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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-23
lTAIN MISTRESS
HALF THE EARTH
II Has Made Island
Empire Exception
ally Large
H BY ANDRE FRIBOURG
nber of the French Chamber of
duties and Secretary of the For
IA Affairs Commission).


znber Of the French Chamber OF
puties and Secretary of the For
In Affairs Commission)
Special to Universal Service)
IRIS. Great Britain's territor-
& Rins in the war are so startling
II ontrast to those of the other AL
That it is now possible for an
iishman to travel from Cape
AVA to Tasmania by way Of India
Y ina 6ingapore-a distance of $4,000
without once setting foot
II 11 Qrther than British territory.
: Before the war England possessed
Il 40ilr great territories in four cor
1aer6 Of the world-Australia, India,
South and North Africa and Canada.
hanks to the war, almost the en-
Il the continent of Africa has become
q British or is under British domino
toni while the near east-Turkey,
Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria-is to all
1ntents and purposes British.
The war has added to the British
empire:
German Southwest Africa, $780,
900 square miles, German West AZ
RIGA 100000 square miles; Togo
and the Cameroons, $4,000 square
miles; New Guina and Bismarck,
9Es0 900 square miles.
In addition the following colonies
and countries have passed under
British influence:
Persia, with 100000 inhabi-
tants, 100000 square miles.
Mesopotamia, 100000 square
miles.
Today in the countries contiguous
TO The Indian ocean, Great Britain
claims no less than 22,000,000
square miles, of which 100000 are
in Asia, 5000 in Oceana and 49,
100000 in Africa.
Great Britain herself has an area
Of only 100000 square miles, so
|Ghat her Indian ocean territories are
almost 100 times larger than her.
self,
Quietly but surely England has
sencircled an entire ocean, organizing
ION three continents the most gigan-
tfc assembly Of colonies, the most
imposing conglomeration of depend
enf Nations, which the world has ev-
ef seen.
More than ever before in history
Great Britain is mistress over the
major portion of the earth's surface
and this result can be directly at
tribQted to the war.
Itting in Buckingham palace to-
day King George Y rules over 1922
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bond to be equal to the total amount
of the successful bid. sos
The council reserves the right to
reject any and all bids as may ap-
pear for the best interest of the city.
BY order of the council this list
June, 1920.
LEON J. CHAPMAN, Clerk.
ADV. '75-78-S1-84
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5000 of people outside his own
kingdom. After considering that,
can we ask without a smile which
nation made most out of the war?
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Blackfoot, Idaho,
June 5, 1920
Notice is hereby given that Ben
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29
WOOD HAS 612 N. ]. LEAD;
IL DISTRICT DELEGATES

Newark. n. J.. April 2S.-Revised re-
turns in all but 81 districts in New Jer-
sey, gave Major General Leonard Wood
a majority Of 612 votes over Senator
Hiram w. johnson in the preferential
presidential primary. held YESTERDAY
The vote: johnson, 5O,79O; Wood, 3D.
4O2.
Seventy-four Of the 81 missing dis
tricts are in counties which have given
Wood a majority in incomplete returns.
Their vote will not be available before
Thursday morning. Figures at hand in
dicate Wood has carried II counties and
johnson Z.
District conventions indicate election
of eleven Wood, ten johnson, and three
unplcdged delegates, with several pre-
cincts missing in six districts.
United States Senator Walter +. Edge
and Joseph s. Frelinghuysen, pledged
to the presidential choice Of voters as
expressed in the primary. have been
elected members Of til Republican big
four" by substantial pluralities over
their opponents. Former Governor Ed
ward Stokes. pledged to Wood, seems
assured of third place. Former Acting
Governor William N. Runyon, pledged
to Wood, is leading in the race for
fourth place, although City Commission
er Thomas l.. Raymond. of Newark.
pledged to Wood, Mulford J.. Ballard. of
East Orange, and Thomas II. Layden,
of Paterson. both pledged to johnson,
and former United States Attorney Cen
eral John w. Griggs, pledged to Wood,
are following close behind in the order
named.
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PAID INSURANCE
NEW BONUS Plan
Of REPUBLICANS
Five Options Now Pro-
posed by Majority in
House; Would Include
Means to Get Loans.

