The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-12-26

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STA. There are daily demonstrations
before the Esthonlan consulate In
Moscow, arranged by officials OF the
Third Internationale. and along the
Esthonian border are large concentra-
lions of soviet troops.
TWO ministries quit office last week,
i that of Portugal, because parlia-
ment refused it a vote of commence,
and that of Finland because the diet
accepted measures providing pensions
for state officials. The new govern
ment of Mexico took Office, Gales be-
ing inaugurated President.
T UMBERMEN from 40 states and
IL Canada heard a most impressive
lecture from President Coolidge last
week, and 1t was made more emphatic
by moving pictures. His subject was
the waste of lumber that, together
with our neglect of reforestation,
threatens to exhaust the supply in
about two-score years. Between cut
ting timber in the woods and finally
putting the product to USE" he said,
NEARLY two-thirds of the total volume
is lost" At the present rate of cut
ting, this waste amounts to more than
10000. OOOO 900 cubic feet annually. A
third of this enormous loss, the Presi-
dent told his hearers. can be saved
with tried and approved methods. He
told them how rapidly overcutting and
fire are denuding the Land of forests,
and said the government was going to
ask them to consider definite plans.
THE American Federation of Labor
i is in convention in FL Paso, Texas
and probably will have before II moth
ing more exciting than the row be-
tween the United Mine Workers of
America and the Coal River Galleries
company, which is owned by the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Early in the proceedings a resolution
was introduced censuring the actions
and attitude of the coal company and
condemning Warren S. Stone, chair
man of its board of directors and
president of the engineers brother
hood. A warm fight over this was
promised In committee, and also on
the floor If 1t were recommended for
adoption. John L. Lewis. head of the
mine workers, was Endorsed for the po-
sition of secretary of labor President
Gompers, in his opening address, init
mated that he would soon be COM
PEELED by age to relinquish his activi-
ties. but there was little question of
his reelection for another term.
The Mexican Federation of Labor,
in session In Juarez, took a strong
stand against communism and refused
to seat Alfonso Soria, Communist
delegate from Michoacan.
yxTHAT was considered victory
w for radical socialism and a DEM
onstration of the strength Of Premier
Herriot's position was the action of
the French senate In granting amnesty
TO Joseph Caillaux, former premier,
who was convicted of obstructing the
of the war, and to Louis
Malyv. former minister of the interior, |
who was convicted Of having commu- |
nication with the enemy. Both men !
had been banished, the former from !
Paris and the latter from France.
A LII Ireland and innumerable peO- |
n ple elsewhere mourn the death !
of the venerable Cardinal Logue at !
his residence in Armagh. He ceie- /
brated his eighty-fourth birthday !
about a month ago. The cardinal was +
beloved by Catholics and Protestants
alike and was always the unfaltering /
advocate of peace in Ireland. He was i
given the red hat q years ago.
Thomas FL. Ince, one of the leading i
producers of moving pictures in Amer
lea and the developer of many film
celebrities, was stricken with heart
disease while aboard his yacht off San /
Diego and died three days later at his
Beverly Hills home. He had inst
passed his forty-third birthday. Among
the stars who owe their success to
Mr.. Ince are Charles Ray, William S. /.
Hart, Douglas Mclean, Dorothy Dali
ton, Madge Bellamy and Doris May.
TOY DIRECTION of Attorney Gen
ID eral Stone. the Department OF
Justice has obtained the indictment of
the Baltimore Daily Post for publish
ing income tax lists. This is test
case and speedy court action Is sought
a USTRIA, after all, is deprived of
"A the services of Mgr. Seipel. for.
stating that he found 1t impossible to
carry out successfully the economic
policies laid down by the League of
Nations, he has resigned. Rudolph
Ramek has succeeded him as chancel-
or and, though he promises to follow
Mgr. Selpel's reconstruction policies,
he outlook is not very good. Doctor
Seipel was driven from office by the
opposition of bankers and officials to
, budget of s1OO,OO0,000 for next year