Sioux County pioneer., 1922-09-07

u Il. CRADLE, representing the
LIE Brotherhood of Maintenance Of
Way Employees and Railroad Shop
Laborers, last week petitioned the rail-
way labor board to establish new
wage scale for railway workers and in
doing so to recognize the principle of a
''living wage" The board refused to
do this, the majority holding that a
"just and reasonable wage,' as con-
ceived by the board, is "living wage"
Thereupon Mr.. Cradle wired Chairman
Cummins of the senate interstate COM
merce committee, asking that the
transportation laws be SO amended as
to insure railroad employees mini
mum "living wage"
u pEFORE the senate passed the SOL
- diers' bonus bill it adopted two
important amendments. The first, Of
fered by McNary of Oregon, Repub-
lican, provides for the appropriation of
35O,000,0O0 for the reclamation of arid
and swamp lands to provide farms for
eX-service men. The second, by Sim
mons of North Carolina, Democrat,
provides that the interest on the for
eign debt shall be used to pay the
bonus. Both Of these amendments
WILL make more difficult the. task Of
adjustment between the house and
senate bills, and for this reason they
were supported by many senator's who
are avowedly opposed to the bonus.
The Simmons amendment is directly
contrary to the wishes of the adminis-
tration as expressed often by President
Harding and Secretary Of the Treasury
Mellon. Probably the bill will be got
out of conference rs speedily as pos
sible, as the congressman who support
it wish to reap the political benefits in
the fall camp: III. but the feeling in
Washington. II + i. tire is that Presi-
dent Hare, to veto the
measure
| CALIFORNIA; primary election at.
~ tracted the interest Of the country
last week. On the face Of incomplete
returns, Senator Hiram Johnson won
his fight for denomination, defeating
G. G. Moore; all the incumbent con-
gressmen were renominated: State
Treasurer F. w. Richardson beat Gov.
w. D. Stephens for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination; District At
tOrney T. L. Woolwine was nominated
for governor by the Democrats. Some
! of these results may be upset by later
returns.
In Montana partial returns indicated
that w. D. Rankin had been nominated
for senator by the Republicans and B.
K. Wheeler by the Democrats. In
South Carolina Cole L. Blease, former
governor, was leading r. G. Mcleod
for the gubernatorial nomination, but
as he seemed not to have majority
over the other five candidates it was
considered certain a second primary
would have to be held.
Z; A USTRIA, bankrupt and in every
Away distressed, has become bone
Of serious contention between Italy
and the little entente Plans for an
economic union between Italy and Aus
tria, which might result later in the
virtual absorption of the latter, have
been put forward, and are said stc
have the approval of Great Britain
and France. The scheme would re
tieve. Austria's most pressing needs
and give her an outlet to the Adrlatic
and would satisfy the growing Italiar
) sentiment for expansion. But Jugo
Slavia, Italy's rival for control Of tn,
, Adriatic, doesn't want Italy strength
, ened. and furthermore she wants I,
, grab the Austrian district of Klagen
! curt Rumaxs that Sathiaa trra9ulau