Washington. April os-(By The As
sociated Press).-Repubhcan members
Of the house ways and means commit
tee have virtually decided to include in
their soldier relief legislation program
a plan Of paid up Insurance., its value
to increase annually by compound
interest and from which loans could be
obtained from any postoffice.
With this addition. ex-service men
might elect any one Of the five following
plans included in the Republican
program: r
A cash bonus of s1o5 day for each
day of service
Aid in buying farm land to be reclain~
ed by the government.
Aid in buying city homes.
Aid in their education; or insurance.
Other Plans on $l.75 Basis.
To popularize the last four plans,
Republicans propose to allow $1.15 a
day for each day Of service. instead Of
the $1.o5 cash bonus as the basis for
computing farm and home aid. loans aud
the amount Of financial aid each man
might receive in the form of educational
training.
The insurance plan as such, was sail
by committeeman to be ''misnomer.'
tractive of any of the five" The averagc
period of service was 400 days. they
said, explaining that under the insurance
plan. the average veteran could receive
a paid-up policy of 1857. payable to
him in cash after 20 years. or i'm
mediately to his heirs in event of death.
The loan value of the insurance-de
noted as "adjuster service certificates
would not accrue until the end of the
third year. and then an ex-service man.
with 4O1 days service would be entitled
to loan of 1851. This would be the
cash value of his certificate" then at
5 per cent interest compounded annually.
Cash and loan values.
The veteran of 100 days would be en-
titled to paid up, 2O-year endowment
insurance of $464, with cash surrender
or loan value Of $137 in three years:
the 2OO-day veteran. to insurance Of
$0oS. with a loan value of $c76: the
3OO-day veteran to insurance Of 1882.
with loan value of $413; and the 800
(Continued ON Page Two.)
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SEX EQUALITY AMONG
SCIENCE CHURCH IDEAS
TO KEEP 1T UP. TO DATE

Of the opposition of Edward d. Dickey.
secretary, to the findings made public
to the membership instead of only to the
board of directors.
Both majority and minority reports
sustain the manual and the recommen-
dations are said to be in conformity with
the manual.
The majority report was signed BY
Richard p. Cerran. chairman, New
York; Martha w. Wilcox. Kansas City:
Jacob 8. Shield, Chicago: Henry peutsch.
Minneapolis; Mabe! s. Thomson. London.
England, and Edward +. Norwood,
Washington.
Directors Permit Psbiiclty.
The minority report. which agrees
with the majority report in many par
ticulars and which Vas filed BY Z. d.
Dickey. secretary o1 Los AneeaeA dS-
saareed in regard 70 making the report
Ksiblic. He held that the committee
assumed responsibility 1t did not pos
sees In reporting to the entire member
ship instead Of the board Of directors.
Ia this connection, hswever, il waS stat
ed that the directors who havs bsen m
possession of the 4indinSs f0r. several
weeks, not only did not objeet1o having
them made pubic, but made 10 rscon-
mepdatioas Tor tleir a0ea1Ds@
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29
WOOD SEEMS TO HAVE ONE
OF OHIO'S BIG FOUR. TOO

Columbus, Ohio. April 26.-With but
1O3 precincts from 5.SS2 in the stat.
missing, returns at midnight from Tues
days presidential primary in Ohio gave
Senator W. G. 1arding lead of 1916
votes over Major General Wood. The
vote: Harding, 125,O03; Wood, 1O9,S17.
H. NJ. Daugherty Harding's campaign
manager has been defeated on the face
of available returns by w. 8. Boyd,
Wood candidate. for delegate at large,
by a lead of 1914.
Returns indicated that Harding rnn-
didates for district delegates had been
successful in eleven Of the twenty two
districts of the state. while Wood candi-
dates apparently have won in three dis
tricts. Five districts were stn in
doubt. Candidates pledged to Harding
had no opposition in three districts. so
that available returns indicated that
Harding men would attend the nation
al convention from fourteen districts.
Mar6lss May Have -.
Additional returns indicated 1t 38,
and possibly Al, Of the 46 delegates may
'Csatlausa - Rsgs Tws.)
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Must Get After EurOpe'S
Troubles or They'll Get
After Us, Geddes Warns

Atlantic City. n. J.. April 2S.-Sir
Auckland Geddcs. British ambassador,
pleaded the cause of stricken Europe
before tonight's session of the United
States chamber of commerce. Edwin
T. Meredith, agricultural secretary. and
Admiral William S. Benson, chairman
of the United States shipping board,
were other speakers.
THE great American spirit Sir
Auckland said. must assist Europe to
it's feet. and il this assistance were not
forthcoming PromptlEv-it- might t4eyent-
ually cause America to be confronted
with great European problems causing
50 much unrest
Changes in England have been
wrought by the war which almost de-
serve the title of revolution" the Brit
ish ambassador said. Vast new classes
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29
WOOD MAY GET ALL BUT
TWO OF IDAHO DELEGATES

