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THREAT FALLS DAILY T RIBUNE
= TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. GRE AT FALLS, MONTANA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1919. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
Divine Light Asked for Wilson by Pope
U. S. $150,000,000 in Hole on Railways
iWILSON ON IY
110 ROME AFTER
i NEW YEAR REST
| Played Golf, Received
Poincares and Confer
red With House.
innmntblts
EXPECTED Fill IMP
Rome, Jan. I.—(By the Associ
ated 'Press).—Preparations for the
reception of President Wilson in
Rome are being carried out actively
night and day. The Via Najionale is
beflagged its hole length from the
railroad station to the Quirinal
bunting flying from flagstaffs sur
moutned by gilt images of "Victory." j
At the capital, here the president
will be received by the municipality,
which will confer on him the title of
"Citizen of Rome," the ceremony
will be particularly elaborate. The
spacious halls of the capital are be- j
ing hung with priceless ancient ta- j
pestries 2nd decorated with flow
ers and plants.
In the square at the station where
the president will arrive the flag
staffs bear shields with the arms of
redeemed Italian towns upon them,
including those of Fiume and
Spaiato.
Wilsons Quit Paris
For Journey to Rome
Paris, Jan. 1.—President Wilson to- [
ni ght is en route to Home, where he will j
be the guest, of King Victor Emmanuel, i
During his stay in the Italian capital, he
y will visit the pope and also the Metho- j
i dist college and will continue his confer
ence with the king. Premier Orlando ;
and Baron Honnino, the foreign minis- ■
t»r. Important results are expected
from this visit, which will be the last to
the allied countries before the beginning
of the peace conference.
Immediately after breakfast, this
morning, the president went with Mrs.
Wilson' and Rear Admiral Oary T. Gray-*
* son. liis personal physician to the beauti
ful St. Cloud course under gray, but rain
less. clouds, and played golf for an hour.
There was a quiet family Xew Year's
dinner at, the Murat mansion. No busi
ness put before the president. His
only departure from the injunction of
Admiral Grayson to devote the day to
complete relaxation and repose came in
J the afternoon, when he received a Xew
Year's call from President and Madame
Poineare and later visited Colonel I). M.
House, with whom he had a conference.
Linked With London Talks
The conference in Rome with the Ital
ian statesman will, in a sense, be a con
tinuation of those held here when King
Victor Kmmanuel visited P.-iris and the
president also talked with Premier Or
lando and Foreign Minister Sonnino. The
| results of President Wilson's conferences
with the British premier. David Lloyd
George and Foreign Minister Balfour,
which have not yet been fully disclosed,
probably will have an important relation
to 'he continuation of the conferences
with the Italian leaders.
j The working machinery of the Ameri
t can commission has been thoroly organ
ised during the president's absence in
England and everything is virtually
ready to begin business when he returns
front Italy. There appears no reason for
altering the forecast", made four weeks
ago. that President Wilson intends to be
back in Washington before the closing of
the American congress on March -1, or
that if necessary, lie will return to
France early in the spring to continue
hio work.
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Prince of Wales
Pledged to Visit
the United States
London, Jan. I.—It is understood
that King George and Queen Mary
| assured President Wilson that the
prince of Wales will visit the United
States during his coming trip thru
the British dominions, according to
a Paris dispatch to the Mail.
\ $1,500,006 Damage Done
to the Ex-Kaiser's Palace
During Recent Berlin Riots
Berlin, Jan. 1. — (By ljo Associated
» Press). —The damage to I the imperial
▼ palace in Berlin during the recent ex
cesses, by theft or vandalism, is esti
mated to exceed .$1,500,000.
Five hundred persons implicated in
the plundering, which is said to have
been going on for six weeks, have been
fe apprehended and much of the stolen
property recovered.
Tiif former emperor's warden sue
H ceeded in getting the bulk of the imperial
V art treasures to a place of safety after
POPE PRAYS GOD
TO SHED SPECIAL
LI GHT ON WI LSON
Pontiff Hopes Peace Conference May Establish
League of Nations, Abolish Conscription, Re
duce Armaments, Set Up World Tribunals.
