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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-03

The reconstruction conference OF
governors and mayors recently held
in Washington at the call Of Secre-
tary Wilson Of the Deptrament Of
Labor accomplished number Of Inn
portant results.
II impressed first OF all on all the
participants that the labor problems
of the country must be viewed as
they arise with more complete un-
Outstanding OF the basic conditions.
There were men in the conference,
chief executives from cities, who ar
rived with the feeling that such labor
disturbances as they had at home
were merely local demonstration
which had originated either from tho
adverse attitude OF the employers, or
because of some petty incident in To-
cal labor circles.
BY getting together and exchans
ing impressions In an executive town
meeting session with plenty of oppor,
tunity for discussion, the men were
given wider vision, and II is GER
tain that those who were disposed to
regard labor nixups as parochial az
fairs will now reproach them with a
clearer understanding and apprecia-
tion Of the responsibilities. There Is
no gainsaying that in many cases tho
possibility that labor disturbances
were political rather than mere wage
or hour disputes. came as new idea.
No chief executive will be any the
worse off because he has learned TO
carfully size his job and to estimate
Its full significance in advance.
The formal declaration Of Profess
sor Irving Fisher. the economist,
that We are permanently on high
or price level. and that prices stay
MP. was sufficiently important de-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-03

0. That memorials should be I'M
dertaken and should be Of a utilitar-
ian, rather than Of a purely orpa-
mental character.
10. HAT states should be deviJins
way to force into use such material
resources as are held by spectators.
As a concrete. constructive prc-
gram for Industrial readjustment tha
foregoing may leave much to be de-
sired but who with say that two or
three hundred men. be their ability
and brains however exceptional, in
three days may formulate to the iast
detail the constructive program that
will counterfeit the disorders wrought
through four years Of war---a contest
of unprecedented magnitude which
concentrated the ability and brains Of
the entire world on destruction.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-03

ton OF the labor wage ie,eI CT living
conditions for labor, not ,nly was the
majority sentiment OF the conferences.
but II was, approximately, the uaan-
imous sentiment.
6. II was agreed the federal gov
eminent ought to continue its survey
Of natural resources to the end thai
the concentrations imperative In war
might be encouraged in peace activi.
ties.
4. That the federal employment
service ought not to be discontinue
during the period Of transition.
s. That II would be helpful IL DC
mobilization might be effected thru
local draft boards so that men I'm the
army would not be released until
they were returned to their originti
communities.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-03

the deportation Of such aliens as az
vocate or plot the overthrow OF gov
ernmentsl forces was also one Of the
important achievements Of the meet
ing. This is another problem which
in many cases, was being settled on
local basis, and there is no denying
that governors and mayors have
been handicapped by the doubt as to
how their brother officials might act.
Nov after a full discussion by rep
resentatives from all parts OF the
country, the executives present have
formally Endorsed this method OF
procedure. and all will feel safer in
following this course. The fear that
other governors or mayors may per-
haps take issue with them has been
dissipated.
Having in mind the diversified po-
litical elements participating. that
there should be ten points of agree
ment is significant. When the con
ference resolution is reduced to
lplain, concrete statements, the con.
ference agreed on these propos,
tions:
/. The department of labor's pol
icy of deportation for such aliens az
advocate or plot the overthrow of IT, c
resentgovernment was indorsoe
2. 1t was agreed hat. In all pro-
liabilities the railro ,d- would remain
under government control for. 81
months after the signing of the peace
treaty; that the federal government
should go ahead with such raj. 7cad
improvements and expansions rs are.
essential IL our transportation sys-
TENS are to approximate thejs yossi-
bilities as an aid to commerce.
3. There shoul dbe no barn ami
fast price fixing by government agen-
cies. but these should investigate and
make public their conclusions as to
fair and equitable D ices. per ut,ting
public opinion to do the rest.
4. II was agreed that present
freight rates on rost and building
are hampering activities 10
those fields and revltioa of these
rates is urged.
s. That there should be no reduc-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-03

