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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
GOVERNMENT Ownership
Of COAL MINES URGED BY
b0RAH AS ALTERNATIVE
House Labor Committee Will Take Up Strike
Monday and Head President of United Work.
ers; Administration Still Maintaining Hands
Off Attitude; Some Non-U Union Resumption

With the administration in Washington pursuing policy
of hands off in the coal STRIKE the only active attention
being paid nationally to the coal workers wakout is confined
to the investigation of the coal industry by the house labor
committee under the Bland resolution.
No indication of steps dealing with the strike so far
been manifested except that Senator Bora chair
man OF the senate labor committee Saturday. in
public statement in favor Of trying public ownership
ternatve to the biennial disturbance wages working
conditions and the wastefu egular working days during
the course of the year.
The investigation of the industry by the house committee
on Monday will hear International President John L. Lewis
who Saturday night left international headquarters Indiana
polls for the national capital.
quiet celebration of the anniversary of the introduction
the eghthour day the mines marked the first day of the
countrywide strike of union coal miners. !
Operators in the Morgantown district West Virginia an
nounced they would Monday open shop basis
In of the fields railroads serving the mines laid off
large forces.
For the first time in the history of the industry both
btmnous and anthracite coal fields virtually idle as the
result of the cessation of the miners efecya
Friday at midnight Union officials asserted that nom
union miners included the waou that 5000 of the
Io0O mines IN the country shut down.
The frs day of the national coal strike on the anniver-
sary OF the adoption of the day. April 1898 The
has been observed generally holiday normal times,
Que to which estimates of completeness suspension
were not regarded as final
Union officials estimated that the strike would result in lost
oroucon OF 100000 tons of btunous daily and 3OO
ooo tons OF anthracite The loss wages to the miners was
estimated at 100000 daily
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02

AID TO MINERS
TO BE GIVEN BY r. r. UNIONS

Cincinnati. April 1.-That financial
assistance would be given the miners
when asked for was officially stated
at international headquarters of the
brotherhood of railway clerks. freight
handlers. express and station employees
here Saturday fight.
A statement published in part de-
clared:
I'VE feel that in the event the miners
are defeated in this struggle. the rail-
way workers would be the next object
of attack. and that they would be forced
out on what would be called strike.
but which in reality will be a lock-
out.
1T was because of this that the alli-
ance was entered into last February
between the miners and the railroad
brotherhoods. Full support consistens
with our constitution and laws will be
accorded the miners as we, in COM
mon with all trades unionsts, recog-
nize their fight as ours
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02

marked the anniversary of the intro
duction of the eight-hour work day in
the coal industry. and is an annual
holiday in the coal fields
5000 to 10000 Mines Idle
President John l.. Lewis estimated
that 6,0O0 of the 1900 mines in the
country that have been operating re-
Gently had closed and. in addition, it was
pointed out that $500 mines have been
idle for some time.
Maintenance Pay Disputed
In addition. $4,000 union men were
to remain in the mines to protect the
properties from damage, but reports to
union headquarters here indicated that
disputes had developed in Iowa. Mon
tana and Washington as to the wages
to be paid these maintenance men,
Union leaders in these states were in-
sisting that the wages provided in the
contracts expiring last midnight be con-,
tinued. while operators were said to he
seeking reductions.
In addition to marking the anniver-
sary of the miners eight-hour work
day, and the beginning of their first
suspension of work simultaneously. in-
volving both anthracite and bituminous
fields. today also is known as the be
ginning of the coal year AS such.
sumner prices for coal have been
fixed in the past, the margin of decline
usually being 80 cents ton. which
would be wiped out by gradual increase
until September.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
MERCHANT SHOT
DEAD DOUBLING
BUYERS CHECK
Spectator Says Rancher
ulled Revolver, Fired
Into Victims S Head.

