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INSISTED THAT GERMANS DO REPARATION WORK IN FRANCE
COMMANDER OF AMERICAN FORCES
SIGNALLY HONORED BY GREAT BRITAIN
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LONDON, July 18 (by Associated Press).—A gold- jiji
iji: mounted sword of honor was presented to General Per- $!
ijij shing at the Guildhall today. The weapon shows the g
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jjji of London and General Pershing’s monogram in dia- i-i;
jiji monds and rubies. The American and British flags are ijij
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BERLIN, July 18 (by Associated Press).—Count Michael
Karolyi, former president of the Hungarian republic, has ar
rived in Italy, and expects to go to the United States, according
to a Vienna dispatch.
Wants United States to Handle Matter
BUDAPEST, July 18 (by Associated Press).—Count
Karolyi on July 1 told an Associated Press correspondent that
the United States ought to have the role of righting things in
Hungary. He said that Central Europe had gone to the dogs
since the blockade, and that other sections would go communist
too. It was, he said, no longer a question of Bolsheviki or non
Bolsheviki for the central empires, but a question of standing
or falling together.
Chaotic Conditions in Hungary
PARIS, July 18 (by Associated Press).—Dispatches from
Budapest indicate that there is general demoralization in the
Communist army on account of a hasty increase hi the loyal
army from 60,000 to 125,000 men. Peasants are obstructing
shipments of food to the capital, which is reaching a state of
desperation.
Dangerous to Smaller Nations
Le Journel today says the allied supreme council yester
day considered allied intervention in Hungary, where military
action seems imperative to end a situation which is dangerous
to Rumania and Poland.
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS ARE
BEING RESUMED WITH GERMANY
BY BOTH ALLIES AND NEUTRALS
BERLIN, July 18 (by Associated Press).—It is reported
that the allied representatives have informed the German dele
gates at Versailles that Germany must be prepared to introduce
measures for compulsory work if necessary promptly to exe
cute reparation work in France.
South American Wheat for Germany
The first cargo of Argentine wheat for Germany has ar
rived at Emden. Sixty thousand tons are on the wav and
eighty thousand tons are loading in South America.
The government has appropriated 100,000,000 marks for
the purchase of American hides to overcome the shortage of
footwear.
Parcel Post to Germany Resumed
WASHINGTON, July 18 (by Associated Press).—The pre
war rate of 12 cents per pound for parcel post packages to Ger
many has been re-established, with a weight limit of eleven
pounds. The exchange of money orders will not be resumed
pending negotiation of a new treaty, on account of the decline
in the value of the German mark.
Delivery of German Ships
BERLIN, July 18 (by Associated Press).—Three hundred
vessels claiming Hamburg as their home port have been deliv
ered to the allies under the terms of the peace treaty.
Resuming Relations with Former Enemies
VERSAILLES, July 18 (by Associated Press).—It is
semi-officially announced that Baron Von Lersner, head of the
German mission here, has been appointed charge d’affaires of
Germany in France, as the first step by Germany in the re
sumption of diplomatic relations with her former enemies.
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SENATOR NEW INTRODUCES MEASURE
FOR LARGER RAILWAY APPROPRIATION
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WASHINGTON, July 18 (by Associated Press).—Presi
dent \\ ilson continued today his conferences with Republican
senators on the peace treaty, meeting Senators Kenyon of Iowa
end Kellogg of Minnesota. He had engagements also with Sen
ators Capper of Kansas and McNary of Oregon.
Senator Capper, after his conference with the President,
said the latter was still insistent that the peace treaty and the
covenant of the League of Nations be ratified without reserva
tions. He said President Wilson felt that the senate reserva
tions would be misinterpreted abroad, and would set a prece
dent for other nations. If all the nations adopted their own res
ervations and their own interpretations the meaning and pur
pose of the league would be destroyed, he contended.
TACOMA, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—The Tacoma smelter has
granted wage increases of 50 cents per
^ day for common labor, which is now
60 cents an hour.
Under the new scale mechanics are
receiving higher pay than at any time
during the war. A thousand men are
affected.
BODIES OF MEXICANS
FOUND BY AMERICANS
WASHINGTON, July 18 (by Asso
ciated Press).—American troops have
crossed the Mexican border twelve
times during the last six months to
repulse raids. On various occasions
they have found the bodies of Mexi
cans, some in Carranza uniforms.
Robert McClem and Willis D.
