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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22
RULER IN SIBERIA

Lieutenant General Horvath, gen.
eral manager Of the Chinese Eastern
railroad who is intensely anti-bolshe-
vik, has proclaimed himself ruler Of
the temporary Siberian government
and intends to restore the political
and commercial treaties of Russia with
the entente allies. He also intends to
repel the bolsheviki, establish a non.
political army and restore all property.
He also has declared himself as In IA
vor Of religious freedom. ...-
The allies ministers in Pekin ut
first asked Horvath to withdraw his
proclamation on the ground that he In
tended to prevent the progress west
ward Of the Czecho- Slovaks. The gen.
eral assured the ministers that, far
from offering Obstacles, he wished to
come to an understanding with the
Czechs. ~
The establishment of new provi-
sional government for Siberia Will
make It the first democratic state In
a. the forerunner Of q great Russia.
v1aaavo~fnl and tn nAw DAG Cooo3D0
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22
GREAT PRODUCTION ENGINEER

IF our industrial machine were
made to run at top speed and maxi
mum capacity, according to the laws
Of production which have already been
discovered, America could win the war,
nay for it out of hand, live in COM
parative opulence while we were doing
it and be immensely richer ut the close
than We ever were before" -.
This amazing statement came
from one Of New York's greatest pro-
duction engineers, 81. L. CAN'T. For
merly vice president Of the American
Society Of Mechanical Engineers, Mr..
CAN'T is a practical organizer and ad.
ministrator Of the first rank, whose
advice is sought daily by some of
Americas biggest industrial orsaniZa-
tons. He is now president Of a new
organization known as '"The New Ma
chine" not a corporation with some
thing to sell. but q group Of engineers,
manufacturers and bankers who have
united in a plan to reconstruct Ameri.
cas- industrial system 60 that our natl
traditional efficiency Of the individual
ION the WHOLE" said Mr.. Can't,
machines are actually operating during
and on the whole these machines, du
are producing only about 80 per cent
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22
PERSHlNG'S Chief ENGINEER

Maj. Gen. William G. Langfitt has
been appointed chief engineer Of the
American expeditionary forces.
General Langfitt served in WASH
.ington for several years. At one time
he was in command Of the engineer
school and depot at Washington bar
racks, and later had charge Of the Dis
trict water supply system and the I'M
provement Of the Potomac and Ana
costa rivers.
In 1912-1913 he made a special
study of all available sources for In
creasing the water supply Of the Dis
trict and for utilizing the Great Falls
Of the Potomac, for developing cleo
trio power for federal and municipal
uses. His report on those subjects ID
regarded as the standard authority to-
day.
General Langfltt also was identi-
fed with the early development OF
East Potomac park into a great play
ground and for the plans for the recla.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22

TO &oC INTO closer tOuCn WIN inc cA'
perimental work done by the various
field crop departments at those sta
tons.
Crookston.-At . meeting of the
Red River Valley Development asso'
citation here the association recon-.
mended that the state Of Minnesota
take legislative action to provide an
eighty-acre tract of land for each re-
turning soldier who may desire to
purchase the same on terms similar
to those now governing the sale of
state school lanGs. The meeting was
called II the instance of President
A. M. Sivertaon Of this city for the
purpose of giving consideration to this
subject previous to a state meeting
to be held at Minneapolis.
Hibbing-The wages of steam SHOW.
eli operators working for the village
in street work and excavating has
been fixed at $3.50 day by the vii.
lage council. The scale was granted
after comparing the wages paid by
the various mine properties at Hib-
bling and the nea. hy districts.
virginia.--The OH er Iron Mining
company announced voluntary in
crease Of 10 per cent In the wages OF
all employees of the company, effective
at once. The action, 1t was stated as
! the Virginia ONCE OF the company,
VII affect more than $4,000 persons
e the Mesaba Iron range.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22
WORLDS EVENTS
!! j. IN SHORT FORM
8E9T OF THE NEWS BOILED
DOWN TO LIMIT.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Notes Covering Most important Hap
penings Of the World Compiled
In Rriefest and Most Succinet
Form for Quick Consumption.
Domestic

