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Show I Rrst dus Job Printing Are Ton a Subscriber? tw At living prices. Let us have your next order for anything you want prints ed. Rich County News printing is synonymous with art and efficiency. If not please remember will your subscription help make this paper strong a thing necessary for an unsurpassed news service. ? TWENTY-FIFT- YEAR. H RANDOLPH, RICH COUNTY, UJAH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1922 NUMBER 42. - f PRESiDEMT HARDING Watermelons i, Th Reconnoitering Party SH0PH HOLD Pithy News Notes i From All Parts of UTAH i . STRIKE THAT OPENED APRIL ENDS WHEN BOTH FACTIONS REACH NEW AGREEMENT Holds Act Is lnade quate and Seeks a New Plan to Make Rulings of Board ' Effective Officials and Soft Coal Miners Sign Pact Which Again Opens Up Coal Esch-Cummi- Washington. 1 IMPOSSIBLE I? RELATIVE STANDING OF MEN IGNORED, IT IS ARGUED ADJUSTMENT Industrys Demand May Prompt Ex ecutives to Settle Long Rail Strike; Meetings Being Held Frequently Mines In Many States; Men Rejoice Cleveland. President An agreement ending New York. Harding has been in Friday told congress and the nation the soft coal strike1 that that he was resolved to use all the effect since April was unanimously power of the government to maintain transportation and sustain the right of men to work. Government toy law must and will be maintained, the president said, no matter what clouds may gather, no matter what storms may ensue, no matter what hardships may attend, or what sacrifice may be necessary. Stating that sympathetic railroad strikes had developed and impaired interstate commerce seriously, the president said that trains deserted in the Western desert had revealed the cruelty an contempt for law on the part of some railway employes who have conspired to paralyze transpor. tation. A asserting that the striking unions in some instances had not held their forces to law observance, Mr. Harding said there is a state of lawlessness shocking to every conception of American law and order and announced his intention to invoke laws, civil and criminal, forbidding conspiracies hindering interstate commerce and requiring safety in railway service. In declaring positively for the right of men to work the president said that in both the coal and railroad strikes this right has been denied by assault and violence and in some .cases winked at by local Authorities. He added: It is fair to say that the great mass of organized workmen do not approve tout they seem helpless to hinder. These conditions cannot remain in free America. Surely the threatening conditions must impress the congress and the country, the president went on, that no body of men, whether limited in number and responsible for railway management, or powerful in numbers and constituting the necessary forces in railroad operation, shall be permitted to choose a course which so imperils public welfare. . The president declared a national investigation lor constructive recommendations as to the conduct of the coal industry to be imperative and recommended a government commission to advise as to fair wages and conditions. Immediate legislation to establish a national coal agency temporarily ' with necessary capital to purchase, seel and distribute coal also was urged by the executive. act Stating that the in establishing the railroad labor board was ' inadequate, being with , little or no power to enforce its decisions, the president recommended action to make the board's decisions enforceable and effective against carriers and employes alike. Other legislation recommendations were for better protection of aliens and enforcement of their treaty rights, through a measure to give federal courts jurisdiction in protecting aliens. In discussing the coal situation the president referred to what he termed the shocking crime at Herrin, 111., which so recently shamed and horrified the country and added the incident wa3 butchery of human beings wrought in madness. Other than the amendament to the law to make the railroad board's decisions enforceable, the president did not recommend any legislation to deal immediately with the railroad strike. Tn asking for coal legislation, the president said the administration had sought earnestly to restrain profiteering and to secure the rightful distribution, of coal, but tyas without legal power to control prices. Esch-Cummi- Esch-Cummi- Hungary Would Join League Ggieva, Switzerland. Formal from Hungary for admission int(V membership of the league of nations was received Friday by the league secretary. The application will be 'Acted upon at the September meeting of the assembly. n 200 Fires Burn in Minnesota Duluth, Minn., It is estimated that more' than 200 fires are burning in the forest sections of the state. The majority of them are in peat bogs,, condition of the but the tinder-lik- e woods make even the smallest fire a potential menace. execu- tives of the country are trying to settle the rail strike without reference t th question of seniority the bugaboo of both sides there can be no adjustment without restoring to the the same relative standing in the shops that they had before the walk--' approved by officials and miners in Jont conference here Tuesday. s New York. Agreement between operators and miners at Cleveland will result in a general acceptance of their terms throughout the coal mining inend of the dustry, and a nation-wid- e strike, notwithstanding the relatively small representation of the operators at the Cleveland conference, officials of the National association declared