THE SEMI-WEEKLY TrflBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
GREEK TROOPS
TAKE SMYRNA
t,U. S. Warships Take Part in Big
Allied Demonstration Before
Turkish City.
MRS. CONSTANCE B. VAUGHN
GERMANS REJECT
PRINCE UMBERT0 OF ITALY
TERM OF PEAG
Foe Chancellor Says Entente
"Must Not Cage Us;" Split
Over Yielding.
BIG U. S. BATTLESHIP THERE
CABINET CRISIS IN SIGHT
1919 NATIONAL RIFLE MATCHES
:N0W- &
Germans and Bulgarians Wear Ital
ian Uniforms In Attempt to Es
cape Serbs and Croatlano
Fight at Agram.
.
Athens, May 10. Greek forces land
ed nt Smyrna. Tho news was rc
cclm'. t-rc vltli great enthusiasm.
A Purls dispatch Thursday stated
that "an Important port" In Asia Mi
nor would "soon bu tho theater of a
military and naval manifestation by
tho allies In which Greek soldiers and
French, British and Italian warships
will participate. ,
' Paris, May 10. An extensive nnval
demonstration by tho allies, has been
begun nt Smyrna In connection with
-n mandate to Greece to administer tho
city.
, Tho United States battleship Ari
zona and tour United States Cruisers
have arrived at Smyrna, according to
an Athens dispatch.
. Salonlkl, Greece, May 10. The mili
tary governor of Salonlkl has Issued a
' statement announcing tho arrest. In
various districts of German ofllcers
-and soldiers and many Bulgarians
-wearing tho Italian uniform In an ef
fort to escape to Bulgaria.
Several comltadjls wearing tho Ital
ian uniform and transported on Italian
military auto trucks also were seized.
London, May 10. Serious fighting
between Serbians nnd Croatlans at
Agram, tho Croatian cnppltal, Is re
ported In a Vlc'nnn dispatch to tho Ex
change Telegraph company.
TRIBUTE TO SLAIN NURSE
Edith Cavell's Body Is Taken to West
. minster Abbey in England for
Memorial Service.
London, May 17. England paid trib
ute hero to Edith Cavell, the English
nurse executed by tho Germans at
Urussels October 12, 1015, when, her
body, en route from Brussels to her
native city of Norwich, was taken to
"Westminster abbey for nn Impresslvo
memorial service.
It was a public funeral, In which It
socmcd every resident of tho great me
tropolis endeavored to participate. Tho
streets through which the cortege
moved were congested with crowds,
ind every Inch of stnndlng room In the
neighborhood of tho abbey was occu
pled by a densely massed multitude
which was eager to do reverent hom
age to "that brave woman," as the
bishop of London described her, "who
deserves a great deal from the Brit
ish empire." -
The congregation nt the abbey In
cluded high ofllclals of the' government,
representatives of foreign countries
and men prominent In many walks of
life.
CHICAGO MiLK TIEUP ENDS
Boost Price to 14 Cents Dealers Give
Drivers Raise on Plea of United
States Agent.
Chicago, May 17. Tho milk wagon
drivers' strike wns settled by federal
mediation. Tho drivers were granted
their demands, an Increase of $9 a
week, and the milk distributors will
be permitted to increase the price of
jifllk from 18 to 14 cents.
Fred L. Felck, federal commissioner
of the department of labor, who Inter
ceded In the strike and brought about
the agreement, Issued a statement In
which he said:
"The government felt the sltuntlon
so precarious to tho peoplo of Chicago
nnd to other cities that differences
should bo settled immediately, with
concessions from both sides."
Health Commissioner Robertson
said: "It's robbery. Retnllers get
their milk delivered at 22 cents a
gallon. They should get It retailed at
less than 7 cents over the cost."
SENATOR CUMMINS ELECTED
Iowa Solon Chosen President Pro
Tempore of Senate at
G. O. P. Meet
Washington, May 15. Senator Cum
mins of Iowa, favored by tho progres
sive group, was chosen unanimously
for president pro temporo of the sen
ato at tho organization conference of
Republican senators.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts was
re-elected party leader and discussion
of tlie controversy over committee
chairmanships for Senators Penrose of
Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming
was postponed.
