what was described as a valuable
collection of diplomatic correspond
ence covering a period of 20 years to-
gather with the seals of the American '
and Japanese governments affixed
was reported to the police by Joseph j
M Tlghe, private secretary to Major- ! Washington. D C — The United
General nuragucbl, military attache - Slates la “ >ltidiug Vigorousiy luw.rru
cf the Japanese government.
Industrial prosperity,” according to
The documents were taken from his the economic summary for the month
home July 1. Mr. Tigbe was said to 1 of June, issued by the United States
have reported, after he had removed j employment service of the department
them from a safe deposit vault to o f labor.
classify them.
Employment is increasing, the sur
vey said, despite unsettled conditions
in the coa! fields, cotton textile in
dustry and the railroad controversies
Of the 65 leading cities of the coun
try, 62 reported increased employ
ment, while 13 reported decreased em
ployment during June.
A noteworthy feature of the survey,
Strikers Asked to Return at
the department said, was that all in
Old Scale Until Arbitra
dustries but the stone, clay and glass
products indicated increases in em
tion Board Acts.
ployment.
ECONOMIC SITUATION
IS GREATLY IMPROVED
by
Pvev M A MATTHEWS
D D. LL D. .
PRA C TICA L EDUCATION
The child * brain is susceptible oi
the highest development, but it
should be developed along the line
of its inclinations and fur practical
purposes. If ever there was a time
when sanity
in education
was
needed, now is that dine.
Our
schools and colleges are educating
the youth of this land away from
the natural tendencies and from the
human instincts of well developed
boys and girls.
The education of today seems to
destroy initiative, self-reliance, cour
age, and a desire for self-support.
1 he educational system of today
has apparently destroyed the desire
on the part of children to be con
tributing members of society. They
seem to think that the state owes
them something because it gives
them a free education. There are
very few boys learning to be master
mechanics. The majority are trying
to find an elevator by which they
can ride to the top story of Success.
Success was never reached by an
elevator.
The mountain peak of
Success can be reached only by
climbing over the rocks and by en
during the hardships, dangers, and
difficulties.
If the manufacturing plants of
this country had to depend upon
TROOPS ON GUARD
IN STRIKE ZONE
Half a Cozen States Assemble
Soldiers; Courts Intervene
to Stop Picketing.
Chicago.— The calling out of troops
In Illinois, the assembling of soldiers
in half a dozen states and the inter
vention of the federal courts In the
nation-wide strike of railway shop
men marked the opening of the sec
ond week of the struggle.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad obtained a federal Injunction
here restraining picketing at the Au
rora shops, while an Injunction was
issued at New Orleans restraining
strikers from interfering with trains
on the Southern Pacific and at Coun
cil Bluffs, Iowa, the Burlington ob
tained a temporary restraining order
directed against striking shopmen in
southern Iowa.
With the federal courts already in
tervening in a number of places to
prevent picketing by the strikers, the
week was expected to reveal to a
large extent the attitude of the de
partment of Justice toward the strike.
From Washington came the an
nouncement that the department was
investigating reports that strike dis
orders were Interfering with the mails
and Charles Clyne, United States dis
trict attorney here, said he had re
ceived instructions from Attorney-
General Daugherty to use force If
necessary to keep the mails and inter
state commerce moving.
At Clinton. Illinois, where troops
were sent after a boy hid been killed
pnd two men. one a striker, had been
American master mechanic*, the
factories of the land would have to
close
The majority of the master
mechanics controlling the factories
today have been trained in foreign
schools. There are very few appren
tices. W e have permitted the tyran
nical labor unions of the country to
destroy the school of apprentices
The idea of organizations or insti
tutions arbitrarily saying how many
apprentices they will permit to be
trained! Such a tyrannical sugges
tion from an organization should
not be permitted. Such a doctrine
is a damnable curse to the manufac
turing plants of this land.
Men of brains and money should
spend their time and money and
their energy in founding, erecting,
and directing technological school»
for the training of boys and girls in
the great mechanical trades of life.
