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I 1 ifU.th var-No. ssl i OGDEN CITY, UTAH MONDAY EVENING "SEPTEMBER 13, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS II
1 URGES BUDGET
i COMMISSIONER
I EOR EXECUTIVE
III Democratic Nominee Amazed
j; At West's Reclamation of
1 Once Waste Sands
HE FAVORS DEVELOPMENT
M OF ALASKAN TERRITORY
Must Apply Business Principles
To Federal Government,
IT J He Says
PORTLAND Ort Sepl 1 2 Out
W lining details or hi flnan 11 policy,
which includes proposals for 0 budgt '
mL commissioner to act as an executive
inn the need far constructive m in
, i,i the developn i 1 I Alaak i 1
rrnor James M. Cox delivered an ad-
dress todav here at noon.
ffmfjfi vftcr discussing the league of na
lions In terms of material results to the
m'M j.ation and pomlhm out that in. ' '
mM juslment worth while can torn, under
leaeionary guidance, Governor Co:-;
' AMAZED IT it it LAMATION.
I achieved in our irrigation and recla-
j fH matlon projects, sonu of which I have,
M .-- en for the first time In nr. pih.-rim-
age to the western coast, and l am'
!Hfl appalled by the thought that selfish
mTAsV partisanship in the Tinted Slates sen-
te. holdinrr up by the heels me civili
sation of the world, would make it
necessary for Ui ' cintlnue the build
ing of big armaments when the
amount necessary to expend in thai
program would increase the produc
live acreage ol the I'nited Slates by
hundreds of thousands of square mllee.
When it Is considered that the de
velopment of th? Yakima Valley cost
tin government only SHKOOO.00U. ap
pi oxlmately, and the price of a mod
ern battleship such us being construct
ed today Is S40,ooo."0o, the averag
l.inn can grasp the possibilities of a
permanent peace and B I DlpPlete dis
armament If we omi stop building
hattleshlps and cunstrva -ting agencies
lor the destruction Of human life, Bte
can turn our thoughts to the develop
ment of agencies for the conservation
of life and the happim -3 oi mankind
A l sk ill I LOPMEN i
"And this brings us to c nsuleratlon
of one of the greatest Immediate busi-l-ess
potentialities In the development
of the great territory la tne north
us. The time has come to Lake the re
straints off of Alaska and perinn the
development of her resources.' This
should be done under governmental
supervision, in a way which will guar
antee the benefiUi of that great dum.nr.
to the American puhilc and Insure for
ftll time against the capitalization of
any portion, ot those resources by self
ish and sinister interests.
POP1 LA i lOS i'l CUE IS1 l
"It is appalling to think that the
population of Alaska today has de
creased In great percentage from that
of five years ago, m the face of the
conotruction oi the government rail
road which should hac been the
means ot aiding development Some
thing is radically wrong with our
treatment of the territory and that
wrong must be remedied. 1 am not!
so sure but that the public domain oi
n Alaska offers the means In some meas
ure of the government's payment of
Its debt to thost who fought our battles
fa if- the world's war. a well-planned
p jl program ot development ol Alaska
fB should go hand In hand with
, jGfl opening of our western gateway of
'J Dommsrce,
, jjM "No plan of developmcnl should bi
'H undertaken in a haphazard way. Log-
. -B rolling methods of se urine approprla-
KHi lion's can no longer be condoned, Re-
HHl adjustment of affairs must contem-1
RpBlj plate readjustment at the bead.
j Ml si ( ORItl 01 I RHORS.
Mjfll "The demand of war bi ought us the
HjH necessity for departmental addition
tfltfll and extension at Washington.
SpJ must see to It at onoe that the failure!
jM if the last congress is remedied as
quickly as possible by the return of !
. 9 poa i -tlmt i;i !. and correi (
long-existing errors Not only inuet
we junk the machinery that cams
j With war, but we must repeal the
WB burdensome war taxes and definitely
1 reduce tla- cost of government In nor-
mal times The administration of i
5 government functions can le put upon
'fl' an economical and efficient hasN
5pB Throughout my public life I have bei i
"jB . interested in the organization and ad-1
m i ; inistr-atlon of great activities along
I "S- approved business lines, i- in othei
words, in securing the maximum of j
i bi effectiveness with the minimum of ex-
h v-flH pansc. and I am convinced frorp my '
l.ywB n personal experience, as well as i
V i he experience of other states, that it!
