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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05
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order to create a popular sentiment
adverse to labor and to the unions.
IF anything happens that is favor
able to us, you never see a word about
it in the papers," he said. 1.-THE press
associations won't carry the story and
the papers won't print it."
All employers and all leaders of la
Dor are not so blindly prejudiced as
these two men, otherwise the only way
capital and labor would ever be brought
together would be in a head-on col
lision. Unfortunately, however, these
two men are multiplied many times in
UNNECESSARILY to the difficulties of
those who seek to preserve peace or
to reconcile differences once open con-
flict has been precipitatd.
Everyone who has undertaken the
role of mediator or arbitrator in a
labor dispute knows only too well that
there are two sides to every case, and
that neither side has a monopoly of
right or of virtue. In the present rail
road controversy, for instance, en-
phasis is frequently laid on the fact
that the shopmen refused to abide by
a decision of the railroad labor board
and went on strike in violation of that
decision. Those who make a point of
that should be informed that the first
refusal to abide by a decision or order
of the board came from the managerial
side when certain railroads undertook
arbitrarily to put wage decreases into
effect while the board had ruled that
such action should not be taken pend
ing its hearing and determination of
the question. Later, other roads ig-
nored or violated other rulings or de-
cisions of the board.
All who discuss this rupture in the
relations of railroad management and
workers should also know that there is
nothing in the law that requires either
side to accept or to abide by decisions
Of the labor board.
Again. in the case of the coal strike,
those who criticize the miners for not
accepting Presiden- Harding's peace
proposal should understand that as
matters stood the miners had prac-
tically won their strike and had good
reasons for not wanting to take the
chance of having the fruits of victory
taken away from them by an arbitra-
ton commission. They had fought a
long and trying fight and surely were
entitled to all of whatever success it
had brought to them.
At the same time, the friends of the
miners should understand that if the
workers had been conceded everything
they were striking fora national
agreement. the old wage scale. and the
working rules-they would be no bet
ter off than they were prior to April
/. for nothing would have been done to
cure the uneconomic conditions in the
coal industry. Without sterilization
of the industry and without some So
luton of the problem of the non-union
districts. the lot of the union miner will
never be a satisfactory one.
Thus the case is made for tolerance
Of the rights and opinions of others in
times of open conflict between work
ors and their employers. and for the
development of an intelligent public
opinion that can be brought to bear
when needed.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05
went Through Mill
to Gather Evidence
4 for Liquor Cleanup
Trjbune's Helena Bureau

Helena, Aug. 4.-Evidence by.
which o. Il. P. Shelley, federal
prohibition director for Montana,
hopes to cork the bottle through
which liquor is said to have flowed
freely from Canada into Montana
by way Of Eureka, a town near the
border, In Lincoln county, was OBJ
tanned by a federal agent who
went through the mill" That Is,
he worked in a lumber MILL at Eu-
reka, and when time came for him
to gather additional information IN
the town itself, he dropped a rock
on his hand, gave up his job at the
mill, obtained n digging a cellar
where no suspected Illicit liquor
was to be stored.
The agent got In" With the
gang to the extent where on n
occasion during his seven-week
stay at Eureka he helped a boot
logger hide liquor when a prohi-
bition agent who was known IN
the community arrived.
In the raid on July % on every
pool hall, soft drink establishment
and hotel at Eureka, 20 persons
being arrested, much Canadian and
Scotch whisky and even more Ca
madam beer was seized, according
to reports at the office of Mr..
Shelley. Federal agents grabbed
one automobile at Eureka. In
raids they made at KaHspeil they
apprehended six persoss. At Co.
lumbia Falls four were arrested
and a a was seized. Troy and
Libby each Melted one arrest and
one automobile.
The approach to Eureka was
difficult for the agents. The town
Is seven miles from the Canadian
border. The agent had been In
town seven weeks,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05
Land Ruling Gives
Mineral Claimants
Preference Rights

Helena, Aug. 4-tBy The Associated
Press. )-Nathan Cannon. chief of the
field division of general land office
here, has received from the general
land office at Washington a decision
which. it is said. will set n precedent
in conflicts between entrants for agri-
cultural aud for mineral purposes. The
land office, in this case, holds that on
lands known to be mineral, homestead
entries will not be given title where the
mineral claimant has made a bona fide
effort to comply with the regulations
for entry.
The case on which the decision rests,
known as the United States VS.. f. r.
Hill, involves mineral claims not far
from Helena, on which f. s. Lindsay
and associates are the claimants. Hill
made the homestead entry on which the
litigation began .,,.N,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05
the same time made it possible to carry
out improvement plans.

