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Sudety tee -e•-• OMNI. \ THE RIVER PRESS. Vol. XLI. Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, April 20, 1921 1 No. 28 SQUARE DEAL IS URGED BY INDUSTRIAL CHIEF Organized Capital and Organized La- bor Need Regulation. New York, April 111.—Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, told the stockhold- ers at their annual meeting Monday he wait in favor of \publicity regula- tion and reasonable control\ of bust-, netts through government agencies, as a possible \solution of or antidote to the labor union problem.\ Declaring he did not believe in soci- alism nor in governmental manage- ment er operation, he suggested that non-partisan, non-sectarian commis- sions or departments render decisions, subject to review by the highest courts. Continuing his suggestion ho said: \Laws—clear well defined, practica- ble and easy of comprehension—cover- ing these matters, mieht be passed, and if so they should apply to all eco- nomic organisations, groups or bodies exceedieg certain specified numbers or amounts. Both organized capital and , organised labor should lati placed un- der these laws. Each should be anti - tied to the same protection and sub- ject to the same restriction and provi- sions. \Will labor unions consent to this? They have heretofore objected. Here would be a test. Labor union leaders have before now asked and received discriminatory exemptions. This is wrong and it would be just as bad if ' the situation were reversed. Employ- ers generally desire only the same treatment that is accorded to labor un- ions. The large majority of workmen also would be satisfied with this stand- ard,\ Mr. Gary devoted a considerable poe- e, than of his address to labor unions and said \the natural and certain effects of labor unionism are expressed by three words: \Inefficiency high costs.\ \I would not intentionally do an in- justice to any union labor leader, or to a labor union,\ he continued, \But I firmly beNeve complete unionization of the industry of this country would be the beginning of industrial decay.\ \It seems to me,\ he said, \that the natural, if not the prin.chatil result of i the contemplated progress of labor un- 1 ions, if successful, would be control of shops, then of the general management of the business then of capital and tin-. ally the government.\ Waited 17 Years For Medal. Washington, April 14.—Robert Ed- ward Cox of Belmont, Pa., a chief gun- ner in the navy, enjoyed today the unique distinction of having the presi- dent of the United States personally pin on his breast the highest award for valor—the congressional medal of hon- or. The ceremony took plaice in the east room of the White House on the 17th anniversary of the day on which Gun- ner Cox saved the battleship Missouri from destruction by flooding her aft magasine, following an explosion in a turret that had set fire to powder in the adjoining handling room. Two other men, M. Monsen and S. C. Schepke, then gunners' mate, but now commissioned officers, previously re- ceived medals of honor for assisting Cox in removing injured men from the burning handling room. Thirty men were killed. Cox held the rank of warrant offi e car and was debarred from receiving i the medal by the law providing for its ' award only to enlisted men. , Not until last February who special legislation enacted permitting excep- tion in Cox's case. • Would Repeal Volstead Act. Washington, April 14. — Repeal of the Volstead prohibition enforcement act is proposed in a bill introduced Thursday by Representative Hill, re- publican, Maryland. The effect of re- peal, he said, would be to leave the enforcement of the eignteenth amend- ment to the conctirrent powers of the states. He said he was for \real law en- forcement,\ but not for \farcical eva- sion.\ \Local option is an American prin- ciple,\ he added. \Prohibition is not. Large elements of our people are op- posed to the national or Volstead pro- hibition act as an encroachment on the police rights of the states and the personal liberty en the people.\ Blizzard Sweeps East. Chicago, April 16. ---Snow storms and gales that in many places were report- ed to be the worst in the history of lo- I cal weather bureaus, swept an area from the Rocky mountains to the At- lantic states. Railroad and wire traf- fic wns inter' upted in many places and thousands o: dollars damage done to property and crops. HARDING REMEMBERS OLD SWIMMING HOLE by Applicant Appeals To President For Financial Help. Washington Boyhood April 16. — Boyho days of Presigent Harding, when he used to slip off to the old swimming hole in the creek near Caledonia, 0., were recalled by him today in reply to a letter in lead pencil from 12 -year - old John D. Wackerman of this city. The president's letter was in answer to an appeal from John that he attend a ball given by the -ladies of the com- munity house for the benefit of a swimming pool for boys. In explain- ing that he had been asked by his playmates to write the president, John said: \Mr. President: \We want a swim- ming pool just like you would if you were a boy, so please come. I told the boys that I did not believe that any president would let the boys go with- out a swimming pool when he could let us have it by paying 60 or 76 cents for a ticket for a ball. If you come, everybody will come and we can have our swimming pool, so please come.