The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-11-20

full wreath. 1t was a fitting incident
of Roosevelt week, during which hun
dreds of thousands of dollars were
contributed by admirers of the great
American for the purpose of establish
ing memorials to him.
President Wilson stirred up a
mighty hullabaloo by his veto of the
dry enforcement act on the ground
that the emergency which called for
wartime prohibition had passed and
that the law should be repealed. For
few hours the vets were jubilant
believing that John Barleycorn had
been given lease of life until consti-
tutional prohibition goes into effect in
January. But the drys quickly got
into action and forced immediate ac-
ton in the house, with the result that
the veto was overridden by a vote of
176 to IS. A large number of men,
bers were absent, but postponement
for this reason was refused and, in
deed, If the full membership had been
present the result doubtless would
have been the same. Next day the
senate also passed the bill over the
presidents veto, the vote being 65 to
90.
The act became effective at once
and the country became bone dry
until the treaty with Germany is rati-
fed AS soon as that action is taken
by the senate, according to state
ment from the White House, the pres
fdent will lift the ban. This. aroused
both the Anti-Saloon league and the
more rabid opponents of the treaty.
The leaders of the former declared
they would maintain the contention
that the ban could not be removed un-
til the treaty with Austria and Hum
gary had been ratified. The latter at
tackled the motives of the president
and said he had delayed lifting the
ban to force the senate to ratify the
treaty. The liquor men found some
consolation in a decision by federal
judge at Louisville that the wartime
law is invalid and that the government
could not seize liquor in storage with
out paying for it, But the revenue
agents went right ahead sealing up all
the stocks of liquor they could find
and they found most of them.
No one on either side of the treaty
fight in the senate would admit that
the promise of a wet spell in the least
affected the contest, but there was evil
dent a disposition to get through with
the matter speedily. The rejection of
all amendments cleared the way for
the consideration of the reservations.
and it was predicted that the same
conservative Republicans who voted
with the Democrats against the
amendments would compel the adop-
ton of milder reservations than those
reported by the committee on foreign
relations. 1t will then be up to the
administration supporters to accept
these or stand responsible for the COM
plete failure to ratify the treaty.
The REINFORCED red army defending
PetrOgrad succeeded. by desperate
fighting, in recapturing several towns
and in forcing back the white army.
but late reports from General YudeD-
itch are to the effect that he is recov-
ering the lost ground and that the Of
fensive is proceeding satisfactorily
again. Finland announces that it is
giving Yudenitch aid in the way of
tanks and ammunition, but cannot
send regular expedition unless prom
ised certain compensating advantages.
General Denikine's advance on Mos
cow also was checked by the boil
sheviki and, if wireless dispatches
from Moscow are to be believed there
has been a serious revolt against him
In the Ukraine. Large bodies of the
troops of Petlura and Makhno are
joining the reds and a number of i'm
portant towns have fallen into the
hands of the rebels. From the same
source comes the story of another up
rising against Denikine in the Caspian
region that cuts off his oil supply It
is well to accept all stories from Mos
COW with reservation.
Possibly in response to the wall of
the Let's that the allies have not been
giving them sufficient help in their
fight against the Germans at Riga, the
allied fleet in the Gulf of Riga has
been REINFORCED by some large war
ships and the positions of the Germans
are under continuous bombardment.
In the Baltic, it is said. there are IS
British warships which she'll Kron-
stadt daily. These vessels also are
enforcing the blockade of the boIshev-
list coast of Russia ordered by the al
lied, war council.