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4 ); 4 11 • • • RIVER S PRESS. Vol. XLI. Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, April 41, 1921 No. 26 PEACE RESOLUTION PROTECTION IS URGED PUNNED FOR CONGRESS BY SECRETARY WALLACE Special Session May Propose New Farm Production Is Discouraged By Concord of Nations. Unprofitable Markets. Washington, April 4. - President Harding is understood to have approv- ed immediately reintroduction of the Knox peace resolution when congress convenes next week. Final decision has not been reached, however, it was indicated Monday by republican lead- ers, as to when it would be pressed for adoption. Hopes are said to be entertained la administration circles that definite progress toward a concord of nations on a new world peace program might be possible within a short time. For that reason it was intimated, a period of three months or so might be allow- ed to elapse before action on the reso- lution was taken by congress. Republican senators were said to be generally in accord with respect to the Knox resolution. Several of these sen- ators held an informal conference last night. It was stated that the only import- ant question now open with reference to the Knox resolution was the time /or its adoption and the possibility of an amendment to declare the attitude of the United States should world peace again be threatened by Ger- many. The president is understood to have been urged by some advisers to make an emphatic declaration in his forthcoming message to congress an- nouncing unequivocally that under no circumstances will the United States at any time join the present league of nations. Slick Swindler Arrested. Chicago, April 2. -Everett Harding, a candy store owner, who was arrested today on charges of impersonating a federal officer, was tonight declared A by the police to have defrauded the Pennsylvania railroad out of nearly $2,000 and to have imposed on leading Chicago clubs and business men by posing as a cdusin of President Hard- ing, although actually no relation to the chief executive, and as his assist- ant secretary. The police said they believed Harding had obtained at least $10,000 from a group of busineris men 1)3' promising to use his influence in obtaining political appointments for them. Harding, according to the police, found Chicago's leading citizens gulli- ble. He took 22 of them to the inaugu- ration in a private car, it was said, and then paid the Pennsylvania railroad with a check for $1,918.44, which was returned, according to railroad offi- cials, marked \No funds.\ Harding was held in bonds of $5,000 for hearing before United States Com- missioner Lewis F. Mason. Pearl Harding, Everett's 13 -year -old sister, acquired considerable fame through the posing of her brother. She became known as the \White House baby\ and it was said that she was to go to Washington and live with the president. Her picture was widely sought by manufacturers to be used in advertising and she posed for scores of newspaper photographers, appeared in the movies and was feted in Chi- cago. Government In Liqour business. Victoria. B. C., April 2. -The pro- I vincial government today was com- pleting plans for the operation of the liquor control act, passed by the legis- lature yesterday and which will proba- bly become effective May 1. Under the measure the government will es- tablish stores throughout the province,1 and will control the importation and sale of all wines and liquors. 0 • Under the permit system provided 1 for in the act, permanent residents of the province may take out yearly per. I mita at a cost of $5 each. Another per- mit, costing ,50 cents, allows a single I purchase limited to two quarts. Spe- cial permits cover the cases of drug- gists, physicians, dentists and veter- inaries, and the use of wine for sacra- mental purposes. Permit of persons convicted of drunkenness may be revoked at the I discretion of the liquor control board. Heavy pSnalties are provided for those who sell liquor without government sanction. Enforce Sunday Blue Law. Huron, S. D., April 2. -The first ar- rest in the Sunday \blue law\ enforce- ment campaign was made late Satur- day when Allen Goethal, manager and owner of a local theater, was taken in- to custody by a deputy sheriff charged with conducting a moving picture show on Sunday. March 27. The arrest was made on a warrant sworn to by Charles H. Warren, state's attorney. Goethal was releas- ed in the custody of the sheriff to ap- pear for a hearing later. The campaign was inaugurated at a •conference bet wen Attorney General Bryan H. Payne and states' attorneys here on March 24. Goethal's arrest, It was said. Satur- day night, probably will be made a test case to have the state supreme court determine the validity of the law pro- hibititig baseball, moving pictures and otihr amusements on Sunday. Washington, March 31. -Protection for the farmers on an equality with manufacturers and industrial interests in any tariff policy which is to be de - ()Wed upon and adding to any rates which may be levied \an amount equal to the extra freight c,harges in getting products to the consuming centers,\ was urged in a statement by Secretary 'Wallace. The \heavy additional bur- den\ imposed on the producers by in- creased freight rates, the secretary de- clared, \are a differential imposed up- on our own producers and to the bene- fit of our foreign competitors.