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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-05-22
AMERYKA GOTOWA DO
ROZPOCZECIA MA NOWO
WOJNY.

WOJNY.
Washington, %. maja. - Pc
otrzymaniu oficyalnego komuni--
katu, zawiadamiajacego, re Mem
cy odmawiaja podpisu traktatu
pokojowego, miarodajni W Wa
szyngtonie oswiadczaja, re jedy-
ny spos6b ma zmuszenie rzadu E
berta do podpisania tegoz, bedzie
militarna okupacya Niemiec, lub
rozpoczecie ma nowo wojny. Dla-
tego, jak giosi urzedowa depesza
Paryza, gen. Pershing, kilku
wyzszych oficer6w przy armii a
merykaiskiej pewna liczba
czlonkow amerykanskiej delega--
cyl pokojowej postanowili pozo
stac W Europie, ME wracac zaraz
do Ameryki, jak planowali.
Poprzednie komunikaty Pa
ryza giosiiy, ze planem Najwyz-
szej Rady Aliant6w, zanim urze-
czywistni sic plan podboju ME-
mice przy pomocy sill zbrojnych,
Jest Emusic Rad niemiecki do
podpisania traktatu - naciskiem
ekonomicznym. Tutaj sadza, ze
TAXI plan bylby bardzo korzyst-
ny, poniewaz obecny rad kberta
W krotkim czasie musiaiby u
Iedz silnym atakom ze strony So
cyalist6w niemieckich. ktorzy,
iak wiadomo, chca podpisac trak-
tat i zawrzec pok6j ma jakichkol-
wick warunkach. Zmiana rzadu
jednakze stalaby sic powoden
zwioki W podpisaniu warunkow
pokojowych ma kilka miesiecy, a
tenn samem zwioki W przedlozeniu
tvchze do zatwierdzenia Senate
wi amerykahskiemu.
Niektorzy politycy sadza, re cd
NOVA podpisu traktatu pokojo--
wego przez rad Eberta - moze
polegac ma powszechnej wolf ma
rodu niemieckiego W takim
wypadku pozostaje jedna tylko
otwarta droga - wojna.
LICZBA NIEZATRUDNTO-
NYcH ROBOTN1KoW
ZMNIEJSZA SIE.
Washington, %. mata. - We
dug statystyki federalnego biura
piracy w Waszyngtonie, liczba
niezatrudnionych robotnikow
zmniejszyfa sic nieco W zeszlym
tygodniu. z osmdziesieciu sied--
miu miast, branych w -achube,
tylko trzydziesci dziewiec miaio
nadmiar robotnikow. Nowy York
stanowi centrum bezrobocia; o.
koio 100000 robotnikow poszu-
kuje TAME nadaremnie zajecia,
Is miast natomiast donosi bra
ku robotnikow.
IzBA N1zszA PRZEPRoWA-
DZA PROJEKT RoWNo-
UPRAWNIENIA KOBIET.
Washington, o. maja. Ia
ogolna zgoda, ze debata mad pro-
iektem rownouprawnienia kobiet
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

PARiS.-The Presidents of the
United States and of Switzerland con-
ferred here. The Swiss seek a place
in the league of nations.
LoNDON.-Trotzky is said to have
ordered Governor Zinovieff to surren-
der Petrograd without fight If at
tackled by the northern Russian forces.
The Bolshevilli are reported to be
transferring their headquarters to
Nijni-Novgorod.
NEW YoRk.-Fifty-five thousand
clothing workers win strike for "A hour
week. Will arbitrate wage increase.
PARlS.-Echo de Paris reports tho
peace terms will be signed by June.
ARCHANGEL.-The BoIsheviki are
repulsed in a big attack against -theS
Americans south of Archangel, but
they seem to be preparing for more
ambitious offensive and threaten to
drive the allies into the White sea by
March. An American aviator flying in
a temperature of 16 degrees below zero
bombs the enemy.
WASHINGTON. - The addition to
the cabinet of secretary of air was
advocated by Senator Chamberlain.
NEW Notwithstanding to tho
statement Of an officer at the head of
service mems organization, 10000
Idle discharged soldiers are in the city
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
SPORTING

