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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
Illinois Miners
Refuse to Meet
With Operators

Springfield, ILL.,, May 25.-President
Frank harrington Of the Illinois United
Mine Workers announced Thursday
that the district executive board upon
his Recommendation, had unanimously
refused to accept the invitation of the
Illinois coal operators to meet them
"a a district wage scvale conference.
'"The operators" Mr.. Harrington
added, will be notified that until the
policy Of the international union is
changed, this district is not willing and
IL not going to meet them in a wage
scale conference"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
UNLIMITED DEBATE
IN SENATE MAY BE
PLACED UNDER BAN
Many Republicans Favor Plan
but All Democrats and
Some G.. 0. p. Opposed.

Washington, May 25.-A movement,
said to have the backing Of a large
number of senator's, to change the an
cient senate rules permitting unlimited
debate was initiated Thursday at a
conference of republican senator's.
The decision was reached in a caucus
meeting considering the tariff measure,
now five weeks in the upper house
without a single schedule having been
approved in final form.
A cloture plan was finally agreed to
but was almost certain to meet opposi-
ton from some republicans in addition
to the entire democratic side of the
chamber. Senators Borah, of Idaho,
and Johnson, Of California, are lead
ers among the republican groups which
already has declared against the move.
Republican leaders later were warn
ed in the senate by Senator Under
wood Of Alabama, the demcratic lead
er, that he would resist to his utmost
any effort by the majority to apply the
gag" rule for passage of the tariff
bill.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
Like Clouds Across a Summer
Sky

foretelling the dreaded storm are the
symptoms of women's diseases which
point the way to physical and mental
breakdown. The nervous irritability,
tie backache. the dragging pains, are
not only hard to endure, but they bring
certain knowledge of collapse unless
something is done TO relieve the suffer-
or. There is one standard remedy which
has shown the way out for nearly fifty
Years. The women who have come
back" through the use of Ldyia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound present an
argument stronger than words could
ever be.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26

Although peace had been establish
ed in Europe it was quite clear, said
Mr.. Lloyd George. that the war at
mosphere TO a certain extent re-
NAMED: As for Russia, it is HOPELESS,
for the Russian government, said the
premier, to expect to remove herself
from the pit of squalid misery with
out assistance. There were three al
ternatives in dealing with the Russian
situation. Mr.. Lloyd George pointed
out. The first was force, which had
failed. No one had suggested that
at Genoa. The second was to leave
Russia to her fate.
But how" he asked. ''could We in
sure Europe against the risks this
policy would involve. The Russo
German agreement shows the sort of
peril | mean"
German Finance Lacking
Germany. said the premier. could
not re-equip Russia. economically. not
having the capital. but that was not
the case with ornaments, as there was
every natural resoure in one country
and complete technical skill in the
other.
'"The British delegation" he said.
realized it was necessary for the
peace of the world, whatever was
thought of the soviet government, that
some arrangement with Russian be
made in order to enable her to help in
swelling the volume Of trade on which
SO many millions depend, and in order
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
Cleanup Sought
Among Knights by
New York Council

Oswego, N. Y, May 24.-Dras-
tic resolution demanding a general
house cleaning of the supreme
council, Knights of Columbus, were
adopted at the closing session of
the New York state council here
Wednesday.
The resolution provides specifi-
cally that Joseph G. Pelletier, OF
Boston, Mass, supreme advocate
of the order, who was removed
from the office of district at
torney of Suffolk county, Mass,
by the supreme court Of Mass
a~chusetts, on charges of NAL
feasance of office, be removed
from his office in the order.
Further provision was made
that James A. Flaherty, supreme
knight, and John B. Kennedy,
editor of Columbia, be censured
for publicity given in connection
with the Pelletier case.
Delegates to the national SUI
preme council session at Atlantic
City in August were instructed to
present these resolutions.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
President Receives
German Ambassador

Washington, May 25.-Dr. Otto
Wiedfeldt, the new German ambassador
to the United States, was received for
mally Thursday afternoon by President
Harding when, accompanied by attaches
of the embassy, he presented his Gre
dentials al envoy extraordinary Of the
German republic. He remained with
the president only a few minutes. His
reception marked final resumption Of
relations between the United States
and Germany.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
PRIME MINISTER SAYS
TRUCE Of PEACE Of "a
NATIONS IS GOOD MOVE
Cheers Greet Premier When He Enters Commons
to Debate Foreign Policies, Takes Up Business
Of Genoa Gathering and Leaves Relations With
Germany and France for Next Week.