\ In a postscript John 'added: \Please write me a letter and let us know. The fellows are so discouraged to think we can't have a pool.\ The president replied: \My Dear John: I received your letter this morning. I am exceedinly glad you wrote me about this, John, because I do not want the boys to think I am not interested in their getting a swimming pool. I have used swimming pools myself and there are one or two swimming pools in the creek near Cal- edonia, Ohio, that I would like to get into again right now, if it were possi- ble. 'You tell the boys that I hope the ball will raise all the money that is needed to provide the pool, and that if some of you will come around to the White House with some tickets I will buy some, whether I can attend or not. Yours for the igniapaggene pool. \WARiatN a:HARDING.\ Washington, April 18. — SwImmin . hole memories cost President Harding a $50 bill Monday. A score of boys and girls intent on collecting a awimmin' hole fund troop- ed to the White House headed by John Wackerman, aged 12, who recently wrote Mr. Harding about the scheme and was invited to come up and sell the president a ticket to a swimmin' hole benefit. Johnnie and his pats were staggered when Mr. Harding handed out the big bill. They did not have that many tickets with them, but he said he wouldn't worry about that if they would count him in on the pro- ject fifty dollars worth. Secretary Mel- lon was with Mr. Harding at the time and he dug up -a nice new $20 bill to add to Johnnie's collection. Cashier Kills Bank Robber. Chicago, April 15.—S. B. Witowski, cashier of the State bank of Cicero, a suburb, shot up and defeated a gang of six automobile bandits today. He killed one robber, wounded two, cap- tured two and only the driver of the car, who remained outside the bank, escaped. The six men drove up to the bank and five of them entered with drawn revolvers. The leader approached the cage occupied by Witowski and order- ed him to the rear of the bank. The other bandits compelled ten other per- sons who were in the bank, including C. C. Stoffel, vice president, to follow Witowski. The bandits then opened the vault and forced their captives into it. While two of the bandits stood guard, the other three scooped $40,000 from the cashier's cage into a black bag. As the. turned to escape Wit- owski pushed the door of the vault ajar Sind fired through the aperture. One bandit fell with a bullet through his heart and two more staggered to the floor seriously wounded. Meanwhile Cicero police had re- sponded to the bank's burglar alarm, arriving just in time to fire upon the - fleeing bandit who had been waiting outside in the automobile. The other robbers were captured after a running light of two blocks. Storm Left Trail of Death. Memphis, April 16. — Seventy-five persons reported dead, several hund- red Injured and property damage esti- mated in the millions made the toll of a series of tornadoes which broke late Friday in northeast Texas and swept eastward Saturday over sections of five states into Georgia. Wire reports were meager due to interruptions to communications Arkansas with 60 persons reported killed in Hemstead and Miller coun- ties, suffered the heaviest loss of life. In Alabama 'the numbef of dead was estimated at ten; seven were killed in Texas and six la Mississippi. The storm apearently broke in Tex - The worst spring storm in its his. eras, swept sections of five northern tory swept Chn - aeo. causing injuries counties and premed into Arkansas to many per s -ea end considerable where the reported dead list Saturday priparty domes,. A 50 -mile -an -hour night had reached 60. Six of the gnie, snow, sleet and rain combined to seven persons killed in Texas were obstruct trafflo end In seine places to crushed to death when their homes in level wires. - Avinger were wrecked. 9! Happens About This Time Of Year ir IAD },4gEs 1A) 161 .rnp w_ rv it ar V ta lP ES so State 1 , 44 1 4 r (1.4. dus tis ‘e vE t l abc ef r ., v ose. 16I K Wf Iil SCA t e v Harding Receives Visitors. Washington, April 16.—The Harding \How are you?\ bids fair to outrival even the famous Roosevelt \Dee -light- ed,\ both in point of service and hear- tiness of utterance. During the first weeks of the new administration it was conservatively estimated, at the White House execu- tive offices that more than 6,000 peo- ple. have grasped President Harding's hand in response to this greeting. This estimate applies only to numbers re- ceived by the president during the half-hour that he devotes daily three times a week to a \public reception; and takes no account of the hundreds that have seen Mr. Harding by sched- uled appointment. Old timers at the White House say Mr. Harding allows people to impose upon him because of his unfailing cour- tesy and readiness to respond. They say many engagements are made by the president with people who say they only wish to pay their respects. The