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THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS JF THE SOUTH
What Is Taklno Place In The South-
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Brief Paragraph
Foreign
Fighting has broken out everywhere
in Montengero and the whole country
is in a state of revolution.
The Serbians are using strong
measures to suppress the uprising in
Montenegro.
Latest reports show that the Mon
tenegrins have cut the railway be
tween Virpazar and AntivaVi, on the
coast.
Great demonstrations of welcome
and loyalty marked the last day of
the present visit of the prince of
Wales to Toronto. The reception giv
en the royal visitor at the grounds
of the Canadian national exhibition
and in the 24-mile triumphal drive
through the streets was unparalleled
i nthe history of the city.
An American aviation squadron is
heine formed in Paris on the line of
the LaFayette eecadrille to. fight with,
the Poles against ttte Bolsheviki.
Occupation of Odessa, the chief
Russian port on the Black sea, by al
lied forces, is admitted in a Bolche
vik. dispatch from Moscow.
The Bolsheviki forces are very suc
cessful in northwestern Russia, ac
cording to dispatches from the region
of Pskov.
London confirms the news that the
allied tropos have occupie dthe sea
port, of Odessa, Russia.
Further assistance for the people of
north Russia against the Bolsheviki is
asked in a cablegram sent to Presi
dent Wilson by representative sof the
people of the Archangel region, Rus
sia. It is set forth that the formu
lators of the message were elected
"by the entire population of the re
gion," and represented democracy,
and were holding meetings regularly.
There is grtat industrial unrest
throughout Japan, accompanied by
strikes, and there has been a phe
nomenal increase in wages, accord
ing to a report reaching Washington
from Tokio, capital of Japan.
-Washington
Farmers of the country are advised
by the department of agriculture to
maintain grain and live stock pro
duction, as all available information
now indicates that : there will be a
continued demand for these products.
While the exact world food condi
tions for 1920 cannot be forecast with
any accuracy at this time, the depart
ment of agriculture says it is con
sidered a wise policy "to maintain nor
mal acreages of fall wheat and rye on
middle west lands.
Russian Soviet interests apparently
are supplying funds for a proaganda
to stir up race antagonism in the
United States. Newspapers are al
leged to be springing up over the coun
try to sow discord among the Ne
groes. r
Thefifth and sixtieth United States
infantry regiments, which are now in
the United States, have been ordered
to Siiesia. They will go direct to
Coblenz to be equipped before pro
ceeding across Germany. v
Postponement of the settlement of
wage demands until normal economic
conditions are restored is announced
by President Wilson as the policy the
administration will pursue in dealing
with such questions, particularly those
affecting railroad workers.
To prevent an influx of aliens intn
this country after peace is declared,
President Wilson, in a message to con-
j gress, asks that the passport law in
effect during the war be continued in
operation for one year after the proc
lamation of peace.
In approving the report submitted
to him by Maj. Gen. Francis J. Ker
nan, head of the special war depart-
ment board of courtsmartialand their
procedure, Secretary Baker takes the
official stand that the present sys
tem shpuld not be changed except in
minor details.
The highest Mexican government of
ficials are making a close study of
the principal points at issue between
the Mexican and American govern
ment with the view of reaching ar
rangements satisfactory to the United
States without impairment of Mexican
national interests and Mexican sov
ereignty. Unless something is done to remove
the fear and prejudice with which
they are now regarded, even by the
bourgeoisie, there is little chance for
the ultimate success of Admiral JS.61
chak and General Denikine against the
Russian Bolsheviki, says Dr. Camil
Martin v. who has ben in Russia four
years. ""
Abolition of the submarine as an
instrument of warfare does not seem
probable to American naval officers
-who have given careful study to the
arguments, put forth before allied na
val commissions investigating the sub
ject. With the approval of President Wil
son, Acting Secretary, of the . Navy
Roosevelt sent to Secretary Glass for
transmission to congress estimates for
additional naval appropriations total
ing $18,600,000 to "permit of experi
- tiously placing and maintaining in a
proper state of repair all of the fight-
ahixm at the fleet." ,
T.tA cablegrams from Ambassador I
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Morris, United states amoaauui w
Japan, made a strong plea, for imme
diate recognition of the Kolchak Rus
sian government by the United States.
Only two men of the thousands of
the American expeditionary force who
went into battle against the Germans
remain unaccounted for, according to
a casualty list issued by the war de
partment. - ...
Legislation under which the war
department could expend eight mil
lion dollars from funds already ap
propriated for the purchase of camp
sites and the completion of the con
struction now under way at the camps
was recommended to congress by Sec
retary Baker.
