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New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
R0Isheuik Rule Breaking

1t seems, however, that even the
favorable outcome of this trial of
strength failed to reestablish that
firm hold which Bella Kun and his
following had gained on the govern
ment in May and June. Disorders
continued, and on July II The Asso-
ciated Press reported from Vienna,
through Paris, the overthrow of the
Kun government "by troops return
ing from the Czech front" The
same dispatch said that Boehm and
LANDER have taken control of the
Communist government. Both men
are Social Democrats, Lander being
member Of the Council of Peoples
Commissaries, while Boehm had re-
tired from the council in June
The same Associated Press dis
patch said that the Bolshevik rule at
Budapest was being broken by
food blockade instituted by the anti
Bolshevik Magyar peasantry them
selves.
The American press at large seems
to accept this latest news of Bella
Kun's overthrow as authentic, but
there is no uniformity whatever as
to the Interpretation of the event
Thus "The New York Sun" writes
"The Hungarian Soviet leader, Bela
Kun, whose overthrow is reported to
the Peace Conference rom Vienna,
seems to have been failure both as
Bolshsvist ana n dictator. At first the
Moscow Soviet acclaimed him the leader
of the advance guard o. Folshevism IN
Western Europe, and then two weeks
afterward declared he was unequal TO
his job. He was unable TO reconcile
the rival factions OF Communists and
Socialist and to force the Soviet rule
upon Hungary further than the terri
tory occupied by his armies. or to win
the much needed support Of the peas
ants"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Controversy Orer Leases

Suppose the collery owners neg
ected to pay you the royalty rents
stated in your lease, would you leave
it to the local authorities to decide
whether they should pay or not Ger
tainly not
put 1t TO you as man to man that
it is Of far more Importance that you
should look after the carrying out Of
that part Of your leases, that the
people who produce your wealth and
risk their lives should be we'll housed.
than that portion dealing with royalty
rents?-I think tho conditions I in
scrt in my leases are all I ought to do.
You arc not prepared to undertake
any responsibility for the miners who
produce the coal from which you draw
your royalties? Il have told you the
extent Of the responsibility ought T.,
undertake. 1t Is physically impos-
siblc for my agents to get all over
the district and supervise the houses
which the colliery owners ought TO
keep in proper state Of repair.
Sir Leo Moncy-What particular
service do you perform for the com
munity an coal owner As an owner
Of coal do not perform any service
for the community. look after my
property to my best advantage. do
not know whether you call that ser
vice.
AS the Duke OF Hamilton was not
ablc to attend the hearings in per
son he vas represented by an agent,
Mr.. Timothy Warren, a Glasgow
NOllcitor and uurt nor In the firm of
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
British Coal Mines
Drift Toward Ma
tiOnal Ownership

coal. In an answer to a written
series of questions submitted to
him by the commission as a whole,
the duke said he owned approxi-
mately 244,500 acres OF coal land,
title to which was acquired by
grants from the crown, regrants
from the crown either with or with
out Parliament's sanction, pur-
chases, settlements on marriage,
escheat and exchange. The aver
age annual coal production from
1913 to 1918, inclusive, was 1885,
O44 tons. His income from his coal
land was derived from royalties and
the gross income for 1913 was
s82,400, which was reduced by
war taxes to E23,890.
After this evidence was read the
miners representatives took the duke
in hand for cross-examination. Mr..
Smillie, president Of the Miners
Federation, had the first turn.
"The London Times" gives the fol-
lowing transcript of the questions
and answers:
Mr.. Smillie-I think that this COM
mission is primarily concerned about
whether or not it is possible for any in
dividual to own land under the law Of
this country. Several authorities have
been quoted who state that private
ownership in land is against the prin-
ciple Of the law Of England. Do you
knovr vh ether this ia 40?
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
The Week Abroad

Tho House Of Commons ratified the
treaty Of peace with Germany and
passed the Anglo-French treaty Of
alliance in all it's stages.
In peace conference circles in Paris
revision Of the Shantung section
in the peace treaty is expected,
possibly on the lines Of making
public the gcntlcmcn's agreement
by which Japan guaranteed the
return Of Shantung to Chnn.
Tho final terms OF the Austrian treaty
wcrc handed 20 the Austrian peace
delegates at Versailles The dole
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Houses Wretched