London. May 25.-Cheers greeted Prime Minister Loyd
George when he entered the house of commons thursday al
ternoon for a debate on the foreign policies of the government,
which is likely to have an important bearing upon MS poltcal
future.
The Genoa conference formed the text for the debate.
Mr.. Lloyd George in beginning his speech SAID ne purposeo
dealing only with the business of the Genoa gathering and dld
not intend to discuss German relations or British relations with
France, an opportunity for discussion Of which would be provld-
ed next week.
The prime minister after reviewing the objects of the con-
ference said tina. in regard to the question whether the confer
ence had succeeded he would simply state the facts tlatly and let
the members Judge them fairly.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
weather Condition - Pacific slop'

weather Condition - Pacific Slope,
Northwest and Canadian Northwest
A we'll defined depression covers the
region from the provinces southwark to
Utah, with the center over northwest
ern Montana. High pressure prevails
over the Pacific states. Precipitation
occurred west Of tho Rockies from cen
trail California and Nevada northward
to British Columbia and upper Alberta,
except over portions Of eastern Wash
ington. Moderately high temperatures
continued Thursday from Utah north
ward to Saskatchewan, but consider
ably lower temperatures prevail over
the middle plateau.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
fXANbASSADOR TO China
SENTENCED BY military
COURT At DEFAULT HEARING
State Department Says Any Activities of Crane
Were on Own Initiative and Not Under Orders
From Washington, Reports Say Will Sleep On
Floor, Live on Bread and Olives.

Chicago, May 25-Sentence of 20 years in prison on a charge
of melting recent disturbances in French mandate territory in
Syria has been melted out to Charles F. Crane Of Chicago, by q
French military court in Damascus, according to a copyrighted
dispatch from Cairo, Egypt, published Thursday in the Chicago
Daily News. Mr.. Crane was the American ambassador to China
during the latter years Of the Wilson administration. These re-
ports, according to the Daily News dispatch, say the military
court passed the sentence after a hearing by default Chat is, in
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
BLIZZARD TRIAL CLOSED

CharlestOwn, w. Va, May 25.-(By
The Associated Press.)-Both prosecu-
ton and defense closed their evidence
Thursday afternoon in the trial Of Will
liam Blizzard on a treason charge
growing out of the armed march in
southern West Virginik last summer.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26

CRANE DRAWS 20 YEARS O SYRIAN DISTURBANCES

and trading restrictions, the third
transportation difficulties and the
fourth the absence of q sense OF secur-
ity against war. He said commissions
were established to deal with each of
these problems.
One Of the unfortunate results. Of
the war was demonstrated when the
power Of international good will de-
veloped into narrow, selfish blind ma
tionafsm. found in every direction, he
said. The human intellect was ex-
haused in order to make trade as diff
ficult as possible, he added.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26

aSDence OF the accused.
"a notice in the newspapers" the
dispatch continues, quoting the official
communique, adds that the American
government has been notified"
According to the newspapers the
court held that Mr.. Crane was equally
responsible with numerous Syrians who
are serving terms in prison or account
of the outbreak.
Sleep On Floor
Reports from Syria are that polit-
ical prisoners are obliged to sleep on
the Jail floor and to subsist on dry
bread and olives.
Miss Twisiech Rahwandji, Is years
old, was recently arrested in Damascus
because she was a pupil of Miss Maid
Aabed, a Moslem teacher involved in
the disturbances. Miss Aabed was one
of the women selected by Mr.. Crane to
receive educational benefit in the
United States. His check for $1,000
to defray her travelling expenses
prompted the charge that the Ameri-
can government vas substituting the
Syrian malcontents.
after they had put her through the
third degree in a vain effort to force
the child to give information they
sought, they locked her up for two
hours in an empty tomb. She was
her taken back to prison in a state
of collapse"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
MINISTER TO GUATEMALA

Washlngton, May 25.-The senate
confirmed Wednesday night the nomi-
nation Of Arthur r.. Geissler Of Okla
homa City to be minister to Guate-
mala, ~. at
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
CRANE UNAUTHORIZED.

