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J - ^0tttb Ifetti peflin p e VOL. XXIII NO. 41 SOUTH NEW BERLIN, CHENANGO CO.. N. Y.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 25,1919 TERMS:-$1.25 PER YEAR BRIEFS BY GABLE, WIRE, WIRELESS / — ---------- Great Events That Are Chano* 1 ing the World’s Destiny Told In Paragraphs. y ITEMS TO INTEREST ALL fthort Chronicla of Past Occurrences I Throughout the Union and Our Colonies—News From Europe That Will Instruct. PEACE BULLETINS Coonel E, M. House, peaoe commis sioner, too ill to talk, returns on board the steamerv.Northern Pacific and goes into seclusion at his home in New York. The steamship Persia, bound from Genoa to the Par Bast, with a cargo of rilles, cartridges and field guns, has arrived at Blume, the crew mutining and forcing the captain to make that port. The French senate ratified the peace treaty without a dissenting vote. Marshal Foch announced unless the Germans evacuate from the Baltic Iirovinces, there will be no further de livery of ^noney or food. American troops will form part of the force to occupy the province of Silesia, if such action is directed by the supreme council. Secretary Glass recommended to congress an appropriation of $20,000,- 000 to enable the federal board of vo cational training to carry out the pur poses of the vocational training act. Senator Leon Bourgeois was ap pointed French representative in the council of the league of nations. Provisional President Leguia, ad dressing the populace from a balcony in front of the presidential palace, said he hoped that the league of na tions would solve the contiict between Chile and Peru. Japanese privy council approved the peace treaty and submitted it to the emperor for his ratification. Secretary Daniels announced the 1200 marines who enlisted for the period of the war and went to Haiti and San Domingo will be brought home and demobilized. WASHINGTON Senator Brandagee, of Connecticut, declared that President Wilson was deliberately keeping the U. S. sen ate in the dark as to Japanese design# in China, asserting that a report on Japanese control of Chinese railways had been suppressed and held under lock and key. Bulletin on President Wilson’s con dition says “his condition is such as to necessitate his remaining in bed for an extended period.’^ It is said the rest cure is prescribed because of signs of danger of a paralytic stroke. Sharp wrangling in the senate dur ing the peace treaty debate cleared the air and brought the Shantung am e n d m e n t nearer to a vote, with in dications that it will be defeated. Camp Mills, Mlneola, L. I., will be ■sold by the war department. Inclusion in the permanent railroad iegisiation of a provision to penalize strikes of railroad employes was de cided by the senate interstate com merce committee by a vote of 14 to 1. Secretary Lansing presided over the second meeting of the cabinet since President Wilson’s illness. GENERAL Strong opposition to a government owned merchant marine or the con tinuance of the government in the shipping business on a large scale is evident in the house merchant marine and fisheries committee as the resull of several hearings on the nation’s fu ture marine policy. Army fliers in ' the crosscontinent race will make the round trip from either Mineola or San Francisco- Major Spatz beat Lieutenant Bliel by thirty-one seconds in the 2701 mile lap eastward. Witii 100,000 longshoremen, 10,000 pier workers and 3500 ferryboat men on strike the port of New York was tied up in a hard knot, with all in coming and outgoing trade paralyzed. The food supply of the city is rapidly diminishing and the shortage of milk is becoming a menace to the health of children. Delegates to the industrial confer ence in Washington and the public at home and abroad are all asking, “Will anything worth while come out of it?” and most of the delegates look for something helpful to result from the meetings. ;taIlwRy ^opmen gained $4,000,000 a month by their strike, and up to October 1 tile advance amounted tO $20,000,000, Mr. Hines explained. Railroad trafllc sets new record, layB Walker D. Hines, With more cars In service than last year increased busi ness exceeds facilities of transporta tion, he declares. According to ofBcial reports present ed to the house immigration commit tee, ten million Germans and Aus trians are awaiting opportunity tO come to the United States. Baron H. Uhl, commissioner of im migration at Ellis Island, New York, received mstructions from Washing ton to deport Michael Golhooley, the young Belgian stowaway. House military committee approved the senate bill giving Major General E. H. Crowder the rank of lieutenant general on his retirement, in recogni tion for his services. Senate military committee voted unanimously in favor of an appropria tion of $16,000,000 for aircraft con struction. Despite progress made by President Wilson in his recovery, a long period of rest will be necessary, says his per sonal physician. Allied Tobacco League of America organized in Cincinnati to arouse anti- tobacco campaign of W. C. T. U. Suit to test constitutionality of the war-time prohi|)ition law was filed in the federal district court, Louisville, by Attorney Levy Mayer, of Chicago, and Marshal Bullitt; of Louisville. Needs of American farmers, includ ing recognition of the right of the farming class to remuneration