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Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-04-13
CARD PARTY.

The Pythian Sisters will give
a card party in the l. o. O. F.
hall on Tuesday evening, April
oath. The public is cordially in
vited.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
COOLIDGE TO CALL
new DRY FARLEY
Executive Turns Attention to Ac,
cumulated Mass of Business
on Hand.

Washington - President Coolidge
plans TO summon the governors of all
states to a White House conference
early mex month to discuss prohibition
enforcement, II was learned.
The conference, originally planned
by President Harding, vii, be carried
out by the new executive along the
same lines, IL was said.
Governor Clifford Pinchot Of Penn
sylyania called on President Coolidge,
urging that the Harding plan be fol
lowed. Other administration dry"
leaders have indorsed Pinchot's sug-
g~estion.
While the great state funeral TO the
tw~enty-ninth president left in its
wake a solemn air of reverence. the
executive office was the scene of great
activity. The business of running the
government was being thrust back
into its normal pathway after coming
to a dead stop in honor of the man
who was president.
Party leaders, government officials
and personal friends began coming to
the executive offices and the stream
OF callers was steadily augmented as
the hours passed. With all official
Washington eagerly awaiting pro-
noIncement of policies from the new
President, much speculation was in.
dulged in by the Presidents visitors.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
APPLAUDS PEACE PRIZE
Senator Borah Declares Offer
Challenges Ingenuity of the
Human Race

Boise, Idaho-Senator William e.
,Borah In a statement pointed out that
1t Is at least as reasonable for the
human race to engage To- in a search
for a plan leading to world peace, the
object aimed at in the American peace
award created by Edward w. Box. as
II has been to seek new and more ef-
fective methods of warfare.
Il see great good to come from the
American Peace Award" said Sena.
tor Borah. I'VE can hardly hope to
find a permanent basis for world peace
except through the most thorough con
sideration Of the subject from every
angle and viewpoint. Interest should
be aroused In every proper way. The
ingenuity or the human brain has
been taxed for 5000 years to find the
best means and methods for carrying
on a Now let us arouse the con
science and harness the genius of the
human family in an effort to find a
plan for permanent peace. 1t is a sp.an.
did thing"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
REICHSBANK is
FORCED TO CLOSE
City Drunk With Money and Poll
tics as Dollar Is Quoted
at 100000.

Berlin-The reichsbank has closed.
II was unable to make any further
payments.
The dollar was quoted at 100000
marks, and the pound sterling at L.
600, 900.
A panic spirit prevailed, Holders OF
foreign %currencies threw heavy pres
sG5e Oh the market.
Workers In the money making es-
tablishments went out, Joining their
fellow craftsmen who struck.
All newspapers except those OF the
laborites were suspended and there
was a recurrence of the crop of wild
rumors which provided excellent nour.
ishment for the disorders OF a year
ago.
The strike was considered largely
political. workers demanding 20 gold
marks a week and openly expressing
the hope the metal workers would
Join them in forcing an issue on lab.
or's contention that II must be paid
on a gold basis. Success of the strike
program, 1t was admitted, might
mean o%verturning the government, for
wage payments on a gold basis al this
time are considered impossible.
Police were on the alert through
out the city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
TRY TO SETTLE PREPARATIONS
Brussels Government Plans to Ap.
proach Britain and France.

Paris-The Belgian government has
decided to take the initiative and di.
rectly approach Great Britain and
France If the PREPARATIONS negotiations
among the Allies show no signs OF be-
ing resumed at an early date, says a
Brussels dispatch to Excelsior.
Premier Theunis and Foreign Min.
lister Jaspar will come to Paris, the
dispatch says, to propose that the re-
partitions claims from Germany, so far
as France and Belgium are concerned.
be confined to the material damage
suffered by those countries, and fur
thermore that ENGLAND cancel the in.
teT-Aiiied debts, receiving from Ger
many for its part the amount of money
1t owes the United States. Upon this
basis, it is said, the Belgians will sug-
gest that inter-Allied discussions be
started to settle the guarantees to be
required from Germany.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
CREDITS MACHINE READY
State Loan Bureau TO Begin Filling
Applications for Funds.

