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The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
One American Regiment Now In France To Serve In Italy, Says Pershg
Neutral Leaders
Expected Propose
Mediation Soon

LONDON, June 27.-(By United
Press. Neutral leaders may seize
speeches of Foreign Secretary Bal
four and Foreign Minister Won Kuehl-
mann as an excuse TO proposing medi.
alton according to an Amsterdam dis.
patch to The Express today.
I'll is understood that as a result
of the Balfour and Won Kuehlmann
speeches being considered as an in,
vitation for neutral mediation, pro-
posing reasonable peace, the queen
of Holland, the kings of Spain and
Scandinavia, the president of Swizer-
land, or the governments of those
countries, may soon offer mediation, y
the dispatch said. v
Neutral leaders have already con.
ferred on the subject"
The dispatch quoted reliable
Dutch sOures" as the source of in.
formation.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Color Line Is
To Be Drawn In
Woman Suffrage

Washington, June 27.-(By United
Press. BY practically a unanimous
vote today the Senate took up the
Woman Suffrage amendment to the
constitution. After having temporar-
lily blocked it, Senator Poindexter.
continuing his statement in which
Senator Lodge Interrupted by a de-
mand for the regular order of busi-
ness, declared that suffrage for wo-
men is now accepted by even the
hard-headed men as wise and justif-
able.
Senator Williams, of Mississippi,
offered an amendment limiting the
vote to white women. Williams in
sisted that the colr line must be
drawn
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
AS Substitute
For Jones' Bone
Dry Amendment

Washington, June 27.-(By United
Press THE Senate Agricultural
committee today agreed on the prohi-
bition amendment offered by Senator
Norris as substitute for Jones' bone
dry amendment.
1t provides that the manufacture
OF beer shall cease three months after
the act becomes operative, and that
the sale of whiskey and the manufac-
ture of wines shall stop June 80,
1919. The vote was eight to three in
favor of the amendment, which will
probably be reported to the Senate
tomorrow.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Second
Draft Lottery
Occurred Today

Washington, June 27.-(By United
Press)-America's second great draft
lottery occurred today. The numbers
determining the order of service for
the 21-year-olds were drawn in the
Senate building in the presence of
Secretary of War Baker and Provost
Marshal Crowder, together with SEN
ators and an interested outside group.
A pretty southern girl, Miss Major
Billie Wellborn, of Atlanta draft bu-
reau of information, was the chief
plucking the almost twelve hundred
numbers upon which viii rest the fact
of nearly 100000 youths slated for
overseas service. Secretary Baker
drew the first number, 246.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Complete Absence of Enthusiasm Over
Won KuehImann's Speech In Reichstae

AMSTERDAM, June 27.-There
was a complete absence of enthusi-
asm, both by the speaker and the au-
dience during Foreign Minister Won
Kuehlmann's speech in the reich
stag, according to Berlin dispatch to
the Handelisbald.
"a spirit of pessimism and grim
resolution pervaded the house." the
dispatch said. Most of the speech
was heard in silence.
Chancellor Won Hertling made a
brief address in which he said that
when he recently spoke concerning
peace it was regarded by the allies as
& symptom Of weakness and "a crafty
trap" the same dispatch said. When
he spoke of Germany's ''unshakable
will.p he was accused of vicing Ger
man militarism, he said.
an principle, | agreed to four of
the principles in President Wilson's
message of February IL" Won Hert-
ling declared. He said it was a pos
sible basis Of peace, but as Wilson
had not replied, ''there was no use of
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Unrest Spreads
In Dual Monarchy