There should be a great technologi
cal school in every city of this land,
and our boys should be encouraged
to learn trades, to master trades,
and to become masters in their
trades
W e have too many counter hop
pers, too many clerks, too many
nonentities, and too few technically
trsined mechanics coming from the
public schools o f our country.
wounded in a clash between strike
sympathizers and Illinois Central
guards, all was reported quiet.
CROP CONDITIONS
REPORTED BETTER
Washington, D. C. — General im
provement In crop conditions along
the Atlantic and gulf coasts and in
the northwest, east of the Rocky
mountains, was noted by the agricul
ture department in its crop summary
for the last half of June, made public
Saturday.
“ Throughout the corn belt.” the de
partment's observers found, "small
grains were more or less injured by
the unusual hot and dry weather, as
were also some crops in parts of the
mountain and Pacific coast region#.
Irrigated crops were not so much af
fected.”
The corn crop generally made prog
ress, except in the southwest, where
it was neglected for cotton. Wheal
is being harvested in New York
Michigan. Wisconsin, northern Iowa,
eastern Colorado and California, while
threshing is going on in the southwest
and some of the southeastern states.
Oats are reported generally poor to
fair and cotton had fairly good
growth.
The Irish potato crop is reported to
be "fair to good,” and a large acreage
of beanB and cabbage has been plant
ed, and other vegetables are said to
be in good condition.
STATE PAPERS ARE STOLEN
>
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Valuable Japaneao-Amarican
Diplo
matic Correspondence Taken.
HARDING OFFERS
PLAN TO MINERS
Washington. D. C — President Hard
ing Monday submitted to the bitum
inous and anthracite operators and
miners gathered here in conference a
proposal that the miners return to
work at the wage scale in existence
when work was suspended on April 1,
and continue to work on that scale
until August 10, meanwhile an arbi
tration board being appointed to ne
gotiate a new wage scale.
The commission as outlined by the
president would consist of three mem
bers appointed by the United Mine
Workers of America and three ap
pointed by the operators and five rep
resentatives of the public named by
tbe president.
The arbitration commission would
be expected to have its award ready
by August 10. but if unable to arrange
a new scale by that date the scale,
which expired April 1. would be con
tinued from August 10 to April 1, 1923.
Kiss Isabelle Rockefeller
Contract to Light Olympia Street* Let
Olympia, Wash.— Contract for the
immediate installation of the boule
vard lighting system In Olympia's
downtown district was awarded by
the city council at a special session.
renewed reports of domestic differ-
(ence between the Duke and his Ameri
ca.» wife. Little Violette was almost
Knt to Ellis Island on her arrival,
being rescued at the crucial moment
by her aunt, Mrs. Finley J. Shepard,
formerly Helen Gould. While Violette
vest hands are *4 a day this year,
according to George E. Ticker, direct
or of tbe United States farm labor
bureau. Over 20,000 men have al
ready been rushed into Kansas and
Nebraska to take care of the harvest
there, he said.
It is said that the wonderful cathedrals o f Europe were constiuctcd
by the laymen and skilled workers of the church. L. D. Cornuefle, formerly
a Cincinnati man, built this elaborate edifice single-handed, filling the
role of architect, maton and carpenter H e worked from a pencil sketch
©uly and finished the work in a year and eight months. The church
stands at Sierra Madre, California, and nestles in the foothills back of
the little town.
FOG AND SMOKE
THIRTEEN KILLED
CAUSE COLLISION
IN MINE FIGHT
Four Men Are Lost When
Schooner Is Rammed and
Sunk By Freighter.
Seattle.— In a heavy pall of forest
Ire smoke and fog the big freighter
Harry Luekenbach rammed the steam
Khooner Henry T Scott amldahipe
st 6 o'clock Sunday morning In the
Strait of Juan de Fuca, causing four
leaths and complete losa of the
smaller vessel.
All of the victims, members of the
:rew, were trapped below decks when
he vessel plunged to the bottom a few
minutes after the collision The crash
jeeurred about eight miles west of
Neah bay.
