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NO EXTRA SESSION
OF CONGRESS SEEMS
ON COOLIGE'SLST
PRESIDENT RESERVING DECIS.
ION, GOMPERS SAYS AFTER
INTERVIEW.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-President
Coolidge apparently has no present in
tention of calling an extra session of
congress, but those who called on him
today received the impression that he
had not made final decision.
The possibility of an extra session
was discussed by the president with
Samuel Gompers, president, and Frank
Morrison, secretary, of the American
Federation of Labor. Mr.. GOmpers
said the president appeared to have
no intention now of calling congress
together ahead of time, but was re-
serving any definite decision.
The subject was brought up by Mr..
Gompers because of his desire to sub
nit legislative proposals on behalf Of
organized labor. He made an engage
ment to see President Coolidge early
next month, to submit labor policies
which are to be discussed at meeting
this month of the federation's eXecu-
tive council.
The labor leaders spent more than
half hour with the Npresident in q
discussion of industrial matters. The
situation in the coal industry was
taken UP but without mention of any
threatened strike.
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tempt to use blackleg labor for the
purpose will be met Win ViOien' op
position from the strikers
In the house of commons, the re-
sumed debate on Socialism reached us
foregone conclusion with a dlvls ion
that chronicled 121 votes for ana oo6
against the gradual suppression OF
the capitalist system by an INDUSTRIAL
and social order based on public own
ership." Speakers on the other slde
did not defend the capitalist system
but merely attacked Socialism
Little was gained by a debate tnat
belonged more to the academic plat
form of private debating society
than to p9rliament, where its effect
was rather 70 discourage those who
hope for something more from the Id
Dor party than such a very gfaoual
change as the one depicted in the res
Olution.
Lady Astor's bill for prohibiting the
sale of infovicants to persons under
age of Is had received a graIulUoGs
advertisement from the scene" mace
by its promoter when, indignant aI
Sir Frederick Banbury's action IN TAX
ing it out on a previous occasion, she
is alleged to have shaken him. II
passed in the house by majority OF
PAT.
Besides international resolutions
passed bv the annual meeting OF the
Transport and General Workers IN
ion, a resolution passed UNANIMOUSLY
to bring force to bear on the govern
ment to bring in a statutory elghE-
hour-day-bill. 1t was pointed out that
this was vital from an international
point of view, that the British repre-
| Sentative at the Washington, confer,
ence had been instructed TO TINS Ell
feet but the government had gone
back on it's word. Other countries
which had given effect to 1t, were
withdrawing from that position be
cause Great Britain had not honOreC
it's word. The remedy is more Labor
members in the house of commons
where the government had been press
ed in vain upon the subject
The Laborparty have tabled q mo
ton for discussion in parliament, de
ploring the "enormous and growing
expenditure" on the naval and al
force and other military preparations
and urging the government at once e
call an international conference q
consider a program of national safet.
based on disarmament.
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London Letter
BY EVELYN SHARP
Federated Press Staff Writer)

LONDON-Although officers Of the
Dock Strike committee and Transport
and General Workers union told the
men to return to work the dock strike
continues in the ports of London, Hull
and Manchester and Stafford. This I'M
usual defiance shows how deeply is
felt the impossibility-of accepting a
wage cut Of a shilling (22 cents)
day, based on a technical fall in the
cost Of living which is not reflected in
the actual articles bought by the dock
er's wife with her husbands earnings.
Whatever the result of the strike, it
viii probably lead to a revision of the
methods by which the official figures
of the cost of living are arrived at.
The strike is beginning to affect
food supplies, and the employers,
trading on this, are calling upon the
government to intervene. Any at
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Try a Want Ad-It Pays.
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BUTTE JUDGE KNOCKS
OUT TAX COMMISSION
N1HOUR HEARING
CONTINUED from Page Onel

