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Show ' " ' " ' " THE BINGHAM NEWS. BINflHAMirr ah p. pvpn, .e! 2 fv ii , t v , FvV , ? - i s u J s x wil i imu-fto- Buttle monument dedicated b.v i'resldent Hurtling ut Princeton, i. j. 2 loung America eei?biv.t!ng Flag day, a scene repeated everywhere throughout the land. 8 Drumhead election of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company onBoston Common. IIFFflllLiy fJEDED UP IENATE DEM0CRAT8 LETTING UP IN DEBATE AND MEASURE MAY PA88 IN JULY. CONFERENCE WILL BE LONG preildent Harding Still Urging Ship Subildy Loglatation, Which Many Republican Leaders Think It Would Be Good Policy to Enact By EDWARD B. CLARK Washington. The senate Is still la-boring with the tariff bill. Within a few days the Republican leaders eeera-- . - Ingly have found some cheer In the lltuatlon which has been gloomy, for they are predicting that the bill will become a law In July. It is true that the Democrats of the senate are showing some Inclination to let up a little In debate, thus giving the opposition party the feeling that the Fordney-McCumb- bill may be-come ft law pnHlpr than a nroolr r turn been abandoned at sea and which are a menace to navigation. The great war and Its disasters have not swept from the memory of the government officials the sinking ten' years ago of tiie Titanic, an accident of the sea which was accompanied by, such a terrible loss of lite. Means are taken toduy to guard thQj, oceua liners against the dangers of Icebergs and the derelicts. Within a circle of flowering bushes near the White Huse there is a foun-tain which Is a reminder of the Titanic disaster. It was erected In memory of Maj. Archibald W. Butt, President Taft's aide, and to that of Francis D. Millet, the artist, Butt's friend and companion on the voyage. The two men whose lives and deuths are thus commemorated went to their fate after, like nearly every other man on the d vessel, having helped ne women and children Into life boats to see them off to safety. After the close of the war certain parts of the seas were swept to pick up floating njn?s. In ' one or two places tills work is still going on, for some little danger remains to naviga-tion from these black explosives of the depths. So ftr as the matter of derelicts Is concerned. It Is known that the reports show that scores of them are floating about the seas in the vari-ous parts of the world. Government ago it was thought possible. There are obstacles, however, in the way of even a fairly quick passage of . . the customs measure, obstacles which have nothing to do with Democratic! , opposition to the schedules as they are written. It may be an old story now, but again let it be said that the ma-jority in the senate has proposed more than 2.000 amendments to the tariff bill as the majority in the house gave It Its sanction. Even with the possibility of cloture proceedings, which will limit debute In the senate, there necessarily will he some difficulty in straightening out the differences of opinion between the two bouses of congress. . When the bill passes the senate a conference committee to meet a like committer of the house will be appointed. The deliberations of this Joint committee are likely to be long drawn out. President Urges Ship Subsidy. President Harding desires that cer-tain legislation other than the tariff shall be enacted by the present con-gress. He has been urging the leaders of bis party to press the hlp subsidy bill to passage. It de-finitely Is known that a good many of the administration leaders think that subsidy legislation is as Important to party success as tariff legislation. They say: "Something must be done for the ehtps or nothing can be done with the ships." President , Harding seemingly Is heart-boun- d to subsidy legislation. His Interest In the subject through the years has been set forth In the press from time to time. Seemingly the President saw an opportunity In the present merchant marine circum-stances to strike for something In which he has believed. Therefore he urged congress and still Is urging It to care for the merchant murine' through legislation, and there Is a feeling that the Republican leaders may conclude to put the bill through the house this summer ami to proni'sc that the senate will care for H next vessels virtually an me time are seed-ing derelicts for the purpose of de-stroying them, but It seems that