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Washington Evening Journal (Newspaper) - December 8, 1920, Washington, Iowa Malt your wants known thru Tho of a def Jour uni lass few columns the evening journal r nor to re a Trot mostly rail tonight and the or Day. Hmm Olvat warmer a Hoith and extreme East Nwllie tonight volume 28 Washington Iowa Wei in is Day even i it i dec pm Beh 8, 1920 number 253urge Constantine abdicate presidents message to Congress president urges that our democracy prove its purity 14 and Power to prevail. World s Hope rests in us America Mutt Malta and enforce Law that Ara unquestionably just and stand far right and Justice a toward individual nations. Washington Dee. 8. A i Reah Cut whoop g Concrete recommendation to con Errin his Atman i message were revision of the tax Law with simplification it the income and profits tax Iod Epen Den be of the philippine. A loan to Armenia. Kro Booty in government appropriation and expenditure and area Tami of a a workable budget system. Cold storage and other Laws affect ing the mat of living and the Federal i limping of corporation a recommended in it Fotani Iii outgo. Behold a lion and training of Dis Allied Soldier and Sailor. The president did not endorse a Boms nowhere did the president refer to the league of nation or Tho Pear treaty fight except perhaps by inferno in ids opening when Howu pm it Rqn Llroy Otas lot a Ynve Faith that right Mahee might amt to that Faith let via dare to do our duty a a i understand valedictory paragraph at end. At it Clon the president wrote a paragraph which might lie regarded a a valedictory. Maying Quot i have not so much lab before Yon a Serin of recommendation a sought to utter a confession of Faith to stand by until my lat fighting Day. I believe the to lie the Faith of America the Faith of the future anti of ail the victories which await tuition action in the Day to come whether in America or democracy the prudent said a la being put upon it final a a tile old world a be mid a a a just now suffering from a Wanton recce. Thai of i he print pop of democracy and a substitution of the principle of autocracy As asserted in the name but without tile authority and Sanction of the multitude. This in the time of All others when democracy should prove it purify and it spiritual pow for to striking Points in presidents message the guiding spirit of America at Femme and abroad a i iou id to uncool Ironton Iii St ii it ii it in i Quot let us have Faith hint right makes might and in that Faith let tis dare to do our duty a we under Dand tin United states cannot refuse tin role of Champion of right and just Lee w without putting the stigma of rejection on Hie Genf Mea who founded Tim Republic. It Jairt that tin nation Finni Iros show Market improvement during the it car. Recommends rigid Economy in government so that tax a May int lightened and the National debt reduced. Hema wend syrups he tic con Shiers t Ion Ami care for Fra wounded soldiers of the great War. I runs congressional encouragement of America s infant industries. Revision and a of taxes with particular reference to tire income anti profit taxes. Recommends a loan to Armenia. Recommend that the philippic be granted their Independence. Having proven Tow str estate by for self government. Alone con the world he lifted out of its present conf Tator and despair. It was this Faith which prevailed Over the wicked fort of Germany. Ton will remember that the a beginning of the cud of the War came when the Gentian found themselves far to fee with re cons Tenc of the world and realised that right a everywhere arrayed against the wrong that their government was attempting to perpetrate. I think therefore that it to True to my that this a the Faith wbb won the War. Certainly this i the Faith with which our Gal j inn men went into the Field and out upon the Hen to make sure of Victory j recovery from the disturbing and sometimes disastrous effects of the late War be Viveen exceedingly alow on the other ride of the water anti has Given Promise i venture to say of Early completion Only in our own fortunate country but even with us to # recovery halts and is impede St time and there Are immediate serviceable net of legislation which it seem to me we ought to attempt to is is that recovery and prove the indestructible recuperative Force of a great government of the people. Oat of these la to prove that a Grant democracy co a a up Hope us successfully and in As business Ike h fashion As atty other government. It seem to toe tint tire upon the Treasury by the transport ties i act in connection with Tho return of the j rat mad to private it control. Over Lone Fervour a already Bern naut to the railroads under thin a Foo flan enduring the present fiscal yer my it i pm it a to that further payments Nogre Gattone pus a of fflv1 must still a. Made to he i Railroad during the current year it is i a Batons that these Tare have already Eert Ousler limited the government Progn As in retiring the ten tin Delft permit me to emphasise once morn the need for action upon certain matters it upon which t dwelt at some length in my Massage to the second Canton of the i sch Congress. The necessity for example of encouraging the manufacture of dyestuffs and related Charukas the to i Ortance of doing everything possible to promote agricultural production along economic line to improve agricultural marketing end to make Rural life More Attis Tyve end healthful the need for a Taw regulating cold storage in such a Way 1 a to limit the time