Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-09-29

| though the supreme offering could be
| paid for with cash, is perverSion of
| public funds, reversal of the policy
which exalted patriotic service in the
past, and suggests that future defense
is to be inspired by compensation rath-
er than consciousness of duty to flag
and country"
Whether he was right or wrong in
his course, the President certainly was
courageous, for the pressure brought
| to bear on him in favor of the bonus
bill was tremendous, and the fall cleo
lions are not far away. But congress
| had refused to devise and enact a
| measure which he could approve as
| sincere and based on correct financial
principles, so that the law makers
rather than the chief executive should
| bear the onus of adverse criticism. The
American Legion and other advocates
| of compensation for the ex-Service
| men will continue the agitation for a
| bonus.
TN THE presence of Representative
the President on Thursday signed the
tariff bill which bears their names, and
| it became effective at midnight. Vast
| quantities Of imported merchandise
were withdrawn from government
warehouses just before the new rates
int hrr tod
into port to discharge their cargoes
Chairman Marvin of the tariff COM
| mission informed the President that
his forces would have to be tripled in
size because of the duties devolving
on the commission through the opera
ton of the so-called flexible and scien-
tific provisions of the new law.
| Mr.. Harding also signed the Capper-
Tincher act providing for regulation Of
| trading In futures on grain exchanges
| HAVING accomplished what the Re-
- publican leaders called great
| achievements in legislation and econ
| omy and what their Democratic rivals
| described as nothing, or worse than
nothing, congress wound up it's long
session on Friday and adjourned. The
| spokesman for the majority especially
stressed the fact that the national ex-
penditure is being reduced at the rate
Of $1,000, 100000 year. They added
| that in three years the public debt
has been reduced as much as it was
| reduced in fifty years following the
| Civil war. Senator Harrison, Demo
crat, said the record of congress was
"a terrible thing to take back to the
| people,"
/ CONGRESSMAN OSCAR KELLER
- of Minnesota sustained severe
| Jolt last week He was the author of
| the resolution for the impeachment of
Attorney General Daugherty, based on
| his obtaining the famous injunction
against the striking Hallway shopmen,
and also on his alleged failure to en-
| force the antitrust laws. Mr.. Keller
had prepared his case and had induced
/ Samuel Untermyer to present it be-
fore the house judiciary committee.
Then that committee calmly and cold
! bloodedly postponed the hearing until
next December. Mr.. Keller and Mr..
! Untermyer were furious, and Sam
/ Gompers denounced the committees
action as brazen effrontery. The execu-
/ tive council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor has set aside October
| as Impeachment day" for demon
STATIONS against Mr.. Daugherty and
Judge Wilkerson, who granted the in
junction.
/ a FTER % days of furious labor, the
"A rescue crews at Jackson, CAL,
reached the level of the gold mine in
which Al miners had been entombed
by fire, only to find that every one
/ of them was dead. 1t was evident
that they had succumbed to poisonous
gases within few hours.
THE League of Nations in session
l at Geneva devoted lot of time to
discussing naval disarmament without
getting anywhere. The league as
sembly unanimously voted Hungary
| member and it was believed Germany
would be admitted soon. General ap-
proval was given to the manner in
which the mandates for the former
German colonies have been exercised,
including the phosphate monopoly on
the island of Naru. which was ques-
toned by the United States. The Boz
lsvian delegate informed the assembly
| that "grave difficulties menaced the
relations between Bolivia and Chile
unless the mediation of a friendly
power or the arbitration of the league