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New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Stranded Ex-Ses.vice
Men Called Easy
Prey for Reds
Discharged Officer Heads
Protective Association to
Find Jobs for Men and
SO Overcome Menace

Hundreds of discharged soldiers and
sailors forced to beg on the streets Of
New York to keep from starving ac-
cording to Lieutenant Lester D. Mayne
is breeding discomfort that is being
taken advantage of by Bolshevik work
ers in New York. To overcome what
he terms Bolshevik menace 'he
American Soldiers and sailors Pro-
tective Association WAS organized Yes.
terday with headquarters ia the Hol-
land Building, Fortieth Street and
Broadway.
"The association Will furnish cloth
ing. credit and iunds and find work
for discharged soldiers continued the
lieutenant. At Will not cost them
cent. Every fighting man IS auto
maticaily member Of the association.
git is wrong that these men should De
forced TO beg.
TIE association is backed by several
wealthy New York men, bur wiN wei
come any financial assistance. Congress
will be asked to give discharged sol-
diers work on internal improvements
of the nation, and the association will
try to place thousands OF discharged
soldiers in the wheat belt i'm the Md
die West TO take care Of the .slai
labor shortage during harvest Branch
associations win be organized In every
city in the United States where there
is need
According to investigators Of tho
association soldiers seeking WORK are
getting no help from the United States
Employment Service because the Fed
eral Employment Agency and employ
crs are not yet cooperating sat ac
torily
Socialists Spread Discomfort
The association was organized ag ae
following officers of the rart and
army, recently released from active
duty: Captain Harry Z uucssteir.
Captain K. v. Walter. Lieuienant WIZ
fred c. Dlttoo. lieutenant John b
Reinhardt. Ensign jerome N Blum
Ensign =. g. Cnamberiaa. Lieuten-
ant G. +. Leland, Lieaten4at s.. A
Maher, Lieutenant Bari W Rose I7eu-
tenant Mitchell L. Ro-easen al4 Lieu
tenant Lester ID. Malae aup.icat o.
ior charter viii be made ees week.
We nave proof iha. faaica. Social
lsts, who are the same 0s e Bolshe-
1lkl, said Lieutenant Alay re
playing up Inc fact 10 ,he discharged
men shat they can't get wor and urg-
ing them to unite in soma or, of
protest organization. Somc o tae sol
dlers unconsciousl accept seed
Of Bolshevism and spsead Tie l'sco0-
tent. We know these soldiers because
We worked with them and they ul nor
Hllowingll accept anything lat
tainted with Bolshevism but some one
must come 10 snesr aiA or taee
be taken advantage cl"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
10000 " orkers Cheer
As Vote in Faror Of
Strike Is announced

Ten thousand workers in the wom-
ems garment trade of New York gath
cred in Madison Square Garden vesyer-
day to greet with cheers the results of
the strike vote taken Wednesday and
Thursday. Most of them were girls.
many too young 20 have taken part in
the bitter strikes of 1909, 1910 and Iul3
which eliminated in the famous pro
tocol of peace. under which the unions
and the manufacturers have worked for
six years.
After listening none too enthusi-
astiCally 10 the support pledged hv Sec
retary Frank Morrison of The Amer
can Federation OF Labor and cheering
radical speakers with Wild enthusiasm.
they heard the results of the polling Of
the last lew days on a decision to
strike II l. becomes necessary TO Ell
force the unions demands. The re-
no. 105.
The women chccred for full
minute when Chairman Ernest Rosen-
burg, wee president Of the union. in
troduced the Socialist Judge, Jacob
PanAen Immediately following PAN
ken speech d number of members
heckled the chairman vigorously over a
resolution authorizing the executives of
for US standards o. life which viii en-
able US and our families TO live with
the degree Of decency becoming Amer
lean citlZens.'
Warns Against Discord
We want forty-four hours without
compromise cried girl from the floor.
Don't compromise on the Is per cent
raise. another cried. and Immediately
dozens of the women were demanding
that those points be incorporated in
the resolutions.
he resolution Was carried as drafted.
however, and .'r.ejdent Reniamin
Schlessinger warned the members that
the employers were looking for lust
such discord as means of disrupfinr
the organization.
There was also bit Of heckling of
Secretary Morrson who came TO pledqc
the support Of the A. +. of l.. Dur
ing Morrison's speech there VAS little
applause compared with the cheers that
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Northern Pacific Is FIootcd

FIRE ISLAND, n. Y, Jan. ~. The
T. ln'ed states transport Northern paci
ne, ~hich ran aground on sandhal
On lfr lalaud llght on New Years
Day. finally WIS Noutcd nt s:15 o'clocl
might, utter previous efforts io d,oo
hcf off the bar had failed.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
fio's Found /" Dry Bill
possed in NicLie,,,

LA>@ihr. Mic0.. Ja5 ~ ha esfo, ,r
IN Inc JOINT leaoiution passed BY Inc Vi
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-06
BY S. II. STElNHAuSER.