LONDON, June 26.-The internal
situation in Austria-Hungary contin-
ues to be disturbed intensely, accord
ing to the correspondent Of the Daily
Mail at Annemasse, on the Franco
Swiss frontier. Under date Of Mon
day, he says the strikes in Hungary
are extending. The telegraph and
postoffee are working badly.
"The unrest" he says, generally
has a bolshsviki and anti-military
character. Deserters from the army
are taking part and in certain sections
these men are arming robber bands.
In Budapest a revolutionary strike is
in prospect. The food situation has
not improved.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27

continuing the spinning of the threads
thus started"
''There is still less lobject," he said,
"after statements made since thai
time, especially from America"
In the course of Won Kuehlmann's
speech the foreign minister said:
eve hope our enemies will find
their way in due course of time to ap-
proach US with an offer of peace cor
responding to the situation and to
the necessities of German life.
"What Germany wants is to live
strongly and freely within its his
toric frontiers. We want overseas
possessions corresponding with our
wealth and greatness, and liberty to
carry our commerce throughout the
world. 2
''The military initiative was not
ours. We can hope that the summer
and autumn may bring us a new and
great success. A wide survey of the
situation forces one to SIX whether the
war will last beyond the winter, or
beyond next year. The idea is aboard
that we had never reckoned on long
war. That is Incorrect"
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Chief of Siberian
Cities Captured

Washington, June 27.-(By United
Press. )--Irkutsk, one of the chiefs
of the Siberian cities, has been cap
tured by the Czechs and Slovaks, af-
ter short fight with the Red Guards.
Swedish press reports brought this in
formation to the State Department
today, while an official message direct
from Moscow said that conditions
there were quiet, but that the food
situation was growing rapidly worse.
So-called white -four, which converts
into black bread, brings $3.50 bar
rel.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
German Government Has Confessed
That Hindenburg Cannot Win the War

the allies lines must hereafter be as
sociated with Won Kuehlmann's CON
fession that peace cannot be won on
the battlefield.
Without naming the United States,
Won Kuehlmann pointedly indicates
that American troops are the OBJ
stacle to Germany's battlefield sue
cess This, he does by attributing the
impossibility of military decision to
the number of powers engaged, "in-
cluding those from overseas"
The inference is very plain. Won
Kuehlmann has no wish to admit
that Germany has ruined herself
forcing American into the war; yet,
he is compelled to make known to
the leaders of German public opinion
exactly how the situation stands, For
lnlS reason ne mad adopted the meth
cd Of verbal suggestion. 1870
Germany is not yet beaten, but the
German GOV ernment has gone fur
ther than ever before in admitting
that the German army cannot win.
Whatever Hindenburg may do, and
however the kaiser may boast, Won
Kuehlmann's speech means Germany
henceforth can only cling to the de-
fensive.
The German governments sole pur-
pose now is to save what it can from
the wreck Of the war. That is why
Won Kuehlmann uses vague generali-
ties about "historic boundaries" in
describing Germany's peace terms.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
President Wilson
Congratulates Diaz

Washington, June 26.-President
Wilson today sent a cablegram to
Gen. Diaz, commanding the Italian
army congratulating him upon the
victory over the Austrians, and saying
America feels a great blow has been.
struck not only for Italy but for the
world.
The Presidents message follows:
''Please accept my warm congratu-
lations on the splendid successes Of
the armies under your command. The
whole spirit Of america acCalaims the
achievement and feels that q very
great blow has been struck for the lib
critics not enly of Italy, but Of the
world.'
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27

NEW YORK, June 27.-The Ger
man government has confessed in the
reichstag that Won Hindenburg cam
not win the war for the central en-
pires.
This is by far the most significant
declaration in Foreign Minister Won
Kuehlmann's speech. His statement
that peace cannot be gained on the
battlefield, but must come by nego-
tiation is destined to have a far-reach-
ing consequence upon German morals
The German people were led to De-
lieve that the frightful slaughter of
German man power during the four
western offensives this spring would
end the war with Teutonic victory.
Now that Won Kuehlmann has made
the naive admission that peace can
not be gained by such means there
must eventually be a profound re
action in Germany.
The decline Of Hindenburg's repu-
tation amoung his own people may
be dated by future historians from
Yon Kuehlmann's revelation in the
reichstag 1t is difficult to see how
Hindenburg will be justified in or
dering another offensive. Further
calls upon the German people to sac
rifce themselves anew to break
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Eighty Casualties
Reported Today

