The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-08-23

new German chancellor.
with the vigorous way In which he 10
tnckling his tasks Politicians give
| him first place In the list OF aspirants
for the Republican presidential NOM
ination next year. Last week he held
conferences with Il number OF Repub.
lican leaders from Southern states,
and there were signs that the South
ern delegate support was drifting his
way. In line with this was Mr. Cool
idgc's appointment OF c. Bascom
Slemp as secretary to the President.
Mr.. Slemp was formerly congress-
man from Virginia and has long been
one OF the most important Republic
ans OF the South. Tie Democratic ma
uonal committee promptly character
lied the appointment as 1.-The first step
to round up Southern delegates" for
| Coolidge, and then went on to at
tack Slemp, asserting that he was
Exposed on the floor OF the house De
cember Is. 1922. In connection with
the alleged trafilcking in offices by Re-
publicans In Southern states"
| EFFORTS Of the administration to
IL prevent the suspension OF anthra.
| cite coal mining after September
have not yet met with success. With
the approval Of President Coolidge,
the federal coal commission head
ed by John Hays Hammond invited
the representatives of the operators
and miners to meet II In con-
ference In New York city. Accord
| ingly the sub-scale committee, four
men from each side. Joined the board
members In discussing the questions
ut issue. The miners proposed to
abandon their demand for the
"check-Off'' OF union dues II the op-
orators would cease their practice Of
collecting explosive and fuel accounts
by the same method. To this the oI-
orators agreed. but with conditions mt
which the miners baked. Mr.. Ham
mond said frankly. the outlook Is dis
cOuraging."
Meanwhile other government depart
ments are preparing for possible
strike.
John BARTON PAYNE and Charles
| y i. Warren. representatives Of the
United States In the prerecognitIon
conference In Mexico City. have con.
| cluded their task satisfactorily and
| by this time are back In Washington
with the signed records of the ses-
sions. These comprise the two claims
conventions and the Mexican govern
| ment's Interpretation Of the bearing
Of the subsoil petroleum and agrarian
laws on American property In Mexico.
| II Is believed the agreements reached
| by Payne and Warren with the Mexl-
can representatives will be acceptable
| to the American administration and
that the resumption of diplomatic re-
lations will soon follow. An agree
| mcnt was made to have the president
| Of the permanent court OF intcrna.
| tionnl justice at The Hague appoint
neutral umpircs for the United States
and Mexican claims commissions,
which are to be created through the
revolutionary and mixed claims con.
vcntlons, II and nftcr diplomatic rela.
| tons are resumed
THE gasoline price war which Gov.
1 crnor McMastcr started In South
Dakota where the state placed the
| fuel on sale mt 10 cents began TO
spread to other states In the Middle
West and resulted In the Standard
OH company Of Indiana meeting the
cut, though II protested that the
price was below the cost Of produc.
ton. Other concerns followed suit
and the consumers were comparn,Ivc-
~ happy. In n few days Governor
McMastcr, after comforting with hide.
pendent oil Jobbcrs. raised tn. price
In South Dakotn to 20 cents. $50 tn.
prevailing price would have the sam.
relative reduction ms In other states"
The war Is stlll going on. and 1t may
be the federal government will take
n hand.
n NE hundred and thIrty.cight men
~ were cntOmbed In coal mine nj
kemmcrcr. Wy0., by nm explosion
nbout 100 feet below III. surfnce,
and GA~pI'c the frantic efforts o, rc~
cue workers % Of them persisted.
E>AMON DE VALERA. the irish
II Free States chief thOrn.in uiS
flesh. was becoming altogether too nc.
tive In the campaign for the election
soon to b. held. 40 government, troops
grabbed him while he was addressing
n big meeting OF republicans ut Ennis.
County Clnr.. md locked him up. Us
| urt,bnbly viii b. kept In fail in Dublin