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THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS

RAIL CHIEFS CALL ANOTHER PEACE CONFERENCE Gloom in New York

as Dry Agents Work From Land and Sea

New York, Au*. 18.—While deputies continued their invasion of the district of bright lights in the "Roaring For­ties" and north, centering on Broadway. Prohibition Zone Chief Appleby of New York and New Jersey Friday night pre­pared to recall the major portion of the dry navy from its expedition off the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. ,

The immediate return of the rum chasers is necessitated, he skid, by the appearance of five more aUeged whisky runners at anchor off Sandy Hook, outside the three-mile limit.

Gloom deepened in the white light district Friday night. The band of en­forcement agents headed by Dr. R. O. Matthews, assistant federal prohibition commissioner, which started the rounds of the cabarets and other garish resorts of the city's pleasure center Thursdav night and early Friday, con­tinued their crusade of warning. _ Pro­prietors of practically all resorts in the district have been warned that raids would be made if patrons were permit­ted to bring their own and consume it. in the places.

Eastern Star Opens Meeting at Helena

Helena. Aug. 18.—(By The Associ­ated Press.)—With a large number present from many localities in the state, the Montana grand chapter of Eastern Star was convened in annual session in the consistory temple here Fridav morning. Robert A ickers of Virginia City, a past grand patron, opened the meeting. ,

Welcome was spoken for hostesses chapter by Mrs. May Crichtou Bartos, who is the matron of Miram chapter.

Mrs. Nellie Lovell of Dillon, associ­ate grand matron, responded. George D. Vickers of Sheridan spoke the wel­come to past grand matrons and past grand patrons, which was responded to by Mrs. Alaude Marshall of Missoula, junior past grand matron.

Other welcomes were spoken by W. L. Parmaiee of Butte, associate grand patron, to grand representatives of other states, response being by Dr. Heiena C. Roberts of Pennsylvania, and by the grand matron, Mrs. Mary Stran-ahan of Havre to the worthy matrons of subordinate chapters, responded to by Mrs. Maud Bolton of Eureka.

Worthy matrons of the hostess chap­ters, Mrs. Bartos of Miram. and Mrs. Maude Hills, were presented, followed with the greetings from the grand chap­ter to absent past grand officers.

The afternoon program included the annual reports of the grand matron and the grand patron, grand secretary and grand treasurer and report of fra­ternal correspondent, Mrs. El va Board-man of Butte, the annual memorial services and routine reports.

State Rests Case in Klan Trials

Fact-Finding Commission to Be Provided for at Once, While Creation of Federal Agency for Fuel Distribution Will Require Time; Hard­ing's Message Ambiguous, Says Democrat.

T FOREST FIRES

Falls Teacher One of Six Pensioned

for Long Service

No Fatalities in Minne­sota Blaze, New

Report Says.

(Tribune's Helena Bureau) Helena, Aug. 18.—Pensions to si*

public school teachers who have been in constant service in the state for at least 25 years have just been granted by the state teachers' retirement

! board. Among these is Miss Lucy A. Major of Great Falls, formerly super­intendent of Cascade county schools Others to whom pensions were allowed are Miss Sallie Woodcock of Shonkin, Mont.; Miss Josie R. Hart of Living­ston; Miss Katherine L. Dunn of Minneapolis; Mrs. Kathleen McGrath of Fort Worth, Texas, and Sheridan T. King of Alhambra, Cal.

Washington. Aug. 18.— (By The As­sociated Press).—Republican leaders in congress moved quickly to carry out the more urgent recommendations made by President Harding in his message on the industrial situation. The efforts, for the most part, al­though not in all. were seconded by democratic members.

Representative Mondell. of Wyoming, republican house leader, within an hour after the president concluded delivery of his address, had telegrams on the wires to absent members of the house interstate commerce committee re­questing them to return to Washing­ton at once to begin work on bills to carry out the president's recommenda­tions for authorization to set up an agency to purchase, sell and distribute coal and for creation of a commission to ascertain the facts in the coal in­dustry. The republican leader, accom­panied by Speaker Gillett. later visited the White House and practically as­sured the president the legislation creating the fact finding commission would be introduced within a few days and probably passed by the first week. Senate leaders also promised speedy action on this piece of legislation,

i House and senate leaders alike, 'however, expressed the opiinon that the recommendation for a coal distrib­ution and a price control agency could not be so speedily carried out. Some senators declared federal distribution and price control, during the wtir had not been successful and they were not prepared to try the experiment again.

