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Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16
MINERS To QUIT
UNLESS WILSON
CAN BRIDGE CAP
Lewis Issues Order for
Walkout With Possible
Peace In View.
CONFERs FRIDAY WITH
SECRETARY OF LABOR

Washington, Oct. 15.-Secre-
tary of Labor Wilson announced,
tonight, that he had assumed
jurisdiction, under the law, as a
mediator in the controversy be-
tween the bituminous coal min
ers and operators of the central
competitive fields, which has re-
suited in a call by the United
Mine Workers of America for
strike on November /.
Secretary Wilson said both
John L. Lewis, acting president
of the United Mine Workers. and
Thomas F. Brewster, president
of the Coal Operators associa-
tion, had accepted his invitation
to confer with him and that the
conference would be held here
Friday.
Indianapolis, Oct. 15.-The or
der calling all union bituminous
coal miners Of the country to
cease production Of coal at mid
night on Friday, October 81,
1919," was issued from the inter
national headquarters Of the
United Mine Workers Of Ameri-
ca here, at noon, today. The or
der is signed by John L. Lewis,
acting president, and William
Green, secretary-treasurer of the
miners.
Mr.. Lewis said it was impos-
sible to hold up the order now,
but that the mailing of it to the
locals did not necessarily mean
that the strike would follow. If
an agreement should be reached
in Washington at the conference
with Secretary Wilson, it was
said, the order could be counter
manded, pending the vote of the
miners in a reconvened conven-
tion.
Mr.. Lewis today wired Secre-
tary of Labor Wilson that he
would be in Washington at II
lo'clock Friday morning, October
IT, for a conference on the BIZ
luminous coal mine situation.
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STRIKE STARTS CO OPERATIVE STORE
MOVE BY UNIONS ON PACIFIC COAST

San Francisco Oct l5-Establishmen of commssary for
the benefit of the striking union in the bay cities and
eventually for those strike in all other cities the Pacific
coast has been decided and the first cooperative stores
Will be opened within two weeks union leaders here
The commissary will be under management of the newly
formed Pacific Cooperative league and similar organization
The Labor Unions CoOperative league viii handle the
sort of work in Seattle it was said.
Agents Of the unions will production and buy
as cheapy possible
1t is planned to make cooperative buying and selling Tor
union permanent coaswde affair For the present it
will be made available only to union on strike
Condensed milk win be obtained from Seattle in large quan
titles, it stated
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16
THE MENACE

Buffalo. Oct. 15.--Complete
returns compiled today on
Tuesdays municipal primaries
show that the communist
party, appearing OH a ballot
here for the first time and
running ON a platform calling
for the soviet form of gov
ernment, polled an average of
less than 800 votes for its
three candidates. The total
vote cast was $4,000.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16
CLEMENCEAU ROUTS FOES:
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IS
GREATEST In HIS CAREER

! Paris, Oct. f5.--(By the Associated
Press. THE Clemenceau ministry was
sustained in the chamber of deputies this
afternoon by vote Of 324 to 1872 The
premier thus VIGOROUSLY emerged from
the bitterest and best organized assault
which the ministry had ever faced. The
chamber adopted the cabinet policy on
the chronological order of the elections.
placing the executive elections first, on
Nov. 1G, and the senatorial and munici-
pal elections next in order.
J For the first time Aristide BRAND
the former premier. came out openly in
leading the opposition forces, but NJ
( .1lemenceau's majority was the largest
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16

George, wife Of the British premier,
is taking a prominent hand in the pro-
hibltion campaign, addressing a meet
ing of 1000 women at Glasgow Tues
day.
Dispatches received here quote Mrs.
Lloyd George as saying the success
of the campaign depended upon
women.
at is the duty of women to help
the victims of alcoholism at home as
it was to help the victims of Prus-
sianism in Belgium five years ago."
Mrs. Lloyd George Is reported to have
said.
Scotland Is on the eve of great
campaign, and next year the eyes OF
temperance reformers throughout the
world will be focused on Scotland.
If Scotland is won, the victory will
be great stimulus to the world to
do likewise"
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16
Plot to Steal Million
In Army Pay Roll at
Camp Grant Is Foiled