Boise, Ida, April 1.-George Lane,
70. hardware merchant of Shoshone.
was shot and instantly killed Saturday
night by Tom Horne. rancher. after
Lane had questioned check Horne
tenderd him in payment for bill of
merchandise. according Frank Millsaps.
county assessor of Lincoln county, an
eye witness to the shooting
Horne. according to Miilsaps' story.
entered the store shortly before 10
o'clock and after making his purchases.
offered the check. Lane, questioning it
stepped out of the store and consult
ing with W. H. Murphy, a banker, who
conld not identify it.
Lane returned to the store. He and
Horne stood for moment discussing
it and Lane turned to look up num-
Der in telephone directory. Without
word. Millsaps says Horne pulled out
a revolver and shot Lane in the back
of the head
The merchant fell to the floor, dead.
Horne mcdiately made break for
the door and, after firing at Millsaps.
escaped into the night. A reward Of
$500 has been offered for his arrest
Horne is between 25 and 25 years Of
age, dark complexioned, tall and slim.
He wore tan overalls and a corduroy
vest with leather sleeves.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
BUREAU RIP UP
BY HARDING ON
POINT Of PROBE
Washington Is Dazed by
Presidents 8 Action in
U. S. Engraving Plant.
Nothing but Politics
Says Senator Caraway
Who Wants Reasons.

Washington. April 1-Department o1
justice agents have been instructed te
make thorough investigation into the
bureau of engraving and printing, from
which James L. Wilmeth, its director
and 2S chiefs, superintendents and
foremen. we're removed Friday night by
executive order of President Harding.
it was announced Saturday night by
Attorney General Daugherty.
Mr.. Daugherty said he had assigned
a number of agents to Louis A. Hill,
the newly appointed director, to go
into the conduct Of affairs of the
bureau. but did not indicate what
course the investigation was to take
or what might be expected in the way
of developments.
Official Washington was dazed at
the suddenness of the presidents re-
organization of the governments giant
engraving plant ''for the good of the
service" and the possibility of con
gressional investigation of the change
was indicated by Senator Caraway.
democrat. of Arkansas, who announced
his intention of seeking the reasons for
the dismissals on the floor of the SEN
ate Monday.
Senator Caraway declared that. in
his opinion, there had been nothing
but politics" in the dismissal of the
bureau officials, and that it was the
intention of the administration to fol-
low its action up in other agencies Of
the government with veiw of putting
republicans in office.
ITO say that these employees were
dismissed for the good of the service"
he said, rs not enough Nor is it fair
to them to imply that they are in
efficient"
Beyond the White House statement
of Friday night. no further official ex-
planation of the swift organization
of the bureau was forthcoming
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02

here regarding the efforts that are ex.
pected to be made to bury the body
of Charles in the Church of the Ca.
puchins. where every Hapsburg kine
since the year 16o2 rests in the i'm
periaI vault in the church and every
prince and princess Of the blood royal
except one. lies.
Monarchist Display Expected
The belief is held here that the radi-
cal socialists would regard the burial
of Charles in Vienna as disturbing
incident which would be likely to rally
the monarchists of Austria. Hungary
and Bavaria, and possibly Of Prussia.
to great ceremonial display
Charles was taken i'll slightly more
than week ago. He was first said to
be suffering from fever. but direct ad-
vices from Funchai on March 2S an
nounced that his malady was bronchial
pneumonia and later it was stated that
he was suffering from pneumonia with
cerebral complications.
His condition became so serious
Wednesday that extreme JUNCTION was
administered.
Monarchists Financed Needs
There was some improvement in the
former rulers condition Wednesday
night, but he failed to maintain this
gain, and Fridays advices were that
he was growing worse rapidly.
The illness of the ex-ruler created
widespread sympathy among the mon
archists IN both Vienna and Budapest.
One Of the former court physicians
started from Vienna in the hope Of
reaching Funchal and attending the
cx monarch. a subscription Of several
million crowns having been raised to
defray the expense, while in Budapest
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
BURGLAR BEATS
BINDS AND GAGS
8-YEAR CHILD
Little Girl Makes Ef-
fort to Trail Brute as
He Leaves House.
Sees Him Give Loot to
Woman and Disappear
in an Automobile.