Other recommendations of the presi­dent such as legislation to put teeth

Los Angeles, Aug. 18—The prosecu­tion rested its case Friday against 36 defendants, alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan, on trial in the superior court here on felony charges arising from a raid in Inglewood last April.

The defense made motions to strike out portions of the state's evidence, ond the jury was excused until Mon­day while attorneys presented argu­ments on the motions.

The indictment against W. G. Mol! one of the defendants, was dismissed on motion of the defense, the prosecu­tion agreeing that there was no evi­dence on which to hold Moll.

The defense also made motions to dismiss the indictment as to Thomas S. Coburn, former grand goblin, and G. W. Price, former king kleagie of the Klan. The court took these mo­tions under advisement until Monday.

2 Burn to Death in Airplane Crash;

Thousands See Fall Brattleboro. Vt.. Aug. 18.—Two per­

sons were burned to death and a third, a woman, probably fatally burned late Friday, when an airplane crashed dur­ing the dedication of a new flying field here. The three were passengers in a machine piloted by B. Hughes of Min-eola. L. I., who escaped with minor injuries. The dead are:

James Trahan of this city and his 5-veor-old son, Norman.

Miss Evelyn Harris of Brattleboro was burned so severely that it was thought she would die. Her brother. H. Harris, president of the Outing club, who was in charge of the exer­cises. witnessed the accident from an­other airplane 2,500 feet in the air The crash came when the airplanes were in the air performing stunts as the final feature of the dedication pro­gram.

James Hartness of Vermont, who had given an address at the exercises was a witness of the nccident.

Motor Trouble Halts Big Seaplane on Way

to Rio de Janerio Wilmington. S. C., Aug. 18.—The sea­

plane Sumpaio Correia, which landed at Southport Friday afternoon for fuel

• will not resume its flight from New York to lirozil until Saturday, because of engine trouble, it was stated in mes­sages received here Friday night. -The nature of the trouble was not indicated although it was said mechanics had for a time hoped to make repairs in time to teach Charleston late Friday.

MAKES SOUTHPORT Southport. N. C., Aug. 18.—The sea­

plane Sanipaio Correia. on a flight from New New York <o Rio Janeiro, which left Manteo Friday morning for Charleston. S. C.. on the second leg of its journey, landed here at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon for fuel. After re­plenishing her supply of oil and gaso­line. Lieutenant Hinton. pilot, planned to bop off for Charleston late Friday. Head winds were encountered all the way from Manteo to Southport, Lieu­tenant Hinton stated. 1

lin decisions of the railroad labor board ' and to accord federal protection to aliens, leaders said, could go over until

j the next session of congress. i The determination of the president j to use all the powers of the govern-! ment to maintain transportation and ^ sustain the right of men to work,w was ' almost universally approved by mem­bers of congress. The two republican leaders had this to say:

Representative Mondell: "The president performed a real

service in reiterating the determina­tion of the government to assist in all lawful ways the maintenance of order and the preservation of the people's rights under the laws."

Senator Lodge: "In the enforcement of the law

and the protection of all men who wish j to work and of the rights of the Amer-' ican people, he will certainly have my i most earnest support and in my opinion ; the hearty support of congress and of ! the American people."

Representative Garrett, the deino-; cratic house leader, said the presi­dent's raessagi* was so complicated and

; involved that it is impossible to un-i derstand precisely what he means." I Senator Underwood, the democratic j leader of the senate, had no comment : to make, but Senator Robinson of Ar-I kansas. democratic member of the in-i terstate commerce commission. said • that while the income of general prin­ciples might very well have been de-' ferred. "he indorsed the doctrine that ' bolh the railroads and the employes j must be brought to a full understand­ing of the necessity for peaceful com­

position of railroad controversies."

