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^oxitb l^eto Peflin ^u VOL. XXin NO. 40 SOUTH HEW BERLIN, CHENANGO CO., H. Y., SATURDAY, OCTOBER IR, 1919 TERHS:-$1.25 PER YEAH BRIEFS BY CABLE, WIRE.JIIRELESS Great Events That Are Chang* ing the World’s Destiny Told in Paragraphs. ITEMS TO INTEREST ALL Chort Chronicle of Past Oecurronesa Throughout the Union and Our \ Colonies—News From Europs ‘ That Wifi Instruct. PEACE BULLETINS T h e ratification ’o f the treaty w ith O erm a n y by the F r e n c h cham b er of dep u ties brings the leg a l operation of that instrument nearer than is under- «t(ft)d by some. The third nation to ratify it is now predicted will not be Japan, as same have guessed, but ©ore likely Italy. Senator Johnson will finish his anti- league speaking trip in the west. He denies he has been called back. Senator Hitchcock notified the White House that forty Democratic ■senators are ready to obey the presi- ^dent’s directions in the peace treaty fight, even to the rejection of the 4:onvention if the opposition succeeds .in amending. Brigadier General William Mitchell, director of military aeronautics, told the house military afOairs committee the country. was defenseless against an aerial attack and urged congress . to provide for an adequate service. General Dehikine has pushed for* ward to within 230 miles of Moscow, the Bolshevik! opposing him surren dering in great numbers. It is reported from Rome tlzat the Fiume outlook is encouraging, and a speedy agreement may oe looked for. “it is impossible to say that this or that man invented the tank,” W inston Spencer Ohurchlll, secretary for war, testified before the royal com m ission on aw a r d s to inventors, w h ich is deal ing with the claims of eleven men who are seeking the honor and bounties at tached to the invention of this for midable instrument of war. The German government has an nounced amnesty for 100,000 desert ers, except those under the charge of treason. » — ---------------------------------------» WASHINGTON Johnson, of Washington, gives out a statement in support of his im m igra tion b ill exclud ing Japanese and making ultimate United States citi zenship a requirem e n t for admission to th is country. In an opinion given out in Wash ington by the advisory counsel of the National Association of Owners of Railway Securities it is held that congress possesses the power to regulate the excess earnings of the lines. The bureau of internal revenue has announced an increase of more than $T,000,000 in the Income tax raturns for 1917 ower those of 1916. The total returns were $13,652,5^,- 207. New York led in personal ‘re turns. President W ilson’s condition con tinues to show improvement, the of ficial bulletins of his physicians re port. The danger point in his ill ness, however, has not been passed, and Doctor Grayson has advised the cabinet to bring only very “urgent matters” to the president’s atten tion. ! Major General William D Sibert, chief of the chemical warfare divis ion, told the house committee on mili- ■tary affairs- that the power of the general staff should be curtailed and that a standing army of 250,000 is sufficient for peace times. • Net government ^ expenditures in September were $667,221,630, a new low record since the signing of the armistice. K ------------------------------------------------ -» GENERAL * General Townsend Dodd, command er of Langley Field, at Hampton, Va., was killed at Bustleton, near Philadel- I)hia, when the motor of his airplane went wrong and the machine fell to earth. f John’W. Garrett, American minister to Holland, has resigned. I First sitting of the. national con ference of industry in Washington showed the representatives of capital, iabor and the public disposed to he alert and suspicious and prepared af ,later sessions to free their minds of ‘their grievances. Testifying before governor’s commis sioner, New York state official says 15,000 employers of state ignore the compensation law. President Gomperi, of the A. P. of L., declared before the house inter state commerce committee ^ that American labor will not stand for ar bitration by force and would not sub mit to laws declaring strikes illegal. Secretary Glass declares granting of large bonuses to returned service men, would necessitate floating another large government bond issue which the country is in no position to stand at present. A delegation was sent to the United- States by the Welsh tinplate industry with instructions to make special in quiry into systems used In this coun try for intensive tinplate production.- Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, at the conclusion of his speech in Denver, announced he had cancelled his engagements and would return east. Admiral Graysog, personal physician to the president, announced he had received letters in every mail offering cures for the president’s illness. Herbert Hoover, former U. S. food administrator, will head the nation wide campaign of the Girl Scouts for funds and associate members. Industrial conference called by President Wilson to consider all the phases of the present industrial problems and seek a solution met at Washington, President Wilson’s condition show ed a further slight improvement, hiS physicians announce. His appetite is better and he sleeps well. The Indiana steel strike zone was quiet, with Gary controlled by 1500 regulars and state troops in Bast Chicago and Indiana Harbor. General Wood is in command of the regulars. Houston