president after receiving such cal- lers invariably asks them to be seated. White House etiquette requires that the caller excuse himself on the plea that he should ,nat be taking up tee president's time, but it has been so long since a ,president has given him- self so completely to the people that this rule has evidently been forgotten and consequently Mr. Harding daily gives up more time to people than he has planned and has to do considera- ble night work to keep np his sched- ule. Farmers Plan Legislation. Washington, April 14. — Delegates from six farm organizations, claiming to represent more than a,000,000 farm- ers, met in joint session here Thurs- day to get together on a program of national legislation. Taxation, collec- tive bargaining and the tariff were topics discussed. The convention plans to devote to- morrow to hearing from every farm group represented and then will try to work out a program upon which all can unite. The American Farm Bu- reau federation suspended its confer- ence to take part in the convention. Harding Selects Ambassadors. Washington, April 14.—Nominations of George Hervey of New York, to be ambassador to Great Britain and My- ron T. Herrick of Ohio, to be ambas- sador to France were sent to the sen- ate Thursday by President Harding. At the same time the president transmitted more than 30 names of ' men he had 'given temporary appoint- ments while congress was in recess. The list included the name of John J. Each of Wisconsin, to be a member of the interstate commerce commission, whose confirmation was held up by op- position at the last session. Will Store Western Wool. Boise, Idaho, April 14.—Idaho and Oregon wool growers in session here yesterday, voted to store the 1921 clip until market conditions improve. The meeting was called with Boise bankers to devise ways and means to finance growers and store the crop udtil the market price is of \reasonabl.value.\ It was explained at the meeting that it waa advisable to store tee wool in Portland rather than Boston, becalm' the storage price was lower. This method, sheep men explain, will elimin- ate the commission merchant and ef- fect a saving for the smaller growers. Machinery Prices Reduced. Chicago, April 14. --- Basing its ac- tion upon. the recent reduction in steel prices announced by the United States Steel corporation, the international Harvester company today announced a straight ten per cent 'reduction on products in which steel is the princi- pal raw material. \The reduction appllea chiefly to harvesting machines. The reduction of steel came after one year's product had been provided for and will have no bearing on the manufacturing cost of machines we sell this year,\ the an- nouncement said. I tlitS COL ittatES JQTlM ilebett, 1I0i/Re oucti! y ok II I Return Bodies of War Heroes. Valls, April 15. --Twenty thousand bodies of American soldiers who fell in FriNtce have either been shipped to the Uhited States or are now in pro- cess of being returned for burial in their native country. With 103 officers of the American army and a personnel of more titan 2,000 men working night and day in many sections of France, the Graves Registration Service of the American army has reached a point where it is possible to forward 4,000 bodies a month. The work of sending back the 52,311 bodies designated for interment in America, will be completed by the end of next October, if present plans are fulfilled. The bodies of the Americans have been taken from every cemetery in the south of France. The greater part of the effort is now being concentrat- ed in the zone of the armies—the Ar- gonne, eta. Seventy-seven bodies of American soldiers who died in Italy will he removed to the United States next month. • The. Graves Registration Service now nr. working in Berlin on arrange - meets -for shipping the bodies ot 130 American soldiers who are buried in various parts of unoccupied Germany. This latter work was rendered very difficult because the location of many of the graves was unknown. An ex- pert has been going over the German burial records in Berlin for several weeks and' virtually all the graves have been found. The German govern- ment has afforded every facility to the Graves Registration Service. More than 20,000 bodies will be bur- ied in the four permanent cemeteries which the American government will maintain in France. Seeking Industrial Peace. Chicago, April le. — Abrogation of the national agreements between the railroads and their employes, announ- ced by the railroad labor board, was officially accepted Friday night by the executive council of the shop trades in a statement which hailed the decision as a great victory for labor, declaring it did not impair labor's economic or social status. About 500,000 men are employed in the shops crafts. The attitude of the shops trades council, however, apparently was not shared - by all labor leaders, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement issued in New York, declaring that the board must have been \influenced by big business\ while others termed the decision the \work of the steel trust\ and criticised it freely. The labor board itself expressed sat- isfaction over the fact that the deci- sion apparently had met with some approval from both sides, declaring that this indicated that it had at least opened the way to a permanent indus- trial peace between railroad employes and employers. Would Pension Former Presidents. Washington, April 16.