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New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Ebert Accepts
ThePresidency;
Warns Allies
Aoaiu Declares Germany
Will Resist Unless Peace
Is Based Upon the Right
Vast Throng in Theatre
Woman Socialist Cause of
Only Discord; Armistice
Terms Are Denounced

wElMAR. Feb. - by The Associat-
81 Friedrich Ebert, President
Of Germany, in his speech accepting
the Presidency said:
81 will administer my Office not as
tho leader of single party. but | be-
lonr 10 the Socialist party and cannot
forget my origin and training. The
nr;vileges of birth already have been
elminated from politics and are being
eliminated from social life.
ave shaN combat domination by
force to the utmost, from whatever di-
rection it may come. We wish to
found our state only on the basis of
RIGHT and on our freedom to shape our
destinies at home and abroad How
ever harsh may be the lot threatening
the German people, we do not despair
Of Germanys vital forces"
Bells Announce Election
pealinc church bells announced tc
.he people of Weimar at 4:15 O'Clock
his afternoon that the German folk
.or the first time in history, haC
chosen the head Of their own state.
Chancellor Ebert, former saddler anc
Socialist leader, appeared before the
theatre twenty minutes later and re-
ceived as President of Germany those
plaudits formerly marking the appear
ance of the monarch who once stigma
tized the party to which President
) Ebert belongs as being made up of men
unworthy to bear the name of Ger
man"
Notwithstanding the certainty OF
Eberts election, the theatre was
crowded beyond anything previously
seen since the opening of the National
Assembly. The gallery resembed the
Rechstag tribune in the old days, with
men and women III holiday attire
jammed in every available inch of
space. The boxes and balconies were
crowded to their utmost capacity.
Vote Causes Confusion
A vote by ballot caused confusion
as the delegates struggled along the
narrow aisles Great crowds masset
outside during the session, waiting
patiently in the cold for chance te
see the new President when he left the
building. which he did immediatel lN
after very brief speech of acceptance
lie sm !incly acknowledged the ovation
g.yea him.
The vote against him probably came
from the solid Conservative block anc
few Of the old National Liberals
while the Independent Socialists anc
some others sgnitied lesser degree OF
disapprobation by casting blank bal
lots Announcement of the solitary
vote for Matthias Erzberger brought g
laugh from the entire house, which
also laughed on the second day of the
session when he was proposed for the
Presidency. The lone vote for Phillip
Scheidemann likewise caused mirth.
The National Assembly adjourned
until THURSDAY.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
JugO-Slav-Cerman
Truce Arranged by
American Mission
Lieut.-Col. Sherman Mvles
Is Successful in Prevent
ing Further Outbreaks i'm
Carinthia Province
Neao York. Tribune

Copyright 1919 New York Tribune Incl
BERNE, Feb. 12.-On the authority
Of the Vienna Foreign Office it is
stated that the American mission head
ed by Lieutenant Colonel Sherman
Miles has succeeded temporarily in
stopping further hostilities between
the Germans and Jugo- Slavs in the
German-Austrian province of Carin-
thia. During the first part of January
a large part of Carntha was occu-
pied by Jugo-S Slav troops to the in
dignation of the natives, both Ger
man and Slovene
German and Slovene peasants took
up arms and drove off the invaders.
The Jugo-Siavs then proposed an ar
mlstice. Negotiations took place be-
tween January 16 and January %, but
werc without result and further hos
tlllties seemed unavoidable.
At this critical moment Colonel
Miles declared himself ready to fix
line of demarcation for them on
the understanding that they would re-
nounce acts of violence until definite
settlement of the question by the Peace
Conference
This proposal was accepted, in CON
sequence of which the American mis-
sion under Colonel Miles travelled
through all the contested part of Carin-
thia by motor cars, mountain sledges
and afoot
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Cer1nany;s Ne1U Government
Appears Moderate in Color
an Interparty Com
promise: No Radical
Change i'll Foreign Policy
Seen Under Erzberger
Nec York T rib Il nc
Forei0n Press Bureau

