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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
PLANS new INVASION
Germans Refusal to Pay Billion
Marks Anglers Allies.
Preparations Commission Considers Or
derine Troops Further on
-euton Soil.

Paris-Tke possibility Of a further
invasion Of Germany arose on receipt
of another temporizing note from Ber-
liz.
1t was believed the Allied repara-
tons commission would consider adj
vancing Allied troops into other rich
industrial sections of Germany. Con-
fiscation Of property was urged in
some quarters, proponents of the idea
declaring the German government
could reimburse its citizens who lost
property in that manner.
The Allies had set March %, as the
date by which Germany must pay one
billion gold marks on the indemnity
account. Instead Of the payment, they
received a note suggesting a s%eopening
Of the entire discussion.
The note stated that German experts
would be put to %appraising indemnity
payments already made. If the total
does not reach the 20, 900, 000, 900 marks
to be paid by May 1 of this year under
the peace treaty, the note said an ef'
fort would be made to float a loan.
1t was stated, however, that such a
loan would have to be considered in
connection with the entire indemnity
problem and therefore a renewal of
conferences was proposed.
French officials especially resented
the note. They declared 1t ignored the
demand for the payment and that il
showed the Germans still were intent
on negotiating a settlement Of their
own terms and in their own way. The
resentment was SO keen that the rep
arations commission was expected to
be the center of a fight to put the
screws on Germany"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
Socialist Leader Travels From
Atlanta Prison to Washing
ton Unattended.
TRIP is KEPT SECRET
Holds Conference With Attorney Gen.
erai Who Mas Recently Requested
BY President Harding to Re-
view Case of Prisoner.

Observation-Disclosures and with
out the knowledge of the public,
Eugene v. Debbs, imprisoned socialist
leader, came to Washington from At
lanta penitentiary and for three hours
discussed his case with Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty.
The unprecedented trip of Mr.. Debs
was made with the approval of Presi-
dent Harding who recently requested
Mr.. Daugherty to review the case Of
the Socialist leader and make a recon-
mendation on it.
The Attorney General, in announcing
that Debs had visited Washington and
was on his way back to the Atlanta
p~enitentiary, said hat while there was
no precedent for calling a prisoner to
Washington without a guard, it had
been decided in conference with Pre-
sident Harding that inasmuch as Debs
had defended himself at his trial, he
should come here to answer In person
such inquiries as the government de-
sires to ask.
Refuses to Comment on Case.
Mr.. Daugherty refused to comment
on the -presentment made by Debs Of
his case and declined 10 answer any
questions as to what recommendation
he would make to the President rela-
tive to the Socialist leader, who was
convicted and sentenced in 1913 to ten
years Imprisonment for violation of
the espionage act.
Debs, Mr.. Daugherty said. looked and
acted during his visit much as any
other nan He was said to be in fair
ly good physical condition, although
apparently somewhat nervous. The
prisoners physical condition, Mr..
Daugherty added, necessarily would be
taken into consideration by the govern
ment in its decision as to his case.
The Attorney General, in his talk
with newspaper men emphasized that
the calling of Debs to Washington did
not mean the adoption of a policy OF
general amnesty toward political pris,
oners, but vas merely to facilitate the
investigation of the Debs case.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
PACKERS ACCEPT CUT
Union Leaders Agree to Scale
Submitted by big Five"
viii Retain Eight-Hour Day n Over
time Rates as Provided in War
Time Rulings.