--A proposal that former presidents be paid annual pensions of $10,000, was introduced in the senate Friday by Senator Calder, republican, New York, and in the house by Representative Dyer, republi- can, Missouri. Another pension bill introduced in the house was that of Representative Rickette, republican, Ohio, providing from $6 to $14 a week for persons over 65 years of age who have incomes not exceeding $10 a week and who are at• tempting to earn a living if physically able to do so. Affections Valued At $50,000. Walla Walla, Wash., April 14.—Fifty thousand dollars was the value placed in the superior court on the affections of Mrs. Mary Hughes when it awarded a verdict of this amount to Philip Hughes' against his brother, Patrick Hug h \ . Mrs. Hughes was recently granted a divorce from her husband. The parties are wealthy wheat ranchero, owning and easing several thousand acres. The plaintiff asked $200,000. EMERGENCY TARIFF PASSED BY HOUSE Large Majority Favors Quick Action Upon Anti -Dumping Bill. Washington, April IA.—Republican leaders, supported by all except eight of their party and by 15 democrats, pushed the Young emergency tariff and anti -dumping. bill through the house late Friday. The vote was US to 112, with two members voting pres- ent. The passage of the measure came at the end of a stormy session, during which a handful of democrats, aided by a few republicans, had harrassed the leaders of the republican side per- sistently. For more than four hours cherges that the republicans had bow- ed to the \dictation of the senate\ were hurled, not only by Representa- tive Garrett, Tennessee, acting demo- cratic leader, but by Representative Newton, Minnesota, and Representa- tive Luce, Massachusetts, both repub- licans as well. Heated discflasion marked the tariff debate, which revealed a wide split In the Texas delegation. Several Louis- iana members also supported the tar- iff program. The discussion was par- ticularly pointed when Representative Connolly, democrat, Texas, chided his colleague, Representative Hudspeth, for \deserting his party.\ The republicans — downed every at- tempt to make changes. Republicans who sought to amend the bill were dis- posed of with the same celerity as democrats, and the bill now goes to the senate. The bill as passed by the house is practically identical with the Ford- ney measure vetoed in the last con- gress by President Wilson. Protec- tion would be given a number of ag- ricultural products, including wheat, cotton, sugar, wool, corn, cattle and sheep, but the bill would be operative for only all months instead of the ten provided for in the Fordney measure. The anti -dumping provisions were not included in the Fordney measure together with a system for estimating the duties imposed on the basis of the American value of foreign coin as de termined by the secretary of the tress ury. Churches As Recreational Centers. Chicago, April 14.—Plans whereby it is hoped to make tile church a rec reational center of the community as well as the religious center, were an- nounced Thursday by the committee on conservation and advance of the Methodist Episcopal church. The plans contemplate erection of play- griunds, organization of teams, class- es in economics, housekeeping and kindred aubjects. The c'ortimittee appointed Mary E. Semson, Florence E. Hutchinson and Bessie M. Archer to yisit all consoles and conventions of rural ministers in the next six months and to instruct them how to direct their congregations In games and calisthenics. Gymnasium paraphernatia, it, was said, would be supplied at all church- es of the denomination. The work will be conducted, it was announced, from the $22,000,000 cen- tenary fund of the church. Women Would Banish War. Cleveland, April 14.—The National League of Women Voters fermally went on record Thursday against all war, by adopting a resolution urging President Harding and congress to initiate a movement to secure co-op- eration of other nations for the re- duction of armaments at the earliest possible time. This followed the speech Wednesday night of their vet- eran leader, Carrie Chapman Cott, of New York, who vigorously demand- ed that women votets consecrate themselves to put war out of tile world. A resolution was unanimously adopt- ed Thursday naming the national board of directors of the league a com- mittee to put their action before Presi- dent Harding and congress at once. France WIII Be Preitered. Paris, April 14.—Germany's obliga- tion to the allies will be fixed at be- tween 130,000,000,000 and 150,000,- 000,000 gold marks by the allied re- parationis committee, says the Echo de Paris. The newspaper adds the ex- act figure will depend upon the solu- tion of pertain questions still being considered. in case Germany resists settlement, life newspaper declares, it is accepted by the allies that France will recall Iwo classes of recruits to the colors and proceed to occupy the Ruhr Basin. Amnesty Await! Peace. Washington, April 13.