Thompson, of the federal trade commission, declared the pub lic will be swindled out of $500,000 a year unless congress erects proper safeguards in the form of controlling legislation against “wildcat” invest ments. SPORTING Snell, left end of the Penn State team, must be some baby. He is keep ing Conover, captain of the ’18 team, on the side lines, which in itself is a feat. Higgins, the All-America crack, is back, and all teams may expect trouble when trying to skirt the State ends. Prank says that i f Princeton can get som e big men for the baekfield the team will go along well. President Allen of the Little Rock club announced Kid Elberfeld had signed to manage the team. . Willte Jackson has been signed^up for five four-round bouts in San Fran cisco next month. Paddy Mullin, the Brooklyn sport ing man, has signed Harry Wills, the colored heavy-weight, for four bouts in San Francisco. Wills is'iiqrecelve $500 for each bout, with the privi lege of percentage. Another world series record has been broken in a series fraught with .many new marks and sensational hap penings. The Beds and the White Sox will divide the biggest pot in all the history of these post-season struggles for the so-called world championship. This year the players of the club.s which finished second, the New York Giants in the National League and ‘ the Cleveland, in the American League, will divide 15 per cent of the grand world series total, or $39,052.46. This means, each' man, counting 25 eligible on each team, will get $781 each. The New York Yankees and the Chi cago Cubs, which finished third in their respective leagues, will be en- 'riched by the world series about $520 each, 10 per cent of the grand total. Ed Geers drove the three-year-old Homefast to a straight heat victory in the pacing futurity at Lexington, Ky. Sir Thomas Lipton has sent another challenge to American yachtsmen for 1920. Lee Stahl, middle-weight champion of the United States* navy, is out of the service and is taking up profes sional boxing. FOREIGN First effects of a coal shortage are being felt in .Europe. General Seminott has notified Wash ington that it is time to “fade or fight,” urging as a reason that merely guarding the trans-Siberian line does not help much to crush the Bolshevik!. France has established an organiza tion to buy supplies from Germany. The high value of the dollar setyes to check trade with the United katea. King Victor Emmanuel has signed the peace treaties with Germany and Austria. This ratification by royal decree will be presented to the new Italian parliament for their, approval. The French senate began considera tion of the German treaty, and Great Britain is awaiting action by Austra lia. When Prance, the British empire and Italy have finally acted the treaty becomes effective. All Lima newspapers suspended publication because of the strike of printers. ^ ENGLISH RAIL MEN AGREEmETURN Strike Ends by Compromise Set tlement Between Premier and Union Officials. WAGES STABLE FOR YEAR Victory I.Nciainied By Both Factions. Minimum Wage Will Be Lower .Than Demanded—Back Pay is Granted ' London.—T?he strike of British railwaymen, that has kept 600,000 employes idle for more than a week and stopped the work of many thou sands in other industries, came to an end with dramatic suddenness. Em ployes of all classes returned^^o work and the other sympathetic walkouts, which were to have begun, are in definitely postiponed. After an eleventb-bour conference between Premier Lloyd George and members of his cabinet, representing the employer-government on the one hand, and the executive committee of the National Union of Railwaymen aad a mediating delegation composed ■of representatives of various trade unions on the other, a compromise was effected. The dispute over wages resulted in aUi «xtension 2 of the period in which present levels would be stabilized and the establishment of a minimum wage lower than that asked by the strik ers, The question of standardization ■of wages on a scale to apply to all the railroads in the country, settlement of which has been urged by the railway- men for the last year, was left open to negotiation, with the understanding an agreement would be reached by Christmas. The previous government wages of fer, described as “definitive,’.’ provid ed! for the stabilization of wages at their present level until D e c e m b e r 31 of this ye«r, as the m inister o f labor had in s is t e d the presen t scale, which, including w a r bonuses, averages near ly.. 150 per cent above pre-war levels, could not be maintained beyond that date. Under the terms of the settle ment “wages in the United Kingdom will be stabilized at their present level until September 30, 1920.” The government forced a reduction of the railwaymen’s demands for a minimijm wage of 60 to 51 shillings, which it was agreed would be paid hereafter to every adult worker. In addition the government agreed to pay the arrears of wages of strik ers which early last week 'vere order ed withheld because the men left their posts without warning. It was agreed that the return of the strikefs would not affect the workers who operated the trains during the crises. The end of the strike came' when the public had almost given up all hope of peaceful settlement. Now that the crisis is past, both sides ad mit that England has literally been pulled back from the verge of civil war. Following the breakdown of nego tiations, thousands of “citizen guards” had been enrolled to maintain order in the crisis. Thirty-five hundred had enlisted in London, two thousand in Liverpool, one thousand in Manches ter, and it was reported the govern ment had planned to have 25,000 “un der brassards” the day when the call ing of a general strike was feared. Ovation For Thorna*. London.