Rome, Jan. 1.—In a New Year's message to America
given to the Associated Press, Pope Benedict expressed the
hope that the peace conference might result in a new world
order, with a league of nations, the abolition of conscrip
tion and the establishment of tribunals to adjust interna
tional disputes. The message reads:
"On the eve of the new year, in which humanity is at
last to enjoy the blessings of peace, we are glad to send
cordial greetings to the American people as the champions
of those same principles which have been proclaimed by
both President Wilson and the Holy See, insuring for the
world justice, peace and christian love.
"In this solemn moment, when a new era in the history
of the world is about to begin, we pray that the Almighty
may shed His light upon the delegates who ajre meeting m
Paris to settle the fate of mankind, and especially upon
President Wilson as the head of the noble nation which has
written such glorieus pages in the annals of human progress.
"May the conference be of such a nature as to remove
any resentment, abolish forever wars among .brothers, es
tablish harmony and concord and promote useful labor. Out
of the peace conference may there be born the league of
nations which, by abolishing conscription, will reduce arma
ments; which, by establishing international tribunals, will
eliminate or settle disputeswhich, placing peace upon a
foundation of solid rock, will guarantee to everyone inde
oendence and equality of rights.
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WHEN won SLUR
1ailson and senate
Crowd Rushes Suffragettes
Burning New Year Watch
Fires; Several Arrests.
Washington, Jan. 1.—Riotous scenes
I were enacted, tonight, in front of the
j white house, when soldiers, sailors and ,
' citizens undertook to end a "watch fire
: demonstration started in LaFayette park
• bv "sentinels" of the National Woman's
! party, as a protest against the failure of
! the senate to pass the equal suffrage
j resolution.
I Women carrying banners were knock
! ed flown by the charging crowd and their
I banners destroyed, while an urn in which
i the "watch fire" was burning was de
S stroyod.
j After the police had restored order.
I the women started a new fire in one of
| the big urns in the park, and five of
! them were arrested by the police for
1 this violation of park regulations. They
! refused to furnish bond and were held at
; a precinct station.
Burned Wilson Speeches
During the afternoon, the women
I burned copies of speeches delivered by
i I'n sident Wilson in Europe, and as the
I last one was destroyed the "sentinels"
j unfurled a banner bearing an inscription
denouncing President Wilson as "a false
j prophet of democracy." A dozen soldiers
1 and sailors instantly surrounded the ban
| ner and shut it from the gaze of the
' crowd of several hundred persons.
An army captain then stepped in front
; of the -spectators and called for three
j cheers for the president, "the world's
leader of democracy, and the best friend
the women of America ever had." The
! crowd gave the cheer with a will, but
there was no attempt then to molest the
| "sentinels."
Start Third Fire
After the "watch fire" had been put
I out, tonight, the women started another
I and party leaders announced that every
j possible effort will be made to keep it
j going until the senate passes the suff
! rage agreement. The fire was still burn
i ing late tonight, ' attended by special
| "sentinels" who piled on wood as need
j ed.
Later the five women were released
i by the police and told to appear in po
i lice court, tomorrow morning.
the flight of the emperor. The ward
robes of the former emperor and his
wife were almost entirely denuded of
tneir contents. In one of the former
imperial dressing rooms the old uniform
of iv soldier was found. Its owner had
exchanged his uniform for imperial rai
ment and disappeared.
The damage to the palace as a result
of the bombardment was comparatively
slight. The marines have now vacated
the castle and taken up their headmiax
ters in the former royal stable*.
Germans Surrender
40 Airplanes; Seven
Used in Bombing Paris
Coblenz. Jan. 1.—(By the Associated
Presst.—Forty airplanes, including seven
Gothas said to have been used in the
bombing of Paris, were accepted today
by the American army receiving com
mission.
Two hundred machines are now in \
Coblenz or on the way, and ail of them j
soon will be taken to France.
Twenty-five hundred machine guns I
also were accepted today.
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AMERICA'S BATTLE FLEET IS HONORED BY THE JNA1IUJN
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^ unomwooe
Fleet Which Secretary Daniels Will Divide, Riding at Anchor In North River, New York.