kOOAAbAAAASA 1880
legislative journal. The senate jour
nal. he pointed out, contained the aye
and nav vote. and he declared that the
enrolled bill had been signed by the
presiding officers of both branches OF
the legislature. had also been signed
by the governor, Md had been MED
with the secretary of state. That was
sufficient, he argued, in view OF Che
fact that the amendment had oeen
published in the newspapers, and that
the people had been given suftlclent
notice that such an amendment was
to be voted upon. The senate journal
contained the aye and nay votes, ana
also contained five references to the
proposed amendment, he said.
Martien Did Not Attack Law
The attorney. general contended fur
Their that Martien was attacking the
pay of the members of the commission
! and had not made a direct attack on
the law. The possibility OF LnultI-
plicity of suits had not been shown
| he said He also contended that Mar
ten was not the proper person 70
| bring this suit, was not the proper
! person to clog the wheels OF thls
! branch of governmental machinery
and that he was not taxpayer VINO
should bring the action. He ASKED
that the action be dismissed on the
/ grounds that Martien, the plalntllII ,
was not entitled to the relief asked,
and that the complaint did not state
a sufficient cause of action, arguing
that the courts were without jurlsdIc-
ton to go behind the enrolled bills for
any. purpose other than to determine
the roll call vote.
Spaulding Argues His Side.
c. A. Spaulding, attorney for Mara
ten, argued that the people them
selves had fixed the method by which
the constitution could be amended, and
that one of the provisions must be set
forth Gin full" upon the legislative
journals. Otherwise, the people have
no right to vote upon a proposed
amendment.
| When the suit was first filed friends
of the state administration advised
disoualifying judges because of GER
tain friendships that might exist, and
for the reason that certain prejudices
were apparent. a..
When Judge Poorman was disquall-
fed the administration hoped that q
Judge from district where the Ana
conda Copper Mining company ano
the Montana Power company, and also
other large corporations were not sc
largely in control, would be asked tC
hear the case, but for some reason
Judge Poorman called judge from
the great mining county of Silver Bow
one who was appointed to his position
by former Governor S. v. Stewart.
1t is at the state capitol that the
Judge last called was not challenged
because he too would call a friendl!
Judge, and thus the only thing tina
: could be accomplished would be an
, other delay, and it was considered tina
in the end the matter would have t,
be decided by the state supreme court
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ASKS UNITED FRONT

CHICAGO.-The Federated Farm
er-Labor party has released to the
press a letter of July 81 to William
H. johnson, chairman Conference for
Progressive Political Action, appeal
ing for a united front of the two or
CARNATIONS. 1t is proposed that
negotiation committee of five and five
meet to consider ways and means of
launching an immediate nationwide
campaign among farmers and workers
preparatory to the 1924 elections.
"The final bankruptcy of the farm
ers, the robbing of the workers Of the
right to strike, and the victory Of a
third party Tin Minesota) show clear
ly the necessity and possibility for the
organization of powerful Federated
Farmer-Labor party which would en-
brace all the workers and farmers.
eve have brought together for IN
dependent political action not less
than 100000 exploited farmers and
workers. For that reason we call up
on the Conference for Progressive Po-
litical Action to unite its efforts with
our efforts, for the creation of a
Farmer-Labor party which will en-
brace the whole working class and the
exploited farmer masses.
"The Conference for Progressive
Political Action, in its first convention
of February, 1922, made the decision
that the time is ripe for progressive
political action, but not as yet ripe
enough for creating an Independent
political organization. But the second
convention, on December Il, 1922, at
Cleveland, instead of going one step
forward went one step backward. Tt
did not organize the Independent pc
litical party of farmers and workers.
but decided to take part in the prim-
aries of the old capitalist parties.
"The two million workers and ono
million farmers whose organizations
are affiliated with your conference.
are dissatisfied with this eternal post
ponement and hesitation. They are
just as much dissatisfied with eternal
splits in the laboring masses. We are
therefore convinced that we are ex-
pressing wishes of the masses behind
the Conference for Progressive Polit-
ical Action when we propose Joint ac-
ton for both big organizations"
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co. COMMISSIONERS
WILL NOT RAISE
LIGHT PLANT TAXES
CONTINUED from Page Onel

