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The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
Bloody Battles Fought
With Mountaineers as
Part of Moonshine War
u. S. Wages Losing Campaign Against Illic-
itly-made Whisky Trickling from Stills
in Enormous Volume.

The hunted moonshin.r lies in
ambush and kills his pursuer with
out a qualm.
It's spectacular. picturesque and
bloody-this great civil war in
which Old John Barleycorn is tn.
central figure and which no peace
treaty. no league Of nations pact
can stop. Even airplanes are to be
used to augment the government
forces.
The law puts whisky in the down
and out class July /. Prohibition
lists tell us the country goes dry
then.
! But anybody who knows anything
about the Moonshine War will tell
you that Uncle Sam is lighting a
losing battle against the moonshin-
ers.
The United States will not go dry
July 1. Even If prohibition agents
could seize and destroy the millions
of gallons of legally distilled liquor
laid away for arid days there would
still be plenty of illicitly distilleo
whisky to slack the national thirst.
Moonshiners are making at Ieas,
half a million gallons of moonshine
whisky a month right now,
They've been making whisky H.
licitly in increased quantities month
by month ever since the legal distil-
lation of whisky ceased on Septem-
ber s. 1917.
After July 1, with the nation the
oretically dry and prices sky high.
the output of moonshine will in
crease enormously.
Armed revenue agents have been
waging the moonshine war for gen.
erations. Uncle Sans men nave
killed and wounded hundreds of
moonshiners. They have sent hun
dreds to the penitentiary and hav,
destroyed thousands of stills"
This army killed more moonshin-
ers. captured more of them and oe..
stroyed more stills in the past year
than in a score of previous years.
And they haven't even put q dent in
ths moonshine industry.
"W-ildcatting"-the Illicit making
of whisky-has doubled in the south
since the passage of state prohibi-
tion laws. Moonshiners-otherw
known as ''wildcatters"-hav their
chief habitat in the Appalachian
Mountains With them whisky
making is a tradition, a matter of
heredity-a birthright- They cared
nothing about the old tax laws.
They thought the government didn't
have a right to put a tax on whisky.
No more do they care about the dry
laws.
Bullets and buckshot pumped into
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PLANNED
FOR AERO Cash

Secretary of the Navy Daniels
is preparing to icht to save the
Navy from the sharp reductions
proposed by the House this wek.
, When the Navy appropriation
bill. thoroughly pruned by the
House, reaches the Senate. Daniels
will begin a determined campaign
to obtain money for contemplated
aviation experiments, construction
of new dreadnaughts and other
measures planned TO keep the L.
S. Navy abreast Of the other sea
powers
Daniels revealed yesterday that ma
val officials are seriously consider
ing a trans-Pacihc fight. but will be
forced to give UP the project IL Con-
gress allows him only sl5ooo.oco for
aviation. He asked for three times
that amount.
Battleships will be forced to lay up
in harbor because OF lack of men n
the Senate supports the House cut in
allowing the navy only 10000 men.
as against the 10000 asked for.
While much is being said Of dis
armament abroad. Secretary Daniels
made public the fact that Great Brit
ain has appropriated $3.50. o.O00.o 900 for
aviation for the current year.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
LABOR COHORTS
INVADE CAPITOL
$4,000 STRONG
Vets Stage Monster Protest
Against Prohibition of
Beer and Wine.
GOMPERS MAKES PLEA
No Beer, No Work" Fight
Not Dead, He
Declares.

Since the days of Coxey's army
there has been no such spectacular in
vasion of Washington as yesterday.
when the hosts Of labor. 1900 strong.
marched up Capitol Hill. took possess
sion of the Plaza, and left a ringing
message with Congressional the mo
beer. no work" slogan. far from be-
ing dead, is today more alive than
ever
The throng swept in upon WASH
ington from a score of cities with a
protest against the barring of beers
and light wines from the nation,
which becomes dry" July /, unless
Congress or the President intervenes.
1t had the inclusive and sweeping
character of a great popular demon
stration. concentrated expression of
labor's opinion on prohibition.
The whole affair was staged with
keen eye for dramatic effect-the
huge crowd framing the main steps
"a Ndpitoi d DdCk-
ground. while Samuel Gompers, the
generalissimo of the invading army,
made a determined plea before the
Senate Judiciary Committee. The
wet hosts listened to speeches Of
rhetorical. impassioned type while
Mr.. Gompers drove home his argu-
ment before the committee.
mo Faith in Prohibition,
For the first time in my life I am
apprehensive OF the future of the
country" declared Mr.. Gompers.
For the first time the words Thou
shalt not have been written into the
constitution.
II have done all can," he continued,
Ito frown down upon the propaganda
which he's for its slogan, no beer, no
work. but am free to say that the
entire movement founded on that
slogan is not dead. We are doing our
best to defeat II. but what the action
OF the individual workers will be We
cannot undertake TO say"
Don't you think he viii reconcile
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CRUSH ANARCHY
OR PERISH, SAYS
SENATE REPORT
Overman Committee Says
Immediate Bulwark of
Law Vital Necessity.
SEES REIGN OF TERROR
Points II Consequences
Threatening Nation Unless
Bolshevism Is Curbed.