on the basis of the number of hours per day of work were laid before the nation al industrial conference in Washing ton. Christian Zern, the oldest resident in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, cele- . brated his one hundred and first birth day anniversary with a family reun ion at the house of his daughter, Mrs. John Kurtz, at Suedburg. Many rela tives and friends, in addition to the members of his immediate family, were participants in the event. Breach of unity, possibly amounting to schism, in the body of Protestant Episcopal church inAmerica, may re sult if further attempt to revise the Prayer Book is made in the present triennial general convention, accxird- ing to opinion expressed by many leading churchmen attending at De troit. SPORTING Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsyl vania, Cornell and Columbia were winners in the leading football games. Both Yale and Princeton were scored on. The Army was beaten by Syra cuse, but the Navy had an easy vic tory over Johns Hopkins. The sur prise of the day was the defeat of Rutgers by Lehigh, 19 to 0. S. C. Hildreth’s Mad Hatter, ridden by Fator, won the $650,000 Latonia championship stakes for 3-year-olds at a mile and % in a sea of mud. Sway was second, Stockwell third. Cincinnati base ball club presented Manager Pat Moran with a check for $5000 as a bonus for winning the Na tional League pennant. The navy athletic officials may ar range a football game with Princeton for 1920. Prank Kelly, Rutgers cap tain, has gone to Yale. Cox drove McGreger the Great to a straight heat victory over Murphy’s Martondale, with Geers’ Mamie Locke distanced in the first heat of 2.14 trot at Atlanta’s grand circuit meeting. It is reported that Theodore Vien ne, the French sporting man and pro moter, is going to start a boxing boom in Paris and he is negotiating for a number of the best American glove men. Benny Valger gave a very tame ex hibition against Frankie Brown at Newark. Many .sporting writers who saw the match said Valger would be pie for Johnny Kilbane. Charley Weinert, the Newark heavy weight, made a real come-back at New ark on Monday, when he decisively defeated A1 Roberts, who has scored seventeen knockouts in ninenteen fights. Racing under the jurisdiction of the Jockey club has enjoyed so much pros perity in New York this year that plans for a new track, to be located at Long Beach, L. I., are said to be under favorable consideration. ' FOREIGN The Irish government makes public a list of 1293 offences in which vio lence has been exerted or threatened and which are attributed to the Sinn Fein. The offences cover the term from May 1, 1916, to September 30. 1919. Germans blame the Letts for the re newed war in the Baltic states, say ing they attacked llrst. The Germans shelled Riga and them Russian allies entered the city und^ cover of the bombardment. They are reported to be planning to seize all of Lithuania under pretext of advancing against the Bolshevik! further east U.SJR00PSRAIB GARY ^N E ST S Federal Agents Find Conspiracy . to Blow Up Government Buildings. DESPERATE PLOTS ARE BARED GAVIN M’NAB ^ Truckload of Radical Literature Tak en—Secret Lists of 700 Names Ob tained—“Just the Beginning,” Say United States Officials. Gary, Ind.—^Forty homes, suspected centers of revolutionary activities, were raided between midnight and dawn by United States soldiers under the direction of army intelligence headquarters. Eighteen men were taken into cus tody and held with forty others taken In previous raids. An army truck was called into service to carry away propaganda. A secret list, said to contain 700 names of Red agitators, fell into the hands of the Intelligence department shortly after the soldiers took con trol here. This list formed the basis for their operations. The intelligence officers will inves tigate the activities of each of the 700. The list, It was stated, named a “secret council” o f tw e n ty-tw o w h ich directed the w o rk of-th e larger organ ization. Virtually all members of the council are now under arrest, it was reported. Small details of troops were sent out from headquarters just before night, the officers in charge previous ly having been given secret orders. In the early hours of the morning, these details reported back \sdth pris oners and great bundles of documents. In some instances the raids were “tipped” and vvhen soldiers broke .down doors and entered the rooms they found evidences that literature and other matter had been burned. The federal officers are now search ing for Alexander Ivanoff, Gary steel worker and electrician who is said to have been Implicated as a maker of the thirty-six bombs which were sent to prominent men throughout the country in forged wrappings of Gim- bel Brothers’ store in New York. \ Gavin McNab of San'Francisoo'is one of the prominent figures in the industrial conference at Washington.' He belongs to the group representing the general public. _________________ COL HOUSE HOME FROM PARIS IN BAD HEALTH WILSON’^ DOCTOR WRITES THAT PRESIDENT IS EAGER TO GET BACK TO HIS WORK New York.