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Washington, Sept. 16.—The soldiers
bonus bill in congress for three years.
Anally was' today before President
Harding.'!,
so oertaln. ftbout the 'S6nftte. ..rj:-,- ,v
Iftheissue conwJs iti' that boay, the
outcome iny hlngi bii ithip. nuihber .of
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STEP DEFINITELY DECIDES
SENATE MAY OVERRIDE VETO
Friends Of President Attempting To Mtuter Up Enoagh
Votes To Uphold*His Action More Than Two-Third
Majority Declared By- House Message Will Be Sent
To House On Tuesday.
Washington, Sept. 16.—(By The Associated Press.)—President
Harding has definitely decided to. veto the soldiers' bonus bill and
will send his message to the house Tjitesday, according to some of
his close advisers who have talked with him recently.
The number of senators absent whefi the vote comes may decide
the issue although it was ^aid that every Effort would be made to
obtain pairs for all absentees, including those Senators in,Europe
who were not paired in the vote August 31, when the senate passed
the bill, 47 to 22.
Some of the president's friends were understood to be making
an informal canvass in the faint hope of counting enough votes to
prevent the over-riding of the veto there. The result now was re
garded as doubtful, with some friends and foes alike declaring there
gould not be a definite estimate in advance of the roll call.
House managers of the bonus were understood to be prepared
to move proihptly after receipt of a veto message to repass the bill
and were confident that more than the required two-thirds majority
could be obtained.
The president's attitude toward it
still was the one big question in the
minds of both friends and foes, and it'
was one to which they expected an
answer early'next-week.
In tne usual course the first action
of the executive would be to refer the
measure ,to the treasury department
for an opinion1. (Secretary Bjlellon's at
titude is well knpwn. He haj^ opposed
such legislation, largely On the ground
that the federal treasury is in no con
dition to stand further: drains tipon it.
Should Mr. Hard-ns send the b?nus
bill back to congress an" effort wotfld
be made to override his veto, accord
ing to those, Yfho have had charge of
i$, in the hoiise and senate. Support
ers believed far more than the neces
sary two thirds majority in ,the. house,
couldlc obtained.-JMii. they. ^were.'not
IN STATE FIGHT
Independent Candidate For
Senate/ Says Big Fight Is
Against Radicalism In
North Dakota Opens His
Campaign At Hankinson
Speaks at Fairmont Today.
Fairmount, N. D., Sept. 16.---J. F.
T. O'Connor, Independent candidate
for the United State's senate, is sched
uled to make the second address of
his campaign .here this afternoon,
having opened with an address at
Hankinson Friday night.
He will speak this evening at
Wahpeton, N. D.
\In his address at Hankinson Friday
evening Mr. O'Connor struck the
keynote of his' campaign, declaring
that "this is not a contest between
the Republican and Democratic par
ties It is a contest to determine the
strength of radicalism in North Da
kota."
Mr. O'Con-
In defining hits I
nor said:
"Wlillc this cm.est Is on I
know no party lines. There 4s
but single great Isstte In this
nation. Upon this issue the two
old parlies must stand without
compromise it is the highest
principle of Americanism it is
the flglit against radicalism. Ail
over tills nation there Is a move
ment well organised to establish
here a Soviet form of govern
ment. If elected to the senate J-•
shall support every measure that
will Insure the eradication
radicalism and support every
measure that wUl make more ae
cure the institutions of this na
tion. On this fundamental issue
true Democrat* and true Rflpub
llcans must stand shoulder to
if-,- shoulder."
Mr O'Connor, who has been en
dorsed for the senttorship by the In
dependent
committee of 46 which in
cludes both Democrats and Republi
cans paid a/high trib^W to the pres
ent independent Republican admin
istration in North Dakota, saying that
"The
administration has vindicated
the Judgment of the people oi North
Bakota. who placed it. in power.
Every promise made by the Inde
pendents has been kept by the eleot
ed
offlciaU." He enArsed the antu
league Republican candidate* nomi
nated in the recent primary election.
In discussing the measures he will
favor if elected to the senate, Mr.
