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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
MoneyEverywhere
but No Food for
MillionaireS of
Russ Famine CITY

Moscow. Aug. 26.-(By the
Associated Press.)-The people of
Moscow are money poor. 1t is a
city of poverty-stricken multi
mIIlionaires.
One hundred American dollars
here bring four million rubIes and
the ruble Is still falling in value.
An apple costs 1000 rubles. Cab
drivers charge thirty thousand
rubles for half mile ride. A
dinner of soup, roast beef, pota-
toes, pastry and coffee costs fifty
thousand rubIes. White bread
sells for seevn thousand rubIes
per pound and the heavy black
bread for 500 rubIes. Shoe
shines may be had for two thou
sand ruhies.
Everybody In Moscow would
rather have any sort of manufac-
tured article or food instead of
money. The bell hoy who brought
the correspondent a pot of hot
water and was given as tip
i,0OO-ruble note, asked for
lump OF sugar in lieu of the
money.
WudL UtlJ0F0HC0 UU6S II
make2" said leading communist
while IaggingIy discussing the
decline In the vauIe of the rubIe.
at is as easy to print hundred
thousand rubIe notes as the ten
thousand ruble bills. 1t Is only a
matter of adding few ciphers."
Three years ago the Gar
rubIe, originally worth so cents,
brought 10 cents. Now even
beggars in the streets scorn any
thing less than 500 rubles.
The soviet, In the throes of
changing back In measure to
free trade, is a battling puzzle to
students of economies. Highly
skilled mechanics, such as auto
mobile experts, get as much as a
million to a million and a half
rubIes monthly in government en-
pIoyment. The Workmen some-
times are paid In factory products
and food allowances.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
SWEPT OVER FALLS;
MAN MEETS DEATH
ON ROCKS BELOW
Body of Rippon, Niagara Vic
tim, Found After 2 Hours;
Tourists Witness Suicide.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Aug. 29.-Ed-
ward H. Rippon. of Buffalo, was
swept over the Bridal Veil falls at
Niagara Monday afternoon and dashed
TO death on the rocks below. The
body was recovered within two hours
"a record for recoveries of falls vic
tins.
Skull Fractured.
Rippon's skull was fractured when
he fell head first on the big rocks at
the base of tie falls. The body then
passed out about 20 feet and became
wedged between the rocks in small
rapids near the cave of the winds.
e. r. Waldemberger, reservation
superintendent, and Harold Wright, in
charge of the cave of the winds, made
a bridge of planks between two big
rocks, crawled out on the planking,
secured the body with ropes and drew
it slowly back to solid ground. 1t was
q hazardous feat with the waters of
the cataract laundering about the res
cners. Hundreds of tourists watched
from the upper shores as the men
struggled to recover the body.
No Reason Given.
. A note left by Rippon told of will
he had made disposing of his prop
erty. 1t gave no hint as to the
motive for suicide except that it pro-
claimed the writer's innocence of
something Of which he evidently be-
lieved he had been accused in connec-
tion with his work in the railway mail
service. Officials of this service said
that they had heard of no charges
against Rippon He had been ill for
two weeks, they said
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
SENATOR WANTS
OPEN DOORS At
POWERS PAR[EY
Public Opinion Must
Guide Conference in
Problems, Says Scion.
Present Battle for Naval
Supremacy Leads Us
Into Bankruptcy, View

Asbury Park, n. j., Aug. 29.-Sen-
ator Borah. of Idaho, urged An audi
ence here Monday night to help "get
little more democracy IN foreign
affairs The Idaho senator, although
one of the foremost advocates of ar
mament limitation, predicted that the
coming conference on armament would
| be a complete failure unless public
opinion Enthusiastically demanded reduc-
tion of navies and armies
Public Opinion Rules.
'Pry open the doors of the confer
ence," declared Senator Borah. "Let
the sunlight of publicity beat in upon
the dark and secret places. Let us
know what's going on before it has
been concluded, in order that public
opinion may have its molding and direct
effect. Above all, let responsibility be
fixed and then let public opinion lash
from power those who betray the
cause
ut is your fight. That
conference will accomplish nothing Of
real and substantial worth except it
be directed and dominated by the COM
manding voice. In the name of the
dead upon thousand battle fields. In
the name Of countless millions bending
under the crushing burden of war. in
the name Of the MANNED and wounded
who crowd our streets and hospitals,
in the name of all WHO are hereafter
to inherit the earth, let us not lose.
interest, let US not give up hope, let
us rather. as a people, resolve that the
conference shall not fail, that our
hearts and prayers will brace and
direct it, and command the men who
have this fearful responsibility resting
upon them"
Blame OId-Fashioned Diplomacy.
Old-fashioned diplomacy brought on
the war with Teutonic powers. he said.
'and the same system of secret nego-
tiations is relied upon to solve the
problems which confront it."
"And. already the system is bearing
fruit" he added. England and France
have Travelled far apart in the last
three years: how far one hardly dares
to estimate Public officials in the
congress of the United States and the
diet of Japan announce to their peo-
pies that great navies are necessary
because of the treasury of the other
nations. You know. and ] know. and
every man who can and cares to think.
Knows that under this program we are
headed for bankruptcy, or war, or
both
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30

