Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-07-16
DISCOVER PLOT TO
BURN ETERNAL CITY
Loyal Government Troops Fire
on the ConspiratorS.
FOOD RIOTERS SHOT DOWN
"SaIu PubIica Supreme Lex" Ancient
Roman Motto, Is AppIied-Qulet Re-
turns to Florence, but Trouble
Occurs in Other Towns.

Rome, July 9.-A bolshevik plot to
attack the central part of Rome by
means OF hand grenades and other. eN-
! plosiveS has been exposed by the ar
rest of is of the conspirators four
| hours before the time fixed for carry
| ing out the plans. About the same
| time 80 Of the reds motored to Fort
Pratalata, four miles from Rome, and
tried to induce the garrison to join in
/ an attack on the Rome market places.
| The soldiers fred on the bolshevistS
and seized several of them. The 9th
ers fed. The city remains tranquil.
Quiet has been restored in Florence
and several other cities where disor-.
ders have marked the food situation.
Demonstrations against the high
cost of living and against food prof
iteers, however, have occurred in
Milan, Leghorn, Plessandria and BreS-
cha.
Premier Nitti declared to newspaper
men that the sole cause of the recent
disorders was economic. He appealed
for their support in pacifying the radi-
GALS
The italian socialist organizations
have decided against a general strike
for July 20 and 81 as a protest aginst
allied Intervention in Russia and Hun
gary.
"PubIic Welfare Supreme Law"
"Salu publica suprema lex" the pub
lie welfare is the supreme law, the an
Gent motto of the Romans, is being
applied by the italian government at
this critical moment of the nationaU
life of Italy.
"The government closed one eye; i'm
deed, in some cases, both, for so long
that the people took the law in their
own hands," said a leading Italian
statesman.
"They were aiming to give harsh.i
but deserved, lesson to profiteers. lt
was right that the people should pun
ish these who made millions through
the sufferings of the entire population
which for over four years strained
every nerve in the face of the greatest
struggle of it's history.
with pitiless energy, however. as
pitiless as it's Ieniency heretofore, the
government now intends to repreS8
any attempt to transform a just pro-
test into something more serious"
Military Forces Occupy Towns.
Florence has been occupied by mill
tary forces and the machine guns Of
the troops were not taken there mere
Iy for show. They were used against
mobs and robbers The same thing
has happened at other most rebellious
centers, especially at Ancona and
Brestia, where many persons were
wounded.
However, all now is quiet at Flor
ence. as the strike was declared off at
midnight Saturday.
In Genoa, where the uprising against
the cost of living took most orderly
form. the people imposed reduction
in all prices, watched the carrying out
of this order and prevented any Vlo-
lence against shopkeepers. They in
teryened whenever attempts were
made to ransack shops, putting down
the dfsorderly elements with much
greater energy than the police ever
nsed At Milan the people have pre-
scented an ultimatum, demanding that
the prices of all necessities be materi-
ally reduced by Tuesday.
Mob Ransacks Shoe Shops.
A mob ransacked nearly all the shoe
sbops at Palermo, the troops being
called too late to prevent pillaging.
When they appeared they were re-
ceived with applause, the crowd shout"
ing to the soldiers, mo firing, boys;
1ve are not at the front. Here we are
all brothers and are against the vam-
hires who have starved u.s..
From all towns where disorders have
occurred the same report is coming. A
1yaalx ago everything could be bought
of high prices, but now the shops are
closed goods are lacking and moth
ing can he found. Entire families In
,,,onv nlaces are in despair to find
something to eat,
Shopkeepers here, learning that the
RIOTS throughout the Romagua district
wore spreading to other cities, decldeh
70 rodnce prices without waiting to be
forced to that course by mob violence
The shopkeepers here passed reso-
1n+ion announcing reductions "as
bioh and unavoidable patriotic duty
18th view to preventing any con-.
Aicts between consumers and shoIH
keeners or producers, which would De
70 the advantage of parties seeking TO
benefit by any trouble" No reduc-
+ions an Injuries were announced.