Duluth. Aug. 18.—Out of the confu­sion of conflicting reports from the various forest fire areas in northern Minnesota the past few days came ap­parently definite word Friday night that no one had perished in the flames and that those reported dead and miss­ing Thursday and Friday had turned up unharmed.

Members of two families who were not accounted for Thursday night were found alive.

In the meantime hundreds of forest rangers and settlers continued their battle with the flames and held their own in some places but were not so successful in others.

The fires that have been raging for the last week covered the largest area in the history of fires in Minnesota, according to W. T. Cox, Minnesota state forestor. Although 90 per cent of the fires now are under control, said Mr. Cox. this is the first time in the history of the siate that a serious fire covered so general an area.

The fires have been reported in almost all of the northern half of Min­nesota from as far south as points near Brainerd and as far north as the ter­ritory adjacent to Grand Mariase, ac­cording to Mr. Cox.

About 2,000 men are engaged in fighting the fires in the many locali­ties. Mr. Cox said. Practically all these fires were caused by the peat bogs.

Survey of the entire sections Friday revealed that should strong winds de-

FINAL REVIEW;

NEAR IN STATE, Natural Resources Will

Bring Money Soon, Says Stephenson.

HCl 10 BID BIG SIBIKE

USE OF FEDERAL FORCES Proposal of Brotherhoods as Mediators to Be Giv­

en Consideration by Transportation Execu­tives in New York Next Week; President Warns U. S. Will Tolerate No Lawlessness.

Special to The Tribune Missoula, Aug. 18.—That Montana is

ready to embark upon a new era of industrial development and prosperity such as it never before has enjoyed was the keynote of the message deliv­e r e d t o m e m b e r s o f t h e M o n t a n a B a n k - . . . ing association assembled in conven- t ext of President Harding s ibers of the non-striking rail unions who tion here Frida v. bv Sam Stephenson message to congress, bearing upon both; walked out in the far west. Officials president of the First National bank ^e rail and coal strikes, appears on. of the administration were unwilling of Great Falls, presiding in the absence a*e j to go into cases Friday night, however, of former Senator W. A. Clark, presi- .New York. Aug. 18.—(By The Asso-1 f^R^he president s announcement of dent. ' ciated Press.)—The five great railroad,"18 determination to enforce the laws

i The Treasure state has suffered j brotherhoods, which have stepped into | speak for itself (great reverses, he said, but it is not the natioa-wide shopmen's strike as Throughout his address, President ; going bankrupt and it never will, be- mediators, Friday offered to the roads j Harding emphasized his desire that the

rw;#»c on Pnal Tar anrT it has great resources and | what they termed a practical proposi- ; government should play no favorites duties on V^oai l ar ana i s tu rdv le wi th n tremendous ea-! t lon f°r peace, and the roads took the .^ between employers and employes

parity for withstanding troublesome i proposal under consideration. either in efforts to end the existing ! years. j Neither side would officially disclose , s^'kes or in future action against law-i "When the crisis comes in the state'*, the terms of the proposition. In some i l e s8Dess-_ ! industrial and economic career," said quarters close to the conferees it was uenounces iwoo nuie.

Sugar Reaffirmed by Senate.

said that acceptance of the proposal ! "Surely," he said "the threatening by the executives would result in the ; conditions must impress the congress immediate return of all strikers to and the country that no body of men.

j Mr. Stephenson, "it is the bankers who ; are given the steering wheel, even

Washington. Aug. 18—The senate j though we have all forms of govern- . . . Friday began putting the final touches [ ment and commissions such as other 'I"'1.1 ' «»Id jobs with full and unimpaired whether limited in numbers and re-on its draft of the administration tariff ! states and communities boast. seniority and pension rights, m addi- sponsibility for railway management or bill. Its work was incomplete when! -if I were called upon to write a tion to the retention of men hired powerful in numbers and the necessary it recessed late Friday night, but the prescription for the state, I would say sjnee the strike. 1 forces in rai.way operation, shall be measure will be passed Saturday and , Let us open all the mines and mills of ; The proposition, on the other hand, permitted to choose a course which so then wiil go to the conference for a : Montana." We must approach the era was outlined in other quarters as pro- imperils public welfare. Neither organ-final rewriting of new industry hand in hand, with no viding for restoration of strikers as izations of employers of nor of work-