Observation-Disclosures of an imme-
date strike IN the packing industry
were averted through the mediation Of
Secretary of Labor Davis.
Compromises by the employees in &C
cepting the recently announced wage
reduction and by the five big packers
in c%onsenting to a six months extern
sion of the Alschuler arbitration ar
rangement made possible the settle
ment after three days of conferences in
which representatives of packers and
employees and Secretaries Davis.
Hoover and Wallace participated.
The terms of the settlement as
agreed to are in brief as follows:
Reduction of wages amounting to
eight cents an hour for hourly workers
and 1914 per cent for piece workers.
Retention of the basic eight hour day
and overtime rates as provided in the
war time Alschuler rulings.
Extension for six months, or until
next September Is, of the arrangement
whereby Judge Samuel Alschuler shall
decide all questions of hours, wage con-
ditions and adjustments not specifically
provided for in the written agreement.
Pressure by the government was I'M
derstood to have been largely RESPONSE
bic for the attaining of the agreement.
Statements issued by the participant
ing parties after the signing of the
agreement showed some divergence Of
opinion as to the real meaning of the
settlement. The employees delegates
Dennis Lane and Redmond S. Brennan
declared "the agreement a truce to pre-
pare for war" The packers represent
t~atiyes, James G. Condor and Carl
Meyer declared this will enable the
packers to complete plans already an
nounced to adjust between themselves
and their employees all matters Of
mutual interest"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
u. S. to Get Draft Evader Out OF
Germany if Possible, SeCre-
tary Weeks Declares.
SILENT AS TO METHOD
Department Refuses to Discuss Pos
sibility of His ~Extradition by Eng
land for Violation of British
Passport Laws.

Washington-"We are going to get
Bergdoll if it is possible to get him."
Secretary Weeks declared in discus
sing the Ease of the Philadelphia draft
evader now in Germany.
81 don't believe we will recognize
any statute of limitation in his case
if one should exist"
Pardon for Americans Asked.
Secretary Weeks announced formal
ly that B~rigadier General Allen had
made overtures to the German govern.
ment looking to the pardoning of Carl
Neuf and Franz thinner, Americans
sentenced to prison terms at Eber-
bach, Germany, for attempting to ar,
rest 3ergdoll on German soil.
The secretary said General Allen
was optimistic that the two men soon
would be released.
Secretary Weeks would not say
what steps would be taken to get
Bergdoll out of Germany. He refused
to discuss the possibility of his extra
dition by Great Britain for violation
of British passport laws, but did say
that he assumed that if the state Of
wal between the United States and
Germany were declared at an end ex-
tradition of the draft evader would be
possible.
Berlin Is Consiliatory,
1t also was disclosed that General
Allen has long been in communication
with the German authorities concern
ing the cas- of Neuf and thinner. The
German government, it was said, had
been anxious to meet General Aliens
wishes that the men be released be-
fore their trial, but it did not feel JUS
titled in attempting to interfere with
the functions Of the courts of Baden.
General Allen has reported to the
Wal department that Neuf and Zim-
mer are well cared for and comfor-
table in the prison where they are held.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
AGED PRELATE PASSES
Cardinal Gibbons Dies at Balti-
more Home; &c Years Old.
Head of Catholic Church in America
Succumbs After "a Hours
Inconsistencies.

Baltimore-James Cardinal Gibbons,
archbishop of Baltimore and primate
of the American Catholic hierarchy,
died at the archepiscopal residence
here after a prolonged illness which
mainly affected his heart. He was in
his S7th year.
The aged prelate yielded to illness
which had confined him to bed the
greater part of the winter.
After fighting off one attack, the
cardinal was so weakened that he
could not withstand the second.
Monsignor John Bonzano, apostolic
delegate to the United States, Bishop
Owen B.. Corrigan, vicar general Of
the Baltimore archdiocese, and a large
number of other clergymen were at
the cardinals home when his eminence
died.
Beside the cardinals bed stood every
member Of his household, and when it
was seen that the distinguished pre-
late he'd passed away, the priests fell
10 their knees and began reciting the
prayers for the dead.
, kilograms were at once sent to Pope
Benedict at Rome. Monsignor John
Bonzano, apostolic delegate at Wash
ington, and to every prelate of the
American Catholic hierarchy, more
than 100 in number, informing them
of the cardinals death.
A touching incident in connection
with the last hours of the cardinal was
the bestowal of the pope's benediction
upon him which had just been received
by cable from Rome.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
POLES CLAIM UPPER SlLESIA
Say At Last Q of 10 Districts Voted
Against Germany.

Westinghouse majority of the dis
tricts of Upper Silesie. were carried by
Poland In the recent plebiscite, the Po-
fish legation here announced on re-
ceipt of official advices from its for.
eign office at Warsaw.
OF a total OF sixteen districts In the
province. Poland has definitely carried
nine, all of which are In the rich coal
and industrial section, 1t was added.
The districts claimed by the Polish
legation in its statement are: Pless.
Rybnik, Sprehlitz. Gleiwitz. Tarnowitz,
Hindenburg. Beuthen. Makowitz and
Koenigechuette.
The result Of the plebiscite will be
determined, the legation said, not by
a majority Of the general vote cast,
but by commune majorities.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
MAIL CAR BANDIT CAPTURED
Del Smith Arrested In Utah; Admits
Killing Strong.