Special Dispatch nteliseneer
LEE sWheens induced Color Sergeant
M. Wheeling with them He will carry the
artillery the people Of wheeling In
parade battle It through
and
overHed raised
sides 4 MorGanto~n, w. Va
had TO to that
her back 'neh
where they belons-n Wheeling"
acting bsader Of the 1ssh field
action Roasne France just az he
die make duty return to the people
Wheeling they to this brigade at Camp
Colonel Wen died.
Rhine back at Camp lee n
Of Wheeling
William Clarke Of New York. res
their coming Wheeling has
Captain Clarke planning TO make formal return " the
Haa TO people Of Wheeling.
the selee
Wheeling Lee II bears the
carried his
will back to be preserved
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SEEKING COURT
ORDER To OPEN
OVERLAND PLANT
PETITION FILED IN
THE FEDERAL COURT
Company Officials and Labor
Union Leaders Named as
Defendants

TOLEDO O.. June 5.-A petition
was hlcd in tho United States district
rour, hero to-day requesting IN" court
to order the r"-up"ninC Of III" NItIy:-
Overland Aut omohilc company plant
which has been closed since tho riot!ne
IN which two PERSONS w"r" shot 10
death last Tuesday. The petition ais"
q SKIS thai a restraining ord"- be issued
IN prcycn, tho idle worker: = IN inter-
fcring with operation Of tho plant.
Federal judge John NJ. kiltits set
Saturday as the day for hearing on the
application.
The suit. filed Ivy the Dail-nrerland
Automobile company. cha arl"it", y.
c. names a. defend - -" WillyS-
Overland company. john Q"'nliN&n.
business agent for the Central LABOR
Union; W. T. Flynn. organizer for the
American Fcd"raii"f Of Labor: w. II.
Johnson. prc"id"n' "f H." International
Union nf MacN.niS;s: JoG"ph La l.ondc
Victor Gauih.cr local labor leader. and
MaChiniSts ON ana Autom"pile
Trades CoudcIl
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AS A SPECIAL FAVOR PLEASE
MARSHALL SIGNS The
SUFFRAGE RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON. juno 5.-Eicc Presi-
dent Marshall today signed thc woman
suffrage constitutional amendment rcso-
luton in the presence of Chairman Wat
son, of tie senate woman suffrage COM
mittec, and other senators and rcprcsen-
tatives Of women's organizations. The
vice presidents signature was the last
act upon the resolution at tho capitol
Senator Gillette having attached his sig
nature yesterday.
In recognition Of the 5O-year cam
paign OF the National American Woman
Suffrage association. the guests were
limited to representatives, Of that nsso-
cation and members OF congress. and the
gold pen used was presented TO the
national association
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REPLY To THE .;
GERMANS WILL
CONE MONDAY
SOME OF GERMANY'S
REQUESTS REFUSED
Final Settlement Of the Adria-
tic Question Asserted Near
at Hand
sx rzu ASSOCIATED PRESS

The council Of four in Paris is still
engaged in efforts to reach q conclusion
with regard 10 the counter proposals
made by the German peace delegates.
II also is working on tho clauses OF
the Austrian peace convention which
had not been completed when part OF the
treaty was handed the Austrians at st.
Germain.
Reports in Paris. are 10 tho effect that
the council will be unable To reply 10 the
Germans before the end Of next week.
This probably is due to the complicated
nature Of the questions under advise
ment. II is understood that the financial
clause Of the Austrian treaty has been
arranged, but that no sum has been
hxed for Austria TO pay This matter. IL
10 said. Is to be left to a commission
which will determine tho amount and
the method OF payment after an invesu-
cation into Austrias resources
Premier Padarewski Of Poland has
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INTERCHANGE POLICE OFFICERS
N EFFORT To RUNDOWN GANG
RESPONSIBLE FOR BOMB OUTRAGE