Washington, June 27.-(By United
Press. Eighty casualties were re-
ported by the war department today.
Bugler Richard NJ. Luter, of Martin,
Tenn, was among the killed in action.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Won KuehImann Slated For Retirement
AS Result of Mondays War Aims Speech

WASHINGTON, June 27.-(By United Press Herr Won
Kuehmann German Foreign Minister slated for retirement
result of his Mondays aims speech in the Rechstag
according to authoritative cables French officials today
Kuehlmanns qualifying speech Tuesday in which ne at
tempted to rnterpr his earlier remarks wdened the breach
and antagonized both the Liberals and the Junkers
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Bombs Again
Dropped on Paris

zParis, June 27.-German airplanes
penetrated the anti-aerial defenses Of
Paris Wednesday night and several
bombs wer dropped, causing material
damage, says an official statement
early today.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Premier Clemeseau Personally Congratu-
lates Americans Who Stopped Paris Drive

WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARINE June 27. (By
United Press premier Cemenseau today personally oncgra
uated the American unit which stopped the German rush
ward Paris He arrived Headquarters ancient armyard
early this morning following long motor trip After being in
reduced to officers he said Il admire very much the work
of this unit. cam especially to fecate it."
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27

Next Monday is quarterly court
and we are informed that there will
be business of Importance to come
up before this court.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Kerensky Tells Londoners That Order
Will Be Speedily Reestablished in Russia

LONDON June 27.--(By United Press Alexander Ker-
ensy the Russian of destiny told friends today that there
are definite indications that order will be speedily reestabhed
in Russia With the aid of the allies and America resulting in
the creating Of an offensive the East front again. he said it
was postze that Russia was ready join the Allies
the yoke Of Bosheviksm thrown off
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
American Bombing Squadron Blows Up
Railroad Station and Yards at Conf1ans

AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE June 27.--(By United
AN American bombing squadron blew up the railroad
station and yards Conans twenty miles of verdun yes
terday morning returning safely.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Assassination of Car Confirmed

PARIS June 27-By United Press AN agency dispatch
from Ke via Bas today reported the confirmation Of the
sassnation of the former Gear, in Ekaterinburg.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Successful Raids Are Made Which
Resulted In the Capture of Prisoners

PARIS June 27.-(By United Press -Three successful
raids in the Voges region resulting the capture of prisoners
is reported by the French office today
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
American Troops In France
To Be Sent to Italy For Service

WASHINGTON, June 27.-(By United Press Gen
era Persng has selected regiment in France for service
Italy This force will be all for the moment Secretary Ba
ker announced that further troops may be sent later
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Successful Minor Operations
And Hostile Cannonading Monday

LONDON June 27-(By United Press )Successful minor
operations hostile cannonadg Flanders reported by
Hag today west of Veux Berqun eve captured prs
oners and number of machine guns" Hag said.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-27
Italians Make Further Gains
OnLower Piave- --6OOPrisoners

ROME, June 27-(By United Press )-The Italian forces
have made further gains the lower Pave taking six hundred
prisoners it has been semi-offciay announced today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-04
SENATORS SCORE
ALL PRO-GERMAN
ACTING. PERSONS

Washington, April 4.-German
spies, propagandists and persons
making disloyal utterances were
denounced in the senate today when
an effort was made to rush through
a house bill providing penalties OF
20 years Imprisonment and $4,000
fine for interference with govern
ment bond sales, acts intending to
interfere with the army draft and
disloyal statements.
We've got to do something to
catch these scoundrels ana spies all
over the country" said Senator
Overman of North Carolina. "Peo-
pie are taking the law into their
own hands on the ground that con-
gress is not passing necessary laws.
We hear reports of mobs every
where"
German propaganda has been
''notoriously conducted" and the
bills purpose is to broaden the
espionage law, Senator Walsh OF
Montana said. He said some federal
courts have made strained con-
structions" of existing law and dis
charged persons who have de-
nounced the president and the ma
tion and obstructed the draft and
bond subscriptions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-04
CreeL Office
Guard Found
Slain; Spies?

