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New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
Wickersha,,, Dcplores
Jealousies among Allies
Says Cooperation Is Succeeded
by MistrHsf; Gerard Wants
Steel Fist to Suppress "Reds"

An Armistice Day meeting drew
large crowd to the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine last night, where
George W. Wickersham, former Attor-
ney General, and James W. Gerard
former Ambassador to Germany, spoke
Mr.. Wickersham said that few who
exulted a year ago in the overthrow
Of Germany would have believed it
possible that year could pass and
the peace treaty still remain unsigned.
"Few, too" he continued, "would
then have apprehcnded that the close
relations of friendship and mutual re-
spect which years of cooperation in
the great struggle had developed
among the Allied and associated ma
tions should be so quickly chilled and
succeeded by jeaIousies and strust
Mr.. Gerard called for the putting
down Of "Red" agitation in this ration
ruth essly and immediately He said:
'For the sake of everything we hold
dear these murderers and revolution
lists must be put down with u hand OF
steel. The free speech guaranteed by
our Constitution does not give a right
to undermine that Constitution and all
our civil and religious life.
"Are women to be natioralized and
both property and the right Of prop
erty destroyed, religion and God de-
MED because of the ambitious Of un-
scrupulous men who lead the mob.
whose success would mean that, as in
Hungary to-day, the people would take
refuge in caves and wars be waged for
few loavcs OF mou dy bread?
"No avenue of opportunity is closed
in this country; there is no excuse for
anarchy. And there must come re-
vival Of religion. The destroyed cathe-
drals must be rebuilt in every human
heart"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
TIFFANY &C0
FIFTH AVENUE s. 37m STREET
VANITY CASES. BOXES AND
FITTED BAGS

White House. At the anniversary
hour, IL o'clock in the morning, the
rattle of musketry from the army firing
platoon formally announced that the
trees were in place, banked by earth
brought from many states for the pur-
pose and with memorial docume nts to
be sheltered for years beneath their
roots.
Serenade the President
Tonight a chorus of community
singers gathered on the steps of the
Treasury, across from the White House,
to serenade Mr.. Wilson.
The President had planned some days
in advance to leave his sickbed to-day,
as in some measure his own commemo-
ration of the significance of Armistice
Day. Reposing in II wheel chair, he
was able to hear Il part of the program
arranged by the singers in his honor.
Formal expressions as to the days
meaning in not only American but
world history were sent to the country
by the President, Cabinet officers, Gem
erals Pershing and March and other
officials during the day. Secretary Dam
iels added to his formal statement in an
address to wounded soldiers at Walter
Reed Military Hospital.
To Make Liberty Sure
"The men who made Armistice Day
possible in 1915" the Secretary of the
Navy said, will never permit anarchy
or autocracy to rule here in America
Here, where brave men who made the
noblest sacrifices are making ready for
future patriotic service, there is no
need to make resolution OF devotion to
Americanism. Your dedication, made
in blood trenches, calls for no peace
declarations, because deeds live when
words are forgotten.
This is not day for doubt or de-
spondency OF dalliance- 1t is a day for
American boys unafraid over the top.
"My message to civilians is: "Let
us follow liberty as the men in arms
fought and died for it, To be worthy
of them we must join with them to
make dem ocracy safe for the world"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
Toledo Trolley Company
TO Seek New Franchise
Carless Town Meanwhile Ex.
poets TO Walk or Ride
I;tneys Long Time

TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. l1.-Toledo to-
night settled down to q state Of watch
full waiting. The outlook is for long
period Of street carless days. Mayor
Cornell Schrciber, who introduced last
June the custer ordinance which re-
suited in the "kidnaping" Of all rolling
stock in the city, conferred with bust
ness men and others this afternoon,
but failed to arrive at solution other
than that the motor car system will
be used indefinitely.
The cit is ready to consider pro-
posa!s from Henry L. Doherty. of New
York, head of the concern which, until
the custer ordinance took effect
through vote of the people a week
ago to-day, controlled the traction
system here, Mayor Schroeder an
nounced. Motor buses to-day came
from several other cities to take part
in trans porting workers at 10 cents d
ride
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12