NEW YORK. Juno 5-Thc eight
rtI"s in whIth bC NIB nutragcs were per-
pcIratcd Monday night have arranged
f"r IN interchange Of police officers TO
facilitate corporation OF all the agcn-
cics at work running down the radicals
responsible for the explosions. IL was
announced at police headquarters here
tonight.
Tho statement cam" Al the close Of a
conference between federal agents and
representatives, of ia" municipal police
departments of various cities. II was
stated that d"tachm"Tts nf the New
York bomb squad hav" hccn sent 10
Pittsburgh. Washington. Philadelphia.
Boston and other cities in tho hope that
they can ~ Of assistance in rounding
up anarchists and other radicals who
arc familiar figures in the exclusive red
society Of Now York.
Among those who attended the confer
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LOT Of smoke
AND SOME F|R
IN THE SENATE
TREATY DEBl11|
BORAH CHARGES TAFI
WITH PROPAGAlDAW0GN
Assistant Secretary Of ST.
Polk Forced Into First
Public Statement
WASHINGTON. June s.-IAS SRe

WASHINGTON. June ia
than Ave hours Of heated debate &C.
the senate ran the whole scale o. ~ q
sues involved in the peace treefy
Starting with the controverAy.5Ya Ya
publication Of the treaty, the daeee
drirted to principles of the treaty ~
and of the league Of nations ana -
II was finished involved sharp ca
Of partissnship and politics from
sides OF the chamber.
senator Hitchcock. OF Nebraak1
lor Democrat OF the foreign relett
committee. charged that Chdn
Lodge and Senator Borah Of IdAAus
made an attack OF "a most
nature" on the president. In their -
ments telling Of copies Of the unpuell
cd treaty in New York A searching ~
vcstigation was demanded by
Nebraska serator. -
Senator Lodge replied that there ~
nothing to conceal. and that he NoN
v clcome investigation which shoul4
clude also The democratic state oeeA3 Z
ment.
Senator Borah made a similar 1t91nE
ment and then. charged that there ~
"a conduit" between those backing -
league to enforce peace. headed t1- ~
mer President Taft and thoSs NJ
possess information a. to what ~ ltoi
the treaty. .tt 65]
Tonight. Acting Secretary Po1k, of
state department.. took hand In IL
controversy through issuance OF o utGfai
mcnt denying 4 declaration Of Eenate5
Lodge during the debate. the stats 61f
partment had told newspap apernaen hne1
cial sections Of the treaty were In H.
SaN .-t le y
York.
"As far as I know" said Mr.. Polk ~
the first formal expression on the GlaS
ject that has come from the departntAki
"thc copies Of financial and reparat1ti
sections are rot in the hands Of u1r
authorized persons" ri
Meantime it became known that H1Af
ator Hitchcock in usking for an tnyeo1)s
cation ~ the channels throuEhsYHfe
copies Of the treaty reached New yal
was acting with the backing OF -
White House. His resolution directlh'
The foreign relations committee to tatl
vestigatc was introduced yesterday, ~
was said authcnticatively. after he ha1s
been requested to do so at White:
House conference.
This Development. together WITH titEs
statement IF Mr.. Polk was taken ID
some quarters 10 mean that heVcl1lj
the president and the state .depaftMlAfs
may take a more direct part In thu trN6kSs
controversy. 80
No vote was reached during the lS6s
on either the Hitchcock resolution .Si3l
that introduced by Senator ohnson. H.;
publican. Of California. asking the steSk
department for the treaty text. T1fs
latter, leaders hope. may be brought 81,
vote tomorrow. but the H3tehcot1S <
measure probably will not come ,1n;i
again until Monday. g gsE'
In calling up his resolution toAN65
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WHEN "STE|NY' JABS THE EYBOARD