Coeur D'Alene. Idaho. April 2S.-At
least four of 1daho's eight delegates
to the Republican national convention
and perhaps five, arc regarded as ia
vorable to the candidacy of General
Wood, one is known to favor Senator
johnson, one is regarded as non-com-
initial, and the other is represented as
favoring either Governor Lowden or
Senator Harding. The states delegates
were chosen at q state convention here
today.
No effort was made in the convention
by either the Borah supporters. regard
cd as Johnson men. or the Wood ele-
ment, for an instructed delegation.
The delegation is to be constituted OF
Senator Borah. John Thomas. Of Good
ing, John Gray, Of Occur d'Alene, and
Stanley Easton, of Kellogg, delegates
at-larGe; Henry NJ. Jones, of Lewiston.
and Harold Jenness, Of Canyon county,
first district delegates; w. T. Guthrie.
of Twin Falls, and NJ. b. Yeaman, OF
Idaho. Falls, second district delegates.
Wood Men Claim Two Moro.
OF these, Senator Borah is regarded
as favorable to Senator johnson; Messrs.
Gray, Easton, Jones, and Jenness are
said to be staunch Wood men: Mr.: Yea
man is regarded as favoring Lowden or
Harding; Mr.. Thomas is said not to have
committed himself and Mr.. Guthrie is
considered as doubtful.
Wood supporters were claiming to-
night that both Thomas and Guthrie
would support their candidate in the
national convention. while Borah men
said they were in doubt as to their prob
able stand.
The report of the resolutions COM
mittee, adopted with no apparent oppo-
sition, included this endorsement for
1--WE recognize that Senator Rorah in
his opposition to the league Of nations
as presented by President Wilson, has
rendered to the nation a great ser
vice"
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have been enfranchised. he said. and
working classes, strongly anti -militaris-
tic. hold ultimate political power
"They seek to the limit of the nations
power" he declared, ito secure tran
guilty in Asia Minor, in Asia and Africa.
Silently and without fuss, they have re-
duced the army to strength many
think barely sufficient to police the en-
pire. They are determined to deal with
problems Of health. housing and educa-
ton. They see clearly that they have
to end the rancour and animosities that
have torn Europe and brought her to
the brink Of disaster
1.-THE grrHF u,1estion you have to de-
eide" he continued. ''is this: Are you
going to stand by and wait for Europe s
troubles to come after you. or are you
going out to help Europe-and remem-
Der I am excluding the British common
wealth of nations-to win through to
reasonable conditions?'
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29
FRENCH TO EVACUATE
GERMAN TERRITORY
SOON As GERMANS Do
As to Turkish Treaty Terms,
Millerand Cannot Talk Till
Enjoys Hear Them.

Paris. April .0.-Premier AIi'lerand.
in making declaration to the chamber
of deputies on the results Of the su-
preme councils meeting at San Reno,
said the Frankfort and Darmstadt ter
ritory will he evacuated by the French
as soon as the allied commissioners have
established that the German army
forces over the number allowed by the
convention of August, 1919, had been
withdrawn.
The force in the Ruhr region, the
premier declared. must be reduced TO
10000 men by June 10 next and BY
July 10 all the German soldiery must
be withdrawn and replaced by a police
force of 10000 men.
'',rhe details of the treaty with
Turkey he declared. cannot be divuig-
ed before Turkeys plenipotentiaries
come to Paris. May 10. but can say
that the treay is in conformity with
the outline already made public, the
Turks being maintained in Con-
and the territories in which
they are in The majority"
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29
NEW PARTY WILL
bACKFR|ENDS| IN
EITHER OLD ONE
Farmer~Labor Organiz-
alton Embraces Radical
Bodies; Favors Com
munisln of State.

