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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
Supreme Council Decides To Offer
Slavs Medicines, Machinery
and Other Supplies.
NO CHANGE IN POLICY
Payment To Be Made In Grain and
Flaxseed Of Which Russia Has
surpIus-Exchanee Of Goods
On Reciprocity Plan.

Washington. - Reciprocal inter
change Of certain commodities, includ'
ing foodstuffs, between the Russian
people and Allied and neutral coun-
iris, has been decided upon by the
Supreme council.
The decision, announced through a
communique made public by the State
department, provides that facilities
will be afforded the Russian cooper
alive organizations to import clothing,
medicines, agricultural machinery and
other necessaries, in exchange for
grain, fax and other goods of which
Russia has a surplus.
Exchange of Goods Planned.
Permission for the exchange of
goods, the Supreme council asserts, i'm
plies no change in the policy of the
allied and associated powers toward
the Russian soviet government. Meth
er does it. as interpreted by officials
here, amount to the raising of the
blockade, which has been maintained
by the allied and associated govern
ments since soon after the Bolsheviki
seized control of the Russian govern
ment.
The Supreme councils communique
follows:
with a view of remedying the un-
happy situation Of the population of
the interior of Russia, which is now
deprived of all manufactured products
from outside Russia, the Supreme
council, after having taken note of the
report of a committee appointed to
consider the reopening of certain trad
ing relations with the Russian people,
have decided that ii would permit the
exchange of goods on the basis of reci-
procity between the Russian people
and allied and neutral countries.
No Change of Policy.
For this purpose it decided to give
facilities to the Russian cooperative
organizations, which are in direct
touch with the peasantry throughout
Russia, SO that they may arrange for
the import into Russia of clothing,
medicines, agricultural machinery, and
the other necessaries of which the Rus
sian people are IA sore need, in ex-
change for grain, fax, ETC., of which
Russia has surplus supplies.
These arrangements imply no
change in the policy of the Allied gov
ernments towards the soviet govern
ment."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
70 fRo5E ALLEGED FRAUDS
Government Reported Fleeced Of BIZ
lion by Shipbuliders.

Government Reported F,eeced Of BIZ
lion by s~hipbuIidera
San Francisco THE government.
according to information from authori-
tative sources. is alleged to have been
defrauded Of more than q billion dol
lars through shipyard c~onspiracies
working by payment OF Ease vouchers
for sums that shipbuiiders obtained
Illegally.
A score Of prominent s~hipbuilding
magnates are understood to be involy-
Cd in the Investigation. which is said
TO have reached the stage calling for
special federal grand jury sessions In
the states Of Oregon. Washington and
California. where big s~hipbuilding
plants are located.
II is understood that Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer. on the strength of the
scope OF the alleged discoveries Of
fraud In Pacific coast snipyards. has
ordered the United States Shipping
board to hold up claims approximate
ing $37. GOO. 900 to await the outcome
Of the investigation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
LEAGUE OF NATIONS FORMED
VIII Lack Strength Until U. s. Joins.
Says Frenchman.

VIII Lack strength Urtu y. 5. Joins
Says Frenchman.
Paris.-The league of nations
without American membership or rep
resentation-has taken its place as a
world institution. II came into being
in a solemn inaugural meeting of the
leagues Supreme Council In the his.
toric Clock Room" Of the French for.
eign Office.
Leon Bourgeois, president OF the
French Senate, was elected permanent
president. Sir Eric Drummond OF
Great Britain was confirmed as gener-
al secretary.
Neither Ambassador Wallace nor
any subordinate American official was
present. Each speaker regretfully re.
ferred to that fact.
Referring to Americas absence,
President Bourgeois in his opening ad.
dress declared the councils work can.
not that definite character
and that particular force which should
be associated with our work." until
the United States becomes a member
Of the leauge.
Representatives Of France, Great
Britain, Italy. Greece, Belgium. Spain.
Japan and Brazil, participated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
War Body Summoned To Con-
slider Military Action Against
BoIsheviki Hordes.
INDIA IS THREATENED
Armed Expedition May Be Seat To
Protect British Possession Against
Soviet Attaek-specuIation
is Rife.

