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Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-05-21

Photos show prisoners of war in
Italy bathing in old Roman baths at
CaIdina, near Verona. Italy: Belgian
horseman riding two horses in Jumping
contest at Brussels, Belgium, in horse
show and peaceful street scene in
Monastir. Serbia
Peace already reigns III the full mean
ing Of the word In some parts of Europe
not infested with bolshevki mobs.
There is 10 tolerance Of bolshevism in
Belgium. The Reds have wisely lei this
little country alone The Bclgians.
worst sufferers in the war arc glad TO
forget i and return to their old life
but their little army remains modified.
At the invitation Of the Serbian govern
ment the American Womens hospitals
organization has opened n headquarters
at M0nastir and has improved the sani-
rary condition Of the city wonderfzllv.
The city is free from any sort Of strife.
too With the return af ItaIv's dele
gates to the peace conference it is be-
ieyed the crisis In that country has
1een averted.
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TIME FOR REPLY IS up.

Berlin May 2O-Thc German reply TO
the peace terms will be handed to the
representatives Of the allied and assoc
cated powers Thursday. the Tagehlatt
says The contents of the reply, it is
added, will adhere closely to the German
version of President Wilson's ii points.
The l. days given 10 make reply
10 the peace treaty will expire Thurs
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4 Gentlemen of the Congress:
II deeply regret my inability to be
sresent at the opening of the e1traor-
finary session Of congress. 1t still
1eems to be my duty to take part in the
Founsels Of the peace conference and
contribute what / can to the solution of
,he innumerable questions to whose set
Ilement it has had to address itself
cor they are questions which affect the
peace Of the whole world and from them
therefore, the United States cannot stand
I lpart.
8r Called Because of Crisis.
| deemed it my duty to call the con-
/, eress together at this time because it
ras not wise to postpone longer the
rovisions which must be made for the
.upport Of the government. Many of the
( appropriations which are absolutely nee
,ssary for the maintenance of the gov
lrnment and the fulfillment Of its var
ed obligations for the fiscal year 1919
.920 have not yet been made: the end !
# the present fiscal year is at hand I
End action upon these appropriations
an no longer be prudently delayed. 1t !
' necessary. therefore, that | should i'm
Gedlatelv call your attention to this
critical need. It is hardly necessary for
Ne to urge that it may receive your
trompt attention.
I shall take the liberty Of addressing
lou on my return on the subjects which /
lave most engrOssed our attention and I
hc attention Of the world during these
tst anxious months, since the armistice T
= last November was signed, the inter- i
tltional settlements which must form |
he subject matter of the present treat /
vs. of peace and Of our national action /
q the immediate future. It would be 4
tremature to discuss them or 70 express 4
Judgment about them before they are T
rot to their complete formulation by h
ne agreements which are now being
ought at the table of the conference. +
shall hope to lay them before you in
Seir many aspects as soon as arrange
cents have been reached.
= Doesn't Know Home Situation.
$ | hesitate to venture any opinion or
cess any recommendations with regard
= domestic legislation while absent from
~ United States and out Of daily touch
fifth intimate sources Of information and
funsel | am conscious that | need, af
or 50 long an absence from Washing
tn to seek the advice Of those who
pye remained in constant contact with
c,mestie problems and who have known
tenn close at hand from day to day; ]
ed / trust that it will very soon be
a,ssible for me TO do So But there are
lyeral questions pressing for considera !
nm to which | feel that | may. and in
aed must even now direct your atten I
lin, if III only general terms. In speak j
w Of them | shall, | dare say, be doing I
arle more than speak your own thots. ]
n hope that | shall speak your own
tdgment also.
2 The question which stands at the front =
Z All others III every country amidst the !
Resent great awakening is the question :
: labor. and perhaps | can speak Of 1t
..th as great advantage while engrossed
: the consideration Of interests which
fleet all countries alike as | could at t
ffme and amidst tbe interests which
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May Have Been Lost at Start