John J. McGraw, manager of the
New York Giants, signed contract
for his team to train in Gainesville,
Fla.
AS the time nearS for action in re-
gard to vote on the Hitchcock amend
ment in re the barring of geldings
from all races closing 72 hours before
the date of running, the chances Of
this admitted radical change becoming
a New York Jockey Club rule become
Simmer.
An international rowing regatta will
be held on the Seine, Paris, in March.
Teams from England France, Belgium,
Italy, Portugal and the United States
will participate.
Leonard received $3.50 for his end
in the Newark bout and Dundee drew
down $60S0. The receipts totaled
S25,059. The promoters cleaned up
$4,000 for their end, after $2,505 went
for the New Jersey state tax. The
estimated attendance was $4,000.
Harvard, Yale and Princeton will
hold a triangular conference shortly
to dispose of an important matter. 1t
concerns the unclassifed students who
were in the war.
At the annual meeting in New York
Of the Polo Association it was decided
not to challenge Great Britain for the
International Polo Cup because of the
many British pOloists who had been
lost in the war.
The one fly in the ointment, as far
as the baseball outlook is concerned,
is the proposed increase of the war
tax from 10 to 20 per cent. The base
ball club owners have joined with their
theatrical confreres in protesting to
Washington against this unjust in
crease. Ten per cent is tax enough on
amusements
Eddie Wallace recently expressed
the opinion that ID rounds to a deci-
sion would be Objectionable. Nearly
all the boxers are against such move.
1t is no secret that at least four
clubs in the National League are far
from being in the best financial condi-
ton.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
$4,000 UNEMPLOYED
REPORTED IN q CITIES
Secretary of American Fedora
ton of Labor Considers Sit
uation Alarming.

Washington.-Repo from q cities
showing more than $4,000 men unem-
ployed were submitted to the House
immigration Committee by Frank Nor
rison, secretary Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, in support Of his
contention that .there will be bread
/, lines in every industrial center before
May l." Mr.. Morrison appeared in
support of legislation to restrict immi-
grafton.
The reports submitted were in ad-
dition to those from 80 cities given to
the committee last Thursday by Mr..
Morrison and showed Detroit, with
$4,000 unemployed; Philadelphia, 10,-
600; Indianapolis, 5000; Bridgeport,
Conn, $4,000; Charleston, w. Va,
$500; Worcester, Mass, $1,000; San
Francisco, 15,000> Tacoma, Wash,
$500; Denver, Colo, 1,750; Great
Falls, Mont, 1000; Akron, O., $500 +;
Schenectady, N. Y, $500, and Pitts
burgh, 10000. ..
A report from Seattle, Wash, said
it was impossible to give the approx
mate number Of unemployed there,
but that there were thousands and that
the number was increasing daily.
Mr.. Morrison read letter from Will
liam II. Johnston, president of the In
ternational Association of MachinfSts,
stating that the existing unrest among
the laboring classes is being accentu-
ated by employers, who are increasing
the number Of hours day the en-
ployees have to work and lowering
wages. The letter also said that sew
eral companies working under awards
of the War Labor Board have served
notice that as far as they were con-
cerned the war ended the day the
armistice was signed and that the
awards no longer were in effect. In
this connection the Worthington
Pump Company, Cudahy, Wis, and the
Willys-O Overland Company, Elyria, o.,
were mentioned.
Mr.. Johnston also said that 25,OOO
machinists have been discharged in
Buffalo, n Y; 5000 in New Haven,
5000 in Newark, 1000 in Rochester,
N. Y; $500 in st. Paul. 1000 in Fitch
burg, Mass; $500 in Hartford, Conn,
and 80 per cent of all employed in Co
lumbus. 0.
Mr.. Morrison told the committee
that further proof is being obtained
daily of the increasing extent of un-
employment and that action must be
taken Immediately if serious labor
troubles are to be avoided. He said
that two things should be done by
Congress: First, that legislation pro-
viding for the employment Of return
ing soldiers be passed, and, second,
that immigration be stopped until nor
NAL times are again reached.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
GENERAL

' Vermont, Montana and New Mexico
Public Service Commissions protested
against continuing federal control of
telegraph and telephone systems.
Representative Royal Johnson urged
before Congress an absolute ban on
immigration to prevent America being
flooded by undesirable aliens.
Italian forces detained the Serho-
Croatian vessel Dinara, flying the
American flag and having a navigation
license issued by an American naval
commander in the Adriatic.
Railway earnings were $250,000,OO0
less in 1918 under government opera
ton than during the preceding year.
: Fire destroyed the big plant at Pen
Argyl, Pa, of the Fitzgerald-Speer
Company, manufacturers of fancy bar
fixtures, causing damage of $S00,000
Unloading at Newport News, Va, Of
cargo vessels was stopped when union
grain trimmers went on strike because
of the employment of ron-union
workers.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood made a
strong appeal before joint session
of the Kansas Legislature to prepare
for the next war;
Director Of Railroads Hines declared
that railroad compensation contracts
should be "signed up" within 60 days
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
MONTERREY HIGHLAND COUNTY VA, FRIDAY JANUARY 81 1871