pjfl can be done. We have applied busl-
IpH ness principles to all our other eollec-
BpPJ , live activities in social and Industrial
BpB life There is no reason why they
cannot be applied to the federal ad
H ministration It we sincerely set our
J minds and consciences to the task
XELD BlDtiKT SVsTIAl
"Our pre-war experience had al
ready shown the necessity for adopt
P Ing the budget system as the basis of
HpJ public finance. Our experience dur
pH ing the war demonstrated that we
IpH should not longer delay in applying
It to the national Kovernment. and
also showed that a business nrganlza-l
J Hon and administration of the federal j
J departments and bureaus Is Impera-
J needed
An economical and efflch nt ;ni
mlnistration of government buslnt is
J must be preceded by two measures.
J In the first place, thero must be
business re-organixatlon of govern
.J mental bureaus and agency lor the
purpose of eliminating overlapping or
f functions and duplication of aetivltle
V It is reported that there are fourteen
l iiisilnct oftlcea In the federal cstab-
H lishment dealing with foreign iradc.
PPj slxteon oflfces having to do with n
L Continued on 1 'agi p
i
v0
Gov. Cox Gives Finance Policy
, &r
BABE BORN TO !
MOTHER SERVING
TWENTY YEARS
AUBURN, N. Y. Sept 13
Mrs. Peal O'Dell, Rochester girl
convicted of the murder of Ed
ward Knipp. .i former lover, and
I now serving- twenty years in
Auhurn prison for women, wan
removed to a local hospital yes
I terday under R new state law
in order that her child might
be born outside of prison. A
baby girl was born last night
The babe's father, Jaraer
O'Dell, is in a death cell in Sing
Sing.
, - ,
fiEI FOOD IS
QUIETLY GIVEN
IRISH PASTERS
Cil Rubbed on Bodies to Ease
Pstn of Wasting
Tissues
LONDON, Pept. 13 Terence Mac
Swlney. the lord mayor of Cork, was
In a state of collap.e and exhaustion
h.f morning nt Brixton prison, where
he Is continuing his hunger strike.
This Is the thirty-second day of his
fast. MacSwiney aiied a bad and
restless night, according to a bulletin
Issued toflaj by the Irish Self-Peter-mlhatlon
lenno
Mrs. .MacSwiney wife of the lord
mayor, together with his sisters, Mary
a i Annie, and hi brother. Sean, have
a'ld'-rsfced ;,n Kppal ! Hi American
I ambRs'sador and the heals oi the other
l embassies and legations In London for
submission to their governments it
1 ealis attention to the case of the lord
mayor and that of the eleven hunger
; strikers at Cork and ejfnresies the
hope that the I nlt'd Councils of the
i nations addressed "will prevent the
tragedy now pending and thereby calm
; the peoples of th world."
.! 1 I I I DIM. Ml N
LONDON, Bept. 13 Rumors thai
Irish hunger sirlkers in the city of
Cork are being fed eurrepteously are
denied In a Dublin dispatch to tho
Pally Mall which declares the OBrtj
nourishment they are receiving is from
oil with which they are rubbed to
alleviate the pain thev suffi r il ti t.
wanting tissues. The deaths of tho
more delicate strikers may be ex
pected at any time .the newspaper
says.
DOCTORS THREATENED
CORK. Sept 13 (By The Ap
pelated Press.) The, eleven hunger
strikers in the Cork jail were still
alive today, but all of them were rest
less :.n'd materially weaker Two of
the Ktrlking prisoners. Burke and
Kenny, collapsed twice during the
night, and their condition Is causing
espei la g nxlety.
Sean Hennosy the LQ-year-old youth
whose condition has been grave for
several days, remains In a comatose
?tate and In his seini-ronseious mo
ments he is refusing to take the cus
tomary quantity of water. During
las', night he accepted only twp sips.
II was learned today that both the
government physicians. Dr Pearson
.i n-i Batttscombe, had received death
threats.
l I M B IL HE! 1 1
CORK Sept. l:'. (By The As
sociated PrCSS.) The funeral of
Seumaa Qulrkc a young volunteer
killed in Thursday's disturbances at
Gaway, hrought out virtually every
ablcbbdiod man and woman in Cork
today There was an entire absence
of disorder. The military remained
in barracks.
The hearse and company of uni
formed volunteers beading the proces
sion stopped foi a few minutes at tho
Intersection of a ly mad leading to
the Jail, aryl all eyes were turned In
Hie direction Of the building where
the hunger strikers are slowly dying.
