Show j Disappointing ing Results I T HAT the report on tho Uio inv investigation of the Salt Lake 1 smoke nuisance which was conducted by the United States Slates bureau of mines in conjunction with the State of Utah and Salt Lake City is completed is the substance of a message received here Further than that the preliminary pre- pre reports are not definite and hence they hold bold holdout holdout out little hope to citizens who expected some constructive construe construe- I tive recommendations According to to the information received here the report rc- rc port declares that the fumes fames from the smelters in tho the Salt Lake valley are arc not responsible for the nuisance men will welcome this t-Ms verdict but the people will ivill fail to see sea any solution of their problem in the statement They will viII hope that the complete report of the the bureau of mines is more enlightening and more hopeful of a solution of the problem 4 Until this is received in Salt Lake judgment must necessarily bo be reserved ed altho although gh it is to be admitted I that the preliminary reports are disappointing ConI Considerable Con- Con I I time and money was spent in the investigation i tion in the hope that some program could be evolved I which would solve or at least reduce the annual winter vinter i nuisance of Salt Lake City The people are not so much concerned with the Smoke nuisance is as they are with a definite means of combating om it If the full report of the bureau of mines shows no more moro than is indicated in the abstract Salt SaltI I 4 Lake is about where it was before they called in expert advice e on the smoke nuisance Gompers Loses Issue rp T THE HE saner element of American labor will vilI sympathize L with Samuel Gompers veteran ct president of the American Federation of Labor in his defeat at tho the Montreal Mon- Mon treal convention on n the issue of government ownership There is no mistaking the vote of the convention and the th defeat of Mr Ir r. r Gompers was decisive c. Indications are re that the radical clement led by the United Mine MineWorkers Yorkers Workers took charee n of th the tha movement JIt J- J 4 It is easy to se see how and why they lean to govern- govern ment nt ownership wh when n they y forget the general interests of th the nati nation n. n As a class benefit there is nothing beter better bet bet- ter Mer er than government t. t ow ownership of railroads It provides provid T tho ho tho basis for fabulous wages regardless of revenue The benefiting class dass is not concerned with the source of this fund fund Government Go ownership is wasteful and extravagant t s 1 s was shown b by the experiment of the United Stat States louring suring the war rhe he system cannot ba be thrust upon the people without wit perpetuating inferior service and burdensome bur bar taxes as aswell well as stultifying progress initiative and business acumen Good Losers TO BE BE BEa a good loser a man must be an optimist He must have within him the attributes of honor courage courage courage cour cour- age and chi chivalry He must put away bitterness jealousy and hatred and rise above the gloom of defeat He must be the embodiment of that mythological bird which though consumed in fire yet rose in youthful freshness from its ashes Good losers are rare Many men who arre affect to be besuch besuch S such ch are not in reality They may be able to smile their congratulations to the winner but it is a sickly smile smil The lips speak words without the sweet concurrence con con- currence of the tie heart It takes a a. big ma maR man to be a a. good loser The best loser in the race for the presidential candidacy candidacy candidacy can can- at Chicago seems to have been General Wood He lie w was prompt in his message of congratulations to the nominee and it bore the impress of sincerity It may I be that disappointments are so common in his recent life lire that he has become accustomed to them and was I J able le to bear up tip becomingly though harboring resent resent- ment But his conduct since the convention has been admirable admirable admirable ad ad- mirable and emphasizes s th tb the good opinion formed of him by the public generally that generally that he is a a. genuine type of man and a great American Perhaps the best loser in a big way the country ever saw was former fonner President Taft There was no repining repining repin repin- I ing there He has continued to wear the smile that i i wont won't nt come off He has kept right on evincing a splendid splendid i did id interest in national affairs His Ills disappointments have bave not soured his hia sunny disposition at all He hasi has i risen phoenix-like phoenix from the ashes of his reverses He is in example for his fellowmen 4 All 1 men have a a. a right to their opinions but after working for the attainment of the same objects as ns ones one's fellows after fighting shoulder to shoulder for years with ones one's comrades it is not admirable to sulk or or bolt Dr or desert at personal disappointment or defeat A malcontent mal mal- content is not an engaging character In military life a bolter is a a. deserter and he be is shot at sunrise These re- re are aimed at no one in particular but at the whole tribe of malcontents in general We believe they hey are arc applicable to toWar War love loye war var business politics or Baseball King King- George has received