\ Manufacturers are \naturally and properly\ laying plans to meet foreign competition in the world markets and desire a tariff to protect them against cheap foreign goods, Mr. Wallace as- serted, but he insisted that the situa- tion facing the producers \must be considered\ in any tariff legislation, whether emediency or permanent. The nation \cannot afford to permit the breaking down of its own agricul- ture,\ the secretary continued, \even if for a time we can buy food and other farm products cheaper from some one else.\ At present, he said, there is a large surplus of agricultural products gut this will not continue,\ because the population is growing and * con- sumption will catch up with produ:- tion. \We cannot, under any circumstan- ces, afford to permit the present dis- couraging conditions to continue and result in ri eatly decreased produc- tion,\ the secretary asserked, \because that decreased production may mean exorbitantly high prices within a few years.\ He satd the present troubles are \greatly aggravated\ .by conditions both at home and' abroad. Foreign na- tions which owe the United States money. are making \desperate efforts\ to grow their own food, he asserted, and consequently are buying as little as possible here and trying to sell as much as they can. Veteran.*fie1e 'd es me New York, April 3. - Severe criti- cism of the government departments which have to do with the care and compensation of disabled soldiers characterized a comprehensive report made public here Sunday by the Am- erican Legion investigating commit- tee, which for the past several weeks has been engaged in examining dis- abled soldiers and looking into gov- ernment hospital conditions. \The testimony reads,\ said Col. C. W. Wickersham, chairman of the com- mittee, \more like the reports of some mediaeval story of torture and neglect than a modern day hearing concerning the gratitude of & great republic to its soldiers.\ The committee urged immediate leg- islation to consolidate the bureau of war risk insurance, the rehabilitation division of the federal board for vo- cational training, and that part of the United States health service which re- lates to the care of former service men and women. The report con- demned the Fox Hills hospital on Staten Island and urged its complete ,abandonnient as soon as other quar- ters could be established. .Low Price For Wheat, Portland, April 3. - For two days past no bids have been offered and no quotations published in the wheat mar- ket here, owing to the low prevailing prices offered previously. Others made in the surrounding country katurday were said to be as low as 93 and 95 cents a bushel and some wheat chang- ed hands at th2se figures. Large quantities of wheat are still in the hands of northwest growers and 'ware- house men and these holders regard the situation apprehensively. At Wal- la Walla on Saturday and a few pre- ceding days wheat sold down to $1 a bushel for the first time since 1914. Holstein Bull Brings $27,000. e Philadelphia, March 31. - Seattle stock brought the record price today in the final session of a three-day auc- tion sale of prize Holstein cattle, held in the Corninercial Museum here under the auspices of the Brentwood National Holstein cattle exposition. The high- est price in today's sale was $5,500 for Carnation Matador Nena, a two- year -old thoroughbred, of a number from a herd at Seattle. The purchaser was John P. Crozier, of Upland, Pa. The highest price paid during the sale was $27,100 for the Pietertje Prospect Colantha, a three-year:old bull, also from Seattle. - Law Enforcement Is Hard Job. Washington, March 30. -The nation will settle down in the next year or two. Attorney GeneraltDaugherty hald today, to a more complete observance of prohibition laws and there will be less \bootlegging.\ Prohibition en- forcement is at present a hard job, he added, and dockets of district attor- neys are crowded with cases #walting action. Corning Out Millions of Motor Vehicles. Akron, Ohio, April 2.-Mtitor vehi- cle registration for the last year ob- tained from various states by the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company show there are now 9,274,920 passenger cars and trucks in use throughout the Unit- ed States -one for every 11.8 persons. This is an increase of 1,670,904, or 21.9 per cent over December 31, 1919, when there were 7,604,016 motor vehicles registered. The gain during the last year was greater than that of any previous year and is considered exceptionally re- markable by officials of the automo- tive industry in view of the adverse kusiness conditions throughout the ebuntry during the last part of 1920. The largest previous gain was 1,457,- 399 in 1919. Iowa can no longer claim the honor of having more autos according to population than any other state, it has dropped to fourth place. Nebras- ka, South Dakota and California hav- ing jumped ahead. Nebraska, the present leader, has one car for every 6.9 persons, South Dakota one for ev- anti California one for every .2. lows bag one for every 6. 