here Tuesday. Washington. Legislation by conand gress to regulate distribution was winter the of coal during prices declared Tuesday by Secretary Hoover to be necessary even though operations soon are to be started in the bituminous and authracite fields. The suspension of work in the coal fields now in the twentieth week has so lowered coal stock, Mr. Hoover said that not even immediate and reasonably full production will remove the necessity of some measure of regulation during the next six months, when the coutry makes its greatest drain on coal supplies. The federal coal distribution committee the commerce secretary pointed out, is functioning with voluntary forces and as an emergency agency and hence cannot continue to direct distribution indefinitely.' Mr. Hoover also saw the need of imposition of some statutory control of coal prices during the winter or otherwise coal prices might become unduly high Price control by voluntary agreement, Mr. Hoover said has been successful in some districts, but in many districts of late individual operators have shown a tendacy to break away from the maximum fair price levels. Means of checking the price situation resulting from competition between railroads and public utilities for fuel were considered Tuesday by federal fuel distributor Spencer and the Central coal committee. Officials said the committee was working towards a policy of more special priority orders for coal shipments to railroads and public utilities which would give such fuel movement a right of way over coal moving under general priority. Blanket priority orders, it was announced, have been issued for the shipment of coal from the Alabama fields for the relief of railroads in the Southwest running out of St. Louis and 'lines in Illinois running out of " Chcago. While both the shop craft unions and the railway mt mi. There can be no compromise on thi3 on what basis it may i-announced following the meeting Of the railway executives in this city to be held soon, that an understand-to- g has been reached and that the men are going back to work, their seniority rights are going to be restored or the strike will continue. Two weeks ago the policy committee of the three divisions of the shop craft unions held a meeting in Chicago and decided on the basis on which they would permit their men to return to work. They accepted the original peace proposal made by President Harding, granting them their unimpaired seniority rights. This committee is composed of ninety general chairmen, representing all of the railroad systems in the United States. The executive committee of the shop crafts has no authority to go beyond the terms which the policy committee reported would be acceptable. If a compromise was to be considered, it would toe necessary for Bert M. Jew-U- t president of the shoft craft unions to caila meeting of the policy committee to pass on the question. That he has not done so makes it clear that the only proposition which the 148 railway executives will have to consider is a settlement of the strike with the men returning to work with seniority rights as they stood prior to July 1, when the strike was called. The unions are willing to permit the railroads to announce that a settlement has been reached which is equitable to both sides, and even to make it appear that the railroad executives gained some valuable concessions and that they are going to keep the promises originally made that the loyal employees would hold seniority rights above the strikers. As a matter of fact, according to one of the union officials, most of the men who did not strike stood high on the seniority lists before the strike was the men i ailed. In many instances who headed the seniority lists did not strike at all. They refused to obey the strike order because they feared to lose their seniority and pension rights, which they had earned through many years of continued employment. These men, of course, will retain their seniority rights. After a frank discussion of the whole matter in tha conference between the union officials brotherof the five transportation hoods, acting as mediators for the shop crafts, and the committee of railway executives last wreek, it became apparent that the seniority nightmare was only a bad dream after all and could best be settled by ignoring it. There was a private understanding, however, that men who did not strike would hold seniority rights over the men who walked out only when suck rights existed before July 1. faint. No matter e PREMIER TELLS OF UNSUCCESS- FORMER METHODS IN USE BASED ON CAR SUPPLY, EXPECTED FUL PARLEY AT LONDON AND,' ASKS FOR TO FAIL CONFIDENCE Minister Seeks Authority to Proceed Importations of British Tonnage Ah With Nonmilitary Measures to , ready Beginning to Lag Because ' of Higher Costs Than DoApplied to Former . I Enemies mestic Coal Rambouillet, France. The . Frenei cabinet, met here under the chairmanship of President Millerand and decided not to call an extarordinary session of parliament, since the govern, ment is constitutionally empowered tq m.i, Washington. Settlement in part the bituminous strike and prospects ol of of agreement to end the suspension work in the anthracite fields has brought the government face to face a new problem the matter of With i ded.,. recesses. Eambouillet. The French cabinet Wednesday unanimously approved of the German reparations policy of Premier Peincare and congratulated him on the stand he took at the London conference of allied premiers. This action was taken after M. Poincare had given an exposition of the unsuccessful