Rockford, ILL.,, Oct. 15.-A plot
to blow the safe in the disburs-
ing quartermasters' office at
Camp Grant tonight and steal
the million dollar payroll, by
three alleged Chicago safe blow
ers, was frustrated today by
Captain Robert E. Howie, camp
intelligence officer.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16

Word Of the request to Germany to
participate in blockade Of soviet Rus
sia came first from Berlin and was later
followed by reports from neutral states,
intimating that they, too, had been re-
quested to join in blockade. No def
mite announcement Of such contemplated
measures had ever been made from Paris
or London, causing some adverse news
paper comment. 1t was stated in Paris
Tuesday that the United States did not
Join with the entente powers in asking
Germany to cooperate in such block
ade, and the American delegation there
did not admit any American participa-
ton In an actual blockade against Russia.
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FLAMING POSTERS APPEAR.

FLAMING POSTERS APPEAR.
"If France does not suppress alco-
hol, alcohol will suppress France"
the posters proclaim in huge charac-
ters, and then, "Three million indi-
vIduals live on the traffic of alcohol;
100000 suffer and die from it,
"The United States has prohibited
all alcoholic liquors; Norway, Sweden
and Belgium have adopted stringent
regulations; the nations surrounding,
neutrals and allies, Tess affected than
France, have seen the danger"
Tho organized fight against aIco-
holic liquors in France was inaugu-
rated some so years ago by several
societies which, In 1905, Joined to-
gether as the Federation of Anti
Alcoholic societies in France.
PREMIER'S WIFE IN FIGHT.
London, Oct. l5.-Mrs. David Lloyd
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ENGLAND DRIVING
GERMANY To JOIN
RUSSIAN BLOCKADE
But Berlin Government Will
Consider Its Interests and
Make Reservations.

Berlin, Oct. 10 (By the Associated
Press )-The kreutz Zeitung learns
from well informed quarters the gov
ernment will il all probability agree to
Join in the blockade Of soviet Russia pro
posed by the entente powers. It is said
the government will lay down certain
conditions and will primarily consider
Germany's foreign political interests
when reaching decision
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16
EPISCOPAL JAMS
MARSHAL|NC FOR
FIGHT OVER LEAGUE
Southern Delegates Out for Pos
tive Endorsement of Cove
nant in Senate.

Detroit, Oct Undetermined that
the triennal general convention of the
Protestant Episcopal church shall take
definite stand on the league of nations
issue, delegations are mashaling their
forces against the resolution adopted
by the house Of bishops, that the United
States enter into "a covenant Of
nations
DR.. G. Gordon Smeade. Of Jackson,
Miss. charactcrizing the resolution
which was fathercd BY Bishop Chauncey
g. Brewster, of Connecticut as spine
less, colorless and meaningless" declar-
ed that he would wage fight to pre-
vent its adoption III the house oi
deputies With him are aligned the
southern delegations, almost solidly, he
said.
The board Of missions has asked the
convention to authorize campaign
among the church membership for
pledges to finance the church work
extension program to cost the big
amount of probably S100,O00000.
The program interpreted the work of
the church in this country in relations
to five major groups of people. the
Indians, negroes, isolated mountaineers
Of the Appalaehains. people of the rural
districts and foreign-born and their
children.
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ENGLAND TO ASSIST.

London. Oct 15--In connection with
the report from Germany that England
is to assist Germany to cooperate in
the coercion Of soviet Russia. the cor
respondent Of the Associated Press
learns that communication Of this
nature was made to Germany by the
peace conference.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16

Chicago. Oct 15.-Lieutenanf b. w.
Maynard, the flying parson, continued
his rush through the western skies. to-
day, on the return trip from San Fran
cisco to New York, and between sunrise
and sunset had covered 742 miles of the
second lap of the army.s air derby over
the trans continental course, spending
the night at Sidney Neb.
The two fliers who met death in a
2ooefoot fall while they were hurryng
towards the eastern goal-Lieutenant
French Kirby, pilot. and Lieutenant
Stanley G. Miller, observer-raised the
death total since the start of the race,
October S, to seven fatalities.
Maynard Has 1903 Miles Ahead.
Major Carl Spatz and Captain Lowell
II. Smith. started from Mineola. \. Y.
today, at 2:2S:1S and 2:31 respectively
Continued on Page Two.I
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KINGS COPY OF TREATY PARIS.

