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WILL FIX PRICES
OURMIKE
Hoover Tells Operators He Will
Set Fair Coal Cost.
TO HALT RUNAWAY MARKET
Commerce Secretary Informs the Coal
Men That Conference Was Called
at the Suggestion of Presi
dent Harding.
Washington, Juue 1. Secretary
Hoover assumed the responsibility
for fixing a reasonable price on spot
coal during the continuance of the
present coal strike.
Opening the conference here _of
union and nonunion operators in the
producing fields, Mr. Hoover declared
that any agreement between the jp
erators looking toward the fixing of
the price of coal, even though in the
interest of the public, would be il
legal, and therefore he asked the in
dividual operators to agree with him
upon a reasonable price for coal in
their respective districts.
The commerce secretary suggested
the immediate appointment of com
mittees representing each producing
district to advise with him upon a fair
price for coal in their respective dis
tricts. He also asked that these com
)mittees should continue in existence
and report to him, after the determi
nation of a fair price, cases of unfair
prices in their districts and act at
his request as might be necessary to
meet such cases.
At Harding's Request.
Mr. Hoover told the several hundred
operators assembled at the meeting
that the conference had been called
by him at the request of President
Harding to consult as to what means
might properly be taken to restrain
runaway coal prices due to the strike.
Speaking of present conditions
throughout the country, he said that
production was now about 5.000,000
tons a week, and consumption between
8,000,000 and 8,500,000, thus neces
sitating withdrawals from stock
amounting to between 3,000,000 and
>3,500,000 tons a week.
“The time has arrived,” Mr. Hoover
said, “when the unwise virgins who
did not heed my recommendations for
stocking up with coal must go into the
market to get it.”
Mr. Hoover recalled that the last
time tlit-re was a coal strike coal rose
as high as sls a ton at the mine,
which, he declared, represented mil
lions of dollars a week loss to the
public, while at the same time lend
ing a color of profiteering to the op
erator. This color, he asserted, was
against the will and the wish of the
who considered it the most
■disastrous thing that could happen to
(them.
Coal prices throughout the country,
Hr. Hoover continued, range from
iflbout $2.25 to $3.50 a ton at the mine,
but what the public is interested in
Is dollars and not cents, although
(the margin of from 15 to 20 cents a
iton on coal may be the margin be
itweeen profit and loss for the opera
tors. The public, Mr. Hoover con
tended, should understand that the
problem at hand is one of almost stu
pendous difficulty.
“It is easy, ’ lie said, "to denounce
profiteering. With some it is a favor
ite sport, but the vast majority of
.operators do not wish to tolerate
profiteering in coal.”
There is not, Mr. Hoover explained,
a single shred of law to enforce a
ifair price or prevent profiteering, and
,the law prohibits operators agreeing
( as to what a fair price may be.
! times of emergency,” Mr. Hoov
er said, “someone must take the re
/spousibilty. assume the leadership
and say what is fair. I will not ask
any agreement or combination to re
strain trade or prices wrong in law.
Will Take Responsibility.
/ "I propose to inquire through you as
•to the situation in various districts,
and I will take the responsibility on
;iuy own back and will ask every op
erator to accept this basis in his own
district.”
\ Thfe secretary announced the ap
pointment of an advisory committee
ito begin meetings at once with com
mittees representing operators in the
various districts to inquire into the
fwice situation consisting of Mr. Ogle,
fc. E. Bockus, New York; George Otis
Smith, director of the geological sur
■vey; E. A. Holbrook, acting director
;cf the bureau of mines, and B. E.
(Wadleigh. chief of the coal division
jof the Commerce department.
Alabama coal operators were the
first to put into operation Mr. Hoov
jer’s plan.
.
(AUTOMOBILE IS BLOWN UP
{Chicago Girl, Breach of Promise Wit
ness, Hit in Blast at Mus
kegon, Mich.
f Muskegon. Mich., June I.—A dyna
mite blast blew to pieces the automo
bile of Emil Achenbach and caused a
panic in the section of the city where
the blast occurred. Windows iu uouses
for two blocks were shattered.