during which goods Mey be kept in storage the i method of disposing of them if kept la 1 Pond the per Mattad period and requiring goods released from storage in All cases to tear the Date of their recent of. Would Mark storage goods. It would ii be most sri Cable of it War provided that All goods released it on cold atom for interstate shipment should have plainly marked upon m to package the Selling or Market Price at a which they went nto storage in order that the puff a Are might be Able to i learn what profits a Good Between him and i the prod Cicer or the wholesale dealer the i deed. It would he very serviceable to Tbs j Public if All goods destined for interstate Commerce were mad to carry upon every package Ca whose term mad h possible a Plain statement of the Price at which they left the hands of the producer. I respectfully rail your attention a of. To the recommendations of the message ref rred to wits regard to a Federal Hona for All Purpora Torta engaged la interstate Commerce. In Brief the immediate legislative need of the time is the removal of All obstacles to the realisation of the Best ambition of our a up a in their act of probe asked in present Lacki jobs repress amp Ftp Mason offers Resolution of twirling for unemployment quiz. Says 2, out of work Means of stimulating Commerce and Industry i Mena uppermost in Munda of mid leaders a Cento work. Fiat Elaasar of employment and the strengthening of All instrumental ties by which difficulties Are to by met and buildings lard office Aud military Tutti vol hot it i i in est i in riot # of Tho a a inn rising tit employ no �?�bt9 to determine what act Ion of ally to relieve the is turn by can ice taken by jilt Federal Mern meet was proposed in u joint Resoluti Oft introduced in Lite hour by item Lesen Talv Mumm re of Illinois. A general Lott Lorri a of governors of mutes and redrawn utile of the Federal government tot the purpose of do i Emu Nim in Tarn concerning uncut ploy Mew a lean Nan proposed. I. Mason est untied the us Tebei of use i played at approximately 2.000, Mio. Ill ic-., it inn profs met Sofia rat Aud i i mod in to investigations by the labor Ira in to to Commerce Public Yam oved and Justice dealt out whether by Law or by some form of mediation us Casten tat ton. I a sea feet it co be my pro Rel St present to Jymm a he a railed stoop a it in Lac Hod a which those objects is y he attained Bot i have Faith that the in Aultee of your several committee will discover the Way and the method. Greeks to fete old King the a Day of rejoicing will follow Constantine arrival in Athena. Step toward proving this is to ourselves with a method of fest deathly of the touted states to j bundling our estimates Aud expend Lead in the attempt to make this spirit titres and bringing Ghent to the Point Athens Lier. 8 a invitation will to it extended former King t mislaid in to return to Grin following the announcement of the result of sunday plebiscite which i it expected to by hid wednesday. Plans for Constantine s retort contemplate fells sailing front Brindisi on Hoard the litter Patria. Which will he accompanied by the cruisers Kiu is and loin nos and a number of destroy a or. When the Squadron reaches Pha Leron it will by met by 50ff officers of the a reek army who will Orco Rupany co Stantone to Imam us prom that port a Onstantine will in a brought to Athens i Aud it la planned that a in drum will to Sung outside the City Walls. Three Days of rejoicing will follow his arrival her. Naval it . Which would be required to report a us Lousy by december Jib a in Mats. Tile House in is committee re Yavit de a special Rule limiting to four hours debate on the i it in Ori Bill to prohibit immigration for a two year Erbil. Two Days for preparation of St minority Rem a it were allowed anti t liar Limu it it a of Kansas announced by would i All the Rule up Tor j action on thursday. I Micier tin Rule at the conclusion of the four hours of general debate the j Tulve in Nute limitation on members i i saw hiking thereafter would apply. siege of now Turk a a knitted tic to tile a nil a Bority report. Representative Habath of Illinois is standing with or. It caul against certain provisions of the commit to measure. Or Siegel in asking for time said a that although the immigration Prole j loin was serious legislation should not he enacted a without due consideration for the after effect Secretary Baker a a asked by the Home military committee to appear he fore it Friday log Safe Ola wily Hie War department Lins a a United no army of More than i men. Charges Rrobert Faith. A a air than a n a the Hou it it Mili tary affair on Miniffee sail a the a Oft Milter a Mitheis Felt lint i Hie War department had broken Faith with tit committee explaining that tin army appropriation Lor the year was turned on it maximum of melt with lie understanding that Anoli a fore would he null Fly i to to a we it it to Ila committee or. Kahn i continued Indi a Tomt tin army now approximates Jin we men and that eff firt were being mad to reach tie set Jaciw maximum allowed under the army reorganization act. Of the were a Ion he added a deficit of at least i $ to a it in is would he incurred i a announcement by the War de part moot placed the total strength of j Hie regular army on november i at 221 Haj officer Ami in the commis 1 atoned mrs Annei totalling Industry gets attention. Means of coning rce and Industry appear to he up it Ormont in the minds of congressional lenders a the third and final session of the Hix Fey Idill a engross got