The opinion held in admiralty circles
IS that Hawker came TO grief soon after
he started. 1t is pointed out that the
aviator almost certainly would have sent
a farewell message before getting out Of
radio range had an accident not befalIen
him in the meantime.
In the house Of commons. Josiah E.
Nedgwood and other members severely
criticised the government for onitting t.
PROVIDE means tor assisting Hawker ia
his flight across the Atlantic.
Captain Elliott declared the country
would hold the government had been Is
mentally remiss and desperately careless
of the honor of the country and life o.
a gallant gentleman.
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American Boat Sunk
by Mine; No Lives Lost

dothenhnrg. Sweden. May 20.--Tne
American steamer Lake Placid struck =
submerged mine near the Island af
s1nsa near here Monday and sunk in
i've minutes. All those on board were
rescued
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NO TRACE OF HaWKER

london, May -o.-(10:1o .. m.1-
Tuesday passed without word Of anv
kind concerning Harry Hawker and
Lieutenant Commander Grier and their
Sopwith hiplane in which they left s..
Johns Sunday afternoon
The weather is so bad off the coast
Of Ireland that airplanes ordered by the
air ministry to search fer Hawker's
machine are unable 80 fly There were
strong southeast winds. rain and fog al
intervals during the night All com
ceuters in London are silent
as 10 news from Hawker and Lieutenant
Commander Griey Even the rumors
which prevailed Monday and Monday
night have died out.
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vAiNLY SWEEP ATLANTIC.

St. Johns \. H., May a0.-~Saips at seA
from the American coast to the BrtIsa
isles vainly swept the air thruout the
Continued on Page Twes
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SUFFRAGE CALL
IN HOUSE TODAY;
BUDGET BILL IN
Lawmakers Hear Mes
sage and Launch More
Measures.
JONES PROPOSES EXILE
FOR ALIEN SLACkERS

Washington. May 20.-President Will
sons cabled message, outlining legisla-
/ tlon for the extra session Of the new
congress, was read in the senate and in
the house today by clerks and arrange
ments were made Dv congressional Lead
ers for immediate consideration Of the
vast legislative program. with the equal
suffrage resolution to come up tomor-
rev in the house.
When Clerk South Trimble completed
the reading in the house. there was ap
plause from the democratic side. This
was the only demonstration except scat
tering applause from the republicans
which greeted the presidents declara
ton that he hoped soon ~ be back in
Washington.
Senate Quits Till Friday.
After the reading Of the message the /
house adjourned until tomorrow out Of +
respect Of the late representative Carl /
{. tanayke. of Minnesota The senate
adjourned at 1:15 O'Clock until Friday 4
after the usual flood of bills and resolu-
tions had been introduced
hls was the first time since Presid
ent Wilson was inausnrated that he had
net appeared in person 4" deliver his
message Copies Of the text cables from
Paris We're distributed among tho sena-
tors and representatives as they took
their seats and some We them scanned
the printed pages without listening to
the reading
Republican leaders met the presidents
proposals for early return of public util-
ties by statements that such legislation
already was planned.
As 10 the prohibition recommendation.
Doth republican and democrat dry
eaders loined in vigorous statements.
dissenting from the presidents sugges-
IONS and prediction that no beer and
Rin" repeal would be passed ppininn
n both houses, as asrertained bv leaders
vas general that thu ban IN beer and
vine would not be lifted
Flood OF Legislation.
\ fioei of bills and resolutions were
'pened III the senate today, while scores
aore We're thrown into the house hop
yer Irlnclpal measures III thr senate
skad ter copies Of the peace treaty for
,eilnitoH Of the American policy in
flssla, adoption of woman suffrage. es
apilshment Of 4 federal budget system
Ad repeal of the luxury taxes and tha
ayAght saving law. Al were referred
Y committees, democratic senator's An
'''.''' e'a's
iiepuollfan plans for many investiga-
IONS were launched in Il resolution he
,halrtnan tfreene. of tho house ner.
haht marine committee proposing in
HirF into operations of the shinninp
oard ahd emergency fleet corporation
Representative Wclty. of Ohio asl.oa
= ah investigation hy q non partisan
Expenditures. ''''" = ~
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Suffrage Bill Up ednesday

representative MondeIl. IF Wvoping
republican leader announced IN tho hG1,s.
today, that the resolution pronosing
submission of equal suffrage ropstitI.
'ionaf amendment would b. called nm to.
morrow Tor passage. His announcement
loiio"ed 4 favorable report On tho ra-
soi9tien OF Representative Mann. of fu-
lho1s, hy the house suffrage committee
reatIon 81 national budget system.
win the president responsible for ronl
piiation Of estimates Of appropriations
needed ny the various government da-
paftmenfs and with congress given
voice In the expenditure IT The apnronri.
ations, n provided il z bin introduced ii
ne house today by Representative Good
~ iowa. chairman WI the house appro-
priatons committee.
Continued Page Two,
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naturally must affect my thot. because
they are the interests of our own peo=
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! and endeayorlng to end grating and
speculation within government circles.
The herald., 1919-02-06
LABOR OFFICIAL IN PROTEST
Grafton Resents Alleged Attitude
of Military Officer.