New York. April IA dauntIess lit
tie girls efforts to capture burglar
who had cruelty beaten. bound anc
gagged her, We're disclosed Saturday
when her mother, Mrs. Clara O. Pom
eroy. complained the police had done
nothing" in the case.
Still disfigured by a swollen. black
ened eye, and with her body covered
with bruises. the child Martha 8 years
old. told newspaper men of her ex-
periences.
She had just returned from school
Wednesday and was alone in the house.
Martha said. when the burglar, "a big
man with red hair" called. He threw
times with his fists, bound her, gagged
her and left her huddled in a corner
for three hours. while be ransacked
the house. He took jewels, silyerware.
clothing and other valuables.
Then he united the child and hur-
ried away, warning her not to move
for half an hour. But as he closed
the door, Martha staggered to her feet
and. followed him.
She said she saw him meet woman,
give her one of his two suitcases Of
loot and get into an automobile Mar
tha tried to follow the car but was
too weak
Police declared they were working
hard on the case and expressed belief
that the robber probably was "candy
burglar" His habit they said. is to
bribe school children to tell where
they live and when the house is empty
by giving them candy Martha SAYS
she was not given any candy. although
the man stopped her as she hurried
home from school. and asked her if her
mother was at home.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
$4,000 H0LDUP
RICHARD : TALE;
TWO LOSE JOBS
Children s Society Sus-
pends Agents Charged
With Blackmail Offer.

New York, April 1.-District Attor.
ney Banton has taken personal charge
of the investigation Of alleged attempts
to blackmail Tex Rickard. information
ally known sport promoter out of S30,-
ooO while charges made by young girls
were pending against him. Two chill
dren's society agents have been sus-
pended in connection with the case.
Il am going 10 make a thorough in
vestigation apd I don't. care whom it
hits" said Nix Banton.
Assistant District Attorney Pecora
Indicated suspecion that the alleged
blackmail attempt might have 'b--1 a
frame up by friends of Richard. de-
signed to strengthen the defense.
Agents Didn't Report Affair
The report of the attempted shake
down was issued by pecora. who prose
cuted Richard. He said the suspension
of the two agents had been announced
to him by General Manager Coulter of
the children's society. The suspen-
sion was for failure to report what
appeared to be an attempt to shake
down Rickard,.' Pecora declared be
had been informed. Pecora said in u
statement that he understood the
agents were suspended for deliberately
Withholding the facts of their meeting
with Richard.
Refused to Give Cent
This meeting was in saloon Feb
ruary II. according to an accoun, of
it which Pecora said was given to him
during the recent trial by William
Kelleher. agent for the childrsn's SC
ciety. kelleher's story. he said. was
that Rickard met four of tne agents,
that their spokesman told the pro-
moter that for $4,000 they could get
the girls to chaNge their stories, there
by weakening the case against Lnu.' As
the story goes. Richard said Il won't
pay cent; I'm innocent and walked
out.
During the trial Max d. Stcuer.
for Rickard. tried to bring the
matter out but failed. Previously. Pc
cora said, he knew of it and found it
not competent as evidence.
Doubts IT Was Genuine
Since the trial. he said. he had
lulzzed two of the society agents. /!
These interviews. he added. had eou
firmed an earlier impression that tue
whole thing was scheme in behalf Of
Richard, concerted to create sitna- |
ion that would enable those interested |
n his behalf to show there was an at
empt to shake down RickGrd and de- |
'elop an atmosphere favorable to Rick |
,rd in his trial.
Mr.. Coulter would make no state
nent. He referred interviewers to the !
district attorneys office. |
Richards attorney declared that he
the district attorney to pre-
sent the matter to the grand jury
within Il reasonable time.
The promoter, he said, was willing
% testify at any time regarding the
natter and that '.he certainly intended
o press the case against persons who
ad attemDtedfto blackmail him.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
Joffre Seattle Guest;
Soon Off to East to
Unveil Grant Statue

Seattle. April 1.-Seattle welcomed
Marshal Joffre Saturday afternoon with
mass meeting at the Coliseum thea
ter. an informal luncheon and re-
ccption held under the auspices of the
city's French colony. The marshal
will devote Sunday and Monday to rest
and will leave Tuesday night for Port
land Ore.
Dates for Marshal .Joffres visits to
other cities Of the country were an
nounced definitely today as follows:
Portland, Ore. April 4: San Francisco
6 to 10; Denver, 1913; Chicago, 15-
16.
From Chicago the marshal will pro-
ceed direct to Washington to report
to the French embassy He will nn-
veil the Grant statue in New York,
April -. He expects to sail for
France late in April or early in May.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
BERLIN GUARDS
SOVIET ENJOYS
LIKE EN0TAB[ES
Army of Policemen at
Station When Delega-
ton to Genoa Arrives.
Russians Highly Graft
fled by Conference at
Riga of Baltic States.

