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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-12-28
NATIONAL LEGISLATION

One of the first acts of congress In
the scar was the passage of the foreign
debt refunding bill, with limit for
payment set at 25 years. The house
In January also passed the Dyer anti
lynching bill, but 1t got no further until
December, when the Democrats in the
senate flibustered it to death. The
cooperative marketing bill was enact
ed in February. On March % the
house passed the soldiers bonus bill
and. after a long and bitter fight, 1t
went through the senate on August 81.
President Harding had warned con-
gress the measure was entirely unac-
'ceptable to him, chiefly because it pro-
yided no means of raising the money
to pay the bonus, and on September 10
he vetoed it. The house overrode the
veto, but the senate sustained it. The
agitation for such legislation was In
cessant, however. and new bills were
introduced before the year closed.
Appropriation bills for the army and
navy, providing for $4,000 and $4,000
enlisted men, respectively, were
passed; and $17,000,000 was appropri-
ated for soldiers hospitals.
The tariff revision bill Of course
took a long time in the making. 1t
finally was completed and was signed
by the President on September q.
One notable feature is provision CIV
ing the President power to lower or
raise certain rates when he thinks con-
ditions of foreign trade warrant.
Congress adjourned on September
%, and as it had failed to take any ac-
ton on a ship subsidy measure, the,
President called an extra session to-
meet on November 20. mainly to con-
slider such a bill. The house passed
it on November 20. The extra session
merged into the regular session on De
cember 4.
In his message to congress Presi-
dent Harding called for strict enforce
ment of the prohibition law, a thor
oughgoing agricultural credit system,
Improvement of transportation and
outlawing of railroad strikes and pro-
vision for drafting In war ali national
resources. The ship subsidy bill ran
up against a determined opposition in
the senate. The house on December
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-12-28
By EDWARD w. PIcKARD

Momentous events and developments
marked the year 1922, both at home
and abroad. In America these includ-
ed the great strikes of coal miners ana
railroad shopmen; the passage by con-
gress of a new tariff bill, and the gen.
eral defeat of the Republican party IN
the November elections. Among the
most noteworthy events elsewhere
were the establishment of the irish
Free State; the election Of new
pope; the rout Of the Greeks In Asia
Minor and the regeneration OF the
Turkish state, followed by the Near
East peace conference at Lausanne;
the downfall of Prime Minister Lloyd
George, and the triumph of the fas-
cisti In Italy.
Although the people Of the United
States enjoyed fair amount OF pros
perity throughout the year, they were
discontented and dissatisfied, ana
showed It when they went to the polls
In November. Seemingly they did not
like the new tariff law, and the Dig
strikes and the matter Of prohibition
enforcement also had their effect then.
Economic and financial conditions In
some Of the European countries
showed little or no Improvement, due
in part to the continued state OF I'M
settlement concerning the German rep
arations and to the renewed turmoil In
the Near East. Other countries, nota-
bly, Italy and Czechoslovakia, moved
definitely toward sterilization and
prosperity. Communism and socialism
suffered a tremendous setback In Italy
when the Fascist rebelled against
those doctrines and took over the con-
troll Of the government.
AS In 1921, December was marked
by an international conference In
Washington, for President Harding
had invited the Central American re-
publics to send delegates there to dis
cuss limitation Of ornaments ana
other questions. They met on Decem-
Der 4.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-12-28
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

AS has been said above, the people
of the United States, despite the fact
that they were relatively prosperous,
were not contented. Taxes, rentals
and the prices of the necessities of life
remained too high, and the farmer es-
pecially complained because he did not
receive enough for the products Of his
toll. AS usual, the unrest expressed it,
self at the polls. What many consid-
cred the conservatism of the Harding
administration was blamed, with or
without reason. AS the primary cleo
lions in various states came along, the
voters saw and seized their chance,
and frequently the more conservative
candidates were beaten by so-called
progressives. Albert J. Beveridge de-
feated Senator New in Indiana; Lynn
J. Frazier defeated Senator McCumber
in North Dakota; Senators Johnson of
California and La Toilette of Wiscon-
sin were triumphantly renominated-
and there were many other such in
stances. 1t was generally predicted
that the Democrats would win big vic
tories In the election on November Z.
and the results justified the forecast.
In both house and senate the Republic
an majority was tremendously re-
duced. Such well known figures as
I lPont, Kellogg, Townsend, Calder,
Pomerene and Poindexter we're retired.
A feature of the election was the i'm
tmense majority rolled up for Al Smith,
Democratic candidate for the COVER
nOrshlp of New York.
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IS passed the naval appropriation bill
carrying 1926, 100000.
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL

