Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 29, Hammond, Lake County, 25 July 1921 — Page 4

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ltS. BEEGDOLL'S BRIBE STORY While aaything Mr. Bergdoll aayi is to be regirded with f usplclon. the direct statement of the mother of tbe convicted slacker that she save 15,000 to as officer of the United States army, for use among the "higher upa" to obtain her eon's release, makes imperative a searching inquiry Into this new angle of the case. The officer whose name is mentioned In Mrs. BercdeU's testimony before the house investigating commute was ooe of Bargdoll'e counsel in the court martial proceedings. In this capacity he waa barred under the law '.from receiving any monay fcr his services. According to Mrs. Dergdoll's declared lmpressloii, the money was to go eventually to a member of the court martial. Bergdoll waa convicted, but the circumstances Hurrounding his temporary release, which he made a permanent one through the stVpldity or connivance of those who were supposed to be his guards, or of their superiors, have never beea explained. High officials 'fit the war department in tbe previous administration and officers of the army were assiduous in playing the .popular pastime known as "passing tbe buck" when questioned regarding their connection with the dlsyraseful affair. Through whese- Influence was Bergdoll allowed to leave Governor's Island to hunt the mysterious pot of gold burled la the mountains of Maryland or West Virginia? On this point nobody is any wiser than when the official Inquiry began. The Investigators have been blocked at every turn. If Mrs. Bergdoll is telling the truth, the scandal takes on even a blacker hue than appeared at first Something worse than carelessness has been at work. Mrs. Bergdoll says she was "tortured into believing", that unless the "higher ups" were paid her son would be shot and that under this stress of mind she :gave the bribe. As a plea for sympathy this comes too Hate. It should have been presented at the time of her own trial which resulted in her conviction. But as a possible indication of how Bergdoll's escape was facilitated the statement Is important and should be followed top without delay.

cypesditurrs, and will be able to frame the appropriation bills with aotne assurance that the totals will come

wltbia tua available resources, and deficiencies will be

voided.

It will raqulr courageous work on the part of

the chairmen of tha appropriations committees to re lst the rcmiesta from constituents for Federal expend!

fures, and the pleadings of the various bureau chiefs

for ample funds with which to prosecute their work. Hut tbe tfmpT of the Senate and House indicates that Director Dawes will have no difficulty In obtaining leg

islative endorsement for retrenchments that he linds

neevsrary.

A WAR CRIMINAL CONVICTEDThe sentence of two years imprisonment imposed on a German xuaio.r, charged by the French government with ordering troops under Is command to take

no prisoners aid to kill tbe wounded adversaries who

fell into their hands, and found guilty b"y the German

supreme court sitting at Leipsig, la wretched. inadequate. Aod It Is plain that tbe only reason for his

being punished at all was the Germans feared that to

let him go eot free, as the lieutenant general from

whom be alleged he received his orders was permitted

to do, would dangerously arouse French anger.

There may be those who win say that It would

have beau better not to have held tbe trial than to

allow It to become a farce. And yet, though the pun

ishment falls so far short of what the crime calls for,

a good purpose has been served. The major would not

have been convicted. .w may be sure, if the evidence

agaiast him had not been overwhelming. And if there

have been any Germans who doubted the truth of the

atrocity charges made against thair troops by the

Allies, they must now be convinced. And out of thlB

may grow repentance for their country's misdeeds and a desire to make such amends as are possible.

HOW REVOLTING CONVICTS LEFT PENNSYLVANIA PRISON

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Panorama, showing Western Pennsylvania penitentiary after the fire.