^Coiinor declared himself strongly
lor the Great iAkM-Sti Lawrence
tidewater project.
fill
orderly
urged:
Sunday
NORTH
senators absent 'from Washington,
while the conference report was
adopted yesterday by a two-thirds
majority—36 to 17—it required only
one senator for, to pair one senator
against, whereas in the vote to over
ride a veto it wouldc require two sena
tors for, to pair one opponent.
Ruling Approved.
Upon the presentation of the con
ference report, SenatAr -Harrison1 made
a point of order that the conferees
had exceeded "their authority in elim
inating the land declamation option,
which in\ one form or another, had
been Approved by botli house and sen
ate. After long debate, the point of
Order was overruledby Senator Cura»
rpin* Republican. Iowa, president
#aJSer
ieh' disai
Undervppd aiWr^HfcrrWeh
greed
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T. O'CONNOll
system' with Uie establishment ot
warehouses in. wlilch wheat could be
stored, negotiable receipts issued, and
loans .made to the farmer' on these
instruments which would also be
protected by-. insurance lh bonded
warehouses! 'This, he said, would in
sure an orderly marketing '. of the
great wheat cr'ops from the s^ate
"in this connection," said' Mr.
Q'Connor. "ft is- Absolutely necessary
that there be fixed a standard grade
for all grain recognised everywhere In
the United States: The only effectu
al method of fixing the .grades of
grain -is through the federal govern
ment." .. .. »...
Position on Tariff.
-Denning hla position on the
tariff question, Mr. O'Connor
said, "As long aa protection is the
eatttMlahed, principle, the farm
er la entitled to tbe same oonald
tinttlon as tbe .other great In
dustries of .the nation. With
some Republicans voting acalnst
the tariff Mil and some Demo
crats voting for lt, lt seenui that
the tariff should be taken en
tirely 'ont. of politics and each
schedule based on, ertenllBc In
fonnactou furnished by a board
of tariff vMperta.-•
Mr. O'Connor. strongly toyed the
marketing1 '(Continued on. Page* I)
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Hooper §ays 16 Separate
Agreements in Ajccord with
Transportation Act.
Strikers Demand Southern
Railway Officials Dis
New Men.
Chicago, Sept. H6.—While sev
eral railroads today were nego
tiating separate agreements with
the shop crafts workers in ac
cordance with the union •partial
settlement plan. And others were
preparing to meet representa
tives of their 'own employes out
side the settlement plan, it was
learned that some of the shop
crafts leaders on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad were de
manding the dismissal of men
hireff to All the places of union
men who went .on strike July 1.
The hitch |n the negotiations
with the Northwestern, which
had generally been believed to
have been completed yesterday,
would not prevent the retprn of
the men to work /by Monday, of
ficials of the road said. At the
same time It was made plain
that the union settlement plan
did not loall for discharge of em
ployes at work when the settle
ment plan was approved by the
union policy, committee last
Wednesday, and that the road
would not dismiss those em
ployes.,
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Washlngton,. SepU 16.—Demand by
the union leaders that al] men taken
on during the strike be discharged
Immediately on return of strikers t^
their jobs Was understood fo have
broken up a conference here today
between Southern, railway officials
and general shopcraft chairmen
which was designed to bring about a
settlement on the basis of the Var
.Held-Willard-J«well agreement.
'Chicago, Slept 16.-^-Sixteen, .ajU
roada had signed separate ..agreements
with various, ia,bov iinidna today
through .pre-war. methods lh vogue
before .(the. United /Stttyes railroad
labor, board wis created as arbiter of
disputes., between railways and- their
employes.
No Repudiation.
These settlements, according to Ben
W. Hooper, chairman of the board do
not repudiate the board but rather
are "entirely in accord with th«?
transportation act." When the dis
putes were withdrawn from the juris
diction of the board, the government
tribunal! believed negotiations for
settlements independent of the board
would be'successful. Mr. Hooper said.
His comment referred to yesterday's
agreement between the New York
Central lines and the train service
brotherhoods,, and other pending,
peace negotiations.