Milwaukee, April 2S.-The Farmer.
Labor league. anew political organiza-
ton in Wisconsin which announced its
platform Wednesday is the outyrowth
Of conferences between representatives
Of the Federation of Labor, the railway
brothe erhoods, Partisan league, So
ciety of Equity, Socialist party and
Committee Of Forty Eight. It has been
agreed not to promote third party
movement for the present.
The Farmer-I.abor league will in
dorse candidates regardless of party
form. The platform includes these
Vlanks:
All Sorts Of 1tate Communism.
Direct legislation: repeal Of the
espionage and sedition act; restoration
of civil rights as early as possible: ire tree. e.
dom for political prisoners. opposition
to government guaranteed profits to
private Industry; repeal of the Esch.
Cummins bll: government ownership of
railroads. saockyards, terminals, grain
elevators. pacing plants. terminal ele-
vators. cold storage, public utilities, and
natural resources; promotion of coop
erativc industrieS elimination of mid
dlemen and profit,ering: higher income
taxes on Tue EICH, tAempLlOn OI IHCoHeS
for single men up to $1,000 and of mar
ried men to $1,000, taxation Of idle
lands; exemption of farm improvements
up to $1,000: state aid % provide homes
in town. city. village AMI country state
credit for homes at low interest; better
education, elimination OF superfluous
state commissions and legislative con-
troll over the commissioners who re-
main; no private exploitation of water
powers.
Condemns Dry Trickery.
The labor plank, declare for the right
to organize, the eght hour day. no in
functions and no labor under 16 years.
Farmer planks demand that the
market commission ascertain the cost of
farm products based on the eight hour
day; that it ascertain other costs 80
that farm industry nay be compen-
stated: right of coIlectie bargaining for
the farmer.
The method of adopting the prohibi-
ton amendment is condemned as un-
democratic and un-Amerran and ref
crendum is demanded on al such amend
ments.
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D'ANNUNZIO FIRES
ON HIS COUNTRYS
FLAGN BLOCKADE
Twenty Shots From Fiume Guns Dropped in Front
Of Destroyer, Which Never Faltered; City
Completely Beleaguered by Regulars.

Fiume, April 27.-(By the Associ-
ated Press s)-Gabriele D'Annunzio's bat
Italian torpedo boat destroyer near
Fiume. The shells, Of which twenty
were fired, fell one thousand yards in
front of the course Of the vessel. There
were no casualties.
The destroyer did not turn from her
course and made her landing safely.
D'Annunzio's action was in reprisal
for the blockade of his stronghold, Or
dered by General Caviglia.
1t seemed apparently no effort to hit
the destroyer and the firing was to in
timidate its commander and bring about
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29

Rushing Forces In to Hold Juarez.
Carranza officials in Ell Paso and Juu-
rez are prepared to move against a
threatened attempt to swing the Juarez
garrison into line with the Chihuahua
revolution. launched Tuesday.
General Francisco Gonzales arrived in
Ell Paso Wednesday afternoon. He
comes with authority from Carranza
to take charge Of loyal troops in Juarez
in the event there is an uprising.
Three hundred cavalrymen of the Viii
la Ahumda garrison, declared to be loyal.
marched into Juarez late "Wednesday.
eighty miles south.
Troops Driven From Chihuahua.
At the same time arrangements were
being made to rush to Juarez troops
from Casas Grandes, where they were
mobilized last week for the campaign
against Sonora, which has been tenn
porarily postponed.
Funds of the customs office in Juarez
have been brought to an FL Paso bank.
Troops at Salina Cruz. commanded Dv
General Aleio Gonzales. have revolted
and taken possession OF the port. one OF
the most important on the isthmus.
Revolving troops in Chihuahua City
have been driven from the state capital
by loyal forces led by Elias De Ia o, \
civilian who was secretary to provisional
Governor Andres Ortiz. now a candidate
for constitutional governor.
Fighting at Chihuahua.
According to the report from
Chihuahua City the rebel forces at the
outbreak Of the uprising entered the
home of Governor Emilio Salinas and
made him prisoner.
Following the first few skirmishes be-
tween rebel and Carranza forces. the
loyal troops were brought together de
la o.
Then followed the battle for the pos
session Of the city. during which the
rebels were driven to the smelter, mile
beyond the city limits.
Juarez Commanders Loyal.
Senior de la O has wired Carranza Of
ficials that he has sufficient control Of
the situation to hold the city until the
arrival of reinforcements, now on the
way from the south.
General J. G. Escobar. Juarez district
and Colonel Augustine
Mora, commander Of the Juarez gar
rison, announced that they will remain
loyal to the Carranza government.
villa Reported Near.
hcpOFlS JudI E6uCISCO ' uId - WlluHl
a few miles Of Juarez. preparing to at
tack the city, are discounted by Of
ficials.
Villa, with 200 men. was at Santa
20 miles east of Chihuahua City,
Monday. and offered to join the revolving
forces preparing to attack the loyal
troops in the state capital. if he would
be permitted to execute his enemies.
This information was brought out by Il
courier from Villa, who requested that
money be sent his family in San Antonio.
Texas.
That General Ignacio Enriquez. can
didate for governor of chihuahua. was
killed in the fighting in the city Tues
day. was report received here.
The .Juarez military headquarters
state that kilograms from commanders
Of troops modified at Casas Grandcs
for the Sonora campaign. declared they
intended to remain loyal to the govern
(CoLtinued on Page Two.)
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surrender Of the boat. The destroyer
was right under the 14-inch batteries
of the Italian dreadnaught Dante Ali
ghieri.
Commander Trienfi. of the destroyer,
was praised for brave devotion to duty.
The blockade which Fiume is now
undergoing is admittedly the most Sc
we're to which it has been subject. The
towns communications have been COM
pletely cuts Regular Italian troops tore
ZIP sections of the railway and brought
up machine guns to guard the frontiers.
Passage III and out of the city is for
bidden, not even milk going in. Con-
nections with the outside world by the
sea route also has been severed.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29