Minneapolis-The Minnesota Rural
Credits bureau will begin loaning
money to the farmers of the state. o.
T. Ofsthum, secretary, said that $780,.
600 of the first bond issue would be-
come available.
The first installment on the bond Is
sue viii be paid by the Wells. Dickey
company and the Minnesota Loan &
Trust company Of Minneapolis. who
are members OF the syndicate which
contracted for the sale of the bonds.
The bureau has in the neighborhood
of 1900 applications for loans on file,
of which approximately six hundred
have been acted upon by the board.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
STEEL SHOPS END IL HOURS
Carnegie Employees VIII Get rs Per
Cent Increase In Hourly Pay.

Carnegie Employees VIII Get rs Per
Gent Increase In Hourly Pay.
New York-The IL hour day in the
plants of the Carnegie Steel company.
the largest subsidiary OF the United
States Steel corporation, will be elimi.
mated Aug. 16. Ebert NJ. Gary. chair
man OF the latter's board OF directors.
said.
Workers shifted from a IL hour to
an s hour day will receive a fat in
crease of rs per cent in their hourly
pay, 1t was said at the New York Of
fees OF the steel corporation. This
means that their hourly pay will be
changed from 40 to so cents. and their
daily pay from $3.50 to "a. Employees
In their rolling departments will work
on 10 hour shifts instead Of the pres
emit IL hour basis. and will receive no
change in their present 40 cents an
hour rate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
FRAME NEW PAY DEMANDS
General chairmen OF Eastern Broth
arboad Croure IoId M..kizu

General chairmen OF Eastern Broth
erhood Groups Hold Meeting.
Cleveland-Approximately one hun
dred twenty-five general chairmen of
the Eastern Association OF General
Chairmen Of the Brotherhood of Rail:
road Trainmen and the Order. Of Rail-
way Conductors on Eastern trunk line
railroads met here TO consider the
question OF increased compensation.
This is the third and final meeting
OF the general chairmen OF the tive
organizations on the increased wage
question, previous meetings having
been held by the western association
In Chicago July 10 and by the south
ern association In Washington july
"a.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
Furniture Men Elect KnaebIe.

Minneapolis-A. p. Knaehle Of Min.
neapolis was reelected president OF
the Minnesota Retail Furniture Dea.
lers' association at the closing busi.
mes session OF the annual convention
at the West hotel. Clyde Buttr,f OF
Wadena was elected vice president.
Three directors elected at this time
were =. b. Wise OF Wabasha, Frank
Msdison Of Faribault and r.. G. c.
Smith of Luvsrne. The other mem.
bers OF the board will be elected by .
mail vote In two weeks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16

Minneapolis-A strike OF miners In
The anthracite coal fields Sept. I. un-
less It Is speedily settled. will mean
4 shortage OF anthracite coal for the
north west quite as serious as that OF
the winter Of 1929. This Is the
opinion expressed by coal dealers
and officers OF the Twin City Coal az
change. Az TO tho probability Of .
strike there Il . differences OF opinion.
III some quarters there - confidence
that miners and mine viii
roach an agreement that iii result N
continued production.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
1000 POTATO MARKET POOL
Grocers Association Has 10000 Acres
Of Tubers Under Contract.

Grocers Association Has 10000 Acres
Of Tubers Under Contract.
Minneapoiis-One thousand potato
growers OF Minnesota. aiming to i'm
prove marketing by their own distrib-
uting organization, have Joined the
new Minnesota Potato Growers asso-
cations. G. Rubinow, campaign man
ager, reported. The 1000 growers
represent an acreage OF 10000.
The large potato fields OF the Red
River valley will be well represented
in the association. growers showing
more interest In that section than In
any other, he said.
Clearwater, Beltrami, Red Lake and
Winona counties have given the asso-
citation their quotas Of 80 per cent OF
the commercial acreage. Becker couns
ty. with a membership of 17s farmers
with 1929 acres OF potatoes, has the
largest acreage under contract.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16

New York-Eugene Criqui. who won
the worlds featherweight title from
Johnny Kilbane. and then lost It to
Johnny Dundee. sailed for home with
the good-byes and praises Of his con,
queror ringing in his ears. Dundee
spent a quarter hour chatting with
the Frenchman. his wife and hi
manager, Robert ELdeline. Criqui
said he planned to return to Ameri.
ca after filling several boxing engage.
ments In France.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
HARDING LIKED BY NATION
commoner, In Legion Memorial Ad-
dress, Declares Dead Chiefs Name
VIII Not Die.