that the valuation of the property of
the Plentywood Electric Light Com
pany for" taxation purposes be raised
from S12,000.00 to $20,00000, but the
motion received no second.
Mr.. Lundeen is sincere in his desire
to serve the people and he shows no
favorites. Mr. Lundeen stated to a
News reporter that he honestly be-
lieves that the Electric light with all
its equipment is worth much more
than $4,000 and that if the Electric
Company does not pay its share of the
taxes it must be paid by some one
else, mostly by the hard working
farmers who are not receiving nearly
the proportion back from their invest
ment that Mr.. Fishbeck and his col
leagues are receiving from the light
plant.
Commissioners Tyler and Ibsen gave
no reason for their wishing to keep
the valuation at the present sum ex-
cept that they thought that was al
the property was worth and they re-
garded the $4,000 valuation given to
the Public Utilities Commission as a
bird of another color.
Commissioner Lundeen has done all
ne could in the matter and in making
his motion to raise the valuation of
the above named corporation, has put
Messrs. Tyler and Ibsen on record
again.
County Assessor Aspelund intends to
appeal the matter to the State Tax
Commission.
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Sleeping Sickness Claims
Another Victim in Butte

BUTTE, Aug. 6.-Sleeping sickness
claimed another victim here when
Charles Stevens, % years of age, re-
siding at 1853 Colorado street, sue
cumbed to the peculiar malady after
an illness of six weeks.
For more than a month and a half
specialists battled with the disease
that threatened the young mans life,
only to fight a losing battle. Stevens
was the son of Charles Stevens, form
erlv of the Stevens and Manley Groc-
cry company of South Butte, who died
several years ago. The young man is
survived by his mother, Mrs. Maude
Stevens, two sisters, Julia and Ger
trude Stevens of this city, and an
uncle and aunt in Colorado.
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SENATOR BROOK
HART SKATERS
lies ABOUT RUSSIA
IOWA SENATOR ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER IMPROVEMENT OF MASS
ES UNDER SOVIET RULE.
~ LAY LOVESTONE

Senator BrOOkhart has just returned
from a trip to Soviet Russia. The
Iowa senator is now an ardent advo-
cate of immediate unreserved rec0g-
milton of Soviet Russia, and is out to
explode all the lies being spread about
Workers and Peasants Republic by
GOmpers, Hughes, EASILY and Walling
and their illk
Having reached Berlin on his tour
Of investigation of the CO operative
movement in Europe the senator hit
upon the idea of going to Soviet Rus
STA. Here a correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune painted such q hOr-
rible picture of Soviet Russia to
Brookhart that he became very inter
ested and arranged with the cred"
ambassador in Berlin for an immedi-
ate entry. The senator told his story
of Russia before highly interested
audience at the Cooperative League
auditorium.
WANT TO SEE WHAT THE FARM
Frs ARE DOING
Brookhart was especially interested
in seeing what the Russian farmer is
doing. Entering Russia by way of
Poland he found that the Soviet from
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tier outposts did not at all look as
bloody as pictured in our press. At
the border he was met by the head of
the American relief administration, a
representative of the Jewish relief
and "commissar somebody or other
representing the Soviet government.
Being a farmer myself, / did not
need an interpreter to tell me what
the farmers of Russia were doing. l
saw 1000 miles of farm land, planted
as we'll as in England, France and
Germany, and more than in the Unit
ed States. / reminded myself of the
story of the Berlin correspondent who
told me that the peasants wouldn't
plant What is more, l saw these
1000 miles of planted land from a
stage the window of a moving train,
which gives the lie to all the tales of
staging for effect"
Here the senator took occasion to
poke it hard into old Sam Gompers'
ribs. Talking of his interpreters who
were given him by the American re-
lief administration, Brookhart said:
One was woman whose husband
was a czarist general who fell in bat
! tie against the Bolsheviki. The sec
ond's husband was still in Red pris-
on. The third was a baker, who in
the cars time, employed $500 people.
Now his factory is in the hands of the
state. It is with such interpreters
! thai I undertook to see things as they
were in Russia.
Conditions Greatly Improved
/ l saw Minsk, Moscow, Kletf. !
/ saw a great number of peasants
/ houses under construction. All of
! them were superior to the old homes.
/ The new buildings showed more adj
vancement than was made in thous-
/ and years under Czarist civilization
At first the peasants had welcomed
! the Revolutionary generals
with bread and salt. But they had the
/ landlords along with them. These
/ landlords turned Us out of our homes
/ The SOviets gave US our homes anC
educated US. Yudenich, Deniken, anC
Kolchak murdered us took our grain
/ and Seed and were responsible for the
famine This is what the Russian
farmers told me-"
Senator BroOkhart went on to say
that the peasants told him that they
could not understand how a good coun-
try like the United States could get
along without Soviets. They were es
pecially bitter against the counter-rev
0lutionists, and punctured every lie he
had heard about the Bolshevist prose
cutting religion.
Describes Agricultural College
The Senator especially looked int
agricultural conditions. 81 visited TIT
agricultural college near Petrograd il
charge of Professor Williams, al
American who had been there for for
ty years. When the Revolution came
most of the teachers in the schoO
stood by the Soviet government. Their
were 5000 students, here, although
the school is equipped for only 2,500.h
the library there were to be fOunC
some of the latest scientific agricul
tural bulletins published in Iowa, Mas
sachusetts and New York. The reg
ular course is three years, but if ;
student fails he is given a chance t.
complete his course in five years
There are eleven such colleges wit
from two to three thousand student
in each.
"Now let me contrast this pictur
for you with what saw in some othe
{ countries. In COnstantinople there j
: an agricultural college with As pupils
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LOS ANGELES.-W. E. Townsend.
notorious professional witness in Grim
NAL syndicalism trials, who when he
IS not ION circuit" sending men to
San Quentin is employed as a police
officer here, has arrested local news
papermen and three citizens. The
reporter had stopped in Pershing.
Square to get these persons decisions
IN straw vote on presidential can
dldates being taken by his newspaper
townsend charged the four with
vagrancy and they have been held ov-
er Tor trial on $50 bail each.
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NEW YORK.-New York City has
% Representatives in the state assem-
blythe lower house of the legisla-
ture. Of these 62 just nine have made
good or excellent records in fighting
for good and opposing bad legislation
according to the Citizens union. a
fairly ponpartisan organization of this
city.
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TWO TREATIES
Z SIGNED BETWEEN
TURKEY AND u. S.
PACT OF COMMERCE AND ONE
ON EXTRACTION ARE APP
PROVED BY DELEGATES.

