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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PARIS, jan 6-The ceremony
placing in effect the treaty Of Yer
sailles will be held in the clock room
Of the foreign Office at four o'clock
Saturday afternoon, 1t was stated
semi-ofii cially today.
The German delegates, Won Simson
ana Won Lersner. after signing the
protocol, VIII be handed the allied
note reducing demands on Germany
for surrender of docks and tonnage
and granting delay Of thirty months
for delivery
Notifications then will be exchang-
ed, the Germans signing first and
then representatives of the fourteen
allied powers who ratified the Yer
sailles pact Allied troops will be
started Immediately to occupy the
various territories where plebescites
are to be held. Transportation Of
these troops through Germany will
last eleven days.
Meantime M Demacilly, French
charge d'affaires, will leave for Berlin
while the German charge, probably
Baron Won Lersner, will be installed
in the German embassy after plesent-
irg his letters OF credit to the presi-
dent Of the republic, re-establishing
relations between the two
nations.
The supreme council today instruct
ed the inter1allied commission at
Budapest to prevent the reported
wholesale executions of persons promi-
ne1iI in communist circles during the
Of Bella Kun. The allies
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Ceremony to be Held in Clock Room of French
Foreign Office at Four O'clock in
Afternoon is Plan.
GERMANS FIRST TO SIGN NAMES
After Protocol is Accepted Diplomatic Rela-
tions Between Germany and France Will &
be Reestablished.

will demand all these persons be &c-.
corded fair trial.
The council also established the,
conditions under which Germany shall
turn Danzig oyer to allied control
preparatory to the plebescite. Reply.
ing to German request that the NUM-,
Der of troops sent the various areas
wfere plebescites are to be held, be-
reduced, because Of Germany's in
ability to stand the expense Of a.
great number Of men, the council
pointed out the number already was
reduced one fourth by failure Of the
United States to participate as had
been planned.
The Rumanian reply to the councils
recent ultimatum was received today,
but it's contents were not made pub
lie.
AdrIatio Situation.
LONDON, Jan. 6-Francs. Great
Britain and the United States have
agreed upon terms OF settlement for
the Adriatic situation, 1t was report
ed in official circles, and Premier
Nitti will be obliged to talk busi-
ness" in his conferences with allied
leaders.
The allied statesmen, 1t was said.
are determined the original plans OF
the peace conference for disposition
of the Adriatic territories shall be
carried out, and will adopt take
it or leave it, attitude toward the
italian premier.
The plan to make Fiume the sea-
port for the Balkans will be adhered
to, it was said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
OF ROPE J..
FOR PRESIDENT
Crowd Of Germans Stage Hostile
Demonstration Outside Stutt-
qart Hall Where Ebert
was Speakinq-

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
BERLIN, Jan. 5.-Crowds started a
hostile demonstration outside the
hall where President Ebert was
speaking at Stuttgart today, demand
ing he leave the platform and come
outside. - ~
A crowd of men significantly car
ried a coil of rope around with them
while they made their demand.
Ebert concluded his address, how
ever, without trouble.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
MON BUYS FACTORIES
TO CUT LIVING COST

sold at great reduced prices" to un-
ion members. The purchases included
an underwear factory at Ypsilanti, a
glove factory at Williamson, Mich,
and tubing factory in New York.
Negotiations are under way for pur-
chase of two other mills in Toledo,
1t was said by George Seal. grand sec.
retary of the brotherhood.
The various deals represent on out
put of 81 900, 900. and marks the first
step Of campaign authorized By dele
gates at the recent brotherhood ma
tional convention here for beating
down the high cost of living, officials
said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Harry Powell Dead.