Miami. Fla.-Warren @. Harding
left a name that will not die" de-
clared William Jennings Bryan in an
address here at the memorial service
for the late president conducted under
the auspices Of the American Legion.
'His friends. who were many, loved
him; he was a friendly soul; he took
delight In doing kindly things: II
panied him to offend or even to be
thought indifferent to the wishes of
another. We have never had In the
White House a man whose genial dis
position was more contagious. You
could not help being attached to him.
although your convictions on matters
OF public policy may have differed
from his"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
EARNINGS ARE SO MILLIONS

Figures Represent Annual 5.47 Per
Gent Return on investment.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. earnings dur.
ing June amounted to sS7. 742. 900. as
estimated by the American Railway
association and represented an annual
return rate OF SAT per cent on the
theoretical value OF property invest
ment in transportation. The fgCres
were the composite retured by 1914
railroad systems which operate 1885,
400 miles OF main line out OF the
$50. ooo-mile total located in the Uni
ted States.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
STATION HIT BY EXPLOSION
st. Paul Headquarters Shaken When
Alcohol Causes Blasts.

MH
st. Paul-Alcohol poured into q
sewer in front of st. Paul Central po-
lice station exploded when a passerby
carelessly threw a lighted match into
1t, blew four manhole covers off, lift
ed an automobile from the pavement.
shook the police station and burned
for an hour in the sewer pipes.
About fifty gallons OF redistilled al
cohol was cnnfscated In a raid and
poured into the W
The first explositncmfwy I wyppp
The first explosion blew two mar
hole covers on and two more covers
followed shortly after. Police said the
alcohol blazed In the W mains as
far. as the river. Damage by the fire
was slight.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16

Berlin-A big strike Is threatening
In the Ruhr district as a result of
the confscation OF paper, marks by
the French and the consequently In.
creased difficulties In making pay.
ment experienced by the mine own
ers of the Rhineland and the Ruhr.
This is especially the case in ODER.
hansen. where workers have started
a strike which has already led to two
clashes between strikers and police.
men.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16

sLondon-Reparations discussions
,y the government have been discon.
timed for the time being II is evil
dent that the death OF President
Harding has influenced official opin,
Ion and the movement toward a sep.
arate Preparations agreement with
Germany has slackened The Anglo.
French deadlock continues and Great
Britain will take no formal step un.
III the cabinet meeting Advices said
,;hs French government is anxicss to
continue friendly ~reparations discus
sions with Great Britain
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
ENJOYS DEMAND N
Ministers Present Call for Reparations
for Suchow Train Handitry.

for Suchow Train bandItry.
Peking-Indemnities for the cap
ture and Imprisonment OF foreigners
by the Suchow train bandits last May
were demanded of the Chinese gov
eminent In a communication present
ed over the si~gnatures OF Is foreign
ministers. AlthoughnAhtionals OF only
four foreign powers-America. Great
Britain. France and Italy-were vic.
TINS Of the bandits. the other diplo-
matc representatives Joined In a
memorandum which Endorsed the de-
mands made separately by various ie-
cations at the time OF the brigandage
IN Honan province in 1919.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16

Washington Army regulations
made public provide that reserve Of
fcers on active duty 81 all be entitled
to medical attendance and hospital
are In exactly the same manner as
members OF the regular army.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
ENGLAND HOLDS MEMORIAL
Crowd overfiows Into Abbey Yard
Duke Of York Represents King
and Queen.

dU0 &uCGUs
I.ondon-Several thousands, Ameri-
cans and British. crowded in and
around Westminster abbey, the spirit
ual center OF the empire, to MOURN
the death OF President Harding. Hun
dreds who could not be accommodate
ed in. the ancient cathedral lined the
streets and squares IN the vicinity OF
the Parliament buildings as promi-
nent p~ersonages arrived for the serv-
ice. The overflow crowd gathered In
the abbey yard where 1t heard the
funeral music played on the great
or%n.
The American embassy distributed
the 1900 available seats and was
obliged later to decline the requests
of hundreds OF tourists who sought
tickets.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
Mrs. Harding Near Collapse
Strain Of Public Ordeal Brings Widow
TO Breaking Point.

