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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-12-21

Boren. 80. The Union Christian En-
deavor held a business meeting Sun
day evening. Four new members were
taken in and the following officers
were elected for the coming six
months: president, Ada Hanson; vice
president, Ermma Cooper; secretary,
Ruth Reynolds; treasurer, Herold
Brinkley. Mrs. Emma Brennan and
daughter Grace spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brooks. :. Rev.
c. A. Reynolds and family took Friday
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Macy. d. . Mrs. Ona Boren spent the
first of the week with her daughter,
Mrs. Ed Reynolds, of Richmond ...
Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Riley, Mrs. Hos
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-12-21

brook and Mr.. Cleveland of Dayton,
Ohio, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Riley. Misses Goldie Clifford
and Idris Hinshaw spent Sunday with
Myrtle Reynolds.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
PAPER WORKERS
STRIKE, THREAT
Mills Affected Produce
Majority Of News
Print.

New York, April 2i.-Union
workmen in the paper and pulp
mills of the United States and
Canada have voted to reject the
80 per cent wage reduction pro-
posed by the manufacturers for
May IL, 1t was announced here
Thursday night by the Labor
Bureau, Inc.
Local unions have been instruct
ed that should satisfactory terms
of settlement not be forthcoming
from the paper manufacturers be-
tween now and the time Of the ex-
piration Of existing agreements,
work will autom aticalIy cease in
the mills of six companies upon
May and thirteen companies up.
on May IT,"
Should the waIkout occur, labor
leaders assert approximately 49,
900 workers will be affected and
that the mills of i9 companies
tied up. These mills, they claim,
produce about tWo-thirds of the
paper stock consumed in this
country.
An official report Of tho union
vote will be made to the manu-.
facturers' committee at a meeting
next week, II was stated, and fur.
ther efforts will be made to bring
a settlement. One Of the COM
panies whose agreements expire
May is the Minnesota & Ontario
Paper company.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
immigration Bills
Passage Is Assured
in House, Forecast

Washington. April 2i.-Finai
vote In the house on the temporary
immigration bill. with indications
Of its passage by large majority,
was in prospect Thursday night
after the house. sitting in commit
tee of the whole, had voted down,
with one Important exception, num-
erous amendments. The hlli would
limit aliens seeking admission to
the United States to three psr
cent Of each nationality registered
hv the 1910 census, and would be
IN effect for IA months from date
of passage.
One amendment adopted would
permIt aliens suffering religious
nersecutlons to enter the country
in excess of three por cent. pro-
vided they present satisfactory
proof of their admissibi'ity.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
WOMEN Of ERIN
LEADEM|GRANTS

Dublin, April 21.-The decree Just
issued by the Irish Republican parl;a-
ment prohibiting emigration from Ire
land without permission from the
proper authority" although it is Gi-
rccted all emigration was directly oc-
casioned by the heavy increase in i'm
migration to the United States so far
this year. it was declared here Thurs
day. The numbers of Irishmen apply
ing at the American consulates in Bel
fast, Dublin and Queenstown for vises
has been so great recently that the
consulates' staffs have been working
to the limit to keep up with the de-
mand. At Queenstown police assist
ance was required to regulate the lines
that formed outside.
A considerable proportion of the
emigration to America has been of
young women.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
GEORGE EVADES
MANDATE SPLIT

London. April 21.-(By the Associ.
ated Pressl.-The correspondence be.
tween the United States and Japan on
the mandate question. abstracts Of
which have been published in the news
papers here. formed the subject of nu-
merous questions in the house Of COM
mons Thursday and drew from Prime
Minister Lloyd George this statement:
We have no interest in the matter
at all except general interest in the
peace OF the world and good will
among all the nations concerned.
There is no question of antaeop-
ism between ourselves and the United
States
Washington. April 21.-Intimatious
from Toxic that Japan might inject
into the controversy over the island Of
Zap q pre-war agreement with the
allies providing for the ALLEGATION to
Japan of certain former German is-
lands in the Pacific found little GRE
dence Thursday among American Of
ficials. 1t was explained such a course
would be subject to the charge of in
consistency since the disposa lof Ger
man overseas possessions had been
discussed at Versailles and determined
by representatives Of the governments
concerned after the war was concluded.
Such consideration, it was argued. sup
erseded any pre-war agreement which
can be regarded now only as an inter-
esting part of the history leading un
TO Japans participation In the war.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
TR0TzKY TELLS
STUDENTSA ARMY
MANY MILLIONS
Petrograd Military Aca-
denny in High State of
Efficiency, Declares.
Communist Congress Is
Against Militia Sys-
tenn, Says Riga Report.

