The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
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James A. Tawney, former congress
man of the First Minnesota district
hnd at one time chairman Of the house
appropriations committee, died at Ex-
celsior Springs. Mo. Mr.. Tawney was
dxty-four years old. ...
Wasltf,l2pon
With authorization for new three
year building program eliminated and
the fund for naval aviation reduced to
$15,OO0.OO0, the 1920 naval appropria-
ton bill, totaling $6OO,O00,O 900. passed
the house at Washington.
Epaulets, cooked hats, gold-covered
belts and highly ornamented special
full dress coats heretofore worn by
naval officers on special occasions are
abolished under an order issued by
Secretary Daniels. at Washington.
Without q record vote the house
passed and sent to the senate the 1920
jarmy appropriation bill, carrying q
total Of $71S,OOO,O0O and providing for
q temporary army Of 100000.
Foreign
A Copenhagen dispatch says that
In connection with big communist
demonstration in Vienna Sunday, eight
persons were killed and 66 injured.
The trouble began when 6,OOO demon
strants attempted to obtain the release
from prison of communist leaders Ar
rested Saturday.
A Paris dispatch says the strike
called by the federation Of miners went
into effect Monday. Dispatches from
the mining region indicated that 1t was
general In scope.
A British squadron Is bombarllng
the bolshevik base ut Kronstadt with
heavy guns, according to report pub
lished in the Stockholm Aftonblad.
To Jack Alcock, captain in the
British royal air force, and his navi-
gator, Lieut.. Arthur w. Brown, an
American, goes the honor Of having
made the first nonstop flight across
the Atlantic, from Newfoundland to
Ireland. The Daily Nails $4,000
prize Is theirs. Forty minutes after
eight o'clock Sunday morning their
big vickess-Vimy biplane landed on
the beach near Clifden, Galway. They
made tho flight in 16 hours and q
minutes. ,
Serious anarchist and bolshevik dis
orders broke out In Zurich, Swttzer-
land, according to a Paris dispatch.
A number Of casualties are reported,
but details are lacking, as telephone
and telegraph lines appear to have
been tampered with.
A Rome dispatch says the disorders
which began in Spezla on Thursday
cient forces to check the crowds
which were packing the shops and dis
tributing hats, shoes and provisions
right and left, showing particular
preference for cheese, olive oil and
wine.
An account of the mutiny Of seamen
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ga in April was told in the chamber Of
deputies in Paris by Deputy Emile
Goude, a socialist. During the trouble
a red flag had been run up on the bat
tlcship France.
Gen. Robert G. Paris of the French
army, it is reported in Prague. is going
to Slovakia in connection with the
military situation there. He formerly
commanded the French troops in
Siberia. .a...
Tho council of four in Paris devot.
ed both of its sessions to the revision
Of the text Of the treaty, which will be
entirely rewritten. The original Of the
treaty excluded American losses dur
ing the period Of the neutrality Of the
United States, and Italian losses dur.
ing the time when Italy was at war
with Austria. The financial clauses
will be amended to give the repara.
tions commission discretion to author.
ize Germany to raise working capital
for restarting her industries and to
enable her to pay her reparations.
A secret session Of the citizens
council of greater Berlin held June II
declared in favor Of citizens strike,
according to the independent socialist
newspaper Die Freiheit. Some Of the
manufacturers and commercial inter
ests, Die Freiheit declares. advocated
the utmost severity ''as the only means
Of overcoming the laboring classes"
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