Richmond, Ind, April 2S.-A plea for
decentralization of the power effected
during the war in an effort to win quick
" and for Americanism apart from the
league of nations. was made by Sen
ator Hiram w. johnson. of California,
Republican presidential candidate, here
Wednesday night.
Preceding Senator Johnson's speech,
former Congressman Frederick I.andis,
Of Logansport, Ind. spoke. lie was
hissed and many persons left the hall
when he said:
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29
TRANSPORT BRINGS 1886 YANK DEAD
BACK FROM WAR FIELDS OF FRANCE

caskets were prepared for shipment
home by raft Each body will be accom-
panied by a uniformed guard Of honor,
who will remain with his charge until
the casket is lowered into the final rest
ing place.
At the piers here there was no cere-
mony, no display or ostentations, save
colors at half mast and the bare walls
of the temporary pier morgue hidden
with the flag for which the men lived
and died.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29

New York, April 2S.-The bodies of
353 American soldiers who gave their
lives for the cause of freedom and hu
manity on foreign soil and of whom all
but eighty died in France, arrived We'd
nesdav on the army transport Mercury
from Antwerp and Southampton. Their
arrival marked the first return of sold
Ter dead from France. The bodies of
four officers were aboard.
Under a soldier guard Of honor, the
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29
JOHNSON, M. c., KISSED; SAYS WOOD
WOULD HAVE BOUGHT GERMAN ARMY

"If General Leonard Wood and his
campaign managers had gone to France
they would have bought the German
army"
He said the administration at Wash
ington could bring about solution Of
the high cost of living if it would begin
properly. He charged that there had
been IAN extravaganza that passes hui
man belief
Speaking Of the league OF nations,
Senator johnson declared that the
American people must decide whether
the American youth shall fight.
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WOOD GETS MOST
IDAHO DELEGATES:
BARE LEAD IN N. J.
General Will Have Six in Ohio Districts, IL of
Jersey District Delegates, Probably, and
Big Four If 612 Margin Holds Out.

General Wood gained four possibly five delegates to the
Republican national convention in the Idaho convention Wednes
day. Senator Bora heads the big four delegation of Idaho and
is the only for Senator johnson from the state.
The leading by 612 in the latest New Jersey
turns with "a precincts yet to hear FROM which would him
the big four whom him anyhow while in the dis
tcs eleven delegates Senator Johnson has ten dis
trict delegates.
In Ohio General Wood has three districts delegates
while Senator Harding has the big four and 81 of the district
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29
EIGHT Murder Victims
Buried; More Than 1000
at Funeral; Still Mystery

to their original opinion that the muir
derers are not strangers.
More than 1000 persons from the
surrounding country attended the funer-
al of the eight victims today. The ser
vices were held in the open air in the
Wolf farmyard in order to accommodate
the crowd.
Dave Hanson, the boy arrested last
night is not believed implicated in the
murders, but is still being held.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-29

Turtle Lake, n. D.. April 2s.-Balk-
cd bv failure to identify the shotgun
found Sunday in slough near the Wolf
farm, scene Of the murder of eight per-
sons, as belonging to anyone in the vi
cinity, the authorities are marking time.
while Chicago police search manufac-
turcr's and distributors records in that
city for possible trace of the weapon.
While they are non-commital the i'm
preston prevails that local officials hold