LAUSANNE, Aug 6.-Two treat
les between Turkey and the United
States, one of anaity and commerce,
and the other Of extradition were
signed without ceremony in the pres
ence of a small group of Americans
this afternoon in the salon of the no.
tel at Ouchy, where the American del
egates have had their headquarters.
Ismet Pasha, Turkish foreign min
lister; Ria Nur Bey and Hassan Bey
signed for Turkey, and Joseph c..
Grew, American minister to Switzer-
land, for the United States. Later
the point signatories, Ismet Pasha
and Minister Grew, read short address
es vOicing mutual satisfaction at the
conclusion of the conventions.
Evening star., 1923-09-13

hands, He was sad man. because
the police department had been
obliged TO revoke his license.
For many years he had tramped
over Washingtons streets with one
or the other of his monks. grinding
out rancOus tunes. while his jungle
workers busily gathered in the PEN
nies delighted Riddles cast to them.
Then, one day. in its eagerness to
grab coin. one of the monkeys
pinched the hand of a child. So Nick
was told he must either Kill his pets
or Keep them off the streets.
Get Afraid of Germs
Attracted by the case, the health
department Investigated and declared
that it might be unhealthy for
monkeys TO get close to Washington's
children. Dread germs might lurk In
their furry coats. simultaneously the
police department ruled the bite of
monkey could result fatally. And to-
day il is impossible for a monkey
man to obtain a license In Washing
ton Another landmark of a passing
age ruled into the oblivion of antiqui-
Me keel my Rosie. my Jake"
Nick. came abruptly out of his silent
soliioquy. NO. Thees is their home
For many year. meester. they worka
hard for me. Now l worka for them,
sell ii. And when | come home til ed.
my Rosie bring my pipe and my Jake
he bring my slippers. They still my
keeds. Maybe sometime Rosie. she
steela the puff from my pipe. but l no
mind that, cause | Iowa her
Evening star., 1923-09-13
LAST NSGs1sy1Hars7