IN political or economic causes, but in
psychological factor, a state of mind
Men and women have found themselves
unable to get back to earth and even
the' most stolid Of them have not yet
recovered their normal mental proc
esses.
"The only way open to them, the
only mode of expression or their feel
ings and impulses, is violence. You
cannot pick up the newspapers to-day
without noticing the number Of in
stances of violence They are the for
chile expression of nervous and mental
exhaustion.
"The simple and uncomplicated issue
before America to-day is whether the
law Or violence shall rule. If law and
order rules, we'll and good. If we as
people are prepared to accept the fun
damental principle that the world must
be ruled by law and order we shall be
making our greatest contribution to the
task of restoring the world to normal
life and sclf-control"
The Rev. Duncan H. Browne, the
fighting parson" Of the 77th Division,
who received the Distinguished Service
Cross for bravery, spoke at meeting
earlier in the afternoon in the gymna-
sium.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
Suffrage Associations
Work Is Declared Ended

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 11.-Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, in an address read in
her enforced absence before the con-
vention Of the National Council Of
Women here tonight, announced that,
as the work of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, of which
she is president, had finished its work,
that organization probably would be
dissolved at its Chicago convention next
February and be displaced by the
League Of Women Voters.
"The end of the suffrage struggle is
in sight" Mrs. Gait said 1.-THE contro-
versy of century that once was waged
with eggs and cabbage has closed"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
President Butler Calls
LaiU and Order Test
Here Vital to World

National self-control and obedience
to law and order is the need of the
hour in America, Nicholas Murray But
ler, president of Columbia, declared
yesterday in an Armistice Day speech
at the university. He diagnosed the
widespread discomfort and unrest in
the country as caused by national en-
haustion and nervous and mental pros
traction from the war.
"If you look for an explanation Of
the widely prevailing unrest" Presi-
dent Butler said, "you will find it, not
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
Quit School to Celebrate

Insisting that Armistice Day gave
them constitutional right to remain
away from school. about two hundred
boy and fifteen girl students of the
Flushing High School refused to en-
ter their classrooms yestc rday. In
stead they did snake dance around
the school and then started to wind
their way down the main streets Of
Flushing.
The students paraded to Jamaica
High School, where they broke up when
thre" tened with arrest. John Holley
Clark, principal of the school, said
thn students we're guilty Of a clear VIC
lation Of school disciphne.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
London Traffic Halls
In Memory Of Dead
Entire Nation Joins in T,co
Minutes Of Prayer at Hour
orr Which Hostilities Ended
NcW York Tribune


NcW POrk Tribune
European Bureau
Copyright. 1919, New York Tribune Inc)
LONDON, Nov. 11.-Great Britain
paid silent tribute to-day to the men
who were killed in the war. At the
exact hour that hostilities ceased year
ago the entire nation paused for two
minutes and bowed its head in prayer
At signal from his majesty's ship
Maroon, lying in the Thames, Londons
traffic stopped. Wheels ceased to turn
in factories, people in the streets
stopped, men barred their heads, sol
diers saluted, women prayed. Such &
silence was never known here before.
So intense was the quest that when
the throngs in Whitehall Street raised
their voices in "God Save the King"
the singing could be heard miles away,
and it was taken as signal to resume
usual occupations,
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
Miss CnvelI's Death
Cell To Be Museum,

BRUSSELS. Nov. 1.-THE cells oc.
cupied by Edith Cavell and Gabrielle
Petit previous to their execution by
the Germans are to be transformed
into miniature museums. This has
been decided upon by the Court of
Justice.
Clothes worn by the two women.
their books and other belongings
have been collected and placed in
the cells. Plates bearing appropri-
ate inscriptions will be attached to
the doors.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
Chicago Traffic Stopped

CHICAGO. Nov. H. Chicago traffic.
noise and practically all rnovemen.
halted for one minute NJ II a. m. to-
day, while hundreds of thousands faced
east in respect to Armis,ico Day and
soldier dead
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
League Doomed Unless
All Join, Says Balfour
Great Powers Must Share Its
Burdens, He Declares, in
Opening Campaign

