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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
Destruction of German
Ships Was Predicted in
British Writer'S Article

LONDON. Sunday. June 22-Arthur
Pollen, the naval expert. in an inter-
view in the Dispatch regarding the
sinking of the German warships in
Scapa Flow. admires the spirit of the
Germans in sinking their ships rather
than to allow them to pass into the
possession of their enemies
The article in the Dispatch recalls
that a writer in an evening paper re-
Gently practically prophesied the de-
strIction of the German ships. This
writer emphasized the ease of Sc
creting demolition charges in a mod
ern warship. adding: Many people
in the navy believe that the ships
Ieft Germany with dynamite charges
already in position and that when the
decision Of the peace conference was
announced the Scapa Flow would he
the scene Of big pyrotechnic dis
play"
Commander Kenworthy. NJ. p, told
me Dlspatch that IT was the easiest
thing in the world to sink a shin bv
opening the Kingston valve or re-
moving the covers of the condenser.
Inc story Is remarkable" said
Lord Sydneham. Explosives could
I nc, nave re- been cen used. as they are be-
Stunning that the Kingston valves
were open. the ships would NOT amy
in less than five hours The loss of
.ne snIps Goes not matter. but 1t is
annoying that we were outwitted."
Commander Bellairs NJ p. declared
that no watch from the guard boats
could have prevented the scuttlinr OF
the ships and that therefore the
sailors on the spot are not to be
mander Bellairs declared. Tor ,hav
made the armistice but did NOT ,hinI
OF the terms. The only lesson 1. that
Sne nrst case of police work for the
league OF nations has been unsuccessf,,I
type" 'rue 10
Admiral Sir Percy Scott. interviewed
oy the Sunday Times. regards the sing
ing OF the German ships as something
TO be expected.
~ serves US right" he said, "for
trusting the Huns. They showed
throughout the war that they were an
uncivilized race. and they never ought
70 nave oeen treated as such: they are
The Weekly Dispatch says that &C.
cording TO an officer who visited the
German fleet last month, the shins
when they arrived in Scapa Flow were
searched for explosives. but not string
entity. The admiralty officials made a
haSty survey last November, but since
then everybody. including British ON
cers. was kept away because II was the
opsihoH oi inc government that the
ships should not be treated as surrend
cred until the peace conference had de-
eided their fate
The public will insist upon the dis
: closure Of the blunderer. or blunderers
! whooa egregious trustfulness was sc
. cyntonNy abused" says the Weekly Dis
patch In its editorial comment "Ai
! the ships were in the custody Of the
British navy as trustee for the allies
, q most searching Investigation into the
, nature of the precautions taken obyi-
ously il necessary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
Part of Fergus Falls, Minn.,
Including Business Dis
trict, Demolished.
THIRTY OF GRAND HOTEL
GUESTS REPORTED DEAD
Five Hundred Stores and Resi-
dences in Ruins-Three Storms
in Quick Succession.

BY the Associated Press.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi. June 23-
Between sixty and seventy persons
were killed and more than a hundred
were badly injured by the tornado
terday and tore a large section of the
city, including the business district. to
pieces. Thirty eight bodies have been
recovered.
State troops began searching the
wreckage shortly after daylight. 1t is
believed that more than dozen
bodies are buried in the debris which
was the Grand Hotel. Fifty persons
were in this building when the tor
nado came About thirty Of them are
dead
Much of the residence district south
of the Red river is a waste.
Stores and Dwellings Demolished.
About 500 stores and residences were
demolished A score or more Of per-
sons are missing. The property loss
is estimated at several million dol
lars. Virtually the entire north
western section of the city is in ruins.
Public buildings and churches were
destroyed. Hospitals are crowded
with victims. but city officials said
this morning they believed Fergus
Falls would be able to provide relief
for it's sufferers.
Citizens said they believe that three
storms struck the city in quick sue
cession. Several persons corroborated
statements that three funnel shaped
clouds were seen. The first apparently
struck the town from the northwest
and tore through the Lake Alice dis
trict. This smash wrecked the
Grand Hotel The second cloud
brought driving rain and approached
from the southwest. The third swept
over the eastern section from the
southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
UNEXPLAINED EXPLOSION,
Much Debris Thrown Up Near
Where Hun Ships Were Sunk.