20 breaking FolHt.
Washington--Florenc King Hard
ing. the most pathetic figure in Amer
lea, returned to the White House
from her journey down the avenue
OF sorrow In a state approaching
physical collapse.
Burdened under her grief. Mrs. Har-
ding had to be lifted from her motor
car and practically carried into the
White House on the arms Of attend
ants.
Whereas she walked from the White
House earlier in the day with q firm
step, she dropped with weakness on
the return trip. When her car drove
up under the White House portico.
White House attendants sprang 10
open the carriage door. George b
Christian. Jr.. stepped out alone.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
Minneapolis CLOSING Cash Prices.

Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.
No. l dark northern, $~1.11-s1.29:
No. l northern. $1.09-$1.21: No. I
amber durum. 91c-$1.01: No. / durum.
SSc; corr No. 2 yellow, S3c; oats No.
2 white, 32c-35c; barley. choice to
fancy. Sac: rye No. 2, b9c: a seed
No. 2, $2~.45-$2.63.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
HARDING LAID
TOFINALR REST
IN HOME TOWN
Marion Funeral Ceremonies for
Her Beloved Citizen Are
Simple.
IMPOSING CAPITAL SERVICES

Impressive Military ard Civilian Pro-
cession From White House to Cap
itol-SchooI Children Strew
FIo"ers-6ody Lies in State
In Rotunda-Vast Crowds
Line Streets and Pay
Tribute at Bier.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-16
So. ST. Paul lIvestock.

Steers, s5-s11.25: cows and heifers,
SO. 00-$9.50; veal calves, s4.~50-$10.50:
hogs, $5.50-$7.50; sheep and lambs,
S4.0O-$11. SO.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
AMERICAS EUROPEAN
POLICY IS DEFINED
President Harding Wants Unbiased
Board of Financial Experts
to Settle Preparations.

Washington, Dec. 30 President
Harding favors the settlement of the
German reparations dispute through a
commission of dlsinterested fnanciers.
economists and other experts repre-
sentirg the allied and associated pow
ers. In the event that the conference
of premiers In Paris next week fails
to solve the problem.
II the United States were Invited by
the European powers to appoint Amer
lean members OF such a commission
TO determine the amount OF repara-
lions Germany can pay and to recon-
mend a plan OF payment the President
would accept the invitation and-name
the delegates as representatives OF the
United States.
The administration Is firmly con-
WINGED that the occupation of the Ruhr
district of Germany by France or any
other resort to force in preference TO
adoption of the plan favored by the
administration would be a tragic mis-
take.
These disclosures were made at the
White House officially following the
action OF Senator Borah (Rep.. Ida)
in withdrawing his proposed amend
ment to the navy appropriation bin
requesting the President to call
world economic conference. The SEN
ator abandoned his fight following as
surances by Senator Lodge (Rep..
Mass). Watson (Rep.. Ind). and Nc
COrmick (Rep- Ill.) that the admin
istration is endeavoring TO accomplish
the same purpose aimed at In the Bo-
rah resolution.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
UPSHAW TO NAME "BIBBERS'
Says He Has Names Of Drinkers
Among High officials In
Washington.

Washington. Jan. 4. Widespread
drinking Of Illicit liquor by members
of congress and high public officials,
as charged by Representative Upshaw
(Dem.. Cal. would be made the sub
ject of a sweeping investigation by
the house judiciary committee under
a resolution introduced by Represent
alive Hill (Rep., Md, leader of the
vets.
Immediately following the intrOduc-
ton of the resolution. Representative
Upshaw issued an answering blast,
reiterating that he had In his posses
sion the names OF drinkers among
high officials In Washington.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
"FIFT" ASKS MORE MONEY
Mrs. Anne U. stillman Declares That
$4,000 a Year Is Not
Enough.

New York, Jan. 4.-COunsel for
Mrs. Anne U. Stillman and Guy Still
man moved before Supreme Court JUS
tice MOrschauser at Poughkeepsie to
obtain additional alimOny for Mrs.
Stillman and the support of her four
children. The banker has been allow
ing her support at the rate of about
$4,000 a year. Justice Morschauser
established the record allowance Of
10000 a year as the sum which the
banker should pay towards the sup
port of his wife and the four children.
This sum has never been reached, it is
cOntended.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
REBELS BATTLE IN DUBLIN
PillaaIng and Fires Follow Bombing
Attack Of Irregular
Troops

Dublin. Jan. 2.-while William T.
Cosgrave. president Of the Dali Eirean.
was Issuing a New Years message
calling for peace, armed bands of Re
publicans were fighting and piIlaging
in parts of the city.
Armed men entered the home OF
Mrs. O'Hanrahan, prominent Repub-
lican sympathizer. drove out the oc-
cupants and set the building on fire
after sprinkling the interior with oil.
Irregulars attacked the Dublin Office
Of the Irish Independent. There were
revolver fusillades and bombing In the
streets.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
GERMANS TOO POOR
TO BURY THEIR DEAD
System Whereby Collins
Are for Rent.