as fast us one Is destroyed another takes Its place. . Derelict Worse Than Iceberg. Vessels always ure being deserted at seu by their crews when It seems that sinking Is imminent. There la never much of an Increase In the num-ber of derelicts. It stays about the same year In and year out The derelict Is as much of a dan-ger to navigation as an iceberg, and perhaps more so, because It Is apt to get In the way of ships at every sea-son of the year, while Icebergs are a I'nng t. ordinarily, only for ubout six weeks. The usual time of the lce-- ! berg menace is In late May .nd June, but occasionally they break loose from their "moorings" much earlier than usual. This wus the case in the year when the Titanic went to Its doom southeast of Capo Race. Transatlantic passengers are not al-ways told how close they pass to dan-ger. Sometimes, however, they dls cover their escapes for themselves. A letter received a few days ago by the writer from a friend abroad says hat the ship upon which the voyager took passage to Europe passed within 200 feet of un Iceberg which was discov-ered only when the fog suddenly lifted. Narrow Escape for Big Liner. Not long ugo one great steamship eastward bound passed a derelict In the night, and escaped hitting It by a margin of less than 300 feet The der-ell-ct was seen by a man on the bridge In the darkness of the night. The voyagers learned of their nar-row escape only by an oversight of 'the captain of the ship. As i ion as the derelict had been passed he or-dered wireless messages to be sent to warn other steamships in t.ie s me line of commerce that a derelict was In their path. It Is the custom of piiKsenger steamers to have wlre.ess messages of greeting sent by passing steamers posted on the bulletin board ut the head of 'he main companion-way- . The day after tbe derelict hud been passed one of these messuges ,wai posted, the oiHcers of the ship overlooking the fact that after the usual greetings the captain of the passing vessel thanked his fellow cap-tain for warning him of the derelict which his ship had passed the night previous. In the United States navy s good many years ago there was a vtssel culled the Vesuvius. It carried dyna-mite guns, it is now out of commis-sion. The rii-s- t opportunity .vhlch tbe Vesuvius had to test Its guns while on an actual voyage and to learn Just what could be done with ordnance which fired dynamite under methods now dead and gone came when a derelict was encountered on the high seas. The abandoned vessel, which was of course a mcaacc t navgptlw. wns a lumber-lade- n schooner. The gov-ernment ship blew It up, but lumber will not sink, and following the "at-tack" on the derelict the surface of the seu for a considerable distance looked like the "doorway" of a lumber yard. However, the scattered frag-ments were no longer a menace to the ships that passed In the night. If the subsidV bill is to be given consideration by the house of repre-sentatives It will cot nieun necessarily that congress will have to sit long after the tariff Is passed, unless of course tbe senate determines also to give consideration to the merchant marine measure. Tbe house soon will adjourn lor three days at a time, waiting on senate action on the tariff bill. Of course, if the bouse is so In-clined It need not take these three-Ja- y adjournments, but can, under the direction of the majority, go to work at ship subsidy. Why Democrats Are Cheerful. The Democrats are cheerful today over the November prospect. They say that the country seems to like President Harding, but that the coun-'tr- y does not like the Republican con-gress. It is true, apparently, if one way jucige by wUI hcih Demra's and Republicans here say, that the 'President stands better with the coun-try than his party's majority In con-res- s stands. Therefore. It may be that the Republican majority In con-gress, recognizing the fact, may yield to tbe President desire that leglsla-'tlo- n other than the tariff shall be en-acted at the present session, at least 'by the house of representatives, i Bonus legislation still is In abeyance. iThe country knows, of course, that 'the President has desired one thing 'and that the party leaders In house and j senate have desired another thing. Recently there have been Indications !that there may be In the senate a combination of Democrats and Repub-licans to put through bonus legislation ;of a kind to which a large body of the 'Republican senators are opposed. What !the President will do with this legisla-tion when It reaches him for signature depends lurgely, of course, upon the iform which It takes. Some of the Democrats ar as anx-ious for an early adjournment an .ire 'the Republicans. For the main part, however, tbe Democrats who wish to get awny are those whose seats are concerted to be In dancer next Novem-ber. It would appear ns If tb majority of the Democrats would like i keep 'congress In Mssioii as Jong as pos-sible. beeailM' " l"lig ses-;'..