Foreign Press Bureau
The composition of the new German
republican government, with Friedrich
Ebert as President and Philip Schede-
mann as Chancellor or Prime Minister,
represents an inter party compromise,
none of the great parties having Sc
cured a majority of the National AS
sembly.
The color of the government is, on
the whole, moderate; the Majority So
calists have half of the seats, with
Matthias Erzberger representing the
Centrum and Count Brockdorff- Rantzau
the Peoples party. The inclusion of
the latter as Foreign Minister seems
to indicate that in the field of foreign
policy at least no radical changes are
IN sight and that the junker and upper
bourgeois elements also will have a
voice in shaping the course of the new
Germany toward the Allies.
curious feature is that so far the
cables make no mention of any repre-
sentative in the Cabinet of the German
Democratic party, the bourgeois radi-
cal group, whose strength in the AS
sembly about equals that of the Cen
trum.
The election of Friedrich Ebert as
first President of the German Republic
came rather as surprise, his name
not having occurred among the three
or four presidential possibilities" in
dIcated in the dispatches. Son of a
Heidelberg tailor, Ebert, after leaving
grade school, started out in life as an
prentice in a saddle and harness
makers shop. Later he entered Jour
nalism and was editor of Socialist
newspaper in Bremen, was active in
the trade union movement and be-
came IN 1903 member of the Executive
Committee of the German Social Demo
cratic party. In 1912 he was elected
to the Reichstag, and year later was
chosen president Of the party. Since
the outbreak of the war he sided with
the Majority Socialists, or Scheide-
mann faction, but was comparatively
little known outside of Germany.
On November 9 last he succeeded
PRINCE Max of Baden as the first So
clahst Chancellor of the empire. his
appointment being announced stimuli
taneously with the resignation of the
Kaiser.
On December he was acclaimed
President of the republic by a crowd of
revolutionary soldiers, who marched be-
fore the Chancellor's palace, but he
refused to treat this "election" seri-
ous!y and emphasized all the time the
necessity OF maintaining order and fol-
lowing legal procedure.
Wayered at First
In his difficulties with the Inde-
pendent Socialists and the Spartacists
ne first showed himself wavering, but
decided at last to crush out the rebel
lion ruthlessly: He expressed himself
repeatedly in favor of gradual social
zatlon of the means of production, al
ways insisting, however, on political
and constitutional methods. He is now
forty-eight.
The new Chancellor, Philip Scheide
mann, has acquired worldwide fame
since August, 1914, as leader of the pro
war, pro-kaiser wing of German social
democracy, SO vehemently denounced
by Llebknecht and the independents.
He was born in Cassel in 1865. had
high school education and became a
printer, later journalist. Since 1903
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Ask Release of War Prisoners

BERNE, Feb. 12.-An international
women's conference, at which dele
gates from the Entente countries and
the Central Powers were present, to day
passed a resolution demanding that all
war prisoners and interned persons be
released. 1t was decided by the con-
ference to send delegation to Presi-
dent Wilson to promise him support
Tor his peace programme and also to
request the elimination of militaristic
tendencies in school teaching.
The Polish delegation to the peace
conference passed through Berne to-
day on it's way to Paris.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Heron, at Berne, A,ooits
Russian Pariey Orders
New York Tribune
Special CabLa Srr,;cr

7VF'H| tHOt6 SerDtCc
fcopyrignt. 1919. New Ymk Tribune Inc
BERNE, Feb. 12.-Profcssor George
y. Heron, one Of the American dele
gates to the Prinkipo conference. is
awaiting here his final instructions be-
fore proceeding 10 Constantinoplc. The
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Budapest Strike Resumed

BASEL, Feb. 1.-THE general strike
has been resumed in Budapest, accord
ing to dispatches received here. Wit
itch, the leader of the Hungarian So
cialists, it is added, has been arrested
at Pressburg.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

professor told The Tribune correspon-
dent that the Prinkipo plan, as far as
he knows, is intended to provoke a
thorough discussion, by the meeting
with the Bolsheviki, of the entire Rus
sian situation and only then will it be
Evening journal., 1919-05-02
YOUR AUTO A B c
SOME THINGS ABOUT THE CAR TOLD IN THE SIMPLEST


Into the street without looking back to
TO see II the way is clear.
Glance both ways on each cross street
and II you're not on the main thorough
fare, slow down before you cross. It's
safest TO drive slowly enough to have
the car well under control where build
ngs hide the intersectlng streets.
Do not cut corners In turning. but
ieep well to your side Of the street.
and look both ways before yous make
the turn. put out hand as guide TO
the car following or approaching.
In passing a slower moving vehicle
pass II on your left, but in passing a
street car, always keep to tho right.
DO not follow another vehicle too
closely It might stop suddenly.
Stop when the street car ahead OF
you stops, and stand stlll till all pass
engers getting off are out OF the street
In most cities this is required by ordi-
nance.
Dim your lights when approaching
another auto on the road
Use common sense at all times and
youll save trouble for yourself and the
other fellow.
Evening journal., 1919-05-02
Allies rule in
TURKEY A MIDDLE
No Final Authority Exists
and Turks Take Ad-
vantage Of Situation
MANDATE SUBJECT
is DISCUSSED