Before peace with Germany is
week old, the British public has beer
brought up sharply against the posi-
bility OF another Winston Spen.
ser Charchhill. secretary for var: Wal
ter Hume Long, first lord Of the admir-.
atty; Baron Beatty, commander Of the
grand feet, and Field Marshal Sir
Henry II. Wilson, chief OF the imperial
stay have left London. having hurried
Iy summoned to Paris FOR a consulta.
tion with Premier Lloyd George and
other British officials there on impor.
tant military and naval matters.
This is inevitably connect
ed In the public mind with the semi
official statement calling attention to
the threatening situation In the Middle
East as a result of Bolshevik military
successes. which have given the So
yiets virtual mastery Of the whole
of European Russia, for although they
have not entered Odessa. IL Is believ.
ed ii cannot be long before they are
In full possession of the cost regions
In that vicinity.
BY their victories the Bolsheviki
have obtained command of enormous
supplies of food, raw materials. coal
and rolling stock and other NEAR of
transport of which they formerly were
In need.
Speculation is active in the Euro
pean capitals as to what will be the
next move of the Bolsheviki. IL is re-
garded as certain that. flushed with
success. they will not be content with
their present ~conquests. but will seek
TO extend Bolshevism either eastward
or westward. Expert military opin-
ion inciines to the belief that their
next move will be an attack on Poland
and the Baltic states, and Warsaw dis
patches to the London papers already
Indicate that the Poles are fully an
i~icipating such u move.
The semi-official statement seems to
indicate that the British government
10 more apprehensive Of a o east
ward. threatening India.
All these possibilities win be dis.
cussed by the important conference
assembling at Paris.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
Telephone Statistics.

The number of telephones In use ! n
the United States at the close of 1917
was IL. 716,52O-one e every nine per-
sons or every two families. OF these
telephones. 7,326.S5S were operated by
the I45 Beil-controIled systems and
the remaining 4.3S9.662 belonged to
the S.0S9 independent systems. The
number of calls made during the year
was estimated at 21,S46, 900. 0OO-an
average of more than 200 per capita
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
MALADY REMAINS MYSTERY
winter Cholera" Causes Four Deaths
Out Of Many Cases.

Kansas City, Mo.-Health officers OF
communities of the Southwest, where
a mysterious intestinal malsdy has
caused the illness of hundreds of per.
osns, apparently made little Roadway
in their efforts to identify the ailment.
At several places, however, physicians
put for ward the term winter cholera"
as being the most appropriate.
Kansas City, Atchison and Pitts.
burgh, Kan, were new places that re
ported the disease. Physicians said
many persons, especially children. had
been i'll here.
At Topeka reports stated that the
number Of cases is estimated at 1000,
Officials pointed to the fact that al.
though so many persons had been III.
only four deaths are said to have oc.
Cured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22

Washington. - Evacuation OF the
first zone OF the province Of Schles-
wig has been started by the Germans
as required by the peace treaty pre-.
liminary to the plebescite there to de-
termine whether the province shall be
reunited with Denmark The State
Department announced that the inter.
national Schleswig commission which
will leave for its headquarters at
F;ensburg. January Is. had appointed
perfects to administer the first admin
istrative districts in the first zone.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
B u | LY!
II Bilious, Constipated
or Headachy, take
"CascaretS'

Feel grand! Clean up inside! Your
system is filed with liver and bowel
poison which keeps your skin sallow.
your stomach upset, your head foggy
and aching. Your meals are turning
into poison and you can not feel right
Don't stay bilious or constipated. Feel
splendidly always by taking Cascarets
occasionally. They act without grip
Ing or inconvenience. They never sick
en- you like Calomel, Salts, Oil or
nasty, harsh Pills. They cost so little
too-Cascarets work while you sleep
Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
Is vnllstas Executed.

Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Mex.-Word
reaching here through military chan
nels stated that Is members Of a
roaming villa band were executed by
Gen. Eduardo Gonzales, south OF Ures
The leader OF the band, Juan Rod
riquez was an officer in the Villa army
in an attack on this town in 1914.
Since that time he has been operat-
ing with a small band in both this
state and Chihuahua Rodriguez was
among those executed and at enc time
held a commission In fke carranza
ARM.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
500 MISSING IN W

Paris.-rive hundred and eighty
nine persons are missing from the
wreck OF the steamer Antique which
Eauk in the Bay Of Biscay. They were
believed to have persisted.
Tie steamer. bound from Bordeaux
to Dakar. carried 4s5 passengers and
q crew OF $50.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
charity Law sui. for Big Amount

new York.-Steps toward suing
Louis Krohnberg. wealthy clothing
manufactures. for 81. $50 900, or Eve
times the amount he is credited with
having won at stud po.ser, we're TAX
eu by Bird $. Coler. commissioner Of
charities The action will b. brought
under a statute which provides that
persohs chsusei with thc care Of the
poor may bring suit for the benefit Il
charity against persons Who have w.,n'
In games Of chance 10 ecova i've
times the sum Of their winnings
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add ] OF. Bay Rum.
. small box Of Barbo Compound, and Y
Oh. of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice .
week until it becomes the desired shade.
ANY druggist can put this up or you can
mix u At home at very little cost. II will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair,
and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
II will not co'or the scalp, is not sticky o.
psasy. n does not rub oF.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
TRADE CONFERENCE CALLED
Remedy for Chaos To Be Sought In
international Meeting.

New York.-A call for one of the
greatest international conferences of
commercial and financial figures ever
assembled, In an effort to find a rem
edy for the financial and commercial
chaos In which the world has been
left by the war, was issued here fol-
lowing the meeting Of a coterie OF ma
tionally known financiers.
The appeal was issued Simultaneous
ly with similar p~roclamations put forth
in Great Britain. France. Holland.
Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and
Norway. In each CASE the documents
were signed by business. financial. POI
litical and educational leaders in their
respective countries.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
Question Of etiquette.

Jimmy had been reprimanded Sc
verely for striking his little playmate.
his mother trying to explain to him
that II wasn't ver polite to treat q
guest that way. After the playmate
had gone home Jimmy said: SIS there
a p~oliterul way OF fighting when any
one calls you pamesy
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22

Washington Lincoln. Neb.. has
been selected a the place for the ma
tional convention Of the Prohibition
party. ind July 81 was fixed as the
date. by the executive committee OF
the pafsy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
MAcHInIsTs VOTE 70 QUIT
VIII Leave Work " AntiStrike leg
isiature Passes.

isiature Passes.
Washington.-Oficers OF the Inter.
national Machinists union are author
lied to call a general strike OF ma.
chinists unless antistrike legislation.
included In the Cummins railroad bill,
now pending in congress. Is defeated.
il was announced at Headquarters OF
the union here.
The union has a membership OF APP
proximateiy 10000. OF whom 200, ono
are employed In railroad shops.
A referendum on the question OF a
general strike now is practically CON-
pieted. The rank and file voted 3 TO 1
on the question. according to Assis-
tant General Secretary Newhali.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22

Indianapolis.--The federal amend
ment for women's suffrage was ratified
by both houses OF the Indiana Legisla-
ture. meeting In special session here.
In the Senate the vote was 43 to 3
and the House 30 to O.. Indiana Ia the
t~wenty-sixth state to ratify the amend
ment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
lnfIuen.a PrevciIs Bal Chicago.

Influenza Prevcsls In Chicago.
Chicago.--Five hundred and twenty.
five new cases OF influenza. with seven
deaths. we're reported here. The mum
her Is nearly twice that reported pre-.
viously. when ESQ new cases were re-
corded. Ninety-three new pneumonia
with IL deaths. wers reported
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
cLEMENcEAU IS DEFEATED
Retires from Race for Presidency Of
France.

Paris.-Premier Georges Ciemean-
ceau went down to defeat at the hands
Of his courtrvmen in a caucus of the
senate and chamber Of deputies to
choose a candidate for the presidency
Of the republic.
Clemenceau thereupon announced
his withdrawal from the contest and
asked his supporters to cast their
votes for the reelection Of President
Poincare.
Senators and deputies after the eau
u in which Paul Deschanel. presi-
dent Of the chamber. led the premier
by 10 votes, generally expressed the
opinion that the vote means the elm
nation from public life of the father
of victory" Premier Clemeanceau be-
ing neither a senator nor a deputy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22

Mouse Kills Appropriation IN Poet
Office Gil.