negotiations in London. The premier desires that parliament be convened to give the ministry a vote of confidence. This would be taken as a mandate to execute the plan which Minister of Finance de Lasteyrie is bringing before the council. The government, during the general suspension of mining, has used car supply as a weapon to enforce the price agreements to which the producing operators subscribed at the behest of secretary Hoover; but, with new mines opening daily, the federal fuel distributer has been confronted with the possibility of a breakdown in the control exercised 'over prices. Whether the present system can be extended to the mines now being opened is a question which is being given serious consideration by officials. Some of President Harding's advisers, notably Secretary Hoover, are known to feel that congress should be asked to enact some sort of price control legislation to prevent skyrocketing of coal prices as the result of a shortage caused by the miners walkout. Belief has been expressed in some quarters that the president would include such a request in his message to congress on the industrial situation. The federal distribution committee asked whether grain elevators should .be classed as public utilities, as representations have been made that the operation of large elevators in Kansas City, Omaha, WicJiita and other middle Western cities was a matter of considerable urgency aow, grain shipments being at their peak. The committee was said to hold that the needs of elevators come within the jurisdiction of the various state fuel administrations. Federal Fuel Distributer Spencer pointed out that importations of British coal had shown a tendency to lag because of the higher prices it commands compared with domestic coal, and declared that there is a real need for all British cargo coal, and it should of help to meet the requirements many consumers in New York and New England." The plan, which is reported to have been prepared in case the reparations commissions decision on the moratorium question pronounces Germany in wilful default of her payments, deals with measures to be taken in e and the French occupied territory of the Rhineland. It is undertsood no military measures have been contemplated thus far. When the ministers alighted at the Rambouillet station the crowd gave cheers for England as well as for Affirms Duties on Dyes France, although there were some Washington. The senate, by a vote cries of down with Lloyd George. of 30 to 31, reaffirmed Friday its action of Thursday in approving duties on coal tar dyes and synthetic LAWS TO AID FRAUD CASES chemicals declared in debate conAttorney General Asks For Legislastituted a complete embargo. tion to Believe Court Jurisdiction No Verdict Reached on Labor Leader Washington. Amendments of exAfter moro than eighty isting laws with reference to summonChicago. hours deliberation, the jury in the ing of witnesses in civil cases is urged building trades murder trial was dis- by Attorney General Daugherty in letcharged Monday without reaching a ters to Chairman Nelson of the senverdict. No indication of how the ate judiciary committee and Chairjury stood, was given to the court. man Volstead of the house judiciary Fred Mader, Dan J. McCarthy and committee, asking for additional legJohn Miller, the three defendants, islation to enable the government to will probably be tried again this fall. institute suits for the recovery of The cases against Big Tim Murphy money in certain war fraud cases. and Con Shea, prominent Chicago Prompt enactment of such legislalabor leaders, were previously dis- tion has now become essential, Mr. WAk DEBT TO RECEIVE ACTION missed. The trial grew out of the Daugherty said, as without it, the govslaying of two policemen during the ernment will be so hampered, in its France Calls Her Representatives From Washington Home building trades reign of terror here. efforts to recover money out of which the government has been defrauded Paris. Premier Poincare has Labor Shortage in New Guinea unavailing ini ered the French debt commission, prove they might " Sydney, Australia. Even German many cases. headed by Jean V. Parmentier, to reNew Quinea, which since the World It has been discovered, a state- turn to Paris from Washington immewar has been administered by the ment issued at the same time by the diately, it was learned Thursday. Australian government, is facing a la- department of justice, said, as the M. ParmentSr and his aides are exbor shortage, although its native pop- war fraud cases have been pushed a pected to leave New York within the ulation of 400,000 and its territory un. completion, that without the next few days. He has been ordered der cultivation only 150,000 acres. The early enactment of new legislation, home to report to the premier the refigures are contained in a report on the rights of the government in civil sults of conversations with American the New Guinea administration sub suits will be seriously embarrassed officials regarding the French debt to mitted to the federal parliament. in virutlally all the cases now under the United States. consideration. Find Glacier Near Los Angeles Use Glass for New Camouflage Los Angeles, Cal. A glacier has St. Louis, Mo. Thirty tons of glass, Japan to Have Pedigreed Sheep been discovered in the San BernarVancouver, B. C. Records of this broken into great chunks, were de. dino mountains, in San Bernardino port show 600 pedigreed sheep have posited around the polar bear cage at county, 100 miles east of Los Angels' passed through here en route to Ja- Jhe forest park