the same time made it possible to carry
out improvement plans.
While the installing Of lights at the
station does not call for . large ex-
penditure of money, local people are
in hopes that it signifies that the Great
Northern and perhaps other Montana
railroads win resume the building of
branch lines and extensions.
There are a number Of different
projects in Judith Basin county and
adjoining territory which have been
held up on account of the condition OF
railroad finances. Some Of these prof.
ects are partly completed and have
been lying in this state since the com
mencement of the war. Among them
are the Milwaukee branch from Denton
to Everson and the Great Northern
branch up the Judith river from Bob
son. both of which were surveyed a
number Of years ago.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05
Railway to Install
Electric Lights in
Station at Hobson
Special to The Tribune

Special to The Tribune.
Hobson. Aug. @Word has just been
received by A. W. Davis, local agent
for the Great Northern railway, that
his company has decided to install
electric lights in the Hobson station.
The specifications call for IL electric
lights inside the depot and three on
the caves. The action as a
result of efforts on the part of Mr..
Davis, backed by the Hobson ~associa-
tion OF commerce, who has been seek
ing since 1917 to have electric lights
installed.
The big expense and small receipts
OF the Great Northern for a number Of
years past have compelled it, however,
to forego all such improvements. until
recently when freight business im4
proved, and reduction of expenses at
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05
FIRES GROW MORE
SERIOUS As WIND
DRYs UP FORESTS
Condition in Wooded Areas
Described as Critical in Re-
ports to Officials.

Missoula Alg t by The Associ-
ated Prese.p-Force fire conditions in
northwestern ,'antaua. Idaho and east
ern Washington have become very crit
ical in tho last - hours. Continued
extremely hot weather with hot winds
have brought about a condition that is
causing worry 70 the officials of dis
trict No. l of the forest service To-
Gated here.
A fire on kaniksu forest in east
ern Washington has spread into the
Pend Oreille forest. on Priest river in
Idaho, and has jumped in size from 300
acres Wednesday night to 100 acres
Thursday night. 1t is burning fiercely.
according to reports. and the large
crews of men fighting il have lost 600
feet of line. though they have held
one and one-half miles previously com
structed. It has been impossible to
get a fire line all the way around the
blaze.
Threatening Nursery
/ The fire is jeopardizing the existence
of the forest service experiment sta
ton, maintained for growing trees to
place on burned-over areas. 1t has
burned to some extent in the expert
mental plots but has not done a great
amount of damage as yet.
The blaze is running in n northeast
erly direction toward Priest lake. 1t
is burning in government timber con-
sidered very valuable. In addition to
the spread of this blaze reports from
the Kaniksu Thursday stated there are
three new fires burning on this forest
and in the Pend OreilIe in Idaho but
the smoke haze makes it impossible
as vet to determine their size. One
of these fires is - miles west of Priest
lake, between the town of Priest Lake
and the Pend Oriellc river, another is
believed 10 be a small fire and is known
as the Flat fire on J~ackpine Flats, be-
tween the town of Priest River and
Priest Lake. A third is on Myrtle
creek. between Bonner's Ferry and
Copeland. Ida. This last blaze. accord
ing to the best information ohtainable.
is about 80 acres in size. Fourteen
men are fighting this blaze and %
more are beng sent from Spokane.
Four forest fires started by railroad
trains on the Pend Orielle forest are
reported under control.
BIackfeet Fire Spreads
Twenty-Five fires at the head Of the
Locks river on the Clearwater. all of
them started by a lightning storm, are
reported under control. but they are
burning in a section of country hard
to reach, even by pack trains. which
have started in to aid the patrolmen
and guards holding the fires in check.
The blaze which has burned in the
BIackfeet forest more than 1000 acres
and has burned 20 acres in the south
western corner of Glacier National
park is continuing to spread. This fire
Is in an excellent stand Of timber and
is causing a heavy loss. Details from
this blaze we're not obtainabIe. Seven
miles of line trenches on the Home
stead creek fire yesterday are being
held. On the Foehl creek fire. on
which a fire-fighter was killed Wcdnes-
day by a burning tree, the line is not
completed yet.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05

ment board and treated both the
government and the public with
contempt.
mo more unjust and shameful
compromise was ever proposed in
the name Of the government of the
United States. The railroad ex-
e~cutives have rejected this propos-
al. They could not have done 9TH
erwise and looked their fellow citi-
zens in the face. They have in the
fulfillment Of their duty to the
public and in the attempt to keep
transportation going, employed
thousands of men promising them
steady jobs and regular seniority.
They are now asked to double cross
all these men, turn them out of
their places and take back men who
have been disloyal not only to the
railroad organizations but con-
tenptuous of the orders of a law
fully constituted government board.
This newspaper holds no brief
either for the railroad management
or for the railway labor organiza-
tons. 1t has felt and repeatedly
said that several of the roads in
ignoring the prohibition against
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05