London, April 21.--Leon Trotsky,
Russian soviet war minister. address
ing the students passing out of the
military school in Moscow. declared
that the bolshevik army now counts
millions of fighting men. with 10000
officers. while the output of the Rus
sian munition factories increased 100
per cent in 1920, says a dispatch to
the London Times today from Hels;ng-
fors. He added the Petrograd military
academy was in high state of eff
cheney and that this summer he would
investigate the possibility of an offens-
i've in the east and war of revenge
against Poland.
Meantime, advices received in Lon
don indicate increasing activity on the
part of insurgents in Siberia and the
Ukrainian which the bolsheviki have
been unable to suppress. The adviees
state that the soviet government deiiv
cred an ultimatum to the Ukrainian
rebels to surrender their arms. The
rebels decided on general rising and
seriously defeated the bolshevik forces,
the advices assert.
Soviet newspapers reaching London
admit that serious situation exists
in Siberia and state that orders have
been telegraphed to the local soyiets
to hire Chinese troops and German and
Austrian prisoners of war to fight rhe
rebels. The soviet newspapers also
say the soviet government has loaned
100000 gold rubles to Armenia.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
JAPAN AND FRANCE
ACCEPT j. S. VIEW
ON CABLE DIVISION

Washington, April 21.-(By The AS
sociated Press).-Japan and France
are understood to have accepted the
American principles of distribution of
the former German Atlantic and Pacific
cables at session of the international
communications conference held Thurs
day at the state department.
While details of the operation of the
cables to be allocated have vet to be
worked out, the acceptance by Japan
and France of the American view is
expected to make possible an early
agreement on all such questions.
Y. S. Gets Guam to Yap Line.
Actual working out Of the distribu-
ton of the Pacific cables by which, it
is understood. the United States will
receive the line from Guam to Yap.
and Japan that part of the line from
zap extending formerly to Shanghai,
it was indicated tonight. will be defer
red pending the clearing up of the
statues of the island of Yap.
In addition to the cable from Guam
to zap. and that from New York to
Brest. now in possession of France, the
United States also is expected to re-
ceive from Great Britain the cable now
extending from Halifax to Penzance
and which previous to the war was
laid from New York to Emden, Ger
many In exchange. it is understood,
Great Britain will receive one of the
present American cables connecting
Canada with Great Britain.
U. S.-NapIes Line Okehed.
Details of American participation
with Italy in the construction of
direct cable from Naples to New York
have also to be worked out by the
conference. Other arrangements are
to provide for the ALLEGATION
to France of the former German cables
along the African coast.
Norman Davis. former under secre
tary of state, who since convening of
the conference has acted as chairman,
presented his resignation today and it
was accepted, Under Secretary Of State
Fletcher was elected chairman in his
place.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
R0SENbLUTH|S !.
REFUSED talk;
To DAUGHERTY
Assures Senator Calder
Charge of Staying to
Be Probed Thoroughly
Tells Straightforward
Story; Too Early to
Form Opinion, Ayers.