Lieut.. James H. Dale, st. Louis. avn
alton officer, made a successful BOW
foot leap with a parachute from an
airplane at Teliaferro field, Texas, the
third person to accomplish the feat.
A letter written by President Wilson
which was made public at Atlanta, Ca,
urges Georgians to vote for w. ]. Har-
ris, former member of the federal
trade commission, for the United
States senate in order to defeat Sena-
tor Hardwick.
First Lieut.. Thomas B. Evans OF
Santa Cruz CAL, and Corp. George D.
Sensey of Ridgefield Park, N. j., were
killed in an airplane accident The
plane in which they were flying
dropped into Colon bay and tie men
were drowned. i.
The seizure of four more enemy
owned corporations with capitaliza-
ton Of over $2,OOO,OOO was announced
in New York by A. Mitchell Palmer,
alien property custodian. The COM
panies will be sold. ..~
Louisiana has ratified the federal
prohibition amendment. Ratification
was voted by the house, 60 to 81, fol-
lowing favorable action early In the
week by the senate.
Second Lieuts. Harry S. Herr and
Leon w. Adelsperger, both Of Spring.
field, O., were killed at Taliferro field,
Tex, when the machines they were
plotting collided at IN altitude of
about 5000 feet and fell to the ground.
Announcement has been made of a
wage increase of approximately 10 per
cent for all refinery employees Of the
Standard Oil company Of New Jersey.
Judge John Nj. Becker Of Monroe.
= Wis.,, tried in the federal court at Eau
Claire on a charge of having made un-
patriotic utterances, was convicted by
jury. Sentence was deferred.
The death toll in the gulf storm
which swept Lake Charles, La. and
vicinity totaled %. .....
sY&a ~
Twenty-Five of the "a hangers on
Gerstner aviation field near Lake
Charles, La, were blown down and
many airplanes destroyed or entirely
swept away by the tropical storm
which struck that region.
Gerstner field training camp for avi-
ators was badly damaged by storm.
The property loss near Lake Charles,
La, is more than $1,OO0OOO. Several
structures went down.
An increase in street car fares for
Detroit, Mich, was announced by the
Detroit United railway. The new rates
will be 6 cents cash or ten tickets for
IS cents, instead of fat 5-cent
charge.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22
E1l,-oDe0,1 W0,- News

European War News
The German embassy at Moscow
will remove Immediately to Pskov, ow-'
ing to conditions in Moscow, according
to advices to Copenhagen from Berlin.
A German destroyer was sunk eight
miles off Zeebrugge, according to an
official statement issued in London by
the British admiralty. The statement
says that the destroyer was sunk by
striking British mine.
An official communication issued in
London by the air ministry announces
that an air raid has been made on
Karlsruhe and that there was an ex-
plosion in the Karlsruhe station.
The long-range cannon with which
the Germans have internationally bonn
barded Paris for more than four
months past have now been silent for
two days. This fact may be explained
by the allied advance.
The antibolsheviki movement In
Russia is growing rapidly, the bolshe-
vik soviet organization having virtu-
ally gone to pieces. Nikolai Lenine,
the premier, and Leon Trotzky, his
war minister, intend to flee to Ger
many should the situation become too
serious. These statements are made
in recent Russian newspapers received
in London.
German submarines operating off
the French coast on August 3 sank
the small American steamship Lake
Portage and the British steamer Ber-
wind. Lake Portage, of 1898 gross
tons, was built last year. -. !,
Official dispatches to Washington
from Rome say news has reached
there from Switzerland that Austro-
German re-enforcements are being sent
in large numbers to both the Italian
and Albanian fronts.
Since August, 1914, including those
already with the colOrs, Great Britain
alone has raised for the army and
navy 6,25O,OOO men, for the most part
voluntarily, declared Premier Lloyd
George in an address in. the house of
commons. One hundred and fifty Ger
man submarines have been destroyed,
Mr.. Lloyd George announced, moro
than half of them in the last year.
-ar- . ....-..- ..-
For failure to stop the Eranco-Amer-
lean offensive 10 German officers have
been retired. ~. $780,
More than seven million letters from
Americas soldiers in France have been
received Mt Atlantic ports since July
% and the post Office department an
nounced that everyone Of them was
started for its destination within "a
hours after its arrival. r..
A squadron of Itafian airplanes. COM
manded by Capt. Gabrielle D'Annuhzio.
has flown over Vienna and dropped
manifestoes. The planes were not me-
Tested.
After the occupation of Archangel
by the allies, the bolshevikf withdrew
across the River Dvina and on August
4 were again driven out OF Their posi-
tons there, chiefly by shellfre, accord
ing to news received In London. The
allies have since rushed rapidly south
ward along the railway toward Vel.
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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22

Of the rada
was staged Germany previously agreement
detat
Within attempt made
shoulder bullet
safety Whenever he
of German cavalry Thee
financial economic experts
worked with the ardor
Ukraine
conditions they under
CzarN Nicholas.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22
TN 1r[ElZ,:: ILZZkXZ[L[LEGIE}1r
DICTATOR OF UKRAINIA
,:::''A;.:::.