Just outside that wall, on the west
side Of the palace, are some Of the
most miserable homes in Great Britain
miners houses ?-I cannot use COM
parative terms; but there are ndif-
ferent houses there, hundreds of years
DID,
Are you aware that In the town of
Hamilton miners families, the families
of the men who are producing coal
from the Dukes mines, are living, four
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

gates are making severe faces over
the necessity of signing.
Sir George Pnish, leading British
economist, fenrs collapse of the
worlds credit The remedy he
recommends is national and inter
national capital lcvies, the latter to
be made by the cancellation by
England and America Of $1,000
100000 each Of the money owed
thcm by other countries.
The British strike situation has be-
come extremely serioun There has
been rioting accompanied by fires
and extensive property damage.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

by the war would reach s4O,00O,-
100000.
1t was reported in Breslau that the
German government had agreed
that Upper Silesin should become 8
free state
General Franchet d'Esperey, COM
mander Of the Allied forces In the
Near East, announced that he was
preparing an advance on Budapest
with 100000 men. A dispatch to
Berlin from Budapest said therc
WAS new reign Of terror in the
Hungarian capital Food conditions
are described MS terrible.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

desire to get information as to wheth-
er there Is any justification for that.
Do you know how many mansion
houses the Duke of Hamilton's family
possess ?-Hamilton Palace and four
other places.
Do you know that Hamilton Palace
is very large building, containing a
good many apartments Yes; a very
large number
You know that it stands In a very
large inclosuro surrounded by a high
wall 2--That's right.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

Many industries have been com
PEELED to close by the strike of
100000 miners in the Yorkshire
district and fear is expressed Of
widespread bankruptcy. The strike
of dockmen held up the sailing of
transatlantic liners from Liverpool.
The French Chamber of Deputies
gave Premier Clomencenu a vote of
confidence by 272 to 1s1. The
Premier said, however, "This is a
mere skirmish. The real battle is
coming"
1t was estimated that the total
amount Of damage dono to France
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Expert La,cyer Needed

The DGke-1 do not know. That Is q
question that only an expert property
lawyer can possibly answer, and l sug
gest that if you want to get at the
law you should call an expert lawyer.
Mr.. Smille-Do you know whether
the Crown. from which you received
grants, held the land Of England on
behalf of the nation or under a per-
sonal right ?-I am only giving you
an opinion--it is not worth much,
it may be worth nothing-that the
Crown held it under their own per-
sonal right.
You believe that the land Of England
belonged to the ruling king for the
time being ?-I think so.
And that he had the right to grant
any land to any individual II believe
so.
Mr.. Smillie-Do you know that the
barons who held the land granted
charters to the yeomen Yes. l sup
pose they did.
Are you aware that the barons con
fscated the yeomen's land and made
them pay rent for it?--No, l am not
aware Of that I doubt 1t very much
You do not know if, on your own
estate, that took place ii do not know
Do you know very much about the
conditions of the miners employed on
your estate "A certain amount.
meet good many miners in the course
of my daily life.
Do you know it has been alleged that
in a good many cases on your estate
the housing conditions are very bad
and that there are back to-bach
houses? I am not referring to housing
for which, at the moment, you can be
held responsble.--I am aware that il
has been said, and In some cases it is
possibly true, that the houses are not
as good as they ought to be.
The colliery owners lease from you
Are you not responsible as citizer
and holder of the land to take a deel
interest in matter Of that kind
i do take an interest.
Have you done anything to secure
that the mine owners should improve
the housing conditions Of the men who
, produce the minerals!
The witness replied that he had hat
inserted in the leases clause tha,
i plans for new cottages should be sub
a mitted for his approval, and tha-
:. cottages should be kept in proper re
pair. 1t was for the local authoritie.
$ to give notices to the colliery owner,
!, If the cottages were not in prope
order.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Fought to Snre His Goni

Probably the man Who accom-
piished the most against hi. own
infercstg ~aa the Duke u North
umberand, sho ~as algo the one
who fought the hardest 10 save his
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
NOMMUNIST Hungary is
passing through the Sc
verest crisis of it's exist