- ) will I'l ' ! t" the nppeaiiiiice .of "ilni' mi tbe pari of tbe lletuibllcun Iceberg and Derelicts Abcuod. Reports come I" Vusl.ini..ii nf Ibej appearance of Iceber-'- s In flu uirthern seas, ami with these ivporis are others eomceinln derelicts, bips vvblih luive UTAH AIID UTAHIIS State Paragraph Newt Items of Interest Ft Douglas. II. Scholtcns, former . conductor of the Queen of, Holland's v band and now a warrant officer and i " , handmaster la the United States army, will direct thie triweekly band con-certs at Ft. Douglas ordered by Gen-eral U. G. MacAlexnnder for every Tuemlay, Thursday and Sunday after, noon during the summer months. Sdholtens Is a graduate of the Koyal ' ' Conservatory of Music at The Hague and of the Institute of Musical Arts of New York. Before coming to America, he was for seven years con-ductor of the royal Holland cavalry I band, known as the "Queen of Ilol- - land's Band." DeltaIIyram A, Knight, farmer var here who had a badly water--, togged farm prior to the Installation) of the drainage system, reports that' , he now has one of the most produc--, the farms in the county. He sayei v that this year he has eome of his' best crops on tracts that last year and) the year before grew nothing ana were considered worthless on account of waterlogged condition. ThroughoutV the various drainage districts in Uhls ' country it is said there are numerous farms under cultivation this year, which were abandoned years ago. ! i Salt Lake In order to work out the possibilities of using the vast amounts of salt that are available In 'Utah, Ih , the metallurgical treatment of largs -- deposits of low grade and complex ones as well as other problems, six fellowships have been awarded by fchej University of Utah department of me- - tallurglcni research. Six out of thirty-- , , five applicants were awarded the fel- - lowshlps. These were the men wlthj the highest scholarship and belt ref-erences, and they represent the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa,1 Missouri and Utah. ! " Price. Miss Josephine Olson of Price is ,nnnotinoed as the wlnuer of first place in an essay contest, conducted by the Women's Chris, tlan Temperance union among the Jun-iors and seniors of high schools! throughout the state. In a con best ' for students of the ninth and tenth grades Miss Gertrude Ilehiectoa k) Salt Lake won first prize. The sub- -, Ject given far the essay was "Why the! High School Student Should Fight the Cignretto." Beaver Tariff rates on transporta- -' tion of freight between Mllford andj Bewver have been reduced to 33 rents per hundred pounds by the public utilities commission, tbe order to this' effect having Just been made. Delta. The people of Delta are now being entertained In th evenlngj by! the radio station set up In the Mercer building by D. II. Miner and M. V.' Parshull. i , Salt Lake Over three Umos as many births were reported to the city board of health ns there were s ihirtnir tlm mint week. Births totaled 8.'! und deuths 25. . Ilolllday. Fire etarted by an alum- - tnum die castlng'muchlne In tine Bald-win Itadlo factory In East Mill creelto damaged the plant to the extent Of $5000. Salt Lake, Meetings are being heloV to lay plans for the great Diamond Jubilee celebration of the arrival of the pioneers in Salt Lake valley. V."1uterquarters The postoffloe was robbed of $er3 by bandits according to a report to Denver police. Hinckley Farmers in this section expect to produce large Quantities of seed this season. Plasant Grove An annual Straw-berry day was inaugurated here this wek. Salt Lake Early erection of a fed-- j rai t&Hitx; bunk tuHI'fg nctea i ' hare. - Logan. "Race suicide of the intel-lectual classes Is overwhelmingly tha problem of time, declared Dr. Lewis M. Terman of the Lelnnd Stunford . , university, In bis opening lecture be for tbe summer school