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GkAND FORKS, N. Dm SATURDAY,...SEPTEMBER 16
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HELP ASKED TO
DEFEND THIS
NEUTRAL ZONE
Twenty-Five Thousand Girls
And Women Turned Over
To The Turkish Soldiers
120,000 Victims Of The
Massacre Up To Thursday.
Constantinople, Sept. 16.—
(1:80 p. m. "by the Associated
Press.) —Largo British forces
with heavy artillery have been
landed 'at strategic points in the
Dardanelles, prepared -, for any
eventuality.
JLondon, Sept. 16.—-Twenty-five
thousand Christian women and
girls have been conveyed to the
interior and distributed among
the Turkish soldiers, says a dis
patch to the Times from M, Ijas
caris, editor of Kosmos, a Smyrna
newspaper, who has arrived on
the Island of Mitylcn.
Refugees from Smyrna say the
Turks are nslng machine guns
and killing indiscriminately, the
dispatch adds.
Ixmdon, Sept. 16.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—JThc British
government has adopted the at
titude that the effective and per
manent freedom of the Dar
danelles is a vital necessity for
the sake of which It is prepared
to make exertions, it was authori
tatively/stated this afternoon.
liondon, Sept. 16.—(By the
Associated Press.)—The British
government addressing Rumania,
Jugp-Slavfa and Greece is asking
then- participation in jut effective
defense of the neutral zone, it
was learned officially today.
Great Britain also has invited her
dominions to toe represented by
contingents in the defense of
those! interests, for which they
have already made enormous
sacrifices it was also aothorita
tlvely stated.
''Smyrna.,
Associated
longer e*l8t£. TKfr fire* VI
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Press.)—Smyrna no
ihlch
ich has
been, raging.\Ior three days with
Unabated faryfhas swept the city
and. is,«stending' to the suburbs..
Only blackeiiliig masonry 'aiid a
small vestige
vof
WEEKIjY
the Turkish
quarter remain.
Death and. Indescribable 'misery.
permeates 300,000 of the cTasted
population. Six lone American re
lief workers are attempting the
siipcrhumau task of ministering
to the dead a.rd dying. No other'
nonntry has a^ yet comc.fon^rd
to relievo the suffering.
(Continued on Page 12.)
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington. Sept. 16.—Weather
Outlook for the Week beginning Mon
day. Region of the Great Lakes.
Generally fair and cool, local frosts
f^rst part of the week.
"HI SAY, SAMMY, COME H'lN AND 'ELP US H'OUT" By MORRIS
NEWSPAPER
1922.
ARE LANDED AT THE DARDANELLES
100,000 FORD
EMPLOYES TO
BE OUT OF WORK
Closing of Plants Today Se
vere Blow to Employment
In Detroit.
Factories Being Shut Down
As Protest AgaiAst Too
High Prices.
(By The Associated Press.)
Detroit, Sept. 16—In protest against
paying what he believes to. be exorbi
tant prices for coal and steel, Henry
Ford today began the process of clos
ing up his huge industry.
With the suspension complete when
the last shift of workers leaves the
various factories tonight, approxi
mately 100,000 men will have been
rendered Idle for an indefinite period.
Che plants affected include the Ave
'aetorie8 in the Detroit area and nu
merous assembling stations through
out the country. Other concerns, the
output of which goes chiefly to the
Ford company, also are expected to
suspend operations.
I In announcing the contemplated
1
closing several weeks ago. Mr. Ford
declared no coal shortage existed that
brokers held enough coal to supply
the needs of the country and that the
public was being "gouged" by the
dealers. He also criticized government
agencies for the method of apportion
ing coal.
The past week brought some im
provement in the fuel situation. Ford
officials asserted yesterday, but this,
they said, did not warrant a change in
the suspension order. Since deciding
to close hi's factories, Mr. Ford has
held dally conferences with his execu
tives in a^ effort to solve the fuel and
materials problem, but in every mar
ket. considered, he said,' he found
prices higher1 than he believed they
should be.