Salt Lake City-Delbert Smith of st.
Paul, wanted for mail train robbery
and murder, was captured here be.
cause he wanted to learn what his
friends back home were doing. He
called at the p~ostoffice for letters~and
was arrested by postal inspectors who
drew revolvers to bar ascape.
The inspectors say Smith has signed
a full confession, admitting that he,
single-handed, held three mail clerks
at bay on the Northern Pacifc's North
Coast limited train between st. Cloud,
Mimi. and Minneapolis the night of
February Is. rifled registered mail Of
$4,000, and fatally shot q. e. Strong
Of Minneapolis, n of the clerks, when
Strong refused to obey a command.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
PREACHER MENACED BY MOB

Duluth, Minn.-An attempt by 500
persons to tar and feather Rev. Mr..
aevise, q Finnish minister, at his
church during services at First avenue
east. was broken up when. police en-
tered the meeting and dispersed the
crowd.
General disapproval of all forms of
religious ceremony is the only motive
known to the police for the attempted
assault.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
GERMAN REPLY IS SPURNED
New Answer Must Be Submitted Allies
on Billion Marks Payment.

Paris-The German delegation here
delivered to the Allied Preparations
commission the German reply to the
note SEM by the commission giving
Germany warning of the infiiction of
penalties under the Peace treaty un-
less she paid before May / the Il ,00O,-
100000 gold marks balance of the 20
600, 900 900 mark payment due under
Article 235 of the treaty.
The commission decided that the
reply was unacceptable in it's present
form and refused to accept it from
the German delegates. The Germans
agreed to draft another reply, which,
however, will not be ready before
next week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
NAVY BALLOON is MISSING
Last Message From Crew Says Ballast
Gone and Bag Is Sinking.

Pensacola, FLA naval free bal
loon carrying five men was reported
missing by the naval air station here.
The balloon, in command of E. w. Will
kinson, chief quartermaster, accom-
panied by a machinist's mate and three
marines as students, left here Tuesday
night.
The last information from the miss
ing aircraft was received when two
carrier pigeons returned with mes
sages. One message was that the bal
loon was off st. Andrews Bay, Fla,
drifting toward the open sea
The other, arriving a little later, said
that all ballast had been thrown over
board and that the balloon was then at
an altitude Of only 100 feet and slowly
sinking.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
TURKS TAKE LOO GREEKS
Nationalist Claim Victory in Fighting
East of Smyrna.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES official re-
ports declared that the Turkish Nation
alists east of the Smyrnan district have
attacked and defeated the Greeks who
began an offensive on Wednesday.
1t is said that 100 Greeks were
taken prisoners, and that the National
lists have captured 20 guns. The Turks
at first retired before the Greek ad-
vance, reports state, but being rein
forced, they launched a counter Often
sive.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
AvIAToR's SPINE FRACTURED

Natchez, Nissan X-ray EXAMINE
ton OF Lieutenant w. d. Coney, the
transcontinental aviator who crashed
near Crowville, La, disclosed that his
back was fractured and that, accord
ing to physicians attending him, he
has about n chance in ten of recov-
ering. He was brought here and is
conscious and cheerful, physicians
said. however, that a fever was devel.
oping.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
MRS. STILLMAN TO CONTEST
Wife Of New York Banker Amends
Answer In Suit.

New York-The assertion that she
would seriously contest" the divorce
suit brought by her husband, James
M. Stillman, president Of the National
City bank. was made In the amended
answer Of Mrs. Anne u. Stillman. made
public here.
Mrs. Stillman entered a denial OF
her husbands charges. which ques-
toned that paternity of Guy Stillman,
twenty-eight months old. and asserted
Mr.. Stillman was the father Of the
child. She further stated that she has
never been unfaithful to her marriage
VOWS at any time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
Looting of Banks, %Dynamiting OF
Public Buildings and so Deaths
Follow Reign Of Terror.
POLICE FIGHT RADICALS
commup,st Uprising Spreads Rapidly
over Industrial Area-Bands Of
LawIess Raiders Join In
Depredations.