Congress must Immediately put a
bulwark of law between the nation
and the encroachments Of Bolshevism.
the Overman Senate committee that
investigated Bolshevik activities, Ger
man propaganda and the activities of
brewers. reported last night
The situation demands legislation
along the following lines, the commit
tee declared:
Control and regulation Of the for
eign-language press.
Control of the manufacture, sale
and distribution OF explosives.
Full publicity regarding the actual
ownership Of all publications printed
either in Eglish or a foreign language.
Need Espionage Law.
Re-enactment of the espionage law.
or enactment of a peace time substi-
tute therefor. .
Publicity concerning the origin.
financial backing and purpose OF all
organizations appealing through the
mails for support or popular approval
Strengthening of the Federal cor
rupt practices laws.
THE activities brought to the at
tention of this committee are 20
startling" said the report, that We
believe the real advantage of the i'll.
quiry will be lost unless Congress
profits from the knowledge thus OBJ
tained by undertaking. by appropri.
ate legislation, to make impossible a
repetition of these activities, either
on the part of the offenders who
have been under investigation and
many of whose activities are strrl
continuing. or by others who at SONS
future time may seek to undermine
the government or pervert the popu-
lar WILL ~
Euti PubTi-sty Needed.
In dealing viii. Bolshevism, the
committee said:
The best answer that can be given
the champions Of this Russian institu-
ton is a true explanation of its real
nature and the actual principles upon
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The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
IRISH FREEDOM
DEMAND MADE
AT GREAT RALLY
Justice Cohalan and Others
Flay League Of Nations and
British Government.

The right OF self-determingtion Of
Ireland was demanded at a mass
meeting at Liberty Hut last night at
which more than 400 friends of Irish
Freedom were in attendance.
Daniel F. CohaIan. justice OF the
Supreme Court OF the State OF New
York. in a bitter attack on the league
OF nations and England declar~ 6:
England never made a peace that
was not an English peace and-Ens-
land. who did not win this war. should
not be permitted to make this peace. -
Judge CohaIan AppInuded.
Members OF Congress. prominent
men in washington's business life
members of the faculties Of local COL
leges. officers in the navy and army
together with wounded Marines. SOL
diers and sailors applauded when the
distinguished jurist in a clear, concise
manner summed up the evidence
which he said showed how promises
made to Ireland had been broken.
Cohalan urged that the self-determ-
nation that was promised during
"England's stress. Frances danger
and Italy's fear" 10 all nations be
kept in the case of ireland which
was the only nation Of white men on
the face of the earth still bound by
the chains of slavery"
Other high lights in his plea were:
Notice to World.
The action of the Senate on
Senator Borah's resolution last
week is epoch making II is a no.
ticc to England and to all the rest
Of the world that America is go
ing to continue to be a sovereign
State and guiding star to all
peoples struggling for liberty
throughout the world. 1t will
hearten lovers of liberty all over
the world. 1t will be taken "a
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Miss Lillian E. Turner, Dunbar
High School.
Miss Octavia I. Tillman, Arm
strong High School.
Miss Helen Louis PROXY. Wilson
Normal School.
Miss Clara Eloise Waugh. Miner
Normal School.
Judges Highly Pleased.
The judges in the contests were en-
thusiastic over the manuscripts SUBJ
mitted to them and declared that in
several instances they found it diff
cult to reach the final decision.
"It was a real pleasure to read and
ponder over these girlish letters" :"
wrote Mrs. Virginia King Frye to the
Girl Graduate Editor. "AIl of them
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Three RADICALS
TAKEN IN RAID BY
DISTRICT POLICE
One Said to Have Confessed
He Came Here to Uproot
The Government.

