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The Washington times., 1922-01-11
Hughes Seems Mlsled.

and introduced photographs Of the gal
lows. They quoted guards as saying
that twenty-one men had been hung
on one day on this gallows. g..
There were no other gallows
erected at Gievres nor any other hang.
ings while I was there-from Febru-
airy II, 1918, to July 1, 1919" said
Symmond.s
This contradicted the testimony OF
other witnesses who said they saw as
high as three hangings at GievreS.
According to Harry w. Segal, 43 Thee.
dore street, Dorchester, Mass, he saw
two negroes lynched at Gievres at the
direction of Capt. Joseph D. Hahn,
now of Camp Bennings, Ga.
'If there had been any lynchings
would you have known of tit" asked
Senator Brandegee, chairman of the
committee, of Colonel Symmonds.
IT certainly would" replied Sym.
rflonds.
Colonel Identifies Pictures.
Symmonds identified a picture of
the gallows submitted to the COM
mittee as the one on which Withan
was hanged.
I'VE had secret service military
police at work in the camp and had a
pretty good knowledge of what WIS
going on" commented ySymmonds.
mo lynching could have happened
without some one reporting It,"
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
IN
SENATE ARMY
QU|z|SD|V|DED
Witnesses Both Affirm and
Deny Stories Of lndiscrimi-
nate Vet Killings.
BY International News Service.

Stories that have been told of
American soldiers being indiscrtm.
inately shot and hanged in France
were both affirmed and denied today
when the Senatorial Investigating
Committee resumed it's efforts to get
at the truth of the multitude OF
charges that have been made.
Army officers denied stories or
wholesale hangings" at Gievres, de-
claring that only one man was exc
cuted there. -
Col. Charles j. Symmonds. of Camp
Sherman, Ohio, positively asserted that
the only man hanged at Gievres was a
soldier named Withan, who had been
convicted of murder.
Describes Hanging.
'The gallows," said Colonel SYM
monds, was erected the night be-
fore, and the man was hanged June 20.
The hanging was absolutely secret
and was not known at all in the camp
until next day" -,
A story previously told the commit.
tee by Robert A. Harrison that Mexi-
can had been lynched near Gondrecourt
by officers and men of the Eighteenth
Infantry was denied by DR.. H. e. Ross,
Of Danville, H.. who was a medical Of
ficer Of the Sixteenth Infantry.
"It would have been impossible"
said Ross, "for q man to have been
hanged without my knowledge OF 1t.
Says Sergeant Shot Prisoner.
Senator Watson, author of the in
vestigation, opened today's hearing by
inserting in the record a sworn state
ment from J. A. Mcdonald, 10
Holmes street, Youngstown, Ohio.
that he saw a soldier named Pat Fttz-
gerald shot down by a sergeant at
Bassnes prison. This killing had
previously been sworn to by Edmund
Duner, of San Francisco. McDonald's
affidavit said:
"In regard to your investigation Of
the death of Pat Fitzgerald, killed at
Bassnes. France, by sergeant of the
guard, Copper Tor kuippa), of New
Castle, Pa, / wish to state I was an
eyewitness OF the deliberate murder,
being the second man in the line be-
hind Pat Fitzgerald.
IT am ready and willing at any time
to testify to this and also back up the
statement of Private Duner, Of San
Francisco, as I was a member Of the
same company as Cooper and Fitz-
gerald"
Watson asked the committee to
subpoena the Youngstown man.
A number of army officers were
present today ready to testify.
Claim 81 Hanged In Day.
Several previous witnesses swore
they saw a gallows at Gievres large
enough to hang several men at a time.
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
U.s.. UNCERTAIN
ABOUT SEAT At .
GENOA MEET|NC
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES,
BY International News Service.


CANNES, Jan. 11.-Premier
communication to Premier Lloyd
George Of England, asking for a
treaty Of alliance between Italy
and Britain similar to that pro-
posed between Britain and France.
The degree to which the United
States will participate in the forth
coming economic conference in Genoa
two months hence is dependent upon
the outcome of the present armament
conference, and until II is possible
to view the accomplishments of the
present conference zen bloc" Presi-
dent Harding and Secretary of State
hughes prefer to remain non-commit.
tai about the Genoa meeting.
While inquirers are informed Off
cially that the matter of the Genoa
conference Is under careful consid.
Grafton" II Is known that this view
has been communicated to European
statesmen now in Washington who
have sought to ascertain the Ad-
ministration's opinion.
Within another two weeks, three
at most, the Administration leaders
hope the armament conference will
have finished its work. and the half.
dozen or more treaties that come
out Of Il will be ready for submis-
sion to the Senate. Then the deci-
sion will be made an to whether the
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
Mr.. Hughes, Moral Trustee, Aids
jap Plot To Dismember Siberia