Urge Equality for Women.
St. Louis, May 19. Recommenda
tions for granting women equality
with men In church affairs, were laid
before commissioners of tho Presby
torlnn church In the United States
here at tho second day's session.
Few Officers Ask Jobs.
Washington, May 19. Only 8 per
cent of tho 103,524 commissioned ofll
cers who wero discharged from tho
nny up to May requested the as
sistance of tho federal agencies In
securing employment-
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ssfswss-' etas
Mrs. Constance Ulcknell Vaughn Is
nnother member of tho Blcknell fam
ily decorated by the queen of Bel
glum for Red Cross work. She Is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P.
Blcknell.
WINNIPEG IS TIED UP
RETURNED SOLDIERS AND LA
BOR FORCES CONTROL CITY.
Neither Employers Nor Workers Are
Attempting to Settle Differences
Newspapers May Quit
Winnipeg, May 17. With tho labor
forces and returned soldiers In com
plete control, commercial, Industrial
and municipal Winnipeg was paralyzed
by tho general strike which was de
clared In sympathy with tho strikes
of building nnd metal trades employ
ees. Sunday morning quiet marked
conditions In tho downtown district
nnd no disorder hns been reported to
tho pollco or newspapers from any
source.
Tho stcreotypers and webb press
men decided to join the general strike.
As a result all three Winnipeg dally
newspapers will undoubtedly suspend
publication. The strike commltteo Is
considering tho advisability of the La
bor News, a weekly labor organ, pub
lishing n dally edition.
The telephone compnny employees
Joined tho strike. Gas and electric
light plants were permitted to oper
ato for tho present at least.
Existing differences between the
Great War. Veterans' association and
the unions, regarding tho soldiers' at
titude favoring tho deportntlon of all
enemy aliens, have been sidetracked for
the time being as a result of the agree
ment In which tho soldiers Indorsed
the strike nnd promised to use every
nvallablo means to maintain law and
order. As tho unions' membership In
cludes a number of Winnipeg aliens, It
was stated by union leaders nnd re
turned soldiers that tho alien problem
would be considered by the two bodies
after the strike Is settled.
Neither tho striking forces nor the
Industrial elements opposed to union
ism have mnde public moves of Im
portance nnd tho sltuntlon was re
ferred to as an airtight deadlock. For
mal approval of the strike by the re
turned soldiers has been tho overshad
owing development since tho strike
wns cnlled nnd It Is understood that
this nctlon Is being considered by gov
ernment ofllclals nt Ottawa. In some
quarters It Is expected that the next
move In tho situation might be made
by tho federal government.
FIGHT FINLAND RECOGNITION
Russian Conservatives Protest to As
sociated Powers Against Rec- r
ognitlon.
Washington, May 10. Tho Russian
political conferenco nt Paris, composed
of prominent members of former Itus
slnn governments, hns protested to the
associated powers against the recog
nition of tho Independence of Finland
by the United Stntas and Great Brit
ain, according to n cnblegram received
nt tho Russian embassy from former
Foreign Minister Snzonoff.
MEXICAN REBELS DEFEATED
Routed by Federal Troops, leaving
Several Dead on the Field
Near Sonora.
Washington, May 10. Rebel forces
which recently raided Canea. Sonora,
were defeated by federal troops under
Major Meza, tho Mexican embassy was
advised by Gen. Mlgol Plnn, governor
of Sonora. General Plnn said the
bandits wero routed, leaving several
dead and wounded nnd n number of
horses.
" Bar I. W. W. Meeting.
Mllwnukeo, May 17. Tho proposed
Industrial Workers of tho World meet
ing planned to bo held nt a hall Sat
urday night will not bo permitted to
tnko place, according to word received
from Governor Phlllpp.
Fosdlck League Envoy.
Washington, Mny 17. Raymond B.
Fosdlck, who was chnlnnan of tho
commission on training enmp activi
ties during tho war, will bo tho Ameri
can representative on the council of
the league of nations.
Minority Socialists, Who Arc Expected
to Come Into Power if Ebert Gov- -ernment
Falls, Say Treaty
Must Be Signed.