P.hufdA, H., Jan. 6.--Harry M.
|"el, aged AZ, manager OF tho
Ira evening Star, died in his
ne az 2:20 o'clock Monday morn
AFTER only a few days illness
an infection In his nose. He
peen in poor health for some
ana In his weakened condition
unable to withstand the attack
ne new infection. He had been
the Star for many years and
widely known. He was n major
me second battalion, seventh
i'hent, Illinois reserve militia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Espectino Divorce Today

I United Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-Mme. Amelita
Galli-Curci hoped to make her life a
solo from today forward.
County Judge Mcdonald today was
expected to sign the decree granting
her a divorce from Luigi Curci.
And, take it from the noted opera
star. she is through with men for
many, many years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Closed by Fuel SHORTAGE.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service,l
BERLIN, Jan. 5.--The great Sci
mems manufacturing establishment.
employing 10000 people, was forced
to close today because of the fuel
shortage. Many other industrial
plants were threatened.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Held on Suspicion.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
SALT I4lAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. g.
Sergeant Richard Wagner, aged 35. of
the motor transport corps at Fort
Douglas, has been arrested by depart
ment of Justice officials in connection
with the alleged Illegal sale of auto
mobile tires and other accessories to
local taxicab drivers. Federal agents
state Wagner is being held on sus-
picion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Election Januarx 17

PARIS, Jan. 6.-Election OF the
president of the republic Of France
will be held at Versailles January II,
it was officially announced here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Jan. 6.-The
movies have rival for public favor
here. Since the red" raids, citizens
throng the federal building for look
at a real live "bolshevik.'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Premiers In Conference.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON, Jan. 6.-Premier Nittf
and Foreign Minister Scialoia, OF
Italy, accompanied by Marquis I'm
periali, the Italian ambassador. went
into conference in Downing street
today with Premier Lloyd George and
Lord Curzon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
|oerWear and Gloves Will be
Purchased at Lower
Prices.

|rTr, rsTa Press Leased Wire Service. ]
||hh,lHolT, Mich, Jan. S.--War on
Arsn n cost of living was started by
brotherhood OF Maintenance OF
ana Railway Shopmen today with
alcement of purchase of several
iies' The output Of which will be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR
Pie Cart DrivinQ.

CHICAGO, Jan. 6.--It's pie to drive
a pie cart. Under a new agreement
made by the bakers union, pie cart
drivers will make as high as $50 a
week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
HIS PETITION
is REFUSED
Criminal Court at Puebla, Mexico,
Will Not Permit Jenkins to
NulIIfy Bond and Return
to Jail. q,
[By Ralph II. Turner, United Press
Staff Correspondent

oldll COIISSpOullSllJ
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6.-The crimi-
nal court at Puebla today denied the
petition Of William o. Jenkins that
his bond be nullified and that he be
returned to the penitentiary.
In handing down his decision, the
Judge explained that, according to
Mexican law, an order granting lib
erty on bail cannot be revoked.
William o. Jenkins, American con-
sular agent at Puebla, has been at
liberty on bail following his arrest
on charges Of collusion with bandits
who kidnapped him and held him for
ransom. Jenkins said when his re-
lease was effected that it was with
out his knowledge and against his
wishes He Immediately started ac-
ton to be remanded to the peniten-
tiary, declaring his release on ball
would so slow UP action on the case
that the charges against him might
never be dismissed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Bachelors In hidina.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 6.--Des
Moines bachelors went into hiding
today Reason: Judge Franklin an
nounced he would marry free of
charge the first couple which admits
having become engaged via the leap
Year method
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

The Telegraph Service Of The
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The Benson signal., 1920-03-20