Russian RussUm jewels valued at How did the ki miss them In announcing himself against a a. one man campaign campaign campaign cam cam- i Senator Harding undoubtedly received his bis warning warning warn Warn- ing mg from the tho present administration Wyoming Geyser Shoots Stream of Cold Water Headline Now we know what it is that dampens the of oil enthusiasts President Wilson feels confident that the tho Democrats At San Francisco will welcome his league of nations is is- is sue He once expressed the same conviction in Europe with ith regard to the American people Chicago is much concerned with what to do with worth of liquor r stored in the cellar of a house honse which i is a about out t to be sold A lot Jot of good drinking men could furnish the answer but how f far r would this much liquor go in ma ina a cro crowd Ji 4 Federal Ant Law Late LawT T THE HE re recent t in Duluth emphasize the need of a proposed law now pending in Congress It was introduced by Representative Dyer of l and its purpose is to bring to an end the tho disgraceful lynching lynch ing business in this country It is proposed to resort to this remedy for a great national notional evil and scandal because because because be be- cause many of the states have hae failed to prevent lynch lynch- ings or to lo bring tile the to justice except in a l comparatively cly few cases involved in the The bill provides pro that an any person removal of a prisoner from the tho custody of an officer r of or the law la shall be heavily fined if convicted If a person person per per- son ron is killed at nt the tho hands of a mob of or three or more mora individuals all concerned shall shull bo be regarded as guilty g of murder and shall l be punishable as such In case of lynch law the county in which the tho crime occurs and anti every cry county through which the tho victim is borne horne shall forfeit us as a 3 fine A prisoner may be transferred transferred transferred trans trans- from state to federal jurisdiction if he ho so demands de Ie- mands on the ground of danger to his person Objections have been raised to Uncle Sams Sam's taking a hand in forcing tho the several states to do their duty in inlaw inlaw law Jaw enforcement on the thi old ground of interference with states' states rights and that the federal government gO lacks the power to act as a mentor of the conduct of state of of- But the Fourteenth amendment is invoked to cover er the case This amendment provides pro that no state shall deprive deprive de do- we pr-we any person of life libert liberty or property without due duc process of law nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection ot or the tue laws uw amendment ends with these words The Congress shall have bave power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this act Members of the House judiciary committee cite that other federal laws Jaws similar to the bill have been declared constitutional and they refer to such authorities as William Howard Taft A. A Mitchell Palmer and Charles Evans Hughes as having urged Congress to enact leg legislation in suppression of lynching While in many respects perhaps there is in recent years too great a disposition on the part of Congress to legislate upon subjects which are regarded regard cd as the special province of the states in cases where it has baa been frequently demonstrated that the thc states st. c cannot ot or do donot donot donot not deal effectively with lynching which is and ever has been a shame and a blot upon the name of the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion public opinion ought to reinforce the congressional effort to to stamp it out Too Many lJ Half HoseD Hose D DISPATCHES T from rom Washington announce that eight thousand women in the tho war risk insurance bureau have appeared for work in half hose It is not stated whether the officials in charge are shocked or quietly pleased Nevertheless the departure should serve seITe at one useful purpose If the tho girls are arc as modest as the their I grandmothers believe belie we fancy that a government department department de dc- trying to keep all of them busy is very hard bard pressed The new fashions in conjunction with the seasonal length of 01 skirts will at least give the girls something to do This will please the tho taxpayer who believes that government go should do something The Tho figures are astounding as any laundry will wiIl tes tes- tes- tes Lily But all of this is none of the publics public's business cin r iT 1 ii Vi t. hn 1 lc on i 1 Ar no C MV T N v r U b. b LAo j t I it will mIl appear to the tho public that with e eight thousand women and a large number of men on the payroll payroll payroll pay pay- roll the government could do 10 without a large number of half The demand for help in n all lines of endeavor endeavor endeavor en en- deavor is too great for the administration to attempt a monopoly of beauty in any anyone one branch of the tho government govern govern- ment service It is inconceivable able that an army like this should be required to conduct the war risk bureau Dame Rumor has it that William Villiam G. G McAdoo l will not be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nom fern Remembering wh why he quit the cabinet it may maybe maybe maybe be necessary to increase the tho Presidents President's salary to interest interest in in- interest in- in terest him |