students of th Utah Agrlcultuial college Brigham City. Special lectures and demonstrations on health problems ar being given In Itoxelder county by Mrs. Victoria Chrlstensen fit the Utah, Agricultural college. Brigham City. John Hodges waa terribly burned about the face, necK and hands In an explosion at the cement plant. . ' Frovo The chamber of commerce la making udrlve for new members. Sandy New Water mains are to-eing laid throughout the city. Salt Lake. During a four days' period, visitors who viewed the Capi-tal and the mountains rind valley ami sea which can be seen from the por-tico of the structure represented twon-ly-ek- ht of tbe states of the I'nton, and from foreign lands were .rcpre- - seniheB of Australia, l.ngmml, Hol-land, Canada, Switzerland, Sout.ti Ar-rl- ca and China and the Brazilian ona slon to the United Stato from Wosh, lpgton......... . ....v. . ... i IWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS 3ig Row Over Sale of Liquor on Vessels Controlled by the Shipping Board. airs un wets both angry Controversy May Hamper Ship Sub-sidy Legislation European Experts Meet at The Hague Russia le Recalcitrant American Federa-tion of Labor in Convention. By EDWARD W. PICKARD t(T IGGEST bootlegger in the world" D Is what they are calling Uncle Sam these days and Just because al-coholic beverages are sold on passen-ger vessels owned and controlled by the government, outside the three-mil-e limit. The storm of controversy, which has its center In Washington, Is amusing to the people generally, but It Is a mighty serious aflulr for Chairman Lasker and the other members of the United States shipping board, who are trying to compete with the passenger liners of other nations. And 'it Is likely to be equally serious for those who favor and are trying to pass ship subsidy legislation. ' Prohibition, ' like politics, makes strange bedfellows. United In the at-tack on Chairman Lasker's policy are the Anti-Saloo- n league, the dry leaders In congress, the Association Against Prohibition and such eminent wets as the men of the Busch family, brewers of St. Louis. The Busch men, indeed, started the row by letter? written meusure providing that subsidies shall not be paid to shipowners who sell liquor on American ships outside the three-mil- e limit. So long as Mr. Lasker Is able to maintain his position that an Amer-ican ship Is not American territory after It passes the three mile limit-thous- ands of thirsty - and grateful Americans will patronize the shipping board vessels. If and when he Is driven from that position, the thirsty American travelers will transfer their patronage to s!ilp3 that fly some other (lag than the Sturs and Stripes. PltESIDKXT HARDING Is so the passage of the ship subsidy bill, which' has been re drafted by the house committee on merchant marine, that he has warned congress Us failure In this respect will certain-ly lead him to call un Immediate ex-traordinary session. The President has also let congress know that In his opinion the tariff Is the most Important matter before It, and that It should have undivided attention until It Is disposed of. Then, and not until then, he thinks the soldiers' bonus bill should be taken up. McCumher and other senators who are pushing the bonus legislation showed a disposition to disregard this advice from the White House and went ahead with plans for sidetracking the tariff In ftivor of the bonus this week. They believe the latter meusure can be put through without a long debate. FLAG DAY was observed generally the country and among the celebrations was ona especially worthy of note. This was In historic Fort Mclienry where was unveiled the monument erected by congress to Francis Scott Key, author of the "Star Spangled Banner." The handsome shaft stands near the spot where flouted the Flag while Key was writing his Immortal lines. President Harding delivered a graceful dedicatory ad-dress. to be treated with contempt either by France or even the - United States, without whose economic the economics of the Russian state cannot be , By her famine relief America haa gained some sympathy In Russia, which she Is going to forfeit If she wishes to play the role of dictator toward Russia by forcing upon her such base demands. ''Despite her poverty, Russia will en-ter Into relations with 'foreign coun-tries only on the basis of mutual es-teem." What a strange Inversion of Ideas In that allusion