The assembly at Albany, N. T., pass
ed the federal prohibition amendment
by vote of 81 to &C.
/ Louis L. Swift, head Of big Chicago
packing concern, praises work Of food
administration and urges that it be
continued for a time He said q de-
cline of / cent a pound on pork would
cause his firm S2,500,000 loss on prod
ucts ready to market.
Demobilized soldiers and seamen
swell growing army of unemployed
Federal labor officials ask manufac-
turers to enlarge industries. New or
ganization of discharged fighters gets
help from Civic Federation.
President Wilson cabled Mayer Pc
ters of Boston that he was writing
him regarding an invitation to return
to- the United States through the port
of Boston.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant
secretary Of the navy, says that with
the exception Of 5000 men the Ameri-
can navy will be out of Europe by
February 10.
Four United States submarine
chasers, which were engaged in patrol
work on the Nova Scotian coast for
some time, sailed for Newport, r. l.
Situation in scrap iron and steel in
Pittsburgh district is demoralized.
Between $4,000 and 10000 shipyard
workers in Seattle went on strike.
Thomas w. Lamont, New York bank
er, discusses the wars effects on inter-
national money markets, in an article
in the London Times, and urges
closer relationship between New York
and London banks.
Both employers and employees
charge double dealing as $4,000 gar
ment workers in New York strike for
a Al hour working week and a 10 per
cent increase in wages.
A bill was ;illiotiCc"d by Senator
Kenyon to promote public buildings
throughout the United States, to give
work to the unemployed, a federal
emergency public works board with
$100,000000 at it's disposal to look
after federal projects and another
fund of $3O00O0,000 to look after~state
projects.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
WASHINGTON

Rehabilitation of returning troops
the war department as the only solu,
tion of the employment problem, daily
becoming more acute.
Testifying before the senate commit
tee that is investigating German prop,
aganda, Archibald Stevenson declared
that Bolshevism is the greatest peril
in this country today. He said soviets
existed in all the big industrial centers
of the United States and that the an
archist movement was fast spreading
Tax on theater tickets cut from 20
to 10 per cent by conferees on 1919
1920 revenue bill.
One hundred thousand bushels of
barley was bought by the government
at Chicago at $1.01.
Senator Champ Clark in a speech i'll
the house demanded the withdrawal
Of every American soldier from Eu-
rope.
Director of Railroads Hines declared
a reduction in freight rates on govern
ment controlled lines within yea: is
doubtful until complete operating sta
tistics for the last II months are
available. ' -
Representative Mann accused the
Democrats of trying to force an extra
session of Congress.
Eighteen states, through their utili-
ty commissions, voice opposition to fed
eral control of telegraph and telephone
lines. Increased rates are unneces-
sary, the manager of the Postal Tele-
graph-Cable Company testifies.
Frank Morrison tells a house COM
mittee that unemployment is increas-
ing daily and that government inter-
vention soon may be necessary.
Danger and suffering are foreseen if
10000 idle soldiers, whose numbers
daily increase, cannot find employ
ment.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
81 WOMEN WON SEATS
Ar GERMAN POLLS
Will sit in Assembly at Weimar
Which Will Frame the New
Constitution. |

Copenhagen.-The German National
Assembly will be opened at Weimar on
February 2, according to a Berlin dis
patch
Thirty-four women have been elect
ed to the national assembly.
The former National Liberal party
was the only party which elected no
women delegates to the national as
sembly. The Majority Socialists elect
ed Is women, the Independents 3, the
Democrats 5, the Clericals 7, and the
Conservatives 4.
Reports from all the 27 electoral dis
tricts in Germany, returning the full
number of 421 members Of the nation
al assembly, show the Majority Social
lists having a plurality in the assembly
with 164 votes. The next highest
number of members vas returned by
the Christian Peoples party, the fer-'7
mer Centerists, who will have SO mem-
bers. The distribution Of the members
by parties is as follows:
Majority Socialists ..1G4
Christian Peoples party. y........... So
Democrats ............... -
German Nationalist party. y......... 81
Minority Socialists ............ a
German Peoples party. %
SJuPIIS
Bavarian Peasants League. ..... 4
Wurttemberg Bourgeois party. .... ,
Peasants and Workmen's Demo-
cratic League ............... l
IOldl ....... I'll
Premier Ebert and Philip Scheide-
mann have gone to Weimar to SUPER
intend the making over of the Court
Theater there, in which the national
assembly is to meet.
The first business before the assem-
bly, will be the selection Of provision
al government, because the present
government considers it's existence at
an end with the converting of a con-
stituent assembly.
The peace question probably will not
be considered, as it is not expected
that the Germans will be admitted to
the peace conference before the adj
| journment Of the assembly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
PIT II OF T HE
VICTORY NEW S