Achenbach was coming from the
(home of Miss Patricia Byron of Chi
cago when the explosion occurred. He
was knocked down, and Miss Byron,
landing ou the r*eps. was badly
stunned. Pieces of the car were
•hurled 400 feet, while the explosion
jwas heard ioc two miles.
DR. SOLON POLO
fry
Dr. Solon i’olo, counselor* to the
Peruvian special mission, now in
Washington in connection with the
Tacna conference. Dr. Polo is one of
the important figures at this confer
ence where the delegates hope to set
tle the disputes of many years’ stand
ing.
BRITISH WARSHIPS ARE
RUSHED TO ULSTER WATERS
Warcraft Come From the South
Bearing English Troops—Pitched
Battle on Border.
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London, May 30.—The British
troops concentrated in Ulster province
will not take the offensive against the
Irish republicans unless the British
cabinet formally decides upon such
action, Colonial Secretary Winston
Churchill announced in the house of
commons. In addition to the British
troops in Ulster there are a number
of British warships in Ulster waters.
The Anglo-Irish conference to fix
the legal status of the Collins-De Va
lera coalition agreement and its rela
tionship to the Anglo-Irish peace
treaty is expected to reach an agree
ment by Wednesday evening, Colonial
Secretary Winston Churchill stated.
Lloyd George, it is understood, is
hopeful that anew Anglo-Irish agree
ment can be drawn up by which Great
Britain is guaranteed that the Irish
people will be given full freedom of
choice in the forthcoming election and,
furthermore, is guaranteed that the
Collins-De Valera agreement will not
impair the loyalty of the Irish to
wards Britain.
Belfast, May 30.—Five republicans
and one Ulster constable were report
ed to have been killed in a pitched
battle in the western part of Fer
managh county, near Belleck.
The police made a raid in the Falls
Road district during the night and it
was reported that about forty arrests
were made.
British warcraft came from the
south, bearing -English troops that are
being evacuated from the Irish Free
State. They are expected to remain
in Ulster waters indefinitely.
POPE IGNORES TRADITIONS
Pius Installs His Old-Time Woman
Household Manager in the
Vatican.
Rome, June 3.—Pope Pius has dis
regarded the conventions of centuries
by installing his old household man
ager, Signora Linda, witfrin the pre
cincts of his apartment, appointing
her his housekeeper and wardrobe
said, says the Giornaie D’ltalia. Sig
nora Lina has been with the Ratti
family for 40 years. Since this was
the first time a woman has been ad
mitted to such a position, some of
the conservatives of the Vatican made
remonstrances. The pope gave his
customary tranquil decision, saying:
"It is our will.” He added that the
papal life of sacrifice, labor and re
sponsibility made more than ever nec
essary the comfort of old habits and
accustomed service.
GIVES ADVICE TO “MIDDIES”
Roosevelt Tells Annapolis Graduates
to “Pattern Lives So Your Men
Swear by You—Not at You."
Annapolis, Md., June 3 —" Pattern
your lives so that your men swear by
you—not at you.” This was the ad
vice given the 1922 graduating class
of midshipmen here at the naval
academy by Theodore Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary of the navy, who
made the presentation of diplomas.
“You may command obedience by
your rank, but unless you command
loyal devotion by your character,
those under you will never serve as
they would otherwise,” said Roose
velt.
COAL OUTPUT SETS NEW MARK
Reports From the Bituminous Fields
Show Production of 5,000,000
Tons Last Week.
Washington. May 30.—Reports from
the bituminous coal fields still oper
ating in spite of the general mine
strike showed a general and notable
increase in production, setting anew
record last week, the geological sur
vey reported. For four successive
days, including Thursday, the last re
ported, railroad cars loaded with new
coal numbered more than 14.600 and
on Tuesday the total was 15,026
care.
NORTHERN WISCONSIN ADVERTISER, WABENO, WIS
NEWSPAPER IN
MEET PRESIDENT
Harding Discloses Attitude on
Many Important Questions.