Rerlin-German communists fought
Thursday for control OF the govern
ment.
They instituted a reign of terror
through mid-G Germany. Looting, prop
erty destruction and so deaths followed
the trail Of demonstrations from the
great %shipyards in Hamburg to the
mining regions in the south and even
to the outskirts of Berlin.
Police fought the reds off but in
some cases were overpowered by
great crowds. They were forced to
entrench at Eisleben. Hand grenades,
rifles and machine guns were used in
the fighting.
Banks were robbed and public build
ings |dynamited.
Mines Made Useless.
Mines were rendered useless. They
were flooded or the railways torn out.
Miners who desired to work were held
off by red pickets.
Public officials appealed to the Ber-
lin government for military aid. The
revolt was reported being financed by
Soviet gold.
The cabinet went into session with
these appeals and read secret reports
from the centers of disturbances. After
long study, the cabinet declared local
officials appeared to be getting the up
per hand and that martial law would
be withheld.
Uprising Spreads Rapidly.
With Hamburg as the peak of a
triangle, the region covered by the
demonstration spread gradually past
Berlin on one side and Halle on the
south until it reached its greatest
width in Saxcny.
Eisleben was the scene of a particu-
larly violent demonstration. Street
fighting broke out there with the police
beleagured In their barracks.
Suggestions were made freely that
Soviet Russia had engineered the up
rising but the reports we're not borne
out by government Investigations.
At Eisleben the government rushed
support for police who had been at
taCxed by commercial masses. The ac-
ton there began with fighting among
the workmen, aggravated by a walk
out at the Leuna plants. Windows
were smashed when bricks and stones
were thrown about. Looting of shops
followed.
Five were killed before the crowds
were dispersed. Long after the situa-
ton had quieted, armed bands patrolled
the countryside in armored motor
trucks and In motorcycles.
Mines were invaded and the light,
narrow gauge railway tracks torn out.
Express Train DeraiIed-
Arrangements were made for care
full guarding Of all railroads to prevent
a repetition OF the Frankfurt-Berl ex-
press derailment.
The Frankfort-Be Berlin express was
derailed when communists tore out a
section of track.
Twenty thousand workers at the big
Leuna works went on strike, joining
the street crowds and making the work
Of the police more difficult.
At Hamburg, the fighting began
when communists urged fellow ship
workers to join them in a strike. Po-
nee interferred, using their revolvers
and rifles.
/. Ten policemen and is communists
were killed.
Huge bands of communists. Joined
by lawless elements, Joined in the loot
ing OF banks and rostoffces at VANS
leben, Mansfield and Leipzig.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
DENIES BLUE SUNDAY DRIVE
w. c. T. U. OFFICER Says Reports Of
Campaign Are Erroneous.

Chicago-Plans of the Women's
Christian Temperance union for a ma
tional membership drive have caused
reports that the organization
contemplated a national campaign in
support Of Blue Sundays. according to
Mrs. Margaret Munns, national treas
urer.
Mrs. Munns explains that the w. C.
T. U. is planning nothing more than
Its usual work in support OF obser-
n Of the Sabbath and Is not in
any way planning a special drive in
support Of blue laws.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
EDWIN DENLY JOINS FLEET
Flag Floats on Pennsylvania During
Sea Maneuvers..

On board the United States Battle
ship Pennsylvania, of Guantanamo.
Cuba-Edwin DENLY. Secretary of the
navy. arrived off Guantanamo on board
the torpedo boat destroyer Crownin.
shield. Later Mr.. DENLY transferred
his flag to the b~attleship Pennsylvania
during the at sea.
Together with Admiral Wilson, the
secretary witnessed target practice
from the bridge Of the flagship.
On returning to Guantanamo Mr..
DENLY viii inspect the naval station.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
CHICAGO BARS FORD PAPER
Police Act Under Powers With View
to Keeping Peace.