LONDON. June 22.-Early this
morning a violent explosion occurred
close to the spot where one of the
says a Kirkwall dispatch to the Gem
trail News. A huge column Of water
and much debris were thrown up.
The single German warship which
gone aground. All the German crews
have been placed aboard the British
battleship Royal Sovereign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
Yielding to Force.

III the government of the German
republic is. nevertheless. ready to
sign the conditions of the allies with
the aforementioned reservation. yet
this Is not done of it's free will. The
government of the German republic
solemnly declares that its attitude is
to be understood in the sense that it
Yields to force. being resolved to
spare the German people. whose suf-
ferings are unspeakable. new war.
the shattering of its national unity
by further occupation Of German ter
ritories, terrible famine for women
and children. and mercilessly pro-
longed retention of the prisoners Of
war.
THE German people expect. in
view of the grievous burdens which
it is to take upon itself, that all Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23

mittee, Representative Ben johnson,
who had charged that the senators
were Influenced by the real estate .op-
orators in Washington in drafting the
bill. The Pomerene bill provides for
the regulation of rents in the District
on a basis of the value of property
rented The resurrection of this bill
was discussed at the meeting today.
and steps may be taken to bring it up
again. Senators believe that Congress
has the power to pass such a regula-
tory measure for the District in time
of peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23

Continued from First Page.)
after 9 o'clock reply which had been
unanimously agreed upon, stating
Unless full acquiescence 10 received
from Versailles within twenty-four
hours 1t may be expected that the
advance Of the allied armies will be
resumed. Dispatches from govern
ment agents and indications general
ly have created the impression in
conference circles that the Germans
will yield.
Only one of the four notes received
dealt with changes which were de-
manded in the peace treaty. The
others were of an Informative char
ing to the request for notifications.
The reply to the German delegation
said: THE present note Of the Ger
man delegation presents no arguments
or considerations not already ex-
amined. The allied and associated
strained to say that the time for dis
cussion is past. They can accept or
acknowledge no qualification or reser-
walton and must require Of the Ger
man representatives an uneQuivocal
decision as to their purposes to sign
and accept as q whole or not to sign
and accept the treaty as family formu-
lated. After the signature the allied
and associated powers must hold Ger
many responsible for the execution Of
every stipulation of the treaty"
Note in German Assembly.
BERLIN. June % (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-Germany will sign the
peace treaty Of the allied and asso-
ciated powers. The national assembly
this afternoon, by vote of 237 to 13S.
decided to sign. The assembly also
voted confidence in the new govern
ment of Herr Bauer 236 to SO. Sixty
eight members abstained from voting.
Before the vote of confidence was
taken. Herr Bauer. the new premier.
declared that the government would
sign the treaty. but without acknowl-
edging the responsibility of the Ger
man people for the war and without
accepting the obligations contained
in articles 227 to ESQ in the treaty,
relating to the trial Of the former
emperor and the extradition Of other
German personages.
Refuses to Sign Terms.
wEIMAR,: Sunday. June % (by the
Associated Press) DIR. Haniel Won
Haimhausen. a member of the Ger
man peace delegation. who was asked
to conduct peace arrangements at
Versailles, has notified the govern
ment he will not sign the allied terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
ALLIES MAY PLACE
TROOPS AT DANZIG
By the Associated Preas-

By the Associated Preas-
PARIS, June 23.-The supreme al
lied military and naval council met
at Versailles today to consider details
concerning the replacement of the
German and Polish troops at Danzig
with allied soldiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
BEGIN CHART|NG OF
FEDERAL BUREAUS
rs Trained Clerks Start on
Work to Lead to RecIaSSi-
flying Salaries.

