Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 28, 1921, Page 2

2m FREIGHT RATES ARE OG LEADS WAY [NINE RAIL UNIONS ORDERED REDUCED interstate Commerce Commis- sion Grants 16 Per Cent Reduction in West. | Washington.— In a sweeping deci- sion involving the entire railroad sit uation, wage scales, depression in in dustry and finances, the interstate commerce commission ordered the freight rates on grain, grain products and hay throughout the western half of the United States reduced by an average of approximately 16 per cent Notice was given the carriers that the commission reduc- tions to be put into effect immediate ly, and by November 20 at the latest, and that the low state of railroad earn: | ings, which led to the increases in 1920, should hereafter be rectified by reductions in that a downward tendency should be set for the rates. Anticipated by statements in official quarters bearing upon the strike call of the railroad brotherhoods, the de cision was rendered in the brought to the commission September 3 by twenty-four western state and ag- ricultural organizations. The decision removes from and hay one-half of the increases giv en the railroads in 1920 and on all other grains fixes the rates at 10 per cent less than those on wheat. The commission further ordered a new re lationship built up in the grain products, including flour other commodities, to agree with the lower level on the raw material. The ( increases given in 1920 gave the car- riers a 35 per cent advance in the Mis- sissippi valley and western territory; a 25 per cent advance within the moun- tain and Pacific territory and 33% per cent advance on commodities mov- ing across the division line, of which half is taken away. RAIL FUNDING BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED Washington, D. C.—The administra tion bill for funding $500,000,000 of railroad debts was reported favorably by the senate interstate commerce | committee, | The bill included amendments by | Senator Cummins, republican, Iowa, chairman, broadening the financing operations. One amendment by Senator Cum mins adopted would permit marketing of railroad securities now in the hands of the railroad administration through private channels, in addition to | through purchase by the War Finance corporation, This provision would operate to extend the sale possibly be yond the $500,000,000 limit fixed on the War Finance corporation 1 Another amendment by Senator Cummins would bar claims of a rail: | road against the government for “in- | efficiency of labor" should the carrier agree to settlement of their accounts | with the government. expected the case wheat rates on and U. S. EMBASSY IS GUARDED 10,000 Policemen and Soldiers Take Positions Around Building. Paris—Ten thousand soldiers and policemen guarded the American em bassy and neighboring streets Sunday to prevent a threatened demonstration by French communists in protest | against the conviction for murder in a Massachusetts court of Sacco and Vanzetti, but no communists appeared. | Long before the hour set for the concentration of the communists at Port Marlot, 3000 troops were on hand A few communists emerged from the subway station, but they were hustled out the city walls American military police, long ab sent, reappeared. Two were on guard near the American embassy and others were stationed at the passport bureau. Dollar Wheat Near at Hand. Chicago, Ill.—The American farmer is today confronted with the immedi- ate prospect of $1 wheat. It is six years since the country has had “dol- lar wheat.” Exactly a year ago the farmer was talking $3 wheat; in fact he “stuck” for that price. But now he is glad to accept a few cents over the dollar because he has got to sell —on a drastically declining market December wheat at one time last week slumped to $1.02%, the lowest since September, 1915. De. Brumfield Tries to Kill Himself. Roseburg, Or—Dr. Richard M. Brum- | field, convicted of the murder of Den- | nig Russell, attempted to commit sui cide by slashing his throat. The pris oner was found in a semi-conscious condition in his cell. Blood covered the cot and had dripped onto the floor. Dr. A. 8. Sether, Roseburg physician, who was summoned at once, said he believed the dentist's life could be | saved. erie | | gO TTS AON wages and prices and| . } you have | cuit Judge Bond granted a divorce de- | tw o, IN BOOZE RAID ‘Scotch Terrier With Nose for | Hootch Helps Enforcement Agents Uncover Still EASY FOR TRUCKMEN Diguise Found Infallible in Inducing Bartender to Become “Reasonable” —At Least New York Sleuths Find It That Way. New York.—If one is thirsty and de- | sires to buy a drink get a truckm: disguise, put the feed box on the f: ly mare in front of a wet spot, saunter in and the bartender will immediately become “reasonable.” hat theory became a fact when Einstein, federal rum sleuth, accompanied by Moe Smith, Peter | Reagev and a Scotch terrier, drove up in a truck in front of the Louis Romeo stables, 72 West Ninth street, Brook- lyn. Years ago Einstein was a bar chauffeur in the iborhood, “Romeo, my name is Julietta, Should a drink, ain't it?” the un- kempt driver suggested to the stable owner, and tater a street nei tender Delancy “Sure I thought you were the junk: | man,” said Romeo Dog Gets Busy. The Scotch t stall, the three “truckmen” and Romeo following. The dog whined, as If beg ging for food. Behind the stall was found a cave twenty feet long, in which was a large still and twenty gal- lons of some kind of strong smelling er then liquor. During the removal of the still and moonshine a large crowd gathered. “Good for you, Izz it was bad | , anyway,” somebody shouted, The raid was made by order of Fed- eral District Attorney LeRoy W. Ross, who had received an anonymous com: | munication that the premises were be- y The Dog Whined. ing used in which to sell liquor. The letter complained that women as well as men were being poisoned by obtains ing moonshine in the stable. Romeo w arrested , the saloon of John Sullivan, » truck then stopped in mt of Smith pre again put The feed bags w horses, the three “truckmen” entering the place, wh it is alleged Sullivan served them three drinks of whiskey at 50 cents each street, on the of whiskey was found concealed in a safe in the re: Mrs. enty-ninth street was held in bail by Magistrate William A ser in the Yorkville of owning ¢ r room, Bertha Weber of 426 East Sev $1,000 Sweet- court on the large still and ped- in a baby carringe dling whiske “KISS SHOWER” PARTS THEM Wife of Indiana Man Didn't Like Too Much Affection and He Gets Divorce. Richmond, Ind.