; be conceived that the Conference
will take decisions prejudicial to
legitimate Russian interests or
which would In any manner violate
Russian rights. 1t Ii the hope and
expectation Of the Government Of
the United States that the Confer
once will establish general principles
Of international action which Will
deserve and have the support OF the
people Of Eastern Siberia and Of all
Russia by reason Of their justice
and efficacy In the settlement Of
outstanding difficulties.
30 far, this moral trusteeship" has
been a hideous failure. Secretary
Hughes put an elaborate program Of
Siberian problems into the conference
agenda but nothing has been done to
make 1t seem likely that these will
ever be discussed. Under the last OF
criticism, the State Depart
ment has bestirred itself In the last
few days to point out to the visiting
delegations that something must be
done to meet this attack. The chief
suggestion has been a promise that
DR.. Root will write another Of his
famous prescriptions. in the belief
that 1t would be accepted by the
American people as equivalent to
japanese evacuation of the stolen
lands.
Sham Is Recognized.
It will not The American people
know that such a resolution is but a
sham and that its adoption, unac.
companied by action, will give the lie
to all sanctimonious protestations of
moral trusteeship."
But we do not need even to wait
until the conference has acted to get
little more light on just what Mr..
Hughes meant when he wrote about
moral trusteeship. For within the
last few days he has directed the
American consul general at Tientsin,
China, to authorize the Cossack ban
dit, Semionoff, to come to the United
States. According to the latter's own
representatives. the trip is being made
to complete negotiations with New
York bankers for a loan which would
nable him to finance another "revolu'
ton" in Siberia.
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
CLARENCE 3. MILLER DEATH
SHOCK TO G. o. p. LEADERS

Republican leaders in Washington
were shocked today to learn Of the
death Of Clarence B. Miller. Washing
ton attorney and secretary Of the Re.
publican National Committee, at st.
Paul, Mimi, last night.
the holidays. He WIGS taken Ill and
operated on. His condition became
critical, due to heart complications.
He served as Congressman from the
Eighth Minnesota District for five
terms and had been secretary Of the
national committee since 1919. He
practiced law in Washington since
1920.
The Washington times., 1922-01-11

A newspaper writer who has just
returned from Siberia has described
brutality in the following
language:
Bones Of his victims still were
scattered I'm the fields around Chits
last summer, while on his execution
farm the bodies Of half o hundred
men and women were In the bottom
Of the well, with horses and rocks
piled on top Of them. F10gging men
and women, abduction and murder
Of girls, and similar Semionon meth
DDS OF fighting Bolshevism, which
were reported by American observ-
ers, were the strongest factor In
uniting the Siberian peasants for
self-preservation.
Semionoffs followers were always
avowedly anti-American, though the
only serious clash was when one Oh
his axmored trains fired on q sleep
ing American camp, killing and
wounding several American soldiers.
Col. Charles b. Morrow, then CON-
manding the Twenty seventh In
fantry and now national guard In.
structor I'm Frankfort, KY, captured
the train and conducted an investi-
cation, but Semion0ff forced him TO
EChC1So tuC WIN
their responsibility and recited their
torturing and executions Of Rus
SLAMS, including women and girls.
The reports are In the archives ot
the War Department here.
Attitude Of United States.
One might have expected Mr.
to revolt at the thought Of nd
such a biood-stained wretch
even II the American laws do not for
bid his entry. Maybe the Department
Of Labor. which tried to keep Maxim
Gorky out of the United States be
cause its officials did not like hi
morals, will interfere to save tn
United States from the presence o
M. Semionoff. To an inquiry concern
ing the permission for Semionoff's en-
try. a high State Department officia
gave the following explanation:
"Semionoff probably will be as well
off In the United States as anywher'
else ?"
But how about the nited States?
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
Thug Takes Coat Only.

Scoring money. an armed thug
early this morning held UP Charles r.
Langley, 1913 r street northwest, at
Third street and Rhode Island avenue
and compelled him IN
hand over his overcoat. The thug
donned the coat as a protection
against the rain and ordered Langley
to beat II, quick"
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
DR.. Parker on Lecture Tour.