MCI SOWS
MOS1EO 000.000 WHILE
I111ICIIS USE 31,009
Basel,' Dec. 31.—(Havas)—The
Frankfort Gazette, a copy of which has
been received here, asserts that Sunday
passed rather quietly in Berlin. More
than a half million persons participated
in the demonstration organized by the
majority socialists and 30,000 in the
demonstration of the democratic social
ists.
ARGENTINEAN FOREIGN
MINISTER WANTS TO QUIT
Buenos Aires. Jan. 1.—There has been
a renewal in the newspapers, here, of
rumors of a pending cabinet crisis. La
Razon says that the foreign minister,
Sonorio Pueyrredon, has asked to be al
lowed to retire on account of ill health,
but President Irigoyen has advised rest,
in the hope that he will b« «Llc im con
ttiue iu office..
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FOR 10 OCEANS
DANIELS' PLAN,
Secretary Will Divide
Armada and Set It to
Playing War.
OIM IS iflEEPKE
TUB UP OS IT HI IS
Washington, Jan. I.— To keep the navy
"fit and on its toes." two great fleets,
one based on the Pacific coast ard the
other on the Atlantic coast, will be es
tablished by next summer with war;
games and joint maneuvers as part of a j
regular program of training.
Secretary Daniels, in explaining his,
p lans to the house naval committee, to- j
day, said that after every war there is j
a tendaney for the navy to retrograte and j
that the division of the fleet has been i
determined upon to prevent any slump.
The plan, he said, had received the
"enthusiastic indorsement' of Admiral,
William II. Benson, chief of operations,;
who is now in Europe with the peace j
delegation.
"An admiral who can stay long
enough to stir up ambition," will be plac
ed in command of each fleet, Mr. Daniels
said, and all officers will be kept on j
their ships for two years. In effect, the
secretary added, there will be a war be- j
tween the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, J
"which will so stimulate the keenness |
that it will make the men feel they are j
in actual war."
Will Retain War Basis.
Mr. Daniels did not indicate to the j
committee how- many ships would be in,
each fleet. It is assumed, however, that j
there will be an equal distribution of |
the capital ships, most of which, hereto- j
fore, have been kept on the Atlantic j
coast. During joint maneuvers, the com-;
! bined fleet will visit each coast so as I
to give the people on the Atlantic and i
Pacific seaboards an opportunity to see;
the full naval force. j
Mr. Daniels also told the committee j
that during peace times the submarine j
bases at San Deigo. Key West, Fla.;|
and Xew London, Conn., and the air de-j
fense stations at San Diego and Pensa- j
1 cola, Fia.. will be retained. The' princi- j
| pal training stations for season will be;
j at Chicago, Hampton Roads and New
| port, R. I.
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at His Birthplace
Paris, Jan. 1.—Premier Clemenceau,
who has labored incessantly since lie
took office 13 months ago, is taking a
rest He has gone to Mouilleron en Pa
redes, La Vendee, where he was born 7S
years aso.
TllI'S CllES
HOI SUSPECT
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 1.—Norfolk county
authorities tonight confirmed reports
that they have in custody a man arrested
on the theory that, he may be Jean
Crones, who is wanted in Chicago for
attempting to poison various guests at a
banquet at the 'University club on fr eb.
10, li)l(».
The prisoner, who gave the name of
George Wyler, has been working on gov
ernment projects in this vicinity for some
mouths.
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$150;000,000 IS LOST
ON RAILROADS BY
U.S. DURING YEAR
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Government Can Recoup
in Next Six Months if
Period of Control is Ex
tended.
1918 Broke All Records
in Revenue Expenses;
Increased Wages Cut In
come Heavily.
Washington, Jan. 1.—The govern- j
ment' s loss in operating the railroads j
in 191S is calculated by railroad admin- j
: istration officials at less than $150,000,-;
j 000. This represents the differences be- j
! tween the aggregate amount the gov-<
! eminent will be compelled to pay railroad j
! companies as rental for the" uce of their j
; prcperties and tire net income which the j
| government will receive from the rail- j
roads. I
It will take six months more of re- j
: c eipts from the increased freight rates j
; to permit the government to recoup its i
looses, officials believe. If congress does j
! not approve the proposed five-year ex- j
I tension of federal control, and, as a con-j
sequence, President Wilson carries out s
: his announced intention of returning the j
roads to private management at an early j
I date, the government's loss will not be j
j made up. j
This deficit does not include the big j
I sums-—between .$150.000,000 and $200.-1
• 000.000—which have been loaned to rail- i
! roads to help them pay for the extensive
| program of improvements and purchase
j of new cars and locomotives. These
I loans will be repaid eventually. j
Billion Net Revenue.