Paris. Oct. 15.The copy of the Ger
man peace treaty aigned by King George
after the ratification of the instrument
by the British parliament has been re-
ceived in Paris, the Petit Parisien an
nounced today.
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NO EVIDENCE OF MURDER.

Seattle, Oct. 1J-No evidence indicat-
ing murder or suicide has been found by
officials investigating the death here
Monday Of Mrs. Bertha Elinor Miller,
T. II. Patterson, deputy prosecuting at
torney, asserted today
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16
AIR DERBY FALL
KILLS 7 TN0;F|RE
PUTS SM| TIL OUT
Maynard 742 Miles East,
Rushing Through Ne
braska Skies.

Salt Lake City, Oct. I5.-Lieut.
French Kirby, pilot, and Lieutenant
Stanley C. Miller, observer. of air.
plane No. a., in the rans-continent-
al air derby, were killed at Castle
Rock, Utah. late today, when their
plane, travelling westward. fell
distance of approximately 200 feet.
Lieutenant Kirby was killed IN
stantiy, according to the manager Of
the Righy ranch at Castle Rock,
where the accident happened. Lieut..
Miller died about GAO feHiaht.
According to tho manager of the
Rigby ranch. the mahine was fly
ing high when the engine was heard
to stop and Kirby was seen to float
downward. Suddenly, when about
200 feet in the air. the machine
banked sharply and dived straight
for the ground
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-16

Cheyenne. Wyo., Get. l5.-LIeut.
Maynard, leader in the trans-con-
tInentai air derby. arrived here at
4:24 p. M. after flying from Salt
Lake Cit, Utah. in four minutes less
than four hours breaking all records.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

hand, accompanied by four Of his men, to
reconnoitre. Finding his suspicious con-
hrmed, he detached one Of his companions
to give the alarm to the adjacent company
and was on the point of turning back with
the others to call out his own, when bull
let grazed him. Other bullets followed
Obviously the little band of reconnotrers
was discovered. There was nothing left it
but to rctort with a running fire that
would give the enemy the impression of
an attack in force and, by the same token,
bring up reinforcements.
The strategy worked. Firing became
general and a spirited engagement ensued
in which the artillery participated. A
she'll burst near Lemordant, wounding him
IN the lons and projecting him with all
his equipment into the air The wound
was not serious, but the heavy, unbrokcr
faii disJointed the pelvis and tore the en-
veloping muscles. His men replaced him.
mt ms urgent request, upon his feet, and
ne made mighty effort to 90 on with the
combat-only to fall in faint. He was
carried 20 an emergency ambulance near
by, but he refused, although he was as
stif and battered as if he had been tossed
by bull, TO 70 to the rear And at the
end OF three days, with his basin cncased
In q wooden frame, which he had much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
At the
Marine