House klu Appropriation W Poet'
office Gill.
Washington.--The largest postoffice
appropriation bill avsT presented, car
rying $500. 977. s6s for maintenance OF
the department during le2l was pas
sed by the House. The original est.
mate was 1891. 713.673. but the House
added $75,7S3,s00 for increases in sal
aries provided for in previous leglsla.
ton.
Provisions for continuing the exist
ing airplane mail service after July
and for its extension were eliminated
from the bill on q point OF order by
representative Tincher. Republican OF
Kansas. who held operation of such
servicc permanently vas unwarranted
by -aw.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
FOUR IN FAMILY MURDERED

Girl Of - Only One to Escape In Farm
House Tradeoy.
Amory. Miss.-Four persons are
dead here Us the result Of murders in
which three of the victims were shot,
one dubbed to death. their home dyna.
mited and the bodies burned.
Charles Marshall. n~eighboring farm.
e-. Is in jail under heavy guard Mt
Aberdeen. Miss. charged with the
crimes.
Pearl Miller, - years old. was the
only member OF the family to escape.
She saw the tragedy and her story re-
suited In Marshall's arrest.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
Resumes Relations with Germany.

Paris.-W. Lorin Dresel, American
commissioner to Germany has left for
Berlin. When he arrives In Berlin
diplomatic communication will be re-
sumed with Germany simultaneously
with England, France and Italy. Allen
Dulles will accompany Dresel.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
What's in a Manner

At a school the other day they were
studying dogs and the teacher showed
the picture Of one rather odd looking
specimen and said with authortty:I
"SpltZ."
Does q spit all the time an on
everything" little Tommy wanted TO
know.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
LEAGUE TO CONTROL FIuME

italy VALVES Sovereignty Over Adri-
attic Port
Paris.~-The Tempus says today that
italy hss waived sovereignty over
Fiume and also waived the question OF
evacuation OF Sebenic.s The port of
Fiume and the railways will be placed
under authority OF the league Of ma.
tons. the paper declared,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
SENATE TO COUNT BALLOTS

Committee To Go Over Votes In Ford
Newberry Contest.
Washington.-Ballots cast in the
Ford ewberry senatorial election In
Michigan will be counted by five mem
bers OF the senate elections commit
tee to be appointed by Chairman Dill
ingham. In connection with the Fora
Newberry contest. Upwards OF 400.
GOO votes were cast and II was ex-
pected to take three weeks to get the
ballots to Washington.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22

ran Claire, wn.--Srnips ar three
wolves and so foxes have been brought
to the county clerk here and nattsd
the trappers $50 Wolves are num-
eyssnss this winter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
REvOLTERS ARE KILLED
Forty-Two Dead Following Raid
BY Mob on Berlin Reichstag.
Socialist Prcessions Turn Into Riotous
Demonstrations-Many Are
Wounded.

London.-Reuter's Berlin cor
respondent, says il is semi-offi-
cially announced, and seems to be
finally established, that AZ per-
sons were killed and los wounded
in the Eeichstag fighting.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22

Berlin.-Many persons were killed
OF wounded in Berlin when troops
fired upon or bayoneted demonstra-
tors who tried to rush the Reichstag
entrances, in protest against the ex-
ploitation law.
Ten dead had been brought into tie
court Of tho Reichstag building when
the national assembly adjourned, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
President F~ehrenbach.
Crowds paraded the streets, follow
ing an appeal from Die Freiheit, radi-
cal Socialist organ, for workmen to
demonstrate in protest against the
law.
Many Factories Close.
Big professions passed along the
streets converging into the Koenigs
platz. Numerous factories were
obliged to close.
The demonstrators bore flags in
scribed I'VE demand an unrestricted
workers. council bill"
Numerous speeches were delivered
from the steps of the Reichstag sharp
ly protesting against the present bill.
The street car service was partly
suspended. the men being on strike.
The public security police restricted
themselves to guarding the Reichstag.
The police finally restored order be-
fore the Reichstag building.
The so-called exploitation law is m
o%utgrowth of resolutions passed by
Social Democrats at numerous meet
ings last September indorsing a sys-
tenn Of workers and economic councils
as the first step toward specialization.
The speakers at the September meet.
ings strongly condemned the Soviest
system. Attempts were made at the
time to disturb the meeting, but there
were no serious disorders.
Recently the government introduced
a bill in the Reichstag which would
place workmen's councils under gov
eminent control. and the present dem.
o~nstrations apparently were a result
OF this measure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22