| The general impression that some
how prices Of materials and labor
are due for a drop within relatively
short time. has been one OF the most
stagnating features of business life.
II is because this feeling is so gener-
ally current, that billions of work
has been held up throughout the
country, private and public. 1t is
not that men were anxious to dodge
their responsibilities, but they had
the natural feeling that If prices
were to drop. they did not see why
they should adventure in advance OF
that drop on large undertakings.
Long before Prof. Fisher prepared
his paper, 1t can be said that the ex-
'perts Of the Department OF Labor
working in the Construction division
had within the last three months
reached the same conclusion from
study of conditions following the Civ
II war.
1t 10 interesting to note that al
though the Fisher statement was one
Of the declarations CLOSED over by
the newspapers at the time, 1t is now
being reprinted generally through
out the country by banking and econ
omic authorities, and as yet, there
has been no attempt to upset the
conclusions. This declaration has
fortified every governor and mayor
who will be able to use II to meet
his budget committees who may sug-
gest the delay in public undertakings
until the reduction materializes.
The unanimity of the decision Of
the conference to indorse outright
the Department Of Labor policy for
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-03

liar disturbances that are sure to
follow unless the state of war is
brought speedily to a close. We hear
much Of the way in which the poor
peasants of Europe hail Mr.. Wilson
as their liberator. and crowd to give
him flowers or even to touch his gar
'ments. Poor ignorant creatures that
they are! DID they but Know IL he
is injuring rather than helping them
by postponing the peace that they
have earned by their years of sorrow.
suffering and sacrifice, and bringing
upon them the terror that has en-
quilted Russia and is now Speeding
ad. All this that We maydddddddd
westward. All this that we may have
a league of nations guaranteed to
save the world in the future. Upt
less the social disease that Is killing
humanity is speedily cured by a
prompt peace there soon will be no
world to save.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-03
A Heavy Responsibility

| WASHINGTON, April 2.-The in.
evitable result of the prolonged de.
lay in the contamination of peace has
come to pass. Bolshevism. which
has been brewing all over the world
has broken out in Hungary. II is re-
ported that the new developments
have created condemnation at the
peace conference, and that immediate
steps will be taken to complete tile
treaty with Germany and end the per-
iod of suspense that has prevented
the recovery OF society from war con-
ditions.
1t has been apparent for months
that precisely what has happened
would come upon the world unless a
speedy peace was concluded. the Cen
trail powers informed of the price
they would have to pay. and the al
lied nations told of what they could
expect by way OF reparation from the
Germans. But this vital information
has been withheld by the peace con-
ferees; in fact no attempt was made
for more than three months by the
conferees themselves to arrive at a
determination of the peace terms.
They were busy with the league OF
nations, having no bearing whatever
on the conditions from which man
kind is suffering at the present time,
but dealing with situations that GER
tain leaders in Paris think may pre-
sent themselves inlthe future. Mean
while the spirit OF unrest has been
growing and spreading throughout
the world.
The interests of Belgium are, par
alyzed Practically all machinery
was removed by the Germans. and
the productive capacity of the eoun-
try was completely destroyed. Moth
ing can be done in Belgium toward
reconstruction until indemnities from
Germany begin to arrive. Meanwhile
labor is idle and in a receptive mood
for the vagaries of Bolshevism. Sim
liar conditions prevail in northern
France.
In Austria and Hungary other con-
celebrations lead to the same end.
These countries are composed OF sew
erai different races each with its
own language, history and antece-
dents. The government that held
them together in one nation has fall
len. and the final result viii be that
separate states will be carved from
the original territory OF Austria Hun
gary. But the boundaries OF their
territorial lin.its has been postponed
by the peace conference. while the
league Of nations held the boards al
Paris. Meanwhile the whole OF south
eastern Europe has been in a state
OF turmoil. Nobody could tell to
what country he belonged. whether
Gle peoples of his own race and
blood were to be allowed the right
OF self determination, or whether
they were to take their former place
az vassals to a foreign government.
Small wonder that under such aggra-
Vations the people have decided 10
take matters into their own hands,
and give to themselves the liberty
that others have failed to provide. for
them.
Upon the shoulders OF the men al
Paris who have been foremost In
advocacy Of the league of nations
rests the responsibility for the out.
break OF Hungary and for other aim
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-03

claration to justify the calling OF the
session. If no other statement has
been made.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
PARIS ADJUSTS DIFFERENCES