DR.. Valera H. Parker left Wash.
ington last night to attend q meeting
of the Interdenominational Social
Hygiene Board at New Orleans. La.
DR.. Parker In executive secretary Of
the organization. She Will make a
tour of the South. lecturing on the
work of the board.
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
''coPPERS" GET THIEF WITH
b. HUGE HAUL OF PENNIES

NEW YORK. Jan. 11.-Pennies de
livered Joseph Ramsey to the cop.
pers" yesterday.
The SOS 1.cent pieces in the bag he
took from a Brooklyn confectionery
store were so heavy that a patrolman
who gave chase captured him after n
short run.
Some luck" said the prisoner. II
thought II was real money"
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
BY POLITICUS.

Secretary Hughes proposal that the
Arms Conference should exercise q
moral trusteeship" over Russia's
possessions in the Far East Is now
being revealed in a strange light. He
has opened the doors of the United
States to Gregorie Semionoff. blood
lest Of Russia's Cossack bandits, that
the latter may find funds here to
plot a new revolution In Siberia In
aid Of the Japanese disintegration Of
Russia. -
When Secretary Hughes made his
suggestion that the Arms Conference
exercise a moral trusteeship" over
Russia, 1t seemed almost q satire
upon the conference makeup. The
picture Of Japan as a participant In a
moral trusteeship" over Russia
strained the imagination Of the most
ardent conference booster. Japan
maintained two armies on Russian
soil. She held hundreds Of thousands
Of square miles Of Russian territory.
She dominated. not as subjects, but
as aliens In their own lands, hundreds
Of thousands of Russian citizens. She
was fomenting disorder, melting
revolutions and encouraging blood
shed to give her the excuse for the
continuance of her encroachments.
Now she was to participate as =
moral trusteeship" for this disabled
empire!
Hughes Seems Mlsled.
But Mr.. Hughes apparently blind.
folded himself against these facts and
against the reports which had been
made by diplomatic and military
observers to his department as well
as to our War Department. AS the
prospective chairman Of the Arms
Conference, he made the following an
nouncement on September 10:
In the absence Of single,
protection Of legitimate Russian
interests must devolve rs . moral
trusteeship upon the whole Confer.
ence. It Is regrettabIe that the
Conference, for reasons quite be-
yond the control Of the participating
powers, In to be deprived Of the
advantages Of Russian cooperation
In It's deliberations, but 1t Is not to
The Washington times., 1922-01-11

United States will be represented at
i2noa by regularly accredited dele
rates, which means full participation
OF by unofficial observers" who
would actually take no active part
in the framing of measures for Eu.
ropes economic rehabilitation.
The Administration does not con
template a breakdown in the present
conference in any important par.
ticular, but the President and his
Cabinet are unanimous in the belief
that committing the United States
to another conference while the first
one In still In q plastic state would
be a tactical error. b.,
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
Women's Spring Hats
in Shop Windows
Despite Storms

Stormy weather holds no ter
rors for milady. She must have
her new spring chapeau in mid
winter, no matter what the
weather man cooks up.
Shops are now showing bril-
liant reds. and green straw hats
of early spring. and already the
shop windows are beginning to
look gay with spring Millinery
despite the fact that Santa
Clauses and make-believe snow
scenery have Just been removed
and laid in moth-balls.
The hats this year seem to be
Of very conservative design. A
ribbon wound around. ending in
a bow, with a sprig of flowers on
the opposite side. seems to be
quite a mode. The conservatism
is due to the early season, how.
ever. The hats are selling from
So to $50.
The Washington times., 1922-01-11
BRITISH TROOPS
ARE EVACUATING.
IRISH CAPITAL
Officials at Dublin Castle Ship
ping Archives to London.
Amnesty Held Up.
BY DANIEL O'CONNELL.
international News Service.