Bulking large in the affairs of Amer
lea were the two big strikes, of the
railway shopmen and the coal minerZ.
In effect at the same time, they serl-
ously threatened the national we'll
being by disrupting traffic and causing
a countrywide shortage of fuel.
Unable to reach an agreement with
the mine operators on the wage scale,
the miners, both anthracite and btu
minous, went on strike April !. In
June and July President Harding con-
ferred with representatives of both
sides, and proposed that the men re-
turn to work at the old wages and that
the new scale be arbitrated. His plan
being rejected, he told the operators
to reopen their mines under protection
of federal troops and the flag. In only
q few cases was this done. There
were numerous local conflicts and some
killings, and the price of coal threat
ened to become extortionate. To pre-
vent profiteering the government
adopted a plan for the supervision or
production and distribution OF coal on
July "a. Operators and miners OF the
bituminous fields met at Cincinnati ana
on August Is signed an agreement
ending the strike, the men winning VIZ
tually all their demands. A similar
settlement of the anthracite strike was
made on September 2. 1t was admit
ted that the root of the trouble had not
been reached and that another strike
in the spring of 1923 was almost a GER
tainty. Since there was still a great
shortage of coal, Conrad f. Spens was
appointed federal fuel director on Sep
TENDER %.
The railway strike followed an order
of the federal railway labor board, Is
sued June 6, reducing the wages of the
shopmen about $60OG0,000 year.
Other rail employees had their pay cut
proportionately, but the shopmen were
chosen to make the fight. They quit
work on July 1, and two days later
were "outlawed" by the board. On
July IA they were reinforced by the
stationary engineers, firemen ana OIL
ers. From the beginning the admins
tration strove to bring about settle
ment, but both sides were stubborn
the restoration of seniority rights be-
ing the main stumbling block. Presi-
dent Harding warned the strikers
against interference with mails or IN
terstate transportation, and the agen-
cies of the government were active IN
enforcing his orders. Finding they
could not tie up traffic, the strikers IN
many regions resorted to extreme vio'
lence, and even to murder. In the Far
West some of the Brotherhood OF
Trainmen members co-operated with
them until called off by their chiefs
Several trains loaded with passengers
were abandoned in the deserts. Final
ly the government struck vital blow
at the strike. Attorney General Daugh-
erty, on September 1. obtained from
Judge WiIkerson in Chicago a sweep
ing order restraining the shop crafts
from interfering in any way with the
operation of the railways. Two weeks
later the strike was broken when
many railroads negotiated separate
agreements with the shopmen.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

With Michael Collins as it's head,
the provisional government of the Irish
Free State was established in Janu-
ary, after Dali Eireann had accepted
the treaty with England and De Valera
had refused to accede. Immediately
the republicans, now rebels, started Il
warfare that lasted throughout the
year and was marked by innumerable
assassinations and other outrages.
The Free State forces gradually gained
possession OF most of the territory
where the rebels were strong and the
fighting degenerated into bushwhack-
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

