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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-17
MONEY ONLY OBSTACLE
Gompers viii Be e-elected II Salary
Is Raised to $4,000.

Atlantic City, N. j., June 17.-There
is but one obstacle to the reelection
of Samuel Gompers as president of the
American Federation of Labor. That is
money. He is now drawing an annual
salary of $500. The federation is con-
sidering raising the presidential stip
end to $4,000 or 1000 in view of the
high cost of living. but if it does not
President Gompers will refuse to run.
His. supporters said today that the vet
eran leader has so informed the fedora
ton. There are two other presidential
possibilities-John Fitzgerald, of Chi
cago, and Andrew Furuseth, head of the
seamen's union.
The meeting of the steel and iron
workers proved harmonious. John
Fitzpatrick. of Chicago, was appointed
permanent chairman of conference on
organizing the workers.
Furuseth described conditions among
the iron and steel workers in western
Pennsylvania, "as bad as darkest Rus
STA" The mayor of McKeesport, was
accused by Furuseth of 'suppressing
free speech"
The convention here probably will go
on record as favoring the league of ma
tions and the creation of an Irish re-
public.
The federation today adopted by
unanimous vote a resolution expressing
sympathy with the striking commercial
telegraphers.
Another resolution protested against
the use of state constabulary in the
moulders' strike at Auburn, n. Y. and
asked Gov. Smith, of New York. 10
wit hdraW them,
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Foe Must Reply by GAG pm. Monday,
June 23-Terms Now Before Assembly

TO
The
the conferences
the mission
Versailles last evening for War where he will today Aceordng
with cabinet which will
the revised treaty to experts who viii report as soon as possible The terms
cabinet will be taken rejection
pected consideration the will be continued BY the cabinet until Friday
Saturday.
assembly has expected the chief
fundamental
rather
ufls
obligations
other peoples of the world
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CHAINED TO TREE

Nashville, June 17.--In true western
style Clarence Rogers, a taxlcab driver
for a local automobile tirm was held up
by three men dressed in soldiers uni
form, made to desert his seven-passen-
ger car. robbed of money and his per-
sonal belongings and handcuffed to
large tree in the woods seven miles
from this city on the Murfreesboro
road early Monday morning.
The highwaymen. after safely chain
ing their victim to a tree, jumped into
the automobile and made their escape.
They were captured, however Monday
night in Huntsville, Ala, and are now
being held on a charge of highway
robbery and grand larceny for the local
authorities.
Detectives have been sent to the Ala
bama town to bring the prisoners back
to Nashville. The taxicab driver re-
manned handcuffed to the tree for over
an hour before he was released by a
farmer living near the scene of the
hold-up. The highwaymen are believed
by the local officers to be professionals.
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LABOR TO CABLE WILSON

New York, June l7.-Probability that
the telegraph strike situation would be
placed before President Wilson in ca
hlegram from the American Federation
OF Labor in convention at Atlantic City
was announced here today by Percy
Thomas. deputy international president
of the Commercial Telegraphers' union.
Decide to Act at Once.
Washington. June 17.-Immediate ac-
ton by the house on legislation ending
government control of telephone and
telegraph lines was decided on today by
the house rules committee In making
the amended senate mea sure an order
OF special business. A final vote before
adjournment today was planned.
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Washington, June 17.-(Special)-
The transport Imperator which sailed
from Brest for New York June IL,
and is due June 10. has aboard the
Eightieth field artillery complete,
consisting of forty eight officers and
1885 men, OF these. three officers and
forty seven men go to Fort Ogle-
thorpe. Also on that ship is - In
fantry complete, consisting OF eight
officers and 2'515 men. OF these nine
officers and fifty-five men go to Fort
Oglethorpe.
The transport Pincess Matoika.
which sailed from st. Nazaire for
Charleston June II, and due June 2S,
has aboard the 153rd provisional bat
talon. consisting Of twenty eight Of
ficers. white; seventy-seven men,
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Group of Men of Eightieth Field Artillery
And 52Oth Engineers Due at OglethOrpe