can soldiers and sailors. also needed
additions thereto and new buildings
for sucn purposes.
Continuance of the support of the
work now being carried on for the
soldiers and sailors of our allies be-
yond the year 1920, should the seri-
ousy unsettled conditions occasioned
by the war continue.
Setting apart of substantial pOr-
tion of the surplus to be regarded as
reserve fund which might be used at
any time for rendering Y. M. G. A.
service in any grave national emer-
gency. This reserve fund should cel-
tainly be held for these purposes for
at least two years.
Continuance of the educational pro-
gram for eX-service men. We recon-
mend also study of the needs of the
wounded ex-service men who are now
having vocational training.
Recommendation that the total
amount that seems now TO have ac-
crued in the operation of the can
teen, approximately $5CO.000 drought
about by the governments cancella-
ton of the charges aggregatins $2.-
100000 anG for which we had re-
serve fund.-, to be used for the bene-
fit of ex-Service men. either through
an appropriation direct to the Amer
ican Legion or to the relief Of incapac-
itated ex-service men, or to sucl 9TH
er purposes for the benefit Of ex-
service men as might be agreed upon
between the officers Of the national
war work council and the officers Of
the American Legion.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
SCOFF AT WHITE CANNIBALS'
Explorers Declare No Such Tribe as
Reported Exists on Tiburon
island.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Members of the
mining expedition Capt. Harry De
Windt, an English explorer. said he
plans to lead to Tiburon island, in the
Gulf of California, need not fear
"white cannibals" reported there, ac-
cerding to Los Angeles residents who
have visited the island.
Persons returning from TiburOn,
however, have given it an unpleasant
reputation. They have reported that
it is overrun with reptiles and that the
few Indians living there, while not ac-
lively hostile, are sullen and distrust-
full.
Stories of a strange white tribe, using
poisoned darts and an ancient blunder-
huss to bag occasional visitors to pro-
vide native feasts, are secuted here.
Some Los Angeles residents have re-
ported having seen natives carrying
modern firearms.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
Did Not Protect Him When He
Blew Out Gas.
kayuse Chief on His Way to Washing
ton Dies in Chicago
Hotel.

Chicago-The tribe of Kayuse In
dians on the reservation in Umatilla
county, near Pendleton, Ore, are
awaiting assurance from their chief,
U. Nj. Sum Kim, that their lands will
not be taken from them. They will
learn that he died in hotel at COB
South Wells street, asphyxiated by
gas. 1t is believed that he blew out
the flame. His charm of four snake
heads failed to protect him.
Chief Sum Kim was on his way to
Washington to appear before the In
dian board of commissioners to plead
that his people be protected from a
firm that is attempting to take parts
of their land away through court pro-
ceedings for failure to pay an alleged
debt, it is said.
Adam Bird, owner of the hotel, de-
tecting the odor of gas, traced it to the
Indians room. The South Clark street
police were summoned, but it was
found he was dead. Tied to a string
around his neck were four small cha
mOlS DdSS. NltuIH lHcH "olc Iuc
dried heads of four snakes.
He had worn sombrerO, boots, yell
low duck trousers and black shirt.
He carried four blankets. The body
was taken to the Central undertaking
rooms at 31S Federal street.
Among the papers found were those
of law firm demanding that the chief
appear before them and straighten out
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
Father May Swear
When Hanging Paper

Moorhead, Minn.-When fa-
ther lays the carpet on the
stairs has long been conceded
as time to throw the mantle
of charity about certain sayings
and doings of paterfamilias that
normally would be beneath his
dignity.
Now comes a Moorhead Judge
who says that the law extends
this leniency to such occasions
as when father hangs the pa
per on the wall.
SO Mrs. Henry Buchhoiz Of
Sauk Center, Minn.. was denied
her bill for divorce, Judge Nye
ruling that whatever Henry
might do when exhausted from
matching wallpaper patterns
and when covered with paste
and perspiration does not con-
stitute "cruel and inhuman
treatment" especially when rec
ords prove him at all other
times meek, faithful and provi-
dent.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Reactionaries Under Kapp and
LuettWitz Seize Berlin and
Gust Ebert.
GERMAN REPUBLIC DISSOLVED

Turkish Conditions Compel Allies to
Show Force-Russia Again Seeks
Peace-Supreme Council on ECO
nornic Observation-Disclosures
Final Struggle inv Senate
over the Treaty.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
Adjustments Show This Gain and
Wipe Out "Book Loss" of
$1,478,084,
PUBLIC GIVES S161,722,649
Report Reveals Approximate Balance
Of $4,000, ,00O-Largest Sums Ex-
/ 49, pended on American Fighters
While Abroad.