LONDON, Nov. 11.-Arthur J. Bal
four, former Foreign Minister and now
Lord President of the Council, opening
the league of nations campaign to-day,
declared that the future of the league
powers, and particularly the great pow
ers, were prepared to take an equal
share in the burdens the league cast
upon them.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12

to the excellent relations which existed
between the British people and the
American troops quartered in this
country during the war. The address
bears the signatures of the Lord
Mayors, Lord Provosts and the mayors
Of the chief cities and towns in the
British Isles.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
Marshal FOch WOrships
At Arn,istice Day Mass
French Leader at Services in
Paris With Men Manned in
the W0r With tho Germans

PARIS, Nov. 1.-THE first anniver
sary of Armistice Day was celebrated
to-day at the Chapel Invalides with
solemn mass, in memory of those who
gave their lives in the world war.
Marshal Foch, General Pau and many
manned soldiers were present. A choir
composed Of war orphans, sang "Te
Deum "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
Sibcrians Right
Fight Bolsheviki
Associated Press

VLADIVOSTOK, June l1-Three
hJndred young recruits in the Siber-
an army presented a petition to their
commanding officer at Tumen, Siber.
IA, asking that certificates be furnl1h-
ed them that they were obliged by the
system Of conscription to join the
army and fight the Bolsbeyiki.
They explained that they had no in
tention Of mutiny but if they fell into
the hands of the Bolshevih they
wanted fair chance for their lives.
The petition was refused.
According TO reliable information
the young soldiers then barricaded
themselves in a building not far from
Trumen, some of them beginning to
shoot. The commanding officer sum
moncd Czecho-Slovak troops to his as
sistance and machine guns were used
against the building and the resist
ing recruits 1t is understood that "a
were killed and l49 wounded.
A number Of soldiers in the Rus
sian-Siberian army have brothers or
in the Bolsheviki armies,
serving either through duress or
choice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
ROOT TESTFIES
ABOUT TREATY
Henry +, Davidson Brought Copy OF
Treaty to the United States. Says
he and Root only ones that Read II.
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, June il-EGhu
Root former Secretary Of State, tes
tifying voluntarily before the Scnat,
Foreign Relations Committee today
declared that copy of the pcac
treaty was given him several weeks
ago by Henry 7, Dawson, of the Nor.
gan Banking house, Root remarking
that the German government had
made the treaty public in detail, and
he declared it therefore because pub
lie property. Dawson testified that
he brought copy Of the treaty to
America but that it was read only by
himself and Root J. =. Morgan and
Frank A. VandcrIip, the next witness
es testified that they had not seen
the treaty
Dawson testified he got copy of
the treaty from Thomas W, Lamont,
another partner of the Morgan House
and one Of the financial advisers Of
the American peace mission He said
he asked for it, not in the capacity of
a banker. but as president of the In
tcrrotonal Red Cross League, which
was backed by the covenant of the
League of Nations.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
Splendidly Located
Business Lots Sold

The deirable business lots, owned
by Messrs. J. L. Gillespie and W. G..
Taylor, located on the northeast cor
ncr of Fulton and Market, were sold
yesterday to Messrs. A. c. and J. P.
Metts. An architect commenced work
today on plans for a most attractive
building which will be erected on the e
lots and will be occupied by the Nets
Filling Station, This structure will
be up-to-date and modern in every
detail and will be one Of the finest
buildings of the kind in the State.
The combined dimensions Of the
lots are so by 95 feet. The building
to be erected will practically cover
the entire ground space. 1t will be
one-story structure, but will be 50
erected that it can easily be convert
ed into a building of several stories.
The company will handle gasoline,
oils and automobile accessories. AS
soon as the plans are completed, work
will at once be started on the struc-
ture.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
SAY STRIKEREACH
$4,000 NIGHT
Reports Reaching Associated Press,
However. Fail Show Nalknut
Has Become Serious.
Associated Press

CHICAGO, June II - Conflicting
claims of the Union leaders and the
officials of the commercial telegraph
companies made it uncertain at noon
today as to the extent of the nation
wide strike Of the telegraph operators
which went into eject this morning
but representa- of the workers
confidently maint n that the number
of strikers will reach 10000 by nigh.
fall
Konekamp exhibited kilograms from
widespread points, indicating tha
strike response was general, but fail
ing to show the exact number Of
strikers. The first report to the AS
sociated Press from a score of Gem
tral West cities and towns, failed to
show the strike had become serious,
The issues involved, include the right
to organize and bargain collectively
wages and working conditions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
500 GOING ON
UNION PICNIC
Seven Coaches Have Been Chartered
To Carry Crowd To MaImaisou
Tomorrow.