farming out contract work were be-
ing just as lawless as the unions.
Its sole concern in the present sit
uation is the concern of the general
public which without railroad serv-
ice would suffer unspeakable hard
ships. 1t does not believe that this
general public looking at the situa-
ton with an impartial eye, can fail
to regard the Administrations pro-
posal with profound misgiving. 1t
is not only cruelty unjust to the men
who at a crisis in the history of
the nation are keeping the trains
moving, but is fruitful of further
disturbance in the transportation
field. If any group of men engaged
in that work can walk out at any
time and leave the country flat on
its back and then walk back again
and regain all of the jobs and privi-
leges they previously enjoyed, the
settlement will constitute a stand
ing invitation to others to do like
wise and the United States will
remain in a perpetual state of hot
This has been the history
Of the Adamson act and this will
be the history Of the present settle
ment if it is carried into effect.
That it should have been proposed
by the present administration can
only be explained by political ter
ror. a terror entirely unworthy of
government to which the general
looks not merely for justice
but for courage"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05

In France during the middle. ages
chariyaris were generally raised
against persons contracting second
nuptials.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05
CORRECTED

"If you want to make a hit, my son,
you must strike out for yourself"
Son-"You're mixed in your baseball
ta1f, DAD = bit i ygs strakt fr o"s yGp can t
Evening star., 1922-08-08
OFFICIALS PROBE
MOTION PICTURES

Acting on its own initiative, the
Federal Trade Commission. repre-
sented by Commissioners Gaskill,
Murdock and Van Fleet, made a per-
sona1 investigation of several motion
picture films last week in an effort to
decide whether a finn released locally
was a reissue Of an old Aim, and
whether In reissuing the film exhib-
itors were not leading the public to
production. The decision Of the COM
in the case is expected to be
made public this week.
The three members of the commits
sion visited studios of two exhibitors
in Washington, viewing three films,
all taken from a novel famous many
years ago. but all bearing different
titles. The commission today an
nounced that a formal complaint has
been issued against the Fox Film
Company of New York, questioning
whether the reissue of an old film
under a new title, without disclosing
that the films are reissues is an un-
fair method o. competition. Reissue OF
old pictures under q new title. the COM
lead exhibitors, and through them the
public, into the belief that such reissues
are hrst-run pictures.
The picture viewed locally was
taken from the book BLACK Beauty"
and was shown under three dtfferen
titles at two film exchanges here.
Tne .ip e the commissioners TO eAe
motion picture exhibitors is said TO
be the first similar attempt by the
to decide on Its own ini-
tiatfve by personal Investigation
Whist constitutes unfair competition
in Reissue of motion picture films.
Evening star., 1922-08-08
SUSPECT WOMAN
IN Theft OF $44
Fingerprints on Scissors
Give Clue in Trade Com
mission "Robbery."

Fingerprints on the blade Of pair
Of scissors which were used to open a
desk from which $44 was stolen few
days ago at the Federal Trade Com
mission have directed suspicion to
woman employe of the commission
The robbery" last week Is the latest
in a series of petty thefts which have
been going on at the Offices of the
Federal Trade Commission for sew
eral weeks.
The woman employe of the commits
sion, who is under suspicion OF steal
ing her own money from~her own
desk. is said to have informed OFF,
cials of the commission that $44 was
missing from her desk one afternoon
last week. Detectives were put on
the case, and they Informed c. g. Du-
game, assistant secretary OF the COM
mission, that because the scissors
with which the desk drawer had been
opened had been handled by so many
persons since the robbery 1t was
practically impossible to trace the
DuEanne suggested that probably the
deepest prints halfway up the blade
of the scissors would be the prints of
the thief. Herewith fingerprints of
all the employees on the floor on which
the robbery took place, including
higher officials Of the commission,
were taken. with the result that the
prints OF the woman under suspicion
were found In the place where natural
leverage to open the desk drawer
would be exerted.
Evening star., 1922-08-08
WORK 'FARMEDQUT
SCORED IN PROTEST
Machinists Tell President
Hundreds of Federal En-
ployes Lose Jobs Thereby.
NAVY YARD CASE CITED
Dismissals Largely Due to Letting
Contracts to Private Plants
Is Claim.