passing through the Sc
verest crisis of it's exist
ence. This one fact stands
out clearly from the maze Of OBJ
scure and contradictory dispatches
The other day Bella Kun was re-
ported ousted from power; but the
same news had been transmitted
several times before, and Bella Kun
seems to have survived unscathed.
Moreover, in the recent instance,
one version stated that Bella Kun
lost his power, not to the forces of
moderation, or Counter revolution"
as his followers would put it, but
to group Of Red leaders who did
not consider even him radical
enough. Another dispatch told of
the formation of a moderate So
cialist Cabinet According to third
source, the capitalization of an anti
Bolshevik government headed by
Count Albert Apponyi, the we'll
known Magyar nationalist states
man, was expected.
Kun Regime Menaced
It would appear that the acute
stage of the Hungarian crisis set
in about the middle Of June. It
was precipitated by factors of both
foreign and domestic politics. Un-
der the former heading the un-
changed hostility of the peace con-
ference, resulting in the strict
maintenance of the blockade, and
the evident impossibility of estab-
fishing a junction with Soviet Rus
sia were predominant. AS to the
developments in the domestic field,
it is wellnigh impossible to form
a clear picture, but it becomes in
creasingly likely that the Kun re-
gime was menaced both from the
right and the left by bourgeois ma
tionalist reaction and by Red ex-
tremisnl.
That there has been a break in
the unity of the Communist Social
ist bloc may be inferred from the
reorganization of the Cabinet OF
peoples commissaries, which took
place about June "a last. This
event was barely touched upon in
the dispatches published in the
American press The "Vossische
Zeitung" of B in, however
printed, in it's issue of June 26, q
Vienna dispatch telling of the up
heaval in detail.
Accordingly, the transformation
of the Cabinet took place in the
sense of Bolshevistic victory at the
expense of the more moderate So
cial-Democratic component Of the
governmental bloc. First of all.
the number of peoples commits
saries was reduced from SO to Il;
for president of the revolutionary
governing council, that is, the Soviet
republic, the Communist, Anton
Dovcsak, one Of the chief Bolshevik
propagandists in the country, was
elected in the stead of the former
president, Alexander Garbai, ar
old-time Social Democrat, one o1
the veterans Of the movement ir
Hungary and leader of the build
ing trade union. Among the re
duced number of peoples commits
saries only three Social Democrats
retained their places, Bokanyi
LANDER and Varga, while the rest
Boehm, Kunfi, Ronay, Erdelyi anc
Szabados, failed Of reappointment
their seats being filled with per
sonal friends of Bella Kun. On the
other hand, the two representatives
of the ultra-Reds, Szamuelly anc
Bella Vago, were not reappointed.
The Passing OF Carbai
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Ii appearances are that
England is verging rapid
l. ly on the naturalization

miners are for it, the Socialists are
for it, all labor is practically unani-
nous for it. a large part of public
opinion among the small consumers
is for it, the large consumers are
for it in some measure, and the Coal
Industry Commission appointed to
make an investigation of the nation
alization of mines and mineral rights
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
KANSAS.

Topeka.-Kansas told Attorney
General Palmer has started his tour
for Democratic nomination for
President.
1ndependence-Judge Holdren dis
misses twenty-five suits for divorce.
saying war is over and he wants
people to stop fighting at home.
Leavenworth.-Grand jury will
prove that fire destroyed U. S.
property.
Wichita-Niton Jackson SAYS he
recalls time when Wichita had bur
one log house, on November 1s,
1868.
Ell Dorado.-Additiona gas sup
ply viii come from Butler County.
Salina.-Elmer Weir. 20. farmer.
dies from poison he drinks after
visit to his sweetheart.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
Pierce Oil Stock Is
Offered to the Public

Lehman Brothers and Goldman
ssehs q Co, are Offering at sos and
sorped dividend. to yield 7so psr
esnt . block of cumulative converti-
hle preterred stock Of the Pierce Oil
Corporation This Is the balance Of
~ riEinaI issue Of s16, 900. 900 pre-
Sered- about 1920. 900 of the issue
having been used for conversion of
the ~companys debentures or dis
posed OF by private sale
The preferred stock has a CONVEX
sion feature which permits the ex-
change Of each share Of preferred
for four shares Of Glass B common
stock. the latter of SIS par value,
Many time before January 1. 1928
his common has no voting power.
From the proceeds OF the financ-
hg sufficient funds will be placed In
borrow to pay OF the ten-year de-
entures and the fye-year notes at
be end of the current year. When
DIS has been accomplished the COM
eny will have slightly less than
500. 900 IN funded debt
Including the result of the present
snancing. current assets on April 80
Last. were S1s.ss3,74s and current
liabilities were ss.517. .e45. leaving
working capital of S14,145,503. Net
earnings, after taxes. have increased
from $7.4s71s1 in 1915 to $3.77s, ,72s
Ia 1s1& THIS gain was effected on
O rather limited production of crude
% and q material gain IN profits is
poked for due to the company's aE-
reezfve drilling operations being
3pndocted on the company's proper
FDes m the Ranger and other fields.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
BIG PIGEON RACE
PLANNED NOV. II
One thousand to Fly in
Trinity Celebration Of
Armistice Day.