During the two weeks retreat that fol-
lowed, the dist made several successful
Enthusiastically, at Saint Richemont, near
Gulse, where it got the better Of the
Gard, and was furious at being command
ed to recede-and, on the 5th of Septem
Der, the day the retreat came to an end.
1T bivouacked at Essarts- les Sezanne.
where it helped form the liason between
the 9TH Army, under General Franchet
d'Espcrey, and the newly organized 9th
Army under General Foch During the
night of the Gth-7th-the great counter
offensive had begun at dawn the 9th
Lemordant's section was stationed at the
farm of Guebarre on the border of the
Gault forest. Toward II o'clock Lemon
dant, discerning signs Of an attempt on
the part of the enemy to slip into the gap
between his old company and the company
at his right, crawed forth, revolver in
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ness. Still, Lemordant, with his own sec
ton and another, of which, in the absence
OF It's officer chief lieutenant, he had as
sumed command, succeeded in capturinc
and organizing a ridge and in holding it.
despite furious cannonading, until other
troops came up. In this affair, Lemordant
received u shell splinter in the top of the
spinal column.
From the Asne, where the situation was
to remain practically stationary for LONG
Tune, the 4lst was dispatched into Artois.
to participate in the operations which will
go down into history as "thc race TO thc
sea ia course la ntcy'J
At o'clock in the morning of the 4tb Of
October it set out through maze of beet
helds IN the direction Of Monchy-le- Preux
with Neuville-Vitasse as Immediate obioc-
tive. Lemordant, with his section. attained
Kind of lane bordcred by thick hedge
within hundred yards Of the enemv's
lines. tic cut several openings in the hedge
and while the Boches were devotinp them
selves sedulously to peppcring a number of
empty hcpis, craftily disposed to draw their
fire, his men slid through the aperturcs into
the practically level beet field beyond.
Crawling and running by turns, they
traverscd the exposed space and captured
the trench that commanded it, Lcmordant
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when fifth bullet strikes him. shattering
the frontal bone. 1t seems to him that his
head bursts open and that one of his eyes
flies in one direction and the other in an
other. He falls all in heap 1t is fin
ished."
Left for dead IN the enemy's lines (for
the section, bereft of its chief, was I'M
able to hold the blockhaus), Lemordant re-
manned unnoticed where he fell for four full
days, during two of which he was uncon-
sclous. When he came to himself it was
night and he waited in vain for the dawn.
Hearing the wounded moaning about him.
he inquired why the night so long. He
was told that it not night. but broad
daylight Then he understood.
Lemordant about relapsng q second
time into Inconsistencies, when a heavy
gunstock blow full in the chest, from a
member of German patrol that was ver-
flying the dead, caused him to stir and he
was picked up and carried on a stretcher
to an ambulance of the front, whore his bed
was heap of horse manure Blind, half
dead and threatened with meningitis he was
transferred via one filthy lazaretto after an
other to Cambria and thence to hospital in
bavaria. On this terrible journey of four
days during which the French wounded
nearly died Of hunger and neglect, while
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
ales Heroic Visitor-The War Blinded Artist Le1n0rdan

ULfEN LEMORDANT the glorious,
q blind soldier-painter, who was awarded
a = .Ss Howland prize by Yale University
last fall, wifi soon sail for America
- VII lecture on the History of French
PRintlur- first in New Haven, then in New
York (where the Commissariat General DIES
Afaires de Guerre Observation-Disclosures is or
gnnizing an exhibition of such of his works
as it has been possible to get together and
practicable to transport across the Atlantc).
and then in several other large cities.
On the morrow OF Charleroi Colonel Ber-
nard, of the "Etat- Major" in congratulating
Lemordant upon his promotion from SER
geant major to second lieutenantJ said: "You
were born to be soldier" And Lemordant,
in commenting on the incident later, averred:
From such source this the highest
possible praise. And in my whole career
it is perhaps the bit OF commendation that
has touched me most. 1t is true that the
painter had disappeared for the time being.
On the battlefield Of the Maragne in the
nour when the destiny of the Patrie hung
trembling in the balance, only the soldier
existed"
Colonel Bernard might have added: "You
were porn TO command. OF LemOTQant,
from the moment he joined the colors, dis
played the qualities that go to make up the
model officer, what the French call so aptly
'tll entraineur d'hommes." He realized that
the hold of the chief upon his men depends
upon his moral authority, his personal
ample. THE officer he says, must give all
his strength, all his energy, all his blood
to The Patrie He must not reserve drop.
He should be the last to profit by the lucky
wound ia bonnie blessure) the wound that
permits him to melt sister souls Games
socursD in the elegant ambulances of the
Cote dAzur Wounded sick, exhausted, he
should be able to say to his men when they
grumble or balk, DO | refuse to march?
And they will do his bidding" ("Et MOI, est
&c que je ne narche pas? lis mareheront
aiors.")
Lemordant possessed the memorable con-
sciousness without which this admirable
comprehension of the role Of the officer is
vain; and when he evokes his campaign
his voice ordinarily clear and cold, be-
comes hoarse and hot with emotion
which shows that he played his part therein
with the veneration of the mystic partak-
ing of the sacrament.
1t was on October a, 1914, before Arras
while graphing with German officer that
Lemordant received the wound which de-
prived him of his sight and rendered paint
ing impossible for him henceforth. A brutal
bullet fred at close range, entered the left
temple and came out over the right eye
crushing the frontal bone, forcing one of
his eyes out Of its orbit, COMPRISING the
Sp1iptor md
eventually the atrophy of the optic nerve.
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ferred from the hospital in which he was
under treatment to the fortress Of Ingol-
stadt, whore he was confined in dark and
humid casematc. And second and third
attempt, likewise Intellectual, doomed him
to reprisal camp tcarnp des represailles)
The day before that fixed for the de-
parture of the "represailles" he gave the
last of series of talks upon the history
of art, which he had undertaken at the re
quest of his fellow prisoners, all of whom
were officers. From time to time he con-
suited, by way Of aiding his memory,
resume which one of his comrades had
transcribed for him in big characters. Sud
denly these notes became illegible. a mere
dancing halo, and he stopped short, but
only for few seconds. Reacting against
the shock by tremendous effort of the
will, he improvised the rest of his dis
course, betraying his emotion only by
slight quavcr of the voice
Nevertheless. his auditors had OWNED
dlmly the tragedy that was being enacted.
The moment the lecture was finished the
ranking officer rushed forward, gathered
Lemordant into his arms and exclaimed
w nat is the matter? All, my poor boy,
NO, no; it's not possible to send man in
your condition to reprsal camp. Courage,
you shall return to France!" And he of
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Len1Ordant'S Career
As a Soldier