Protest against the farming OUT
OF government work to private CON
Germs was made today to President
Harding. Secretary of the Navy
DENLY and chairman of the Senate
and House naval affairs committees
by Columbia Lodge. No. ia. Interna-
tional Association of Machinists.
Lack of work at the Washington
navy yard, which has already result
60 In the wholesale discharging and
Iurloughing Of hundreds of skilled
mechanics, the organization pointed
out In a resolution sent to the gov
ernment authorities. is attributed
largely to the farming out" of work
by the government to private con-
Germs.
1t was charged in the resolution
that the private plants do not pro-
ouce work on the same high sta nd
ara as the government establish
ments. besides they employ "a great
amount of foreign labor"
The resolution called upon the off,
ciais ito see that all work is routed
to government owned establishments"
where it will be handled by "Ameri-
can citizens"
It also was recited In the resolut on
that the navy yard workers have been
commended highly by the chief of the
bureau of ordnance for their work
manship and skill and high efficiency
during the war and that the employees
are eager to maintain in time of
peace the excellent reputation earn
ed by the Washington navy yard"
In this connection the resolution
emphasized that the navy yard men
resent statements which haye ap-
peared in the press. in which recent
layoffs were characterized as the ell
mination of dead wood" thereby
casting a reflection On the efficiency
of the personnel"
Evening star., 1922-08-08
SENATE TO SETTLE
3 TARIFF: ISSUES

The Senate was to dispose today of
all pending amendments to three inn
portant sections of the tariff bill, the
sugar schedule, the proposed five
years bounty on potash in lieu of a
duty and the rate on white arsenic.
Senators from sugar producing
states believe they would be able to
muster the necessary, majority for
the Broussard amendment proposing
a duty of 2 cents pound on Cuban
raw sugar, an increase of 1 cent over
the rate in the Underwood law and
of / cent above the rate in the exner-
Eeney tariff and the bill as reported
to the Senate.
The committee amendment, offered
Yesterday, for a bounty on potash
was opposed generally by the demo-
Gratis as a departure from the tradf-
tional policy of Congress. On the
other hand, committee members
pointed to the bounty on sugar paid
in the COS as precedent for their rec-
ommendation. The bounty recon-
mended for domestic producers is the
same as the tariff duties originally
suggested, ~ cents pound for the
cents for the year ending October |,
1925; III cents for the succeeding
year ana cent for the, final year.
The white arsenic duty OF cents q
pound already has been approved by
the Senate, but has been reopened at
the insistence of senators from south
ern states, who agree that 1t will cost
cotton growers millions of doYfarssa
year. They also contend that it Will
prove burden, on. farmers generally
and that the duty. will benef1t only
smelling interests who produce arse-
mic as by-product -, -
Evening star., 1922-08-08
DANGEROUS POLES
ALLOWED TO STAND
O. B. Zantzinger Claims
Mr.. Keller Condemned BIa-
densburg Road Menace.

Although the dangerous condition Of
BIadensburg road. due to the presence
OF trolley-wire supporting poles in
the center. has been admitted by the
District Commissioners in corre-
spondence with o. B. Zantzinger. and
promises made months ago that they
would be removed, they are still
standing. Many serious accidents
have resulted from the presence of
made all the more dangerous by the
rutty condition of the thoroughfare
and railroad right of way which may
result in throwing an automobile into
any of the poles. Mr.. Zantzinger was
led to take up the matter with the
Commissioners because Of the acci-
dents due to the poles.
Il travel over Bladensburg road
daily and it is. indeed, a pike Of ruts
and a disgrace, not only to the Dis
trict of Columbia, but to the entire
country The ruts are bad enough
and dangerous enough. but the death
poles are much mora So" he said to-
day.
Removal Was Promised.
"Just about a year ago. the Engineer
poles would be removed, but they are
still there, and 1t does not seem posi-
BILE that right here In the District Of
Columbia such conditions would be al
lowed to remain. especially as there IS
SO much said and written about safe
ty first"
Correspondence with Mr.. Zantzinger
shows that the railroad company had
been notified by Col Kuts, then Engi-
necr Commissioner. to change the
poles, but responded that 1t did not
that the work would be done by Dis
trict forces and the cost charged
against the company. To the latter
the company entered protest. but 1t
was then the intention of the Commits
sioner to proceed unless stopped by
the courts.
Engineer Commissioner Keller. in a
letter dated December 1, 1921, to Mr..
Zantzinger, said:
II have just found an opportunity
to take a look at the poles on the
Bladensburg road, and find that the
center poles to which you object are
still in place.
Poles Still Standing.
"As YOU were informed some time
ago, a decision was arrived at by my
predecessor that these poles should be
removed, and the board of Commits
sfoners approved his views on the SUBJ
ject. Since that time, however. it has
not been found possible to spare from
the District service those employees
who are best qualified to remove the
poles, they being busy with other
work which 1t was Judged required
precedence over the removal Of the
poles. in question.
MY investigation disclosed that
this unfavorable condition will soon
be- at an end. and II is hoped at a COM
paratively early date the work OF
changing the poles may be set on
foot" .
The poles are still standing.