The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-11-09

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TX, which is TO be preserved us a,
have won control of Italy. 3-King
I'd Of Queen Marie.
major parties without any candidate
for the United States senate on the
ballot The Democrats had G.. Z. Is.
Peddy, fusion candidate barred from
the ticket because he participated in
the Democratic primary. This af-
fectcd the 10000 Texans who voted
for Harding. Then charges were
brought against Il. b. Mayfeld, Dem
ocratic candidate, because he was said
to have heen member of the Ku
klux klan. This has resulted in a
legal complication which at this writ
ing seems likely to keep Mayfcld's
name OFF the ballot. The fight may be
carried to the senate.
M UNICIpAL elections in England,
1VA which were taken as indication
of the results in the coming general
elections, turned out very badly for
the laborites, usually casscd there as
Socialists. They lost 140 seats which
they had held in London and about
| 1G0 seats they had held in 80 boroughs
| outside the capital
Cuba also had elections and the
Liberal party scored sweeping vic
tory, increasing their representation In
the lower house of congress SO much
that the administration majority is
impcriled. 1t is worthy Of note that
no disturbances We're reported
DRESIDENT oIeREGON of Mexico
got rid of one Of his most danger
Gus enemies last week General Muir
guia, leader of the latest revolt, was
caught asleep in a church at Tepe-
hunntcS and within few hours had
been cOurt-martia!,tl. condemned and
executed by Il firing squad. The haste
was explained by the fact that he was
seeking legal restraints to prevent an
immediate trial. 1t was felt in Mex
leo City that Murguia's death brought
orpreciably nearer the general paciii-
cation of the country.
THREE notable men died last week.
Father Bernard Vaughan famous
Jesuit preacher and brother of Card
inal Vaughan. passed away In Eng
land. Thomas Nelson Page. we'll
known American author and former
ambassador to Italy, died in Virginia.
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler of the Penn
Sylvania Railroad company and chair
man Of the Railroad Executives asso.
citation. was found dead in a private
car at Philadelphia.
TIME mixed claims commission,
named to adjudicate war claims
between the United States and Ger
many, is now busy in Washington At
: the first sessions. with Justice Day
presiding rs umpire. the working sys.
TEN for presenting the claims was set
tied. The American commissioner Is
Judge Edwin Il. Parker and the Ger
, man commissioner, DR.. Wilhelm Kies-
selbach.
D ECENTLY the federal railway Ia
~ Dor board rendered a majority
opinion rejecting "the living wage
theory advanced by spokesman for
railway unions If given strict appli
cation. 1t would give common abOrers
a minimum wage of about 12 cents an
hoHr, and as Il step toward this the
: maintenance Of way men asked a 49,
' cent minimum. The labor board, in
:. creasins the prevailing rate cents
!, an hour, granted minimum ranging
from 25 to 81 cents an hour. 1t was
| i,, ,t.;tl, I,t., u IL
: the living wage opinion was given
= the board asserting that the wage
theory of labor If given application
would wreck every road, and If ex
tended to other industries, would car
ry them into communistic ruin" Sam
ucl GompcrS, EdSel Ford and William
Randolph Hearst all assailed this
u view. Their attacks rolled Ben w
t Hooper. chairman OF the board, and
s he retaliutcd with n stinging state
e mcnt. He gave Mr. Gompers credit
r for sincerity, marveled ut the attitude
of the Hearst papers and poked fun
$ at young Ford. He continued:
"Onc Of the expert economists who
presented the matter to the board for
: the employees stated that this would
: throw n monkey wrench intoSthc in
dustrin machinery and that the
theoretical living wage should not be
established all at once, bHt the mini.
s mum should be made 48 cents Der
J. hour This would likewise create q
K deficit of several hundred million dol.
4 lars.
S "Thc swelling tide Of prosperity in
, our country cannot be fastened by