Berlin, May 15. Tho declaration by
Chancellor Seheldomnnn In tho nation
al assembly that the peace terms wore
"unacceptable." brought the membors
of the assembly, tho 'spectators and
those In the press gallery to their feet
In a hurricane of cheers nnd applnuso.
The ehancollor paused In his address
and then thundered out the word
which nnnounced tho Germnn govern
ment's rejection of the Versailles con
ditions. Leaders of the various groups, with
the exception of tho Hugo Ilnaso
group, made speeches backlug tho gov
ernment. Tho chancellor described tho penco
treaty as a "dreadful and murderous"
document. Ho said It would mako nn
enormous Jnll of Germany, In which
00,000,000 persons would hnvo to labor
for tho victors in tho war. The chan
cellor said German trade would bo
strangled should tho peaco terms bo
accepted.
"That Is tho Jnll picture in Its ox
tcrnnl aspects," ho continued, "without
ships because tho mercantile fleet
passes Into entente hands, without ca
bles, without colonies, without foreign
settlements, without reciprocity nnd
legal protection yes, nnd even with
out tho right to co-operate In fixing tho
prices for the goods nnd articles which
we hnvo to deliver as tribute.
"I ask you what honest mnn will say
that Germany can accept such condi
tions? At tho same time, ns wo shall
hnvo to bestir ourselves to perform
forced labor for tho benefit of tho
entire world, our foreign trade, tho
solo source of our welfare, Is destroyed
and our homo trade Is rendered Impos
sible." Ho criticized President Wilson nnd
said that the president by his nttltudo
hud deceived the hopes of the German
people.
"Even if Important changes are not
made by tho negotiations begun nt
Versailles, there remains no choice but
to bow to compulsion and sign "the
treaty," says an appeal of tho central
commltteo of tho Independent socialist
party in the party organ, Dlo Frelhelt.
(It hns been predicted that tho Ber
lin government, In tho event that it
should decide to go down In n blaze of
glory by rejection of tho peaco terms,
would be succeeded by the minority
socialists led by Hugo Ilaase.)
BANDITS ROB ILLINOIS BANK
First National of Dolton Is Stripped
of All Cash and Liberty
Bonds.
Chicago, May 17. Bandits seized
$00,000 from the First National bank
of Dolton. It was tho biggest haul
made by bandits In this pnrt of tho
country In yenrs. The loot Included
30,000 In Liberty bonds, $20,000 In
certificates of Indebtedness and $10,
000 In cash, according to Horace
Holmes, cashier. Virtually everything
of value In the bank wns taken.
Dolton Is one of tho small towns
lying In the Calumet region n few
miles south of th6 Chicago line nnd
several miles west of Hammond.
LEG0N T0 JAKE IN WOMEN
Yeomanettes, Army Nurses and Ma
rine Corps Girls Held Eligible
for Membership.
New York, May 15. Women who
served In various war service work,
Including yeomnnettcs, nrmy nurses
nnd marine corps girls, nre eligible for
membership In the American legion,
tho association of veterans of tho
world war, according to u stntcmcnt
Issued from the nrttlonnl .headquarters
hero of tho organization.
CHINESE CABINET RESIGNS
Government Ministers Quit, but the
President Refuse's to Relieve
Them of Jobs.
Parts, May 10. Tho Chineso cabinet
hns resigned, but the president has re
fused to accept tho resignation, nc
cording to a telegram from Peking to
tho peaco conferenco.
The pence conferonco nt Shanghai
between representatives of northern
nnd southern China, tho telegram adds,
has broken up.
One Day of Grace.
Washington, Maj- 10. Rovenuo cm
lectors wero notified by tho foderal
rovenno bureau that since .Tune 15
falls on Sundny, the second Installment
of Income taxes duo on that dato will
be accepted on Monday, Juno 10.
Take Alleged Bandit.
Louisville, Ky., Mny 10. Earl Cav
erly, twenty-five, of Los Angeles, Is
under arrest hero charged with steal
Irig $14,000 worth of Liberty bonds
from a Vancouver (B. C.) bank, where
ho was employed.
This is mo latent pnurogrnpi of
Prince Umberto, only son of tho king
anil queen of Italy and heir to tho
throne.