Three more known radicals and
Bolshevists fell into the net of the
police last night when Detective
Sergeants Stephen and Lawrence
O'Dea arrested Robert Henkle, rs
years old. of II Fourth street south
east Mary Bal. 80 years old. and
Anus Nowalk. A years old. of
S27 IL E street northwest
The three radicals were taken in
to custody upon the strength of
information gathered by Sergeant
oDea that conclusively showed
they were more than casually in
tereted in the working of Reds"
in the United States.
Various radical publications were
found on the premises occupied by
the Bolshevists, and documents that
are expected to help in the general
roundup of Bolsheyists in the United
States were seized.
sergt. ODea Gets Confession.
Following a two-hour grilling of
Nowalk by Sergt- ODea, the man is
said to have confessed that he was
closely allied with the most rabId
radicals in the country. and is in
this country merely to tear down the
present form of government and to
substitute one similar to the Russian
Soviet
Nowalk is said to have confessed
that for the past three months he
has been in Washington for the pur-
pose OF organizing the radicals or
this city.
The prisoner stated. according to
ODea. that prior to coming to this
country in 1889 from his birthplace.
Hamburg. Germany. he was an Of
hcer in the German navy and upon
arrival in the United States he at
once started to spread German
propaganda through the country.
Calls Him vnest Radical
The man is the vilest radical 1
have come In contact with" said
Sergt O'Dea, "and. according to his
own statement. has been endeavor-
ing to strike a death blow at the
American government He was ac-
tive in Jacksonville. Fla. until
three months ago. when he came to
Washington to spread the doctrine
of violence here. Nowalk said that
in two years the United States will
be red with blood, and the Bolshe-
visits will come into their owns
According to Sergt. O'Dea, Nowalk
declared:
Attorney General Palmer will get
his just deserts. 1t is he that is re-
sponsible for Germany being kept out
of payment for dye that was pur-
chased prior to the war"
Nowalk is alleged to have confessed
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These Are the Girls
Who Win Prize Fr0cks

Nine girl graduates of Washing
toms high schools and normal
schools are happy today
For last night the judges in the
Girl Graduate Contests decided
their ambition stories were WORTHY
of the frocks that The Washington
Herald is awarding as prizes in the
contests.
The girls are:
Miss Arletta Phillips, Central High
School.
Miss F. p. Ross. Eastern High
School.
Miss Elizabeth Macnichol Rich
mond. Mckinley High School.
Miss Frances C. woln. western
High School.
Miss Mary Bonuccein. Business
High School.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
Hero York Plans
To Can Exploits
nCenuloid Reels

Nashville. Tenn, June IA.
-Sergt. Alvin York has
made arrangements to ap-
pear in a moving picture
entitled the "Divine CALL"
staged in France and the
hills of East Tennessee,
according to an announce
ment from E. A. 'Kellog,
secretary of the Tennessee
Society of New York.
Kellog is temporarily
acting for York in financial
matters.
The Tennessee Society
of New York will lend
York $4,000 to pay for
making the picture, which
he will own in its entirety.
The film will depict the
life of York at home and
in the war.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
Capt. Alcock and Lieut..
Brown, in Vickers-Vimy
Biplane, Hop Off at St.
Johns, N. F., Expecting
To Reach Destination
This Afternoon - Ma.
chine Lacks Pontoons.
Thousands Witness Start.
Two Wireless Plants.