WONT APPROVE BONUS BILL
In First Conference in Weeks He De
clares Disapproval of McCumber
Measure—To Reappoint Hard
ing of Reserve Board.
Washington, June 3. —The attitude
of the Harding administration on im
portant questions of the day w T as dis
closed at the White House in the first
conference in some weeks between
the President and newspaper corre
spondents.
Mr. Harding indicated emphatically
that he will not approve the McCum
ber bonus bill, soon to be reported out
by the senate finance committee. It
was indicated that the President will
insist upon a sales tax to finance the
bonus.
There was every indication that the
President intends to reappoint W. P.
G. Harding as governor of the federal
reserve board. New legislation creat
ing representation for agriculture on
the board will enable the President
to satisfy the demands of the farm
bloc in congress and at the same time
reappoint Governor Harding. Eugene
Meyer, director of the War Finance
corporation, is being mentioned for
the new seat.
Favors Shipping Board.
Formal denial w r as made that the
President intends to "abolish” the
shipping board unless congress passes
ship subsidy legislation. Only con
gress could act to abolish the board,
it was explained. It was officially
stated, however, that the President is
extremely anxious that the subsidy
be passed before adjournment. Con
gress, it was stated* has been consid
ering matters of much less Impor
tance, and should give attention to
this. The President does not want
the shipping business to go on an
other year under present conditions.
Unless congress acts quickly to put
the merchant marine on a sound finan
cial basis, the President believes that
the government will lose the services
of shipping board officials who are
helping the administration at great
personal sacrifice. The responsibility
for such a v loss, and resultant disor
ganization of the shipping business,
the President is unwilling personally
to assume. He believes that congress
should accept the responsibility if it
persists in ignoring the behests of the
executive for an adequate ship sub
sidy.
The recent assertion of Senator
Watson of Georgia that officials of
the American relief administration in
Russia have misappropriated funds,
was deplored. In this connection it
was stated:
"The other day the Executive had
occasion to write a note of condolence
to a mother who had lost her last son
in Russian relief work. It was a
noble sacrifice, without glory, without
publicity, just big-hearted, noble serv
ice, despite the most trying hardships.
These men are unknown, unsung
heroes, on the firing line for civiliza
tion. It is heart-breaking to hear
charges raised against such men.”
To Continue Russ Relief.
American relief in Russia will be
continued, as far as funds permit, no
matter what the attitude of the soviet
government toward seizing crops in
that country, it was stated.
“There always will be American re
lief, wherever there is suffering,” was
the summing up of the situation.
Recent suggestions that the United
States co-operate with the League of
Nations in suppressing traffic in nar
cotics are generally approved by the
President, it was learned. The execu
tive is said to be in favor of creating
an international body to restrain such
traffic.
TO DISCUSS FRENCH DEBT
Paris Government Asked to Send
Mission to Washington for
Conference.
Washington, June 2. —The French
government has been informed that
the American government will receive
a special mission of French financial
experts to discuss that nation's war
debt, it was stated after the second
meeting of the allies’ debt-funding
commission. No definite date for the
discussions has been set.
JAMES HOW AT WHITE HOUSE
invites President Harding to Attend
the Hobo Gathering at
Buffalo July 4.
Washington June 3.—President
Harding was invited to attend the
hobo convention to be held on July 4
at Buffalo. The invitation was ex
tended by James Eads How, "mil
lionaire hobo” and president of the
International Brotherhood Welfare as
sociation, who called at the White
House.
Mary Pickford Wins Case.
Carson City. Nev., June L—Mary
Piekford's divorce stands. In a de
cision handed down by the Nevada
Supreme court it was decided unani
mously that the attorney general of
the state had ro right to institute an
nullment proceedings in the cujw.
WALTER I. McCOY *
Walter I. McCoy, chief justice of
the Supreme court of the District of
Columbia, has beeh giving drug ped
dlers the limit of the law. He de
clares that traffic in drugs is growing
too fast and that the present laws
are “too kindly.” The number of drug
cases in the national capital have
increased at an appalling rate, he
says.