New York.-A financial statement
3f operations by the national war
work council of the Y. M. G. A. from
the beginning of our participation IN
the war to January 1 last reveals that
the canteens operated for soldiers and
sailors returned a net profit of $685.
S99.79. A previous report in March,
1913. reported loss on canteen serv-
ice of$S1 1.478,O74.14.
The United States carried Y. M
c.. A. supplies free of charge on
transports, and furnished rail trans.
portation and motor supplies in
France
The report also shows that $751;.
722.649.42 had been contributed by
the public to Y. M. G. A. war work
up to January 1. The report of VIII
liam Sloane, chairman of the war
worie council, reveals an approximate
ha,ance, of $17,O00,0OO, the principal
exi.eudifures to the ends for which
ti&t. money was given having been as
follows:
itemized Expenditures.
Spent on soldiers, sailors and ma
rines in the United States, $3S, ,8O9.5O
abroad. $52,3S2, 1868; other expenses
not itemized, $7OOO,OOO. The fund of
more than $161, 100000 was made up
as follows: First Y. M. G. A. cam
paign, $5,113, 3,666.98; second Y. M. G.
A. campaign, $53, ,334 ,546.S1; United
War Work campaign uD to January
L. 500, O,759, ,731.17; other sources, ST.
514,704.46.
The balance of S17,OOO,OOO revealed
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20


What was heralded as a great drive
against Poland by the Russian bolshe-
Wiki was turned into decisive defeat
of the latter when the Poles took two
important railway functions and a
large number of prisoners, including
an entire division staff. Immediately
thereafter Tchitcherin, soviet foreign
minister, sent another peace note to
Warsaw, asking when and where the
peace delegates Of all the border ma
tlons might meet with the representa-
tiyes, Of the; bolsheviki. He asked Po-
land to refrain from further hOstiiities
and explained that the soviet opera
tions on the Lithuanian and White
Ruthenian fronts, which the Poles had
broken up, were inspired by fear that
the Poles intended to start drive
against the Ukraine. President Pilsu0-
skis position in Poland was greatly
strengthened by the victory of his
troops and the attitude of the Mos
cow government.
The ROumanians and the bOlsheviki
are in fair way to make peace, ne
gotiations now being under way at
Dorna- -Watra in Bukowina. AS pre-
liminary the Roumanians demand that
the soviet troops be withdrawn from
the frontier and that commercial rela-
tiOns be resumed. 1t now appears like
ly that ROumania will succeed in her
great purpose Of annexing, or recov-
ering, Bessarabia.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20

At frequent intervals the opposing
forces in the. senate have entered on
what is described by the Washington
correspondents as the decisive strug-
gle over the peace treaty of Versailles.
At this writing they are engaged in
another of those cOmbats, and the
prospect Is that this time it really will
be decisive. Early in the week Presi-
dent Wilson, rather than to cOnfe'
with a representative Of the cOmpro
misers, wrote a long letter to Senator
Hitchcock in which he reaSSerted his
old position regarding the treaty, con-
demned the reservations as. a nullifi
cation of the League of Nations cove
nant and pleaded for consideration of
the needs Of humanity instead of "spe-
cial national interests" He demand
ed that article 10 be accepted un-
accept the moral obligation required
by it would be a breach of good faith.
If the United States cannot enter the
league with full responsibility, he said
it should retire gracefully from the
great concert of powers. Article TO-
said the president. represents the re-
nunciation by the other great powers
of their old imperialistic ideas and
aims, and it's doctrine is the essence
of AmericaniSm. He continued:
"Militaristic ambitions and imperial
istic policies are by no means dead,
even in the councils of the nations
Whom we most trust and with whom
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
Find Rare Variety
of Sugar on Firs

Washington. = Discovery of
the growth of sugar on fir trees
in British Columbia is an
nOunced in the American Forest
ry Magazine. The discovery re-
suited from Investigations by
Prof. John Davidson of the Uni
versity of British Columbia at
Vancouver.
Specimens are said to have in
dicated the presence of large
percentage of an extremely rare
variety of sugar. Indians have
made use of the sugar for many
years, the article states.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
INDIANS CHARMS FAIL

a money matter, threatening court
procedure if he failed to do so. The
chief carried af1idavits proving his
side and map and blue prints show
ing the land owned by the tribe. Trav.
cling orders and appearance papers
for hearing before the commission.
erS were also found.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20

attacking the British rule. Dispatches
from Turkey assert that Prince Feisal
Of the Hedjaz kingdom is implicated
in it and has suggested possible
union of Turkey. Syria and the Hedjaz.
The situation is becoming almost as
complicated and difficult to under
stand as that in Russia some months
ago.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
BY EDWARD w. PlCKARD.