r> „„ .1.« i r » n A l l . ! nieht hours such thoughts as diverse interests." rapidly as possible with their senior- ingrnen s unions may escape responsi-rn™ Iffor s were made to change sec- ! More than 350 bankers have regis- ity rights to be adjusted ultimately to bility. tions of the bill but only a few of them ! tered for the convention. Secretary A the satisfaction of all. -if f ree men cannot toil according met with success An outstanding fea- 1 T. Hibbard said, and a large majority The proposition in these quarters to their own lawful choosing, all our ture was a renewal of the dye fight ; of these were assembled in the Lib- was understood to be in the nature of • constitutional guaranties born of dem­on 1 the re affirmation by the senate • erty theater when the sessions were a gentleman's agreement which, it was ocracy are surrendered to mobacracy

velop and the protracted drouth con- |° fu. .,.. l ion ( )f Thursday night in in- j opened. , understood, would provide that the and the freedom of a hundred millions

tinue, the country would be susceptible *"reasing the duties on coaI tar dyes and I Dr. C. H. Clapp. president of the question which would arise m the busy ,is surrendered to the small minority to au even worse conflagration than ; '- ' .„^'"tlc1 chemicals"and expTosives. and ; state university. th«n spoke words of fall season would be handled as it has which would have no law

'that of Thursday when one town was ° )D ; American instead of welcome from the Garden-city and the been in other years—according to the j partially burned. , i f* ro i*n Valuation* The vote to reaf- state university to the bankers assem- ;usual weeding out process.

While 400 Minnesota national guards- r 8 «i i bled here for the first time since 1900 The whole plan, it was unofficially ! men. under command of Adjutant Gen- I l r"' a ,, h 1 >n » f« t e convention. indicated, would mean that without any eral W. F Hhinow. continued their! The republican agriculture-tariff b.oc j Carlson Is Sneaker apparent surrender by either the rail-work of succoring the refugees, more finally won its fight to require soap C t. , . roads or .he shop crafts, the strikers

ithan ° 000 forest rangers, settlers and manufacturers to pay duty on \egp- , O. A. t arlson. vice president of the, would not suffer any more in the long

MURDER CHARGE IS FILED AGAINST GUARDS AT HAVRE

fOR KILLING OF BRAKEMAN Harry Stiner and Louie E. Morris Face Criminal

Action Following Report of Coro­ner's Jury Naming Former.

•others redoubled their efforts in figh-.table oils imported for use m mnnu-in* the flames. Cotton and Central factunng soap. Inder the bill a« re-

lLak«s and White Face have been de- ported in the senate there was a pro-jstroyed. A score of other towns are vision that such oils imported from non-' menaced. Terrific winds were the chief - edible purposes would come in duty enemies of the fire fighters. ;free. but on motion of Senator Gooa-

The first ray of hope of preventing ing. of Idaho, chairman of the bloc,_tne further serious loss was received at'senate struck out this provision. 3i to district headquarters of the state for-!;»,*». Chairman McCumber and other ostry service shortly after midnight, j members of the finance committee op-w hen rangers rejHirt^d the fires partly jposed the motion but it received under control.

Similar fires were reported early I Fridav in several northernmost sec-

Commercial bank of Great Falls, re- r l ln tban usual after an industrial sponded. _ _ struggle of this length.

It. O. Kaufman, chairman of the | \ committee of nine executives ap-

At the same time, the president called attention to another element which he said he believed was responsible to some degree for strikes and for the dif­ficulties of restoring industrial peace.