white; and 1874 men. colored. OF
these 251 men go to Fort Oglethorpe,
Also on that ship are the Fifth bat
talon, Twentieth engineers. consist
ing of seventeen officers and ass men
The transport Artemis, which sailed
from st. Nazaire for Newport News
June 13, has aboard the 520th cngi-
neers service battalion medical de-
tachment, headquarters company
companies A. and D.. consisting Of
ten officers, white; thirty Ave men
and 500 colored. OF these sixty-two
men go to Tennessee.
From Every State But Two.
Charleston, s. c., June 17.--Every
state in the union except Arizona
and Idaho was represented In the
soldiers who were debarked here to-
day from the transport Suwanee.
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LYNCHING PROBABLE
NEGRO AssaiIant Of White Girl Sur
rounded in Swami

NEGRO AssaiIant of White Girl Sur
rounded in Swamp.
Jackson, Miss, June l7.-John
fairfield, negro assailant of an Ellis
vile Zones county, girl Sunday
night, is surrounded this afternoon in
a swamp near Avery, according to
reports reaching Jackson, and his
capture is momentarily expected.
After keeping the girl out all night,
the negro escaped in her clothes,
which he wore to point near Avery
The clothes were found and the ne
gro located in the swamp.
A special train carrying posses and
bloodhounds left Laurel last night
for Avery. A lynching is thought
certain If the negro is captured.
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TO RECOGNIZE IRELAND

Atlantic City N. j.. June IA
resolution urging congress to recog-
nize the Irish republic and recon-
mending that representatives OF the
Irish republic be given a hearing at
the Paris peace conference, was
adopted today by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, in convention here.
The memorial placed American or
ganized labor as being in favor Of
DIFFERENTIATION for ireland.
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BIG LARCENY OF JEWELS

Chicago June 17.--Jewels valued at
from $4,000 to $4,000, which were
stolen from the home of Mrs. Nellie
Adolphus Bush are beig sought by the
police and private detectives today.
The Jewels were stolen while a bridge
party was in progress on the veranda
of the Loeb home, but the robbers
worked so quietly they were not dis
overed and loft no clue by which they
can be traced.
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KRONSTADT FORTRESS IN FLAMES.
RED SHIPS FLYING WHITE FLAG

London June 1.-THE North Russian general staff, direct
operations against Peogad reports the fortress of Kron
sad the Gulf of Kronad northwest of Petrograd to be
fire. according Halsngfors dispatch the Daily Mail
which filed Sunday Seven boshevk warships have
hoed the white flag, the dispatch and will surrender
the British squadron operating in the Gulf of Finland Several
the fortress of Kronsad have also raised the white
fac 6
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-17
DECLARED FABRICATION
Irish office Denies Charges Contained
In Walsh Report.

Dublin. June 1.-THE reply OF the
Irish government to the charges con-
talned in the report of Frank 7. Walsh
and other Irish Americans on condi-
tons i'm ireland is being printed and
will be published tomorrow. The Irish
executive makes absolute denial OF the
most serious charges.
Gross Publications.
London June 1.-THE Irish office to-
day issued a categorical denial of the
charges contaied in the report on con-
dtions in Ireland made by Frank p
Walsh and other representatives of
Irish American societies, The state
ment from the Irish office says that
the Walsh report contains gross cXaE
CREATIONS and statements that are ut
untrue. Some Of these state
ments it adds are gross fabrications.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-17
TROOPS ORDERED OUT
Report That Communists Will At
tempt Another Coup.

Vienna, June l7.-Troops We're or
dered out today when the government
received information that the COM
munists would attempt another coup
before nightfall. II has been ascer-
tanned that more than thirty were
killed and sixty wounded in Sundays
attempt by the communists to over
throw the government. Many COM
munist political leaders were released
from prison
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GEN. TRlLLO EXECUTED

Villas Secretary Among Those Cap
tured and Promptly Shot.
Ell Paso, Tex, June 17.-Vila sources
here today has well grounded report
that one of the eight Villa officers cap
tured in Juarez during the battle and
executed at Fort Hidalgo. was Col
Miguel Trillo. Villas secretary Trillo
is reported to be missing and was said
to have been shot after Villas CORE
spondence was found in bis nossession.
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v. S. SOLDIER KILLED,
x. p. HUT COLLAPSED