The only notes of color In the
somber pagc int were supplied h the
Gaelic bands with bagpipes and
muffled drums, which played unceas
Ingls ihe plaintive Irish dirge. "Wrap
the Green Flag Around Me Boys, To
Die. Tls Far More Sweet." aiul by
girls in green mantles
CABLE NEWS SERVICE
FROM BRITAIN URGED
QUEBEC, Sept. 13 A idea for a
iiircit cabhi news service between 1 in
ada and Great Britain v. Inch WOUld
rive "a fairer representation of Brlth
policy1 was mad? at the closing ses
sion of the seeond Imperial Prer-n con
ference last night by Viscount Burn
ham Its i halrman
"MIRACULOUS STATUES"
DISCREDITED BY CHURCH
DUBLIN, dept. 13. Crowds of pil
grims having assembled nt I'ashel to
witness the alleged manifestation of
the bleeding statues. Dean Ryan writes
to the newspapers that thf priests
disbelieve diving Intervention and he
warns the people against expecting
miracles
VOTERS IN ill
011 TO POLLS;
NATION WATCHES
Republicans Claim They Will
Carry State By Huge
Majority
LEAGUE AND IRELAND
FIGURE IN ELECTION
Some G. 0. P. Members Will
Support Democrats Through
Belief in League
PORTLAND Me.. Sept. 13. Maine
men and women wer to the polls to
day for the election of slate and coun
i officers legislature and congress
men, after having been told through'
the campaign that the eyes of the na
tion were upon them to give the tradi
tional Indication of political sentiment
in the countrj in the presidential ele
tlon
The weather was clearinr after Sun
day s rain and all Indications pointed
to a heavy vote. Both parties ex-1
pr.-sse-' confidence In the result. 1 DC
Republicans claimed victor by a 30,
ikiii plurality. Th,- Democrats In
dulged in no figure.-- The BSUI s have
been national With hiel emphasis
placed upon the league of nations.
WOMEN ARE VOTING
For the first time women voted In
this state. Both parties claimed the
support of this new (dement
For governor tTrederlc ii Perk hurst,
of Bangor, Republican opposed by
Bertrand Mclntyre, of Norway! Demo
crat All four congre men in this
staie arc Republicans and three arc
standing for re-election. Congrcss
rran Louis B. Goodall Is retiring In
ihe first district and Carroll L. Reed.
county attorney is running for llu
Republicans agal-.st Frank 11 Haskell.
Democrat. In the second district Con
gressman Wallace II White, Jr. is op
pOSed bj Dr. Wallace N. Price. In the
tlilrd district John A. Peters has as bis
opponent Archlr C. Towle. t- ' In the
fourth district Congressman Ira D.
Honsey Is opposed by Leon G. C.
Browrn.
The noils will close everywhere at
six n. m. (eastern standard time'
CHICAGO, 111.. Sept 13 The neces
sity of satisfying the public Interest
li. th'e campaign fund Investigation
'ie In Chicago has prevented your
i orrespondeiu from doing what would
: have been more Interesting and also
more important. In the absence of
opportunity to make i personal survey
" Maine In anticipation of the election
there tomorrow, all thai can he given
la a summary of judgments expressed
1 b-- local leaders of both parties In varl
ous districts of that state. Tho net oi
these Judgments Is decidedly favorable
l.i I Ik Cepivblli ans.
POOR ORGANIZATION.
The Democrats admit thev have but
i scanty organization and have not done
mueh work. Almost the pnlj Demo
cratic effort has been the presence In
'the state of national spellbinders from
j outside. The Republicans on the oth
er hind are enthusiastic about their
organisation, and have been busy and
: effective In every countv and town of
the state. The Republicans were eare
I ful to put up four s'.ron candidates
for congress, while the Democratic
candidates are admitted In be. on the
whole, weaker. When the suffrage
I am ndment w as adopted recently, the
He, ubllcan organization was already
mobilized to Kpl their women rels
.tered. the Democrats were not There
is an observer in Hancock count ex
, presses ii, an intense feeling of Re
publicanism In the Republican party,
i anil fukewariuness in the Democratic
! party. ' Leaders on both sides mon
ition The League Of Nations
TE FOR I I (, I
Some Republican leaders y that a
few members of their party, who he
lleve strongly in the league, will vole
Tor Die Democrats. These same Be
I publicans, they say will return to the
Republican fold at the presidential
election in Noomhcr, bm they will
yote with the Democrats In the hope
of administering a warning d the Re.
publicans. On the other hand This
Is balanced (y the admissions from
Democratic leaders that a ertaln
number of Democrats of Irish decent
who are hostile to the League of Na
tions will express their hostility b)
voting the Republican ticket Alta
which have been made during the last
week of I ho i ampatgn against the Re
publican candidate for governor may
or may not blur a result which would
otherwise have been received as a tesrt
of feeling throughout the country this
year.