DUBLIN. Jan. 1.-THE evacuation
of Dublin by the British military
forces got into full swing today while
the new provisional government of
President Arthur Griffith began to
function.
English soldiers began leaving the
Dublin barracks. and 1t was reported
they would be taken on board q troop
ship tonight or. tomorrow.
Officials at Dublin Castle have be-
gun to ship the archives to London.
huge cases OF documents. bearing for
the most part upon military activities
against the Sim Fein In the past. were
carted from the castle under military
escort. They were taken on ship board
for removal to English soil.
Crowds gathered and cheered as the
signs OF English occupation" began
to disappear.
Official announcement was made at
Dublin castle this afternoon that the
auxiliary military police BLACK and
Tans) would begin embarking to-
morrow.
Black and Tans Leaving.
The British military forces were
today ordered to evacuate Cork, Linn
erick. Fermoy. Bandon. Waterford and
Ballincolling. Large stores of equip
ment are being removed. The Black
and Tan police are already leaving.
The new Irish cabinet selected by
by President Arthur Griffith began
to function today. Communications
were exchanged with London, and IL
10 expected that the Griffith minis.
tery-the provisional government OF
all ireland outside Of Ulster-will re-
ceive full administrative power from
the British within the next week or
ten days.
The Dali Eireann has adjourned I'M
Ill the middle of February.
President Griffith has summoned
the Southern parliament to meet Satur-
day to affirm Dali Eireann's ratifica-
ton of the Irish peace treaty.
Amnesty Held Up.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE British com
mittee on Irish affairs. headed by
Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill.
decided this afternoon to hold up the
question Of general amnesty In Ire
10 nd pending a conference with a COM
mittee from Dali Eireann. 1t had been
reported earlier in the day that gen.
eral amnesty had been agreed upon
and that the Irish prisoners would
probably be released tonight. including
many under death sentence.
Shippers Kill Couple.
BELFAST, Jan. ia workman
and his wife were both killed by
shippers this morning while bidding
Of their home. The man had just
embraced his wife.
There was much firing In the
streets throughout the night
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-25

was the very large area which was pro-
ducing nothing. For lack of use farm
bitches were grown up to noxious
There were abandoned homes on
every hand. Here and there we came
upon the home of an Industrious and
practical farmer who, in the midst Of a
deserted region, was making good and
demonstrating that whatever might
have been the reason for abandonment
by his neighbors, it certainly was not
chargeable to the land itself. 4 fer
tile soil, long, sunny days and ample
water supply are there, but the one
needful factor to work the combination
for profit and success-the practical
farmer-is lacking.
THE state of Montana has no more
problem before it than of
bringing the landless man to this man
less land and by wise counsel and with
conservative financial aid put the new
citizen in the way of prosperity and
permanent happiness. The man who
builds a home anywhere gives a bond
of security for maintaining the insti-
tutions of the country. The state which
wisely directs its efforts toward pro-
yiding progressive home making on the
land insures its own prosperity" :
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-25
COMMISSION ALTERS
WHIT'E:F|oH DECREE
INSTALL METERS
Protest by City Against Pre-
vious Order Leads to
Modification.
Tribune,s Helena Bureau.)

Helena, Oct. 24.-Acting upon rep
reservations made by city officials of
Whitefish at n conference held in Hell
ena in August and upon a letter re-
ceiyed recently from Rock D.. Frederi-
city clerk and attorney of Whitefish,
the Montana public service commission
has modified its previous order requir-
ing the city to install water meters
throughout Whitefish, the installation
to be completed by April 80, 1923.
Under the modification the city of
Whitefish is required to purchase me-
ters in such quantities as necessary
to serve those desiring meters and to
sell the meters to consumers for cash
under a signed agreement that the city
will buy them back by rebating GER
bill.
In his letter to the commission, Mr..
Frederick had pointed out that it
would be impossible for Whitefish to
install the meters as per the commits
sion's order. for the reason that taxes
were already so high in Whitefish that
the council would not submit a ques-
ton of issuing bonds to pay for the
meters and installation. He further set
out that it was impracticable to supply
meters to all consumers because many
houses are not adapted to their in
s~tallation, having no easements and me-
tiers accordingly would freeze and be
destroyed. He added that many con-
sumers occupy rented houses and fire.
quentfy racate without notice.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-25
PRISONER ESCAPES
COUNTY JAIL AFTER
HOLDING UP JA|LER
Tells Keeper He Has Been to
Pen Once and Doesn't In
tend to Go Back.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Harlowton, Oct. 24.-Robert Wan
ing, a prisoner in the Wheatland county
jail, made good his escape Sunday
night after forcing the jailer. at the
point of gun. to unlock the doors of
the Jail. After gaining his liberty
Waning effected the release of another
prisoner named Anderson and the two
then disappeared in the darkness.
Waning, who is a parole convict
from the state penitentiary. had con
structed Il hook from the handle of q
lard pail which he tied to a rope made
of bedding. While the jailer was in
another part of the Jail, the prisoner
is said to have used the hook in OBJ
tanning possession of a .3S Colt re-
volver which was lying in the lever box.
When Noah Perry, the jailer, re
turned Waning ordered him to put
'em up and Perry did so without any
hesitation. The jailer was forced to
open the door and exchange places
with the prisoner. When Waning was
leaving he said: "You have been mighty
nice to me since | have been here,
Perry, but / have been in the pen
once and | don't intend to 60 back
He then appropriated a suit of clothes.
released the other prisoner, and de-
parted.
Later Anderson gave Waning the
slip, returned to Harlowton and gave
the alarm. A posse was organized but
it was unable to locate the convict.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-25
ARREST TWO
IN MYSTERY DEATH
Of FORMERCONVCT
Man Once Held After Death of
Great Falls Girl, Found
Dead in Alley.
Snecial to The Trihnne