Brest. June ia. P0--
One American soldier was
killed, two are dying and over
100 others were injured as the
result of the collapse Of a
Knights of Columbus hut at
Pontanezen last night. while a
boxing match was in progress.
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REFUGEES ROBBED
Americans Leaving" Mexico City Mis-
traated by Mexican Bandits.

treated by Mexican banoIts.
Laredo, Tex, June 17.-American
refugees who left Mexico City sew
eral DAYS ago for Chihuahua were
robbed of their clothing and valua-
bles and beaten with rifle butts by
Mexican bandits, according to the
story told by Miss Isabel Maley, VINO
arrived here today. Miss Maley was
badly bruised and in need of medical
assistance.
Miss Maley declared that when
their train reached Jiminez they
found the track destroyed and were
forced to continue their journey by
wagon. They were held up and mis-
treated by bandits along the wagon
road. Miss Maley was unable to say
what became of other refugees who
left Mexico City with her.
After being treated by physicians
here Miss Maley went to her home
at Nogales AriZ.
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COSTA RIcAN ARMIES

San salvador, Monday. June l6.---
Manuel Castro Quesada. former Costa
Rican minister to the United States.
arrived here today. II is said he will
proceed to Pena Blanca. Nicarauga. the
headquarters OF the Costa Rican rebel
forces.
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Fair, Says Billy 'POssum.

Some time be-
fore this world
goes dry, be-
tween this time
and next July, !
would love to hit
the eastern trail,
and put my foot
upon a rail and
order laud and
without fear. and
fill myself plumb
full of cheer.
Then ! remem-
Der I'm no free
lance, for she
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Attn AND 5TH DIVISIONS
O., NOT TO SAIL VERY SOON

Washington, June TIA.
P)-The Fourth and Fifth d.
visions OF regulars have been
removed from the list of units
scheduled for early return to
the United States. the war de-
partment was advised today by
Gen. Pershing.
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FIRE RACES ON DOCKS
American Steamer Damaged by Fall
ina Embers.

ing Embers.
London, June IA big fire broke
out on the Alexandria docks in Liver
pool last night. Warehouses stored
with timber, cotton, oil, 400 barrels
of turpentine and other inflamma-
bles blazed iercely for hours and are
still burning, Several vessels were
safely removed from the danger zone,
but a blazing roof from one ware
house fell on the American steam
ship Norlina, which was badly dam
aged. The crew of the ship escaped.
Newspaper dispatches estimate the
damage at $4,000 900.
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has told me there's not a chance.
The weather: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday; continued warm.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-17
NEW YORK, FIFTH STATE
TO RATIFY SUFFRAGE

Albany. N. Y, June 1.-THE
New York legislature, without
a dissenting vote, last night
ratified the federal woman suf-
frage amendment. New York
is the fifth state to ratlfy
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(eontinued On Page Ten.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-11

CLAIMS UNDER DISABILITY benefit
Idaho. Thompso E.,
Names appearing Of Influenza
*Proofs
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-14
JOURNAL TABLETS
ON TEXTS TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

republicans to further their interests
in the state without regard for the
good of the people"
Slightly inaccurate. Not some; only
one county is holding Off Roosevelt
county commissioners frankly an
nOunced that the appointee was O. X
and an estimable gentleman. but that
the board disapDroved of the law Civ
ing the governor appointing power
Therefore the intent of the legisla-
ture was set aside. The act had left
it to the judgment of county com
missoners as to what salary should
be paid. within a maximum of $4,000,
in order that no undue burden should
I've imposed. De Baca county also fixed
Il salary of 81, but the board explained
that AS soon as there was a fund and
work ready proper salary would be
fixed. This has been attended to al
ready. Other democratic counties
like Eddy. Chaves and Grant an
nounced satisfaction with the appoin-
tees and promptly allowed salaries to
the limit, If there is any kick about
the governors appointees being unsat-
isfactory, nothing has appeared in the
local papers or official proceedings in
any county.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-14
COUNTRY EDITOR BECAME RICH.