PRESIDENT DEDICATES
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Harding Pays Tribute to the Great
Civil War Chief—Union
Watchword.
Washington, May 31. —"Maintained
union and nationality” rather thru
"emancipation” was declared to be
the supreme chapter in American his
tory 1 / President Harding in an ad
dress accepting the Lincoln memorial
in behaif of the American people, Lin
coln would have compromised with
slavery, Mr. Harding declared, while
cleaving to* his great purpose—the
maintenance of the “inheritance
handed down by the founding fa
thers.”
Declaring that the new memorial
was fittingly placed near the tower
ing spire of the Washington monu
ment, Mr. Harding said that Wash
ington, the founder, and Lincoln, the
saviour, offered outstanding proof
that a representative popular govern
ment, constitutionally founded, can
find its own way to salvation and
accomplishment.
The President spoke in part as fol
lows :
"It is a supreme satisfaction offi
cially to accept on behalf of the gov
ernment this superb monument to the
saviour of the republic. No official
duty could be more welcome, no offi
cial function more pleasing. This
memorial edifice is a noble tribute,
gratefully bestowed, and in its offer
ing is the reverent heart of America;
in its dedication is the consciousness
of reverence and gratitude beautifully
expressed.
"No great character in all history
has been more eulogized, no rugged
figure more monumental, no likeness
more portrayed. Painters and sculp
tors portray as they see, and no two
see precisely alike. So, too, is there
varied emphasis in the portraiture of
words, but all are agreed about the
rugged greatness and the surpassing
tenderness and unfailing wisdom of
this master martyr.
"History is concerned with the
things accomplished. Biography deals
with the methods and the individual
attributes which led to accomplish
ment.
"The supreme chapter in history is
not emancipation, though that achieve
ment would have exalted Lincoln
throughout all the ages. The simple
truth is that Lincoln, recognizing an
established order, would have com
promised with the slavery that exist
ed, if he could have halted Its ex
tension. Hating human slavery as he
did. he doubtless believed in its ulti
mate abolition through the develop
ing conscience of the American peo
ple, but he would have been the last
man in the republic to resort to arms
to effect its abolition. Emancipation
was a means to the great end—main
tained union and nationality.”
RACER GOES THROUGH FENCE
Howard Merchant of Owosso, Mich.,
May Die as Result of Injuries—
Splinter Gouges Eye Out.
Saginaw, Mich., June 1. —Howard
Merchant of Owosso, auto-racing
driver, had his right eye gorged out
and his skull fractured, and is lying
in a critical condition in a local hos
pital as the result of an accident dur
ing the local automobile racing pro
gram, when the car he was driving
crashed through the fence at one of
the turns. A splinter from the fence
pierced Merchant’s head, entering
through the right eye.
SENATE DROPS THE TARIFF
Lays Aside Measure Which Has Been
Under Consideration for Six Weeks
—Takes Up Army Budget
Washington, June 3.—Temporarily
laying aside the tariff bill which has
been under consideration almost eou
tinunusly for six weeks, the senate
took up the army appropriation bill.
Chairman Wadsworth of the military
affairs committee expressed hope that
the army measure could be put
through within a few days.
STEAM ROLLER
USEDJN HOUSE
Method of Majority Provokes a
Prolonged Furore.
t
TO BE NO WAR-FRAUD QUIZ
Members Forget Congressional Cour
tesy as Denunciations Couched in
Plainest Terns Are Hurled
About the Chamber.
Washington, June 2.—Steam roller
methods employed by the Republican
leaders to crush the demand for an
investigation >f war frauds provoked
a furore which for ar. hour and a
quarter held the house surcharged
with a white heat that is certain to
radiate to the fall elections.
Congressional courtesy was com
pletely forgotten as denunciation and
excoriation, couched in the baldest of
terms, were hurled back and forth
across the political dividing line, while
the 300 representatives present gave
! vent to their feelings by vociferously
applauding their respective cham
pions.