Charting of the organization of the
ments. one of the big fundamental
steps in the work of the congressional
joint commission on reclassificatio ion
of salaries. has begun.
A preliminary force OF twenty five
trained men and women. drawn from
the federal departments themselves.
began work today in several of the
departments. quietly preparing the
exact charts which later will play
such a fundamental part in the work
Of reclassification
The charts Of organization will be
made for every bureau in every one
of the thirty-eight departments and
Independent establishments. the Dis
trict government included. These
charts will show the makeup of the
bureaus as they are now constituted.
Charts Along Familiar Lines.
The charts are being mapped out
along familiar lines, somewhat like
charts which have been made in the
departments before. Each chart be-
gins with the highest official, and then
| shows. much after the manner of a
FAMILY tree" the various subordi-
nate positions
No reference whatever is made on
the charts. they are being plotted
| by the reclassiflca tionists. to salaries.
This matter of salaries is left for a
! future time. next October. in fact
Within several days the remainder
of the total force of fifty men and
women will be put to work on the
charting work Members of the re-
classification commission realize that
| no matter how expert these workers
are, and they are the best that the
federal service here affords. they
necessarily must take little time in
getting adjusted to their new work
as employees Of the commission.
Work Is Systematized.
| Soon the entire staff of fifty Sc
lected persons will be at work on
the organization charting work. Pres
| ent plans call for the working" OF
| the departments in general. The
| whole force will not be turned loose
| on one department at the same time
! but various selected bureaus will be
| charted in various departments at the
| same time.
Thus the workers will become thor
| ougnly familiar with all the depart
| ments, a result which will stand in
! good stead when these same workers
| have completed the charting of or
! ganization. For then the fifty en-
| ployes will turn themselves into in
| vestigators. and go out to ascertain
| facts in dispute as they may arise
| in the study of missionaries and on
| other points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
Toronto Street Car Men Strike.

TORONTO. June 23.-Toronto street
railway company employees operating
cars within the city have struck for
q wage of 55 cents an hour and .
straight eight-hour day, following an
almost unapimous strike VOTE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
List of the Graduates.
The graduates are


Eugenia Palmer Bell, Mary Stow
Chamberlain, Ruth Sophie Dent. Ruth
Marion Eshelman, Margaret Ella Faw-
cett. Ruth Thurman. Sciota Cecilia
Griffin. Helen Elizabeth Hall. Ruth
Harriet Hammond. Margaret Howard
Hughes, Mary Elizabeth Marshall.
Virginia Mai Pate. Dorothy Lynette
Payne. Dorothy Marie Pitt. Gladys
Irene Price. Elizabeth Macnichol Rich
mond, Grace Elizabeth Robinson
Thelma Eliza beth Smith and Dorothy
Adelaide Weckerly.
Stanford Edward Abel. Harry Paul
Ahern. Wilton Theodore Allen, Nor
ris Judson Baldwin. Ernest Gwinn
Barber, John Matthews Baxter. Os-
car Peter Bieber. Maurice r. Broth
| ers. Arthur Lyle Budlong. Charles
Roland Bush. J. Harold Byers, Glen
ent Wood Clemens, George l. Cross
man. Stanley Roderick Darcy.
Charles Luther Derrick. Attilio Peter
John Edward Dwyer. Howard Russell
Eliason. Stephen Francis Feean.
! Roger Higbee Gates. Karl NJ. Ger
| shanick. Henry Aloysus Getz and Morris
Goldberg.
Ernest Alexander Graves, Charles
Ernest Gross. Bernard J. Gurevich.
William Harris. Edwin ID. Held.
August Ekkehard Henze. Walter Eli
Hiltabidle, Francis Zuck Hough. Ray
nor Howison, James Keliher, Paul Will
bra Kimball. Paul Frederick Loehler.
Stephen Arthur Mcclellan. Carroll
Stewart McNulty. Edgar Saunders
May, Edward Roane Melton, jr.; Carl
ton Wiepking Meyer. John Frederick
Moore. Raymond wilkins Murray, Will
liam Ira Mushake, George Leonard
Naramore. Almon Sylvester Nelson.
Robert Francis Nicholson, knut lvar
Nilsson, Lester Marshall Petrie, Claude
Leon Pickens. jr.: Frank Hardesty.
| Praeger. William Hudson Ragsdale. VIII
I! liam Wishtman Richardson. tr., Robert
| Andrew Roxby. George Clifford Saltz-
man. Arthur Thomas Saunders, Walter
| Scholl, Charles Edward Sener. ,jr.;
! Jacob Boone Shapiro. Roland f.
| Simons. George Angus Sinclair. Edwin
Henry Snyder. jr.: Kenneth Wheeler
Spencer, Ralph Chase Stokes, Kenneth
Vieth, Jerome Anthony Watrous.
George Allen Wick and Charles Ray
mond Wire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
INQUIRY PROBABLE 1-- 3
-sl3fAJ
ON LOCAL PRICES