When the Ukraine declared it's In
dependence the rada, or governing
body, declined to submit to the de-
mands of the German military authoriy
ties. The latter therefore removed
the rada by force and found compli-
ant tool. r. i..,..-> ~. j. e
Gen. Pavlo Skoropadski was de-
clared dictator of the Ukraine, and
proclamations were posted all over the
walls Of KEY and other large cities in
the Ukraine. =:
General Skoropadski is a member
Of an ancient Ukrainian family. He
commanded Ukrainian army corps
on the Russian front. and after the
Russian revolution was prominent
factor in Ukrainian politics. He is,
forty-five years old. Skoropadski was
called ''hetman," which means head
man or chief. 1t implies military die
tatorship. ..-..ys !. +. Il. /.
= Skoropadski was military dicta-.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22

the Anacosta river He was born In virginia
1880 but appointed to the army from Ohio
organized regiment OF engineers ana went
the fact that he mas
to the Of general q National
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22
Foreign

King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is suf-
fering from mental strain and needs
absolute seclusion and rest, according
to dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company from Amsterdam quot
ing advices from Cologne.
The government of the country OF
the north" recently established at
Archangel, Russia, after revolution
against the bolsheviki, has addressed
"a proclamation to the people Of the
district, declaring the bolshevik regime
at an end and announcing that the new
government has taken up the duty Of
governing the region. r.
Lieut.. Frank Foster Foss, q. 8. A.,
was killed and five sailors were in
jured by boiler explosion on an Amer
lean ship in a British port. says a dis
catch from London. Lieutenant Foss'
home is In Providence, r L
49, a-.s .
WasliinRtou r..
Bitterly assailing the great packing
firms of Swift, Armour, Morris, Cudahy
and Wilson for creating structure OF
conspiracy, control, monopoly and re-
straint." the federal trade commission.
in a report to President Wilson, recon-
mends that immediate steps be taken
to give the government monopoly
. over such portion Of their business as
will restore competition" .
President Wilson, aroused over the
grave danger in the coal situation of
the country and continuing decreases
in production, addressed a proclama-
ton to all persons engaged in coal
mining, calling for prompt and viger-
Gus action by operators and miners
Secretary Of War Newton d. Baker
announced that the American military
contingent to 20 to Russia will num-
her less than 10000. The combined
strength Of the allies = NJ expected
- 0esed $500 -
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22

Complaints charging ATTEMPTS 10
force maintenance of resale prices were
issued by the federal trade commission
against the Vortex manufacturing
company Of Chicago and a New York
and an Ohio concern. ~s
Manufacturers of passenger automo-
biles were advised by the war indus
tries board to convert their plants
to 100 per cent war work not later than
January /.
US.-Teuf01ic W1rNet~S
Coming to the surface in the midst
of fleet of fishing schOoners off the
Massachusetts, coast, German SUBJ
marine. sank nine vessels of the fleet,
the navy department announced.
The first American field army has
been organized in France. 1t is under
the direct command of General Per
shing. The creation Of the First field
army is the first step toward the CO.
ordination of all the American forces
in France. '-:----..s.s . =. - - .
A monster heavy gun plant and rec
lamation equipment base, costing from
25,OOOOOO to $3O,OOO,000. comparable
to the Krupps at Essen, Germany Is
to be built in France for the American
expediticnary forces. the war depart
ment announced.
BY the provisions Of a general army
order, the terms regular army, Ma
tiondl Guard, National army and re-
serve corps are abolished for all pur-
poses, and with them so all insignia
other than the plain ~. S." monogram
heretofore reserved for regulars only.
Sick and wounded soldiers landed
in the United States from the Ameri-
can expeditionary forces and sent TO
various army hospitals during the week
ended August 2, numbered l59.
The Diamond Shoals Nghtship on
Cape Hatteras was shelled and sunk
by q, German submarine, the navy de-
partment announced. The crew of the
lightship reached the shore safely In
boats. s,... !. ...r.'"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22
Personal

Pe1:SOf1Ql .... .."-.Hs-..
William Pitt Kellogg, formerly OF
Canton, ILL.,, who served during the re-
construction period as United States
senator from Louisiana, and as COVER
nor of that state, died in Washington
at the age of lightweight. ~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
VETS CARRIED
LARGER CITIES
IN new YORK