One Thousand carrier pigeons, rep
resentlng the leading civilian ana
Army and Navy lofts win be reieas-
ed for flight from Trinity Com
munity House here on Armfstice
Day. November II. The main cele-
bration will be under the auspices
of the Trinity Civic Forum.
The fastest pigeon flyers IN the
country will be liberated for an en-
durance speed test The flight will
be in charge of a noted Washington
fancier, John Wolfe, who is now
arranging for the entries. Once the
carriers are headed homeward and
Strengthened out for the flight q
fast airplane will pursue one of the
flocks to determine which has the
greatest speed. Natures fastest fly
er or mans aircraft
Tho Vice-Prcsident. Cabinet Of
ficers. members of the Supreme
Court, the Senate and House Of
Representatives. District OF Colum-
bia officials. governors OF States.
civic and other organizations have
been invited to participate in what
Is intended to be IAN inspiration to
the living and the future rather
than a memorial to the past and the
dead" as expressed by Fairfax
Naulty. secretary of Trinity Forum
-he civic ceremonies will begin
a 1 o'clock. the hour at which the
arInistice took effect There will be
on display an enlargement OF the
phonophotric record taken of the
last shots fred in the great war
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
Girl SCOUTSTO
WORK FOR drive
VIII Distribute Posters Pre-
hmlnary to Campaign
This Week.

Pretty Gtri Scouts. dressed In their
neat khaki uniform. will visit the
BUSINESS sections Of the city this after
noon after school hours to distribute
Dosters telling Of the drive for 1000
sustaining members which will begin
o,nt Saturday a. . part Of the ma
doo-vids financial campaign for the
eeneft Of the organization.
Ahs girls will visit all of the stores
ofnces on the principal business
Feets and VIII ask permission to
~ the attractive posters in the
tndovS- On . yellow background is
MHrge picture Of a pretty girl scout
: typical American girl. clad IN her
I'd Uniform At the side is the
-1fng. For q Better Womanhood., %
b data As to the extent of the
Z hpain
housands OF little yellow buttons
ring the face OF the pretty pos
gnL" win be distributed among
stxty-odd troops for presentation
( Fubscribers to the fund. Each per
- who becomes a sustaining MEM
Der Of the Girl Scouts by the payment
pf 81 or more will receive a button.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
181, 900 AGRICULTURE
PHOTOS MADE IN YEAR

The section OF illustrations of the
Department Of Agriculture turned
out in the past twelve months, 1s1.
900 pieces OF photography. It was
announced yesterday. and the state
ment is made that n all knowledge
of agriculture were blotted out of
the minds of men tomorrow it
would be possible to reconstruct
good agriculture from the pictures
in the possession of the department
The subjects range from organ
isms so small that they had to be
photographed through a high power
microscope, to fumigation tanks
large enough to admit a whole train
Of freight cars at once; from a fever
tick fastened to the hide of a COW
to magnificent stretches OF forest
and pasture photographed from the
top of mountains
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
WASHINGTON.

Tacoma.-Fight with knives results
IN death Of Japanese sailor.
Centralia.-G., L. Schultz, Of Tennio.
and Louis Mayfeld. of Maryland
Killed In separate hunting accidents
Spokane.-Loca1 merchants appeal
to Senator Poindexter to help secure
sugar supplies.
Walla Walla.-Paul r. Haffer tells
Socialists service in army doesn't
change his revolutionary instincts.
- Vancouver.-Tsx increase Of rs mills
on the dollar will he made here.
Cowiitz Bend.-Americans renting
large tracts Of land in Durango. Mex-
leo. according to letter from John
Lewis. Of this place
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
MANS BIG ROLL
ANNOYS POLICE
So Station Patrolmen Guard IT.
repressible Tiller Until His
Train Arrives.