THE war is over and this country
isn't going to stand for any branch of
the military being used for any pur-
pose other than military one.
Neither the lumbermen nor any other
group are going to be permitted to use
the military for their own private in
tereStS."
This is the declaration of William
Short, president Of the Washington
State Federation of Labor in discuss
ing the assertion of Stanley King, as
sistant secretary of war, who has been
quoted as saying the State Federation
Of Labor will not get anything by de-
handing the removal of Brig. Gen. B.
Z. DisQue, head of the spruce prOduc-
ton division of the army, with head
quarters at Portland, Ore.
The labor interests have demanded
that General DisQue be removed for
alleged Interference with the organ
izing of timber workers in the North
west.
The herald., 1919-02-06
PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED
Country Will Not Tolerate Industrial
Stagnaton Now War is Ended,
Says Gompers.

Discussing reconstruction problems
before the senate committee on edu-
cation and labor, Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, said the people of the United
States would not cuuntenance a condi-
ton of Industrial StagnatiOn after the
war He said he had discussed with
many men of affairs, since the signing
of the armiStice, the question of indus
trial Stagnation and they took issue
with the assertion made in some quar-
ters that hours of labor must be in
creased and that wages must come
down.
There can be no repetition in the
United States of the same conditions
that prevailed in 1898 and 1894, when
men and women We're hungry for the
want of employment" he added.
The problem TO be met at this time,
he said, is as great as the problem Of
winning the war. He paid high trib-
ute To the service of workingmen
throughout the country during the
war and said the same could be said
of employers.
The herald., 1919-02-06
GOMPERS WARNS
OF B0LSHEvISM
Movement Enemy of Trades
Unions as Well as of Govern
ments, He Says.
HAS CONFIDENCE IN LABOR
Good Sense of the Working People
Will Prevent Spread Of Anarchy
Employers Warned of Inju.
dicious Action.

On the eve of his departure for the
international labor congress to be held
at Paris during the sessions of the al
lied peace conference. Samuel Com
pers, president Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, gave out serious
warning against bOlshevism. 1t is
movement, he said, which is as great
an attempt to disrupt the trade unions
as it is to Overturn the government of
the United States.
Mr.. Gompers declared that the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor would fight
the menace and expressed confidence
of victory because of the safe and
sane Americanism Of the American
Federation of Labor.
"The American labor movement"
Mr.. Gompers said, Stands for the
maintenance and improvement of the
condition of the workers. naturally and
nationally. The whole scheme of boil
shevism is to bring about a cataclysm,
and its supporters think that bs such
a situation all the ills of the human
family can be abolished at once.
"Such employers of labor who an
tagonize the efforts of our movement,
who seek to depress the standards, are
playing into the hands Of the bolshe-
wiki"
The herald., 1919-02-06
AIRPLANES IN GREAT WAR
Fokkers Must Be Credited With Re.
markabIe Work That Contributed
to Victory Of Civilization.

The Fokker series IS interesting
First, there was the monoplane Fox
ker, so long a menace at the front
Then they tried the little triplane
Fokker, weird-looking machine,
whose speciality was climbing high
and diving down on the foe. Unfor
tunately In the dive the top plane had
a way of coming OF. 1t was In FOX
ker triplane that the "Red Devil"
Baron Won Richthofen came to grief.
and you can see the engine OF his ma
chine, a 40 La Rhone, copied from Q
French rotary engine.
The last type Of Fokker-and q
very good one-is the D7 biplane. all
metal except for the wings, with q
high-power engine and tremendous
climber. The specimen on show be-
longed to Richthofen's circus You can
follow the attempts of the Germani
to win security by armoring their ma
chimes, but armoring did not pay, ow'
ing to the weight and clumsiness.
Late in 1918 an extraordinary ma
chine was brought down, made entire
ly Of metal, with wings Of some kline
of aluminium alloy, and brass seat
for the pilot-the whole thing marve
of bold inventiveness.
The herald., 1919-02-06
Demands by Michigan Labor.