to ports from which they SAILED f"r
overseas As units moved out. NOR"
rm"k;os ram" n and the strength Of
the camp never got below ih."nh.
Today ;hc drill field is co;"rcd high
with weeds Th" Strength Of III" camp
is but ih.ndH !. NJ. G. 4 hu:S all over
the big military reservation aEv closed.
cnbwchs screen their w,nd''w.. Build
irgs are duSt-ladcr and some If then,
arc rapidly coming {" Tie state "f
worthlCsSness. All over the amp ih,r'
arc mute bearers Of m" message iAHI
task started many months ago has h,'m
completed. and that no matter what the
cost. Uncle sam did his duty wcll.
Just what will become Of tho miles OF
buildings with their equipment mn on"
Knows Who would want them ls an
other puzzle. for they are nn good rX-
ccpt for the purpose for which they
have served
All about tho hig camp buildings ono"
occupied by small stores and shops that
attracted the soldiers on pay day arc
vacant Parks arc deserted and II tn"
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WASHINGTOE. June 5.--Telegraph
and telephone companies whose lines
have been controlled and operated by the
government since last August ! were
ordered tonight TO resume immediate
operations Tor thrir own account ny
Postmaster General Burleson. The post
office department. however. under the
terms OF Mr. Rurleson's order retains a
measure OF control OF the services pend
ing nnai Legislative action by congress.
Regulations prohibiting discrimina-
,,on against wire employees because or
union affiliations. maintaining existing
rates and charges and instructing COM
panies TO keep special accounts TO faeih-
tate cost settlement between themselves
and the government are retained In et-
fecr under the order issued BY the post
master general.
Mr., Burlrson accompanied tn" order
with a statement giving tho reasons
which impelled him TO take tho action.
He asserted that, the president having
recommended the return OF the proper
ties the senate interstate" commerce
committee having Indicated that lmme-
dia,c return was advisable and the
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Wheeling. The trains were to have
carried practically all Of the men OF the
a13th. 3l4th and 31Sth Artillery regt-
menrS
Final orders were issued this after
noon TO close all service records, pay
rolls and other enlistment records as OF
Saturday and TO date discharges juno I,
1913. Officers say this order means
that the boys will all have been exam
ined prior 10 Friday evening. and that
discharges. bonuses and pay will be
handed the men Saturday. The final
hour Of service has not been specified.
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BY s. II. STEINHAUSEh.

CAMP LEE Va. juno S.-S"rrio"
bars and stars now worn by Wheeling
boys OF the 314th field artillery here
awaiting discharge will be replaced by
Victory medals and battle clasps. The
Victory medal will commcmorat" IN"
services Of the soldier for civil zatton.
The design will be similar for all coun-
tries on the face, but may differ in de-
tail for the various armies Of the allies.
The overseas side Of the medal will
bear winged victory and on the re-
worse will be the words The G-eat
war for Civilization" and the Crms
of the allies.
To indicate participation in tho NOR"
import ant engagements extra clasps will
be attached to the medal ribbon.
These clasps will bear tho names Of
battles selected by General P"rshing as
being the most important engagements
of the war Special clasps Will also
designate the place Of ."rviC" as IN
England. France. Siberia, italy or Ger
many.
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BY s. n. SIElNHAUSER.

Special Dispatch Inteligencer.
command OF the
boys Of Battery
314h artillery said
will
state
nents
Captain other Wheeling
BOYS, Saturday
watch
All OF officers Wheeling
All commanders Wheeling Saturday
expected practically
atuday
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cncc were Inspector Joseph Faurot. ho11
Of the New YORK bomb squad. InspecAOt
Brrliname. OF the Washington polIcI
representatives OF the department ~
Justice the secret service and The
reau OF mines. The federal repronedoSti y
tiFs brought with them pieces Of elutns
found near tho home Of Attorney O.
eral A. Mitchell Palmer. after it M
been wrecked by bomb Monday NAE
and which they believe to be fragn1oak6;
OF the garments worn by the AnafAkEk
who was blown to pieces in the explos
sion. Ft-s;ks
Officers connected with the police -
partmcnis OF several Of the cities hi
which there were bomb outrages 1Nn@
day night. will come to New York -
give the police here whatever heip>{ney,
can. Tho belief was expressed that aAss
archists in several OF the cities h9T1s
fled to New York in an effort to aveidl
arrest.
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As have said before. all the cabinet
were at this moment very anxious as 10
tho general outlook. but neither by
word nor gesture did the prime minis
ter display tho least want OF hope and
confidence.
During my sojourn in France l had
received several most kind and encour-
aging letters from Mr.. Asquith. IN
which he e1pressc dhis warm apprec'a-
ton of all that we had done. and saio
how truly he realized tho very trying
circumstances which surrounded US
He personally reiterated these kindly
sentiments; but II was evident that the
government had just begun to enter
tain doubts and fears which had In
duccd them to call me into council. II
was the faith inspired by this constant
kindly sympathy. and his power as
prime minister. which helped me TO
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Elmer Hoelzle. Of Wheeling. sang at
he Y. II c. A. tonight
Shipments Of smokes sent the boys
IRON, Wheeling have not arrived.
lust when u seemed certain that the
boys from Wheeling would go home as
a unit rehabilitation headquarters this
evening informed the boys that plans
for a special y. & w. troop train had
been dropped and that the boys can so
horne sIngfy or anyway they please.
Ii had been planned to send the troop
trains over the Norfolk & Western via
Blucfeld and. Huntington. and thence
over me 3. & O., TO Parkersburg and
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British i'm State of Dsquietde Over the Russian Situation