The five great powers have sienified
their acquiescence in and accepted
the principles of a league of nations,
with the exception of one, which ac-
cepted them Professionally awaiting
final instructions from the home aov-
ernment.
Four of the Russian governments,
those of the On1sk, Caucasus, UraI
and Yekaterinodar, will ignore the
invitation of the allies to send repre-
sentatives to peace meeting on
Princes Island.
Secretary Daniels says the United
States will be awarded 20 German
ships.
Secretary Baker pardoned 11a slack
Is ers held at Fort Ceavenworth.
First official battle record of the EN-.
pire division, showing heroic fighting
qualities of famous unit that fought
and whipped from three to six Ger
man divisions at time.
The Belgian government hopes the
peace congress will extend her Con-
go colony by giving to it part of
German East Africa in payment for
her aid in conqIering this German
dependency
The ultimate draft of the league of ma.
= tions will reflect no individual or ma.
tional idea, but consensus Of nations,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
After Few Doses Of Back-Draught

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town, says: "At
my age, which is IS, the liver does
not act so we'll as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out of
fix. I was constipated, my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad, and
It took so little to upset me. My ap-
petite was gone. was very weak.
decided I would give Black
Draught thorough trial as knew it
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking it. I felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
improved and I became stronger. Ny
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon righted with few
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
$4,000 DRESsMAKERs STRIKE.
Business in Greater City Crippled.
Long Deadlock in Sight.

Long Deadlock in Sight.
New York.-The entire dress and
waist manufacturing business Of
Greater New York was completely
crippled when $4,000 workers, mostly
women and girls, went on strike.
The factories Of the city are picket
ed, and special instructions given the
employees at meetings held in 90 halls
warn them against violence.
Unless the War Labor Board or some
other body of conciliation intervenes,
the strike promises to be long one,
for the workers and their employers
are hopelessly at loggerheads over the
right to discharge the girls, though
this point actually is not specifically
included in the demands made by the
strikers.
Officials Of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union claim they
have closed 1000 shops, and that the
walkout will also affect 100000 other
persons in dependent trades.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
Ticks and Flashes Which Bull
Ietin in Condensed Style the
News of the Word.
TIMELY HISTORY PARAGRAPHS
Events at Washington Which Loom
Large as Crucial Happenings.
Industrial Activities at
Home and Abroad.
PEACE BULLETINS

Belgium made formal demand for a
personal trial for the fugitive German
Kaiser at the plenary session Of the
peace conference. The British con-
cede that the Panama canal should be
exempt from the league of nations
control Of international waterways.
\ new reserve officers training
corps will be established at the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania.
President Wilson, with the aid of
Premier Lloyd George, has won his
fight for q conference between Rus
sian factions and representatives Of
the allies. The D"ssians have been
invited to send delegates TO a meet.
ing on Princes Island, in the Sea of
Marmora, on February 10. 1t is eX-
pected that this invitation will result
in a cessation Of fighting in Russia.
"Work like hell and be happy" is
the motto Of the "Cuckoo Club" or
ganized by wounded and sick Ameri-
can soldiers convalescing in France.
Berlin and its immediate environs
hereafter will be separate republic,
independent of Prussia, of which it has
been hitherto the capital.
1t was authoritatively denied at
American peace headquarters that
President Wilson had selected Elihu
Root or William Howard Taft to re-
place him at the peace conference
when he returns to the United States.
lie Matin indicates that NJ. Noulens,
French ambassador to Russia, just
back from Archangel, told the peace
delegates that Bolshevism presents a
great danger, but that small effort will
be sufficient to Quarantine the infec-
ton, with the view to extirpating it
LATER"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
Great Britain, France, United
States, Italy and Japan For
muIate a Plan.
APPROVE WILSON PROPOSAL.
Muscovites Must Agree to Pay Debts.
! Pershing Called to Paris and
Probably Will Be
Delegate.
TERMS UNDER WHICH
RUSSIA MAY TREAT.