St, Johns, N. F.. June I4.-Ths
British today started their second
attempt to make a nonstop fight
from Newfoundland to Ireland.
PiIoted by Capt. John AIcock.
an Enslishmar, and carrying a.
navigator Lieut.. Arthur Brown.
Royal Air Force, the Vickers-vimy
biplane SCARED away from its field
near St. Johns at l2:I3 D. m.
New York time.
If all goes well. the Wickers ma
chine should reach ireland Sunday
afternoon, according to estimates
of the flying time.
start Quite Informal
crowd of about 1000 assembled
at the field to witness the start
Capt. Alcock. Lieut.. Brown
whose parents were Americans. al
though he was born in Scotland
and members OF the vickers SQUAD
ron calmly discussed the prospects
and tested the engines.
While mechanics were giving the
motors final going over. AIcoek
and Brown donned their flying
clothes and sat on the field nea- toe
plane, talking TO Manager Muller.
Of the company. and a few close
friends. They lunched, then shook
hands all around. and climbed INTO
their seats.
Sepsrtee Under DfAeuftfe~.
The motors were started and run at
varying speeds for fifteen minutes.
Members OF the mechanical star
clustered around the plane. exchang-
ing last bits OF repartee. but most OF
II was lost on account OF the roar
OF the engines.
Muller handed a note to Alcock.
which he read and then returned.
Then the pilot waved farewell ana
gave the signal to remove the held
blocks which kept the machine from
starting prematurely.
Three minutes afterward the en-
Glnes were thrown wide open and the
plane started forward at good speed
against a thirty ty-mile-an-hour west
erly breeze. It took the air in
westerly direction, leaving the
ground when $50 yards from the point
Of starting. Alcock few west at a
low altitude, and soon vanished
against the rather murky horizon.
Crowds Are PuxsIed.
The spectators remained on the
field Speculation was rife as to
why Alcock had departed in
westerly direction. The sky va.
scanned again and again for trace
of him.
After Is minutes there was /.
shout of there he is" and the
plane was seen speeding seaward
! to the northwestward of the city.
, 1t quickly passed beyond signal call
and vanished from sight. When
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YANK FLIERS GOT TWO
HUN PLANES FOR ONE

The Germans paid two airplanes
for every American plane brought
down. according to figures revealed
by Gen. March. Chief Of Staf.
American losses were 357 air.
planes and forty-three balloons.
The Americans brought down 755
German planes and seventy-one Of
their balloons.
Gen. March explained that these
figures of German losses included
only those established authenticity.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
BRITISH BEGIN SECOND
ATTEMPT TO FLY FROM
AMERICA TO IRELAND
Notable Events
OF a Single Day.
In Air Conquest

vickers' pinne started
trans-AtIsstie flight.
British dirigible R-34
sehedsled for long trinI voy-
age for testing wireless, pre-
IInInary to attempting trans
Atlantic trip.
Lieut.. Casaie. French avt-
ator, established new altitude
record. s3,I3e feet.
Three British planes start
ed from Greece for India.
Secretary Daniels ANNOUNCE
ed that plans are being dis
eussed for au American navy
flight across the Pacinc.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
GERMANS Get
UNTIL june 2f
T0ACCEpT PACT
Big Five Winds Up Work on
Reply to Enemy's
Counter Proposals.
WAR Is ALTERNATIVE
Allies Prepared to Crush
Recalcitrant Nation-Aus-
tina to Sign This Month.

Paris. June l4-Germany must
accept the peace treaty by June
u OF be crushed
If the Germans accept the terms
the formal signing of the treaty
probably will take place June q
In Versailles.
On that day. it was learned
from an authoritative source to-
night. the time limit for final ac-
ceptance OF rejection of the terms
viii expire.
If Germany refuses to sign the
allies viii begin their advance the
following day and the economic
blockade VIII be clamped down.
Big Five End Task.
The Big Five wound up their work
on the reply to the German counter
proposals this afternoon The special
drafting committee is completing the
task of assembling the various pro-
visions OF the note and making the
necessary changes in the text of the
treaty
Panl Dutasta- secretary of the
Peace Conference. will carry the al
lied reply of 1900 words to Foreign
Minister Brockdor1-R on Mon
day. AT the same time the Germans
viii be notified of the hve-day time
limit
This period will include the three
days notice of denunciation of the
armistice. provided for in the origi-
nal terms of that document
Dispense with Ceremony.
Dutasta VIII perform his task with
out any ceremonies whatever. No
plenary session OF the peace confer
ence viii be called to sratify the
amended treaty. Tn. Czecholovaks
and Poles-the only ones Of the small
er nations interested in tho modifca-
tions+vere called In this afternoon
Every detail of the military and
economic pressure against Germany,
in the event she refuses to sign, has
been Perfected Marshal Foch's plans
are understood to provide for a simul-
taneous advance of the French, AM
erican, British and Belgian armies
from the Swiss to the Dutch frontier.
Each unit has received its instructions
and has taken UP the necessary posi-
ton for a quick march into the inter-
ior.
The British navy also Is prepared to
bottle up completely the German
North Sea and Baltic ports
The supreme economics council
would direct the execution of Ger
many's isolation. That body went
over the final details today.
Scope of Concessions.
The concessions to Germany. it is
understood. will include determine
ton of Silesia's future by a plebis-
cite. shortening of the period for
Germany's admission to the league
of nations, determination of the
total amount of reparations late this
year. instead OF at the end of two
years. and control of military oc-
Cupation of the Rhine districts by a
civil commission The reply, how
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The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
BY EDWARD M. THIERRY,