The Henry T. Scott was bound for
dan Francisco from Seattle.
The
Harry Luekenbach was outbound frogi
Puget Sound ports for New York via
dan Francisco.
Twenty-six survivors from tbe Scott
were taken aboard the Luekenbach
from the two lifeboats from the waters
>( the strait. The Luekenbach then
turned about and steamed lor Seattle
with the survivors
was being detained. Miss Isabelle
Rockefeller, daughter of Percy Rocke
feller. made entry on her return to
Cella» Wall* Walla Reemit Refused.
Otf mpta. Wash — Recante the fall-
roads afford ample service and op
position from ¿he towns/to he served
was quite general, the department of
public a cfk s denied a certificate for
a i aes»n»A- and express, stage run be
tween c j . u x and Walla -Walla.
.America without difficulty.
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M U/T
Bara Valued at $2,600,000 Received in
New York.
New York — Definite Indications
that Great Britain intended to begin
service on her war debt in this coun
try this fall was seen by local bankers
Saturday in the arrival of gold bars
valued at *2,500.000 on the steamship
Berengarla. for the account of the
British treasury and the announce
ment that another similar shipment
Is under way.
It was pointed out that the British
government had no other commit
ments in this country so that the gold
obviously was tor war debt liquida
tion.
The sum of *125,000,000 will be due
the United States this October as
interest on the British war debt.
CHURCH BUILT BY ONE M AN
With the arrival in New York o f
little Violette Helene de Talleyrand,
daughter of the former Anna Gould,
and sometimes called the poor little
rich g irl in charge of a maid, come
GREAT BRITAIN SH IP S GOLD
Idaho Bank la Robbed.
Idaho Falls, Idaho.—Two unmasked
men held up the Jefferson County Na
Tacoma Mayor Want* Jitney Busae*. tional bank at Rigby, Idaho, near here,
Tacoma, Wash.— Issuing a call for and escaped with approximately *3500
600 jitney busses to aid him In a In currency. Officers of the bank
fight to get a 5-cent carfare here, were locked In a vault by the robbers,
Mayor Fawcett plans war to the hilt who spparently have made good their
against the local streetcar company, •scape.
which refused to grant a demand for
20 tickets for |1. The preaent fare
$4 Daily Harvest Hand Wage.
Is 8 cents.
Washington, D. C.— Wages for har
■WjkíWngtQB. Q. Ç. ■— The theft of
ANOTHER POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL?
This Auto Cannot Run You Down
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Wheeling, w Va.—Sheriff H H Du-
rall and twelve other persons were
hilled and no less than twenty five
Others wounded In a fight at the
Standard mine of the Richland Coal
company, two miles from Wellsburg.
according to a telephone message from
Wellsburg. The mine, which has been
working on an open shop basis, was
reported to have been attacked by a
large party of men from over the
Pennsylvania line After the fight they
burned the tipple.
Oovernor
Morgan
has
ordered
Sheriff Harry Clouse of Ohio county
to take charge of the situation. State
police and all Ohio county- deputies
are «u route to the scene.
Sheriff Clouee, before leaving for
the mines, said he had been inform
ed that miners were involved in the
fight and that they had fired houses
at Cllftoadaie. a mining village nearby.
V
W u\
«aMgCOfCT Air:-VASTE*
: ' - r'
i ' ’i-i;* - 'o t -how in < the tc-t of a n .w safety device foe as
' the San Francisco Chief of Police. The
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»in« ; "
an hour, itopp ! within two feet after striking the
! ' v "> k target. 1 he bumper is so arranged that when a person is strode the
ignition is shut off and all brakes arc applied.
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NATION-WIDE STRIKE HARDING WARNS
IN COAL STRIKE
GF SHOPMEN BEGINS
No Interruption In Traffic Is
Reported By Railroad
Officials.
Chicago. Hi. — Notwithstanding tlip
efforts of the federal government act
ing through the United States railroad
labor board, to throttle a strike of the
nation's railway shop workers, thou
sands of shopmen answered the call
of the union leaders and laid down
their tools.