January found the great powers still
engaged In formulating treaties ana
agreements in the Washington confer
ence on ornaments and Pacific ocean
problems, ard on February l the dele
gates in plenary session, adopted the
dye.pow err naval limitation treaty with
an agreement on Pacific Notifications;
passed resolutions declaring the open
door in China, and approved a treaty
for the restriction Of the use OF poison
xas and submarines in warfare. All
the same time, Mr.. BalfOur announced
that Great Britain would restore Wei
Hai-Wei to China. Three days later
the conference approved number Of
treaties designed to restore to China
some of her lost liberties and passed
n resolution for the creation OF an In
ternational commission to revise the
rules of warfare. On February 9 the
delegates signed all the treaties and
the conference adjourned sine die, and
In four days President Harding SUBJ
mitted the treaties to the senate.
BY the end of March the senate had
ratified all these treaties, as well as
one with Japan, by which the trou-
biesome question Of American rights
on the island Of zap was settled. Great
Britain and Japan also, in the course
of time, ratified the conference pacts,
and. like the United States. took steps
toward putting into effect the terms
of the treaty on naval limitation. But
France. more interested In her own
troubles connected with the German
reparations and with the developments
in the Near East, delayed action, and
her example was followed by several
smaller nations. Thus the full effect
of some of the treaties was lost for the
time being.
Rehabilitation of Europe, economic
and financial, was the great problem
that confronted the world and, of
course. its solution depended to con-
siderable extent on a settlement of the
German reparations matter. This had
not been reached when the year came
TO q close. The allied commission, an
international bankers committee and
various lnOlVlQudlS SlIuSSlCu Win TIC
question throughout the twelve
months, but it would be tedious to tell
in detail of their efforts. The Germans
steadily maintained that complete en-
forcement of the treaty of Versailles
would ruin Germany and be disastrous
for the rest Of Europe, although Doc
tor Wirth, the chancellor, held that
Germany must and would ultimately
pay the reparations bill. Berlin insist
ed that a long moratorium be granted
on all the payments and that an inter-
national loan to Germany be arranged.
France, depending on the reparations
money for reconstruction and continu-
ally on the verge of bankruptcy, would
not listen to propositions for the re-
duction of the war bill, and from time
to time made preparations to put into
effect sanctions against Germany, such
as occupying the Ruhr district and the
national forests in the Rhineland. AL
ways Great Britain objected to this I'M
Ill late In the year, when Bonar Law
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NEUROLOGY

Every month OF the year has its list
of notable persons taken by death. In
January these included: Sir Ernest
ShacktetOn, British explorer, in the
Antarctic; Marquis Okuma, japanese
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HOW THE: WORLD
Jared IN 1922
Prosperity, Discomfort and Two
Big Strikes Among Notable
Developments in America.
REVERSE FOR REPUBLICANS

Europe Still is in Economic and Finan.
ciaI Turmoil--Downfaii of Lloyd
GeorQe-Turks Defeat Greeks
and Recover Lost Territory
Fascist Gain Control
Of Italy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-02

derry. with Premier Lloyd George
wcro not productive OF optimistic
statements regarding the solution OF
tho problem.
1t IL understood that the question
or tho support to be given to North
ern Ireland In case of nm invasion of
the territory was considered. and an
agreement reached. The situation
remu!ns grave.
Premier Cancels Holiday.
Lloyd George has Cancelled his
Whitsumtide holiday. and is awaiting
tonorrow's conference between. the
Obstetrics and the Earl OF I;alfour at
the Foreign Office.
y meeting IN Downing street OF
the Cabinet and the Irish delegates.
lasting an hour and "a half. preceded
Michncl Collins departure for Duh
lin. No statement was Issued prc
OF tn" Irish delegates. ON being
questioned. replied: Things haze not
yet reached the stage where we can
max. a statement"
Mr.. Collins was accompanied To
Dublin by cannon J. Dueran and VII
liam tosgrovc. leaving Arthur Grif-
nth and tho other delegates. OIi"rar-
~. oliirgins and Kennedy. In Lon
don
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OF INDIANA
IN HARMONY MEETING
Score Republican Policies as
Ruinous TO America
and World.
PLACE BLAME on G. o. J..
Period "f Depression Lung Since
Would 1nvr Bccn over HAD League
OF Nations B-cn Approved by sem
ntr.
lBy Associated rrcss. J

lNDIANAr0IlS, IND, June Il
Adoption OF a platform, condcmning
Republican management or national
and state affairs and nomination OF
ten candidates on State ticket for
which there We're on!y two contests,
marked the state convention held
today by Indiana Democrats.
In laying The foundation for the
fall campaign. party leaders Viewed
the main ISSUE Is economic. and tn"
platform pledged Increased employ
m"nt and prosperity. which Il assert
ID had been lost under Republican
control Fog tn" state campaign. tho
platform said taxation and restora-
ton "g ''hom- rule" would -. the
"paramouu; issue" in which connyc-
ton l. advocated limiting the author
ity ~ Ssycra! State boards and com
missions
The Democratic party IS more
than ever convinced" said tho plat
form plank on na;ioua! affairs, that
/: tn" lcasue Of nations and Yer
Saill"S treaty. had not failed of rHti-
;icat."n by Republican senate. tn.
rcadjuS'ment period would have boon
over lon. ago and world peace and
prosperity would now Ice assured. our
foreign markets maintained aud tn"
h'Eh ideals conceived hy Woodrow
Wilson realized
hmong tho candidates named for
the STINT" ticket was Joseph H. Shea.
afHha SSador to chile during the Vii
son administration. who was chosen
without opposition for judge OF the
Suprcin" Court The only woman
Miss ELLA Crawford. de-
c.incd TO permit her name going be
fore tho convention for clerk ~ court.
and Two men contested for this uomi-
nation. which Was won by Z. 7. pun
gan.
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Diminutivc Bcllhop
Wins Job Aboard Ship
IRy tinted News.