Chicago-Sale Of the Dearborn In
dependent, a publication issued by
Henry Ford, on the streets of Chicago,
was prohibited under police order, fol-
lowing a conference between James w.
Breen, acting corporation counsel, and
Captain Patrick LAWN in charge Of the
central police station.
Captain LAWN informed me-" said
Breen, that the anti-semitic attitude
Of the paper, which was being sold In
competition with a Jewish newspaper
recently caused a fist fight which
threatened to grow into riot. The
city's action was taken under its gen.
eral police powers with a view to
keeping the peace"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
oustIno Of Socialist Moved.

Albany, N. Y.-The judiciary CON-
mittee Of the assembly voted. 9 to 4,
to recommend to the lower house the
unseating of Assemblyman Henry ia
ger, socialist, Of Kings county. on
charges preferred against him that
when elected he was not a resident Of
this state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
Full Time Operations Resumed.

Detroit Resumption of full time
operations effective March 20, was an
nounced by the Hudson Motor Car
company. The company has been OPP
Grating with a curtailed force on a re-
duced working schedule for several
months.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31

New York-The c~oastwise strike of
Marine engineers and officers on
ocean-going tugs, in protest against a
wage reduction, was called on by union
officials. after the receipt of a telegram
from the Department Of Labor offering
Cancellation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
eulIdlno Topples, crushes Child.

Bowdoin. N. D.-The three-year-old
daughter OF William Dietrich of this
city, was almost Instantly killed when
q small building which her father was
moving toppled over and crushed her
10 death
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31

Adrian, Mich.-In a gasoline pro-
PEELED passenger coach recently per-
fected. Henry Ford and a party Of
business associates are making a tour
Of inspection over the main line of the
Detroit, Toledo g. Ironton railway,
which he recently acquired.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
RenaratIona ann pasaes.

London-The German reparations
hill imposing a tax Of so per cent ON
oil German imports. passed through
all stages of parliament and oniy
awaits the kings consent 20 become
law.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31

Torcnto-John Doughty was found
guilty Of theft of sos. 900 in bonds
from his former employer. Ambrose
Small theatrical magaate, who has
been missing more than a Q
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
WATERWAY FUND ALLOTTED

MISSISSIPPI y ONO HIVers to Re
ceIve Largest Expen~s itures.
Washington-Federal waterway I'm
provements along the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers will receive the largest
expenditures out Of the SIS. 900. 900
voted at the last session Of Congress
for river and harbor work. Major Gen.
eral Beach, chief Of engineers in an
nouncing allottments from the appro-
priations which have been approved by
the secretary of war. fixed s12, 7s5,0 900
for operations on the Ohio. and 1.100.-
900 for the Mississippi.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31

Farmer suicides; Burns euildings.
aoldredge, Neb.-C. A. Henline, =
|armer near here, committed suicide
liter setting are to I'll the buildings
III. ..laee He xas al0neAnnAth
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31

Des Moines, lathe Home Savings
bank at Rome. Iowa. has been ordered
closed ~ b state banking de,art-
ment It was announced. The deposits
we're said 20 be about s45.Oco.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31

Russia Shipping Gold to Sweden.
Stockholm-Tons OF gold are coming
into Stockholm from Soviet Russia. be-
Ing melted up and given = Swedish
stamp. and sent to America.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
Chinese Federal Funds RecoonIxed.

Chinese Federal Funds Recognized.
Peking-Funds allotted In the past to
the Southern Chinese government, but
withheld since the collapse OF that re-
gime, have been released by the con.
sent OF legations interested for use of
the Picking government.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31

Becoming Great MIX
Washington--Tho average American
IL. a great milk drinker and con-
sumes twice as much as former gener-
hfions, according to the department Of
agriculture. fhe consumption of milk
last year was estimated at A galions
per carita.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31

Bethlehem Steel Blast Kills Four.
Harrisburg, Pa.-Four men were
killed and several injured by an ex-
plosion at a furnace Of the Bethlehem
Steel company at Steelton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-31
Greek KINGS Widow ) Moth.r

0reek Kings Widow . Mother.
Athens-Madame Aspasia Mayos.
the morganatic widow OF King Alexan-
Ter. who died recently from eHeets Of
I monkey bite. give birth to d daugh.
lar
The Washington herald., 1921-09-04

Sir Philip Gibbs loyal to the Empire which in 100 years
developed India from heterogeneous and medieval group
princpaes into compact and vastly productive
monweath maintains that British prestige is essentially
undiminished in Hndusan-Page 3.