LONDON. May 2.-Constantlnopl Is
a capital that has never known dul-
ness. and at present it Is earning IFS
ordinary reputation, writes the cor
respondent OF The London Times.
How IL is going TO emerge from the
international imbroslio Il Is impos-
sible TO say, but meantime the Allies
have given IL a dose OF Entente medi-
cine intended TO purge its constliu-
ton. Even the most salutary medl-
clnes, however, are often unediiying,
and the corpus vile OF Constantinople
submitted to the Allies Is not a very
exhilarating spectacle
In truth. IL is an extraordinary brew
that the Entente has concOcted. far
rago Of High Commissioners, British.
French, Italian and Greek. some Of
them sdmirals and some OF them civil
ians, and all Of them with civilian
advisors endowed with powers which
are nebulous in the sense that no one
can see where they begin or where
they end. Add 90 these two COM
manders in chief, one French and one
British, the former supposed TO be
supreme IN Turkey IN Europe but 20
exercise his command throught The
British, the latter q bi-lateral being
who Is compelled % besiride the Bos-
porus with his left leg subscrvlent to
tho motions Of General Franchet d'Es-
percy. while his right lex is his own.
Flavor with a dash Of General Allenby
from Palestine, and just soupcon OF
the remains OF a Turkish administra-
tion, and you have some crude idea OF
iho hotoh-potch, the product OF the
united VISIONS Of Whitehall and
Paris, which is ofrered'to the Turk.
BY dint of endless exercise Of good
Evening journal., 1919-05-02

win and mutual forcbearance on the
part of an these various authorities
and their STATS a few things have
actually got done, but IN general the
Turk is left to gibber at the ineptl-
iudes OF his masters, so comparable
TO his own sweet utilities.
The art 81 playing OF one member
Of the Concert OF Europe against an
other has been praciiced at the sub
lime Porte for so many generations
that 70 is in the very air Of that sin
fil old building. Even the present
minister can do 70 in Ns sleep. Entente
and Concert OF Europe, he thinks, may
prove the same. That is just where
one may hope that he will find him
self mistaken But in the confusion pf
authorities there is real possibility
OF playing OF the different Entente
partners against one another. and the
Allies, who are firmly resolved 10
march together 10 the very end, should
see TO 10 that something simpler and
better oo-ordnated Is quickly substi-
tuted
70 cannot be denied that since the
strain Of war and the instant need for
common action ceased. there has been
a revival OF official national jealousies
and appetites. The shameless orgy
which the smaller nations have per-
mitted themselves has a more decently
yelled counterpart among the great
powers. Most Of 10 Is the sheer unre-
flectng patriotism OF the old official
gang OF every country, 90 whom, in
spite OF occasional enforced lip-ser-
vice, the League OF Nations IS anathc-
ma, and who inwardly curse President
Wilson at breakfast, lunch and din
ner
One principle mght at least he
clearly stablished-namely, that no
power shah have a mandate anywhere
unless it Is prepared TO bear the bur-
den and heat Of the day. II troops
are needed, they must be found and
those who find them are entitled not
TO be looked at with q jealous eye
Also there are troops and troops; and
a thin representation Of tired troops
in any coveted area Is neither enough
30 enable one country 90 "throw It's
weight about" nor yet enough 20 give
another country ground for un-
easlness.
The conference must soon handle the
problems OF Constantlnople and Tur-
hey in Asia decisivcly. In the zones
Of General Allenby's and General Mar
shalfs armies there is in The mean
Evening journal., 1919-05-02

time no ground for anxiety But with
regard 20 The remaining area OF Tur-
key in Asia. in Smyrna, Broussa and
the Armenian vilayets it would be well
il the Entente countries would make
up their mind as TO the nature Of the
interests they have there and whether
they have reason 10 be jealous Of one
another or not
AZ Constantinople itself the question
is urgent. The present situation IS a
comic muddle. but IL is also a serious
dlscredit. 10 Is the fact that in this
imperial city. teeming With all the
populations OF the Levant and Europe,
there is no ultimate final authority
Of any kind. Think what this means
at the gateway Of Bolshevist Russia,
the port of call between the Black
sea and the Mediterranean, The rail-
way station between Europe and Asial
Evening journal., 1919-05-02
ARTISTS MODEL CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF BARY