NEW YORK. June dee Ma
Claim. ; feet { inches IN height
and ~ years old. hating from pcs
MUiu"S. la. who never sailed on
any body Of water but Raccoon
Greek before no go; his present
job. is on for Eurup" aboard The
VI. Liner Manchuria. the plo-
m""r hcllhor OF tile mighty deep.
McClain was selected ~ Cap
ta!u Adrian Needcr. commander Of
tn. Mauchur!a. from the bcllboy
stan OF the Hotel McAlpin, New
York. The skipper found that the
boy, In addition Ia the stewards.
and selected the diminutive
lowan for the honor.
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PRICE HEEOuE: WtIkotT
WAS SITS. ASSERTS LEW u

INDIANAroILS. IND, Ian" H.
Prices quoted at West Virginia and
Kentucky mines Tor mine run coal
before tn" strike OF miners became
effective was $l.7i and Sa2j ton.
as compared with $3.50 ton. tn"
pric" set hy Secretary Hoover. John
l.. Lewis. prcsidcn; OF the United
Mine Workers of America. said here
today The price set surely repre-
SCENTS a big boost" Mr.. Lewis added
whether operators i'm tn" non
union fields Will comply with tn"
prices hYci by Secretary Hoover
was regarded as prohlcmatical by
officials at miners headquarters
here
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BATTLE is RAGING
ON ULSTER BORDER
sContlnmeh From Eirst rngcl

The ru' len rctreatcd TO tn. t;rosve-
nor Road area. where Il fresh battle
broke out. involving Lccson Street.
Norfolk street. GrOsv"nor Place. Nc
D"nncl street and other thorough
fares The crown forces had IL dim
cult task in suppresSing tho gunner.
Their concentrated fire reduced the
gunner to silence for Il while. but
later the rebels mounted "a machine
KUN and swept the streets. causing
men. women and children to fly for
their lives"
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$56.25

Three door nj odel.
Onc-piecc white por-
cclain. ITO pounds
capacity.
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service nnions not concerned at
present with WACO controversies be-
fore tile Railroad Labor Board.
Tho general object OF tho confer
cncc. h" said was tn consider what
action Is 10 he taken by the unions
regarding the wax" decisions handed
down by the labor board, and to
arrive at general understanding OF
tho policy 10 bu followed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-02

GcnUiu" Gin son
make. Top icor. 25
pounds ice capacity.
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Tanker Limp. Into r.r,

NEWPORT NEWS Va. Juno H.
the oil tanker Frederick Ewing
which developed cnGiu" trouble or
the Atlantic coast, limpcd into port,
Yesterday afternoon for repairs. she
viii be here week 81 ton day>
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Way Include vi Union Lenders.

Will" tho meeting is for railroad
labor leaders" MIR. Fitzgerald said
before 1t comes To a close all union
leaders throughout the nation may
~ sitting in its sessions it Vas
pointed out that these leaders will
he in Cincinnati to attend the an
nual convention of the American
Federation of Labor which opens
Juno 10. and could easily bc invited
To attend III" railroad conferences.
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List OF PnlIhrarcr..