: f Operating revenues for the entire
year. officials calculate, probably
! j amounted to $4,800,000,000, more than
■ | ever before in railroad history, and op
• eiating expenses probably ran up to
I i $3,800*000,000. This left a billion dol
(i lars of net revenue, which was cut down
j more than $200,000,000 by deductions for
s ] ordinary taxes, rentals for equipment
' | not owned by railroad companies, and
;j other incidental losses.
- j War taxes and expenses of maintain
• j ing functional and other corporate of
i fices, including salaries of officers not
;! actually employed in physically operating
•j the railways, must be paid by the rail
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171 SMS DOMED
WHEN BRITISH Ml
SIB OFF sen
London, Jan. I.—Two hairlrod
and seventy sailors were drowned,
today, as the result of the loss of
the British steam yacht lolaire, off
Stornoway, Scotland.
The yacht had 300 sailors on board.
They were on New Year's holiday leave.
The vessel struck on the dangerous
rocks known as "the Beasts of Helm."
near Sternoway harbor, and only about
30 of them were saved. Many of these
were terribly injured in their efforts to
reach the shore. All the officers and
crew of the lolaire were lost.
The lolaire was a vessel of 302 tons.
She was built in 1002 and before the war
belonged to the estate of the, late Sir
Donald Currie..
Czecho President j
to Carry Dispute
to Wilson in Rome
Washington, Jan. I.—Thomas G.
Masaryk, president of the new re
public of Czecho-Slovakia, has left |
Prague for Rome, and, according to
information, today, from official I
sources;, his purpose is to confer
with President Wilson and Italian
statesmen regarding the dispute be
tween Italy and the new republic of
Jugo-Slavia over former Austrian
territory on the Adriatic coast now
occupied by Italian forces.
Some diplomats here regard this
dispute as one of tha most import
ant growing out of the dismember
ment of the old Austro-Hungarian
empire and expressed hope, today,
that an agreement satisfactory to all
concerned would result from the con
ference.
FREAKISH
COLD WAVE
GRIPS WEST
Mercury Drops 25 Degrees in
Chicago and Reaches 37 Below
At Points in Wyoming.
fiuzzio i F om texas :
Chicago, Jan. I.—The first cold
wave of the winter gripped portions
of the Northwest, West, Southwest,
and reached the Middle West states
tonight. The mercury dropped 25
degrees in Chicago today, and to
night was hanging at 10 above zero,
while extreme temperatures were
registered in widely separated re
gions.
The cold wave was freakish, un
accompanied by snow, except in
northwest Texas, where a blizzard
raged, and in Nebraska and southern
South Dakota, where blizzardy con
ditions were reported from some
points.
In central Wyoming temperatures
ranged from 16 to 37 degrees below
zero; 15 below at tong Pine, Neb.,
and 12 below at Denver—the coldest
Netv Year's day there in years.
Train service was seriously affect
ed in western Kansas and Colorado,
as well as in west and northwest
Texas, but temperatures were mod
eratinq tonight.
In the Southwest, Flagstaff. Ariz.,
reported 8 below zero; Amarillo,
Tex., six below; Roswell, N. M., two
below; and even Mexico had freez
ing weather, while Duluth. Minn.,
had four above zero: Minneapolis ;
and St. Paul reported 12 above.
First West Pointer
From Alaska Gets
Cross for Gallantry
Seattle. .Ian. 1.—Col. Pan P. Pullen,
awarded the distinguished service cross
by General Pershing for gallantry in ac- j
tiftn September 2ti, as announced, today,
by the war department, was the first ca
det ever appointed to West Point mili
tary academy from Alaska. Colonel Pul
len's home is Skagway. lie is 34 years
old.
Hindenburg Favors
Calling in British
To Occupy Berlin
London, Jan. i.—Field Marshal
Von Hindenburg has telegraphed to
German industrial magnates, saying
be would support British occupa
tion of Berlin, according to a Berlin
dispatch to the Maif.