Nick Centino slowly shook his head
and turned his sad eyes upon Rosie
and Jake. the diminutive companions
who for more than decade had
earned him generous living. Rosie
smoked her pipe contentedly while
Jake snored along in sweet oblivion
upon his soft red bed.
You aska me where lisa my organ;
where isa' my little monk" Nick
turned his tanned face suddenly upon
his visitor, His eyes were no longer
sad; they flashed with the fire of
sicily. "Ha. then listen. meester re-
porter. and will tella you.
My organ. 4he is silent because she
is sad for my Rosie and my Jake
The pleece, they say my babies they
bi e. maybe might become dangerous
That's nota all. The health man. he
say my little keeds. maybe unhealthy
Ny Wife, She Washa.
Santa Maria, They lfka other leeds.
they no bite. My wife, my blga Rosie
she washa, washa. washa them lika
theese. every night. Saprista, Fleece
and health man. they botha crazee.
Name of a peeRy.
Washington's last monkey man, the
old Italian whose saueeky organ and
penny snatching simian once brought
thrills of delight to hearts of boys
and girls in the not distant past
buried his head in his work sea rred
Evening star., 1923-09-13

laborious. The council. of ambassa-
dorss with Sheldon Whitehouee, coun-
selur Of the American embassy, rep
reseRting the United Btgtos as obs
sefv0r, held two Hittlnzs yesterday,
but without arriving at Anal agree
ment.
The instructions of Premier Musso-
iini OF Italy. received in reply TO the
report OF Tuesdays proceedings OF
Hvsnso ave soSnc n. sfs stnso 70 hin, sy Baron
parently were unsatisfactory to all
the ambaesadors. II Ii Understood on
the best authority that the British
member Of the council II insisting on
the evacuation OF. Corfu as soon as
pute is agreed upen by the council
In all it's details and accepted by the
directly interested parties. while
Signor Mussolini wants to hold the
islands until the investigation into
OF the Greco-Aibanian boundary COM
mission e completed and all acts of
rensratiou fully carried out.
The members of the council OF am
baEsadora after the afternoon session
Yesterday admitted that thorns had
been encountered In preparing a set
t.ement.. but were quite sure that the
details would be worked out salts
fantorily.
Baron Avezzano yesterday sent
Premier MuEsoltni a full report OF
yesterdays proceedings. with the text
OF the instr ucti1ns which are to be
given the compittee inquiring into
TIE murder Zfs the Italians. 1t is
hoped that Nussolinis reply will ar
rive In Paris 80 that the council can
meet this afternoon and finish with
the det>lls preliminary to the inves-
tigathn into the killings, as well as
S.<4 the question of the evacuation
of Corfu.
Evening star., 1923-09-13
BARCELONA BEsEIaED.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BARCELONA, September ia
state of siege was proclaimed here
at 11:15 o'clock this morning and the
Catalan military authorities took pos
session OF power in the city.
The authorities of the new regime,
continues the proclamation, will oc-
cupy the headquarters of the COM
munist and revolutionary associa-
tions, the prisons the banks. the
electric power stations and the points
at which the water supply is. con-
trolled. All suspects will be arrested.
1t also is declared the leaders of
the movement will seek to maintain
the normal life of the country. The
proclamation ends with an appeal to
the patriotism Of the population. en-
treating the military forces to give
their lives to the country IL neces-
sary.
Normal Life Proceeds.
II is stated here that several gar
risons, notably those in Madrid, Sara
gossa and Seville. have adhered to
the military movements which now
must be recognized as a regular coup
d'etat.
The normal life of Barcelona is
proceeding.
The state of siege. has existed in
reality since 3 o'clociS this morning and
4 censorship has been established under
the military authorities.
Documents have been made public
affirming that legal proceedings have
already been opened against the for
eign minister and Premier Alhucemas.
1t is reported that Santiago Alba
the minister of foreign affairs, is
under arrest at San Sebastian.
\ commupique issued by the mill
tary says proceedings will be brought
against the minister of foreign affairs
and the president of the council (the
premier). and that government will
he established under the military
authorities,
The movement, the communique de-
clRres, is loyal to the king, being di-
rected not against the sovereign, but
the government.
The actual beginning of the revolt
occurred when Gen. LossaLa, under
orders from Capt. Gen. Primo Rivera,
took over the goYernmeat Hs the
province of Barcelona, dismissIng the
former governor.
In the othSk Catalan proviaeesrS the
Evening star., 1923-09-13
RendezvOus OF RndIcaIs.

Iona a separate state of southern
Spain, detached from Madrias as the
center of northern Spain.