6 Par - sons. Operated C i vorce Mill. White Plains, N. Y., April 1. - At least 28 alleged bogus divorces and annulments are known to have been sold by Robert F. Miller, now being sought as tire alleged operator of a \divorce mill\ in Manhattan. Assistant District Attorney Walter Ferris an- nounced Friday. District Attorney Lee Davis said that a clerk employed by Miller had given him further evidence, and that indictments would be souglik against Miller on charges of forgery in the second degree, perjury, and the mis- demeanor of practicing law in this state without being admitted to the bar here. The clerk told newspaper men that Miller had a staff of ten girls to act as \co-respondents\ when the fake di- vorces were framed up. \A lot of people who came to Miller for divorces,\ he said, \agreed to help him conduct this fake system.\ The clerk said he did not know posi- tively whether there was a chain of \divorce mills\ throughout the coun- try. Fire Sweeps Manila. Manila, April 2. -Fifteen thousand were rendered homeless here today in a fire last night, the most destructive here in more than 20 years, which de- stroyed three thousand houses in the northern section of the city, a native quarter known as the San Lazar° dis- trict. Two bodies were found today in the ruins. Police roughly estimated the loss at three million dollars. The razed area consisted mostly of small native struc- tures occupied as dwellings and stores. It extended over 30 acres. Build House in 10 Hours. Chicago, April f. - An example of the rapidity with which the housing shortage may be overcome was given today by the Ldmbertnen's Association of Chicago, when 30 workmen employ- ed by the association erected a five - room bungalow within ten hours. The workmen started work on a founda- tion in readiness at 7 a. m. and com- pleted the house at 5 p. m. The task included installation of electrical and plumbing fixtures and decoration of the interior of the house. Reduced Demand For Seed. Washington. April 2. -Demand for field seeds from farmers during March was on the whole below normal, ac- cording to reports tabulated today by the federal Areau of markets\ More farmers than usual were said 'to have seed of their own, but others were said to be curtailing their purchases this year because of inability to finance their farming operations or because of a disinclination to plant as extensively as usual. on account of the low price of farm products. Would Recall Gavernor Frazier. Devil's Lake, N. D., April 1.-Peti- I dons calling for a recall election against three state officials, elected with non-partisan league endorsement, will be circulated, soon, it was said Fri- day following the decision last night of the anti -nonpartisan convention here in ordering such action. The election will be held on or before November 8, 1921. In addition to seeking the recall of Governor Lynn J. Frazier, William Lemke, attorney general, and J. N. Ha- gan, commissioner of agriculture And labor, who comprise the state indus- trial commission, the anti -nonpartisans Will have submitted to the voters at the same time a series of constitution- al amendments which would change the state-owned industrial program. ' Principal among these would be quidation of the Bank of North Dako- ta and abandonment of the state-own- ed industries with the exception of the Grand Forks mill and elevator. A bond Issue of $6,000,000 to retire outstand- ing bonds and 'pay all debts and liabili- ties of the Bank of North Dakota is prcaogled for. Anther 'bond issued of $2.000,000 would be used to clear up the affairs of the State Mill and Elevator associa- tion and also provide for the comple- tion of the mill at Grand Forks, while a third issue of $250,000 would retire debts of the Home Builders associa- tion. Wine Prices Advanced, Santa Rosa, Cal., March 31. -Sixty thousand gallons of wine, having a re- tail value of $250,000, was seized at the winery of Paul Stefan', near Geyser- ville, by federal prohibition enforce- ment officials today. It was the sec- ond big seizure in this district in the past three days. Due to the heavy seizures in the Sonoma valley the wine has increased in value from $1.50 tsi $4 a gallon re- tail, the officers said. The officers charge that the winery's output was being used in violation of the Volstead act. Purchase Airplanes For Army. Washington, April 1. -The first im- portant move since the armistice to- ward rehabilitating the altny's air ser- vice was taken today when the war de- partment placed orders for 200 Thomas Morse type pursuit airplanes and 35 Martin bombers. The pursuit planes contract went to the Boeing company of Seattle, Wash., and totalled about $1,400,000, Secre- tary Weeks announced. The Martin type bombers were ordered from the L. W. F. Company of Garden City, L. I., at a cost of about $23,000 each. Conscience Troubled Him. Danville, -41., March 30. -The local agent of the Wabash railway today re- ceived a letter from a St. Louis man signing himself \Yours truly, Christ,\ enclosing $10. The letter states the writer in 1889 \stole a ride\ from Danville to St. Louis and return and gave the con- ductor $5. He thought the $10 would make up the rest of the fare. \I am for Christ and his glory now,\ he writes in explaining his contribution to the Wabash \conscience fund.