zoo here Thursday. in a region never suspected of har- pan since July 1. f These sheep are Keepers hoped that the bears would boring a field of ice, according to word being shipped from Pennsylvania and be kidded Into believing that it brought here by F. G. Leonard and S. crossed the continent by rail, then wasn't as hot as the thermometer C. Freefield, business associates of move aboard Japanese liners and said it was. this city. freighters to the orient. Alsace-Lorrain- to-w- Illinois Has Oldest Farmer Aurora. George Elkins, 97 years old, of Buncombe, 111., was selected Sunday as the winner of the prize offered by the Central States Fair for the oldest man actually engaged in farming. Elkins submitted affidavits to show he wras actively engaged in running his farm, on wrhich he has lived for seventy-fiv- e years. lie won a trip to the fair, $50 in cash and a number of farming implements. Additional Clerks Employed Washington. To relieve the pressure of work and prevent overtime hours for postal employees, the post-offidepartment has authorized the employment of one addtional clerk at each of the following postoffices: Eureka and Trice, Utah; Tocatello, Idaho, and Rock Springs, Wyo. nri I OUT FOH RI6HTS RESOLVED TO USE FEDERAL POWER FOR MAINTENANCE OF TRANSPORTATION rj-ru- Salt Lake. The certification committee of the state board of education has granted first class certificates to the following teachers in Utah : Lucille Adams, Parowan ; Julia Alleman, Springville; Carrie Allen, Cirdeville ; Mrs. Lucille Baker, Ogden; Marguerite Bryant, . Chateau, Oklahoma; John Crandall Carlisle, Logan ; Hazel Christensen, Richfield ; Vella Clarke, New'ton; Sarah Leona Davidson, Logan; Harriet Mae LM- ine, Salt Lake ; Simeon A. Dunn, Pocatello, Ida. ;Hilda N. Forristall, 0.1 Twelfth street, Ogden; Henry Graf, Santa Clara; May Christensen Hammond, Provo; Inez Harris, Pleasant Grove; Rachel Holbrook, 227 East Third North, Provo; Mildred Irons, Moroni; Tacy Irons, Nephi; Clerynth. Jensen, Beaver; Rhoda E. Junk, Ogden ; Guinivere Kotter, Brigham City ; Genesta Laney, Salt Lake; John H. McConkie, Vernal; Orville E. Nelson, Logan ; Vanza Nielsen, American Fork; Velma May Palmer, North Logan ; Maggie Etna Peterson, Smith-fiel- d ; Merrit L. Ioulson, Ri erside ; Juanita L. Pulsipher, Bunkerville, Nev. ; Loreta Barnson Riddle, Escalante ; Anna Marguerite Rider, River Heights, Logan ; Ida Mae Rinder-knecli- t, Providence; Elizabeth Roskel-leSmithfield ; Bonnie Fae Shipley, Palouse, Wash. ; Blanche Smith, Biek-nel- l; Delcie iSouthwick, Lehi; Elmer Taylor, New Harmony; Mrs. Helvie Hanson Van Orden, Logan ; Mrs. Jessie R. Wadley, Pleasant Grove ; Iteao Weaver, Bennington, Idaho; Wright Weav er, Montpelier, Ida. ; and Helen Winslow-- , Denver, Colo. y, Ogden. A started here. war on weeds has been The city physician is in charge of the work, 'Vernal Tie crickets which. eons a great pest in the Blue mountain country for some time are leaving that section for the south. Proco. Provo, Springville and Spanish Pork celebrated the completion of the concrete road which links the three cities together. Provo. Dr. Caroline Iieger, M. D., of the Elizabeth McCormack meino-!a- l fund of Chicago, will deliver a series of lectures in the county, August 21 to 24 inclusive. During the war Miss Iieger vv as encaged with the I mted. States relief council and conies to the county highly recommended as an authority on the proper conduct of children and home economics. Salt Lake. D. F. Willey, 23 years old, of 721 South Third East street, is reported missing from his home since July 17. His wife and his father, Jed Wiley, have asked authorities to aid in the search for him. Thompson. The Ballard & Thompson Railwray company, owning a railroad constructed twelve years ago, and which runs between Thompson, a station on the Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Sego, in Grand county, a distance of five miles, was before the public utilities commission wnth an application to be permitted to act as a common carrier betw een the tw-points. Salt Lake. With the exception of Salt Lake City, taxes will be lower this year in every county taxing district, according to data compiled by James H. Sullivan, county auditor. The rate in Salt Lake City school district will be 21.2 mills, the same as 1921 ; for the Granite school district, 21.2 mills, as against 22 3 mills ; for the Jordan school district, 19.2 mills, as against 21.2 mills ; for the Murray city school district, 34.3 mills, as against 35.73 mills. Total levies for all purposes in incorporated towns follow: iSandy, 2S.2 mills, as against 20.2 mills; Midvale, 26.2 mills, as against 31.2 mills ; Bingham, 27.2 mills, as against 29.2 mills. The Utah development Ogden campaign is in full swing here. Utah, made products are to be popularized. Moroni. Plans are toeing discussed, fbr paving the road from Pigeon Hollow to the Juab county line. Salt Lake. G troop, 116th cavalry, Utah National Guard, which has been stationed at Helper since June 13. when it was sent into Carbon county to quell coal strike disturbances, has Two Killed in Wreck An engineer and fireman been ordered back to its headquarters Chicago. were killed and two express messen- at Brigham City. In addition, soma men whose, presence ' at gers injured when express train No. thrty-seve39 on the Michigan Central railroad, home is urgently desirable, have been from New York to Chicago by way released from further duty In the ccal of Detroit, was wrecked near Gary, fields at the order of the governor, and relumed home. Ind., early Sunday morning. n |