PARIS. Feb. 2J.-Japanese financiers are granted the privielge of making loans to China for the building of hun dreds of miles of railroads in Mongolia Manchuria and China proper and the Japanese are granted the right to par ticipate in the operation of the rail ways now constructed in Shantung province, under notes exchanged by Japan and China on September A, 1918.
 These notes which are before the peace conference, supplement the treaty and notes of May 25. 1915. be- tween Japan and China, in which the Chinese government engaged to recog niZe all agreements between the Chi nese and Germans. respecting dispo- sition of German rights and interests in Shantung province.
 Baron GOto. Japanese minister Of foreign affairs, and Tsung Hsiang Chang. Chinese minister to Japan. signed the three sets of notes ex- Changed, September 24.
 One set outlined the new railroads which Japanese capitalists may finance in Manchuria, Mongolia, and Chi Ii province, north China.
 The second outlined the new rail roads which Japanese capitalists may finance in Shangtung province, to con. meet the existing German owned lines with the other principal railroad line. in north China.
 The third set stipulates the condi. | tions under which Japan may partici. | pate with China in Shantung provinc, affairs.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
P|Ez SAYS INCREASE
 MEANS CANCELLATION

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. - Labor agreements between shipyard workers and employers. made by the shipyard adjustment committee during the war and expiring March 3l, will be su perceded by a system designed to stop pampering the yards and coddling the men" Charles PieZ, chairman of the emergency fleet corporation, said today.
 The government does not intend to yield. he said. for any of the demands for increases in pay over war time scales. which have been the cause of strikes in Seattle and threaten strike at Hog Island.
 'I have told the boys that an end comes to every pie said Director Piez. and that the last piece is on the plat ter now. Any increases in ship con struction costs from now on will be met by the cancellation of ship con tracts We are down to the last of the margin on all appropriations. and We don't intend to finish out our com m,tments by leaving the half built hulls sticking up in the aid in the yards.
 We had 10 do a good many things during the war. he continued. anC the result of the Macy agreement board was to establish a horiZonta scale all over the United States. Now we intend 10 withdraw the goverii- ments participation in the manage ment and financing. of shipyards Wage scales will be determined b! district boards. so far as possible with the government as factor il l organizing them.
 In the meantime. strikers Hh | break the Macy board agreement an' | ask for more pay will not be deal | with until they come back to work, i ] | have anything to say. There ism much use in collective bargaining. the bargain is to be kept when it suit the men. and broken when it does nOt
 The United States will not long con tinue 10 build ships at $200 a tor when they are being turned out on tn 1 Clyde for $40. It isn't that l don want to pay high wages. l do, to th men who can earn them. We've SC a lot of men in the yards who can and won't The effect of the hori
 zontal wage scale has been bad froI
 every point of view, but it's chief ba
 result is measured in the increase
 cost of ships We want high wage
 for the men and high output for bot
 yards and men. That is our chanc
 to reduce costs
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
DANIELS TELLS OF
 GRAFT IN NAVY
(Continued from Paee Onel