In ihe lack of this episode, the Re
publicans Counted on and some Demo
erats more or less admitted, a probable
Republican majority of from twelve
to eight thousand, without the wom
en's vote, and of possibility ten thous
and more with the women's vote.
These figures are largely relative to
the rcsultn of other recent elections In
1018 the Republli an i indl'date for go
ernor won by li.oon. and m l '.' 1 6 and
then, two months laler. at the presl
dentlal eleetlon suffered a reduction of
that majority to 5.400. Such a result as
Is predicted this yeai would bo Justly
received by politicians everywhere as
Indicating a marked Republican trend
throughout the country.
OTHER POLITICAL EVENTS.
"ther political events ihis week of
national Impor in in will he the pri
maries In Washington to choose can
dldetej for the sin cession to Senator
Jones Republican, in Nee fork for
the succession to Senator Wadsworth,
Republican. In Illinois for the succcs-
j HOPE TO RESTORE
I GIRL LOCKED 17
YEARSiN CELLAR
JOLIET. III., Sept. 13. Ef
1 forts to re-store the stunted
mind and body of Maria Zum-1
back, 19 years old. said to have
been kept in a cellar seventeen
years, were, begun today by
health and school authorities
The girl was said by medical
authorities to have the mental
ity nf o two-year-old baby and
the body of a child of five. It
, was believed the thyroid glraid
j was absent.
.
MI'S DEATH
ON HONEYMOON
TO BE PRflBEO
Husband Found Clinging to
Overturned Boat, But
Wife Is Drowned
CHICAGO, Sept. 13. Coast guard
officials announced today that the
United States district attorney nt Mll-
waukce would be asked to Investigate
the death of Mr. Anna Joneg, whose
ban ham!, John Archibald Jgnrs.. was
found clinging to an ovortdrncd boat
levers miles off Racine. Wis., yester
day. Mr. and Mrs Jones left Chicago
last month on a honeymoon trip in
Inn eighteen -foot power dory built by
Jones, who Is a portrait painter and
president of the Illl Pickle club.
1 whose clubhouse in a forpUT stable
In Tookor alley Is a gathering place
for fnlcie...: Kolmmlans. ,Mrs. Jones
was Miss Anna Mltrhelh a Now York
artist They eloper! following Junes'
divorce from Bllzabeth (iur'.ey Flynn,
the 1 V Joan of Arc 1
- I I Itt Ol I R .l U
RACINE. WH. Scpl, 12. Death to
day ended the honeymoon of John A
i Jones, a Chicago artist, and bis wife,
formerly Anna Mitchell, of New York,
when the motor boat In which they
eloped six weeks ago overturned In
Lake Michigan and Mrs Jones was
drowned Jones was rescued after
clinging to the boat for more than
eighteen hours, but his condition was
Bald to be critical.
JOnOS said bis wife had struggled
against the beavy seas for eight hours
and that he finally had chained her
; to the ccnterhoard of the boat, but
t that the waves had washed her into
the water.
uu
CALLS ON UNCLE SAM TO
WATCH CUBAN ELECTIONS
HAVANA, Sept. 12 Personal pu
lsions cannot be allowed to force Cuba
down "to the level of countries where
the administration can be defeated
only by a revolution." declared Jose
Miguel Gome.. Llberul candidate for
president of Cuba, in a statement to
il uy
' There will be BO more revolutions.'
be said. "There will be no more ustir
p lions of pow r
Against What he terms the "relter-
ted proposals of abusive partiality
by the government." Die Idheral party,
ihe statement continues, has appealed
'to Ihe American government to take
''preventive measures In order that
ell i 'ion abuses and their "terrible con-
i-tqueiices" may be avoided. The Am
erican government, It continues, has
manifested lis obligation to use all
means In Its power to xee that the pro-
isioiis of tho Crowder law nre strictly
enforced, ami therefore the Liberal
party will confidently exercise its
lights of suffrage, certain of triumph
"if fraud and coercion are not allowed
,to Intervene."