-NS1t-.-~-1~
War to the death is raging here
at home. Whisky is the issue.
Blood is being shed in mountain
battles. Soon cities will be battle
grounds. It's the Moonshine War.
Drama and melodrama enacted In
France are duplicated. And all the
customary thrills are the wars by
product
Uncle Sam is fighting the moon
sinners Revenue officers, armed
men who are the greatest sharp
shooters alive. are pitted against an
army of lawless noun
taineers-desperate men. who fight
an Indian style of warfare in de-
fense of what they believe to be
their God-given right to make
whisky out OF the corn they grow.
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American to Be Tried as Red.

Paris. June l4.-Robert Minor.
American newspaper man arrested
this week. has been transferred
from Coblenz to Chaumont for i'm
mediate trial. according to informs-
tion received here today. He is ssid
to be charged with disseminating
propaganda among allied
troops. particularly British.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
Phone Strike Put Off
After Burleson Acts

Postponement of the strike of
telephone employees. ordered for to-
morrow by the Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, was announced
yesterday by ]. P. Noonan. president
of the Electrical Workers.
Uoonan took this action following
issuance of an order by Postmaster
General Burleson that the tele-
phone company officials negotiate
with employees. either ''as individ-
uals or collectively. through COM
mittees of their representatives
chosen to act for them"
Union Victory Acclaimed.
Telephone companies are virtually
required to recognize the brotherhood
of Electrical Workers under the or
der issued by Burleson. Union offl-
cials here were jubilant at Burleson's
action, which they considered a VIC
tory for organized labor.
Union officials regard the order as a
complete reversal of Burieson's for
mer policy toward organized labor:
The order plainly defines the right
of employees to bargain, either as IN
dividuals or collectively. through COM
mittees of their representatives
chosen by them"
Given Fiye-Day Leeway.
Telephone officials are directed TO
designate one or more officials to
treat with committees concerning
hours of employment, compensation"
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
Train Kills Three in Auto.

Toledo. O.. June Il = Three were
killed and two persons were hut when
train struck an auto at walbridge,
a Toledo suburb. late today.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
FIUME MAKES POET
FIRST WAR CHIEF

Fiume. June 1.-THE national coun-
Gil Of Fiume passed bill today Gre
ating an army and appointing the
poet. Sem Benelli. war commissioner.
Sem Benelli is the author of the
play. THE Jest" in which John and
Lionel Barrymore are now playing
at the Plymouth Theater in New
York. This play is the dramatic sem
sation of the season.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15
Roman Monks on Strike
For More Funeral PAY

Rome: June Il. - Capueehin
monks here have gone on strike
for double pay I'm omeiatinx at
burfals-
The Washington herald., 1919-06-15

within FIVE days after presentation by
the employees. the order reads.
The order also makes plain that
union business agents may act for
the employees if they so desire and
guarantees the right of employees to
join unions, ''or to affiliate with or.
ganizations that seem best calculated
to serve their interests"
One clause is taken as intended TO
prevent comoanies from camounaging
their reasons for dismissing men. II
reads:
In case of dismissal. demotion or
undesirable transfer where no real
cause is shown by the company, il
shall be considered that discrimina-
ton was practiced and upon such
finding the employe shall be rein
stated to former position. with full
pay for time lost, or shall be reiln-
bursed for any losses by reason Of
demotion or transfer"
ID. C. TclesraPhers Hopeful.
Both sides in the controversy -
tween the Western Union Telegraph
Company and the Commercial TeIeg-
raphers' Union of America claimed
last night that victory was already
won.
Washington strikers found COM
fort in a notice posted upon the
bulletin board at the main office of
the Western Union. reading: DO
not accept messages going to rail-
way stations. only under conditions
of an indefinite delay. w. r. WILL
Jams. Manager"
This means that the Order of
Railway Telegraphers. some $4,000
in number, have refused to handle
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Given Five-Day Leeway.

Telephone officials are directed to
designate one or more officials to
treat with committees concerning
hours of employment, compensation"
and other grievances. Such matters
must be taken UP by the companies
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