+ Paris. - Besides the definite
!. proposals to Russia as given in
= the communique the joint COM :
X mission of the associated powers :
!. will lay down these four condi- :
i. tions indispensable in bringing ;
I. about an adjustment:
i. First, peace at all points.
i. Second, removal Of all eco :
!. nomic barriers which restrain :
i. the free circulation or exchange :
!. of food and commodities be-
!. tween the factional zones and :
!. the outside world.
!. Third, general elections on a
\ representative basis.
X Fourth, some adequate ar
+ rangement for the payment of.
!. debts.
4.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
doses Of Black-Draught."

oOoSo VI du5ASs
Seventy years of successful use has
made Thedford's Black-Draught a
standard, household remedy. Every
member, of every family, at times,
need the help that Black-Draught can
give in cleansing the system and re.
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation, Indigestion, lazy liver,
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are in good
working order. Keep them that way.
Try Black-Draught. 1t acts promptly,
gently and in a natural way. If you
feel sluggish, take a dose tonight.
You, will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
25c. package.-Cne cent dose
All druggists. J. 50
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
FOREIGN

London newspapers approve the al"
lied note to the Russian factions, indi-
eating that no recognition of the Boil
sheyiki is involved and that it offers
to all chance to escape from the
future.
The British proposal for the inter-
naturalization of labor with a peace
league commission to enforce it's deci-
sions is announced by Mr. Barnes.
Count Karolyi, President of Hun
gary, warns the allies that policy Of
diSmemberment of Hungary will result
in revival of the Mittel Europa project
and seriously menace the peace of the
world.
The Majority Socialists have gained
a plurality in the German National
Assembly, winning 164 seats out of
421, the Centrists coming next with
So members, and the Independent So
cialists mastering only "a Kurt Els
ner, the red premier, was beaten in
Bavaria. '- .-.
A shortage Of iron ore in Germany
is reported.
Several Germans disguised as wo-
men were arrested at Brussels, near
Mons, following the explosion Of a
munitions dump, which destroyed
mile of the Brussels Ostend railroad.
A muselm containing photographs
and records of all the French heroes
who fell in the war will be established
in France II proposals considered by
the French Chamber of Deputies are
adopted.
John f.. Stevens, head Of the Ameri-
can Railway Commission to Russia,
reports difficulties Of the first magni-
tude will be experienced in the reor-
ganization of Trans. Siberi. railroad.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
N. Y. ASSEMBLY VOTES DRY.

Passes prohibition RESOLUTION After
Debate Lasting Seven Hours.
Albany, n. Y.-The assembly rati-
fed the federal prohibition amendment
by vote of 81 to &c after a seven hour
session.
Prohibitionists claim II votes in the
upper house, one more than necessary
to put New York state in the dry col
umn. Eleven Republicans, six of them
from New York city, aligned them
selves with the Democrats and Social
lists against ratification.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31

Hungarian Peasants Loot Castle.
neutrality-suspicious. are reported
on aristocratic country seats in Hun
gary. Count julius Andrassy's castle,
Tissea Club, has been pillaged by in
furiated Bolshevist peasants.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31

Paris - Led by rres.@ent Wilson,
the supreme council Of the great pow
ers moved to unite the factions Of dis
tracted Russia and bring them into
the peace congress.
They unanimously adopted propo-
sition brought forward by President
Wilson asking all the-Russian factions,
including the Bolshevists. to meet the
allied and associated governments at
Princes Islands, in the Sea Of Marmo-
ra, near Constantinople, on February
10, the contending factions meantime
declaring a truce and suspending all
military operations.
The joint committee of the associ-
ated governments will be announced
as soon as the Russian factions accept
the proposal, which was communicated
to them by wireless. The Russian
commission will proceed to the meet
ing place, probably on warship, by
way of the Black sea and the Bos-
porus
General John J. Pershing, the Amer
ican commander in chief, has been
called to Paris, and it Is expected that
he will be the military member of the
American representation Of the joint
commission.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
TO USE s5o,ooo,ooo ON ROADS.
England to Spend That Amount on Re.
building. Repairs. Etc.

bu'IdIhg, REPAIRS, ETC.
London. = The British government
announced that it has set aside $780,
100000 to be used in road building and
in the reconstruction of bridges allow
ed to fall into decay during the war
with central powers.
About $500 miles of roads will be
constructed, and the work will give
employment to fully 100000 men,
most of whom will be discharged sol
diers.