—Any action toward general amnesty for prisoners convicted under the war -time 'espion- age laws is not contemplated until af- ter a state of peace has been declared, and the government will continue its policy of considering each case on its Individual merits, President. Harding and Attorney General Daugherty today told the delegations urging the release of Eugene V. Dabs and others held un- der such convictions. NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES DECLARES THE PRESIDENT Message To Congress Advises Against Entering League of Nations. Washington, April 12 --INnal rejec- tion of the Versailles League of Na- tions by tbe American government was proclaimed to the world today by President Harding in a solemn pro- nouncement of the foreign policies of his ailliinistration. Speaking before the new congress, the president declared acceptance of the league would be nothing short of a betrayal of the mandate of the No- vember lections. Instead, he asked a congressional declaration of peace and for reaffirmation of those portions of the Versailles treaty which' protect American rights and interests in the war setticment. \In the existing League of Nations world governing with its super-pow- ers—this republic will have no part,\ he said. \It is only fair to say to the world in general and to our associates in war in particular that the league covenant. can have no sanction by us.\ A tremendous demonstration follow- ed the declaration, republican sena- tors and representatives leading, while most of their democratic collea- gues sat silent. After weighing the words of the president, the senate ir- reconcilables tonight were claiming complete victory, predicting that even the portions of the treaty endorsed by Mr. Harding never would receive sen- ate approval. In his recommendations for domes- tic legislation the president gave greatest attention to tariff and tax re- vision and to the railway situation, though he indorsed lesser measures which congressional leaders declared might prolong the special session uu- til the snow flies. He also declared his faith in a maintained merchant marine and in the principle of armament re- ductiem without asking for legisla- tion. Aar emergency tariff was placed at the head of the requests, and within an hour after he had finished the house ways and means committee agreed to report tomorrow the emergency meas- ure vetoed by President Wilson. For the permanent tariff bill Mr. Harding made no specific suggestions except that it follow the principle of protec- tion. Similarly he refrained from detailed reeemmendations on taxation, con- tenting himself with a discussion of the situation with a reminder that his party pledged itself to repeal the ex- cess profits tax. He also recalled the promise to organize a separate gov- • ernmental department of public wel- fare. Declaring rates and operating ex- penses of the railroads must be low- ered, Mr. Harding asked that congress investigate the transportation prob- lem. He recommended co-ordination of all governmental agencies dealing with former service men, strengthen- ing of federal laws affecting high- way construction and maintenance, en- actment of the budget legislation and a congressional inquiry into lynchlegs and race relations. Accused of Mall Fraud: Waishington, April 13.—In two ar- rests made here early today postoffice Inspectors believe they have appre- hended the perpetrators of a colossal mall defrauding scheme by which post - offices in the cities of New York, Phil- adelphia, Baltimore and Chicago were said to have been mulcted of thou,. ands of dollars. The persons arrested were Albert E. and Frank H. Hitch- cock, brothers, residing here and their detention was said to have followed notification from Los Angeles of the arrest of a third brother, Horace D. Hitchcock and his wife. Four are alleged to have used the mails in soliciting subscriptions to a half a dozen periodicals which, it wen said have never been published end for other fraudulent purposes. Knox Introduces Peace Resolution. Washington, April 13. — Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, introduced to- day his resolution to end the state of war with Germany. The measure is similar to that which the last congress passed and President Wilson vetoed. The resolution which also would end the state of war with the Austrian gov- ernment was referred to the foreign relations committee without discus- sion. It would provide thet American rights under the treaty of Versailles should be reserved. Wheat and Flour Prices Drop. Kansas City, Mo., April 14.—Wheat for July deliveries closed below a dol- lar a bushel Thursday for She first time since 1916. Thursday's closing price was 98 cents, a drop of ale cents since Wednesday. Spokane, April 14.—A decline of 40 cents a barrel on family patent flour was announced by local millers Thurs- day. This brings the best grades down to $8.20 a barrel at the mills. Bakers' flour was reduced 50 cents a barrel, with prices ranging frcrm $6 to $7.60. • •