—Lack of kis: often been Ss has assigned as a reason for ration of marital ties, but it remained for Samuel W. Ketron to alle, that the abundance of kisses caused his wife, Minnie P. Ketron, to him | “One day I grabbed sure did make her it court a legal se desert her, mad,” he and ft} testified when his complaint was gone, make love was living In want me to Hie said his wife “tyton, Ohio, now. Cir- She did not to her.” cree. Wooden Leg Saves Life. St. Joseph, Mo.—A wooden leg | saved the life of George Smith, fifty- | owner of a houset on the | Missouri When the boat cap- sized the artificial leg was caught in | a door of the little vessel, In a | frantic effort to escape, he battered | the wooden leg with an iren rod un- Ul he broke it, effecting bis release. His escapade was enacted under the water, river, ran into a | A quantity | | said, had be | presence | 15,000 Americans on the Rhine | the new TO STAY ON J0B | Number of Men to Quit Is Re- duced to One-Fourth of 2,000,000 Total. Chicago—The prospective rail strike, scheduled for October 30, was limited | |to approximately one-fourth of the | nation’s railroad employes when offi- | cials of the Brotherhood of Railway | and Steamship Clerks, Freight Hand- | {lers, Express and Station Employes, representing 350,000 men, voted not to authorize a walkout by their mem- | bers for the present ] The action increased the number of major rail unions which have voted not to strike to nine, and the number | of railroad employes bound by such | action to about three-fourths of the |country’s total of approximately | | 2,000,000. | Leaders of the six shop crafts or- | ganizations, controlling 600,000 men, | | and leaders of the 375,000 mainten- ance of way employes and of the 26 000 stationary firemen also have an | nounced that they will not participate | | in the strike. The Brotherhood of Railway Signal- men of America will not Join the’ | brotherhoods and switchmen in their contemplated strike, President D. W. Helt announced Monday. The signal- | men number 35,000 | It was intimated by labor board members that the rules jand working conditions will not be forthcoming until after October 30, the | date set for the proposed strike. | Members let it become known that all decisions on questions on which | there might be a strike will be with- TNL MULL LLU se decision on {held until after that date, explaining |that in that way it was hoped the walkout would be averted, as the men have been ordered not to strike until | after the labor board’s hearing. ‘UNITED STATES NAVY "1S SECOND IN POWER Washington, D, C.—Latest statistics” of the naval establishments of the world’s leading maritime powers, com-} piled by informed officials here, in- dicate that the American still will be securely established in second place when present building pro-| grammes are completed. According to the tabulation of fight- | ing ships, Great Britain leads with | with an aggregate tonnage of 1,860,480 | navy The United States has 464 ships of | 1,289,463 tons, and Japan 99 of 528,689 | | tons France and Italy hold fourth und fifth places, with tonnage totaling | 000 and ),000, respectively Completion of present programmes | will add 17 ships to the British navy, r 199,380 tons; 69 to the American, tons, and 85 to the Japanese, 0,188 tons, exclusive of a special sub- | marine programme comprising 120) submersibles jo PEACE RATIFICATION SENT. Papers Have Been Forwarded to Ger- many and Austria. ; Washington, D. C.,—The formal terms of ratification of the peace | treaties with Germany and Austria; have been sent forward to Berlin and Vienna, it was announced here. As soon as these formal exchanges have completed with the ex-euemy powers it is expected that immediate steps will be taken to set up diplo matic machinery and resume full nor- | § mal relations with those governments. | American troops will begin moving out of Germany immediately upon the exchange of the ratification of the German treaty, it was added. The movement, it was said, will be normal but slow and will begin in approxi- mately two weeks. | Withdrawal of the troops, it was n delayed because their in Germany had proved to be far from obnoxious and even de-! sirable to the government and people | of Germany. There are approximately | ae ee | Silesia Divided Into Equal Parts. | Paris.—The decision of the council | of the league of nations on the Upper | Silesian question, made public here, | divides the plebiscite area in almost equal parts between Poland and Ger many, as to the number of communes, and provides administrative machin- ery for the gradual inauguration of regime over a period of 15 years, Chartes Again Seeking Crown. Vienna.—-Ex-Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary is making another spectacular bid—the second in eight months—to regain his throne in Hun-| gary. After a sensational flight from | Switzerland by airplane, accompanied by the former Empress Zita, he landed | at or near Oedenburg, under inter-| allied control, and gained the renewed allegiance of the Hungarian troops. HNUUUUAGULL.LLU ONLY ONE - & WEEK Left of our Money Saving Values Sale T° take advantage of the prices we are offering means a great saving for your winter needs. 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