The Interior of the main buildInsr of the Western penitentiary of Pennsylvania situated on the Ohio river near Pittshurjr. as wrecked a dozen emaller b iildinfrs connected with the institu

tion were destroyed by fir and fourteen persons. nL of them convicts, were injured last Monday afternoon in what is declared to have been the greatest prison riot and attempted prison da-

livery is the history of the United States. Several 01 tha prisoner escaped. The photo gives aa ido as to the extent of tha conflagration. The property damage ia estimated at J1C0.OOO

ANOTHER ABLE OFFICIAL. As in his other selections for high executive positions. President Harding was fortunate in his appointee for Director of Budget. Gen. Charles G. Dawes pf Chicago, is one of the foremost bankers in the country. He has had first-hand experience with the functioning of tha treasury, having served as Comptroller of the Currency under President McKlnley. His service with the American Expeditionary Force as chief purchasing officer won him a national reputation. In his new position he will be called upon to exhibit some of the Qualities that won him his success abroad. Over jtbere It was up to him to get supplies for the army regardless of obstacles, and he did it. In charge of the budget it will be his business to put the country on a cound financial basis regardless of objections raised by cfflclals in the executive departments. He may have to exercise ruthless methods in obtaining that result, but he has the courage to do it, and the country will be With him. Geo. Dawes' first duty will be the preparation of the budget that the President is required to submit to Congress when it convenes ia regular session next December. It will Include aa estimate of appropriations for the fiscal year 1923; estimates of Treasury receipts under the reveaue laws as they may be revised by the Congress now in session, and also under such new reveaue changes as may be proposed in the budget; the balances available ia the Treasury, and the estimated condition of the Treasury at the close of the ensuing fiscal year; all facts with respect to Federal Indebtedness; and any other financial Information that It may be well for Congress to know. Director Dawes will work In close co-operatioa Vrith a representative appointed by each executive Hepartment to give data concerning the special wants of his division of the Government. For the first time the appropriations commltttees of Congress will have before

them a concrete statement of estimated receipts and

PIRATE THEORY STRENGTHENEDStrength is added to the theory that pirates may

have beea responsible for the mystery surrounding the fate of ships and crews that have disappeared off the

Atlantic coast in the last few months by the report of a skipper that his vessel had been approached by another craft, which later speeded away without answering signals. At least the government places sufficient credence Ia the story to cause it to send out wireless warnings to ships at sea to be on the watch for a rraft that might approach In the darkness with lights relied. That is tbe manner in which it came upon a Muasoa liner, 300 miles east of Philadelphia, according to a report of Captain Giles, who apprised the owners of the affair after he had brought his vessel to port. Fully a score of ships hare ranished in the vicinity of where Captain Giles encountered the vessel of mystery since the first of the year. The unusual circumstances surrounding the disappearance of tbe ships resulted la rarled peslble explanations, among them being one that a nea marauder, either a pirate or a "soviet cruiser," was responslb. These views later gave way to the opinion that the missing ships had been lost la storms. Still the situatloa remained puzrllng because It seemed Improbable that so large & number of vessels could be wrecked and leave no trace whatever of their fate. Now the other theory has Borne solid ground seemingly and, with that as a basis. It is likely that the possibility of the operations of an outlaw will be followed up until It Is proved no such vessel exists or until it Is captured or destroyed.

The-Passing-Show

CALIFORNIA'S grape crop Is expected to reach 200,000 tons, a third more than last year, and it is expected the "home product" will Increase in like proportion.

PRESIDENT HARDING'S plan Is that the nations shall spend their money on things more useful than weapons and ammunition. Then we shall hear a lot less about the high cost of living.

CONGRESS WILL try to make a "No Dumplpg" sign that can be read across the ocean and understood by Germany. IF BILL Haywood Is coming back It rather tends to confirm the report that everybody in Russia has been told to get to work.

PERHAPS LIGHTNING never strikes twice in the same place because it isn't at all necessary for it to.

THE PRESIDENT'S "peace feelers" apparently hare touched something solid.

AVE always study the Plt'TtnES in the advertisements PRETTY carefully but still are at A complete loss to know HOW anybody and more especially A stylish stout CAS set Into an entirely buttonless BIT snugr-flttinj? union suit. WHAT has become of the o. f. man WHO thought that as soon AS prohibition went Into effect PEOPLE would be eo good that PH EACH BUS, editors and policemen WOl'LI be out of Jobs. Ot'R annual entry In the IMPOSSIllLE-news-otem contest THE editor, his wife and son AND three maids left yesterday for HIS summer home in the Adtrondacks WHERE they will spend several weeks BEFORE sailing for Europe for a MONTH'S motoring through the English lanes. THOSE romping enthusiasts who sometimes REVERENTLY revert to the past would ISO more take a dip into THE old swlmmin' hole than they