"I refer." said he. "to the warfare of the unions of 'abor. The government has no sympathy o; approval for this element of discord in the ranks of in-

I tions. , Mindful of the 191,8 holocaust in " poun(1 ôn scoured content of raw northern Minnesota, when more than « Fjvp democrats. Broussard, 400 persons losr their lives, hundreds

siderable support from the democratic children of A. L. McCain, member of a iis well as the republican side. posse who captured the outlaws who

The senate reaffirmed. 4,*. to 38. as robbed the Hoy bank McCain was so

committee on publoic education, told pointed to meet the brotherhoods lis-jdustry. We recognize these organiza-of work done by that body, and on hi? tened to this proposition, hastily sum- j tions in the law and we must accredit motion it was decided to have the com- moned a general meeting of the repre-• tbein with inealeuable contribution to mittee continued in its work, with the sentatives of 148 roads, which probably > labor's uplift. ' ' detail work transferred to th<> office will be held here next Tuesday, and! Discussing the coal strike specifical-of the secretary. th. n tix.-.i ihn next meet.:.g 'm i tlie uT jj r Har (Jing warned congress that

The sum of $1.000 was donated by mediation committee for next Wednes- jaithough the skies appeared to be clear-the state association to the widow and day in this city. j ing. more trouble could be expected

when wage contracts are renewed next April unless the executive is provided with adequate authority.

HARDING REVIEWS STRIKES Washington, Aug. 18.—(By The As-

ÎT! î'r ~£s*£Ir&3L "ü-üsi "« "•«» « wool. Jones. New Mexico, dell and Sheppard. and five republic

Special to The Tribune. Havre. Aug. 18.—Harry Stiner and

Louis E. Morris, Great Northern rail­way guards, were charged with the murder of George Stambaugh, Great Northern hrakeman. in an information filed Friday night by County Attorney Max Kühr, following the verdict of the coroner's jury placing th«» responsibil­ity for the death of the brakeman on Stiner. Stambaugh was shot to death Wednesday night in the railway yards about two blocks from the passenger station.

All of Friday was taken up in the hearing of testimony by the coroner'F jury, and the inquest was not con­cluded until after an evening session The verdict, rharging that Stiner did the shooting. read: "That the said George E. Stambaugh did come to hi? death by gun shot wounds inflicted by Ilarry Stiner on August 10. 1922, about 10:45 o'clofk in the Great Northern yards, Havre, Montana."

The courtroom was crowded through­out the inquest, and many were un-

fable to obtain ndni i t ta r .ee . A large : number of witnesses were .-oiled, in-I eluding members of the freight train crew with whom Stnmbnugb returned from Cut Bank short], before the

I shooting. Other witnesses examined « ere U. R

j Jones, a switchman who met Stam-j baugh when he was searching in the j caboose for bis raincoal; I 'eter Mar-j tin, a machinist and eyewitness to the j tragedy, and Deputy United States j Marshal Kemp, who was the first offi-j cer to arrive on the scene after the [ killing. Several other witnesses, who j heard the shots, and officers who j made the arrests were calleii to the stand in behalf of the state.

I Stiner and Morris asserted in their story to officers following their arrest that Stambaugh was shot after he and a companion had made an attempt to rob the guards. Officers who exam­ined Stambaugh's body say they found a gun in the dead man's clothing. W F. OLeary of Great Falls has been retained by Stiner and Morris at counsel.

of persons abandoned their Immi's, livestock and everything they owned. Women and children rushed to safety r" _" , „_,i n'n^swnrth „ while most of the men remained behind ' . . . Casteel. T. O. Hainmon^. all of Helena:, spna»e an(j h0u«e to aid fire fighters. le<1 ] t- F. T. Sterling. Missoula: S. S. Ford. spna te and house

Thursday nieht an.I Fridiv all main' Af,pr " two hour f lgh t ' ,,,s Great Falls: W. .T. Johnson. Lewis-I I imrfinir to Diilutb Fveleth 'ind'h-T n vo ,° of to '*'*• its town; Charles Greening. Hardin: Roy

ubpr northern vill ice< 'wore rowded ' previous action in increasing the duty Covert. Billings: ,T. K. Heslet. Rütte; wiUi fleeing women and i r |«« *»Kar from 2 cents a pound to 2.3 C. P. Morris. Havre; C. W. Johnson. with tieemg women una .uiiuren. j p0UU(] The ra1<. on row sugar Harlowton.