When the house restrictions on de
jbate, called into operation by the Re
publicans, forced a sudden end to the
row, a second dividing line was plain
ly visible on the majority side, sepa
rating the “old guard” from the ex
service men and younger G. O. P.
members. On *he Democrtic side a
solid front was maintained.
Committee Rescinds Action.
The fight began when, according to
prearranged scheme, the rules com
mittee met and rescinded its action of
May 3, when a favorable report was
ordered on the Woodruff-Johnson
resolution providing for an investiga
tion.
As forecast, Chairman Campbell,
who broke a tie in favor of the reso
lution May 3, but who prevented the
house from acting by pocketing the
measure, and Representative Schell,
the blind member from Minnesota,
about-faced, making possible a rever
sal of the original action. Representa
tive Fess, who was in Ohio running
for the Republican senatorial nomina
tion, and Representative Kreider, who
was in Pennsylvania on persona! busi
ness, had been brought back by wired
orders to be “in at the killing.”
Representative Rodenberg of Illi
nois made the motion to rescind. Rep
resentative Pou of North Carolina,
ranking minority member, made a
point of order against the motion.
Chairman Campbell promptly over
ruled the point and the vote was 7
to 4.
All the Republicans except Repre
sentative Johnson of North Dakota,
who, with Representative Woodruff of
Michigan is championing the investi
gation, voted to kill the resolution.
Three of the four Democratic mem
bers stood by the demand for an in
quiry. The other Democratic mem
ber, Representative Cantriil of Ken
tucky, was out of the city.
Those voting to recall the resolu
tion were Campbell, Rodenberg, Fess,
Kreider, Schall, Snell of New York,
and Dale of Vermont. Opposed:
Johnson, Pou, Garrett of Tennessee
and Riordan, New York.
Campbell Defends Action.
When the housp met at noon Chair
man Campbell defended the commit
tee’s action.
Representative Garrett replied In
one of the severest condemnations of
a fellow member ever uttered in the
house. Republican Leader Mondell
then threw himself into the breach in
an attempt to remove some of the po
litical sting from the acting minority
leader’s attack. This brought Repre
sentative Moore (Dem.), Virginia, into
the fray with another assault which
was marked for its failure to mince
Words.
Representative Woodruff, joint spon
sor of the proposed investigation, bit
terly condemned the action of the
leaders, and Representative Tincher
(Rep.) of Kansas had the last word,
hs the Republicans invoked the rules
to bring the bombardment to a halt.
Chairman Campbell, defending the
bommittee’s action, said frankly there
£vill not be a congressional investiga
tion because it would interrupt or
halt the work of the attorney general
jagainst “the conspicuous conspirators
kind crooks who defrauded and robbed
the government during the war.”
FOUR PERSONS ARE DROWNED
Woman, Man and Two Boys Die When
Boat Capsizes Near Spokane,
Washington.
Spokane, Wash., May 30.—A man,
woman and two boys were drowned
Sat Liberty Lake w'hen a rowboat cap
sized. Only one body has been re
covered, that of Mrs. Welcome hergu
son, twenty-three. The others drowned
were Henry Bittner and his two sons,
(Walton and Boyd.
Chicago Banker Is Dead.
Washington. May 30.—William T.
Abbott of Chicago, member of the
treasury tax simplification board and
vice president of the Central Trust
company of Illinois, died at a hospital
here following an operation.
Public Debt Is Reduced.
Washington, June 3.—A reduction
lof $51,362,749 in the public debt of the
United States in May was announced
by the Treasury department. The na
tion’s total gross debt on May 31 was
$23,138,838,607,
BRITISH TROOPS
ACTIVE IN ERIN
Scotch and English Soldiers
Rushed Into Ulster.
MANY AIRPLANES TO BE USED
Noncombatants Are Killed in a Lively
Encounter Along the TyronvDon
egal Frontier—Two Trans
ports Arrive.
Belfast, June 5. —British infantry,
artillery and airplanes, backed by de
stroyers in Belfast lough, will go into
action against Sinn Fein forces on the
Ulster border unless the latter ease
their attacks, it is announced here.