TO CUT WHEAT PRICE
REDUCTION REACHING FROM
MILLER TO BAKER PLANNED.
Director Barnes Says Representatives
of Grain Industry Agreed to Pro
posal at New York Meet.
New York, May 10. An Immedlato
reduction In tho price of wheat, reach
Ing all down tho lino from tho pro
ducer to tho bukor, is believed ns
sured, according to a statement Is
sued by Julius Bnrnos, wheat director,
following n prolonged conferenco be
tween Mr. Bnrnos nnd representatives
of the grain Industry, Including grain
handlers, millers, jobbers nnd bakers
The statement Issued by Mr. Barnes
snys :
"There was a general agreement
that tn order that all tho wheat pro
ducers of the country should secure
equal benefits, tho vnrlous trades
could be bound by contracts to eee
that wheat trading should bo only on
the guaranteed price nnd, If a lower
basis was justified with tho develop
ment of world factors as the season
advanced, this lower bnsls should bo
mnde to roach tho consumer by trndo
agreements with millers and manu
facturing facilities, the wheat director
making tho readjusting bnsls cffectlvo
by tho payment of tho difference as
allowed undenact of congress.
"In return for protection ngnlnst a
fall In price, after the guaranteed
price had been made for wheat
bought, the wheat director would re
quire from tho various trades con
tract obligations by which their trade
practices and margins of prollt would
be subject to review and control by
the whent director.
"Tho bakers were willing to enter
into u contract by which they would
reflect nt ouce In their products tho
lower price of flour. mado cffectlvo by
the mills. In this way, down to
the rotnll trade there Is thought to bo
nn ussurnnco that n reduced price oi
wheat should bo effective Immediate
ly nil down tho line."
MORE FIGHTERS REACH N. Y.
Transport Plattsburg Carries 322nd
Artillery, 477 Convalescents and
73 Wives of Yanks.
Nqw York, Mny 17. The transport
Plattsburg arrived from Brest with
1.S00 troops, among them the 322ml
lield artillery, to be demobilized t
amps Grant, Sherman, Taylor and
Leo. Other passengers Included -177
i onvnlescents, Twentieth Liverpool
nnd 235th to 238th Brest convalescent
detachments making up the grenter
part. Sixty wives of soldiers, thirteen
Millors wives and thirteen children,
together with thirteen stranded Amer
ican civilians, also were aboard. The
I'latlshurg also brought homo 001 nnv
nl men from American ships and sta
tions In European waters.
KILLS TWO; WOUNDS TWO
Wisconsin Man In Jealous Rage Runs
Amuck at Port Washington
Posse In Pursuit.
Port Washington, Mny 17. Enraged
because ho found nnother man with
the' girl ho loved, Ruy Schwartz, snld
to bo a traveling salesman for n Chi
'ago firm, shot and killed tho girl nnd
the man hero nnd probably fatally
wounded tho girl's little sister and an
other mnn.
Tho dead nre: Amelia Barry, twen
ty years old ; Frederick Yerkes. Tho
wounded are: Mario Barry, eight
years old, sister of tho slain girl; Al
bert Rntz, nn "Innocent bystander."
Would Bar Cotton for Year.
Tallahassee, Fla May 10. Preven
tion of cotton growing for one year
to eradlcato tho boll weevil, which
causes $100,000,000 damnge annually,
Is proposed by Representative Kll
Futch.
Qas Killed Four.
.Chicago, May 10. Frank Swlnlarskl
and his wife Mnry are overcomo with
grief because of an accident which
ended the lives of their four llttlo
children. They wero victims of
gas.
Lieut. Col. William O. Harllee, U.
S. M. a, who Is executive ofllcer of
tho nntlonnl rifle matches of 1019, ex
pects Unit thousands of expert marks
men will bo guests of tho United
States navy during August ( on tho
largest of tho chain of rlllo rnnges con
itructed by tho bluejackets during our
war with Germany.
Invited to be present aro teams of
:ho army, navy, murine corps, us well
as two dolegntlons from every state
nnd territory one representing the
National Guard unit and one tho civili
an riflemen.
Transportation nnd subsistence
expenses of the service teams and tho
teams designated to represent Uie
states have always been paid by tho
United States government. Any other
teams may attend by defraying their
own expenses.