Albany, April 18.---Recapitulatio
today on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
local option elections IN New York
state showed that although prohibi-
ton forces won in bare majority of
the 80 cities voting, the vets carried
the larger municipalities and retained
more than 1,400 of the 2,132 licenses,
or nearly 70 per cent. of the total in
volved. Revised returns early today
from Geneva. which had been in
doubt, threw it into the wet column
by a small majority.
This made the lineup stand: For
prohibition, 20; for retaining license,
49,
Syracuse and Schenectady, the larg-
est cities voting, went wet by big
majorities, ranging from 1900 to
$4,000 respectively. Binghamton is
the home of Senator HILL, author of
the law passed in 1917, under which
the cities of the state were allowed
this year for the first time in their
history to register their desires on
the sale of liquor.
The total vote was 70 per cent
greater than that cast at the last gu
bernatorial election, due chiefly to
women voting.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
LIBERTY LOAN
TOTAL is NOW
S313,2OO,OOO

New York. April 1s-Lfberty loan
subscriptions in the Second federal
reserve district for the first nine days
of the campaign totalled $4,000, 900,
it was announced today. The aver
age is $34,SOO,000 day. The dis
trict's quota is 100000, 200, requiring
an average daily total of $4,000, 600.
The New York committee desires to
reach a total of $1,000, 900, 900 in sub
scriptions, and to do this must bring
in more than $75,000,0oo a day.
The Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
has subscribed 100000, of which
$1,00o,O0O will be credited to New
York and 100000 to other districts.
A $4,000, 900 subscription was an
nounced by the American Sugar Re-
fining Co., half to be placed in this
district and the rest through districts
in which the company's refneries are
located.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
HARTFORD MAN
ELECTED Grand
RECENT OF R. A.

Meriden, April 1S.-WiHiam e.
Fleming Of Hartford, a member OF b.
II. Webb Council, R. A, of that city,
was elected grand regent of the Royal
Arcanum in Connecticut at the an
nual meeting of the Grand Lodge held
here yesterday. Grand Regent-elect
Fleming was regent of B. H. Weoo
Council of Hartford, three years ago,
working through the chairs in that
lodge. He went through the otffces
of the Grand Lodge. Other officers
elected are: Vice Grand Regent H. f.
Hotchkiss, New Haven; Grand Orator,
W. E. Spicer, Bristol; Grand Treasur-
er. H. G. Sheffield, Hartford; Grand
Chaplain, c. H. Sherwood, Bridgeport;
Grand Guide, L. E. Jacobs, New Ha-
ven; Grand Warden, D. J. Lucy; New
London; Grand Sentry, G. a. Young
Meriden; Trustee, F. o. Workman
Bridgeport; representative to the Su-
preme Council, H. B. Ekmark, New
HaVn; alternate, H. G. Williams,
East Hartford. The next Grand
Lodge meeting will be held in Hart
ford in 1919.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
Fred r. CORDIALLY

Following a long illness, Fred r.
CORDIALLY of 594 Myrtle avenue, died
yesterday. Mr.. CORDIALLY was widely
known resident of the South End and
was for more than 80 years employed
at the Crane Company No. 1 plant.
He was a foreman at that concern
for 20 years.
He was born in Norfolk, Conn, and
came to this city when a small boy.
Fraternally he was affiliated with
Bridgeport lodge of Elks, No. SO,
Bridgeport Tent, Knights of Macca-
bees, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick,
the Crane Relief association and En-
met club. Besides his wife, four
children, Agnes CORDIALLY, Fred Cor
barIy, Mrs. F. U. Wells of San Juan,
Porto Rico, and William CORDIALLY.
Solemn funeral services will be held
Saturday morning at Sacred Heart
R. C. church.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
BELFAST SCENE
OF DRAFT RIOT

London, April 1S-Rioting attended
the breaking up of an anti-conscrip-
ton meeting in Belfast yesterday, says
dispatch to the Daily News. Re
volvers were used and baton charges
were made by the police, who were
pelted with paving stones. Virtually
every plate glass window in the street
was smashed
Fifteen thousand persons partici-
pafed in the meeting, which was call
ed by the Labor party. The trouble
was precipitated, the dispatch says, by
200 ship yard workers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
THREE THOUSAND
MEN ON STRIKE