to America and the famine relief! NECESSARILY the German will Intrude Itself In the present conference, Hnd the friends of France are hoping thut she will present a definite plun In this regard. Germany bus paid the June Installment, but cynically says, as' to the sums duo In July and thereafter, "there Is no likelihood that we can pay them, and what are you going to do about It?" Austria Is attracting more sympathy than any other of the former enemy states, for obvious reasnr.3. Her rulers are calling for material aid, which they sny must be extended to save the country from bjlshe1sm. Already France has agreed to muke a large loan to Austria. CHILIS and Peru, through their sent to Wash-ington, have spent a month In futile attempts to reach a basis for settlement of the Tacna-Arlc- n dispute, and now they hove asked Secretary of State Hughes to help them. It Is understood that he will not act as a formal arbitrator, but In an Individual cnpnclty In the role of a conciliator. CUBA Is In a mess again, owing . the deluy of President Zajae In carrying out the pledges made to General Oowder to rid the govern- - while on a shipping board vessel on which drinks were sold, openly and at moderate prices. Their wall, of course, Is directed against a policy that prevents their brewing and selling beer while It permits the selling of German and English beer on governmen-t- owned ships. The Association Against Prohibition Insists that the Volstead act be enforced to the limit, In the hope and expectation that it will thus be proved so unpopular that It will he rescinded. Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for the Ant!-8aloo- n leugue, reiterates the league's position concerning tbe three-mil- e limit, hold-ing that liquor cannot legally be sold on American vessels anywhere; but he says the Busch attack Is "simply an effort to discredit prohibition and create sentiment for the sale of beer," and he thinks the shipping bnord can take care of Itself. Prohibition Com-missioner flames admits there haB been a difference of opinion us to whether the Volstead act applies to vessels outside the three-mil- e limit. Thnt Is does not so apply Is held by counsel for the shipping board, accord-ing to Mr. Lnsker, and he adds: "Both from the standpoint of legal right and from the standpoint of the life and security of our national mer-chant murine the shipping hoard has permitted, and will continue to permit, the serving of liquor on Its ships, so long as foreign ships nre allowed to enter and depart from our shores ex-ercising that privilege." CONGRESS the results of the con-troversy IN may be more serious be-cause, as has been said already, the ship subsidy legislation Is likely to got mixed up In the tangle. Senator Willis of Ohio, Republican, and one of tbe most ardent dry leaders, said It was about time for the "prohibition navy" to turn It guns on tbe American mer-chant murine, and thnt the ship sub-sidy bill about to come up offered an excellent and timely legislative vehicle 'or action to end the sale of liquor on 4ips operated by the government. Venator .lories of Washington, who It ' as arid a Senator Willis, but who Is a No chairman of Hie eonunerci committee. I'l:'.:" e!i.Vi:e!ic protest rgainst Hie ():io;:.'s .oj.o..,il. He ilv dared tb;it The probib'i ion is:m wouht 'cotnplc:,te serloi'dy lite ship" suhsld' lesrNlation and imp'-ri- l Its sucec-- This is aNo tbe opinion of leading Democrats in the lower house, where fore tbey are gleefully getting ready V offer 'in dnien . th", .subsidy. ONCE more the European experts gathered together to deter-mine the best method of dealing with Russia and accomplishing the re-generation of the nations suffering from the effects of the World war. This time they are at The Hague, and for the present no representatives of Russia and of Germany are admitted. When a plan has been settled on, the soviet government will be asked to send delegates to take part In pour-parlers, beginning June 20. First the attitudes of Great Britain and France must be harmonized. At present these are diametrically op-posed. The British want Europe to forget the war; to do away wIMi Inter-national debts; to conciliate the van-quished states and make concessions to them; to Jolly soviet Russia; and generally to base the new Europe largely on economic Interests and com-pel the sinulier states to enter lto agreements accordingly. The French, as desirous as the British for peace and stable conditions, belltrve the war cannot be forgotten ; and that Interna-tional obligations should be fulfilled as far as possible. They want the new order maintained by physical force and the alliances and gradually extended to Includo all of Europe. As for Russia, they Insist, as they did at Genoa, that suitable guarantees must be supplied by the soviet government, and the memor-andum of May 11 withdrawn before official relations ure renewed.