Berlin, April 1.-fBy The Associated
ss).-Not since the halcyon days of
the empire. when it was customary
to surround the arrival and departure
of visiting potentates or the coming and
going of the emperor with precaution-
ary military or police measures. has the
Berlin railway station been the scene
of such an elaborate detail of armed
policemen as that mobolized Saturday
for the benefit of soviet Russia's dele
CATION to the Genoa conference.
Despite attempts to conceal the
hour and place of arrival, a crowd Of
many hundreds was waiting to get a
close view of the Russians.
George Chitcherin, the bolsheviki
foreign minister, who was received by
Baron Won Moltzen. chief of the Rus
sian section of the German foreign of
flee, was the first to leave the station.
Maxim Litvinoff and Adolph Joffre
followed few minutes later.
The appearance of the delegates
hardly indicated that they were head
ing for formal conference with the
diplomats of western Europe Their
hand luggage also suggested conformity
with rigid communistic simplicity.
NJ. Chitcherin and others of the
Russian delegates seemed very much
gratified by the results of the pre-
Genoa conference held at Riga. at
which soviet Russia, Poland. Esthonia
and Latvia signed protocol pledging
themselves to limitation in the num-
Der of border guards, and for further
discussion at Genoa of plans necessary
to make recurrence of war activities
IN eastern Europe impossible.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
CONGRESS STUDIES STR|kf, HARDING MARKS Til
BIG OFFICE CLEAN-OUT AROUSES CAPITAL
City Election Tomorrow

Monday is city election day. We have aldermen to
elect ward of the city ballot
you registered The Tribune party newspaper
supporting candidates elections
Frankly has always been unpleasant
city eection-olely they running
for under the party The gone by
intelligent support
because of the ticket which his appears
we'll that The heading democratic"
tickets
thing. It that the always
with that So think that the time has when
this newspaper we'll confess duty
giving partisan advice its their
city candidates They would follow give
advice and in that they quite right all
about the city election that
citizen will his for
he thinks
10 with his business affairs.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
OUTLOOK IS BAD
LEADER WARNS
ILLINOIS MINERS
Howat, of Kansas, An
other Speaker at Rally
Lambastes ]. L. Lewis.

Sesser, ILL.,. April 1.--tBy The As
soclated Press. s.,-Denouncing John J..
Lewis. international president of the
United Mine Workers of America. and
Governor Allen. of Kansas. in the
same breath, Alexander Howat. de-
posed chief of the Kansas union
miners. helped usher in the coal mine
strike i'll southern Illinois Saturday as
official guest of the ninth district
branch of the Lewis organization.
Speaking at the miners hall with
Lon Fox. district president. and other
union officials Howat attacked the in
ternational president. his organization
and the mine workers official paper,
and was cheered by 500 miners from
Franklin county and nearby fields.
Expulsion RankIes Howat
Il was member of this union be-
fore John l.. Lewis knew what the
United Mine Workers of America was,
and now he has taken my card away
from me- said the deposed Kansas
leader. who served a term in Jail after
defying the Kansas court of industrial
relations.
The celebrations here. marking the
twenty-fourth anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the eight hour day.
furnished the only excitement in
southern Illinois on this, the first day
of the nationwide coal strike.
Both Lon Fox. district president.
and John III. Walker president of the
Illinois Federation of Labor. speaking
at the eighthour day celebration,
warned the men that they are prob
ably making a long fight and re-
called the suffering and privations of
past wage wars in the coal fields.
Big Supply
"Our outlook is anything but good"
MIR. Fox said There are thousands
Of tons of coal on top of the ground
waiting to go to market"
The Illinois union men. he declared.
will hold 2lt as long as possible to
protect the weaker unions in the
eastern states. I'VE will continue
that plan." he added ''as long as we
can safely do so, but we are not
going to continue until we demoralize
our organization
Howat. in an ironical speech. pie
tured the 'so-called 100 per cent
asking the miners to take
n wage reduction which he said
would limit them to starvation pay
and demanded. instead. the right Of
The miners to full loaf to eat and
money to dress their wives and chill
lren lust as well as the coal oper-
ators dress their families
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
VIENNA STOPS EATING
AT NEWS; TAKES TO STREET