women's organizations toward the
trade union movement as 'evi-
dence of the fact that while pluto
cracy may attempt to exclusively
control the material things OF
life, the money and credit of the
nation, 1t does not and cannot con-
troll the heart and soul of Amer
ica."
The executive council also went
on record as binding themselves to
the instructions of the Denver
convention to support the Irish
people in their struggle for the
recognition .of the Irish republic"
Besides calling upon President
Harding and his cabinet, to take
steps to bring about recognition of
the republic of Ireland and urging
the government to protest to
Great Britain against brutal and
uncivilized warfare in Ireland, the
council was instructed by the Den
yer convention to send special
communication to Premier Lloyd
George, his cabinet and members
of parliament, setting forth the
views of American labor and pro-
testing against the campaign of
violence and destruction in Ire
land"
ALI local unions are also in
structed to write to the president
and vice president, members of the
cabinet and members of congress
urging immediate recognition Of
the Irish republic.
Officers of the federation are
also instructed to take up with the
trade unions of Great Britain a
proposal to ''inaugurate cam
paign for the trial and punishment
of officers and men of the British
regular and auxiliary forces guilty
of atrocities In Ireland in a man
per similar to that in which Ger
man officers are now being tried
and punished for violation Of the
rules of warfare in France and
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
'Ernbalmed Beef" Scandal
Leads to Filing of Suit for
$12O,OO0,OOO Damages
Chicago Packing Concerns Are Charged With
Conspiracy to Form Trust and Prevent
Manufacture of "Pork and Bean Biscuits" ?"

Chicago Aug. 29.-A damage suit
for S12O,OOO,0 900. charging packing con-
Germs in Chicago with conspiracy to
form trust and naming John d. Rock
efeller, Sr., and his son, in addition to
several national banks, was filed Mon
day in the United States district court
by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Osborn Ferson
of Omaha, Neb.
The bill. originally filed in Omaha.
was amended to be filed in Chicago, due
to the number of local firms involved.
The bill sets forth that. ''due to the
scandal caused by embalmed beef fed
the soldiers during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. your complainants were in
spired to manufacture pork and bean
biscuit. which would be at once edible
and nourishing. They approached Swift
& Co for the use of their laboratories.
''rhe use of the laboratories was
promised but the packing companies
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
SPECIAL ELECTION
EXPECTED IN NEW
FRANCHISE ACTION
Cars Now Operating in Des
Moines Under Special
Court Order.

Des Moines. Aug. 20.-The city
council is expected to call special
election soon that the people may pass
on the proposed new street car fran
chise. A revised draft of the franchise
WAS presented to Des Moines business
men Monday by Receiver Chambers of
the Des Moines city railway company.
The new franchise provides for
sliding scale of fare to start at s cents
which may be lowered or raised from
time to time as the condition of the
company warrants. Busses would not
be permitted to take on or discharge
passengers within 1000 feet of street
car tracks.
Street cars are operating this week
under a special order of the federal
court for the benefit Of the Iowa state
fair. Unless some unforeseen devel-
opment takes place, the cars win ceaea.
operating Friday night
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
HUNGARIANS RESIST AUSTRIANS
INOCCUPATION OF BURGENLAND
OPEN SHOP CAMPAIGN
HELPSNENVMOVElNENT
OF ORGANIZED LABOR