\ Publication of Slackers Delayed. Washington, March 31. -Publication by the war department of the list of war time draft evaders has been post- poned until Attorney General Daugh- erty can prepare an opinion on the question of the legal liability of the government in the event names of in- nocent men should by accident appear on the lists made public. Big Imports of Wool. Washington, April 1. -Although con- sumption of wool in this country dur- ing January. and February was 50 per cent less than for the same period last year. actual imports were heavy, large- ly In anticipation of the enactment of an emergency tariff, the bureau of mar- kets announced Friday. More than 63,000,000 pounds were received. MUST REDUCE COSTS OF RAILROAD OPERATION Pennsylvania Officials Declare They Cacnot Make Expenses. Pittsburg, Pa., March 31. --It has be- come impossible to operate the Penn- sylvania railroad successfully and con- tinue tQ pay the \abnormally high\ weave fixed by the railroad labor board C. S. Krick, general manager of- the eastern region, declared today in open- ing a series of conferences between of- ficials of the company and representa- tives of its employes to discuss propos- ed reductions in salaries and wages. Mr. Krick maintained that. the en- tire world rapidly is getting back to normal and that since the middle of Last year the cost of living has been steadily going down. \At present,\ he declared, \nearly 70 cent out of every dollar the Penn- sylvania receives from operation le paid out in wages. The remaining 30 cents is not sufficient to bay fuel and °Mar materials and pay our taxes and other obligations. Operation expenses in February exceeded operating rev- enues by more than $2,300,000. It Cost the Pennsylvania railroad 21.05 to take In $1, without considering taxes, fixed charges and other obligations. \Without taking dividends into con- sideratiei, the Pennsylvania system was ()iterated in February at a loss of more than $8,500,000. March results will show no improvement although the number of employes is less now than it has been since 1915. Such a precipitate falling off in business as has occurred in the last few months cannot be recalled by railroad men to- day, and the only remedy for this sit- uation is to reduce salaries and wages.\ Hotel Sues Campaign Committee, Chicago, March 30. -The tangled fi- nancial affairs of . 11110.jor General Wood's presidential campaign were further complicated today ofhan the Congress Hotel Company filed suit against the Wood campaign committee and its leading members for $15,000. In addition to the committee itself the members named individually are A. A. Sprague, Scl, Col. William Cooper Proc- ter, J. McGraw and Fred Stanley. The money sought is mostly for ren- tat of rooms and for meals, but some Items are for broken furniture, indi- cating, it was said, that some meetings of the committee may have been rath- er strenuous. - Datnages to a gold chair\ is put in the account at $20; \replaced chair\ is figured at $4.50, and for \another broken chair\ $7.50 is asked. For \one broken trunk stand\ and \one broken lamp\ the hotel demands $15. each. Laundry, shoe shining and the ser- vices of the hotel tailor are among the other items. The largest portion of the bill is for rental of the Elizabethan and Francis I rooms, figured at $9,- 000. Fought Fire In Skyscraper. New York, March 31. - Firemen fought among the clouds for more than an hour early today before subduing a dangerous blaze on the thirty-first floor of the towering Equitable building in the heart of the downtown district. It was one of the highest fires the fire- men have ever been called upon to fight. The blaze started in a broker's of- fice and clouds of smoke poured through the upper stories and elevator shafts of the massive structure. The fire was under control before the build- ing's 15,000 business inhabitants ar- rived. The blaze today recalled the de- struction of the old Equitable building on the same site January 9, 1912, in one of the most spectacular fires in the history of New York. Six persons lost their lives, 19 were injured and the property loss was $13,000,000. Can Buy Booze In Canada. Regina, Sask., March 31. -The Sas- katchewan court of appeals yesterday quashed the conviction of E. G. Wal- ler, manager for a local wholesale li- quor house, who was found guilty last November on a charge of selling liquor illegally. Waller was sentenced to pay a fine and serve six days in jail, but execu- tion of sentence was delayed, pending hearing of appeal. The decision is one of great interest and has a wide mean- ing in that it holds that it is legal for a bona fide resident of a foreign coun- try, such as a resident of Montana, to order a quantity of liquor from a firm in Saskatchewan