The Idaho recorder., 1921-07-15

| ments which were 10 have terminated
last Friday. The overtime order Is
not nnai. however. Il was hoped that
the railroads and employees would
soon reach agreements relating to
rules aud working conditions. Rail
union leaders to the number Of more
than thousand met In Chicago to
decide whether the employees should
accept the wage cut and 10 try TO
avert n tie-up In the country's trans.
| portation facilities.
In the Chicago district II appeared
the EFFORTS Of Judge Lands a. arbi-
tratOr would result In the ending Of
the controversy that has tied up all
building operations for a long time.
The carpenters were the last to Yield.
There was rejoicing In England at
the news that the great strike Of Brit
ish coal miners had been ended and
that the men would return to the
pits on July 4. The government
grants subsidy OF ten million pounds
to avert the hardships of the next
three months due to wage reductions.
by the terms Of the settlement new
wage basis will come into effect for
the next eighteen months whereby the
miners receive 20 per cent above the
pre-war scale of wages, with an ad-
dltionai share OF profits. which win
be regulated by the creation OF ma
tioDai board and district boards. The
strike thus ended lasted o. days and
Is considered the most Injurious Eng
land ever suffered. because Il crippled
50 many Industries and affected all
classes OF the population.
Lloyd Georges effort to arrive ut
friendly solution Of the Irish trouble
by inviting De Valera and an associ.
ate to confer In London with him and
with Sir james Craig. premier OF Ul-
ster, appears to have failed as have
all other attempts to settle the row.
Craig agreed TO the conference. but De
Valera has balkcd. At first the Irish
president" wrote TO Lloyd George a
tcmporizing letter. and invited Craig
TO meet him In Dublin for an exchange
OF views. Craig declined. aud DE
Valera wrote him. mir. Lloyd
Georges proposal. because Of Its im.
plleations. ls Impossible OF acceptance
In Its present form. Irish political
differences should be adjusted and
can, l believe, be adjusted ON Irish
soil l, Is obvious that In negotiating
peace with Great Britain the Irish del.
cgatlon ought not 10 be divided. but
should net as u unit ON some common
principle"
London newspaper says the au-
lhoritles have discovered and frus.
trated plot to murder the British
cabinet ministers. II says the police
are seeking three men sent to Lon
don TO do the assassinating. They
are French medical student, an Irish
man from the western part OF the
United States and Spaniard. The
same paper declares the forces Of shs
Royal Irish constabuiary are to be
auadrupled at once.
Rather uncxpeetedly. King Constan-
tine refused to defer his projected
offensive against the Turkish Nation
alists aud permit the allies to try to
mediate. Ii was believed he knew
the Turks were getting ready to at.
tack with Rolsheyist aid aud deter,
mined to strike first. The British ex-
erted extreme pressure on the Greeks,
and up TO the time of writing the only
lighting has been rather bloody con.
ntct while the Greeks were withdraw
ing from lsmld Thursdays news dis
patches indicated that Constantine had
good grounds for his apprehension.
The allied troops Ia coastantlnopiv
Mere called luto action to tarcstnll
vast uprising planned by the Turks
and the Bolsheyiki. which was 10 be
accompanied by the destruction VI pub
lie buildings. The Bolsheyik head. /
quarters were raided. quantities OF
weapons selned aud several ringleasl. |
ers arrested.
Ia the death roll Of the week ap-
pear two notable names. Charles J.
Bonaparte. emlnent citizen OF Baiti- I
more and cabinet member during the .
Roosevelt administration. died at his
country home. lie Was a grandnephew 1
of the great Napoleon. Lady Raa.
delphi CAurchitt. who was Jennie
Jerome es New York. passed away
as the result af injuries received last
May. Probably no other Americas :
woman has had 50 great an influence
on British public affairs She ~as
famous as a writer and Wit