Tho gathering of riflemen will bo
known ns tho national matches oC
1010, and Is the latest of a long series of marksmanship competitions Instituted
In 1003 nnd held nnnunlly wherever possible for tho purposo of stimulating
rifle prnctlco ns n national sport; developing riflemen having the, attainments
required of instructors In rifle shooting during tho war, nnd of restoring tho
United States to her rightful and traditional place as tho premier nation of
marksmen.
Tlie big matches will bo held at Caldwell, N. J., "45 minutes from BroauV
way."
SENATE AND LEAGUE OF NATIONS
nant from the treuty of pence, If possible. Tho alternative suggestion Is to
adopt a qualifying resolution or resolutions making absolutely clear, by remov
ing any possible ambiguity, tho determination of tills country to stnnd by tho
Monroe doctrine and never to permit It or Immigration questions to bo subject
to foreign interpretation.
Qualifying resolutions also would bo resorted to in dealing with artlclo 10
of the covenant, which commits the United States to the preservation of ter
ritorial Integrity of European nations. The virtue of qualifying resolutions
Is that they would, If adopted, permit tho treaty and covenant to bo ratified
without the necessity of their being returned to the penco conferenco
CARRANZA AND
Failure of tho nilled powers to
Invito Mexico to participate In the con
ference of neutrals at Paris has
aroused President Carranzn to bitter
resentment, which has been enhanced
by the Incorporation of recognition of
tho Monroe doctrine In tho covenant
of the league of nations without con
sultation with Mexico.
An olllclnl Mexican stntoment de
clares that the Mexican government
"has not recognized, nor will It rec
ognize, the Monroe doctrine or any
other which may attack the sovereign
Independence of Mexico."
Chicago business men who recent
ly returned from n survey of condi
tions In tho Interior of Mexico are
practically unanimous In tho belief
that the peaco conference, by class
ing Mexico among the outlaw na
tions of the world, completely reversed
the political sltuutlon In that country
nnd wrote finis after the namo of
Carranza. Many subscribe to the sentiment of one of tho oldest of the consular
agents in Latin-American service that Carruuzu has fallen and cannot last out
his term.
SENATOR NEW AND AERONAUTICS
at nil miro that within a few years nir power muy not mako fleets und armies,
as we see them, obsolete.
"We aro further advanced than uny other nation. Wo aro tlie first nation
to have regulations for our own civil flying agreed to by all concerned."
Washington advices nro that tho
nttltudo of Republican United Staten
seilntora who have been ntWiomc con
sulting their constituents on tho
league of nations is fairly summed up
by Senator Sherman of Illinois, who
snld:
"Tho lenguo hns been improved
somewhat, but not sufficiently to justi
fy mo lu voting for it."
In tho meantime tho Republican
senators will probably refrain from
airing their views until u conferenco
has been hold.
A canvass of tho attltudo of tho Re
publican senators shows that 33 nro
against tho covenant, ten aro doubtful
and six support it. Another cstlmato
mndo public by tho Leaguo to Enforce
Peaco lists 0-1 ecnators for it, 20
doubtful nnd 12 positively ngnlnst it.
Two plans of nctlon relating to
tho leaguo covenant aro under consid
eration. One Is to dlssoclnto tho cove
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OUTLAWED MEXICO
Senator Harry S. New of Indiana
Is urging tho creation of a department
of aeronautics with a sent In the cabi
net. Ho Intends to bring up the sub
ject In tho next congress nnd to de
mand action that will "liable the Unit
ed States to keep pace, If not outdo,
the other nations In military nnd civil
aeronautics. He says tho receipt In
Washington recently of tho detailed
plans of Great Britain for achieving
supremacy of tho air and developing
civil aviation in ail the British do
minions, has served to direct attention
anew to tho fuiluro of tho administra
tion so far to bring fonvard any pro
gram of air navigation.
In ndvocutlng tho Immedlnto up
proprlatlon of $300,000,000 Major Gen
oral Seely, undersecretary for ulr, told
parliament :
"I believe tho proportion of air
force to land and sea forces will bo
un ever growing proportion. I nm not
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