Germany now appears to be actually
in the throes of the cOunter-reyolu-
tionary monarchist struggle that has
loomed large of late in all the news
from Berlin. What has been the gov
ernment has now ceased to exist. The
power of the state is in the hands OF
the factions in favor of restoring a
monarchy in Germany, with some rela-
tive of William HOhenZollern on the
throne. These factions have been try
ing to overthrow the republic and bring
about the downfall Of President Ebert.
General Director Kapp is reported
to be at the head of this revolution"
General LuettwitZ is slated to be COM
mander in chief of the military forces.
These names indicate it's reactiOnary
character. Dr. Kapp was president OF
the fatherland party, which favored
carrying on the war to the bitter end.
After the armistice the Socialists
clamOred for his arrest, charging that
he had prolonged the war and hinder
ed peace.
Mai. Gen. LuettwitZ was military
governor of Belgium in the early days
of the war. He is thoroughly Prussian
and has been strong in his opposition
to the peace terms. He has an Ameri-
can wife, born Cary, of Cleveland.
The military power behind Kapp
and Luettwitz is presumably troops re-
Gently returned from the Baltic states.
These troops are believed to be in con-
troll of Berlin.
All sorts of possibilities are in the
air. The national assembly has been
dissolved. The Socialist parties have
declared a general strike. Some sort
Of a government is being formed. In
the meantime Kapp is practically a
dictator.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
$5O8, 1899 PROFIT
IN ~" HUTS

in the report is surplus, writing off
more than $21, 100000 Of commit
ments already made for continuance
Of the work not only on behalf of the
American army and navy at home
and overseas. but also among the
allied armies in the troubled areas
of Europe and Asia" Recommends
tiOns for continuance of work adopt
ed at the last joint meeting of the
executive and finance committees Of
the national war work council include
the following:
Recommendations Made.
Continued support of such welfare
work as the Young Mems Christian
association is now carrying ON for en-
listed men in the American army and
navy in the United States and it's pos
sessions and overseas wherever Amer
ican troops are still held. This rec
ommendation includes the maintenance
of the permanent Young Mems Chris
tian association buildings for Ameli-
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20

Conditions in Turkey have been going
council of the allies has been driven
not only to adopt drastic measures but
even to plan for the temporary tax
ing over of certain of the Turkish
government activities, including the
war department. If the Turks behave
themselves better and cease the mas
sacring of Armenians this control will
be only temporary. Urged especially
by Premier Venizelos of Greece, the
council is said to have ordered the
occupation of important points In Ash
attic and European Turkey by allied
military and naval forces in the be-
lief that strong showing of military
force would bring the Turks around
to their senses. If this is not Sufti'
cient. it may be necessary to start
operations against Mustapha Kennel
Pasha, the Turkish commander in
Asiatic Turkey, and it is believed
these would be carried out by the
Greek army of 10000 men now in the
Smyrna region.
Since the recent massacre in Ma
rash similar Outrages have occurred
in a number of other places and 1t
is reported that Turks. Kurds and
Arabs are besieging Aintab, Urfa, Dia-
bekr, Mardin and other towns. In
all these places there are American
relief workers who are in danger, and
many days ago Consul ]. B. Jackson
at AleppO asked our state department
to send a squadron of warships to
Port AleXandretta. The French gar
risons, however, are the chief objects
of attack and considerable French re-
Inducements have been sent to Gill
cia.
The trouble in Turkey, which is
said to be directed from Berlin and
supported by the bolsheviki, is part
of the general fight being put up in
Egypt, MesOpOtamia, and other cOun-
tries by so-called nationalists who are
The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
aborers Buy S25 Shirts.

New York.-Louis 3: Tim, silk shirt
manufacturer, reports silk shirts SELL
ing at S25. land the peculiar thing
about it," he said, sis that we sell
more of these shirts to workingmen
than we do to milliOnaires."