under Way. Although House lenders were convinced that few Mea sit res of consequence other that appropriation Hills Woald he acted upon. There Emu Manifest a Sutiri i a a Tomt a program of stabilization for Coutu Tofte and Industry should take precedence in committee consideration. Lit the grist of a the in the first two a lays there were a Neon or More of measure having to do directly with business. Some pro to de Protection of an ctr the nature few american industries others were designed to Foster development of industries already Efen fished but Nomen Terlly Baring her a sledding while still others were designed to establish machinery to determine cantos fair the present commercial depression. All were aimed at Tho same end restoration of Normal business condition. Big clothing firms in War on unions employers of Eastern plants seek right to hire and fire. 65,000 Are now jobless greeks ask former King to resign Crown Prince As s acc pm Sou to Kino who moved i in ring War japs in reprisals claim that korean ambushed Road of Jap acae troop Brea up malcontents worker vol to Raj set ultimatum factory owners order wag re duct Tony Union leaders of not expect lockout. New yet re in a. or War in the clot Bing Industry a of new York hinge on whether the clothing manufacturer would put into Force their Uiti nut turn for piece work reduction in wages and re establishment of the right to a hire and fire which a been rejected by the unionized employee. War a expected although during the next several Day negotiation which Are being sought by the representative of 65,1100 amalgamate clothing workers May delay Tim open j j. Ii Rich % 11 Loire w in up tin Ivo false information which led to Tho special to the evening journal Parin december the greek government a urged former King Constantine to abdicate in favor of the Crown Prince. Spacial to the evening journal Tokyo december ill armed band of korean malcontents hire Bren broken a a a result of Skirm i a lie near Chartan Korea. Reprisal have been carried oat May recognize the soviets Cabinet member hint at plan for mediation in Armenia through Lenin. Ave Iii i in on. Dee. 8.the Grot hint that the Cinda flute entertain a thought of recognizing tin Lenin government came after a meeting of the Cabinet when one member said it will be necessary to work officially through tilt soviet to carry out president Wilson plan for Relief Aud mediation in Anuci Tiu. The russian government is Christian Ami the United states prefers the Cabinet member stated to acknowledge its jurisdiction in Armenia rather than Lent with tit turks. Prevail. Two ways to act. Two Way a in which the United state can assist to this great object were outlined by the president. They were a al by offering the example within her of n Border of the w ill and Power of democracy to make mid enforce Law which Are unquestionably just and which Are equal in their administration. �?�2. By standing for right and Justice is Tow Ani individual the president s message in part follows when i addressed myself to performing the duty Laid upon the president by the Constitution to present to you an annual report of the state of the Union i found my thought dominated by an immortal sentence of Abraham Lincoln. A let us have Faith that right makes might Aud in that Faith let us dare to do our duty As we understand it a a sentence immortal because it embodies in a form of utter simplicity Anil purity tin essential Feitli of the nation the Faith in which it was conceived and tile Faith in which it has grown to glory and Power. With that Faith and the birth of a nation founded upon it came tin Hope into the world that a new order would prevail throughout the affairs of Mankind an order in which reason and right would take precedence of covetousness and Force and i believe that i express tin wish and purpose of a a try thoughtful american when i say that this sentence Marks for us in the plainest manner Hie part we should ->1 Tiv alike in the arrangement of our Domestic affair and in our exercise of influence upon the affairs of the a Pyle. Re u1? Tai Thaud by la la Faith when they will not he an unnecessary j Strain upon our income or necessitate unreasonable taxation in other words j a workable budget system and i Sig t get that two element Are a Hontall \ to such a a Rem namely not Only that the proposal of appropriation should lie in the hands of a single j body such As a single appropriations committee in each House of tile Congreve but also that this body should he brought into such to opera the with the department of the government Anil with the Treasury of the United states a would enable it to act upon a Complete conspectus of the need of the government Sud the resource from which it Usu get draw its income. Big Bond Issue to mature. The fundamental fact which at present dominates the Ltd a a Rymont s a Tandul Ait a Avion is that of its War indebtedness matures within the next two and a half years of this amount 11,600.