River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-08-19

territories aliocated to other states
and because Jugo-SIavia did not re
ceive Macedonia as she asked. The
United States did not sign the treaty
owing to President Wilson's objection
to the presence of the sultan in Con-
stantinople, the ALLEGATION of Thrace
and Smyrna to Greece. and the Asia
Minor mandates.
The British parliament has passed
and the king has approved the new
Irish coercion BILL. The debate in the
house Of commons was bitter. Very
optimistic persons think the law will
restore order in Ireland.
Much interest and some excitement
were caused by the British govern
ments course in dealing with the visit
of Archbishop Mannix of Australia,
| the warm advocate of free Ireland,
who spent some weeks In the United
States He intended TO land in Ire
land. but government agents removed
| him from the liner ind put him ashore
at Penzance under technical arrest. He
proceeded to London. but his move
ments were restricted by orders. He
received invitations to address meet
ings in many places in England. Scot
| land and Ireland The treatment of
| the archbishop looks, at this distance,
| like characteristic bit of British
''muddling." but probably the govern
ment knew what it was about. To an
| interviewer the churchman said what
he wanted was to see England get out
| of Ireland, intimating that the latter
| as an independent country would be
| no more the enemy of Great Britain
| that it is now.
Another big wage increase award
was made last week by the United
| States railway labor board, the en-
ployees of the American Railway Ex-
press company being the beneficiaries
this time. They were granted a fiat
| increase of 16 cents an hour and the
| total will amount to S30,556, 445 a
year. The heads of the four unions
affected appeared well satisfied with
the award.
The railway rate increase ran
against a snag in Illinois when the
state public utilities commission ruled
that the 2-cent passenger fare in the
state was restored by the passing OF
the wartime transportation act; de-
MED applications for increases to $50
cents per mile, for increased Surcharges
on Pullman and parlor car fares,
for increase of communication rates and
for increased milk rates; and denied \
freight rates, granting temporary
increase of 33 1-3 per cent.
Franklin Roosevelt was formally
notified Monday of his nomination for
the vice presidency by the Democrats
and two days later opened the Demo
cratic campaign in Chicago with a
speech in which he made a special
plea for the support of the old Bull
Moose element. Both in this address
and in his speech of acceptance he ex-
hibited a spirit of fair-mindedness
that won commentator. Governor
Cox began his speaking tour the latter
part of the week.
The front porch campaign plans for
Senator Harding have not been
changed, but the Republican leaders
will make extensive use of publicity
news stories, advertising and the
movies. It was expected that Harding
would soon declare himself as to just
what kind of League of Nations he
thinks would be acceptable to the
American people, for he does not wish
the nation to believe that because he
is against the Wilson league, he Is
against any league.
The prohibition nominees. Watkins
and Colvin, both delivered their ac-
ceptance speeches at Germantown. O..
and plans were made to carry on a
vigorous campaign. largely by air
plane.
Charles Ponzi of Boston, whose SEN
sational operations in international
postal coupons attracted the attention
Of the authorities, came to grief. at
least temporarily, when a state bank
examiner closed the Hanover Trust
company, through which he carried on
much of his business, and he was ar
rested on state larceny charge. The
same day the wizard" admitted he
had been an inmate of prisons at At
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