" +. A. Special TO The Evening Journal.
PARIS, May - Sixteen-year-oId
Georgetse Bill faces a charge Of mur-
der Numbering her own child 10 get
its Inheritance. Georgette was a mod
el for the painter, Charles GodIn. When
he died no left $4,000 TO the child.
Georgette was left TO look out for her
self. The court gave her the baby,
though The grandmother charged she
would KIN Il TO get It's money. Walk
ing on the jetty with tho babe in her
arms, the girl appeared to stumble and
the child fell into tho sea. Then the ar
rest.
Evening journal., 1919-05-02
BY OTTO FRANK
safety First Hints

Here are a few tips on driving the
motor car.
First assume thai you must look out
for yourself and the other fellow. too.
Don't rely wholly on The other fellow
doing the right thing, and you'll be on
your guard II he does the wrong thing,
and ready for the emergency.
Never back or swing from the curb
Evening journal., 1919-05-02

Millinery makers and apprentices will
I'm demployment by an Ad in the Want
Ad columns.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-21
LOUIS C.. SLENDER
Graduate and Licensed
AT DONOVAN'S

"Bud" Abrahamson, a travelling
salesman out of Grand Forks, who has
been missed over this territory while
overseas during the war is among the
recently returning Yanks of North
Dakota. "Bud''. has decided to quit
the road and had opened up a cigar
store in the Forks. 1t is located in
the Northwestern National bank
block at the corner of Fourth and De,
Mers avenue.
William Beechie is now stated as
showing a steady progress towards
recovery from the serious injury to
to the base of the skull, sustained in
a fall backwards on the concrete floor
of the Mcfarland barn when kicked
by a horse. He is still being attend.
ed by a trained nurse but the periods
in which he lapses into a state of un.
consciousness have almost ceased to
occur. He is practically now out of
danger and safely on the road to re.
covery. 1t was quite a close call.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-21
BRING YOUR FILMS TO
66e OPie Studio
To be developed and printed
Popular prices and quick service
We also have a line of Films and Kodaks
FOR SALE

Another carload CT Avery engines
with blowing alta hments have been
unloaded this week at Liebelers farm
machinery warehouse. They have
handled a total of twenty.thr Avery
outfits this season.
Sterling Reid, youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Reid arrived during
the week from Bismarck for a round
Of visits with friends here and at
Hannah before school re-opens after
the summer vacation.
Miss Christina Mclean left Mon
day to resume nursing at Hill Crest
Hospital in Minneapolis after a two
weeks vacation visit at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex.
Mclean living north of town.
Alvin Pilot spent a couple of days
here the end of the week taking or.
ders for the Fargo Paper Supply Co.
Mr.. Pilot was prescription druggist
with c. A. spellman at the Langdor
Pharmacy a couple Of years ago.
Mrs. John Mcleod was a Sunda,
visitor here from Mather, Man., al
the home of her sister, Mrs. Thos.
Finertv. Years ago the Mcleod
family numbered among the first set.
tiers Of the Rosa Lake district east Of
Langdon.
Will Murie came up from Crane
Forks Friday to help take. care OF
the crop on the Murie farm in north
Harvey, Like hundreds of other
Cavalier county boys the scene of op.
GRAFTON last year at this time was a
less peaceful one, cast among the
battle fields in France.
John Hunt got here on Thursday
from Borden Sask., to look after the
threshing of crop on three quar-.
ter sections he farms in this county
west Of Dresden. He says the crop
all through Saskatchewan is af.
fected to quite an extent by the light
rainfall Of the past summer.
John Mahon returned Friday from
a months business trip west through
the western Canadian provinces Of
Saskatchewan and Alberta, where the
Mahon. Robinson firm has extensive
real estate and numbering interests
Mr.. Mahon states the crop yield there
will average much lower than here
owing to lack of rainfall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-21

A son and daughter, aged five and
nine year 8 respectively, of A. M.
Warn, of Munich, were drowned in
an open we'll on land The family are
aiding near Minot. The we'll
was twelve feet deep with three feet
of water in the bottom. The funeral
was held Sunday at Munich.
Mrs. B. Price and daughter, Miss
Mildred, mother and sister of Attor.
ney Geo. M. Price, left Monday for
their home in Pasadena, California.
They had made a months visit at the
Price home in Langdon on their re-
turn trip west from Iowa City, Ia,
where the funeral of MIR. Price, ST.,
was hold a short time ago.
Norman VIM. Soderstrom the nine.
teen year old son of MIR. and Mrs. C..
Soderstrom, residing southwest of
Langdon died Monday at a hospital
in Grand Forks, He was taken there
suffering from Assesses of the stom.
ache, but the advanced stage of the
disease made an operation of no avail
The funeral was held from the home
Tuesday afternoon. interment follow
ing in the Masonic cemetery. The
family moved here from Woodstock,
illinois about seven years ago.
C. S. Hunter and wife returned on
Tuesday to their Langdon home from
a two weeks trip to a number of
of points in Western Canada. They
spent some time in Regina, Broad.
view, Weyburn. and Imperial with
relatives and old friends who former.
ly resided in this county. The crop
condition was invariably poor except
around Imperial, where there is a
prospect of a fair average crop,
despite the drouth condition which
appears to generally prevail over the
Canadian Northwest provinces.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-21