Washington, April o1.- Attorney
General Daugherty refused Thursday
to grant a personal interview to Cap
| tain Robert Rosenbluth of New York,
who is charged at Tacoma. Wn., with
| having ordered the shooting of Major
Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lewis in
1918.
Captain Rosenbluth was accompanied
to the department of justice by Senator
Calder of New York, who was assured
by the attorney general that the charge
against Rosenbluth would be investi-
gated thoroughly.
At the department it was explained
that Mr.. Daugherty. in refusing to see
hosenbluth. took the position that since
ne planned to make personal investi-
CATION of the whole case, he should not
receive personal statements direct from
defendant.
Captain Rosenbluth was received bv
Mr.. Daugherty last week but officers
OF the department said this was before
Mr. Daugherty had started his inyesti-
CATION.
Describing the interview Thursday.
Mr. Daugherty said that Rosenbluth
told a straightforward story, but that
1t was too early to form an opinion
N the case He reiterated that Rosen-
bluth. who is at liberty on bial follow
ing his arrest in New York, would not
be sent west for trial until the depart
ment was reasonably sure of his CON
necoon with the case
Mr.. Daugherty said it had not ret
been deterined whether the Cronkhite
case was one for the state or federal
courts and thus, of course. Captain
Rosenbluth could be moved west under
state laws, with which the department
would not interfere.
Captain Rosenbluth's case, Mr..
Daugherty said. was first called to his
attention by Secretary Hoover, under
whose direction Rosenbluth formerly
worked
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
FRAUD CHARGE
IS NOT PROVED

Minneapolis. April 21.-A verdict in
favor Of the II defendants, officers
and agents of the Consumers Service
and Supply Co, charged with using the
mails to defraud, was directed by Judge
Page Morris in federal district court
late Thursday, just as the case was
about to go to the jury. The court
held that the government had failed to
establish fraud.
II am unable to see anything illegal
in the organization of this company
Judge Morris said. "While its busi-
ness methods might have excited some
suspicion, yet men are not tried in
criminal matters on suspicion"
The government charged that hun
dreds of farmers Of the northwest had
been defrauded of approximately $685.
GOO through the company.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
Plea PLEDGES TEUT0NS
TO ACCEPT ANY AWARD
WITHOUT RESERVATION
Remarkable Note Climax Of Series, Transmitted
Through Commissioner Dressel, Creates Stir
in Washington Official and Diplomatic Circles
Since America Is Still at War With Europe.

Washington, April 2l.-The American gov
eminent refused Thursday an urgent request of
the German government that President Harding
mediate the question of reparations between
Germany and the allies and fix the sum Germany
is to pay. The United States agreed, however,
that if Germany would formulate promptly such
proposals regarding reparations as would pre-
sent proper basis for discussion , it would con
slider bringing the matter to the attention of the
allied governments in a manner acceptable to
them in order that negotiations speedily may be
resumed"
Gerrnanys appeal signed by Chancellor Fehrenbach and
Foreign Minister Smons directed to President Harding
transmitted through American Commissioner Dresel
ference late Thursday with the President the White House
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
Armenian Peoples
in Extreme Danger
of Annihiladon

New York, April 2l.-Annihilation
OF me Armenian people seems newt
aA ape as result Of fifth invasion OF
Ihe republic by bolshevist forces, said
wireless messages from Premier Vrat-
zlan OF It the Armenian government re-
celved Thursday by the Near East re-
Inc government, supported by the
remnants OF the Armenian army, the
message stated. has taken refuge in
the nils OF Kara Bakah. while the
greater portion of the country is under
soviet control.
ne messages told Of the execution
OF armenian officials, intellectuals and
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
AMBASSADOR HARVEY DENOUNCED
IN SENATE AS POLITICAL ACCIDENP|
Count, Who Married
Rich Nevada Widow.
Declared Not |Nutty'

Los Angeles, April 2i.-Count
Armand 'Aleria, Of Spain, whose
wife was the widow of United States
Senator George Nixon, of Nevada,
arrested recently on a complaint
charging insanity sworn to by his
mother, Countess Marguerite o.
Aieria, Of Pasadena, was ordered
released Thursday by the Los
Angeles county superior court, after
a hearing In the psychopathic ward
OF the county hospital.
The count declared at the hearing
that the charge of insanity had been
preferred against him because he
had refused to join his mother In an
alleged plot to put his wife in an
institution for the mentally deficient
and then take possession of the
former Nixon estate.
He said his mother had proposed
that they "pIant" drugs in the
apartments Of his wife, engineer
raid by officers and have his wife
committed to an asylum. The counts
mother denied her sons allegations
and said he had threatened to kill
her and himself.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
Austro Plebiscite
Agitation Growing
in Munich, Report