Flyers who were pallbearcrs were:
lieutenants, Austin Northeastern.
Richmond Air Intermediates Dapot.
Fulton, who was in charge OF The
military arrangements; clifford Ellie.
man. Dave Lowry. \. Woolnar cal
lseh and lvor Massey Eucmau and
Lowry are stationed at the air dcpo,
iAentcnants Calisch and Massey are
United States Air Service Reserve
officers.
Rugier n Il. Durham. -Four hun
dred and Eleventh Coast Artillery
Corps, OF Richmond, was sent nv the
order of Adjutant-Genoral w w.
sale 10 play the last military ohse-
guy.
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RAILWAY WORKERS
OF L. S. TO CONFER
ON WAGES JINE, g

continued From First raecl
neNt week. aud attend The Sessions.
hut IL is not believed that he viii
arrive in time for the opaning Tues
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16

The election of directors shall be
by ballot, and the persons receiving
the highest number of votes cast shall
be elected. Each share of stock shall
be entitled to one vote, and a ma
Jorlty of vote cast will be required to
pass any resolution or decide any
question submitted to the stockhoId-
ers, except for the alteration OF
amendment of this charter or the dis
solution of the corporation.
The Board of Directors shall have
the power and authority to make all
rules and regulations for the manage
ment and control of the corporation,
and shall have power to fill any va
cancy occurring in their number from
among the stockholders, if regularly
qualified. A majority of the direc-
tors voting at one time shall be re-
CURED to pass any resolution or adopt
any Bylaws, and five directors shall
cosntitute quorum.
ARTICLE VII.
Notice of all meetings of stock
holders for the election of directors,
or for any other purpose, shall be
given in writing by the Secretary, and
notice to be delivered personally or
deposited in the postoffice, properly
addressed to each stakeholder at his
last known address appearing on the
books of the corporation at least fiji
teen days before such meeting, pro-
vided, that stockholders meeting NAV
be held at any time with the written
consent of all stockholders of record.
ARTICLE TX.
This corporation shall have its cor
porate existence for period of fifty
years, unless sooner dissolved as re-
quired by law.
ARTICLE K.
This corporation may be dissolved
or the Charter modified or amended
as required by law.
ARTICLE XI.
No stockholders shall ever be held
liable or responsible for the contracts
or faults of this corporation any way
further than the unpaid balance due
to the corporation on the shares of
the stock owned by him, nor shall any
mere informality in organization have
the effect of rendering this Charter
null or exposing a stakeholder to la
bility beyond the unpaid balance due
on the stock owned by him, if any.
ARTICLE XII.
The stock in this corporation is is
sued with the specific understanding
that if at any time any stakeholder
desires to sell his stock he shall first
offer it to the corporation at the
book value of the stock, and the
Board of Directors at its next regular
meeting shall eithe accept
his offer or reject it, which shall be
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16
Claude Mitchell Injured in
Cavalry Races Saturday

Claude Mitchell, a we'll known
young man of this city, was rendered
unconscious for twelve hours when he
fell from his horse in the first race
Of the mounted sports program staged
by Cavalry Troop A Saturday aft
ernoon at the ball park on Pleasant
Hill, following the football game be-
tween Bogalusa and Amite High
School teams.
Mitchell was one of four enries in
a potato race, which meant that each
rider race to the far end Of the field,
dismount, pick up a potato, mount
and return to starting point where he
dropped potato in basket: the rider to
first collect five potatoes in his bas-
ket to be the winner. Mitchell was
away to a good start and had gar
nered his first spud and was return
ing to deposit it in the basket, but
on nearing the starting point and pre-
pairing to dismount with his horse at
gallop, his saddle slipped and he
was thrown heavily to the ground,
rolling some thirty feet. He was
picked up unconscious and taken to
the Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial Hos
pital, where he regained conscious
ness about four o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Mitchell is now resting we'll and
it is not believed his injuries are Sc
riOus.
The inauspicious beginning did not
deter the cavalrymen from carrying
out their program.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16
Ministers Ask Bogalusa
to Entertain Convention

The Minister'S Association of Be-
galusa considers it an honor and a
privilege that BogaIusa is to enter
tain in the near future the State Con-
vention Of the Baptist Church. We
hereby request cooperation on the
part of all of the people of all de-
nominations in making the entertain
ment Of this great body a success.
Bogalusa is a convention city, her
record in the past in matters of en-
tertainment is one of which we may
justly feel proud. Let US all together
make our entertainment of this con-
vention we'll up to the standard set
by US in the past. We heartily well
come the representatives Of this great
church and hope for a real blessing
from their visit.
(Signed) ELMER c. GUM,
For the Association.