-iwt.ooo Are floating debt and f6,<xa,, Victory notes and War savings Cert i it ates with rigid Economy Morous Salvage operations and adequate revenues from taxation a surplus of currant receipts Over current expenditures ran be realised and should the applied to the floating debt. All branches of the government should co operate to see that this program is realised. I cannot overemphasis the necessity of Economy in government appropriations and expenditures and the avoidance by tit Congress of practices which take Money from the Treasury by indefinite or revolving fund appropriations. The Estl mates for Tho present year show that Over a billion dollars of expenditures were authorised by the last Congress in addition to the amounts shown in Tho usual compiled statement of appropriations. Specific appropriations urged. This strikingly illustrates the importance of making direct and specific appropriations the relation Between the current receipts and current expenditures of the government during the present fiscal year a., Well us during Tho last half of Hie last fiscal car Las been disturbed mgl Jug 0aejl2.1.ihaiy Muey but Itji Harding leaves his card Calls at North Entrance to White House but does not enter the mansion. Washington. Dec. 8.�? i re Eldont elect Harding called at Tho Whit Hon. Senator Harding a in nut Sec the president. He drove to the North Entrance anti left l i it card. A tips do your shopping Early employers have upper hand. The employers have the Tipper hand. But to Usu of the 65, worker have employment owing to the fact employers say they have no orders for Spring suit. They further contend they Wilt he unable to opera in Competition with other clothe tonging Cen i Ter of suggested change in the work a tag agreement Are not made. I the worker half of of con i bled in in meeting voted rejection of the employers ultimatum gave their delegates Power to negotiate and pledged a in the event that the employer should Force a struggle upon us to put Forth a nil Effort to bring this struggle to a successful of not expect lockout. Sidney Hillman Union workers president a to carry the worker a reply to the manufacturers tile manufacturers previously Hail decided to put their ultimatum into effect whether accepted by workers or not fed. Ing that with Tho Lack of Empl meat they could Well risk such a step. However Union Leader Sui they did not expect employer to Force a lockout immediately. Many of the to Jook workers still employed on part time. No strike threat. The workers were not instructed to strike in tin event the employer put into effect their proposed wage and work changes hut to report such a Infarct Lorje to Union officials. Hillman a anxious to learn whether the employers really desired a test of strength or merely wished to bargain. A Elf the employers really want the things they ask for i think they know they will have to fight for them a he Xaiz a. A i think they inuit know we Are not ready to give up the things which have is or possible new Standard in tile clothing ambush troops. Of a band of inf Mommi two mail bandits to Poison Fred Poffenbarger and Orville Htu Ted of Council Bluffs Banton cat affair pleading to titty. Be term Renbarger and Orville a Rimpei Arn Ell Bluff two of the participant in til big mail robbery there recently were non lanced to 18 and 13 years in. Prison at Leavenworth by judge mar tin j. Wade of the touted state District court. They pleaded guilty. President Wilson is highly honoured president to be awarded Nobel peace prize dec. 10. Will be Given $40,000�?Only two other american have received gift. Coi in hag a dec. is made that the Vobel peace prize Wui he conferred on president Wilson of tile United states on december to. The Nobel peace prize carries with it a Grant of a Hoot 84o.u0u, which is one fifth of the annual interest of about $9,000,060 left far that purpose by Alfred ii. Nobel the swedish scientist Aud the inventor of dynamite who died in 1806. The Only two americans who have in the past received the Nobel peace prize were Theodore Roosevelt in 1000 Aud Elihu Root in 1012. Farmers All Over i the West Are hit decline in prices net confined to the United states. A remember you promised her a Ford Coupe for Xmas. We can t Blume you or her. Falk motor co. Governor Harding of Reserve Bank system says he can t provide funds to it sleeve conditions. Indianapolis Dee. 8,�? Tov. It. P. G. Harding of the Federal pm Rve Hoard addressing til annual convention her of the american farm Bureau federation declared the net volume of Hank credit and currency hat increased during the last year and that Federal Reserve Bauk have not curtailed agricultural credit. The Price decline of raw products he said. A encircles the world a and la not Felt atone by the american Farmer. A a meal it or of the Federal Reserve Bourd a declared governor Harding Quot have a keen sympathy for the Farmers in their present predicament and Are desirous of doing everything Uliey can legitimately and properly to help them. It i impossible however for any bunking system to provide funds for withholding All Staple crops entirely from the Market for any length of time. A the volume of our great Staple crops is so Large and their value so Grent that any efforts to vaporize them by Means of Bank credit would inevitably result in disaster to the conk nullity in general mud to Tho Farmer especially. A this i it a year of physical plenty Ami the Farmers trouble arise from Price derangement. Tis decline in Price of nil agricultural staid has been very marked and some May not lie scalable in the prevent circumstances it any Price. Much commodities of course must he carried Over Tor account of some one Aud they had belter be carried for tin account of the producer. Other Staple can be sold at a Price and gradual sales of these Staples will. La my opinion stabilize the entire situation a although declining to predict the future trend of Price governor Harding said he believed that in a Short time farm product will Advance or prices of other go Jap Jujj

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