- - , It Is probable that a proposal will be mnde to Russia thnt a commission be permitted to Investigate economic condition there. If tbey maintain their present attitude, this will likely be rejected. Tbe bolshevik leaders nre quite unyielding, asxerllng that their attitude at The Hague will be the ame as ar Genoa, and that Hie only possible concessions to foreign capital will bo on the basis of tbe recently onneted laws governing private property. Their publicity man. Karl Radek," said' the conference at The Hague would prove a hindrance rather than a hol;. i'tid continued : "If we rife not to consider tbe dec-larations of Hoover and ll;"l'n'S and le Memorandum of I'ol'v are as empty what tbey ask before the pour-parlers with Russia N Russia's with-- i y of the memorandum of May 11 'n which the principal position f Hus via '. wus expressed. "The Russian' government Is not In suc(i H low position as to allow Itself ment of alleged graft The cabinet has resigned in order to aid the Presi-dent In earryLpg.mt the .disjreu .re-forms. Some meiilhers of the Cuban congress are talking of Impeaching Zayas, The American government Is watching developments closely, but It hopeful that Intervention under the terms of the Piatt amendment wll hot be necessary. ' T;iE AMERICAN FEDERATION LABOR, In session In Cincin-nati, once more turned down the Idea of the "one big union" plan, which Gompers and his supporters have so far successfully combated. The Chi-cago Federation of Labor was leading In the effort to put over an amalgama-tion of allied unions so that there would be only one union In each In-dustry. The delegates to the conven-tion decided f tint the whole force of the federation shall be directed toward the elimination of child labor In the United States, a crusade In which they will find few to oppose them outside of the southern states. They also adopted a resolution declaring that the ship subsidy bill should be condemned as Inimical to the public Interests and destructive to the nation's hopes and aspirations for sea power. In an ad-dress to the convention Senator of Wisconsin made a warm at-tack on the Supreme court and some of Its recent decisions. He proposed an amendment to the Constitution de-nying the power of lower courts to set aside a federal law ns unconstitu-tional, and providing for the nullifica-tion of any such decision by the Su-preme court by ment of the statute. IRELAND'S dnll elections took place at this writing no re-turns have been received. Tbe wind-u- p of the ejina!gn and tbe vigorous measures of tbe British soldiery served to quiet somewhat the 'warfare on the risicr border, but there were dally outrages In Belfast, Including an In-cendiary fire that destroyed a large block of business houses. In London tbe constitution ef the Irish Free State, as revised, was mndf puhl'e. It pla'cs the relation between Ireland and the empire on the basis as (';, inula and tbe other domin-ions. The Instrument Is quite up t' date, Including female suffrage", pro poltional representation and the re? erendum and Initiative. Free sdionli ami freedom of religion an prt"' ' fof.' . " - : What Willie Said. Little Ellene came slowlv Into the, house and said: "Mamma, on't the Bible ay we mustn't swear?" "Yes, dear." "Well, Johnny Staub Just sweared a awful word at me." "The Idea ! Why, what did he say?" "He said. 'By golly, you make me tired!'" Snn Francisco Chronicle. 1 The Market. "In the old days u man wns expect-ed to buy bis votes." "Yes," replied Senator Sorghum. "It Is no longer thus. As In the case of so many other things, the price of votes has gotten to he positively pro-hibitory." Patient Pupil. j linksThat Judge is a smart man. ,f i, s lie is thai. He gave me .Lenience once that look six months i,i work oiit.--.V'- w York Sun. .New highways are hejng '"'ill Peking and Ten Tsln, China, by J 10 mm laborers fed nil of t lit Inert-can lanilne relief fund |