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CHICAGO, March 8—Ten tabor
leaden have been fined from 100 to
*09 dollars each by Federal .fudge
Keaeeaw M. Landis for interfering
wHh Interstate Railway shipments in
frit.
All defendants pleaded guilty.
500,000 SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, March 8—Chief of
Staff General March has officially an
nounced that the United States will
maintain a standing army of five
hundred thousand men until Congress
provides otherwise.
General March states that this coun
try must be prepared for all eventu
alities at least until peace is finally
declared.
Congress may see fit then to reduce
the proposed army establishment to
a lower figure providing the neces
sity for maintaining such a large army
_4oes not exist.
OTTAWA, March S—It has been an
nounced that the Canadian govern
ment has appointed a commiesion to
investigate the feasibility of establish
ing commercial routes from Edmon
ton Alberta to the Yukon gold fields.
The Canadian Commercial Associa
tions have petitioned the Canadian
government to establish if possible an
independent outlet for their products
^tn the Yukon, claiming that although
it would entail a considerable ex
penditure of money, the commercial
gain thru the establishment o? a di
rect all Canadian route would be of
inestimable advantage. An immense
territory would also be opened up for]
new settlers, as the northern country
thru which the route would have to
pasa. has enormous possibilities for
the development of its agriculture,
mining and other resources.
ZURICH, March 8—Dispatches re
ceived here from Hungary state that
a plot to overthrow the present Hun
garian government and restore ex
Emperor Charles to the throne of
Hungary has been discovered barely
in time to prevent its consumation.
Many members of the Hungarian
nobility are reported to have been im
plicated in ibis plot, but the author
ities. being well informed about the
machinations of the cosnpirators nip
ped 'he plot in the bud by arresting
-many i f the leaders, who are *.o be
fried by courtmartial.
The Hungarian nobles have been
reluctant to relinquish their hereto
fore r.iprqtne control over Hungarian
affairs to the common people of their
•country.
AGREE ON GERMAN ARMY
PARIS, March 11—It has been un
officially stated that the Allied Peace
Delegates have finally agreed on the'
terms to be offered Germany, regard-'
lng the military establishment Ger-1
many will be allowed to keep up after
peace has ben declared.
By the terms to be offered, Ger
many will only be allowed a strictly
volunteer army consistnig of not more '
than one hundred thousand men.
Her armament will be limited to
what will be absolutely necessary for
such a force and only a few aircrafts
which can be used for offensive pur
poses will be allowed her.
Her force will thus be only suffi
rient for policing the country and will
make Germany impotent as a future
military power.
A strict check and supervision on
Ui manufacture ot war material will
t>e instituted, and the menace of Ger
man militarism forever destroyed.
GO BACK TO WORK
SEATTLE, March 11—The Seattle
shipyard workers have gone back to
work under the old wage scale, their
strike naving been a failure.
Wot k in the shipyards has been re
sume! and business has become en
tirely normal again.
Ma:i> of the striking shipbuiluers
seeing the hopelessness of the strike
kail left fir other fields. ->.'hile the ma
j.iiify of the worker remaining here
were .op ed to acknowledge defeat.
WILL ALLOW EXEMPTION
WASHINGTON, March, 11—Inter
na! Revenue officials state hat anyone
married during the last, year will be
allowed two thousand dollars exemp
tion on their income tax,.even if mar
ried only part of the year.
MARNE WORKERS STILE IDLE
NEW YORK, March 11—Twenty
thousand longshoremen and seven
thousand Marine workers are still
idle.
The strikers have cancelled their
agreement with he Railroad Admin
istration. accusing the latter of aiding
the employers, who refuse to live hp
to the agreement entered upon by the
strikers and the arbitrators.
Several thousand strikers, who
have already returned to work threat
en to suspend their labor if the em
ployers who refuse to abide by the
decision of the arbitrators are al
lowed to persist in their attempts to
ignore the settlement agreed upon.
ARREST BOLSHEVIKS
NEW YORK. March 13—One hun
dred and fifty persons suspected of
being Bolsheviks have been arrested
here. After a thoro examination of
the supects all but four of them were
released. These four alleged Bolshe
viks are held on a charge of being
implicated in a plot to overthrow the
present American government.
Secret Service officials who have
made the arrests state, that records
have been seized which contain the
names of hundreds of individuals
thruout the United States which are
in sympathy with Bolshevik doctrines.