In an encounter along the Tyroue-
Donegal frontier three noncombatanta
are reported io have been killed.
Reinforcements for the British mili
tary forces in northern Ireland are
pouring into Belfast. The city had to
go back to the energetic days o"
March, 1914, which preceded the Cv'
ragh brigade mutiny, to find a parallel
for the present military activity.
Two transports arrived from Birken
head with the Scottish Borderers. The
Manchesters from Guernsey, the Roy
al Fusiliers and the Liverpool regi
ment also arrived. They proceeded to
the Ballykinder camp, County Down,
which until last year housed nearly 2,-
000 interned men. Before the rein
forcements began coming there were
19 battalions in Ulster, far below the
war strength.
Fighting Planes Arrive.
The most interesting arrivals were
a party of 12 officers and 97 men of
the royal air service. A short time
later 30 fighting planes-arrived from
England and were housed at the Al
dergrove aviation ground, 18 miles
from Belfast, used as a camp for the
Seventeenth brigade, which recently
arrived from Cork.
The popular belief is that the mili
tary is to be used to clear Bel leek
salient, evacuated by the Ulster forces
recently, of its republican occupants.
Stirring events in this sector seemed
to be presaged by the departure of
large parties of the military, fully
equipped and evidently prepared for a
long stay. They had a great number
of machine guns with them. The men
were divided into two sections, one
proceeding toward Pettigoe and the
other towards Belleek, on opposite
flanks of the salient.
Avoid Free State Territory.
One of the wings of the military
forces which left Enniskillen for Pet
tigoe embarked on boats at Kesh and
crossed to Boa island. The Be’.leek
party encamped at Resscor. The in
tention of these forces, it is believed,
is to push the republicans from Wa
terfoct and Magheramenagh, in the
Ulster territory. Boats are playing an
important part in the movement, as
Belleek could not be occupied by land
jexcept by traversing 200 yards of Free
State teritory, which presumably the
British authorities are anxious to
avoid, whereas it can be reached di
rectly by water.
The most important naval unit yet
sent to northern waters is the flotilla
leader Wallace, sister ship of the
Broke, with a speed of 36 knots.
Belfast had a comparatively quiet
week-end. Two soldiers and three
civilians were wounded. The record
since Monday last is 18 killed and 74
wounded in disturbances in this city.
British Storm Pettigo.
i London, June s.—British troops
stormed Pettigo following the pre
liminary firing, according to dis
patches to the Central News. Par
ties of soldiers in motors, with de
tachments on foot, dashed through
the village in the face of heavy ma
chine gun fire from the republican
troops. The only casualty suffered
by the British forces was one special
Ulster police, who was driving one of
the motorcars carrying the soldiers.
The commandant of the Irish re
publican army staff was made a pris
oner and a large number of Sinn Fein
ers were captured during a search of
the village by the troops.
Three persons were reported to
have been killed in a skirmish at Let
tercan, in Fermanagh county, at
which a British general directed op
erations from a headquarters on a
hilltop. The British troops are being
welcomed everywhere by the royal
ists.
WRITER WILL BE MISSED
Death of “Marion Harland,” Though
at an Advanced Age, is Subject
of Universal Regret.
New York, June s.—Mrs. Mary Vir
ginia Terhune, ninety, who wrote un
der the name of "Marion Harland,”
died at her home in this city, after a
short illness. Although she Wrote a
number of novels, she was perhaps
best known as the author of numerous
cook books and volumes on etiquette.
In 1856 she was married to Rev. Ed
ward Payson Terhune, who died in
1907. She was the mother of Christine
Terhune Herrick, Virginia Terhune
Vandewater and Albert Payson Ter
hune, the writer.
Noose for Women.
Atlanta, Ga.. June s.—Mrs, Cora
Lou Vinson was convicted by a jury
in the Superior court here of the mur
der of her husband, I>r. W. D. Vinson,
and sentenced to be hanged July 28.
ilre Vinson shot her husband.