Atlantic City, n. j. Aug. o.
The open shop campaign and the
''aggressive hostility of unfair EN-
ployers' has strengthened rather
than weakened the solidarity of the
organized labor movement, it was
declared in statement Monday
night by the executive council of
the American Federation of La
Dor. The council based its decision,
the statement said, upon reports
submitted by affiliated national
and international unions and other
information collected throughout
the country
The annual report, the state
ment said showed that reduction
in payment of dues of the fedora
tons membership was due princi-
pally to the wave of unemployment
throughout the country. Secre-
tary Frank Morrison took occa-
sion to deny reports published
Monday that the federation had
suffered slump of 10000 mem
bers during the present industrial
crisis. Mr.. Morrison referred to
! iiSuLtS dIbouiCeu III the lyp0FPr
convention. which showed a de
crease of 1922 members during
the past year but declined to give
any figures on the present mem
bership.
Calling upon all affiliated unions
to join in great organizing cam
paign, statement by the council
said:
THE executive council is keenly
alive to the tremendous forces at
work to destroy trade unionism.
It is expressive of the Oppressive
industrial situation and impressed
strongly with the desire and need
or organizing the unorganized in
a solid trade union for mutual
protection"
The statement declared the
council welcomed the changing at
titude Of the church and of the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
Five More Bodies
Are Recovered From
Wrecked Aircraft

Hull, Aug. 2e.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. )-Five more bodies were
recovered from the wreckage of the
ZR-2 Monday. They are those of
Air Commodore e. M. Maitland of
the British flying force, MIR. Camp.
bell, superintendent of the Royal
Air works, where the diriglbIe was
built; c. w. DuffieId of the Ma
tionai Physical laboratory, Charles
J.. Allen, an American rigger, and
Lieutenant Commander Valentine
N. Bieg Of Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Commodore MaitIand's body was
enmeshed in wires and before il
could be freed, the wires had to be
cut. The body was badly mutiIated
and his hand was still graspIng a
control cord. Two American offI-
GERS, with two other Americans act
Ing as escorts, brought Commodore
MaitIand's body ashore.
The right leg of Mr.. Duffieid.
like that of Lieutenant Commander
Emory Coll, u. S. NJ. whose body
was recovered Sunday, was frac-
tured.
The control of the airship is be-
lieved to be among the wreckage
brought ashore Monday.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
NOTABEES ADDRESS
DIVISION VETERANS
At ANNUAL MEETING
Major General Haan Elected
Honorary President by Men,
bers Who Wore Red Arrow.

Detroit, Aug. 29.-General Persbine
Senator Irvine L. Lenroot, of Wiscon-
sin; Governor Groesbeck, of Michigan
and Major General William G. Ham
were among the speakers at meetings
Monday Of veterans of the Thirtv-sec-
ond division, holding their annual re-
union here.
The division was praised for it's ac-
tivities in the Meuse- -Argonne drive
by General Pershing, who expressed
the hope that traditions of the Red
Arrow organization would be kept I'D
by Wisconsin and Michigan.
Senator Lenroot told the veterans
the movement for limitation of arma-
ments was indorsed by every true
American
Senator Lenroot promised that the
adjusted compensation bill would be
passed by congress at the next session.
Officers elected included: Major
General Haan, honorary president:
Colonel Earl r. Stewart, Grand Rap
ids, first vice president; Lieutenant
Colonel B. Clemons, Superior. Wis.
second vice president; Major Charles
D. Kelly, Detroit, secretary; Major o,
P. Tower, Lansing, treasurer, and Cap
tain Carl Hanton, Minneapolis, his
torian.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30

maliciously, unIawfully and wickedly
conspired to stifle competition by form
ing trust and making it impossible
to make or sell the biscuits, and your
complainants feel they have been dam
aged to the amount of $12O0O0.o00
and they pray for judgment for this
sum-
The alleged conspirators named in
the bill are:
Armour & Co, Swift & Co., Morris
& Co. Cudahy Packing Co. John D..
Rockefeller. Sr.. John y. Rockefeller,
Jr, Union Stock Yards, Logan & Bry-
an, First National bank of Chicago,
J. B. Forgan and David R. Forgan of
the National City bank, Henry s. Rob
ms. Max Pam, brother of Judge Hugo
Pam; Charles NJ. Schwab. Theodore
Shonts, now deceased; Ward Baking
Co, Standard Oil Co. of all states. and
the Riggs National bank of Washing
ton d. c.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
PRINCE WILL VISIT ..
INDIA REGARDLESS
Of PRESENT STRIFE
Numerous Armed Attacks Are
Mentioned as Result
of Searches.