—It is conceded on all sides that the settlement of the railway strike is the outcome of the moderate but determined efforts of the executive of the Transport Workers’ Federa tion and men like Arthur Henderson and John Robert dynes, who through out have set their faces steadily against the idea of a sympathetic strike until every possible avenue of mediation had been explored. James Henry Thomas, secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, had a tremendous ovation when he appeared to address some five thou sand of the men at Albert Hall. It was an impressive ‘moment when, after the hurricane of cheering sub sided, the audience rose and sang “Abide With Me.” CHECK ON PROMOTERS URGED. Trade Commlaalohera Would Have bonuses Printed. Washington.— Houston Thompson, federal trade commissioner; before the lw>use judiciary committee advo cated amendments to proposed nation al blue sky laws requiring stock pro- ©oters and underwriters to give the rate of commission or bdnus in large type on all their advertisements. Thompson opposed any plan to have s. government official approve stock Mwues. ^**I**M”M*I**I**M' * >I*»I*»M**M**F*W* ± H. B. BUTLER ± •i' 4 \ ' ^ ^ - i - i . H. B. Butler, secretary of the organ ization committee of, th&~international labor conference, is in Washington in advance of the conference October 29. He was appointed by the League of Nations to organize the meeting, which will be housed In one of the war buildings In Washington. More than 1,000 delegates from nearly fifty countries will attend. Mr. Butler is an Englishman. MARTIAL LAW RULES IN STEEL CENTRES Edict Fortlds Paradis and Odldodrimallnd of strikers. Gary, Inda—Major Leonard Wood, In command of federal troops here, Jssued an order placing the town of Gary under martial law, Gairy, site of one of the United States Steel corporation’s greatest plants, affected for 'more than two weeks by the strike in the steel indus try, is by this order placed xmder military control 6f approximately 1600 federal soldiers. Call for federal troops was made by James P. Goodrich, governor of Indiana, after thousands of strikers paraded and held mass-meetings after being forbidden by the mayor, the polioRe and the approximately 800 state militiamen stationed at Gary. The course of the strike here has been marked by little violence. With the reports during the last week that strikers in increasing numbers were resuming their old places in the steel mills the attitude of pickets, whose members also increased, became a threatening one and for a time It seemed as if a serious clash would be unavoidable. With -the parade, however, accord ing to a statement by Governor Good rich, the situation became so threat ening that it was deemed advisable to ask for federal troops. The governor acted on the advice of May-or Hodges, of Gary, and Harry B. Smith, state adjutant general. He said: “Both of ficials expressed alarm at the attitude of the 10,000 strikers; in Gary and said they feared that the small num ber of stkte s,troops stationed there was Insufficient to cope with the stl- uation,” read the governor’s state ment. Ui>on the arrival of the federal sol diers and the issuance of a proclama tion by General Wood, proclaiming military control, the state .JhlUtJa were ordered to Indiana Harbor and East Chicago, Ind., where Governor Goodrich declared martial law. The approximately 1600 men under Major General Wood are regarded as sufficient to enforce Ms direction that no public meetings or assemblages be held and forbidding parades and de monstrations against the authorities.’ Carrying of weapons of any descrip tion by persons other than the police, military authorities, troops and mem bers of the city government also was forbidden. * WORLD NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM NEW YORK.—Quick action on the part o f the crew in closing the water tight “collision bulkhead” on the steamer Lexington prevented a pos- rainmed by the United States subma rine 0-7, In the treacherous waters ly returning. ITALY RATIFIES PEAGE TREATY King Signs German and Aus> trian Treaties, But Parlia- fflent Must Act. OTHER NATIONS TAKE ACTION Recognition of League May Be Step Toward Afirlatic Settlement—Con flict Between Poet and Radi cals as Aid to Crown. Rome.—The king of Italy made use of his royal prerogative to ratify, by proclamation, the peace treaties with Germany and Austria. The ratifica tion is subject to approval by the parliament, but this approval, more or less, is a matter of form, and a fore gone conclusion. It is expected not later than, the middle of November. To all intents and purposes, Italy’s ratification of the two treaties is now an accomplished fact. Italy is the' only nation that so far has ratified the convention with Austria. Intense speculation is rife as to the political effect of the king’s action upon the country, especially the army and navy. Over on the other side of the Adriatic, in Fiume, Gabriele d’An- nunzio is denouncing Italy’s allies, the peace treaties and the league of na tions and the Italian government to the tune of rebellious utterances. He says he will have nothing to do with the Nltti government, with the allies or with the league