SPANISH WAR VETS CALL
FOR ANTI-RADICAL ACTION
ST. LOl.TS. Mo.. Sept 13 William
Jones, commander-in-chief of the
I'nlted Spanish War Veterans, at the
opening of the organizations twenty
second national encampment today
urge,i eradication of radicalism from
th I'nlted States.
The time has come when a decided
stand must he taken against Bolshe
vism and all forms of radicalism no
matter what they may be called," he
said
Reports to the encampment recom
mended Increased army and navy pay,
selecting of officers from the ranks,
a J:iu monthly pension for service
iiien'a widows and Increased pensions
for dependent children
sion to Senator Bherman Republl in
In Vermont for the succession to Sen
ator Dillingham, Republican. And In
Colorado for the succession to 9uaibr
Thomas, Democrat Also, on Wedliea.
dav, will be held the Democrat!) State
Convention 'n Connecticut to choose a
candidate to make the right against
Senator Brandegee
FiVE ARE KILLED
SS SLIOE HITS
01 U. TRAIN
Storm Causes a Huge Shale
Mountain to Overrun Track
In Colorado
THREE BROTHERS IN
ACCIDENT MEET DEATH
Fireman and Engineer Perish
At Post of Duty When
Crash Comes
on AND JUNCTION, Colo.. Sept. 13.
Five men were killed early v ester
day when westbound Klo Grande pass
enger train No. 1 was struck by a
landslide near Debeque, Colo Reports
yesterday pave the death list as two.
The d- ad:
rge L Harden burg, engineer,
and Charles v Schwermann, fireman,
Grand Junction; Floyd 17. Kalph. la
and Law rem e Brundje, 21, hrothe-rs,
QlenWOOd Springs. Colo.
The engine, lender, baggage and
mall cars and two coaches left the
track The mall clerk, express iikss-
enger and several passengers were In
1 jured but not seriously.
The dead arc:
. urge I lardc-nburg, engineer, ami
Charles Schwendenman, fireman, both
of this city.
linger was brought to a local hos
pital whero physicians say he will
die. He la about 21 years old.
The accident happened at Nigger
. Hill, a great oil shale mountain
I about 42 miles east of here. It starl-
cd to slide Just as the train was pass
Ing early Sunday morning and hun
dreds of tons of rock and dirt are
plied -on. Oia track. The mbuntaln
lide v is still sliding last night. Koul-
lers weighing many tonj are reported
to be erushlng down the hillside,
bringing much loose dirt with them.
Railroad officials here said that
If the mountain stops sliding todav,
workmen will start clearing the track
at once, but that at least a week or
ii ii days win be required to complete
the task.
TWO SISTERS KILLED BY
BULLET OF CRAZED MAN
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J. Sept. 13.
-Two sisters, the Misses Sadie and
Susie Selter, were shot to death in an
automobile near here Sunday by a
crazed man In an army uniform. Soon
afterward, u military posse captured
Mike Marakevitch, 26 years old, after
he had been shot and badly wounded
by one of the members MarakevItCh,
v. ho v.i.i In uniform, was recently em
ployed In the Raritan Arsenal A sin
gle bullet killed both sisters, tho po
lice say. They died at a hospital.
The sisters were bring driven home
In an automobile by Frank Whitlock.
Who said they were accosted by a man
v. ho carried u rlflo and seemed under
Ib-e Influence of liquor. Whltlocl, said
hf tried to persuade the man to go
away, but that he fired a shot at the
car and ran away.
VETS OF FOREIGN WARS
WILL REPRODUCE BATTLE
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. The
twenty-first annual encampment of of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars opened
today. A historical Pageant was
I scheduled for tonight near the Wash
ington monument, with a parade to
rn. rrow night and l-'rldav at Camp
Mead, tho capture of Montfaucon bj
I Americans will he reproduced wlih
Links, airplanes and artillery In ac
tion Colonel F Warner llarlev torn-
i manuer-ln-chlef, addressed the en
campment today and a rec-epilon for
national officers took place.