There was no Interruption of traffic
on any line. Engineers and trainmen
stuck to their posts, although, under
Instructions from brotherhood chiefs,
they performed only their regular du
ties. All trains, the railroads report
ed, were running on schedule.
Statements from rail executives all
over the country, although admitting
largo desertions from the shop ranks,
reiterated their stand that transporta
tion was unaffected and would con
tinue so “ perhaps for months.”
No further efforts would be made to
settle the strike by the railroad labor
board, it was said at the board's of
fices. From Washington catne word
that the administration was solidly
back of the board on its staud on the
strike question.
The power of the United States gov
ernnient, coupled with public senti
ment, will give every protection to
every railway employe who remains
on the job and to all men who take
the place of strikers iu the present
railroad walkout, Ben W. Hooper,
chairman of the United States railroad
board, declared in a statement.
Wage cuts aggregating approximate
ly *134,000,000 and affecting more than
1,000,000 railway workers went into
effect on all railroads of the United
States July 1 by order of the labor
board.
In protest against the wage cuts and
against certain pructlces charged
against the managements of the rail
roads, the shopmen throughout the
country voted to go on strike.
School Districts May Sell Realty.
Olympia, Wash.—School districts ol
the second and third classes have th«
power, upon vote of the electors, tc
sell real estate for either cash ot
credit. Is tbe ruling of the supreme
court.
The decision reverses th«
K in « county court.
!
Washington, D. C.— In a kindly
worded speech to the leaders of the
coal mining Industry, both operatora
and workers, President Harding ad-
monished them to seek a prompt solu
tion ot the present strike and conveyed
to them the delicately worded warn
ing that if they failed the government
would be compelled to administer the
industry for the common good of the
American people.
President Harding did not mention
federal control by name. He adopted
the more discreet way of putting It.
hut throughout the president's brief
speech to the warring factions it was
made clear that the administration is
keeping “ a steel hand in a velvet
glove," and that if the miners and op
erators cannot get together, then the
government la going to protect the
consuming public.
The “ kick" In the speech was near
the end:
“ You are admonished to arrive at
such understanding with measurable
promptness, among yourselves. If the
adjustment cannot be reached by you
alone, the government will be avail
able at your Joint call. We wish you
who best know the way to solution to
reach it among yourselves, In a man
ner to command the sanction of tbe
people.
“ Falling In that, the representative*
of the American people will be called
to the task.”
Germany Aaks For More Tim*.
Paris.— A propoaal providing for the
payments of all the remaining oaah
installments due this ysar provided
Germany Is granted a moratorium of
at leaat two years was brought to
Paris by German representative*, ao-
cordlng to
unofficial
Information
which reached the reparation* com
mission.
Nsw York Man Head* Veterans.
Ban Francisco, Cal.—C. Hamilton
Cook of Buffalo, N. Y , was unani
mously elected national commander ol
the Disabled American Veterans ol
the V^orld war at the annual conven
tlon here.
Fi rea Have Coat Washington $760,000
Olympia, Wash.— Loss and dama««
by forest flrea In the state of Wash
ington so far this season is estimated
al *764,000 by S u te Forester F. E
Pape.
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Tevenloy Given Upper Hand.
Bismarck. N. D.— Arthur C. Townley
was again given the whip hand In the
national Non-Partlean league here
Practically dethroned laet fall, the
originator and former chief of the
league was designated by the special
state coaveetlon here to take complete
•barge of reorganisation work in the
league.
J a p a n « *«
to
V la it
B r a z I, A r g e n t in a
Toklo.— A party of basinets men.
much on the lines of that which visit
•d America and Europe last year, will
leave Yokohoma for Seattle on th«
steamer President McKinley July 23.
Golden oranges o f California— heaps o f ihc finest e f them— were used
in making many attractive and novel creations seen at the Annual Val
encia Orange Show at Anaheim, California
Photograph shows the Blue
Goose exhibit, which attracted much attention— the blue goo»e being the
center o f attraction for the kiddies.