River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-02-09

tural bloc. Mr.. Kenyon himself issued
this statement:
1.-THE President has known since our
service together In the senate that po-
litical life did not appeal to me and
that my ambition was to serve on the
federal bench. l am deeply appreci-
alive of tie act of the President in
appointing me to this position"
In Washington it was believed Rep
resentative Burton Sweet of Iowa
would succeed Kenyon in the senate.
An announced candidate for the place
is II. o. Weaver Iowa lawyer and
farmer, president of the American
Shorthorn Breeders association and
of the Iowa Agricultural society.
NEARLY one hundred persons per-
y ished when the roof of tie Knicker-
| booker movie theater in Washington
collapsed under the weight of heavy
snowfall. Nearly all the victims were
killed instantly, but one, and perhaps
| the most prominent, survived several
niS was ILuNalQ Ii. hohdu6h-
messy of Chicago, second assistant
| postmaster general. The house Dis
| trict of Columbia committee has I'M
der consideration plan to purchase
| the site of the theater and transform
| it into park in which shall be erected
| memorial to those who lost their
| lives in the disaster.
This terrible accident In the Capita2
| marked the worst storm that the At.
| lantic coast states have experienced
| in many years. Deep snow, high gales
and severe cold almost paralyzed many
cities and greatly hampered railway
transportation.
TT is probable that before this Is In
the hands of the reader the sue
/ cessQr to Pope Benedict XIV will have
been chosen. The sacred college be-
| gan its conclave in the Vatican on
Thursday with 80 cardinals present.
/ Several others were on their way
| there. In accordance with ancient Gus
tom, the cardinals were cut off from
communication with the outside world
| until their task should be completed,
| and the only sign of their doings was
| the periodical smoke wreath from the
chimney Of the Sistine chapel when
| each secret ballot was burned. Be
fore the voting began both the Italian
| and French governments had denied
having any favorite candidate. 1t was
| thought the successful cardinal would
| be one who would moderately con-
| tinue the policies of Benedict, and
many believed Gasparri had the best
| chance.
| ID ECAUSE the Italian government
| - saw fit to recognize the death of the
| late pope the opposition element were
| enabled to get together, and on Thurs
| day Premier Bonomi and his cabinet
announced their resignation. They had
| retained the support of only the
| Catholic party and small group Of
/ reform Socialists.
| @ ECRETARY of War Weeks submit
- ted to congress Henry Fords offer
| for the government projects at Muscle
/ Shoals, Ala, "for such action as con-
gress may deem appropriate" sIr.
| Weeks did not advise either accept
| ance or rejection, but he said If the
| proposal were accepted ''the govern
| ment must make new appropriations
amounting to $40,0OO,000 to $50000,-
| 600, of which Mr.. Ford viii have tho
benefit for approximately 100 years at
per cent"
In the event the offer be rejected,
the secretary gave 1t as his 'opiniof
that dam No. (Wilson damp should
be completed by the government and
| that the power requirements for COM
mercial purposes, the benefits to navi-
| CATION, as well as the possible needs
| of the government would warrant this
expenditure"
| GOAL operators LAST week declared
~ there must be radical reduction
in the wage scale, which expires March
81. Mine union and railroad union
leaders laid plans for cooperative ac-
ton to prevent a lowering of miners
wages Consequently a strike seems
inevitable, and the national govern
ment, through Attorney General
Dougherty. began planning to meet
the crisis. What steps Mr.. Dougherty
contemplates is not known. but in dis
cussing the matter he pledged support
of unions as long as they are lawfully
conducted, but questioned their right
to impose the closed-shOp principle.
An important feature of the contro-
versy is the proposal of the operators
to abolish the check-off system, under
which union dues are deducted from
miners pay.