Between seven and eight hundred
people are expected to gather at tn,
Southern Depot in the morning at {
O'Clock to take the train for Malmai.
son, where the union Sunday School
picnic will be held. Seven coaches
have been chartered to handle the
crowd. Many persons are also EXPECT
ed to motor through the country.
AT noon sumptuous dinner will be
served and lemonade will be served
during the day to the crowd. All
persons are asked to have their bas-
kets at the depot before 8 o'clock la
belled, and they will be taken care of
and safely delivered.
During the day base ball game
will be played between two Sunday
school teams, and Inter- Sunday
school track meet, swimming contests.
etc, will be features of the day.
All are urged to purchase their
tickets today in order that confusion
will be avoided in the morning when
the crowd gathers at the depot.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
Horse Power Cabs
Still Operate Rome
Associated Press

ROME, June 1.-THE horse here
has not vacated his position to make
room for the automobile. There are
still thousands of horse-drawn cabs
operating in Rome while there is not
a single taxicab,
Two reasons are given for this sup
eriority. First, there are three thous-
and cab drivers in Rome, according
to the municipal statistics. These ex-
ercse a considerable influence in the
municipal elections of Rome and as a
consequence no motor vehicle conces-
sions are granted. The politicians
know that in order to retain the G
three votes they must be faithful to
the horse and an enemy to the "fliy-
YER"
Besides the supply of gasoline in
Italy is not large and to insure enough
for the military needs, it was found
absolutely necessary to discourage as
much private motor ych:cular trail
as possible.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
Interest Grows In
Sunday School Picnic

Interest is growing in the Union
Picnic for all the Sunday Schools in
Greenwood and plans are being laid
for a great day, June IL at Malmai-
son. Some places of business have al
ready indicated their intention to close
and give their employ eeo and them
selves a day Of fun There is to be
an inter-Sunday school track meet
also a baseball game between two Of
the Sunday schools. Be sure to buy
your ticket on June 18th and be at
the station by nine o'clock, June II.
The tickets for adults including war
tax will be SO cents; for children,
20 cents. Bring full basket and be
ready to enjoy a great day Wade
Hardware Co., has promised to lend
nlenty Of tubs to provide lemonade
for everybody Everything free on
the grounds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
Woman Gets
French War Cross

PARIS, June 1.-THE French War
Cross has been conferred upon Mrs
Cectlc Craik II bben, of Montgomery
Ala. The citation says Mrs, Ilibben
came to France as volunteer and
was in the Ambulance Service Of the
American Red Cross from August
1914, to the end Of the war and has
shown unremitting devotion.
"ln the call for volunteers to go to
Irry -la-Ville", says the citation dur.
ing the advance of the enemy in the
Spring of 1918, she spontaneously Of
fered her services and worked day
and night under continual bomb
ardment of bombs and asphyxiating
gas, giving her care and her devotion
to "A very great number Of French SOL
diers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
Italians Follow
American Ideas

ROME, June 1.-THE Italian who
has lived long in America is helping
to Americanize Italy more potently
than other factors could. He has in
troduced American ideas and Amer.-
can ways of doing things at every
possible turn when it is practical AMI
more efficient than the Italian.
The Italo- o-American has brought
back from America an idea Of better
housing conditions and if he decides to
settle again in Italy he builds a home
patterned along American lines with
plenty Of space around it and with
its division of rooms. Most Italian
families Of the farming sections are
accustomed to live in one large room
while large numbers live in thatched
huts which dot the sides Of mountains
hidden among the trees and brush.
Several families live in what would
seem an ordinary American family's
habitat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
CHEAP CURRENT
FOR THE ENGLISH
Plan Arranged For Placing Country
On Electrical Basis BY Divis-
ions Into Districts.
Associated Press