All these will be arrested and ex
amined by the authorities.
The officials responsible for the
discovery of this extensive plot claim
that it has supporters in .every state
in the Union and that some startling
revelations will l>e made when all
ihose implicated will have been ar
rested and questioned.
Some individuals prominent in the
American Labor movement are re
ported to be implicated by the re
cords found in the possession of the
prisoners held in this city.
WILL PROSECUTE HOARDERS
WASHINGTON, March 13—Attor
ney General Mitchell Palmer has offi
cially announced that the government
wtlll institute court proceedings
against all hoarders of food in this
country.
The Attorney General alleges that
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being Ij^ld and cornered to force
higher prices, since the government
removed the restrlctionse imposed up
on necessary food supplies.
Accofdihg[ to Mr Palmer’s. state
ment meat prices especially have
soared to an unprecedented height
meat .and dairy products being held
by itie grtat packing interests in cold
storage to force the American people
to pay ait exorbitant price for these
necessities. " '
CAPITALISTS USE SAltOTAGE
| WASHINGTON, March 13—Offi
cials of the Department of Labor de
clare that the American capitalists
have virtually gone on strike and that
the big money interests are holding
i back American industries for the pur
I pose o£ forcing down wages.
\ The officials accuse the money pow
: er of being responsible for most of
the strikes which have occurred in
the United States, and that their ac
; tlon in hampering American industry,
declared to be a refined method of
sabotage is entirely responsible for
! the unrest of the laboring classes in
the United States.
REVOLT COLLAPSES
LONDON, March 13—Wireless
' messages received from Germany
| state , that the revolt instituted by
I the radical element n Berlin has col
lapSfed completely.
‘ •’The German government has de
manded the unconditional surrender
of the radical forces. Conditions in
Berlin are slowly becoming normal
the government forces suppressing
all attempts of another rising in the
City, while rioting still continues in
the outlying districts.
BIOTING IN PROVINCES
COPENHAGEN, March 13—Dis
• patches received fioni Germany state
that rioting continues almost un
checked in the German provinces.
The German government is report
ed to be doing its utmost to suppress
the radicals but owing to her small
military force and the extent and pre
valence of the disturbances, the gov
ernment has a herculean task to pre
form.
Owing |o the disturbances occurr
ing in widely separated districts and
the inability of the German govern
ment of having sufficient forces every
where, the task of restoring and
maintaining order is becoming stead
ily more difficult.
I The manufacturing districts are the
propogating ground for the radical
doctrines finding a vent in the recent
disturbances. Unemployment and
food shortage are the most serious
causes for the present revolutionary
sentiment of the German workres.
TRANSPORTS TO LEAVE
NEW YORK, March 13—The tieup
of the transports, which were unable
to proceed owing to the strike of the
local water front workers has ended.
The officials of the strikers have
agreed to supply enough men for
coaling the transports so they can pro
ceed on their trip to Europe to carry
American soldiers back to this coun
try to be semobilized.
HAIG TO RETIRE
LONDON, March 13—It has been
unofficially announced that Field Mar
shal Haig will retire as commander of
the British Army.
General Sir William Robertson, who
since 1915 has been chief of the Brit
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French. Robertson was Knighted by
the King of England in 1915.
EXTRA SESSION
\ WASHINGTON, March 13—Dis
patches received from Mexico state
that President Carranza has called an
extra session of the Mexican Congress j
to consider some extremely important
and pressing legislation.
The Mexican petroleum production
and taxation question will coine up
for consideration and the Mexican
legislators will adopt means to en
force the social and labor articles in
the new Mexican Constitution.
MAY ATTACK BERLIN
LONDON, March 13—Continental
I
advices state that the German radicals
undaunted by the defeat inflicted up
i on them in Berlin are gathering a
j consderable body of adherents to
| their cause and are menacing Berlin
| from the southeast.
Large bodies of well armed radi
cals are reported to be marching upon
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ed to result should'- the loyal troops
and the radicals engage in battle.
The government is making all
necessary preparations to giVe the
radicals an extreme warm reception
should the latter endeavor to attack
Berlin in hopes of capturing the city.
