Sioux County pioneer., 1922-03-02


flcationsS extend all over the world.
THE navy maintains communities.
tions sln the interior of Europe as far
east as Constantinople and Warsaw for
the benefit Of our country, Its CONNER
cial interests and the American relief
work. Our radio communica atfons ham
die Pacific matters, and, at the present
time, due to the breaking of The mid.
way cable, are handling practi ctically
the entire trans Pacific traffic. The
naval appropriation also provides the
funds for the. administration Of our
island possessions, among which are
the Virgin islands, Haiti, San Do
mingo, Guam, and Samoa"
~ NE of the outcomes of the unem-
- ployment conference was up for.
discussion ID the senate Wednesday
and received some hard knocks. It was
the bilT introduced by Senator Ken.
yon by which the President Would eibe,
authorized to postpone federal CON
struction and improvements In pros
porous times when Jobs are plentiful.
and then order the work carried on at
full speed when business ssstagnation
appears, .@ i @43s AZ
Senator New Of Indiana based his
opposition to- the measure on the:
rather ridiculous reason that the
Pharaohs were unable to discover a
formula to solve the problem Of re-.
.currlng periods Of plenty and famine
In Egypt. He did not think congress
could succeed where the Pharaohs had
failed,
yXIHII4E the senate foreign relations
w committee was discussing the
four-nower Pacific treaty. the same pact
obtained place on the floor Of the
upper house. Senator Hitchcock Of
fered resolution asking President
Harding to transmit to the senate ad-
.lltipnalS Information and documents re.
;lating to Its negotiation, asserting that
little Of this was contained in the re-
port Of the American delegates. Ad-
ministration leaders said this was be-
cause practically all the negotiations
were oral and few minutes or notes
of the conversations were kent. The
resolution, however, was adopted. 81
G ECRETARY OF COMMERCE..
Y HOOVER wants to- publish the
trade statistics gathered BY trade rs.
seeiiatioans, 50 he asked Attorney Gen
erpl nepgAe las To- ths legal llmitst
within which such associat tions could
operate. y Mr.. ndugherty in reply
holds that their activities do not con-
travene the provisions Of the anti
trust act unless In actual practice they
suppress eompeti tipn, eurtAll pr0dNp-
,tion OF enhance prices They may,
standardize grades, quality and proc
esses.; furnish information as to a..
nlancialS responsibility; handle insur-
apee and engage ip cooperative ad.
-Yertlsing gather statistics Of predpe.
tion, distribution and wages {ors the.
information of the secretary Of CON.
neree and they may provide q atand-
ard system Of cost accounting, but
should be warned to guard against
uniform cost as to any Item Of ex-
pense, Z n "a, I
1T APPEARS likely there win be a
! general strike Sof coal miners on
April ! unless 1t is prevented by gov
ernment: Intervention. The United
Mine Workers Of America are in con-
yention in Indianapolis and have re-
ceived the report Of the scale COM
mittee positively declaring against the
vase reductions which have been de-
i lmlanded by TIE aperatots !, Indeed,
some Increases are asked by the men,
though they do not demand tie six
!. hour day and a!lyye.d1ay !ly week. The fs,5
port says
I'm event no agreement Il reachedA /
by April ], We declare In favor. of 4
general suspension Of mining opera.
tions, such action being subject to- !
referendum vote Of the membership
Of the United Mine Workers. Of Ameri-
len, such referendum to be held prior
to March 81.
~ ELIGIOUs factions In Belfast
~ fought bitterly throughout The:
week md about two score persons were
killed and many wounds Tlla Rrittshs|
troops there took q liand ia The melee;
making bayonet chargesson On both sfdess|
but were unable sto stop
the & snip ping and bomb throwing: 4
Michael. Collins, head 81: the irish
Free State went to- Lond 81 and after
q conference with Sir James Crnie
|inAoun need that they had agreed upon
the appointment Of liatseps co,mmis.
sions from the Free State and ulstar
that VA patrleel TIE frentier and pfe.l M A
vent hlnodshed. He AlsQ mid fle ahad;f
secured the release pf thps ktdnaped
;clsterites The syAd dpatiop .of the|
Free State sby Rrltisl troops had. beansE
halted, but on ollins' representa-.
tions e was resumed. "a