—The New York World published the following concerning the president’s condi tion with the consent of Admi ral Grayson. The Information was contained in a letter received in New York by a friend to whom' the admiral had written. Admiral Graven wrote: do not know of any disease| that has not been included in the * rumors about the president. If I tried to refute all these rumors that have been scattered about I vvould not have any time to de vote to the president profession ally, “I have not followed this course, and I do not intend to do so. I agree with you—^I wish I was similarly afflicted if I could be as mentally alert as the president. ‘T can sincerely say that his mind is as good as it ever was since I have known him. “I hope the time will not be far distant when it will be considered safe to permit him to resume work, when his actions and his w o r d s will speak for themselves. “As he g^lns in strength his case is more difficult for me to handle, as he Is so very anxious to get back to work. “All the doctors I have called in agree that absolute rest and quiet are essential to complete re covery. My great difficulty is to keep him from becoming irritated as a result of the rest treatment, for If he should strain himself too severely complications might re sult. I believe you can appreci ate the trying situation wdth which I am laboring.” AIR POSTMAN BURNS ,TO DEATH Doty, Pilot on New York-Washlngton . Route, in Fatal Crash. Baltimore.—Lyman W. Doty, pilot of one of the New York-Washington mall airplanes, was burned to death at the Rolling Road Golf club, Catons- vllle, a suburl^, when his plane crash ed nose first into the ground and the gasoline tank exploded. Nearly every mail ponch was torn open by the explosion and mail was scattered over the ground. Much of It was burned. WORLD NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM BALTIC BLOCKADE AS RICHEPRISAL British Cruisers land 50,000 Letts to iAttack German- Bolshevik Flank. *I**I**I**I* t COL E. M. HOUSE ^ Says His Own Future “De pends on My Health.\ New York.—Colonel Edward M. House, chief adviser to President . Wilson and representative of the pres ident in Paris for several months, re turned from Europe on the transport Northern Pacific a sick man. “This is the first day I have been without fever since I sailed,” he said, when asked about the condition of his health. “It’s not influenza. It’s my old trouble—^gravel. I want to get back to my home and get a good rest. 1 hope to go on to Washington in a week or so.” To a question regarding the status of the feague of nations, Colonel House said: “There is nothing to be said on that subject. Everything that could be said in that connection has beep said. The thing to be done now is to begin work and try to steady and tranquilize the situation.” Rumors of a break between Presi dent Wilson and Colonel House and the latter’s intention to severTiis con nection with diplomatic affairs were set at rest by the colonel’s answer to a question regarding them. He smiled deprecatingly and said: “That all depends upon my health. 1 intend to serve as long as I am physically able.” Despite his tired look, he was cheer ful in manner when he was interview ed. He laughed outright when he was asked if he was going to advise Presi dent Wilson to turn over the affairs of the nation to the vice president. “Do you know anything about Pres ident Wilson’s real condition—any thing more than has been given to the public?\ was asked. “Not a thing,” he said . “All the information I have Was contained in the bulletins issued by Dr. Grayson and wirelessed to the ship. Mrs. House and I were deeply concerned when we heard that the president was ill, but we know no more than any body else. Under the circumstances, lacking precise information, I cannot says anything of interest about that matter.” Colonel House went to Paris Oc tober 16, 1918, as special envoy of the president and was the president’s chief adviser during the sessions of the conference. RAGE AT “ HUNGER POLICY” HELSINGFORS.—Leon Trotsky, so- Viet war minister, is reported to have admitted In a speech at Penza that the Bolsheviki could not withstand a winter campaign and that there .was no longer any hope of victory. Many desertions from the Bolshevik army have been reported recntly. NEW YORK.—Mrs. Herman Stump, wealthy widow, of New York, adopts as son Elmer Spearing, of Reading, Pa., who was crippled in the Argonne fighting, and .makes him her only heir. WASHINGTON.—Report shows that\ wages advanced during the war period from 70 to 112 per cent. Ship Owners Wireless Fleets to Into Nearest Port In Order to Escape Seizure by Allied Warships, Stettin, Germany.—^Demands that German ships on the Baltic be re called to their home ports and that all others be forbidden to leave were received by the German government in a telegi’am from London, according to the Abend Post of this city. The telegram is quoted as follows: “Owing to the attack on R:ga, free passage permits are provisionally withdrawn for all German ships in the Baltic. All ships in the Baltic must be recalled and no other ships must be permitted to put out to sea as long as' this prohibition remains in force. Ships encountered in the Baltic are subject to seizure by the allies.” The newspaper says this telegram has been transmitted to the “authori ties concerned” at German Baltic Blockade Creates Sensation. Berlin.—No ships are being permit ted to leave Kiel, according to the Vossische Zeitung, >vhich adds that Stettin shipowners have sent wire less despatches to vessels at sea to re turn immediately to Stettin or to go to the nearest port. News of a blockade of the Baltic Sea has created a sensation in Danzig, where large cargoes of coal and her ring were expected in the next few days. Aiies Demand Baltic Evacuation. Paris.