Continued from First Page.).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
SHOWS WAR DREW
MANY FROM STUDY
Comparatively Small Class
of Students Graduate From
Mckinley School.
EXERCISES THIS EVENING

That the war drew many young
men out of school before they had
finished their studies is indicated by
the limited list OF boys and girls who
will graduate tonight from Mckinley
High School. The number OF grad
yates is smaller than ordinarily and
officials of the school attribute il to
the war.
Winthrop NJ. Daniels OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission will be
the principal speaker at the COM
mencement exercises tonight. which
will be held in the school auditorium.
9TH street and Rhode Island avenue
Ernest L. ThurSton. superintendent
of schools. Will preside and DIR. Henry
b. Learned. member of the board OF
education. will present the diplomas.
Scholarships and prizes will he
awarded by stephen f. Kramer as
sistant superintendent of schools.
Music will be furnished by the Nc
inley Manual Training Orchestra
with Dore Walten as conductor and
Clair Nye at the organ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
Allied U1timatum.
Sees Unendurable Conditions.

1.-THE government Of the German re-
public can lend no support to this sacred
right of the German people by the ap-
plication of force. The government only
none for support through the conscience
of mankind No people. including those
of the allied and associated powers.
could expect the German people to agree
with thorough conviction to an instru-
ment Of peace. whereby living members
of the very body of the German people
are to be cut Off without consultation OF
the populations concerned. whereby the
dignity Of the German state Is to be
permanently impaired and whereby I'M
endurable economic and financial bur-
dens are to DO laid upon the German
people.
passionate expressions of opinion from
the population in the districts to be cut
Off in the east to the effect that they
will oppose themselves to the separation
OF these districts. which have for the
greater part been German for many
Centuries, by all means they possess.
The German government. therefore. finds
itself compelled to decline all response
biiity for any difficulty which may re-
anti from the resistance of the inhabit-
ants against their separation from Ger
many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
ENTENTE INFORMED
AFTER REFUSAL TO
GRANT MORE TIME

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23


PARIS, June 22.-The German note.
in which Germany agrees to sign the
treaty, with two reservations, was re-
ceived by the president of the peace
conference at o'clock this evening.
The reply of the allies, through the
council of four. was transmitted to
the German plenipotentiaries at YER
sailles.
The German note follows, dated
Versailles. June %. and addressed to
NJ. Clemenceau: ..,
affairs has instructed me to communi-
cate the following to your excellency
The government of the German
republic has from the moment when
the peace conditions of the allied and
known to 1t let no doubt exist as TO
the fact that the government. in har-
mony with the whole German people,
must regard these conditions as be-
ciple which was accepted by the al
lied and associated powers, on the one
hand, and Germany, on the other, "a
being binding in accordance with this
laws of nations for the peace before
the conclusion of the armistice.
Desired Mitigation of Terms.
Relying upon this principle Of justice
which was agreed upon between the
parties to the negotiations, and assisted
by q clear exposition Of conditions In
stone unturned in order to arrive at a
direct verbal exchange Of opinions. and
thus obtain some mitigation OF the un-
bearably harsh conditions which might
render 1t possible for the government
of the German republic to sign the
| NJ wi tons
and to guarantee its execution.
These endeavors Of the government
of the German republic, which were
undertaken In the interest Of the peace
Of the world and tho reconciliation Of
peoples, have failed owing to rigorous
insistence on the conditions OF peace.
"Far-reaching counter proposals OF
the German delegation have only In GER
tain points received any acceptance
The concessions made only reduced the
seyerity of the conditions In q small
degree.
Allied Ultimatum.
1.-The allied and associated govern
ments have. in an ultimatum, which ex-
pires on June %. confronted the gov
eminent of the German republic with
the decision either to sign the treaty OF
peace presented by them or refuse tc
sign. In the latter case, comp!etely
with the forcible imposition Of the con.
dition~ Of peace already presented. and
with tina increase OF heavy burdens.
1.-THE German people does not wish foi
tho resumption Of the bloody war; II
honestly wishes for lasting peace. Ir
view Of the attitude Of the allied and
associated governments the German 'peo-
Ole has no other force In its hand save
TO appeal to the eternally inaltenable
right to an independent life, which be,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23
No Contradiction as to Memel.

"(4)-The explanation given on
page sixteen of the memorandum
Memel show no contradic-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23

Accept. Mr.. President, the express
sion of my consideration.
(Signed) won HANIEL-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-09-04
Ventriloouigts.