London. Aug 29.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. AT present there ap-
parently is no idea that the troubles
in India will affect the approaching
visit of the Prince of Wales to the
Indian empire.
A report issued by the India office
Monday night, concerning the situation
at Malabar, deals mainly with the
movement of bodies of troops to the
disturbed areas. 1t also includes a
communication from the district mag
istrate at Malabar, explaining the orig
in of the trouble.
According to this magistrate, says
the report, he received information of
the existence of number of war
knives in Tirurangadi in contravention
of the Malabar offensive weapons of
1851. 1t was during searches by po-
lice and troops that determined at
tacks were made from two sides by
armed bands from various adjacent
districts
The magistrate adds that evidence
that these searches and arrests were
made under legal warrants and in con-
fornlity with the law was the signal for
an outburst Of fanaticism throughout
the district.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
Alleged SIayers
Will Fight for
Separate I HdIs:
Plead N0fGuiIfy

Los Angeles, Aug. 2a.-Every
effort will be made to obtain sap
arate trials for Mrs. Madelynne
Obenchain and Arthur C. Burch,
1t was announced by their counsel
Monday after they had pleaded
mot guilty" to charges of having
murdered j. Bolton Kennedy.
broker. and their trial had been set
for November l..
A general counsel was planned
by Paul Scheneck, chief defense
counsel, his associates, Richard
kittrelio and Ralph r. Obenchain,
tho former husband of Mrs. Oben-
chain, and the Rev. w. A. Burch.
of Evanston, llls., the father of
the other defendant.
1t was expected the Rev. Burch
would start Tuesday for Evanston
to complete arrangements for his
sons defense, and that Obenchain
would remain here to assist In the
defense of his former wife.
When Mrs. 0benchaln appeared
In court she showed signs Of her
recent collapse In her cell In the
county jail, but Burch seemed in
his usual health and spirits.
After the pleas had been enter
cd before Judge Sidney N. Reeve,
Of the superior court, the defense
asked for an opportunity to file a
motion for separate trials.
The prosecution announced it
was undecided whether to oppose
the action. Tho court then urant-
cd continuance Of 10 days, so the
matter could be determined ex-
parte.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
German Competition
in Foreign Trade
Not as Strenuous

Washington, Aug. 29.--Germa an
competition in the field Of foreign
trade Is showing signs of weakening,
Secreary Hoover said Monday. While
the reports of the commerce depart
ment tell of strenuous German COM
mercial activity in various parts of the
world, he added, the Germans are
having difficulties in handling the
business obtained through their at
tractive price quotations.
planned, the Germans are finding it i'm
possible to produce goods up to their
pre-war quality while at the same
time they are unable to execute large
numbers of contracts. In Argentina,
he said, the Germans were compelled
TO throw aup contract for large
quantities of steel which they could
not deliver.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
TWoM Mine Officers
Are Indicted for
Connection With
Trouble Last Nav

Williamson, w. Va, Aug. 29.-
Indictments Monday were return
ed by special grand jury in ses-
sion here against c. r. Keeney
and Fred Mooney, president and
secretary, respectively, of Dis
trict II, United Mine Workers of
America. and c. n. Workman. an
international organizer for the
miners union, in connection with
the deaths last May of Ambrose
Gooslin and Dan Whit.
The two men were killed during
the three day shooting In Mingo
county during the week of Nav
l3. David Robb, an international
organizer for the miners, also was
Indicted as an accessory before the
fact In tho death Of William Nc
Mullen, a state trooper, last June.
McMuIlen was shot while on guard
duty.
Prosecuting Attorney S. D.
Stokes announced that he had sent
capIases for the arrest of keeney
and Mooney to the sheriff of Kan
aWha county. The men would be
called to trial. he said, at the regu-
lar term Of court commencing Sep
temher S.
Eighteen other indictments,
charging various offenses, were
returned. Six of them were
against persons charged in con-
nection with McMulIen's death and
five dealt with the burning of War
Eagle Coal company tipple on
May Is.
The remaining indictments were
In connection with the robbing and
burning of a commissary of the
Lynn Coal and Coke company on
May "a.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30