Continued from Page One) total amount of about s3.OO0 also some valuable presents were taken from men for placing on shore duty at section six. Bensonhurst. several enlisted men. He also received from an enlisted man s200 for early relief from active duty in the navy.
 Ensign Paul Beck was only recently promoted to ensign in the pay corps from a chief yeoman in the naval re- serve force. While on duty as a yeo- man he was active in securing the en- rollment of men in the reserve corps, in the atinS of yeoman and storekeep- CT, and in their assignment to safe berths on shore for d consideration. He received cash in addition to a number of presents and expensive entertain ments in this connection, only s1. 900 yet being established. He is now confined at Ellis Island. New York. awaiting trial by general court martial.
 Chief Boatswain's Mate Frederick A. Jones was on duty at Bensonhurst New York, and is implicated in the matter by reason of the fact that he was an accomplice with Chief Boat swain Casey in obtaining money from l an applicant for relief from active duty in the naval reserve force. He also is now confined at Ellis Island. awaiting trial"
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
SPANISH |. M. WIS
 ARE UNDES|RAB[ES

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-The fourteen Spaniards arrested here Saturday. with the announcement that certain of them were suspected of plotting against President Wilson, were granted a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Knox in federal court today. The writ is re- turnable tomorrow. Examination of the prisoners developed the identity of d number of them as associates Of anarchists and anarchist organizations known here for years. the police as- serted. Agents of the United States immigration bureau and the depart ment Of justice have traced some or the Spaniards definitely, as among close associates of anarchist leaders as far back as 1914 it was said.
 Pedro Martin. one of the men held. was identified today as Pedro GalardO, who attended the anarchistic Terrier school in t9li. according 10 Detective Emil Poignant. who posed as a stu dent at the same institution. Gslardo recognized the detective today, admit 70 tins both were students of the Terrier school it is said.
 Rogelio Garcia. another Of the men held. was identified as a member of the Gaetano Bresci anarchist group by Detective George Gilbert, the police anarchist expert. Garcia. according tO the detective. was one of the leaders of the band of anarchists who invaded the John D. Rockefeller estate in 1914 Sixteen men were arrested hy Tarry town police but Garcia escaped, Gill bert said. Garcia was also known as ! friend of Emma Goldman and Alex ander Berlman. now serving terms ir federal prisons on charges of having ohstructed the draft.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
HAS VOICE WITH A SMILE

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-President Wilson was characterized as man with the voice with a smile" by Miss Martha Carrel of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who was one of the telephone operators on duty at .he Murat Mansion, the American White House" in Paris. and returned on the steamer George Wash inSton, which arrived here today.
 Miss Beatrice Francefort of this city said If everyone was as conSiderate and as even tempered in using the tele- phone as President Wilson, the long suffering telephone operators life would be d dream of comfort and ef- ficiency."
 The fifth engineers and engineering train. also on board the ship. fought only the two days before the armistict was signed, but in that time they re ported losing 36 killed and 10S wounded
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
GREETs PRISON SPECIAL"