Vienna. April 1.-By The Asso-
ciated Press. THE news of the death
of former Emperor Charles became
known at dusk on rainy Saturday
half holiday through hurriedly printed
"handbills which were scattered through
out the city.
There was an unexpected display Of
emotion by the people of Vienna. Pat
rons who were dining in the better
class restaurants Immediately left their
tables and thronged the streets. Many
persons wept as word of the death of
the former monarch was passed about.
Complex Effect on Politics
$ 1t is difficult to analyze the political
effect of the death of Charles on the
complicated situation in Austria Hun
gary. The general belief prevails in
monarchial cifcles, however. that the
passing of the former ruler will serve
to consolidate the various factions.
throwing together the outright Carlists
and legitimists in support of Francis
Josephs Otto. 1t is felt that these
adherents of Charles will rally round
his eldest son and throw their efforts
against the Friedrich party and the So
called electives.
Stork Expected by Ex-empress
Sympathy prevails for former EN-
press Zita because of her approach
ing accouchment She is not, however.
regarded as political factor. inasmuch
as the law of the house of Hapsburg
gives her no legal status, while the
fact that she is of alien blood places
her below the youngest prince Of the
blood
There already is much speculation
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
DISPUTES IN THREE STATES
MAY TAKE OUT UPkEEP MEN

Indianapolis, April Complete sus-
pension of coal mining by union workers
marked the beginning Saturday af the
nationwide walkout ordered by the
United Mine Workers of America
Union leaders estimated 6GO,OO miners,
including 10000 non-union men, had
enlisted in the movement and predicted
no change could be. expected soon.
The exact effectiveness of the sus-
pension, especially in non-union and
partly organized fields. was difficult to
gauge, however. because Saturday also
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
SENATE LABOR CHAIRMAN
PROPOSES II. & TAKE MINES

Washington. April 1.-Governmen,
operation of the coal mines was sue
gested IN statement Saturday b,
senator Borah. republican. Idaho
chairman of the senate labor commit
tee. after conferences with represen-
tauves of miners and operators. The
ssepator said this was the alternative
II the coal industry was not reorgan-
lied.
declaring that he did not underesti-
mate the task assumed in event of gov
ernment ownership. Senator Borah said
he doubted very much il the public
VIII much longer submit to the present
method of operating the coal mines. ''
The strike just begun was described
by the senator as the symptom of the
disease. which is the chaotic and the
shamclessly wasteful method in which
the industry is now being carried on"
Chaos What Public Pays
OF course" he said in the state
ment. this chaos and waste is unload
ed onto the public in exorbitant prices.
There is no possible explanation nor
justification for the price of coal at
the present time. other than that of
waste and bad management and un-
scionable profits.
Take one item in this chaotic in
dustry and that is the proposition Of
irregular employment. The average BIZ
luminous mine runs about 800, or Dos
sibly 215 days out of 1865. These an
productive hours are sheer waste. There
follows the fixed charges, the depre-
citation of idle miners. Idle mines, etc
This item of waste alone has been e.ti-
mated at S500OOO. 900 a year. Either
labor or the consuming public must
pay this, for glance at the profits
discloses that the operators take on no
part of it,
Can't Utilize Other Jobs
The coal miner is. IN a sense, an
expert workman. He cannot very well
mine coal one month and work in the
wheat fields the next Even il he could
adjust himself as laborer to the stu
alton. the propinquity of the jobs are
not at hand.
Il find in the Pittsburgh districts the
average days worked by the miners for
1927 was 1913. and that his annual
average earnings were $762. This sit
uation is due to the method under
which the industry is carried on.
The public finally pays for all these
things. The reckoning in regard to tAis
,oal industry is not alone between the
operators and the miners, but between
The coal industry and the public.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-02
Lenine Just Run Down;
Not Bedridden, but Is
Able. to Go Hunting

Berlin, April I.-(By The As
sociated Press).- George Chit
cherin, Russian soviet foreign min
ister and the head Of the soviet
delegation to the Genoa confer
ence. clcnred up recent conflicting
reports concerning the state Of
Premier Lenine's health upon the
arrival here Saturday Of the first
contingent of the soviet deIeq alton.
"lenine is very nervous and run
down from overwork," NJ. Chit
cherin told the Associated Press,
"1is doctors have prescribed rest.
He is not bedridden and he uoes
hunting whenever he can leave
Moscow. He has no serious NAL
adv"