Recent arrests in New York for
violation of the prohibition law will
be followed immediately by "clean
ups" in other cities. This is announc
ed by Attorney General Palmer. He
declares that liquor dealers who had
thought that the law enforcement ac
tivities of the department of justice
had been laid aside for the high cost
of living investigation would be shown
that they were mistaken.
Resignation of Dr. Paul S. Reinsch
as American minister to China was
red at the white house. Offi
cials said he had asked to be relievde
because of ill health and a desire to
return to private work.
In recognition of Gen. John J. Jer
shing's services in the war, the house
has passed a bill authorizing the pres
ident to confer on him the permanent
rank of general. The measure has
gone to the senate.
Industrial peace in the United
Statesvdepends on the results the gov
ernment can show in the next ninety
days in its campaign to reduce the
cost of living. The time limit was
tacitly set by the executive council
of the railroad shop crafts in suggest
ing to union locals throughout the
country that President Wilson's offer
in response to their demands for high
er wages should be accepted pending
the outcome of the effort to restore a
normal price level.
In warning Turkey that massacres
of Armenians must stop, Rear Ad
miral Mark Bristol, commander of
the United States naval force in Tur
kish waters, was acting under instruc
tions from the state department This
Is announced officially.
Domestic
Lieut John K. MacRae and Private
Robert A. Brook were instantly kill
ed at Souther FielcTat Americus when
the airplane in which they were tak
ing a practice spin collided with an
other ship piloted by Lieut Wilfred
B. Warde, at an altitude of between
00 and 1,000 feet.
President Wilson will tour the coun
try to give an account of the nego
tiations of the treaty of Versailles, it
is announced by Secretary Tumulty.
The trip will occupy twenty-five days.
Campaign badges will be issued to
officers and enlisted men of. the or
ganized militia who have the requi
site service, the war department announces.
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1 1 a -O'Afeli X
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1 Mexican armed train filled with troops In the mountain section where the American expedition pur
sued the bandits. 2 Scene at Roosevelt field, Mineola, just before the start of 40 airplanes in a race to Toronto
and back. 3 Mr. Roberts,' who is noSi food controller of Great Britain.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
President About to Start on His
Trip to Tell People About
the Peace Treaty.
LIVING COST IS INVOLVED
Opponents of Pact Propose Many
Amendments to Keep America
From "Foreign Entanglements0
Montenegro Revolts
Against Serbian Rule
Palmer Predicts
Lower Prices.
More than thirty persons in a Chi
cago lunchroom were poisoned by
drinking cofee, and it is said that sev
eral of them are in a serious condi
tion. The former Count Johann Wilhelm
von Loewenel Brandenburg Hohen
zollern, 49 years old, a resident of
Detroit, since 1911, and a nephew of
former Emperor William, is now Mr.
Vaughan Lionell. Mr. Lionell has his
first naturalization papers, and says
he is through with European rela
tives. He came to this country in
1893 to look after some business af
fairs for Emperor William. He came
again eight years ago and decided to
stay.
Governors of seven states have is
sued a call for a meeting in New Or
leans September 8 and 9 to fix a
minimum price on cotton, it is an
nounced in Dallas, Texas, by Maj.
Robert C. Lowry, secretary of the
Texas division of the American Cot
ton Association.
Increases ranging from 50 to 150
per cent in the monthly compensation
paid under the war risk insurance act
to disabled soldiers and sailors, are
provided by a. bill recommended for
passage by the house interstate com
merce committee.
Bound for the North pole, Roald
Amundsen, Norwegian discoverer of
the South pole, is at present drifting
in his ice-locked schoner, the Mautl,
somewhere north of western Siberia,
according to beliefs held by the Se
attle, Washington, vice-consulate and
Vilhamur Stefannson, Canadian Arc
tic explorer.
Three hundred American cavalry
troops made their way back to the
Rio Grande, through a driving rain
storm, after anlrmsuccessful cam
paign begun to .overtake the bandits
who captured and held for ransom
Lieuts. Harold G. Peterson and Paul
H. Davis. Contact with Carranza sol
diers on the trail of the bandits and
a heavy tain which wiped out the
fresh trails resulted in decision tq
abandon the chase. The Mexican fed
erals were encountered bv a scout na
rtol and after a conference army of
ficers decided to abandon the pursuit
Although Andrew Carnegie, steel
magnate and philanthropist, declared
during his life-time that he expected
to give away his huge fortune and
"die a tauDer." his estata tn ho Ha.