Country editors are like the Irish
they can enjoy a josh at their own
expense. They have their joys of life,
even if cash compensation averages
less than that of a railway job. A
writer for a magazine tells of how
one railroad man turned to newspaper
work and became wealthy IN twenty
years. How things came his way is
told az follows:
Some few days ago ! learned of a
man who quit the railway service
when young in business activity to
engage in the newspaper business
that is, he became a country editor
And what do you think, after only
twenty years devoted to serving the
public, his friends. his enemies and
those who were neutral. he retired re-
Gently worth $4,000 How did he
do it? Every cent of this nice fortune
was acquired through industry. fru-
gality, burning the midnight oil, con-
scientious efforts to give more than
value received, constant perseverance |
and the death of an uncle, who left
the editor $49,997.50. The editor was
$3.50 ahead before his benefactor
passed away"
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| for the growing population of the ter
ritory, where we have already built
hundreds of school buildings, There
was but one building constructed for
educational purposes before the Uni
ted States took over the island, TWEEN
~ years ago.
On the same page of the Times was
a communication from a native of
Venezuela who came to this country
to enlist in our army to FIGHT Ger
many. He served in France. The
Venezuelan SAYS that the pro-German
government in his native land puts all
American sympathizers behind the
bars, and some of them are disposed
of promptly at the sunrise hour
At present there is enough room in
the jails to accommodate over 25, 600
political prisoners out of a population
of 500, 600. The sanitary conditions
of the jails are unbelievable Prison.
ers are dying daily from starvation
and disease.
The writer declares it is the duty
of the United States to help establish
democracy in Venezuela.
There is no need to 20 so far as
Venezuela to begin some reformation.
1t might well be begun a quarter Of
mile from an American city into
which bullets are again likely to be
showered daily now. and into which
hundreds of terrified aliens are flock
ing for safety just as they have beer
doing at frequent intervals for the las
decade.
After the president reforms Eu
rope, Asia and Africa, the American
hemisphere may have his attention.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-14
\ LEGISLATIVE JOKER.

If the people of New Mexico who
are putting money into holes in the
ground find much oil the state may
he made rich by royalties. And by
no means is the prospect dependent
upon the effort of citizens. Oil opera
tors from all of the developed fieldt
in other states are drillir- or prepar-
ing TO drill, in New Mexico outsiders
have much state lands leased foi this
purpose. The Las Cruces Citizen calls
the state royalty legislative joke,
saying;
1T appears that the verdict of the
late legislative assembly must be ia
vorable. The work accomplished was
more beneficial than anticipated, and,
so far, the only joker discovered in
any of the legislation greatly favors
the taxpayers of the state. being a
provision which provides that one
eighth of all oil found on state lands
must remain as an income on the
same for all time. This should make
New Mexico one of the richest states
in the world. as oil will soon be de-
Veloped here"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-14
$50 GET EN-.

Now and then some ratty printing
office is headquarters of anarchists
and conducted for dissemination of
their murderous teachings. In some
cases American soldiers have wrecked
equipment and kicked the scamps
found there. Such an incident occur
red in Los Angeles. In New York
similar treatment was given. The SOL
diers WEI . gentle, The malefac-
tors are 1T to kill others secretly.
On Who was slain by a bomb
he anting in the door of a citi-
re Gently was found a circular
.1g as follows: -
there will haze to be bloodshed;
e will not dodgeN there will have to
hc murder: we viii kill. because it is
necessary; there will have to he de-
struction; we will destroy - rid the
world of your tyrann.cal institutions
We are ready to do anything AMI
everything to suppress the capitaliat
class; Just as you are doing anything
md everything to suppress the !ro-
'ctarian revolution"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-14
WIZARD OF or is DEAD.
New York SIM.