, A. r. Marlborough, traffic manager
OF the coal operators, said the men
were employed by the Boone county
coal fields, and that Greer was one Of
the men evicted from q house of the
Stone Mountain Coal corporation on
the day of the Matewan battle, last
year.
His body, Marlborough stated. had
been sent to Matewan while the bodies
Of the other two were sent to
Sharples.
There was still some doubt as to the
number of casualties in the fight,
but from Logan came the statement
that four men had been killed and a
dozen wounded. These figures, however
were not given as final
Police Not Certain.
State police headquarters at Ethel
expressed ignorance as to the exact
number OF killed and wounded, but said
reports there gave the number at five
Or seven dead and II wounded.
The scene of the action Sunday
morning was along the eastern slope Of
Spruce Fork Ridge, a rugged range
just west of the Logan county line.
Beach Greek, down which the police
were moving when they met an armed
band, has it's source in the mountains.
Along the range lie the villages of
Sharples, Clothier and Blair, where
the miners are organized. They do not
form part of an unorganized field ly-
ing west of the ridge.
Wire communications from the dis
turbed area were cut off during most
OF Monday, transmission companies
reporting that their lines were out of
order. Soon after communication was
restored, Governor Morgan announced
at his office that armed bandits were
still in that section and were under the
leadership of men from Ohio, Kentuc-
Ky, Indiana and Illinois, whose names
he gave.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
WHITE HOUSE REVIEWS
REPORT OF GEN BANDAOLrZ

Washington, Aug. 29.-The war de-
partmcnt gave out for publication a
statement from the Write House
with reference to the West Virginia
mining situation" containing letter
from Secretary Christian to Governor
Morgan and telegram from the gov
ernor to Secretary Weeks.
Discussing the dispatch of Brig
adler General Bandhokz who went to
the scene, the statement said:
BY the first available transportation
Governor Morgan, the secretary OF war
sent Brigadier General Bandholts ac-
companied by one Of the general staff
officers, to Charleston. with instruc-
tions to investigate the state Of affairs
Continusd On Pa1s ElGh5|
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-30
FULL DIVISION
CzECHS GATHER
NEARFRONT|ER
Appeal to Inter-Allied
Representatives Help
Garry Out Peace Pact.
Workmen Organizing
to Assist the Austrian
Troops at Odenburg.

| Vienna. Aug. 29.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. The Austrians have
met with resistance from the Hungar-
ians in the occupation of Burgenland
the little strip of West Hungary
awarded Austria by the peace treaty,
according to reports reaching here.
Late Sunday night, Lieutenant
HeJlas. one of the recalcitrant leaders
| IN West hungary, appeared, heading
large detachment of his irregular
forces. seized the railway station at
Odenburg and filled the streets with
uniformed men armed with pistols.
Use Machine Guns.
One detachment of 40 men ad-
vanced to Pinkafeln, where they met
with hand grenades and machine guns.
1t is reported that Hejjas and the
other Hungarian officers were in full
uniform when the attack was made.
There are conflicting reports concern
ing the casualties, but it is not be-
ieved they were great 1t is said al
lied officers marched with the Austrian
troops when the attack was delivered
by the Hrngarians
A demonstration by the Czechs is
expected unless the allies forbid the
occupation of Burgenland. The Czechs
are known to have concentrated a full
division on the frontier near Press
burg, and other forces along the Hun
garian border.
Occupation Suspended.
The movement of occupation has
been suspended, and Herr Schober.
the Austrian chancellor and foreign
minister, is appealing to the inter
allied representative here to take nee
essary steps to secure a fulfillment
of the terms of the treaty giving Bur-
genland to Austria. As far as is known
the only foreign troops in the troops
are a few hundred Italians.
The events in West Hungary have
caused the greatest anxiety and appre
hension here. Communication with Cd
enburg has been cut.
Details are lacking as~.to the exact
situation, but it seems apparent that
insurgents are in possession of Oden-
burg. Conflicts between insurgents
and Austrian gendarmes are report
ed from Friendburg, Hardburg. and
other Syrian frontier towns. 1t is as
serted that Lieutenant Hejjas, Colonel
lie Har. another of the leaders, and
baron Pronay, commander of the bat
talon of White Terrorists" have plac-
ed their adherents throughout Burg
enland, dressed as civilians.
Allied Troops Called.
A rumor here is to the effect that
allied troops from Silesia have been
summoned by the allied commission. and
also that workmen of Wiener Neu-
stadt are organizing to go to the Gs
sistance of the Austrian soldiers at
Odenburg
The little strip Of West Hungary
turned over to Austria by the peace
treaty has an area of about 1,50O |
square miles and population of |
about $4,000. BY its addition to Aus |
tria it was expected to supply that |
country with fairly large quantities
Of foodstuffs. The order of the trans
Ter of the territory caused great in
dignation among the Hungarians.
Under it's new ownership it was to be
known as Burgenland.