posed of in a will which will be filed
for probate, was several times $5,-
Four Mexican bandits were killed
Dy American troops in Mexica, Cap
tain Leonard Matlaolr urVin a a u
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airplane, reported. They were sur
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xuuxiueu m;an aaooe blockhouse that
mo MBiicaiis naa constructed in m
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
"Being satisfied that economic condi
tions the world over absolutely depend
on the ratification of the peace treaty,
and decidedly disturbed by the violent
assaults on that pact in the senate
committee on foreign relations,-President
Wilson determined that his speak
ing tour of the country could not be
much longer postponed. lie announced
that he would start on Wednesday,
September 3, and would visit about 56
of the principal cities, being absent
from Washington about 25 days. At
San Francisco he will review the Pa
cific fleet. It was said in Washington
that the president considered the trip
of greater importance than any func
tion arranged for the reception of
General Pershing, who is about to
come home, -
The peace treaty is by no means the
only subject on which Mr. Wilson will
address the people. He is much exer-
cised by the labor situation, especially
as It applies to the railroads, and will
take the opportunity to try to impress
on the workers the wisdom of avoiding
strikes in order to all ay unrest and
restore normal conditions and thus
help bring down the cost of living.
Some half a dozen of the most stub
born opponents of the ipeace treaty in
the senate also will leave Washington
during the week to appeal to the coun
try to uphold them in the position they
have taken. Among them will be Sen
ators Johnson, Poindexter, Borah and
Reed. They are not going to trail the
president, but will expend their ef
forts mainly in states whose senators
are classed among the mild reserva
tionists. ' These senators, they hope,
can be forced to join the group of ex
tremists: The latter are now openly
trying to defeat not only the League
of Nation's covenant but the main
body of the treaty. With this end in
view the foreign relations committee,
which they control, has adopted a
series of amendments to the treaty of
fered by Senator Fall. These not only
would restore Shantung directly to
China, but would exclude the United
Stated from all the interallied com
missions set up by the pact except
that on reparations. Lodge and his
followers hold that the treaty, even If
drastically amended, would leave the
United States liable to become em
broiled in the controversies of Europe
and Asia. I
This action of the committee was
bitterly assailed in the senate by Dem
ocrats and by Republicans of the "mild
reservation" group, and it was pre
dicted that the amendments would not
be accepted by the senate. Senator
McCumber j especially attacked the
Shantung amendment, declaring it was
the greatest blow that could be struck
at the real ! Interests of China. Sena
tor Borah replied that the "Shantung
settlement was indefensible from the
standpoint of international morals
and common decency.
In this connection the fact that Dr.
Paul Reinsch, our minister to China,
has just resigned is significant. It is
understood in Washington that he
found his position in Peking untenable
on account; of the approval of the
Shantung settlement by the American
peace delegates, since, according to the
general belief, he had a good deal to
do with persuading China to enter the
war on promises of American support.
Another related story ' came from
Washington to. the effect that the
! Shantung affair has caused a breach
between the president and Colonel
House. It is said Mr. Wilson took the
advice of House in the matter, reject
; Ing that of the other members of the
j American delegation, ' and that now the
Texan is in disfavor and is resting In
London preparatory to coming home.
Naturally, those close to the president
denied the tale, saying House was In
London helping the British officials in
the organization of the League of Na
tions. i
The near East does not surrender its
Supremacy among trouble-making re
gions. The Turks continue to mas
sacre the Armenians; the Bulgarians
and Greeks are at swords' points over
Thrace ; the Jugo-Slavs and Italians
rje getting ready to fight over the pos
session of Fhime, and now the whole
of Montenegro has broken out in re
volt against the rule of the Serbians.
the latter are using strong measures
tof suppress the revolt, but the na
tional spirit of the Montenegrins has
reawakened and fighting is general
throughout the country. Just how the
forced inclusion of Montenegro in the
new state of Jugo-Slavia, against Its
will, Is squared with the principle of
sHf-determination never has been ex
plained to the world.
Rear Admiral Bristol, commander of
the American naval forces in Turkey,
warned the Porte not long ago that
the massacres of Armenians' must
cease. This action aroused some criti
cism In the supreme peace council, be
cause' the United States has not yet
accepted the mandate over any parts
of the Turkish empire; but the vexa
tion of the French and British was al
layed when . Mr. Polk explained that
the warning, though it came from
President Wilson, was unofficial and
was transmitted in an informal way by
Admiral Bristol. The British troops
are being withdrawn from Armenia
and It is predicted that unless the
country is strongly policed by foreign
troops several hundred thousands of
Armenians will either starve or be
slaughtered by the Turks, -Kurds, Tar
tars and Georgians. Even now these
peoples are greatly hindering the work
of the American relief commission.
j A new government in Hungary has
not yet been . formed, and though
Archduke Joseph was forced to relin
quish his control, his premier, Fried
rich, asserts he Is still favored by a
majority of the people and will retain
the leadership
; In Upper Silesia conditions are re
ported much improved. Most of the
miners have resumed work and the
fighting between the Poles and Ger
mans has grown less. The Fifth and
iFlftieth regiments of American infan-
!trv nnw In tht TTnll-cwT Stntoo have
Ibeen ordered to Silesia to heln in no
ticing that country during the pleb
iscite provided for by the peace treaty.