A rural looking individual with
gray whiskers that lent a sylvan
touch to his appearance. stepped up
to ticket window at the Union
Station last night and asked for a
ticket to Des Moines. Iowa.
Have you enough money for it!-
asked the suspicious clerk.
In answer the old man drew forth
q greasy old bag, tied at the top
with a piece of twine. From the
bag he drew forth an antique wal
let stuffed with bills OF all de-
nominations.
TITLED Sell for II.
wall drawled the stranger. 'ff
a couple of thousand dollars is
enough why let's have that ticket
I've titled the soil for many years.
young man and"
Say. put that bundle back in
your pocket before some kind
stranger offers 70 guard Il for you"
interrupted Policeman Reed.
Soon the old man was telling
everyone in the Station how he had
worked all his life on a farm and
showed them his money as proof of
his honest toll.
Then he took a walk outside OF
the station and approached Poiice
man Hugh McDermitt OF the Sixth
precinct.
Say" he asked. where can I
buy some safety pins: I've got the
money. all right. just look hnre.
why I've been working all my life. So
Volunteers His story.
Put that coin away quick" said
"or someone will ap-
point themselves cashier for you"
Disappointed. the old man re-
entered the station and continued
to display his rolf and tell his
story to the travellers until Police
man Reed decided he needed a little
rest before his train left.
He was resting very quietly un-
der the watchful eye of Reed with
his bag Of hard-earned money
clutched tightly in hand when his
train finally arrived.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
U. S. Employees Organize
New Jersey Society

Government employees from New
Jersey organized the New Jersey
State Society at a meeting held Satur-
day night at the Blue Triangle Club,
Twentieth and 3 street northwest
Temporary officers were elected and
a committee appointed to draw up q
constitution and bylaws. The COM
mittee will make report at the
next meeting. of the society, sched-
uled for November Is. at the Blue
Triangle Club.
At the next meeting II Is expected
that Senator or Representative
from the state VIII address the MEM
bcrs. Plans for a dance. to be held
at the War Risk Club. on Massa-
chusetts avenue, on November s.,
were made. Dancing and refresh
ments followed the business meeting
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
MISSISSIPPI.

Jackson--Christma seals will be
put on sale at State Fair tomorrow.
Greenwood-Runnymede piants-
don. comprising 1000 acres. is sold
for $1.047.50o.
Cofeeville.--Calhou County sells
sSo0.o0o bond issue. proceeds to 60
toward Jefferson Davis Highway.
F1ora---Farmers unable to harvest
crops because of recent rains.
Moorhcad.-School board expends
S764 in playground equipment
Moss Point.-Schooner Jesse
Bounds lost at sea, according to
word received from Capt. Skous-
gard.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
BACK HOME NEY.S
Like a Letter from the Folks-Watcl1 for
Your State News in The Herald
TENNESSEE.

Memphis.-wirt J. willis resigns
from general superintendency of
Memphis Artesisn Water Depart
ment.
Covington.--The >.ponno Kid"
held as being implicated in muir
der. escapes from county Jail.
Nashvflle-Governo Roberts urg-
ed to designate .1aw and order
week" for Tennessee.
Ripley.-w. N. Lipscomb. business
man, dies.
Observation-Disclosures divorces
petitioned for in county courts.
Erin--Seven young men from
here enlist In army in one week.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
ARKANSAS.

Glenwood-W. NJ. Duty wins SUIT
for So.ooo for loss OF eyesight while
working for Pekin. Cooperage Com
pany.
Little Rock.-Gov. Brough appeals
10 Postmaster General Burleson to
suppress Chicago negro paper for ar
ticies printed about race riots.
Blythesville.-Sparks plantation sold
for s16o an acre.
Te1arkana--Jeff Davis Hines. who
killed P. W. Mackley. local florist.
goes to penitentiary by himself and
begins serving fifteen-year sentence.
Fort Smith.-Recent suits show $7U
L. paid for death and 81 .42S for loss
OF leg.
Paragould--Mr. Ernest Butler and
Miss Nora Prince are married.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
Sees Higher Price as
Cotton Shortage Grows

Montgomery, Ala. Oct. ta.-Declar1ng
that cotton will soon sell for 70 cents
a pound and cottonseed oil will go
higher in price, VI. c. Algood. commits
sioner of agriculture of Alabama, in a
statement tonight urged farmers to
hold their cotton and seed for better
prices
The world will face a cotton famine
next June" he declared.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
NORTH CAROLINA.

Monfoe.-Railway men open store
to cut down cost OF living.
Wllson.-Mrs. Lester Watson in
1ured In auto ACCIDENT at beginnipg
Of honeymoon trip.
Raleigh.-Inspsctors investigat-
ing high cost of diphtheria antitox-
NOTWITHSTANDING Of $4,000 to
restore baseball league club being
raised by business men.
Mt. Atry.-Tobacc1 sales in one
day amount to 127,75o pounds.
Newton.-Secretary will be nam
ed for Catawba County Y, NJ. G, A
The Washington herald., 1919-10-20

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