The Owosso times., 1922-04-14

enjoying their period of leisure and
making plans for extensive fishing and
camping trips. In Kansas the industrial
court ordered that the present wage
agreement be. continued for thirty
days. and the Southwestern Coal
Operators association agreed to this.
The operators declare that the ulti-
mate goal Of the union miners is the
naturalization of the coal industry,
and of course they oppose this, though
they are not able to cOnfute the asser-
tion that the industry is, as Secretary
Hoover says, one of the worst function
ing industries in the country. 1t Is
CARDS both production and distribu-
tion. When President Lewis went be-
fore the house committee to present
the case Of the strikers, he said the
miners could see no permanent solu-
tion of their difficulties without ma
tionalizatiOn of the coal mines. But
questions brought out that while he
would favor the establishment of
governing board to bring about
stabilizatiOn Of the industry, control
ling the production. distribution and
price Of coal, he would oppose the
creation OF tribunal with power to
fix wages. Naturally he did not get
far with such One-sided proposition.
nNE THOUSAND AND SIXTY
" FOUR bodies, last of Americas
dead to be brought from the GENE
teries Of France, were landed last
week at Brooklyn apd the heroes were
honored with solemn parade and i'm
pressive funeral ceremonies at the
army base there. Prominent army and
navy officers, high representatives Of
the government, governors Of several
states and many other distinguished
persons took part. and President Har-
ding sent a message and wreath.
n THE presence of President and Mrs.
Harding. cabinet members, high gov
ernment officials and arctic explorers,
a handsome memorial was placed
Thursday on the grave Of Rear Ad-
miral Robert +. Peary in Arlington
national cemetery. Following sug-
gestiOn made by Peary during his last
illness. 1t is in the form Of q huge
spheroid of granite, representing the
earth, with the North pole, which he
discovered, marked by gold star. The
memorial was unveiled by Admiral
Peary's daughter, Mrs. Edward Stat
ford, who has born in the Arctic re-
glOns and was long known as the
Snow Baby"
HARDING has not vet
Welded to the demand that he give |
specific reason for the sudden dismis- |
sal of Director Wilmeth and all di. |
vision superintendents Of the bureau |
Of printing and engraving, merely |
stating that 1t was for the good of the |
service. Louis A. Hill was made d.
rector and committee began check
ing up the stock of the bureau. Re
ports that there had been a wholesale
duplication of Liberty bonds were at |
first denied, but later Mr.. Hill ad-
mitted there might be basis for the
-umOr. This bureau cleanup started talk
Of impending wholesale dismissals in
other departments.
q ECRETARY OF THE NAVY
y DENNY has taken official notice Of
the activities of certain reasonable
societies "having their origin in for
eign countries" and has warned the
officers and men Of the navy to be-
ware Of their sinister propaganda to
undermine the morale of the navy and
70 insinuate into its personnel ele-
nents Of disloyalty and disorder"
- REPRESENTATIVE TINKHAM of
N Massachusetts, a consistent op-
,onent Of the Anti-Saloon league,
made hot attack on that organiza-
Ion on the floor of the house, denounc-
ng It's political activities and charg-
ng II and It's subsidiaries have fire.
luently violated the federal statutes
~ making false returns. He admitted II
would be useless to ask congressional
inquiry because the league controls
congress completely, and therefore he
made a public request that the Depart
nent of Justice investigate the facts
le had submitted.
The latest display of the power Of
he Antl-Saloon league was the pas
'age by the house of a bill for the de-
,ortation Of aliens who violate the
and narcotic laws. Several
members protested that the bill merely
made the United States safe for Amer.
can boot-leggers, but 1t went through
~ vote of 222 to 13.