When war was declared Lemordant was
thirty-sev years old. He belonged, with
the grade of sergeant, to the commissary
department of territorial regiment, q post
which rendered it probable that he would
not be sent to the front for long time,
if at all. Ardent pacifst and even anti
militarist. he was nevertheless so outraged
by the German aggression that he could
not bear the thought of remaining behind
in security while others were exposing their
lives. my place." he said, ais not at the
rear. ! want to fight In the front rank
He made fervent appeal to NJ Janvier,
the Mayor of Rennes, to intervene with
the military authorities for his transfer
to the active army, and the Mayor sue
ceeded in obtaining for him sergeantcy
in the 9Th Company of the I'd Battalion Of
the 41st Regiment Of Infantry, commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel (now Genera) Pas
saga The dist was sent week later to
the Ardennes and thence, August 20,
Lemordant, VINO quickly won the allegiance
of his men, having in the mean time been
named sergeant major, to the Sambre, in
Belgium.
At the battle Of Charleroi (regarding
which Joffre, in moment Of petulance, is
reported to have exclaimed. "By good
rights, should have won Charleroi and
lost the Marne!'D, Lemordant proved him
self exceptionally brave, efficient and
resourcefu soldier and won his stripes as
second lieutenant. In the earlier stages Of
the engagement the I'd Battalion of the DIST
was stationed as a reserve near the rail-
road crossing Of Morivont, while the LIST
Battalion defended the bridgehead Of Ham
sur-Sambre. But, IN due time, It too was
called into action and, on the morning Of
the 22d, Lemordant's company took Ham by
bayonet charge and held 1t stubbornly
against heavy odds until the failure of the
general attack on Arsimont exposed it to
flank movement and obliged it to retire
IN withdrawing, Lemordant, alarmed at
finding the enemy debouching from sew
cral directions and soldiers of hts own
corps fleeing in disorder, undertook, on his
own initiative and responsibility, to avert
the panic that seemed imminent by block
ing the route with what was left of his
section. Then, when he had about hun
dred men (from a great variety OF regi-
"ents, including the Algerian sharpshooters)
under his orders, he executed forward
movement (utilizing the roadside bitches as
defences) to species of low-lying cart
path, which he easily Transformed BY a
rapid manipulation Of shovel and pick, into
heid trench, whence he was able to
earsss the enemy during the entire af
ternoon.