Washington, May 25.-Inquiry has
been. made by the French government
of the American state department as
to the status Of Charles r. Crane,
who for the past six months has been
conducting an inquiry into conditions in
the near east. The state department,
it was learned Thursday, has replied
that Mr.. Crane was acting entirely on
his own initiative and authority ard
was without any government commits
sion.
Mr.. Crane. after a trip acros Siberia
into soviet Russia last year, and after
a short visit to the United States. left
for southern Europe, it being stated
that he intended visiting Albania and
Anatola, which was just being a
ated by the Italian and French troops,
who had been in occupation since the
close Of the world war.
Recently ". Crane was heard from
in Syria, where he was said to be
making an inquiry into conditions Of
the Arabian and the Turkish popula-
ton. The attention of the French
government was soon attracted to Mr..
Cranes activities. Although French
officials expressed the belief that it
could not be said that he was melting
the natives to resistance against the
French military forces occupying
Syria under the terms of the treaty
Of Sevres, they regard his presence as
highly inimical.
Encouraged Resistance
The natives. with exalted ideals of
American institutions, were said to
have been encouraged by Mr.. Cranes
presence among them to resist the ap-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
CRANE is {

CRANE is SILENT.
Paris, May 25.-Charles r. Crane,
who is reported to have been con-
demned by a French military court to
20 years imprisonment, is now stop
ping at a Paris hotel.
When be was asked Thursday after
noon about his condemnation he re-
fused t o say anything in regard to the
Syrian situation, adding that he was
making an effort to do something re-
garding it.
Mr.. Crane has not been under ar
rest or surveillance.
Mr.. Crane said he was not ready to
speak until he reached New York as
he intends working along the same
lines in London"
From a travelling companion Of Mr..
Crane it vas learned that be was see
ing members Of the French chamber
and senate regarding the Syrian
situation.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
Encouraged Resistance
WEATHER

Reported for The Tribune by the United
States Weather Bureau At Helena
Observation taken Mt 8 p. M. May Is
1922, for the preceding "a hours:
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26
No. 50

In Article No. SO | said that the first step in
the constructive plan for Great Falls Of the fu-
ture is: "a Definite Program of Commercial
Development"
To this end three distinct steps forward are
necessary:
/. Some very clear and straight thinking
concerning what can and should be done. AS
to any consistent development of this commun-
ity, what thinking is now being done has to do
only with personal interests. And we need first
of all to learn that intelligent generosity is the
highest refinement of selfishness.
2. The association in some orderly and pur-
poseful way of that part Of the citizenship of
Great Falls that really has vision, ability and
courage. The future of this community de-
ponds, not upon all of its people, but upon those
that will intelligently do something. We have
associations and clubs, of course, in abundance.
But such as we have are conspicuous chiefly for
what they do not do.
3. A clear-cut constructive vision of what
Great Falls of the future may be. | will sug-
gest two things in this respect: A militant
spirit of cooperation; and deserving businesses
sufficiently capitalized. At present too many
businesses are trying to operate on pretty much
the same principle that an engineer would use
if he tried to run a one hundred horsepower
engine on one horsepower of steam.
Article No. 60 will further discuss the Pro-
gram.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26