"A poor mar Is not IN good odor In
society" mo wonder, when his Is a.
ceDt-less life.r
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
Jap School Costumes.
EUGA


Jap School Costumes.
A new school costume for three
large schools for girls in Tokyo is re
ported in a Japan society bulletin. The
freshmen girls will have jackets fash
Toned Of pink material and skirts OF
violet. The second year girls will
wear blue jackets and their year maid
ems. in virtue of their greater matur~
lty and advancing wisdom. will be
privileged to have their coats cut from
Drown cloth. The Tokyo schools max
ing the change are the Girls CONNER
cial school, the YamawRki Girls High
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22

A woman's hat may be of her head
and still be on her mind.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
American Guild of Organists

The American Guild Of Organists has
for one of its tenets the maintaining
and raising of the scholarship of the
organ players throughout the country.
This is accomplished by means of ex-
aminations held in June every year.
Musicians who present themselves must
first take the first grade, for associate
ship, and then if successful the next
year may present themselves for the
higher grade, the fellowship.
These tests are said to be on a par
with those Of the Royal College of Or
ganists of London. The council cf the
guild has lately appropriated $50, to be
divided as prizes-S25 for each grade
marks, which it is thought will stimu-
late study and be an incentive for
thorough preparation.
The new wardenN,' DR.. Victor Baier, of
Old Trinity, has many ideas for the
development of the guild, among which
is the plan to visit the various state
chapters during the year; he has al
ready been to the three chapters in
New York state aud formed a new one
in Albany An innovation of Dr.
Baier's is the ceremonial session. when
the newly elected officers are installed
and when the fellows appear in THEN
gowns and hoods and the insignia of
Office are bestowed. At this function
also the successful candidates receive
the associate and fellow certificates. II
is the one occasion when the chaplain
DR.. Manning, of Old Trinity, assists in
the ceremonial. and adds a note of
ecclesiast stical dignity by his part in the
ritual.
This season the twenty-ffth ami
versary VIII be celebrated some time
in April, when there will be a public
service and a gathering of founders
and members of all grades from many
parts of the country. An elaborate
church service will be the basis of the
Junction Thi- will be followed by al
anniversary banquet.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17

ist in Petrograd, Kiev, Moscow, Odessa,
Copenhagen and elsewhere. He has
been concertmaster and soloist with
the Petrograd Symphony Orchestra, the
Helsingfors Symphony Orchestra, the
Christiania Philharmonic Society and
the Stockholm Concert Society. New
York is not entirely strange to him.
for he crossed the ocean as, boy of
twelve and played, to the marvel of
many, at Carnegie Hall and in the now
vanished Mendelssohn Hall He has
served as concertmaster under two
former conductors of the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra-Max Fielder and
Arthur Nikisch-likewise under Rich
ard Strauss and Schneevoight, the
Finnish conductor He led a notable
string quartet in Christiania and
formed the Burgin Quartet in Stock
holm, which regularly toured from
city to city, performing twelve re-
citals a season.
What Signor Toscanini with his La
Scala Orchestra and Mr.. Gabrilowitsch
with his Detroit band has not been di-
vulged by the industrious press agents.
Music by American Composers
American compositions will be heard
this season at the concerts of all the
orchestras but in no greater number
than in the recent past. This may not
be flattering to native composers, but
the fault does not lie with the con-
ductors. Musical production is not a
matter of patriotism, but of genius.
The conductors have been doing their
best for years to foster native art
many more years than the frantic
howlers for American programs have
been alive. About sixty-fve years ago
the Philharmonic Society was almost
disrupted by body of jingoists in and
outside Of the organization who thought
that it gave too much attention to
German composers and too little to
American. In the original bylaws of
the society, adopted in 1912, it was
provided that:
"If any grand orchestral compost
tlons, such as overtures or symphonies
shall be presented to the Society-they y
being composed in this country the
society shall perform one every sea
son, provided committee of five ap-
pointed by the government shall have