Inquiry today failed to disclose any
other Detroit manufacturer who con
templated action similar to that of
Mr. Ford.
Denies Real Shortage.
Mr. Ford announced'sevSrai.'weeks
ago that he would' close hla Detroit
plants Sept. 16 because of this coal
Situation. He denied a real coal
Shortage existed and charged certain
coal brokers were demanding an-ex
orbitant price for fuel. He said that
rather than pay these prices he would
close his plants for an indefinite
period.
Kord Motor company foremen re
ceived instructions Friday arternoon
to advise all workers under their
charge to "save their money and live
as economically as possible during the
suspension."
Many workers said they took this
to mean the shut down might be pro
tracted.
According to word received by the
street railway officials, from Mr. Ford
practically all operations in the Ford
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Government Statement Es
timates Rescue Work Will
End in Few Hours.
Jackson, Cal., Sept. 16.—(By
the Associated Press.)—The
rescuers will break tltrough be
fore noon tomorrow Into the
Argonaut mine where 47 men
have been Imprisoned since An
gust 27. according to a un-i
anlmoua statement made here atN
10:30 a. m. today by the gov
ernment, state and mine officials.
It is now predicted that about
10:30 a. m. Sunday will see the
first hole made In the 4.200 foot
level of the burning Argonaut
mine by the crew working from
the 3,800 foot level of the ad
joining Kennedy mine.
NONPARTISAN
LEAGUERS TO
FILL TICKET
But Information as to the
Names of Prospective Can
didates Lacking..
jFargo. ,N. D., Sept. X6--—The,.Nan-,
partisan league "committee of 15s"
which met at Jamestown last night
to decide whether vacancies in the
Nonpartisan. ticket at the fall elec
tion should toe filled by the commit
tee's.-endorsement adjourned at a
late hour to take a train for Fargo
where they will reconvene again to
day.
At Nonpartisan headquarters here
this morning it was announced the
committee had decided a full ticket
should be placed in tfie field but no
statement as to possible candidates
to fill the gaps could be obtained.
It will be lat£ this afternoon before
names wl'll be glvert out, it was an
nounced.
Bosses There.
Jamestown, N. D.. Sept. 16.—Both
A. C. Townley and ~Wm. Lemke were
at the meeting of Nonpartisans here
last night, Mr. Lemke returned east
this morning but Mr. Townley re
mained here to consult with league
workers during the day.
The three state offices for which
the Nonpartisan league, at present
has no candidates are, attorney gen
eral, auditor and treasurer. E. R.
Sinkler of Minot was nominated for
attorney general at Bismarck last
week but refused to run.
Whether or not there will be con
gressional candidates put up in the
First and Second districts, where O.
B. Burtness and George Young. Inde
pendents, were nominated in the Re
publican primary is not indicated.
FIRELOSS IN
NEW ORLEANS
IS ENORMOUS
Government Warehouse De!
stroyed and Loss is Esti
mated in Millions.
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WHEAT GROWERS' OFFICIALS
NAIL YARN PUBLISHED BY
LEAGUERS'ORGAN IN
WILL REACH
ENTOMBED MEN
EARLY SUNDAY
EDlT?l®f»
NUMBER
Refute Statements Attribute
ToU. Burdick In
The
New Orleans ,La.. Sept. 16.—It was
estimated early today that the loss
from the fire which raged along the
water front tor three hours last
night, destroying the long stretch of
wharves of the United-States govern-1 ed the plan will be put In operation,
ment c'omrApdity warehouse and vast committee members said.
quantities
army ordnance and
commercial commodities would reach
between five and six million dollars.
Reports late last night that five
lives were lost durnig the progress
of the fire had not been confirmed
early today.
The fire was discovered by a dock
board watchman about 8:30 yclock
in a freight car loaded with burlaps.
It spread quickly to the wharves In
front of the government army supply
base and was not checked until half
a mile of docks and the two sto»-y
steel and sheet metal she^s, owned
by the government, were destroyed.
THE VfeAIBER.