; resolution protesting against this
was Introduced in congress by Wood
of Indiana, who said the work should
ie done by European troops,
j- Russian bolshevists last week claim
ed two considerable victories the can-
Jure of Pskov, -southwest of Petrograd,
nd of Kamishin, on the Volga.. Gen
eral Denikine, the anti-bolshevik
ader in southern Russia, who occu
pied Odessa, reported steady progress
ipto the central part of the country,
and the Kolchak forces denied that
they had evacuated Omsk. Represen
tatives of the people of north Russia,
assembled at Archangel, have sent to
'President Wilson a cable urging that
the allied armed support be not with
drawn lest they fall prey to the bol
.shevikl. However, the president has
"said that the "American troops would
brought home as soon as possible.
Tho
I "- wmcicutc una uetui .trying
t to; devise means to nrotect thp north
Russians, but has not arrived at any
; definite plan.
y; After killing several bandits, includ
; ing, according to report, the leader of
the gang that kidnaped the American
aviators, the American expedition into
Mexico retraced its steps. At first it
was said this was because the "hot
trail" had been obliterated by rains,
but afterward It was admitted that the
expedition had encountered Mexican
troops and withdrew in order to avoid
aclash. If anything of solid benefit
was accomplished it is not yet apparent.
General applause was accorded
President Wilson's action in refusing
to grant to the railway shopmen more
than a slight increase of wrages, and
his statement explaining his course
and appealing. to the men, and to all
workers, to stop striking and get to
work to Increase production and there
by help reduce the cost of living. He
declared it vital to public welfare that
demands for higher wages, "unwisely
made and passionately insisted on,"
should cease, and that there should be
a truce in industrial disputes until in
telligent settlements can be made. In
this he was supported by Warren S.
Stone, chief of the engineers, whose
statement implied that the shopmen, if
they insisted on striking, would not be
helped by the four great railway broth
erhoods. The leaders of the shopmen
rejected the settlement offered j by
President Wilson and ordered that the
locals take a vote on the question.
In his statement Mr. Wilson called
the present a "temporary situation
which-will last, In all probability, only
for a limited time," and in so far as
the cost of the necessaries of life is
concerned Attorney General Palmer
agrees with him. Mr. Palmer believes
the price of almost every necessity will
be lower next year than this, and that
persons who buy clothing and other
articles now for next year will be
fooled and are only helping' to keep
prices high. Reduction will be
brought about, he thinks, by the activ
ities of the government against prof
iteers and hoarders, the operation of
fair price committees, and especially
by Increased production. He sees in
the arguments that induce people to
buy now an organized propaganda pro
moted by greedy dealers.
The department of justice an
nounced it was meeting with success
in obtaining from shoe manufacturers
a promise to fix maximum prices on
shoes, and that in the matter of food
stuffs reports indicated a slight down
ward tendency, not yet sufficient to be
reflected in the retail market. In the
great food centers, however, there
were considerable declines in prices,
which perhaps were to be attributed
in part to the expressed intention of
the war department to open retail
shops in a number of cities. These
markets not only will dispose of the
army's surplus stores, but will be kept
open for an indefinite time for the sale
direct to the people of supplies which
the war department will purchase at
wholesale, according to the present
plan. This, of course, aroused the op
position of the retail dealers, who as
sert that no government agency is au
thorized by law to conduct such a busi
The railroads of the , Pacific coast
were tied up for a number of days by
a strike and the officials of the unions
had ordered the men to return to work
under penalty of suspension. They
were warned by Director General
Hines that the government would take
ovei the operation of the lines if they
d'd not at once resume their positions,
and that anyone who interfered with
the use of railroad property would be
dealt with for having committed an
offense against the-United States.
The committee of the steel and iron
workers, which was given power to4
call a strike unles concessions were
granted by the United States Steel
corporatiou.V was twice refused an
audience by Elbert H. Gary, chairman
of the executive committee of the cor
poration, being told to put its demands
in writing. Samuel Gompers, who had
just returned from' Europe, at once
took a hand in this serious affair and
it was announced that the executive
committee of the American Federation
of' Labor would consider Mr. Gary's
attitude and make recommendations
to the committee of steel men on the
advisability of calling a strike.