Ritchie, recent arrivals from the
States, left today for Cape St. Elias,
where they will be in charge of the
lighthouse. They were accompanied
by Lee Harvold and James Burns. \
OF LONG RANGE
PARIS, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—Chief Engineer of the Navy
Department Bourgeoise told a com
mittee of the chamber of deputies to
day that at the time the armistice
was signed he had a cannon with a
range of one hundred miles ready for
action.
COAL FROM CHINA FOR
CANNERIES OF ALASKA
SEATTLE, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—The motorship W. S. Bur
rows, with a cargo of Chinese coal for
the Bristol Bay canneries, Alaska, left
Nagasaki, Japan, on June 23.
frenchsenaYe OPPOSES
FRANCHISE FOR WOMEN
PARIS, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—The senate electoral commit
tee has reported unfavorably a bill
passed by the chamber of deputies,
giving the franchise to women.
SUNDRY CIVIL
BILL AGAIN UP
10 PRES
WASHINGTON, July 18 (by Asso
ciated Press).—After rejecting an
amendment to the sundry civil appro
priation bill designed to end the en
forcement of the trading-with-the
enemy act, the senate passed the bill
and it now goes to the Preident.
Include Objectionable Feature
WASHINGTON, July 18 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Republican mem
bers of the house committee on agri
culture, over objections by the Demo
cratic members, have included the
rider in the agricultural appropriation
bill repealing the “daylight-saving”
law, which was the caufee of the veto
of the bill by the President.
ALASKA SAILS
BUI FEW ARE
COMING HERE
SEATTLE, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Alaska sailed
for Alaska ports at 5 o’clock last even
ing with 175 passengers, among whom
were the following for Cordova:
K. M. Maulcole, N. Green, Mark L.
Potter, Ima Maulcole, Miss E. Bunce,
Mrs. J. B. Carlyle, W. S. Neiolsin, O.
L. Berg, Mrs. Dan Greenig and naby,
Verla, Valdez, Lina and Mildred
Greenig, and two steerage.
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TO CONSTRUCT
ORPHANAGEAT
BRISTOL BAY
SEATTLE, July 18 (by Associated'
Press).—The power schooner Ruby, j
sailing next week, will carry material
for the construction of an orphanage
at Choggiung, Bristol Bay, Alaska,
where the government will care for
two hundred children who were made
orphans by the influenza scourge.
The building will be 5S feet long,
36 feet wide and two and one-half
stories in height. Carpenters are go
ing north on the Ruby.
ALL BUILDING
AT STANDSTILL
DUE TO STRIKE
CHICAGO, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—One hundred thousand mem
bers of the building trades are idle as
the result of a general lockout follow
ing the refusal of strikers to return
to work this morning.
Building operations in the city are
at a standstill.
HUNS REFUSE TO ABOLISH
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
WEIMAR, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—The national assembly yes
terday rejected a motion to abolish
capital punishment.
STEEL INDUSTRY OF BELGIUM TO
MERGED IN POWERFUL GROUP
BRUSSELS, July 18 (by Associated Press).—Out of the
ruins of Belgium’s steel industry is to spring one of the great
est steel combinations in the world. Twelve of the most power
ful corporations have decided to pool their interests in one un
dertaking, following the American plan of mergers.
CHILDREN FEDI
BY AMERICANS
PARIS, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—The American relief adminis
tration is now feeding four million
children in Europe, and supplies are
available for several months.
It is believed that this work will be
continued as a private charity, under
American direction, after the Ameri
can food administration’s work in
Europe is concluded.
AUSTRIANS SOON TO BE
GIVEN PEACE TREATY
PARIS, July 18 (by Associated
Press).—The completed Austrian
peace treaty will be ready for delivery
soon, it was announced today.
ALASKAMININGSTOCKS
NEW YORK, July 18.—Alaska Gold, ;
3%; Alaska Juneau, 2%. c
SERIOUSLY ILL.
SAYS A REPORT
BERLIN, July IS (by Associated
Press).—The Pan-German Deutsche
Zeitung, which stands close to former
royal circles, takes a serious view of
the illness of the former kaiser, call
ing it deep melancholy.
This newspaper states that William
rarely leaves his apartment and spends
many hours in prayer. He wants to
talk always on religious subjects, and
is highly nervous.
The Zeitung also says that the for
mer empress may be compelled to re
:urn to Germany for treatment for her
)ld ailment, heart trouble.
Holland and Extradition
PARIS, July 18 (by Associatd
Press).—The Nord Deutsche Allge
neine Zeitung of Berlin says it under
stands that Holland has consented to
he extradition of the former kaiser.
WASHINGTON, July 18 (by Associ
ited Press).—The United States cable
ensorship will terminate July 23.