
well played.
.
OF FIRST
TONIGHT
Herman and Woodard Here
for Main Event; Both in
First Class Shape.
BIG CROWD ASSURED
Resume of City Boxing Law
Presented for General
Information and
Guidance.
Cal Herman and Ernie Wood.
ward, principals in the opening
contest to be presented tonight at
the Armory under the recent city
ordinance providing boxing bouts
under the supervision or the new
ly appointed commission, arriv
ed in the city this morning, both
In -excellent condition for their
ten-round battle. Both men are
parking a string of knockout rec
ords, assuring fight fans of a
high-class bout tor the main
event.
-Although Woodward la com
paratively new In the game, he
haa already - chalked up eight
knockouts, while Herman has 28
K. O'a to his credit.
Tha semi-final between Mit
chell and Kirk la certain to be a
whls or a go. Both boys are
sluggers and are noted for their
ability to alworb punishment. ,
Promoter Cloiigh haa arranged
several good preliminaries to pre
cede these two events.
The sale of tickets Indicates
that a good crowd is assured for
the opening card. Much Interest
has been taken, and It is Indicat
ed that a successful season will
be exnerlenced. Much. dnnanH.
upon the support given tonight,
for if Ihe attendance la aa heavy
aa anticipated, it will encourage
'the commission In Its future er-
tlvltlea.
The-Roaehurg boxing commis
sion, which Is sponsoring Ihe card
to lie presented tonight, held Its
first orgsnlxsllnn meeting Inst
night. II. C. Darby being elrried
chairman. Dr. II. It. Shoemaker,
secretary and I). II. Iluhar, treas
urer. Considerable time was
spent atudytng the law governing
the commission, and setting up
the rules for conducting matches.
The law, under which the com
mission was created, eaa passed
by tha legislature of 19i. It
provides that the commission
shall lie appointed by the mayors
and councils or Ihe respective
municipalities, -ind that the city
attorney ahall be the comniisslon'a
legal sdvlser. The commissions
are given general aiipervlsinn and
control over all matter pertain
ing to boxing competition and are
empowered to make mini nnd
regulations not conflicting with
the state law.
The commissioners are appoint
ed for terms or one year, and
are to serve without compensa
tion, and are removable at any
time by the mayor. One Mem
ber must be a reputable physi
cian, who on the Roseburg com
mission Is Dr. B. K. Hhoemaker,
The physician la required lo cer.
tlfy In writing not less than six
hours before the time of the bout,
that each boxer is physically fit
to compete. Kvery peraon pura
Urinating la required lo register
with the aerrntary, and must hold
a certificate of health before Do
ing allowed to enter the ring.
The commlslon Is empowered
to employ a matchmaker, who
ahall he paid not more than 20
per cent of the gate receipts, pro
vided, however, that he shall not
receive more than 1100 for ei.rh
comnetltlnn. Kxnensea inriirred
by him. however. In th wav of
telegraph tolls, stamps, advertis
ing, etc., are psvsble from the
general fund. The commission
may pay boxers for transporta
(Coatlnued on page I.)
FIGHTERS
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...ilia.
E PEACE
Racial Antagonism Created
by Work! War Hurtful
Coolidge Says. -
LEGION IS AUDILN;
Better to Spend Money for
Roads, Homes and School
Than for Warships .
. and Armies.
(AskcM! rms Lasses Wire.)
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. (.Cheered
by men who fought In France aa
he appealed for demobilisation ot
racial antagonitma and suspicions.
President Coolidge in an address
before the American legion, warn
ed today that Ihe world (ace mora
destructive wars unless a univer
sal apiril of toleration la created.
Time and again, the aresidentw
huge audience showed Ita approval
aa he urged preparationa for peace
rather than war. reviewed Ameri
ca's part In the World war, de
clared military power muse be sub
ordinate to civil anthority, advo
cated a proper and sound selective
service act, and deplored the
spread of Intolerance.
From Ihe moment they arrived
here shortly after breakfast for a
10-hour stay, the president and
Mrs. Coolidge were accorded an
enthusiastic greeting. Thousanda
stood In a cold rain to cheer aa
their automobile left Union sta
tion. . . ' i
A tremsndnus crowd, unable to
get Into the convention, milled
around the auditorium to tola in
tha antsy welcome to the executive
anil hla wife.
Pluualng Into his prepared ad
ilrraa, the president received hla
rirst applause when he declared
"Nobody savs now that Americana
cannot fight." There waa a burst
of cheers when he said he waa a
thorough believer In a policy of
adequate military preparation"
which grew In volume when -he
added:
The real question Is whether
speeding more money to make a
belter military force would make a
better country." -
The president advocacy of a
selective service act brought many
ot the war veterans In the audience
to their feet, cheering, and there)
was another wave ot cheers wbea
ii n unjisimi
Ancartury No Gauge.
"Whether one traces his Ameri
canism back three centuries to the
Mayflower or three years to tha
steerage. Is not half ao Important
as whether his Americanism of to
day Is real and genuine. No mat
ter by what various crafts , wa
came here, we are all now In 'the
name boat.
The crowd listened attentively
aa the president, approachlrw the
end of hla speech, warned that "the
rrsulta or the war will be loaljann
we ahall only be entering a period
of preparation for another conflict
unless we ran demobilise the racial
antagonisms, fesrs, hatreds and
suspicions and create an attitude
of toleration In the public mind of
Ihe peoples of Ihe earth." "
Mr. Coolidge was given a rous
ing ovation at the end of Ihe
speech and there waa h round of
cheering, and band playing with
one atate delegation after another
struggling fnr supremacy. ...
Mra. Coolldae shared honors
with the president, receiving a bo
nnet, of rosea from the legion's aux
iliary and an auxiliary pin. - -
OMAHA. Neh., Oct. President
Coolidge, addressing the American
Irf-glnn convention here todav, de
clared that Ihe result of the World
war will he Inst and the nations of
the world will prepare for another
conflict unless racial antagnnlsma
;sre demnhtllird and a universal at
titude of toleration Is created. '
"If our country Is lo have any
position of ead"ntlilp," he added,
"I trust It- mav be In that' direc
tion, and I helhro thnt the place
where It should begin Is at home."
Asserting that no ' nation ever
had or ever will have an army
large enough to 'guarantee. It
against attack In time nf peace or
fto Insure Its victory In war, th
President said that " peace and ee
jcurily are mure likely to reault
I from fair and honorable dealing
and mutual agreements for a'tlmt-
latlnn ot armaments among the aa.
lions than by any attempt at com
petition In squadrons and battal
ions." "No doubt this country." be con
tinued, "could, If It wished to spend
more money, make a belter mlll-
,? Inn-r, but that Is only part ef
the problem that confronts the gov
ernment. The rcsl question la
whether spending more money lo
make a better military force would
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