Special to The Tribune.
Butte, Oct. 24.-Police are investi-
eating the death of Fred Kelly, coll
ored, found dead in the rear of the
Dixon block on South Main street,
early Sunday morning. Kelly, who
was an ~ex-convict, and a well known
police character, was arrested a few
weeks ago In connection with the
mysterious death of Pinkie Pluckett of
Great Falls, a drug addict who was
found dead In a cabin on South Ari-
zona street.
He admitted having been with the
girl on the night previous and told the
authorities that she took a large quan-
tity of cocaine in his presence. When
found Kelly was only partly clad and
showed signs of having been struck or
fallen. Following the discovery of the
body the police arrested Babe Morgan.
who stated that she was a chamber
maid at the Dixon block, also a jap
anese roomer at the same block. They
are being held for investigation. Both
disclaim any knowledge of how Kelly
came to his death.
Some Of his friends believe that
Kelly was pushed from a window in
the block. The city physician is of
the opinion that Kelly died of pneu-
monia, and that while in a delirium
walked out Of his room and died in
the alley. Coroner Carey has not
yet decided whether he will hold an in
quest.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-25
May Prefer Charge
of Assault Against
Alleged Girl Beaten

Special to The Tribune.
Butte, Oct. 24.-Assault charges may
be filed against Filipo Gilbeto, charged
by Katri Hageman with striking her
over the head and otherwise beating
her when she interfered to protect one
of the girl in her East Park
street rooming house.
According to the story told to the
police. the defendant became enraged
when a young girl refused to accom-
pany him to q dance. He is alleged to
have resorted to physical force in try
ing to make the girl put on her coat.
Her screams attracted the landlady,
who rushed to her assistance, getting
a beating for protecting the girl.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-25
PIONEER MONTANAN,
AGED 85, OBSERVES
BIRTHDAY At HOME
Game to State in 1864; Saw
Early Mining Days and
Indian Wars.
SnaeiaT In The Tribune.

SDeela! to The tribune.
Bozeman. Oct. 24.-Reaching the ad-
vanced age of S5, Archie Macdonald
celebrated the event in a quiet way
Monday at their home or East Menden-
hall street. where he and his wife have
birthday dinner in honor of the event
but did not have any guests, though a
number OF their friends, called during
the day, to extend congratulations to
the aged pioneer of 1864 and to wish
him health during the remainder of his
life.
He was born in the Highlands of
Scotland. and has interesting stories
TO tell of his travels in Europe be-
fore coming to Canada in 1881. lie
went to New York by water and then
to Panama, overland to Old Mexico and
California, where he remained for q
short time before coming to Montana
by way of Portland, Ore, walking q
good part of the way. He arrived in
Alder Gulch in 1864 and spent about
two years mining there and in other
parts of the territory, including Dia-
mond City, Helena. @Hoggem and Ra-
dersburg. purchasing a hotel at the
latter place hat he sold in 1868 to
the county commissioners for a court
house. He then went to New Mexico
and Wyoming, where in 1870 he Joined
the Big Horn expedition to go to the
Black Hills, but the Indian troubles
changed their plans, and the members
Of the expedition came to Montana,
Mr.. Macdonald being the last survivor
of that expedition in Bozeman.
In 1874 he was a member of the
famous Yellowstone expedition from
Bozeman down the Yellowstone against
the Sioux Indians, and he and James
Courley are the only members of that
expedition now living in Bozeman, E. ID.
Ferguson, who was also a member, hav-
ing died a few months ago.