Organized labor's demands for
changes in the compensation law Of
Michigan are represented in bill in
troduced in the house by Representa-
tive Macdonald.
1t provides that the waiting period
shall be one week, with compensation
beginning on the eighth day and dat
ing back TO the day Of the accident If
incapacity continues eight weeks.
Compensation is to be at the rate Of
&c % per cent Of the weekly wage in
stead of 50 as at present. The maxi
mum weekly payment is raised from
S12 to SIS and the minimum from Sc
to 81.
Dependents Of the injured employee
under this bill include mOther-in-iaw
and father-in-law and children up to
eighteen who are incapacitated from
working.
The herald., 1919-02-06
Have Advanced Program.

Federal ownership, operation. or
regulation Of. public and semipublic
utilities was recommended in the re-
port of the committee on reconstruc-
ton of the American Federation of
Labor, made public after its approval
by the federatlon'S executive council.
Government ownership of all wharves
and docks, federal legislation to pre-
vent child labor, and equality in pay
for men and woman workers also were
urged.
The committee opposed the forma-
ton of labor political party, on the
ground that ''the disastrous expert
ence of organized labor in America
with political parties of its own amply
justified the American Federation OF
Labor's nonpartisan political policy"
The herald., 1919-02-06
MANY OUT OF EMPLOYMENT
Twelve States Report Increase of Idle.
ness Against Seven Short
Time Ago.

Unemployment of common labor now
exists in u states, as against seven
week ago, said a message from the
national council of defense to its state
councils, which We're urged to do ev-
erything possible to find employment
for those needing it. The - states in
which there is a surplus of labor are
Illinois, Indiana. Iowa. California, Col
OradO, idaho, Missouri, Montana, Ne
hraska, North Dakota, Oregon and
Utah. The COuntry's SURPRISES in all
labor seem to follow belt across
country from Connecticut to Mime
sofa.
THE area of unemployment" says
the message, sis increasing, and it is
probable that the danger point will be
reached within 80 days"
The herald., 1919-02-06
British Trade Union Funds.

For the third year in succession the
British chief registrar of friendly So
cieties reports a net reduction in the
number of trade unions. At the Close
of 1915 there were GA, as compared
with CIT in 1915 and 900 in 1914, with
a membership of 3,703,OO1, which rep
resented an increase during the year
Of considerably over 225.O00. The
chief registrar comments on the ten
dency to organize the workers into
large homogeneous bodies rather than
to have a large number OF smaller
unions. On the other hand the aver
age size of the employers unions has
decreased during the last five years.
The herald., 1919-02-06
Labor PARTY Names CITY Ticket.

The Independent Labor party re-
Gently formed at Chicago by organized
labor has made It's first nomination
for city offices. At the nominating
convention John Fitzpatrick, president
Of the Chicago Federation of Labor,
was selected to run for mayor of Chi
cago at the spring elections. John
Kikulski, organizer for the A. F. of
L., In charge of the stock yards or
ganization, a member Of the Butcher
WOrkmen's union, was nominated for
city clerk. Knut G. TorkelsOn, former
secretary of the District Carpenters
council, now secretary of Carpenters
union No. IS1, large local, was nomi-
mated for city treasurer on the Labor
party ticket.
The herald., 1919-02-06
How Fast Shot Travels.

When standing within few YARD
of a guns muzzle at the time of dis
charge, a person would be amazingl!
astonished were he only able to se'
the shot go whizzing by. Experiment
in instantaneous photography prov
that the shot not only spread out
cometlike, as they fly, but they strint
out, one behind another at a much
greater distance than they spread.
Thus, with a cylinder gun, when tn,
shot Of a charge reaches a target tina
is 40 yards away, the last shot Is lag
ging full ten yards behind. Even {
chokebore gun shot will lag behint
eight yards in 40. This accounts fo
the wide swath that Is moved In |,
flock Of ducks on which a charge o.
shot falls just right. About 5 per cen
only of the shot, according to the mos
reliable deductions from experiments
arrive simultaneously at the large
aimed at, the others tagging In thu
ratio named above.
The herald., 1919-02-06
American Labor Party.