that has a legal right to keep liquor for sale, and to come to Saskatchewan and make payment and receive delivery of the liquor. Arizona Wool Season Opens. Salt Lake City, March 31. -Profes- sor F. R. Marshall, secretary of the National Wool Growers' association, luts received word that Boston wool buyers are much in evidence in Arizo- na and are advancing 15 cents a pound on wool. This is regarded by wool men, ac- cording to Professor Marshall -as an encouraging sign and indicates a heal- thier market in the near future. REINDEER MEAT COMING FROM WU New Source of Food Supply May SOW Be Available, Washington, March 30. - Mau t keting reindeer tneat in the United States IS on of the newest problems that lumf been put to the bureau of market*. United States department of agricul- ture, for solution. Alaska has approxi- mately 200,000 reindeer, a number that leaves a considerable surplus over what Is needed for home consumption. Specialists estimate that Alaska ilk ready to market about 6,000 carcasses at present. The tact that the herds have increased from 10,000 head in 1906 to 200,000 in 1920 indicates how soon the marketing of reindeer meat will be a real problem. During the last few years exports of this meat have increased rapidly. In 1914 only 75 carcasses were shipped out of Alaka; in 1920 1,600 dressed reindeer carcasses were shipped into the United States. It is thought that within the next 15 years there may be between foug and five million reindeer, with an annual surplus of 1,000,000 carcasses that must reach a market somewhere outside the territory. At present prices, this surplus would be worth $60,000,000. It is reported that a company with its headquarters at Nome has already established cold storage plants for handling 12,000 carcasses each year. The meat will be held for shipment' into the United States. Distribution costs are high, but pro- duction costs are low. At present rate* it costs about $140 a ton to transport reindeer meat from Nome to Minnea- polis. The Eskimos own 70 per cent of the herds, and the only item of pro- duction cost is that of herding the ani- mals. Alaskan reindeer weigh about 160 pounds to the dressed carcass, but the average weight can probably be increased to 300 pounds by cross breed, ing the reindeer with the caribou, which is a larger and heavier animal. Substitute Gas For Gallows. Carson City, Nev., March 30.-A bill providing for the use of lethal gas la executing the JUN\ NevaES ha a been signed by Governor Boyle. Nevada is the first state in the Un- ion to provide for the use of gas in in- flicting capital punishment. Under the old law condemned prisoners could choose between hanging and shooting. Under the present act the death warrant must designate the week in which the execution will take place. It must not be less than BO nor more than 90 days from date of sentence. A suitable cell for inflicting the penal- ty will be provided, and the warden, a competent physician and six other per- sons, at least 21 years old, Mast wit- ness the execution. The bill gave no details concerning the cell, but it is understood it is in- tended to be airtight, fitted with win- dows of thick glass and equipped with valves, which will regulate circulation of air. It is planned to use the gas when the condemned prisoner is asleep, the gas being forced into the cell through special valves. Famous Naturalist Dead. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 29. - The body of John Burroughs, natur- alist of world renown, who died sud- denly today on a passenger train near Kingsville, Ohio, lies tonight in his home by the banks of the Hudson river a few miles north of here. The great naturalist and author Of outdoor books had hoped to return to his country home to die, and his last words, uttered a few seconds before death, were: \How far are we from home?\ Mr. Burroughs had spent the winter in California and was returning from there. About five weeks ago he under- went an operation for an abscess. Ser- ious heart and kidney complications set in and he became so weak that he decided he must hurry if his wish to die on the banks of the Hudson was to be realized. He was in his 84th year. Deadly Fireworks Explosion. Chicago, March 30. - Manufacture and store of fireworks in a manner prohibited by city ordinances was blamed tonight by city and police offi- cials for an explosion in the west side tenement district which killed at least eight persons, injured 100 or more, rendered dozens temporarily homeless and damaged many buildings. Two men were held in connection with the disaster and two possibly killed in the f Oxplosion were sought. The explosion wrecked the ware- house of Well and company, paper deal- ers, where a dozen men were working. All are believed to have been killed. Made Moonshine In Jail, Wilminron, Del., March 28.-A still was discovered by Warden Plummer in the kitchen of the New Castle coun- ty workhouse today. Plummer said he smelt suspiehlui turner; and o'n in- vestigating found two gallons of grape juice and corn cooking on the strive of the Jail lc Itch en. Where the prisoners obtained the material is a mystery. •