Washington, April 4. = James
King, night watchman at the offices
of the committee on public informa-
ton, of which George Creel is
chairman, was found dead early to-
day with a bullet hole through his
head. Officials of the committee
thought he had been murdered.
Examination of Kings pistol in
dicated that he had tried to fire ii
and that the cartridges failed to
explode. Officials said no valuable
papers are kept at the committee s
offices and that they could find
nothing to show that the place had
been ransacked.
The police arrested Negro en-
ploye at the committees offices
They said King and the Negro had
quarrelled.
Suggestions that King was killed
by some one in search of papers
containing war secrets were made,
but the police after an examination
of the place, said they did not be-
lieve this was the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-04
LATE BULLETINS

Washington, April 4.-COH-
ferees of the senate and house
today agreed on "A bill prOYid-
Ing severe penalties Cor de-
structiOn of war materials and
for sabotage.
Paris, April t. Secretary
Baker, who has been on n trip
to Rome and the Italian front,
arrived in Paris this afternoon.
London, April 4.-The Rus
sian government Is sending "a
delegation TO the United States
TO llquidate Russia's war orr
ders with American firms and
arrange future trade relations,
according to an Exchange tele-
graph dispatch from Moscow
today.
Washington, April 4.-FOrm-
ulatiOn of IA national war labor
policy based on the recent drec-
concentrations OF the war labor
conference board was recon-
mended to President Wilson to-
day by the Secretary of Labor
Wilson.
London, April A. Erzerum,
the principal city of Turkish
Armenia, Il reported In an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch
from Moscow to have been re-
captured from the Turks by an
Armenian corps headed by n
detachment Of Armenian vOlun-
teers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-04
WAR summary

Germany's drive through Pi-
cardy enters upon its third
week with both the Germans
and the allied forces prepar-
ing for the resumption OF heavy
fighting. Since Monday the
fighting front has remained Eir-
fuaIIy unchanged.
North of the SOmme the Brit
ish have improved their posi-
tiOns in small attacks, while on
the important sector south of
the river there has been no in
fantry action.
In the region north of Mont
didier, which has been the
scene of heavy fighting. the ar
tTIery firing has been violent
but the enemy has made no at
tempt to attack.
While there is little doubt
that the Germans will have to
attack again and will cOnse-
quently sustain still greater
losses in further effcrts against
the allied line, much interest
centers on General Foch. How
ever, silence is being main-
tanned on both sides as to the
next act in the titanic struggle
German newspapers declare
that the German drive was
halted by bad weather and not
by the allied forces.
American troops in the reg
ion of Tout and In an unnamed
place have ben subjected to a
heavy bOmbardment from en-
enemy guns. Gas shells we're
used chiefly.
Amiens, the objective Of Ger
man efforts In the last two
weeks. is reported free from
danger and an allied pr0ciama-
tiOn has been posted urging the
population Of the city TO main-
tain confidence.
A German force has been
landed at HangO. on the south
ern coast of Finland, TO aid In
the campaign against the Fin
nish rebels.
Only 16 vessels Of the allies
we're sunk during the last week
by German submarines and
mines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-04
Berlin Crime
WdUe Causes
Great Alarm