Have that suit cleaned, pressed and
repaired at the o. K shop. I'D. Roach
proprietor.
DR.. w. W. Mcqueen was in Grand
Forks on professional matters q couple
of days last week.
DR.. A. o. Void and bride are ex.
pected to return during the week from
their two weeks wedding trip.
H. D.. ALERT returned on Tuesday
from a ten days business trip to a
number Of points in Saskatchewan
Anton Benson waa down the line
as far as Larimore on business a
couple of days the early part of the
week.
Wilson C~atherwood and wife were
visitors here Monday from Hannah
getting car repairs made at the
Sparkling garage.
Robert Binnie arrived on Mondays
train from his home in Southern
Minnesota to look after his crop east
Of Langdon in Hay township.
Mrs. Frank Cory and children ar
rived Friday from Madison, Wis.,, and
are the guests Of Father Cory at the
rectory of St. Aiphonsus church.
Rev. Monsignor Heer from Saint
Mary's at Dubuque, Ia, was here
the early part Of the week for a short
visit with FIR. Bernard Of Mt Carmel
Miss Alice Maloney made Langdon
friends a parting goodbye visit this
week before going west to resume he,
duties as a school teacher at Sheridan
Wyoming
Grainbuyer Goozee, who takes over
the management of the Cargill eleva.
tor here this fall has leased the Wal
ker cottage recently vacated by the
Collignan family.
Miss Anna Dohman left during the
week for Fairview, Mont, where she
will teach school for the ensuing
year. She is making a weeks visit
with friends at De.ils Lake enroute.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-21

Blacksmith Mealey who has recent
ly returned to Langdon to work in
the shop of j. C. Mirehouse has pur-
chased the cottage property on Fourth
street owned by Miss Annie Kelly.
The larger single story house, on the
adjoining lot, also owned by Miss
Kelly, is reported to have been pur.
chased by Mrs. julius Thon.
Dan Monnette who some little time
ago joined the Second North Dakota
Band in it's concert tour of the west
was here a part of last week during
a two weeks vacation. The band re-
assemblies at the Minnesota Fair and
starts south to fill a list of engage
ment dates running until the end of
October.
Mrs. Ed. Schantz, who was badly
burned by an explosion of coal oil
when the house on their farm at Iona
was burned to the ground about ten
days ago, lies in a very precarious
condition at the Langdon home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Helm.
becker. The hurns are proving more
serious than was expected a week
ago and the patient is now being at
tended by a trained nurse.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-21

All coal will advance ten cents per
month. Order early. Farmers Ele-
vator Co.
Have your shoes repaired at the
0. X. shop, opposite the City Hall.
Emile Mason, proprietor.
: ole D. Borstad was a passenger
south Saturday from Hannah to se-
cure a crew to operate his threshing
outfit this fall.
Liebeler's garage placed on the
floor of its salesroom this week a
carload shipment of new mcdel Nit
chell cars with touring bodies.
Mrs. Keen left Tuesday for Grand
Forks after a pleasant visit of two
weeks here with her friends Mrs.
c. Orton and Mrs. w. F. Winter.
Jas Godfrey and family left during
the week returning to Deering, N. d.
after a two weeks visit at the homes
of the parents Of Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey
Peter He'll returned Saturday to
the home circle of John He'll of Mt.
Carmel, after some fifteen months of
service with the American fighting
forces owe seas.
!, Mrs Watschke and her daughter,
Mrs Decker, left on Thursdays pas.
senger for Minneapolis, called there
by the unexpected death of a brother
Of Mrs. Watschke
t VIM. Dickson. ST.. and son, Mar.
shall Dickson were county seat visi.
tors a couple of days the early part OF
the week attending to business mat.
ters of Importance.
Mrs. A. Mcknight went north tt
Hannah on Monday and after a shor'
visit at the Catherwood home viii
visit with Mrs. Mcknight, ST., resi-
ding across the boundary in Manitoba