WOfLU refresh themselves with a DRINK fcrom the old oaken buckt. THE neighbor's chickens NEVER eat your potato bugs BIT thesvs doesn't seem

TO be rach use AROIINO with & chicken IX fact you might as well TALK to. a democrat. A dispatch from Washington MENTIOMS the name of james M. COX It seems to us AS if we bad heard that name SOMEWHERE before. SOME mun remind you of a sleepless dog IT doesnt take much to start them barking Bl'T it ia mighty hard to stop them. AMONG the other unsung heroines OK tha r!od is the neighbor WOMAN who cuts off the caterpillar NESTS ct the vegetatioa AND shudderlngly but determinedly MARCH lis therewith to the alley and bums them with contents and THEN feels in fancy said contents WBUGGUNG all over her for the NEXT 24 hours. WE may be a blushing violet but we

WOULD never have nerve enough

TO pose for our picture in a union

suit eo that THE ad pages of the mags MIGHT be brightened and made MORE interesting.

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

1 What was the cMef dl Terence

of the first two polHlcal parties in

this country? 2 Did France impress as many Am

erican seamen aa England before the

war in 1812?

3 What relation did the cotton gin

have to slavery? 4 How do you read $00,005?

5 What is the speed of th Gult

Stream? 6 Is the whale a fish?

7 What happens to a deep sea fish

when it is brought to the surface? & Why d-id the makers of the con

stitutlon provide for two homes 01 congress? f Can senators from the same state vote separately? 10 Does friction Increase or decrease the efficiency of a machine?

AJTSWXB.S TO BATT7KDAT"B QVESTIOiri

1 How many chaplains are there

in the army? Ans. 185.

2 How many observations does the

weather bureau make daily? Ans. 3.

3 How far north is the newest well

in the Canadian oil fields? Ans. It

ia Ai miles north of Ft. Norman, a fur trading station on the Mackenzie

river which lies in latitude 65 degrees north. 4 Where U the highest bridge In the Uiftted States? It is the Oregon Trunk Line railroad bridge over Crooked river. It is 350 feet above the surface of the water. 5 -What was the trade of the Apostle Taul? Ans. He was a tentmaker. 6 What is a pariah? Ans. The word means an outcast or en hated by society. 7 Why has China been named the Celeetlal Empire? Ans. Because of tbe title "Tien Chao," (Heavenly Dynasty) which the Chinese gave their country. 8 What are the Indian words for Mississippi? Ans. MJssl-Sepe or Mlcfii-Sepe. The words are Alonquln and mean Father of Waters. What Is the. slowest speed an airplane can go and stay up? Ans. About 40 miles and hour. The speed varies with the weight, type of ship and the power of the machine. 10 When were members of the American army sent overseas for the first time? Ans. Three thousand were sent to Tripoli in 1801.

The Way of Wemen. When the once-wealthy Mrs. Blank parted from her husband and decided to work for her living, aha became a housemaid. Her first employer was a woman who. In other days, bad been one of her own servants. It seemed a queer thing to do. but "the wretch always worried me by giving me notice." said the lady ia reduced circumstances viciously; "she must have done It a half a dozen times. So I took the position to give her notice, the wretch I And I did it, too, after the first week." Bulletin (Sydney).

Net a Chanee. A stranger reported to a police of fleer that his grip, overcoat and umbrella were stolen before he was ia town two hours, and he said : "There will be an awful reckoning In this burg when Gabriel blows his hern over it." Lackawanna Journal.

More Modest, Perhepe. Men, of course, are prouder of their college degrees than women; witness the fact that male collepe graduates of the class of 1o like to sport the fipures after tholr niiinos, and womem do not. notion Trniuwript.

HOPE SPRINGS eternal. Fall fashions in trousers provide for large hip pockets.

A HOT DAY makes a hero of many a man who consents to get into a bathing suit.

WAR CRIMINALS tried before that German court don't have to waste any money on high-priced counsel.

NO MATTER how disabled he is, a war veteran's? claim will always have a leg to stand cn. BULL FIGHTS in Mexico must be just a habit.

They don't need them down there for excitement.

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