Showers and cooler Friday; Saturday
probably fair: cooler In extreme eas'
portion.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-26

plication of the French mandate over
the country and to demand their abso-
lutte independence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-09

as much as 81, $50 a year, depending on the
length of the routes, while the motor routes of
so or more miles pay salary of from $2,250 to-
2,260. Indiana ranks ninth among the states in
number of rural routes and mileage. Illinois is
first
No farmer or resident of village or hamlet
would want the service discontinued. It links
the farming community close to the city, and
shares with the telephone in the honor of being
one of the great factors in promoting rapid COM
munication, which in turn serves the cause of
civilization.
The development of the rural route service
has been one of the achievements of the postal
service, and congress always has been generous
in its appropriations for this purpose. With his
free delivery, telephone and automobile, the
farmer is no longer an isolated unit of the coun-
ty, but is in position to keep in intimate touch
with daily Developments
The worth of the rural delivery will be en-
HANGED considerably when all the roads of the
country are improved to such an extent that bad
weather will not prevent travel. Many farmers
residing on side roads are today hampered for
good transportation facilities in winter and thaw-
ing weather. The quicker many of these roads
are made passable the year around, the better
off will be his lot. Roads that cannot be used
throughout the year initiate against the con-
slant use of marketing facilities by large por-
ton of our rural population.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-09
TODAY'S TALK
ssTHR CROUCH HOUSE
GEORGE Matthew Adams Author Of Can" "U

artist lovely home rests
just at the top of beautiful hillside
Being a wife who in her right is also
and full of delightful nno-
that exactly what will find If you
in having been a guest of this
There thick woods flower beds seats hidden
winding that lead to small
ouofheway house the bottom of the hill which its builder and
has termed THE Crouch House.
artistic fireplace made of
thing the artists design kitchen sleeping for the
outside,
entertained this little
the walls all
exclusively old early American
direction
something both and
pointwhy is this "The Crouch
House?
Well matter this lifefame,
wealth. Observation-Disclosures always keeps burning within the desire
for fundamentals for crude honey things for romp where honest
natural instincts breed.
a when wished hammer
thing together whistle oudwhn he felt like
panks shingles
up
loungng
look perfectly home there but which Friend
perfectly
becomes refuge tired
only
where the
then
his renewed and fit for call
a m
build mental hillside need it Maybe do,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-09
The Dead Letter Sale
Careessness Addressing Responsible for Loss of Much
Mail, Especially During Christmas Rush

dealer would mark on his catalogue
the limit that he would bid on that par
ticular lot.
Hundreds of people passed through
the auction room selecting bargains
to be bid for next day. When the
sale opened in the morning, therefore,
it proceeded with a snap. The 235
boxed lots of more or less bulky
merchandise, % lots of tires, and 66
lots of jewelry and small articles sold
in tire hours. The bidder who did
not signal his raise the instant the
last price was named found himself
out of the competition.
This is a description of a more or
less typical dead letter sale. 1t is Civ.
en- in some detail because few persons
outside of the cities where the sales
are held have an opportunity to attend
these interesting government func-
lions.
There is no little misunderstanding
regarding the so-called dead letter
sales. This name has become popu-
larly attached to them because all up-
deliverable mail is handled by di-
vision of Dead Letters, and this di-
vision conducts the sales. The term
dead letter sale is misleading though,
because it suggests that undelivered
letters are put up for the public to
buy, and this is far from the truth.
Every year the post offices of the
country handle millions of letters that
cannot be delivered but the govern
ment does not sell any of them.
Every effort is made to deliver each
letter entrusted to the postal service.
If letter cannot reach the person ad-
dressed, and the sender's name and ad-
dress are not in the upper left hand
corner, the letter is finally opened.
If money or enclosures of value are
found and any address is given in the
letter the post office department for
wards the letter and it's contents.
Money that cannot be delivered goes
to swell the governments revenues.
Letters containing no valuables or
money are burned without further at
tempt at locating the persons con
cerned. So there is never a dead let
ter sale literally speaking. The gov
eminent officially puts on the market
ARTICLES accumulated in the division
of dead letters" and most of these ara
parcel post matter.
Why Mail
Goes Wrong.
Mail finds its way into the dead let
ter office largely by the carelessness
of the public. Wrong or incomplete
addresses are given. The addressee
has moved without leaving informa
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-09
Nv FREDERICK J. HAskIN