Fl. PASO. Tex. Feb. 25.--A flat wheel on the prison special car. in which twenty four advocates of wom- ans suffrage are en route to Los An geles. caused the delegation to remain here over night an gave Fl Paso an op portunity to attend what was an nounced as a militant suffrage meeting in charge of the women. Mrs. Abbie Scott Baker. who claims the title Of political chairman" of the national wOman's party. continued to Los An geleS tO arrange for mass meeting there. The local suffrage organization declined to sponsor the meeting held here. A number of the women mem hers of the party claim to have served jail sentences in Washington for pick eting the White House.
 A meeting will be held at Tucson en route 10 the coast.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
PURPOSES IRELAND
 WILL HAVE HEARING
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PARIS, Feb. 25-Sean O'Ceallich (whose name in plain English is J. T. O'Kelly) who is seeking recognition by the peace conference as the envoy of the Irish government. arrived quietly in Paris more than two weeks ago. hay ing. according to his own statement, obtained British passport by sub terfuge Ostensibly he crossed the channel as representative of the cor poration of Dublin. to present freedom of the city of Dublin to President Will son. and to press an invitation on the president to visit Ireland.
 Today OCeallich said he had received no reply to letters and telegrams to President Wilson asking the president to set a date for reception of the com mittee to present to him freedom of the Dublin. Since his arrival here O'Ceal- ligh also wrote to President Wilson asking that he be permitted to see him regarding freedom for Ireland.
 Ireland said O'Cealligh today, lis building lot on President Wilson. be- cause of his commandments regarding | the rights of small nations. He never mentioned Ireland. but everybody there thinks he meant us. and his words have | been read eagerly in every household O'Cealligh said he would present his credentials to the peace conference even if he had to send them b. mes senger. He declared he expected op- position from Great Britain, put that he l would accept nothing but representa- tion for Ireland as Separa5e nation. .
 The letter from O'Cealligh asking that q date be set by the peace confer ence to hear the claims of the ''p~o- visional government of Ireland was received by the British peace delegates who wrote an acknowledgement. Tho impression prevails today that ther, will be no further official action h.: tbt
 British. The Amer ican delegates de.
 clared that the latter had lot been re ceived by them
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
BIGGEST MOVEMENT
 HOMEWARD STARTED
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The larg est homewsrd movement of troops since the breaking up of the American overseas army started last November was announced today by the war de- partment, in reporting the departure from French ports Of eighteen troop ships with nearly 30.oO0 officers and men aboard.
 The announcement Of the movement was made coincidently with the issu- ance of statement that all divisions ir France. except those Of the regular ar my. would be returned as shipping be comes available.
 Among the transports listed as hay ing sailed were the Aauitania and Great Northern, each with more than 1000 soldiers aboard. The organizations which have sailed include most Of the units Of the ninety y-second tnegro) na - tional army division. important units 1 from the eighty (Arkansss | Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama national army division. and a score of aero squadrons.
 Among the troops aboard the trans port Maui is a casual company from ! Texas
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
TREAT DENIES CHARGE
 AGAINST HIS TROOPS

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-Denial of charges contained in a letter read in the house recently. as to conditions m the 3S2nd infantry in Italy. was made by Brigadier General Charles c. Treat, American military attache at Rome. m a cablegram forwarded to Secretary Baker today by General Pershing Gen eral Treat said the regiment was in good physical condition, well equipped, had experienced no serious food hard ships and had very low number of summary court martials.
 One of the charges made in the let- ter was that officers of the regiment were drinking to excess. General Treat denied this emphaticaly and declared that the regiment as a whole had been warmly praised wherever it had served | for it's good behavior and efficiency | The message also denied a report tha, horse meat had been served to the command.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26

eleven years ago, of Sister Mary Johns, whose body was recently eXhumed from the Isadore church basement Of ficials refused to make known the sheriffs destination, but intimated he was bound for Milwaukee where. ac cording 10 a story circulated here, d woman from Isadore had told of the staying of the nun before the body wa4a recovered.
 Mrs. Stanislaw Lypichinski, arrested
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
ANTI MAKES STRONG TALK

ALBANY, x. Y, Feb. William H. Anderson. superintendent of the New York anti-saloon league. in the key note speech of the organizations convention tonight, charged German brewers with melting to riot and re- belliOn in order to save beer
 Let them beware, he warned. If this un-Godly bunch starts anything in America. the decent. sober, Chris tian. patriotic people are going to fin ish it and finish it so it will stay put The legislator or politician. or big businessman, or labor leader that gets in the way is going to be astonished.'
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26

at Manistee yesterday in connection with the death of the sister, was brought here today and after pleading not guilty was released on 5000 bond
 Mrs. Lypichinski, who was house. keeper for Father Andrew Bienowske, pastor at Isadore when Sister Mary disappeared, emphdtically denied any knowledge of how the nun met her death or of the burial beneath the church and the reburial in a cemetery
Arizona republican., 1919-02-26
SPARTACANS IN NEUTRAL CITY

COBLENZ, Feb. 25.-(By the Asso- ciated Press. Reports received by the American third army today say that d spartacan group has seized many public buildings in Mannheim, in the neutral zone on the east bank of the Rhine, and that the civilians have appealed to General Fayolle, French commander, for protection. Captain Benson, American liaison at General Fayolle's headquarters at Kayserlau- ten, who reported the uprising, says it was rumored number of Americans were in Mannheim