Paris, April 21.-Reports in official
circles of continued agitation in Munich
and other parts Of South Germany in
favor Of the plebiscite which it is
proposed to hold Sunday in the Aus
trian Tyrol to decide whether the popu-
lation desires to be annexed to Ger
many, are causing much anxiety here.
The plebiscite is regarded by the allies
as being contrary to the treaty OF St.
Germain, and, it held, will be considered
null and void.
The attitude of the Austrian govern
ment is not clear and it is feared that
If the government tolerates the Ger
manic maneuver, it will bring into ques-
ton the entire project for the economic
restyoation Of Austria.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
100000 French Troops
to Invade the Ruhr
Valley, Latest Plan

Paris, April 2I.-One hundred
thousand French troops, In addition
TO those now on the Rhine, are pro-
vIded for In the plan elaborated by
tho mixed military and civil COM
mission, according TO la Liberte.
La Iiberte adds that the plan calls
for the occupation Of two thirds OF
tho Ruhr industrial valley and also
Elbarfeid and Bermen In Westphaila.
Troops returning from cllicla, the
newspaper says, will be used, and
the balance wilt be made up from tho
class of 1919.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
Arson Attempt Is
Made on Bishops
Home in Ireland

Cork. April 21.-An attempt was
made Wednesday night to burn the res
idence Of the Most Rev. NJ. Fogarty,
lord bishop of Killaloe. Ennis. The
front Of the house was we'll abaze
when the fire was discovered and ex-
tinguished. A petrol soaked cloth lay
near the front door. Five men were
seen fleeing. Two were arrested. A
nelghboring residence was burned
shortly before the bishops house was
set on fire.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
Canada Will Send
Minister to America

Ottawa, April o1.-Definite an
nouncement of the Canadian gov
ernment's intention to appoint a
minister to the United States was
made in the house of commons to-
night by Arthur Meighan tho
prime minister. during debate on
a vote of 500 600 for Canadian
REPRESENTATION at WASHINGTON.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
AGAINST MILITIA CORPS

Riga, April 22.-(By the Associated
Press.(--The bolsheviki regime in
Russia. according to the Moscow Isves-
tia which has just published the dec
sions of the Tenth Communists con-
gress regarding the red army, has de-
cided against the introduction of the
militia system and in favor of keeping
up n formidable standing army. The
reconstruction and arming of the fleet
also has been decided upon.
The Isvestia says it has been Ge-
cided to replace all nom communist of
ficers by communists as soon as pos
sible.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
Three Admit Murder,
Get Life Sentences

Webster, s. D., April 21.-Howard
Finley, Harry Cox and William Larson
pleaded guilty late Thursday to charge
keeper at Tacoma Park, near here. Sat
urday night, and were sentenced to life
imprisonment at the state penitentiary.
by Judge Frank Anderson. Hetland
WAS shot during holdup at his store.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
Admits Sale Whisky
to Insane Patients

Anaconda. April 21.-Al. Camitch,
charged with unlawfully selling liquor,
pleaded guilty in district court Thurs
day and was sentenced by Judge Wins
tom to serve 80 days in the county Jail
and pay fine of 500.
Camitch is alleged to have sold liquor
to harmless patients at the insane asy-
lnn, who were allowed the freedom Of
the grounds.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22

Montreal. April 21.-Directors of the
Riordan Pulp 4 Paper Co, whose
shares fell on the stock market from
1O7 last Friday to 33 Wednesday, were
reelected ut the annual meeting to-day.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
RELIGIOUS LIBEL BILL
PASSES MICHIGAN HOUSE

Lansing. Mich. April 21.-A bill de-
fining and prohibiting general libel
passed the lower house OF the Michi-
gan legislature Thursday. It defines
general libel as an attack upon the pa
triotism or loyalty Of members Of any
religious denomination or sect. The
bill now goes to the senate.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
sHOT DEAD ON ROAD.