LONDON, June ll-England is pre-.
parlng to provide herself with cheap
and abundant electricity for heating
lighting and manufacturing purpos es
at an initial cost of approximately
$lOO,0O0,000 The bill to accomplish
that result has been introduced in Par
lament by the Home Secretary and
with the endorsement of the govern
ment as well as of people of all class
es,it is expected to become a law in
the very near future
The plan for placing the country on
an electrical basis provides for its
division into districts, each district to
be in charge of commission. This
body, whose members are to hold Of
flee at the pleasure of the King, will
be empowered to acquire generating
plants and transmission lines already
built and to build such plants and lines
as it may deem necessary. The com
missioners are to conduct experiments
for the purpose of improving methods
of supply for which purpose they will
be empowered to call to their assist
ance an advisory committee of un-
questioned experts,
1t is not the purpose of the govern
ment to build all the electrical ap-
paratus in the country but private
entering the field must
obtain the consent of the government
and abide by its regulations.
Water power will be extensively
used in generating electricity to re-
duce the cost and to stimulate its use
for manufacturing and domestic pur-
poses.
1t is also said that within a rea-
sonable time every railroad in the
country will be electrified.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
Major Would Draft 500,.
000 Men Each Year
For Service
ALL MEN SUBJECT
MILITARY DUTY
Democratic Innovations
Should Be Avoided
Says Leader

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCUPATION, June 1l-Germar
military experts are publishing ir
German periodicals various sugges.
tions for the organization of a new
German army.
One plan is proposed by Maj r Gen
eral Won Francois who commanded a
corps in the Argonne opposite the
United States army last fall His
ideas have been republished in numer.
Gus German newspapers and magazin-
es.
He proposes that 100000 men
should be drafted to service under
arms each year, one-half on April /
and the other 100000 on October l..
Every man capable of performing
manual labor would be subject to mil
itary duty for one year beginning at
his twentieth year,
The 100000 annually drafted would
be used to defend the country from at
tack and preserve order in the inter
ior, he urges. All others capable of
working would be drafted also on
April / or October !, but after receiv-
ing a short course in military train
ing, they would be placed in labor
batallions to be employed in social
lied branches OF industry which have
been taken over by the government.
These men would thus be engaged in
productive activity whicd would pay
for their own support and contribute
to that of the armed forces,
General Won Francois advocates an
army drawn up along the lines of the
old model, saying:
In the training and development of
the men democratic innovations should
be avoided, and the old military prin-
ciples should be maintained. One
object should be the establishment of
the highest possible standard of dis
cipline The authority of the Off
GERS as a class must be restored. The
means of enforcing discipline must
also be reestablished by reviving the
military regulations, the court mar
tial system, and the obligation to
salute. The civilian penal code is not
we'll adapted for use in the army. Ac-
tivitics of the general staff and of the
war department must not be curtail-
ed"
The general said the Germans in
sist upon being permitted to organize
their new military establishment in
the foregoing manner. If necessary,
he said, they should refuse to sign the
peace treaty rather than relinquish
any part of this program.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
ONLY 1866 WALKOUT.

NEW YORK, June 11--Only a total
of l66 persons out Of a total of 40,
900 employees of the Western Union
throughout the country, were absent
from duty at noon today. Newcomb
Carlton, president of the Western
Union in a statement regarding the
strike called by the Commercial Tclc-
graphers Union, said it was COM
plete failure. officials Of the Postal
Company said a statement would be
issued later.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
Lieut.. Oscar Johnston
To Speak Here Friday

Lieut.. Oscar Johnston, one Of the
leading candidates for Governor OF
Mississippi, will address the people of
Greenwood and Leflore county at the
court house in this city next Friday
evening, June 18th, at $3.50 O'Clock
Lieut.. Johnston is a speaker of ab-
ility, and we hope that good crowd
will be present to hear him present his
claims on this occasion.
The public is cordially invited, the
ladies especially, to come out and
hear him speak.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-11
LIEUT.. BORCHER VISITS GREEN.
WOOD.

Lieut. W. r. Borcher Of the 29th
Division whose horne is in New Jer-
sey, is the guest of Mr. Robert Her
man. Lieutenant Borcher brought 50
Mississippi and Louisiana boys to
Camp Shelby from Camp Dix, where
they will be demobiIized. On his way
back to Camp Dix he stopped in
Greenwood to see his friend, Sam
Lax, but unfortunately Mr.. Lax is yis-
iting in Memphis,
Lieutenant Borcher was the leader
of the platoon in the war zone to
which Mr.. Lax was attached and the
two are warm friends. Lieutenant
Borcher will leave today for Memphis,