The newly formed American Labor
party of New York was formally or
ganized by delegates said to represent
SS2 organizations and 100000 trade
uniOnists.
The platform adopted favors Presi-
dent Wilson's IA points, self-deter-
mination for Ireland, a 44-hour week,
equal pay for women, guarantee of o
wage to every adult worker based on
the average cost of supporting a fam
lily Of five persons, provision for SOL
diers, sailors, munitiOn workers and
others similarly affected by the end Of
the war and government insurance for
all citizens. The new party went on
record as opposing prohibition.
The herald., 1919-02-06
WANT UNIFORM
EICHT-HOUR DAY
SIGNIFICANT Resolutions intro
duCed in the Massachusetts
Legislature.
SOUND REASONS ADVANCED
Increasing Use OF Labor-SaVinJ Ma
chinery and the Return Of the Coun-
trys Military and Naval Forces
Put Forward as Arguments.

Resolutions filed in the MassaChu-
sets legislature cI<l upon the United
States congress to establish uniform
eight-hour workday throughout the
nation. The resolutions are in part
as follows:
"Whcrcas the constantly increasing
productiveneSS of machinery created
by human labor and resulting from
the inventive genius of mankind en-
ables the working class to produce
given amount of wealth in an ever
decreasing length of time; and
Whereas the return of the mill
tary and naval forces Of the United
States from the battletields of Europe
and their return 10 industry under
former conditions would result i'll an
intense competition for jobs between
them and the formerly unframed
workers, especially women and nal
pOrs, whom the worldwide war has
called into industrial activity, which
would cause injustice both to the re-
turned men and TO those now holding
their former jobs; therefore be it
Resolved, that 1t is the opinion OF
the general court of Massachusetts
that public interest will be better
served, labor more fully employed
and prosperity more general by the
reduction of the hours of labor to not
exceeding eight per day throughout
the nation, except in cases of emer-
gency; and it respectfully petitions
the congress of the United States TO
take necessary steps to provide such
uniform workday."
The herald., 1919-02-06
Canadian ShjpbuiIdind.

1t is estimated that the total ton
mage of vessels launched in Cana
dian shipbuilding yards during 1918
was about 100000 tons lightweight,
says a writer in the Toronto Globes
annual Financial Survey.
OF this, % steel and 45 wooden
ships, with a tonnage of 253, 463 dead
weight, were for the imperial NUM-
lions board. All Of these ships have
not, Of course, been delivered. The
tonnage delivered is valued at $751;
1892.
In the fall Of the year the French
government contracted in Canada
for so wooden ships, valued at $21,-
100000.
The herald., 1919-02-06
Gary Predicts Great Prosperity.

An era of great prosperity for Amer
lea during the next five years was
predicted by f. II. Gary, chairman Of
the United States Steel corporation
board of directors. There will be re-
adjustments in prices and wages, too,
eventually" Mr.. Gary said, but the
establishments in wages will come
slowly and in such way that labor
will recognize their Justice. If EN-.
ployers are fair to labor l have no
doubt labor will reciprocate."
The herald., 1919-02-06
Jobs Provided for UNEMPLOYED.

Ninety-three per cent of the appli-
cants for work at offices of the United
States employment service were re-
ferred to jobs and 1873 per cent were
placed, according to report on fig
ures for the work Of the service for
the year 1913. Registrations for en-
ployment were 4,211 $40; applications
for help from employers totaled s.
799. 79S; those referred to jobs were
1891, $50, and those placed in jobs
were 3,O99,295.
The percentage Of registrants for
Jobs to applications for help is 40.
OF the 1881, $50 referred to jobs Ala
per cent were placed.
The herald., 1919-02-06
When Romance Faded.

He got her name and address In :
Red Cross package and that was al
he knew about her. So he did TIT
thing that q lovesick soldier usuall!
does-wrote her a sweet little lette
telling how he longed to correspond
with some one. How did he know bu
that real romance might start? Thii
was her answer:
IT think this war Is horrid. an
doing my share. I buy War Saving
stamps and eat corn bread, which {
don't like. Also I am learning Il
knit"
But the cruel part is that she added
II am ten years old"
The herald., 1919-02-06
LARGEST Motor Vessel.

The British twin-screw Diesel en-
gined vessel Glenapp, which had jus
been built by Glasgow shipyard, !
according to the local press the lara
est and most powerful motor vessel 4
the world. 1t is Of 10000 tons dead
weight, and has two sets Of engines
constructed by Messrs. Harland I
Wolff at their Glasgow works. Thes
give a total horse power Of $500
which figures represent very marke
progress in this type Of vessel.