Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-17

President Coolidge forbade all off
cial pomp and ceremony. Wednesday
afternoon there was simple service
in the White House. Thursday morn
ing there was a formal church service
in Northampton, Mass, the boys birth
place. Thursday afternoon he was laiC
to rest in the family burial lot at Ply
mouth, Vt, the home of his ancestors
Official messages of coincidence
came from all the world The vast as
semblage in Madison Square garden
heard the news with groan and the
convention adjourned. Washington
city kept silence for five minutes dur
ing the White House service. The
heart OF the nation went out-not tC
the president and First Lady of the
Land" but to his father and mother.
For to the American people the Cool
idges are folks And young Cal was
a real American boy.
a RKANSAS, in which 10 per cent
"A of the total child population is
employed contrary to the standards set
by the federal government, is first of
the states to ratify the constitutional
amendment submitted to congress. The
vote was close, As to 40 in the house
and Is to 10 in the senate. The
amendment reads:
"Section L. The congress shall have
power to limit, regulate and prohibit
the labor of persons under eighteen
years Of age.
Section 2. The power of the sew
eral states is unimpaired by this ar
ticle, except that the operation of state
laws shall be suspended to the extent
necessary to give effect TO legislation
enacted by the congress-"
Two acts passed by congress with
the purpose of prohibiting child labor
have been declared unconstitutional by
the United States Supreme court. The
act of 1916 prohibited transportation
in interstate commerce Of goods made
in factories using child labor. The act
of 1919 imposed tax of 10 per cent of
the net profits of the year upon an
employer using child labor. Should
the amendment be ratified by three
fourths of the states, congress will
then enact enforcing legislation.
N UR Latin-America neighbors are
~ displaying their usual pep. Haiti
is trying to get the League of Nations
to Gust our marines from the republic.
There is some sort of revolution" on
in Brazil, which is apparently of
enough Importance to keep the censor
busy and to make President Bernardes
declare state of siege, etc.
Mexico is trying to count the re-
turns of the Presidential election of
last Sunday. The rival candidates,
Gen. Plutarcho Elias Gales, radical,
and Gen. Angel Flores, less radical.
are meanwhile accusing each other of
election irregularities of all sorts And
of course both leaders claim complete
and overwhelming victory.
Mexico Is preparing to make claims
for big damages for the Vera Cruz oc-
cupation and the Pershing expedition
before the general claims commission
which is soon to try to adjudicate
claims between the two countries. We
mussed up Vera Cruz in vain effort
to make the Mexicans salute the flag.
We got mussed up when we tried to
get Villa for raiding the border town
Nj, hn min
wants his pay.
a LIENISTS and psychiatrists to
"A the number of twelve from vari-
Gus parts of the country have conduct
ed on behalf of the defense exhaustive
mental and physical tests of Nathan f.
Leopold Jr., and Richard Loeb, con-
fessed slayers of Bobby Franks. Four
have examined the two boys for the
state It is stated that the defense
will ask an insanity hearing in adj
vance of the trial. The state holds
this to be legally impossible, as the
two are already under Indictment, and
that a plea of insanity can be used
only as part Of the defense.
c EVERAL scientists agree that the
y three white Indian" children
brought to New York from Panama
are not white" and not albinos, but
are simply Indians affected by patho-
logical conditions.
Awards to the number of 439, aggre
eating more than $14,500,000, have
been made in favor of Americans
against Germany for World war losses
by the German-American mixed claims
commission. Claims to the number of
12,416, aggregating $500,0oO,O0O, are
still pending.