SMOKING MOUNTAIN TOP
MAY NOT BE VOLCANO
NAPLES; Bspt 12 Volcanic activi
ty reoentl reported at the top of Pla
ice d'l'cello, near Spezlc, Is not bellev-
d to be of a true plutonlc nature by
Professor Mallatlna director of the
Vesuvius observatory. He declared to
'day that the appearance of tongues
of flame and abundant sryoke dlel not
Indicate thut an active volcano had
broken out, but that tho mountain was
simply a safety valve for the eom
pressad Kus beneath
FOREIGN EXCHANGE WEAK
DESPITE GOLD ARRIVAL
NEW YORKi Sept. 13 Arrival
here today of $4,000,000 more In 1
jl reiich gold making about JL'O.uiMi.ooo
lo he applied to France's half share
cf the $:,imi,uuii.000 Anglo-French loan
I maturing October 1C. was without sta-j
Iblll.tng elfeil upon tho .'orelgn CX
1 hange market, which showed further
weakness this morning,
Demand bills on London this morn-1
Ing fell to $3 dSs to the pound ami
the Paris rate to 6.69c. both low rec
ords for the current movement
PRINCE OF WALES SEES
PANAMA ON TRIP HOME
PANAMA. Sept. 13. The Prince of
W ales, on board the British cruiser j
Renown, arrived al Panama this morn
ing frOm Honolulu, whence he sailed I
September 2 on his vua,-v home lu
England from Australia
TENNESSEE has a new log
cabin story Lieutenant Car
roll Recce p. yuiillilul war i 1
oran born in a l"r cabin, is p,,.
j ing to congress. Jn France lie
I won three decorations. lie de
fcatr-tl tli' veteran congressman,
'Sam R; Sells, for the First lin- 1
trn i ami there is no Democratic
andidate
PAY VISIT TO
HOP PORCH
Candidate Speaks Reiterating
His Faith in Cummins
Esch Measure
I MARIoN. u.. Sept 13. A delega
tion of railroad employes living In Ma
rlon and nearby cities marched to Sen
ator Harding's front porch today in a
e'.emotistratlon of their allegiance to
his candidacy ami of their disagree
ment with tho labor leaders opposing
him because of bis support of the
1 nmmlns-Esch act
The delegation represented the Ma
I rion Harding and Coolldge Hallway
I club and presented him with a reso
lution adopted by the club declaring
that their vl.sit was in protest against
misrepresentation of his position on
railway labor, a Bpeech by the nomi
nee reiterating his faith In tho 'um-mlns-Ksch
measure was a part of the
' program.
DAILY COAST-TO-COAST
MAIL SERVICE STARTS
CHICAGO, Sept. 13. An extensive
dally coast-to-coast mall service was
begun today when planes left five
j cities.
One plane will leave each morning
1 from New York with mall to San
I Francisco, one from San Francisco for
New York, one from Cheyenne, WyO.,
to Sun Francisco, one from Salt Lake
to San Francisco, ono from Chicago to
San Francisco everv dav except Sun
1 day and one from Chicago to New
1 York every day exc. pt Monday.
The first Of ihe Chicago planes to
I operate under the w w schedule left
here at six o clock thl-c morning for
San Francisco, piloted by .1 p Chris
ten sen Facll of tlu planes will carry
tDO pounds of mail.
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PAPER-LABOR SHORTAGES
VEX MASTER PRINTERS
ST, LOmSj Mo.. Bept. it. I-abor
conditions and the whit,- paper horl
age wer.- scheduled for discussion at
the thirty-fourth annual convention of
the I'nlted Typothetae r America, ah
organisation ,jf mastei printers, w hich
opened here todSJ
A resolution prepared for presenta
tion proposed that the constitution be
amended so as to take the organise
ilon, a-s a body, out of all labor mut
ters so far as concern:i anv tendency
to obligate the emir,, body by con
tracts made by anv one group.
on
BOILERMAKERS' UNION
MAY ERECT BUILDING
KANSAS CITY. Mo . Sept 13. Con
strue tlon of a national headquarters,
building to cost upward of J170, Is
ono of the major subjects to come he-1
fme the convention of the Internation
al Brotherhood 'of Boilermakers, iron
Shipbuilders ami Helper- oi America, I
which began li re todav to e-ontinue
throughout tho week.
MOVIE MUSICIANS RAISED
AT CHICAGO: STRIKE OFF
CHICAGO, Sept. 13. Grant, d a
forty per cent Increase In salary mov
ing picture musicians, who have been
on strike slne;e July ft were back In
1 heir places todav. Nlnetv per cent
of the eltv's theatres were affected by
the strike.