A1,MOST CIVIL. WAR
LONDON, March 13—Dispatches
received here from Duesseldorf, Ger
j many state that the revolt of the rad
' icals has assumed such alarming pro
portions in the latter city, as to as
sume the aspect of civil war. The,
fighting between the government i
forces and radicals is being carried |
on in such a ferocious manner as to
alarm the leaders of both factions!
who have tried to intervene and stop
the s'aughter and destruction of pro
perty.
The rank and file of botl^ parties
are giving little heed to the advice of ^
their leaders, both sides seemingly j
only caring for tlve damage which they j
can inflict upon their opponents.
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MAY STRIKE
BOSTON, March 13—Officials of j
I the local water front unions have in-j
I formed the authorites, that in the j
event of any transports bringing j
troops from overseas, bound for Newi
York, should owing to the strike of
' New York Harbor workers be divert
] ed to Boston to be discharged, ail
! water front employees in the latter
city would go on strike immediately.
The Boston unions have been no
i tified by the New York strikers that
j it is contemplated to divert trans
ports from New York to Boston to as
sist the employers in breaking the
pending strike of the Harbor workers
in New York.
The Boston waterfront employees
agreed to resist every effort of the em
ployees to use them as strike breakers
and to use all legitimate means of as
sisting the strikers in New York to
gain their just demants.
TRY I. W. \V.
WICHITA, Kansas, March 13—
Thirty members of the l. W. W. which
have lately been arrested here for
pernicious political activities, are be
ing tried in the Federal Court ,charg
>d with plotting the overthrow of the
present American government.
Defendants are represented by com
petent attorneys but the evidence
igainst them is so overwhelming that
t conviction Is practically assured.
ARRIVES BREST
BREST, March 13—The transport
Gleorge Washington, carrying Presi
dent Wilson, arrived here safely after
in uneventful Voyage'across the At
lantic.-.. > ,
President Wilson was given a warm
welcome by the citizens of Brest,
leaving after a short stay in the city
for Paris, to resume nis arduous la
bors at the Peace Conference.
TWO CENT POSTAGE
WASHINGTON, March 13—It has
been officially announced by the Pos
tal Department that the 2 cent letter
postage will become effective again
after July first.
RIVETERS STRIKE
SEATTLE, March 14—One thous
and riveters employed in local ship
yards have gone on strike alleging
that the companies discriminated
against some of their members who
were prominent in the late strike,
when applying for reinstatement at
different shipyards.
The riveters also demand the pay
ment of a bonus aboVe thes cale set
by the Macy Adjustment Board last
August.
This strike, unless settled soon will
delay he completion of many ships
now on the ways in the local ship
building yards.
WELL PROTEST
AKRON, Ohio, March 14—T
nent Ohioan Socialists state that the
city of New York will be the cente
of a National Labor demonstration
to protest against the imprisonment
of Eugene Debs.
Socialists thruout the U. S. have
declared their willingness to partici
pate in such a movement. Arran’
ments are reported to be well under
way to hold protest mettings thruout
the United States.
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CLERKS STRIKE
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 14—
Fourteen hundred railway clerks em
ployed on southern railroads have
gone .on a sympathle strike to a«.<.>
the railway clerks, of three southern,
roads in,.,their strike.
The strikers demanded an increase
in their'wages which was peremptor
ily refused by the companies.
The traffic on all southern rail
roads has been completely paralyzed
owing to the action taken by the re
mainder of the railway clerks.
The Federal wage adjustment
board has taken a hand and js inves
tigating the grievances of the striker?
AMERICANS AND JAPS Cl.V.II
VAi.iIlNOTON, March 1 1- -Aleri
can Ambassador Reinsch repo> _ed ti»
the State l)?i artment that adash hn.f
occurred between American soiiiirf!*
and Japanese police at Tien-i’sin
Chit a t
The trouble is being investigated
by American Legation officials.
No mention was made in Ambuss*
dor Rein3Ch's report of the raiding
of the Japanese Consulate at Tien
Tsin which had been reported from
Pekin.
BERLIN, March 11—Several at
tempts made by the radicals to cap
ture Bank institutions establish'.*!
here by Budapest, Hungary financiers
have been defeated by ^oya 1 govern
ment troops.
Heavy guards had been established *
in these buildings and the radicals*
makiijg a surprise attack, unaware or"
the forces assembled there, were
easily dispersed. the goverumeaf
forces sustaining only slight losses^
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