Dublin, April 21.--A former soldier,
John Reilly. was taken from his home
Wednesday night and shot dead on the
road ct Ballycar.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
Regarded As Remarkable

Germany's appeal was regarded ir
official and diplomatic Washington as
remarkable one. 1t was pointed out
that it was directed to the head of q
nation with which Germany still is
technically at war and which has troops
on it's soil. Reference to the state OF
war was made in the German commun-
ication, the chancellor and foreign min
lister declaring that Notwithstanding
this they petitioned the president ''in
the name of the German government
and the German people," with 'the
confident hope" that the appeal would
be granted.
This was the second communication
dealing with reparations addressed to
the United States by the German gov
ernment and apparently it was not un-
the reply went forward few hours
The German memorandum
was handed to Commissioner Dresel
yesterday and reached Washington
Thursday. Secretary Hughes consid-
cred it. and late in the day conferred
with the president at the White House.
His visit was brief and soon after his
return to the department word came
that the texts of both the German note
and the AIerican reply would be made
public witl) a few hours.
<6xt Of German Note.
The text Of the note to President
Harding follows:
In the name of the German gov
ernment and the German people
the undersigned. not withstand
ing the still existing technical
state Of war. respectfully petition
the president of the United States
to mediate in the reparation
question and to fix the sum to be
paid by Germany to the allied
powers.
They earnestly urge him to Sc
cure the consent Of the allied
powers to such mediation. They
solemnly declare that the German
government ID ready and willing
to agree. without reservations or
qualifications to pay to the allied
powers a. separations such sum
- ths president, sitter examination
coatinnsd on Fass rwol
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
APPOINTMENT IS REPUBLICANS S
CR0WN|NC AffR0NT TO WILSON
DECLARES SENATOR HARRISON
His Opposition to League Of Nations Praised by
Senator Reed, Who Tants Democratic Col
leagues; Immaculate Conception Cartoon
Enters Discussion, Scion Questions Fitness

Washington April 2-The appointment of Colonel George
Harvey as American ambassador to Great Britain by the
senate last week in executive session. openly attacked and
defended for hours Thursday the remarkable
sittings witnessed in the senate chamber.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
|MASARYK QUITS
9L0vAK|A POST
Life Job Relinquished
on Account of Sick
ness, Rumor.

London, April 21.-Professor Tho
mas G. Masaryk has resigned as presi-
dent of Czecho- Slovakia, according to
a Prague dispatch. Ill health is given
as the reason.
DIR. Edward Benes. the foreign ,nin-
lister, will become premier and acting
president.
While in the United States in May,
1918, Professor Masaryk was elected
first president of the new republic of
Czecho- -Slovakia. After formal recog-
milton was extended his country by the
allies he returned to Prague to assume
the presidential duties in February.
1920. The Czecho- Slovakia National
assembly accorded him the privilege of
remaining in office for life" For
several months there have been reports
of his illness.
New York. April 21.-The reported
resignation of Professor Thomas G.
Masaryk as president of Caecho- Slova-
kia was discredited here Thursday
night by Mrs. Eleanor Garrigue Fer:u-
son, his sister, who resides here.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22

Ihe texts or both the appeal and the
reply were made public Thursday night
by the state department. The com.
munication from Berlin said the Ger
man government was ready and will.
ing to agree without qualification OF
reservation to pay such q sum as the
president after an investigation might
find just and right" and ito fulfill in
letter and spirit all the provisions OF
any award that may be made by him
Secretary Hughes Reply.
In reply, Secretary Hughes said:
This government could not
agree to arbitrate the question of
reparations with view to acting
as umpire in its settlement. I'm
pressed, however, with the seri-
BUSINESS of the issues involved as
they affect the whole world, the
United States feels itself to be
deeply concerned with the question
of obtaining an early and just
solution. This government strong
ly desires that there should be an
immediate resumption of nego-
tiations and reiterates its earnest
hope that the German government
will promptly formulate such pro-
posals as would present proper
basis for discussion. Should the
German government take this
course, this government will con-
slider bringing the matter to the
attention of the allied govern
ments in a manner acceptable to
them in order that negotiations
may be speedily restored.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-22
WEATHER

Cloudy and unsettled today;
Saturday fair.