Minnesota: Fair tonight
probably frost in northeast and
slightly warmer In northwest por
tlon Sunday partly cloudy and
slightly waiiuei. -.Iw
North Dakota: Mostly ctesidi
tonight and Sunday profrahly be
cotfUng unsettled tuswlwi
wanser .Sunday and In east por
tion tonight.
F.
Courier-Ntews First In
stallment Of War Finance
Corporation Loan Is Now
Here.
The first installment of the loan
from the U. S. war finance corpora
tion to the North Dakota Wheat
Growers' association arrived in Grand
Forks today, according to officials of
the association.
There has been a lew days' delay,
due merely to technicalities, but of
ficials stated that ample finances are
available now and will be !»sreafter
to handle the business with dispatch.
'0 date advances have been made on
over one-half million bushels of grain
handled by the association.
Officials expressed regret that, due
to a yarn in the Fargo Courier-News,
the report has been circulated that
there was a concerted attempt on the
part of financiers to block the move
ment toy withdrawing support. The
statement made in the Courier-News
of Fargo this morning by U. Bur
dick was given without authority
from the association headquarters
and does not express the sentiments
of the officials, according to A. J.
Scott, secretary of the association.
He stated that the war finance cor
poration, officials of the federal re
serve bank of Minneapolis, as well a*.
North Dakota bankers, had been
sincere in their dealings with the
association.
Efforts will be made, official^
stated, to avoid, as far as is in theU
power, making the wheat pooling
movement a political issue, and hold
themselves in no way responsible It
this is done.
Money Here, Says Hanson.
O. S. Hanson, president of th#
•Northwestern National bank of Grand
Forks, today confirmed' Mr. Scott's
statement, saying that the funds tt
handle the first installment of the
war finance corporation loan had ax
rived here and would be available as
needed
-The statement by Burdick 'pub
lished in the Courier-News was a
general attack on the war finance
corporation, along with a statement
that the loan promised the wheat
growers had been held up and that
no money was available.
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FOR COAL IN
HVESTATES
Distribution Will Be on Pro
rata Basis, According
to Plan.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 15.—•Dlstri-:
butlon of coal in the states of Wis
consin. Minnesota and North and'.
South Dakota and Upper .Michigan
will be placed on the same basis of
priority as applies when coal is.
Bhlpped from the mines and from'
up in the J8-156' points to the northern docks,'it
was announced here today at a meet
ing of the rentral states coal commit-,
tee.
Under the plan of the committee^
which is composed of representative^
from the states named, soft coal
would be distributed first, to railroads^
ships, public utilities, state, county
and city institutions. hospitals,
schools, retail dealers, householders
and industrial plants.
The plan also is for the various,
committee members to find the needsi
of their respective states and after
the entire supply is determined, the
coal will be apportioned by the gen-,
eral committee of the states of the
northwest on a pro-rata basis. The'
state representatives In turn then wilt
apportion their supply to the various
industries as specified, also on a pro
rata basis.
Only bituminous coal is covered by
the plan, committee members said, asT
the supply of anthracite is not ex
pected to reach fifty per cent of the
normal amount and it will be neces-*
sary to use substitutes for this fuel.
The coal committee adjourned to
day until Monday, when it is expect-
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR WOMAN WHO
DIED IN GERMAN?
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Lake City. Minn., Sept. 16.-—FuKST
neral services for Mrs. Mary lie
Cahill. were held from St. Mary's
church here this morning at ID: 311
o'clock. Mrs. McCahill died of l«»
Juries received in an automobile acci«
dent near Oberammergay, Qermany^
August 14. Her body arrived her^f
Thursday night a«companled by he*
son, Eugene and daughter, Eleanor.^
6HXP GOES AGROtfWD. 5f
Seattle, Wash., Sept. If.—The pass*-.'
enger steamship Queen went aground
In a fog early today on White Cliff
island, 15 miles south of Prince 8t»
pert, B. C., according to_radlo wesC
sages received at the ofQces of th*'
Admiral line hare. The. ship was sal#
to be in he danger. It war eifpecftMt
she would'be floated this afternoon*
She carried ISP'-p^asengewk .:.-^?^'^
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