Thief among the scores directing this : j Cuba, which sends this country Resolutions—R. O. Kaufman. Hel-work was Governor J. A. O I reus of j b lk o f i ( s B , wou,d t - -Minnesota, who came here 1 hursday to 1

laid the whole story of the rail and ; u . , Announcement of the appointment of coai s t r i k e s before the American peo- declared tbat except for coal

tjja t what-1 fro™ nonunion districts, the country is by law will ia t t i l e mercy of the "United Mine Work­

ers," and detailed how settlement of

prico Kendrick Hans- committees was made by Mr. Stephen- pip Friday with a pledge ird. supported the duty • 80I

1!' as, , v , fhp oos t. government cans. Borah. Edge. Kel i „ s !

t )A *. rn"k be sustained.

_ «-..J .V. ' Bogart. P. B. Hartley, N. Gould. G. W u c , . „ . • . • . I the present strike had been delayed for Summing up before a joint session of wppks n! ti tn, ! (,h

be 1.84 j ena : J. L. Steinbarger. Lewistown; O. Minnesota, w^ho came here ! hursday t"j because of 20 per cent tariff dif A. Carlson. Great Falls: L. 11. Turner. make plans for speeding up coal pro-- . , ; f o f tha t co l in t ry. Sidney; A. N. Tobie. Kalispell. ! n ^ "1^1,' duction to the northwest. The gover-| l r r , | Fnthusiastic renort* of <>r,>n live-"1 rPI )Ubl

nor stayed up most of the night ar-1 republicans voted «gains the, „OT, the first all» nor stayed up most of the night ar-1 iranging for cots, food and other com-j forts at the Duluth armory for the arrivals from the fire country.

his efforts toward industrial peace, the president assert­ed that neither employers nor employes could escape responsibility for the present situation ond that no "small minority would be permitted by "armed lawlessness." "conspiracy," or "barbar­ity and butchery" to override the para­mount interests of the public.

re assert the doctrine that ic the first obligation and

llrtgiance of every citizen

ALLIES TO CONFER mii aura

May Allow Teutons Time 12,000,000 Pound

Payment.

on

Paris. Aug. 18.—(By the Associated Press t.—The reparations committee will send delegates to confer with Chancellor Wirth on the reparations problem. The delegation will consist of Sir John Bradbury, Brit­ish member of the reparations com­mittee; Eugene Mauclere. president of the allied committee on guarantees, and two experts. The party will leave Sat­urday night.

One of the chief purposes behind the decision of the committee to have rep­resentatives direct with the German authorities is to determine whether Germany can mobilize sufficient securi­ties for the 12.000,^000 pounds with which to meet the remaining cash pay­ments due this year. The committee believes that if adequate collateral can be found, certain international banker; would arrange the loan, it is said.

MEETING PRODUCES

GENEVIEVE WARD IS DEAD London. Aug. 18.— (By The Associ­

ated Press. I—Genevieve Ward, famous American tragedienne, died of heart failure today ut her home in llamp-st»'ud.

. r. r. jsmitn linneim* A T Hihhnrrf* no maucr hu;u w»u«» «»«j «-ubu*-, «v» The democrats A^re Broussard. Jones, Hay8 Bmj p ' K. Stranahan! i matter what hardships may attend, or of̂ Mr°, :t't iSS' Fort Benton, and M. Liedcrman. who \ what sacrifice may be necessary, gov-

Before this vote, the «« '»ate îejec ted , hr ief]y fo r ^„p Xo Q ernmeut by law must and will be sus-

Harrison democrat. ' "Mississippi. ' to Lj0™!^« «pressed by | tained. make the rate 1.75 cents a pound.

Speaking Trips Cause Equalization Board to

Defer Tax Problems

trépidât ^ the representatives ond othe'r speakers

|as to the effect a continuance of the railway strike would have on the crop movement, this being the darkest cloud hovering over Montana's future alid the present, in their opinion. In some in­stances hail storms and grasshoppers bad also proved barriers to future pros­perity. but not to an alarming extent.