New York, April 4-Burglaries
and robberies in Berlin average
more than three hundred daily and
great alarm has ben caused in the
German capital by the sensational
increase in crime resulting from
war conditions.
The Berlin Tageblatt on March
10 published an interview with the
director of a large insurance COM
pany who said that three hundred
burglaries and robberies were re-
ported daily to the insurance COM
panies. But the number, he said,
was much higher, as many house
holds and stores were not insured
against this class of crime
Since the fall of 1916 the number
of thefts have increased steadily
with the result that the insurance
companies have been weakened
financially although in most cases
premiums have been increased.
No district is spared by the rob-
bers, even the homes of the minis
ter of war and the commanding
general of the Mark of Branden-
burg have been entered. From
three branches of big department
store, burglars recently carried off
goods valued at S150,00O.
Many of the thefts are committed
by deserters from the army while
there are also burglar bands COM
posed of former convicts and de-
serters. Refugees from occupied
nOTtiOnc Of CoIicjan op6 DOIicI, +o-
ritory have ben active criminally.
Present conditions in Berlin
greatly favor the burglars. The
number of policemen and detect
ives is insufficient and too many of
the police officials are burdened by
clerical work During the war two
thousand policemen have been call
ed to the colors and their places
have not been filled, according to
the Tageblatt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-04
I. w. WIS PROTEST
AT HEARING OVER
JAIL CONDITIONS

Chicago, April 4.-The trial of
more than one hundred leaders of
the /. W. WIS accused of conspir-
acy TO disrupt the nations war pro-
gram, was halted for two hours to-
day while a battery of federal
agents searched for one of four
Jurors tentatively accepted yester-
day by the government.
Federal Judge Lands ordered
that every means be taken to have
the absent juror in court early this
afternoon.
Pieces of dark bread and samples
of coffee were carried into court
today by the So prisoners confined
in the county jail and petition
was presented asking Judge Landis
to order an investigation of condi-
tions at the Jail. The petition pro-
tested that the men could not be
expected to remain in good health
and thus prevent further delays in
the trial If the fare of dark bread
and weak coffee for breakfast and
the same for supper four times a
week remained in order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-04
STATEHEADS
ASK CURB OF
NATION FOES
Governors Urge Placing
Lid On German Lam
guage Newspapers.

Washington, April 4-State gov
ernors meeting here today with
members of the councitl of national
defense, urged drastic action to
stamp out disloyalty and to curb
the German language press. They
advocated measures to prevent
preaching in German and the teach
ing of German in elementary
schools. Secretary Daniels, who
presided as head of the council, in
reply asked the governors to form
ulate resolutions supporting the
bill being drafted by Attorney Gen
eral Gregory to reach spies, trait
ors and disloyal persons.
When full AmericaniZation mas
been accomplished, Secretary Dan
iels said only Americans will be
modified for war, but, I'VE will put
the fear of God into the hearts of
those who live among US and fatten
upon us and are not Americans"
Former Senator Lafayette Young
of Iowa told of the organization in
his state of the German American
patriotic society which he said was
doing good work. He declared
AOl VI thC. NCl
man press and of the German lam
guage in schools and churches.
I'VE have more trouble with
preachers who preach in German
than with anybody else,' he said.
They are public enemieGwhether
they intend it or not"
Federal judges should be given
the power to intern enemy aliens,
Mr.. Young said
Ask ~Why in War;
Governor Frazier of North Da-
kota read a telegram from his state
saying German speaking people
there were asking why the United
States was in the war. The Ger
man press, he said, had not told
them truthfully the causes of the
war. He urged that the foreign
language press be compelled to
carry translated, for the informa-
tion of their readers, documents
showing what forced the country
into war
Governor Alexander of Idaho also
declared that German preachers
were menace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-04
PROCLAMATION is ISSUED
TELLING PEOPLE OF CITY
THAT HUN PERIL IS PAST
GERMANY IN NEW
EFFORT TO KEEP
UP MONEY VALUE

Washington, April A new ef-
fort by the German government 10
bolster the falling value of the
mark by concentration OF more Of
the country's finance business in
the hands of the government was
ported today in official dis
patches. The imperial postoffice
authorities propose to require all
firms in the trade register to open
postal checking accounts. Only
1OO.0 900 OF the 350,00O firms in the
register now have such accounts.
This would concentrate huge
sums in the hands of the govern
ment and make the currency more
elastic. The circulation of paper
money would be reduced and the
percentage of gold cover corre-
spondingly increased, which would
improve the German rate of ex-
change
The German postal check system
was established March &c, 1914,
shortly before the war began.