VentrlloQuism Is the art Of produc-
ing tones and words without any mo
ton Of the lips, so that the nearer Of
ten refers the sound to some other
place. The ventrtloquist uses no In
strument, nor does the art depend
upon any peculiar structure Of the or
gans Of the voice. but upon deXterity.
The name is founded upon the mis-
taken superstition that the voice pro
ceeds from the stomach. The art OF
the ventriloquist consists mainly In
taking deep inhslations Of breath. and
then allowing II to escape slowly. the
sounds Of the voice being modified by
the muscles Of the throat and palate,
yentrlloquism is 9 very old art and
was known to the ancient Greeks ~
we'll as to the Romans. The Greeks
ascribed II TO the operations of de-
mons. and called ventrlokuists "En.
gastrimanteis" (belly-prophets)
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-09-04
Notice 10 ContraetoFp

Independent School District u Hm-
nettsville, Gem county, Idaho, WI
'eceive bids up to and until 8 o'clock
}. m. September 9Th. 1919, for the con-
,truction of brick, concrete, stone,
md wood High School building to be
uilt at Emmett, Idaho.
Separate proposals will be received
or the completion Of the plumbing
nd heating. All to be as set forth
plans and specifications prepared
" WaylAnd q Fennell, Architects,
Boise, Idaho. All bids must be accom-
panied by certified checks, and made
payable to r. B. Shaw, Clerk. Said
checks will be given a . guarantee
that successful bidders will enter into
District, and will give good and ruff
cient bonds in the sum of so per cent
of the amount Of contf1ct, ins1rinE
the completion of the work. Cheek
shall be as follows: General construe-
ton 2 per cent of amount Of bad.
Plumbing $4,000. Heating $4,000.
Unsuccessful bidders checks will be
returned upon the signing Of the con-
tracts. Plans and specifications may
be seen at the office Of the Board Of
Trustees, Emmett, Idaho after August
26th, 1919, or at the office Of the Ar
chitects in Boise, Idaho, and copies
may be had from the Architects upon
Twenty-Five Dollat1
($25.00) as guarantee that biddAFs
taking plans will submit bids and re-
turn plans. Said checks to b rGturn-l
ed upon the return Of the plAns and
specifications to the Architects. Thel
Board of Trustees reserves the right |
to accept any or reject all bids sub
mitted
D. KNOX, Chzirman.
R. B. SHAW, Clerk.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-09-04
Indian. Fond Of earn

The early Indians grew nint cora
for hominy and hour corn for bread
and soups. They Invented "Succo-
tash' composed OF maize and beans
with butter and salt added. We owe
to them all Of our best recipes for the
preparation of corn, not excepting
'hoecake" and cornbreads.
Corn remains today what 1t was be
fore Columbus landed, the great Amer.
lean food crop. One years crop Of
maize. loaded on wagons In single ME
and allowing 20 feet 10 each wagon.
would make a line long enough to en-
circle the globe nine and 4 half timeA
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-09-04
Notice.

Notice is hereby given, That the
Board of Directors of the Black Can
yon Irrigation District will meet as .
Board of correction of the 1919 asess-
ment rolls of the district, at its office
Bank Building, Caldwell, Idaho, on the
22nd day of September, 1919, at ten
o'clock a. M, of said day, and will con-
tinue in session from day to day as
long as may be necessary, not exceed
ing five (5) days, exclusive of Holt
days. The assessment has reference
to lands entitled to water from the
Notus canal
Dated this 23rd day Of August, 1919
GEORGE MARPLk
Secretary, Black Canyon Irrigation
District.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-09-04
Early ol... Factories.

Little Is known Of the eGriy history
OF the glass industry in this country.
and still less Of the products Of the
early. factories, but glass house waA
In operation In Philadelphla In 1888.
One Joshua Tittery. from Newcastle
on-Tyne. came over to Pennsylvania
in June OF that year as q glass maker
In the employ Of the Society Of Tra6
ers. Caspsr Wistar. II II believed,
constructed the first glass factory In
New Jersey near Allowayitown. in
1879, and the nrst Industrial enter.
prise established IN rhe Omitted Sratet
was 4 glass bottle factory which vAs
erected In about the year 1901 At
Jamestown, Va.