Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-12
EVENTS OF A WEEK.

VI EAII1lSCCc Gay, november J. was CtiCDTdlcu III
! this country, and generally throughout the world
! by the nations which were associated with us in the
{ great war, The original event marked the compile
I ton OF a military triumph, won at tremendous cost,
l and the removal of a military menace. In the three
! years that have interviewed the world has been TAX
. ing stock of itself, and has learned that GONZALES
! cence from such a fever as that which it experienced
! IS slow, difficult and painful. In general Armistice
/ day observances have dealt more largely with the
/ problems Of reconstruction than to mere felicita-
I tions on a glorious victory.
I The exercises in which the United States par
! ticipated in an official way conferred around the
! burial in the national cemetery at Arlington Of the
4 body of an unknown soldier brought from the fields
/ of France to typify the manhood of the American
\ nation which went forth to war. The address de-
4 livered by President Harding was an unusually inn
! pressive one, and peculiarly impressive, too, were
/ the tributes paid by the governments OF other ma
n tons. AS in similar observances abroad, iii which
4 our own representatives have participated, ernpha-
h sis was placed on the willingness of democracy ev-
4 erywhere to risk everything and count not the cost
! when human liberty hangs in the balance.
\ Postponed from Friday to Saturday so as not
! to interfere with the Ar1nistice day program, the
1 conference on limitation OF armament has held its
l first brief session and started in a regular way on
/ its work. All OF the major powers invited to the
Z conference have their delegates on the ground, with
I the single exception that pressure of business at
home has detained Premier Lloyd George, of Great
4 0IltdlH, ana lie hopes TO De dDle TO ION MS aSSO-
I ciates at a later date.
: 1t, seems to be accepted that it rests with the
!: American delegation to give shape to the proceed
! ue at the conference. The American delegates
: have for some time been at work with experts in
{ .iarious lines outlining a program of reduction
= which they believe is workable. 1t is said that no
!: ether delegation has a complete program, and it is
] expected that the American program, when present.
/ I'd, will form the basis of future discussions, with
/ amendments and notifications suggested from time
I 20 time by the other delegations. Opinion insWash-
/ ington has it that the United States will set forth
l at the outset the full limit of reduction which is be-
/ lieved here to be feasible, and which the United
I States will be willing to undertake if the other ma
I lions agree. If that plan is followed we shall have,
quite early in the negotiations, a statement of the
full limit of reduction which those in authority CON
4 slider possible at this time, and a measure of reduc-
q ton greater than that which will actually be adopt
I cd.
.Atter a long struggle the senate has passed the
revenue bill by a vote of SO to "A, and that measure,
4 after brief debate II, the house, has gone to confer
ence, with Its enormous grist Of 1913 amendments.
The bill as passed by the senate is expected to yield
in the next fiscal year a revenue Of So, $50, 000, 600,
4 or Ss00,0O0,000 less than the present revenue. If
all its provisions are retained it is expected to re-
duce revenues ultimately $3.50, 900, 900 below the
present mark. During the senate debate a strong
effort was made to attach various provisions to the.
bill by attaching the soldiers bonus to the several
BIZ ScCt1OHS. All OF IncSe Efforts were defeated, the
principal objection to them being that the soldiers
! bonus is a separate subject to be treated on it's own
merits, and that it should not be used to carry
] through provisions which would not be accepted on
I their own, merits.
During the week Marshal Foch has been COM
1 pleting his tri,,mphal tour of the United States.
1 Since his appearance at the American Legion con-
/ vent1on at Kansas City. where he was royalty. re-
I ceived, he has visited many of the larger cities of
\ the middle west and the east and everyyhArA he
1 has been greeted with an enthusiasm which must
4 have touched his heart.
. Following the cancellation Of the order for the
i railway strike and the temporary bridging over of
sHdittlculties which seemed likely to tie up most of
4 the soft coal mines, the area of low pressure, to use
A meteorological term, has reached the packing in
I dustry. y Some OF the EMPLOYEES unions in This IN
4 dustry voted some little time ago to authorize a
strike, but no strike has yet been declared. The
great packing companies on their part have posted
4 notice. Of a material reduction in wages, and con-
terences VIII pc neld OF. these proposed reductions.
Gff-year elections were held on Tuesday in a
fewsstates and several of the larger cities. Special
interest surrounded the election in New York,
where Mayor Hylan was opposed for reelection by
acandidate officially Republican, noriNee. but
supported by q coalition Of groups within both Re-
publican and Democratic parties. The situation in
isNeWSYork appears to have been not unlike that in
Chicago, where Mayor Thompson has been able to
retain control Of the city's administration for many
years III spite Of the opposition Of what are-ac-
33Selarately III naccurately--described al the aabest
Elements, III the city. Starting in with the powef-
.fni support Of Tam,nany, Hylan appealed to street
3sfsilMsy patrons with q promise for Ave cent fares,
f&&ndEPosed in the familiar attitude Of the poor mans
ffiends1 He defeated the coalition candidate, Cur
ISNfan,aby q tro-to-one vote, a vote which every indi-
Nilifal Isl explaining to- his own satisfaction.
b thc state elections two states. Maryland
ind kertuckv. frequently Democratic, but Repub-
S1eanxyesr ago. returned tostte Democratic col.
RzesS Mhether merely AS = eoneidknce or be-