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MOR E SMOO TH SAILING
London Times Cable Service. Copyright
1918, by Public Ledger Company.
By Raymond G. Carroll.
With President Wilson's Party in
Paris, Jan. 1.—On the trip across the
channel from Dover, President Wilson,
i>ftired in his mueh -<Ji8CUHeed fur coat
and soft. cap. joined the group of news
paper men upon the spray-swept deck
and engaged them in informal conversa
tion. When his attention was called to
the weather, the president said, with a
significant smile, which may have had a.
double meaning:
"I hope we will continue to have
smooth sailing."
As we neared the French shore, the
president gave forth a sigh and re
marked, "Where now is my dress hat;
must go and get it."
British airplanes, destroyers, subma
rine chaser and a cruiser escorted the
royal hospital shin until we were about
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ADD DOUSING ID
Hoomm
Relief Force Head Finds
Northern France Vir
tually Palsied.
MORE THIN 2,100,110
DEPENDING ON BODNTF
Washington, Jan. 1.—Relief work be
ing carried on in northern France by the
Commission for relief in Belgium and the
pitiable condition of the 1,500,000 inhab
itants of that section who escaped the
German invasion a-a described in a
cablegram received at the headquarters
of the commission, here, from Herbert C.
H.iover, at Paris.
Jlr. Hoover's message, made public
tonight, revealed that the work of re
lief and rehabilitation in France will fall
mere heavily on the commission than had
been expectcd. The destruction wrot by
the German army was so complete that
the relief work must include not only
food and clothing, but housing over a
considerable area.
An enlarged organization to handle the
situation is being built up and supplies
have been obtained from the quartermas
ter's department of the American army.
A large atrount of second-hand barrack
materia] also has been obtained, and 150
volunteers from the American navy are
| superintending the construction of bar
; racks near ruined villages.
Industrial Life Paralyzed
Industrial life in the invaded region
' has been almost completely paralyzed,
Mr. Hoover said. Railroads have been
rendered almost hopeless of reconstruc
tion for many months, the coal mines
have been destroyed, and there is scarce
ly a single factory that can be operated
without a very large portion of new
equipment.
"The population of this area at_the
moment of the retreat was about 1.500,
000. there being also about 300.000 refu
gees in Belgium who are returning and
some 500,000 refugees in France, all of
whom are anxious to return to their na
tive soil." he message says.
"The destruction of some 20 principal
towns and literally hundreds of villages
renders the return of these refugees a
stupendous problem."
russ M reds I pe
to sow bolshevism
lie m ibs
! Welcome French Occupation of
Germany as Means to Spread
Doctrine Against Anglo-Sax
| onism.
Berlin, Jan. 1.— (By the Associated
Press).— A feature of the congress of
the .Spartarns group Monday was «.
speech by M. Radck. head of the bol
| shevik mission to Germany, who defend
ed bolshevism and declared the Russians
did not fear as entente invasion, be
cause the invaders would become infect
ed witH the germ of bolshevism.
He said he welcomed the prospect of
French occupation of Germany for- the
same reason, bfcause it would help the
wave of bolshevism to make still further
progress westward. The Russian work
men, Radek declared, were filled with
pride at the prospect of fighting beside
their German comrades on the banks of
the Rhine against Anglo-Saxon cap
italism.
A» prominent membec of the new Ger
man governnu -.t informed the correspon
dent that Radek had been smuggled
across the border and probably would be
asked to leave the country at once.
half way to France, whereupon French
destroyers and airplanes took up our
course on either side. Arriving in Calais,
we were met by French officials and
British soldiers and escorted to the spe
cial train and reached Paris at 7 o'clock
in the evening. When passing through
Amicus, the president roused himself
from sleep in the state coach to peer
into the bomb-shattered city. The tom
mies and poilus on the platform of the
Amiens station did not see the presi
dent.
Again and again the president, during
the trip, commented upon the deep per
sonal gratification he felt for the re
ception accorded to him in ISngl&na as
the representative of the American peo
ple. He spoke frequently of the meet
ing at the Free Trade hall in Manches
ter, where John Bright often spoke, as
the most like a gathering in any Amen>|
can halL )