New Glasgow, N. S., April Is
Three thousand men, mainly steel
workers, were idle today in a general
industrial strike that threatened to
spread and include 1000 miners en-
ployed in nearby colHeries. The
strikers demand higher wages, i'm
proved working conditions and full
recognition for the Federation of La
Dor. War work is affected by the
strike.
An offer by the government of a
board of coaciliation to settle the
strike was refused by the fedora
ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18

when pneumonia developed. Private
Hickey entered the service last Octo-
Der. He was one of the most pop
ular and well liked young men of the
South End. For the past eight years
he had been employed as a druggist
with the j. A. Leverty & Co., Inc,
and through his kindness and courtesy
to all patrons had gained numerous
friends who sincerely extend their
sincere sympathy to his grief-stricken
parents. Besides his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Hickey, three sisters,
Mary, Catherine and Margaret, and
one brother, John Hickey, survive.
Solemn funeral services will be held
Monday morning at Sacred Heart R.
c. church. The body arrived in this
city late this afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
THE WEATHER

New Haven, April IS - For
bridgeport and vicinity: Unset
tard, probably showers tonight
and Friday; cooler.
Connecticut: Snow or rain to-
night and Friday; cooler; fresh;
northeast winds.
Disturbances are central over
Texas and Pennsylvania. They
are causing cloudy and showery
weather in the southern and
eastern districts. Snow was re-
ported from the northern por-
lions of the Lake region and New
England. The temperature is
below freezing along the northern
border from Montana to Maine.
The temperature falls rapidly
from Connecticut nOrthward to
Vermont.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
man WHO FOUGHT.
FOR HOME RULE
DIES IN BELFAST.

Belfast, Ireland, April 1S-Samuel
Young, the oldest member of the
house of commons, died here today.
The Sim Feiners will make a great
effort to capture the seat thus vacat-
ed in the eastern division of County
Cavan. In view of the govern.
ments decision to apply CONSUMPTION
to Ireland it is not unlikely that they
will succeed.
Mr.. Young was 96 years old He
was a Protestant, although he rep
resented a Catholic constituency. He
was an earnest advocate of self gov
eminent for Ireland.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
PAINTERS WALK
OUT IN BRISTOL

Bristol, April 1S.-The journeymen
painters here, having voted to make
demands for a wage increase of SO
cents day, to $3.50, with the eight
hour day, and the demands being re-
fused by the master painters, so of
them struck today. The masters say
they have an agreement signed a year
ago with the seal of the union at
aAched which provides a wage scale to
run to April 1. 1919, at 81 day. 1t
was a two year agreement. The
masters viii run open shops instead
of closed shops.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
PRIVATE JAMES HICKEY.

Private James Hickey, aged %
years, of 364 Gregory street, attached
to Headquarters company of the
SO4th Infantry, Camp Devens, Aver,
Mass, died yesterday of pneumonia at
the base hospital Private Hickey
sustained injuries about a month ago
when a trench bank in which he was
excavaing, caved in upon him He
had recovered from shesa injuries
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
BUILD NEW SCHOOL.

Plans for the erection of a paro-
chial school for St. Michaers parish,
Polish Roman Catholic, are being
made, and work is expected to COM
mence soon. The school will be in
Sterling street, near Kossuth street,
and near the church edif1ce.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
MANNION ELECTED AS
HEAD OF BURIAL ASSN.

The Fraterna1 Burial association
held it's meeting last evening and
elected the following officers:
President, Thomas A Mannion;
John J. O'Neil, vice president; E. J.
Ragnon, secretary and James H. Car
roll, treasurer. Other business of
the order was also transacted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
CARL HENDRICKSON.

Funeral services for Carl Hendrick-
son were held yesterday afternoon at
2.S0 o'clock at the family home, %
Hayes street. Rev. Everett A.
Burnes, pastor of the Washington
Park Methodist church, offbciated
There was a large display of floral
emblems. The pail bearers were
Thomas Blake, Edward Hill, Daniel
Frazer and John Shannon. Burial
was in Park cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
BERNARD A. BIOESCH.

Bernard A. Bloesch died last night
at his home, 1853 Main street. He
was AS years old and was well known.
He was employed by the Bridgeport
Hydraulic Co. until illness forced him
to retire He leaves his wife and one
child; two sisters, Mrs. John Diet
richsen and. Mrs. Robert Barsky, and
his mother, Mrs. Bernard Bloesch.
The funeral will be held Saturday
morning at the late home and later at
St. Joseph's church.