—^The note of the allies to Germany concerning the Baltic situa tion declares that there are delays and ill-will in spite of the remonstrances of the allies in the evacuation of the Baltic provinces. It does not admit •of the reasons put forth by Germany for the delay. Then, saying that the situation in Lettonia has been aggravated by the attacks of the German troops, the al lies announce that It is their intention to keep up in their entirety the coer cive measures announc^ September 27 as long as the evacuation is not continued to assist In the execution of these measures. Letts Landed From Warships, Copenhagen.—A dispatch from Ber lin says 50,000 Letts have been* land ed at Llbau from British warships and that they will attack the flank of Colonel Aval-off-Bermundt’s troops which took Riga. Riga has suffered considerable dam age from the bombardment of the German-Russian troops, especially in the district near the railroad. The enemy’s attempts to cross the bridge, reports from Reval say, were* repelled. Many civilians were killed or wound ed by bombs dropped on the town. . A despatch from Stockholm says the authorities of the Lettish govern ment left Riga from the Germano- Russian forces took the place, and are now at Rodenpole station. Bsthonian troops are engaged In the fighting east of the Duna river. * According to an official statement issued by Esthonlan headquarters Riga has been bombard ed by the attacking forces. Bridge heads east of the river are still being held by Lettish troops, it Is said. Germans Expect Famine Reprisals. London.— wireless despatch from Berlin says Marshal Foch’s reply to the German note regarding the evacu ation of the Baltic provinces has reached the German capital. A majority of the newspapers, the despatch adds, consider the measures Germany has taken will be regarded by the entente as Inadequate, and ex press the fear that a “hunger policy” will be Introduced to punish Germany for the developments in the Baltic. FRANCE TO DEMOBILIZE. President Signs Decree Effective With Treaty Ratification. Paris.—President Poincare signed a decree of general demobilization, ef fective upon “the cessation of hostili ties,” It is provided that the promul gation of the ratification of the peace treaty will be considered as the date for the cessation of hostilities. The actual ending of the state of war also other formalities, which/ have been or will be a t an early date car ried out Colonel Edward M. House* confl'^ dential adviser t-o President Wilson, who returned to New York from Paris after having been taken ill, Is resting comfortably, according to a statement by his son-in-law, Gordon Auchinloss. He is suffering from re nal colic. CABINET STEPS IN TO AVERT GOAL STRIKE Bitoininoos Miners and Opera tors GonferWitii Government./ Washington.—Immediate steps . to avert the threatened nation-wide strike of bituminous coal mine work ers has been taken by tlie federal government. After President Wil son’s cabinet had discussed the situ ation at length. Secretary Wilson, of the department of labor, announced that he had invited John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Worker* of America, and John L. Brewster, representiiig the operators, to confer with him here. While efforts of the miners and op erators to reach an agreement on the demands of the workers which include Increased pay and shorter hours, have failed, Secretary Wilson is hopeful that some amicable adjustment of the controversy can be made. It is under stood that he will impress ui>on both Mr, Lewis and Mr. Brewster the im portance of uninterrupted operation of the mines upon the life of the nation. The possible effect of such a strike on the railroads is understood' to be uppermost in the minds of govern ment officials. A shut down of the mines would .result in a paralysis of the transportation system -within a short time with consequent suffering over the country because of the shut ting off of populous centers from food supplies. Industry also would be brought to. a standstill with public utilities stopped and shipping tied up. President Lewis, of the Miners’ un ion, with other union officials, went to Indianapolis to prepare the call for the strike in November 1, Officials hope the issuing of the call will be deferred. Should the conference be barren of results, further action by the govern ment Is expected, but no one in au thority would venture to suggest what form that action would take. While the cabinet decided to leave the set tlement of the strike with the depart ment’ of labor, it was regarded as more than likely that if the confer ence failed the entire cabinet would consider the next course. PITH OF THE VICTORY NEWS Senate reading clerks, resuming iheir prolonged struggle with the text, of the peace treaty, have passed through only 180 out of 440 sections of the mammoth document, accord ing to the latest estimates. Signor Tittoni, Italian foreign minis- t^r, proposes a new plan to settle the Fiume dispute by annexing the Volosea strip to Italy, bringing her frontier to adjoin that of Fiume and leaving the fatter a free city.' Leon Bourgeois, formerly premier, was named to represent France on - the council of the leagud of ha% I tiona. ^