Berlin. Jan. 2.-That large num-
bers OF the German middle classes are
SO impoverished that they are unable
to bury their dead. is the statement
Of BurgOmaster Wedderkopf OF Frei-
hal In the Deutsche Allgemelne Eel
tung.
The burgomaster calls attention TO
the number OF widows of small pen
sioners who were formerly honored
and held a respectable place In So
ciety. Today they have no means for
burial even In the plainest rough
board coffin.
Many cannot even bry the neces-
sary six-foot plot for a grave. We'd
derkOpf urges a special communal
tax for the burial OF indigents.
A number OF towns have installed
"loan cofiins." In which bodies are
taken TO the cemetery and there re-
mOveL TO be buried I'm wooden box,
while the coffin is returned TO be used
for another funeral
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
WAR DEBT GUARANTY GONE
French Gold Deposited in English
Banks Spent IN United States
for Munitions.

Paris. Jan. 4.-The most Important
and astonishing statement Of thu pre-
miers' conference as the declaration
OF Premier BUnar Law that the
French gold deposits placed in Eng
land as security for war debts due
from France had been exported en-
tirely 10 the United States during the
war in payment fof munitions for the
French. and thus this guaranty In
reality no longer exists"
The current months statement OF
the Bank 81 France carries this bill
lion ~ gold francs. together with SOO.-
100000 In Spain and elsewhere. as
among assets Of the bank abroad"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
STANDARD OIL EARNINGS BIG
Net Profits Since Dissolution Of Trust
In 1912 s253,si7.-
$3.50.

Washington. Jan. 4.-Profits averag-
Ing from cents TO 1ia cents are
realized by the Standard OH company
az New York upon every gallon OF gas
oline produced in It's refineries. ac-
cordlng % testimony submitted by the
corporation In the senate oil investiga-
ton. The net earnings for the first
six months Of 1922. a normal year.
were Sl1.1O4.l65.S0. Net earnings
since the dissolution OF the old
Standard OH trust in 1912 had reached
a total OF S253.Sl7, $3.50 up TO June
80. 1872
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
Total 1s2, ooo, ooo, 600 Marks.
SAY $4,000 GEMS STOLEN
Frank Barrett Carmen Held on Charge
Of Wealthy Woman Guest at
His Party.

New York, Jan. 3.-Frank Barrett
Carmen, thirty, former vaudeville
dancer, was arrested here charged with
grand larceny, with two others, in theft
of jewelry valued at $520.4OO from
Mrs. Irene Manlack Schoellkopf OF
Buffalo.
Mrs. Schoellkopf. forty-three. Is the
wife of c. Z. Hugo Schoellkopf' cap
Italist and philanthroplst, whose SZO,-
100000 fortune includes large hold
ings in the Aniline Chemical company
and practically every power plant In
Erie County, New York. The robbery
occurred after a new years eve party
here.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
PARIS SENT PEACE REPLY
Premier PoIncare Told America the
Proposal Was a Violation of
French Constitution.

Washington. Jan. 3.-Premier Poin-
care has Informed the United States
that France cannot entertain the Ger
man anti-war proposal because "such
an Arrangement eOulC not be made
under the provisions of the French
constitution"
This fact was revealed by formal
admission from the State department
as a result of dispatches from abroad
describing American participation in
the negotiations.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
MASKED MEN HANG NEGRO
Take Alleged Murderer From Train
In Mississippi and String
Up on Bridge.

Hattiesburg. Mis-. Jan. A. Ben
Webster. negro. was taken from a
train on the Alabama & Vicksburg
railroad at Lawrence M night by p
masked men. His body was found
next morning hanging from n bridge
about two miles from WGyLesboro.
WAYNE county. The negro was
charged with the murder of a road
contractor. Afford Of Hazelhurst.
Miss. last November.