of nations, until the annexation of Fiume Is sanc tioned by the world. Yet ratification of the peace treaties by Italy is the biggest step yet taken toward bring ing into actual and official existence the league of nations which is to have the final word about Fiume, for in France it requires’ only the senate’s almost certain approval and President Poincare’s autom a tic sign a ture, and in England only King George’s “O K” is needed to i^ake the treaties effec tive, the ratification of but three al lied powers being; necessary to that end. On the other hand, the constitution al procedure of the Italian king in single-handedly making peace after the parliament has been sent home may give, it is feared, considerable ammunition to the Italian radicals in their campaign against the present form of government in Italy. How ever, these radical forces will have nothing to do with D’Annunzio, whom they regard as an imperialist and militarist, and in the irreconcilable conflict between these two forces— the nationalists and internationalists; —'the crown and the Nitti government may find their most helpful ally in the crisis that looms on Rome’^ po litical horizon. COUNCIL ACTS ON AUSTRIA Will Create a Sub-Committee to In. sure Reprovisioning Her. Paris.—^The supreme council decid ed to create a sub-committee on re parations to take up the question of reprovisionlng of Austria and insure this being carried out Frank L. Polk, American member of the council, returned early from his visit to Coblenz and attended the ses- Sir George Clerk, who was sent by the supreme council on a mission to Bucharest' with regard to the Ruma nian occupation of portions of Hun gary, returned from the Rumanian capital. He will appear before the supreme council to present his report concerning the Hungarian-Rumanian situation. AGREES TO RELEASE POLES Germany Signs Convention With Government at Warsaw. Warsaw.—A Polish-German agree ment has been signed by the Polish delegation in Berlin providing tor the release of Poles interned In Germany for their military, political or national activity. The revocation of all sentences im posed on Poles and the free return of refugees are stipulations of the agree ment, which concerns Upper Silesia as well as Poland. The convention will be in force im mediately after its ratification. GERMANY READY TO RATIFY Final Action on Peace Expected Lat ter Part of This Month. \ London.—^The German press fore shadows the exchange of documents relating, to ratification of the peace treaty in the latter part of October, according to wireless repbrts. This however, is contingent upon the com pletion -of the ratification by Italy, Prance and Japaib it is iaUmuted, t MRS. MINA C. VAN WINKLE f Mrs. Mina O. Van Winkle of New»ii ark, N. J., Is chief of the woman’ll bureau of the Washington police del partment, a bureau which has beeal under fire at a congressional committed hearing. Mrs. Van Winkle testified! that Edward B, McLean, editor and owner of the Washington Post, threat^! ened to use his Influence “on the Hlli*1 as well as his newspaper to have thd bureau abolished. Mr. McLean denied making any such threats, but declared that the bureau Is a “dangerous toj^ for women to play with.” NEGRO PLOT TO SLAY ALL WHITES FOILED “Pddl Renid” Cdiilar S)Stdia - Was uptlsldi sipal. Helena, Ark.—^Bands of negroes in southern Phillips county of which this city is the seat of government, plan ned a general slaughter of white peo ple in this locality, according to mem bers of the committee of seven ap pointed by civil authorities with the * sanction of Governor Charles Brough, who announced that confessions made, by. some of the captured negroes and other information vindicated a wide spread plot. Members of the committee said the plot of the negroes included an upris-’ ing in the event certain demands' were not met. With October 6 set as the day for the uprising, negro prisoners are said to have confessed each mem ber of the organization' at specified places was made to take a bale of cotton by that date to certain promi nent land owners, plantation -man*, agers and merchants and “demaiid a settlement.” The confession as announced made it appear to the investigators that following this demand the negroes were to shoot down all whites in sight, A list of twenty-one names, admitted to represent the men to whom the demand would be presented, is. in the hands of the investigating oomraittee. Killing of these twenty-one, the prisoners said, was to be. the signal for all members of the organization to attack the white population. An extensive courier system was ex* plained in the evidence, providing for messengers known to the negroes as “Paul Reveres.” These couriers had been appointed to ride into^ all parts o f the territory, according to the tes timony, and summon members to' arms. The organization concerned Was declared to be the lodge of Progres sive Farmers and Household Union of America, confiscated literature of which designates Washington as na tional headqus^ters. Benatop Hitcheoek's assertion that opponents of the .peace treaty are BoIshevlkL anarchists and the law. less element brings a heated reply from Senator Poindexter, who re calls the pre-war attitude of the administration leader and declares It was pro-German. Denekine’s troops captured 15,000 prisoners around Voronezle, south east of the Orel r^ion, where the latsot big push for Moscow took place. General von der Goltz was reported to have Joined the Bolshst vlk. M