that he might be appointed to comma nd.
with me as his chief Of staff He could
not be persuaded TO do this.
He was then on the point OF leaving
10 return I" Egypt and had no idea that
he was to he secretary OF state for war.
do not think Lord Kitchener was al
ways credited yb the country with the
talent for command in the fed. which l
know he really possessed. while on the
other hand a role for which he was not
fitted was thrus, upon him AS COM
mander in CHIEF in France II would have
helped him very much TO have had a
secretary OF state other than himself to
deal with.
Indeed. beneath that seemingly hard
and stern exterior there existed q
mighty we'll OF sensitive feeling and
even Of romance, which It appeared to
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minister my sentiments and feelings
toward him were never tho same
am willing 10 admit that our diff
fcrcnCcs-whlCh were great and far-
r"achinG-may hav" been to some eI-
tent my own fault: but. he that as II
may. our subsequent relations, down to
the time Of his tragic death. were al
ways cloudcd by n certain miStrust OF
each other.
II rcjoiC"s M! heart and a1teviates
the pain and regret which | feel to look
back upon this ono day spent almost
entirely tctc-a-tctc with him. On our
way to London wc had TO pass by his
countr, place at Broomc and he in
sisted on stopping for IN hour TO show
me round it To describe what I saw
would only be a repetition Of what Is
already well known. AS he stood In
the midst of its beautiful scenery and
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MEN Of THE 8OTH
GIVEN OVATION

PITTSBC RGH. juno 5.-Netcrans Of
the 320th infantry regiment and the
3l5th machine gun battalion Of tho S0th
division, passed in review hero to-day
before their home folks. TIL" entire day
was given over 10 welcoming tho heroes.
who were headed by Brigadicr General
Brett. Prior 10 the parade late to-day.
General Brett receive two tlaSS from
Mayor Rabc"Ck. the ono for the 32hth
containing 2SS gold stars. and tn" other
for the machine gunn"rs with ~ gold
stars. Tho troops left tonight for
Camp sherman. where they will be mus
tered out.
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believe that the shortage in guns and
ammunit ion which threatened ultimate
destruction would be overcome. The
glorious troops under my command
had gone valiantly to their death when
a few moro guns and a few more shells
would have many times saved their
sacrifice. And still no SUFFICIENT sup
plies came.
The question Of munitions and tn"
fear OF invasion formed thc basis of
our long conversation at Walmcr.
After lunch l left with Kitchener and
travelled by motor t. London. With
dec. sorrow l recall the fact that this
was the last OF all tho many days OF
happy personal intercourse whcih !
spent with my old South African chief.
As a soldier and a commander in the
field I had always loved and rcncrated
him: in his capacity as a politician and
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surroundings. the true spirit OF tho
great soldier Shonc out az distinctly
and clearly as It ever did in the many
and varied cpcrXicnCrs we went through
together in the South African war
The eloquent and touching tribute
paid 10 this ErcR; soldiers name by
Lord Derby in the hous" OF lords IN
June. 1916. brought ou, with telling
force and happr "prcssion Kitehcner's
deep affection for his beloved Broome."
A short speech wh--~S | made on this
occasion expressed my grca: apprecia-
ton Of LORD Kitchener's capacity as .
leader in the field.
I told the house tha, afte. received
lntimation OF m? appointment 70 com
mand in France my first &C, was to seek
out my old South African chief and sug-
gest to him that We should repair to-
sether to the prime minister and ask
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BUBLEsON RETURNS THE WIRE
LINES To OWNERS, BUT WILL
RETAIN MEASURE Of CONTROL

house committee having through heAr-
ings manifested a desire 70 raction to-
ward that end. he felt II his duty TO re-
turn operative control 10 the various
private owners.
Burlsson's Statement
In a statement accompanying the for-
NAL order the postmaster general de-
clared that the existing rates would re-
main in effect. and that orders forbid
ding discharEe of employees because or
union affiliations also would stand.
The president having recommended
tho return OF the wire systems and the
control Of the owning companies with
certain legislation designed TO stabilize
their operation" Mr.. Burleson said. and
the senate committee hating taken ac-
tion looking TO their immediate return
and the house committee in its hearings
on, the proposed legislation having fndi-
Gated concurrence in the suggested i'm
mediate return. with or without legisla-
,Ion so recommended. I feel IT my duty
to now return tho actual control OF
operation 10 the companies.
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