LABOR SEEKING II
rsraioF I
LEiNG PLANTS I
Confederation Demands Pas
sage of Necessary Laws
By Italian Parliament
SOCIALISTS SEEK TO
CONTROL SITUATION
Engineer of Metal Works Kills
Two With Pistol After
Atiack on Home
1
KIN. Hals Sept. 11 AnxieSj I
Tel: by ihe authorities lest the work- H
11 legmen engaged in the industrial plant H
(controversy here might attempt le
take possession of the dynamite world H
kvlgllana, 13 miles west of Turin,
Of the largest plants of its kind H
'in Italy, led to protective measures to- H
day. The garrison nbodt the works H
was strengthened with carabineers J
and troops equipped with machine
DE9J Is M IDE
.'ULAN, Sept- 13. Immediate con
vocation of the Italian parliament for
the purpose of passing laws under
which Workmen may take over man-
' nt of .ndustrlul plants has been H
bj the Confederation of Lu- H
j bor, In si ssion here.
Resolutions favoring a compromise
Of (he situation resulting from occu
nation of plants by workmen through
out Italy- were adopted at a stormy
session of the Confederation yester-
day. Socialist leaders, bitterly attack- 1
the Confederation and demanded
that the Soclahst party assume con-
trol of the situation which, they claim-
cd. had taken a purely political as-
pect. When the Socialist demands
rejected an additional resolution
was passed by the Confederation which 1
asked the president of the chamber I
ot deputies and Premier GloUtti to
cull parliament Into session.
PREPARE FOR CONTROL.
'We demand." this resolution read,
' Immediate convocation of the cham
l 1 of deputies In order that the sit
nation may be examined and laws pro
posed which will bring about radical
legislative measures which, through
jiequialtlon of industrial plants and
participation In their management by
workmen will prepare the way for
direct control by workers In the lnter-
lesta of collectivity."
This resolution was telegraphed to
j the president of the chamber and the
premier.
ENGINEER KILLS TWO.
TURIN, Italy, Sept. 12. Unldentl
fled persons fired several rifle shots
1 today into the villa of Slgnor Dlbene
detto, engineer of one of the metals
works here. The engineer replied with
his revolver and killed fwo person.
'ihe police arrested Hlbencdetto. The
workmen evacuated the plant.
IDLE MINES IN MEXICO
HAVE TAXES REMITTED
MEXICO CTTf. Sept. 13 Mining
, companies owing taxes for periods be
fore January 1, 1920, may have them
1 cancelled If they will pay taxes levied
Upon them for 1920 before November
I according to a presidential decree
Issued today.
Many companies have been closed
for a long time- on account of un-
1 favorable conditions and will be
favored by this action of the govern
ment. The 1920 taxes may be paid
in three Instalments, the first lm-
; mediately and the other two before
, November 1.
Another decree Issued by the preai
dentlal office extends the time for fll
Ing claims for damages on account of
. revolutionary activities in Mexico until
! Febiuury 6. 1921.
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CUT NAVY YARD FORCES
IF WAGES ARE RAISED
I WASHINGTON. Sept 13. A reduc
tlon of 25 per cent In the navy yard
I forces will be necessary unless the
mat hlnlsfs accept the 6 per cent wage
increase awarded naval employes,
Si cretary Daniels said today He ex
plained that a luck of funds would
make this course Imperative.
Mr Daniels received today a dele
gallon of machinists who presented
then contention that the Saturday half
day provision in the new wage
s. hedule woalel mean un actual de
n m the wattes of many employee.
The secretary said he had not
figured out the actual effect of the
Saturday half holiday on wages, but
thai he did not see how any other
award COUld be made unless the yard
forces were materially decreased.
SPECULATORS' SUGAR IS
SELLING AROUND 14c
NEW YORK, Sept 13 The Ar
buckle Sugar Refining company to
day reduced Its list price of fine granil
lated sugar from 17.10 to 15 cents
a pound. All refiners In the market
now aie 'looting this price but moat
of the demand Is being supplied b
second hand dealers at fourteen to
fourteen and one-half cents.
NORTHERN PACIFIC WILL
DEVELOP CANADIAN AREA
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Sept. 13. Or-k-M
idat Ion of a department of Iniml
gratlon and Industry to co-operate in
ihe development of sections of the
northwest 'hrough whieh It operate
was announced here today by tht
Northern Pacific rallvv.-i . effective
October 1. E F. Benson. Washington
state commissioner of agriculture, will
be department manager, with head
Quarters in Sf: Paul.