Any idea that Uncle, Sam, did not In
tend to enforce the emergency prohi
bition law was dispelled by numerous
raids on liquor dealers in Chicago,
New York and elsewhere. It was a
notorious fact that intoxicating drinks
could be bought in many of the larger
cities, at least, and the saloonkeepers
had grown carelessly brazen. They
were brought to their senses by arrests
and Indictments, and gentlemen ' of
bibulous propensities were - again
forced to draw on their private stocks.
THE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT Bit
Correspondence Apparently d-
Another Impasse with r 95 "
on Formgn Relations.
Washington -n. .
foitign realtions c-r.mitL , of
drafts nf ' lee
drafts of the pronn,,-i ' l0r Iat-"st
Germany's al!iPS ho, " dl!es mkh
President Wilson Z 1.' M,,s'' br
compliance would set a precedl!
couraging senatorial encroach
the presidential pow.-v ,f jX
tiations. UtynegD.
In an exchange of letter v. .
son wrote that it was -m,t K
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-v.., LU . J -
tee's suggestion, and Chains
replied that although ti.
closely connected with the treaty 2l
Germany t e president, undoubted
had authority to keen ? .
ciuuut in cm iiuin trie senat0
The correspondenre a
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rmipnt nnrwtVior t...
0 v..i ""ira.t , "eiweei; the
presiaeni ana tne committee on the
mueu-ueoaiea suDject of what ifn.
TJiation thft spnatnrs cli,-.,i l.-
, .JU1U Ilave
their consideration of the treaty with
uermany. Mr. Lodge and ntw.
xiu.iv uv,viui tuiuiimiCT Could DCt
act intelligently until all of the Yer.
sailles treaties were before it, but a
the white house conference. Mr. Wil
son told the committee that the form
to be taken by the four treaties under
negotiations depended largely on the
senate's action regarding the instru
ment now before it.
POLISH ARMY CAPTURES
TOWN AND 500 PRISONERS-
London. The Poles have captured
tte fortified town of Bobrusisk; S3"
miles southeast of Minsk, according to
an announcement hv the Polish any
The Poles took 500 prisoners.
.The Poles used tanks for the first
time. The enemy, retreated to the
eastern bank of the Beresma river,
destroying the bridges.
PACIFIC FLEET RESTING
IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY"
San Francisco San Francisco i!
under naval law and will remain so for
a week. The new Pacific fleet enter
ed San Francisco bay, passed in re
view before Secretary of the Navr
Daniels and took possession of the
city. San Francisco hoisted every
available flag and said "the city is
xrnnrs "
The arrival of the fleet was greeted
hv hundreds of tusands of nersons.
Early in the day they sought the van
tage points of beach and nil!
waited for the armada.
iMnvii l c CTII I HFAVILY
PATROLLED BY GUARDSMEN
Although still
1V11UA lliVy, 1 vuu. :
ational guana-
ucai j ,
men and special officers following t
race riots in which two men J
killed and 16 sent to hospitals
Wounds, Knoxville was peaceful, i"
i mn-r,AaA ;n the main battle
ui (.uvjoc nuuiiuuu ,
n mrnnntarl f A survive the UP1
3rtr foto ?niK?pd the arrest
prisoners to escape when the jai
attacked. Other arrest on this chart
j xi i :nt;r. ot-q nrnmisefl.
clUU LliclL Ul IlULIiife o-i i--
FRAZIER IS NOMINATED BY
NEW PARTY FOR PRESIDE" '
Fargo, N. D.-The North J
workers' noh-partisan political am
was organized in Fargo.
Resolutions adopted pledged
port to the non-partisan league
recommended the national paJ:azier.
nomination of Gov. Lynn J. '
of North Dakota, as the part.
date for president of the
States.
SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF E
$15,000,000 GRAFT
c sub'0"3'
Washington The house
mittee investigating rdnanL,e pUbUc
ditures during the war nw t
testimony taken in its nea
ing that the government sn
o T7rt TVlaware, un-. hjJ
when the armistice was
cost the government to
000 although the estim
date
ated cost
the cos
$1,250.1
the contract was let on
basis was placed at from
$1,500,000.
PERSHING TO LEAD PAR'
OF THE FIRST D'
Waahington.-eneral ?eVfi
head the parades in it
Washington of tlje First
was formally announced 6
James W. McAndrew, lor
staff of the American
farces, detailed by Sr
and General March,
Qwarttn military matter3
tion with tne wv
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the American
.