Crop Conditions Reported Good "In group 5. crops are better than

at any time since 191(5. With Cascade and Fergus county ranchers having the largest yields since 1914. Judith Basin county will produce 4.000.000 bushels wheat: Lewis and Clark coun­ty. three million, and Teton countv two million. The Cat Creek wells are producing 10.000 barrels of oi! a day

(Tribune's Helena Bureau) .upon the gross receipts of the intra IT<*!ciui Aug. 18.—Having taken state business transacted by the mm- .

pony for the next year preceding ; to add to^ the^ prosperity. April 1, 1922,

This company reported

! under consideration the representa­tions of the tax agents of the various

i railroads operating in Montana, most i of whom requested reductions iu the •tentative assessments proposed by the , , , 1 state board of equalisation against j «II of which goes into the general fun« ' their properties, und without passing ! for the exclusive use of the state,

tnon unv of these matters, the board j This is a decrease of $t>,.Hl.>.30 fr"

Group No. 3. also has fair prospects, gross ! with good wheat crops on the reserva-This company reported its gross . witn good wneat crops on the reserva-

receipts for the year to have been j t ions and the other valleys tributary «711 457 34, upon which the 4 per (Continued on Page Three) cent'tax w ill net the state $28,45§J®, j

Operators and Miners Silent on Developments at

Philadelphia .

Philadelphia, Aug. 18.—Peace in the anthracite coal regions was not in sight Friday night, when the joint confer­ence of operators and representatives of the mine workers adjourned after a four hour continuous session until Saturday.

No intimation was given as to whether any progress has been made toward reaching on agreement that would sent the 155,000 men back to work. Neither -Samuel D. Warriner, spokesman for the operators, nor John L. Lewis, president of the miners and head of the miners' delegation in the negotiations, would disclose what had taken place at the prolonged session.

Neither would they say whether they still held the optimistic views both expressed prior to and after the first session o'f the conference Thursday. <

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upon had adjourned to Tuesday, August 22, when it will hear the agents of the Montana Power company, Moun­tain States Telephone & Telegraph companv. Postal Tetegruph company, Missoula Ught. & Water company ond other inter county concerns upon the tentative assessments made against them. , . . . „ ,

Hearing of the \\ estera I mon Telegraph company will be held on Thursday. August 24. In the mean

the tox paid for the preceding year, ! when the total tax was $35.273.«« j upon the company's gross intra state | business of $881,8*41.22.

The board also levied taxes upon j about 300 private freight car lines upon the basis of 5 per cent of the . gross earnings, the gross earnings ! being deemed by the law to be the i value of such property for taxation.

These assessments have not been tabulated so the totals cannot be

time several members of the bonrd given, nor a comparison with the will be absent from the city. Attorney ! business and tax revenue of the pre-Generul W. 15. Rankin leaving Friday jvious year. for a trip to Billings, Hardin and j The heaviest assessment is that Forsyth in support of his candidacy against the Union Tank Car company, for "the republican nomination for which will pay o tox of $0,345.19 upon United States senator; Governor ; u property, or gross earnings, value Joseph M. Dixon leaving Saturday ; of $120,903.84. morning for Missoula to address the Next comes the Imperial till, htfl., Montana Bankers' association, and;of Canada, which will pay $,5,W»9.,W Nils I . Haugen, tax expert of the on a valuation of $73,386.63; while the board, having left Friday tor Hunters' next, in importance is the Pacific Hot Springs, where he will address ; Fruit Express company, which is us-the State Bar association Saturday, sessed $2,235.11 on a valuation of on taxation matters. j $44.702.25.

The board, before adjourning, fixed From these high figures the tax the assessment against the American runs down to a very low figure, the Railway Express, under section 2311.: lowest of which is the Gulf Refining chapter 180 of the revised codes of;company, which Will pay a tax of six 1921, which imposes a 4 per cent tax cents on a grdfcs earning value of $1.14.

K-D-Y-S RADIO PROGRAM

From the Great Falls Tribune*« Broadcasting Station. All programs aent on M0 meter wave.

Program (or Naturday, Aim. Ill, at 8:30 O'Ciock.

(September Edison Release) "For You a Rose"—Sung by G.