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. g.
Attending dead letter sales is popular
sport in this city. A local auction
house was crowded to the doors a
few days ago when the government
put up at auction an accumulation OF
several months unclaimed and IN
mailable parcel post matter.
Some people have an idea that 4
letter sale is conducted along lottery
Iines.S A glimpse into the auction room
would bear out this impression. No
goods are in sight. The auctioneer,
high above the crowd is rafting off
as fast as he can:
Lot number twelve-at five dol
lars, at five dollars, six dollars, at sew
en- dollars, yours for seven dollars, Mr.,
Brown"
Then, without a pause for breath,
the auctioneer is Keeling off the next
number and calling for bids. The bid
ders in the crowd are closely follow
ing the sale by their catalogues, but
these give only the most general des-
cription of each lot of goods. Ap-
parently they are buying in the dark.
This is not the case, however. The
sold were on display. Long rows of
packing boxes with aisles between them
ranged the length of the auction
room. Each box contained one lot
of goods. Scarcely any articles are
disposed of singly at these sales
when a large amount of goods is to
be auctioned.
One great wooden box labeled sci,
-
was filled to the brim with cigar
boxes. packages of cigarets, loose, sill
yer wrapped cigars, tobacco bags, and
cans In each of three boxes there
were 10 to u suitcases. The cases
had probably been mailed packed
with articles and had missed delivery
by wrong or insufficient address. Now
they were being sold empty. Most OF
them were old and travel worn.
"Ten mems suits damaged" filled
another box. Others contained such
collections as 1.-TWO automobile robes
damaged, Golf outfit, clubs, case
! balls, etc.; Fifty pairs eyeglasses
| handkerchief"
| Comparatively few persons woulc
care to buy 400 handkerchiefs for per
| SOnal use, even at bargain price %
say ten dollars. Such foresightned
ness would be extreme. Housewives
were poking around among the boxes
however, seeming out desirable col
| lections of kitchenware, blankets, an(
ribbons.
Merchants Inspect
Goods Offered.
Many visitors wandered around tht
show room merely through curiousity
| The majority of persons inspecting the
stock with businesslike thoroughnes!
were dealers. Here and there a mai
could be seen diving into box ant
holding up pair of trousers or a rat
ty looking fur piece to inspect it with
an experienced eye. The entire con
tents of the box would be subjected t.
close scrutiny, after which the shrewt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-09
Rural Free Delivery

One of the developments of the postal service
in the last quarter of century, which has con-
tributed to happiness and improvement on the
farm, is the rural free delivery system which on
Oct. l was 26 years old.
With the establishment of a trial route, the
system grew to % routes in nine months, which
radiated from 43 post offices in % different
states BY June 80, 1922, the number of routes
had increased to 44,186, with a mileage of
1904 miles, and the initial appropriation for
this purpose had jumped from $4,000 to
$86,80O,0OO.
The first rural delivery system was estab-
lished Oct. 1, 1896, in West Virginia, one route
emanating from Charleston, one from Uvilla and
one from Halltown. The first complete county
rural route system was established Dec. 20, 1899,
in Carroll county, Maryland. Today there are
complete systems in 1000 counties.
When the system was first established car
riers were paid 5000 year. They may now get
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-09

ton as to his new location. Or again,
the address on package is rubbed off,
or torn off, or otherwise obliterated in
transit Addresses written in pencil
are particularly apt to smudge beyond
recognition in ordinary handling.
While an address written in ink at a
post office desk and dropped into the
box unblotted may not only be smear
ed into nothingness itself but mail
1t touches may be so defaced as to be
unbelievable. Hundreds of people
send mail directed to impossible ad-
dresses. Sometimes they write the
correct name and street number and
then absently add Local" or the name
of their town instead of giving the city
in which the addressee lives.
All of these accidents and any mum
Der of others may happen to a pack
age or letter. That they do happen
is proved by the 19,683,259 letters and
1859 packages of parcel post mat
ter that were opened in the dead let
ter service in the last fiscal year.
Time and again the post office de-
partment has urged the public to ad.
dress its mail carefully, plainly, and