Nothing can take from us the VIZ
ard of OF and his inimitable retiaue
of odd ingenious, grotesque followers,
but his creator, L. Frank Baum, is
dead, and he leaves no successor in
the field his genius made his own. To
him children of all ages owe debt of
the kind which can never be repaid;
hours of golden pleasure, enduring
memories of wholesome, innocent
fun, unalIoyed by any labored effort
to point moral or enforce lesson,
The strange creatures of his active
fancy are amazingly appealing. as
they are always amusing.
Mr.. Baum had a remarkable gift for
the grotesque, a rare sense of humor,
a splendid sense of balance. Through
all his works there is woven a fine
simplicity, an Interpretation of child
hood and its unlimited imaginings.
which make a mockery of time and
space and natural laws but always
retain their firm foundation in the
commonplace and easily comprehend
ed experiences of human life. The
lin Woodman and the Scarecrow-
with whom Montgomery and stone
will be forever affectionately identi-
fied-were essentially human beings,
adventures. The Cowardly Lion was
an exceedingly human lion; moro
human, indeed, than lionlike.
1t was MY. Baum's good fortune
and the public's, that he could appeal
to his followers through many chan
nels, His books, formally dedicated
to children, were as eagerly read by
adults as by those for whom they
were originally intended. To be able
to rouse and hold the interest OF
youngsters and their elders !s an I'M
usual gift; commonly the child's book
that enlists the sympathy of a grown
up bores children. Mr.. Baum's WORKS
attracted all. Although one Of his
projects was a theater for children,
the Wizard of Or" was not 4 chll-
dren's play, nor did it owe i's pros-
perity to childrens patronage much
as they enjoyed L. Mr.. Baum was
able to put many of his fantastic ere
atoms in motion pictures, and his
literary productions included several
plays besides that with which his
name is popularity identified, and a
technical work on the art of decorat-
ing.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-14
FIGHT THE FLIES.

The survival of a considerable num-
Der of babies this summer is depend
ent upon the death of ~ge number
of house flies, The > should be
poisoned, swatted. pod, and their
breeding places s. did he eXtermi-
mated h. cleanliness
The habits of the fly are well
known, 1t is "A product of filth and is
a carrier of disease. 1t generally stays
near where It was born, but it may
be swept by the wind for long dis
tances, and Il may travel without
meaning to do so. Everyone has no.
ticed flies on railroad trains, and this
is one of the ways IN which they are
borne far from their homes-to breed
elsewhere.
If every locality would fight its own
flies, the great pest would soon be-
come almost extinct. KILN. the flies
is very well, but cleaning up the
breeding places and keeping them
cleaned M IS better.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-14
WE MUST GET BUSY.

! Conditions never VIII be the same
as they were before the war. We
have to adjust ourselves to new con-
ditions-among them a continuation
of high prices which must be paid for
the necessities of life.
We all thought with the war over
that prices. including wages, would
take a tumble, and that living would
! be less expensive. But the contrary
! is true. We We're certain, so was the
government, that Uncle Sam would
have to pay something like a billion
| dollars to make good the guaranty of
/ $2.26 a bushel for wheat produced in
/ 1919. But wheat IS worth ten cents
bushel more than the government
price, and Notwithstanding the bump
err crop ahead there is no likelihood
that bread will be cheaper for us.
The farmer says everything costs
him more. and that he is really maxi
ing very little out of his $2.3G wheat
The fact is, that Europe is glad to
is now the law of supply and demand.
The east now recognizes that bust
ness has entered upon an era of high
er price level, and the trend of most
things will be upward for an indefinite
period. The war has forced the world
into a period of initiation. which is not
likely to be of short duration. Money
has far less purchasing power than
before the war This is not local, but
is world wide,
THE east is going ahead as never
before. improvements are being made
with feyerish haste, The only cheap
thing is money.
While times have been pretty good
in Albuquerque, owing chiefly to the
higher wages and salaries paid by the
railroad to its employees. this city is
not going ahead. Let us get that fixed
firmly in our minds that we are not
preparing to take advantage of the OPP
portunities right now before us.
Also get it fixed firmly in your mind
that when any person tells you we are
awake, or that we are even waking
up, he is not stating the facts.
We have got to have general
shake-Up here, or We are going to see
the procession pass us by--other sec
tons Of the country prosper while We
are standing still or receding.