W. Ballard. "SUdus Trombonus"—Sodero's band. "I Found the End of the Rain­

bow"—Irving Kaufman. "World Is Hungry for a L>Utle Bit

of Love"—Vernon Dahlhart. "The Ragentines, the Portuguese

and Greeks"—Edward Meeker. "Larson Kids Go Bathing"—Ethel

Olson. "Huckelberry Finn"—Premier Quar­

tet. "Everybody Calls Her Sunshine"—

Ballard and Chorus. "Inca Rhapsodie"—Carlos V alder-

rama. "La Dansa"—Mario Laurent!.

Will Give U. S. Aid "Wherefore. I am resolved to use all

the power of the government to. main­tain transportation and sustain the rights of men to work."

To strengthen the hand of the ad­ministration in dealing with present and future coal troubles. Mr. Harding asked for authorization of a national agency to purchase, sell and distribute coal and for creation of a commission to inquire into "every phase of ^ coal production, sale and distribution.

No similar request was made for emergency rail legislation, the presi­dent asserting that although the rail­road labor bonrd hod inadequate auth ority. other agencies of the government, were armed with statutes to prevent

I conspiracy agaiost interstate commerce and to insure safety in railway opera-

"it is mv intention." he continued, '•to invoke "these lows, civil and crim­inal. against all offenders alike.

Would Protect Aliens One other legislative enactment, a

law to permit the federal government to step in and protect aliens where state protection fails was advocated by the chief executive as a result of what he termed "the butchery of hu­man beings, wrought in madness," at Herrin, III. Despite the protest of foreign governments whose nations suf­fered in the Herrin battle, he said fed­eral officers fere powerless to take in hand the situatioK created by the mockery of local inquiry and the fail­ure of justice in Illinois."

Members of the senate and house re­ceived the pronouncements of the presi­dent with repeated salvos of applause and the leaders of both branches an­nounced later that no time would be lost in putting his legislative recom­mendations into effect. Generally the address won approbation from all* ele­ments in congress, although some dem­ocratic members were inclined to criti­cize the chief executive's utterances as capable of n double construction.

At the White House, it was indicated that Mr. Harding's reference to in­vocation of existing statutes against conspiracy related to the Sherman anti­trust law wii||a|j|LA« department

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I many weeks, although evidences had come to the White House that in many localities1 the workmen were "anxious to return to their jobs."

Arrangements tor the president's appearance before congress which twice had been postponed to awaic developments in the conference of rail executives and union chiefs in session at New York were completed only one hour before he went to capitol. and during the morning his manuscript un­derwent a last revision after a session of the cabinet. It is understood that although the New York meeting was not mentioned in the address, the de­cision to go to the capitol without further delay was reached after it had become apparent no fiual agreement ending the strike would be possible for several days.

As the chief executive was on his way up Pennsylvania avenue in a White House automobile another com­plication developed which, for a time, threatened to overturn entirely the plan for a joint session to hear the address. Republican leaders in the house hurriedly arranging for passage of a resolution authorising the body to sit with the senate in session were stopped abruptly by a point of na quorum, introduced by Representative1-Huddleston. democrat, Alabama. Be­fore the beginning of the roll call, however, which would have required upwards of an hour, and which the leaders said might in the end reveal that no quorum was present. Mr. Hud­dleston withdrew- his objection upon the request of democratic house leader, Representative Garrett of Tenneesee.

For the most part there was no party division in the reception accord­ed the president's declarations, the applause sweeping the entire floor and the galleries as he pronounced delibe­rately his warning against lawlessness and swelling into a prolonged ovation as he concluded with the pledge to "use all the power of the government to maintain transportation and sustain the right of men to work."

BOTH SIDES "HOPEFUL" Washington. Aug. 18.—President

Harding was told Friday by Senator WaUNu, republican. Indiana, one of hi* advisers in the rail strike, that long­distance telephone conversations wit» brotherhood chiefs and representative® of the railroad executives in New Vor« had disclosed both sides "hopeful of • settlement of the rail strike at frri-day's meeting."

Discussions of the troublesome seniority issues were declared by the Indiana senator to be based on a plan which roughly would provide:

First, that the men who did not go on strike go to the head of the list in seniority. , , „ .

Second, that the employes who walked out July 1. or later be accord­ed seniority status second to the men who remained at work.

Third, that the new men taken on duriug the strike be given a seniority . •

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