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GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1919.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
NATIONS LEAGUE DRAFTED; NO ARMY
British Score Stroke in Nations League Labor Plans
GEN. MORRISON IS
IN BUTTE; MINER'S
HO ME DYNAM ITED
One Arrest Made on Charge of Threats to Blow
Up Street Cars, Which Are to Resume Sat
urday; Dead Line on Picketing.
Butte, Feb. 13.—Machinists made
the first break in the local strike of
copper miners, tonight, when they
voted to return to work, tomorrow
morning, after a three-days lay-off
taken in sympathy with the strikers
and to permit issues to clarify.
Besides the machinists employed at
the mines a number of employes of
local foundries and shops who have
been out will return to work tomor
row.
Carpenters refused to pass a reso
lution favoring the strike and tabled
it, together with a motion to send
delegates to the Soldiers' Sailors' and
Workers' council, recently formed to
conduct the strike, at a meeting to
night.
Butte, Feb. 13.— Major General
John F. Morrison, commander of
the western department, United
States army, arrived in Butte, to
night. General Morrison came to
Butte direct from Seattle, where
he spent several days observing de
velopments in the recent sympa
thetic genera! strike in that city.
General Morrison said he was
here to study the situation.
Mayor Maloney, tonight, issued
an order defining a certain dis
trict within, the. business sec
tion of the city where picket
ing by strikers will hereafter
be prohibited. The restricted dis
BILL IS HELD IIP
AFTER FUR FLIES
Democrat Would Kill It
to Preserve Repub
lican Harmony.
By WARREN W. MOSES.
Helena, Feb. 3.'{.-—Indications of the
•xistenee in the house of two opposing
factions in connection with the chancel
lorship of the University of Montana
were brot to light this forenoon when
ji report from the committee on educa
tion unfavorable to house bill 200 was
received.
This bill, introduced by Jones of Phil
lips, providing for the abolition of the
office of chancellor of the university,
was brought back this morning with ttie
recommendation that it do not pass. Ea
ton, chairman of the committee, moved
the adoption of the report, the motion
being opposed by Jones, father of the bill,
who moved as a substitute that the bill
be referred to the committee on appro
priations. to be held until that commit
tee had decided upon general appropria
tion matters.
Recalls Caucus Action.
Eaton protested that the bill had been
(riven full consideration by the commit
tee, which had acted unanimously upon
the report. .Tones said that as a matter
of courtesy he had asked the committee
to turn the bill over to I he appropria
tions committee and insisted that the ac
tion of the committee adverse to the bill
had not been unanimous. He added that
at a meeting of the republicans in caucus
the other night a committee had been ap
printed to investigate matters upon
which this bill had been based and to
make a report, but that this committee
had not yet reported.
Eaton, a republican, said he did not
fe<T that the house was supposed to take
cognizance of any republican caucus ac
tion.
y Democrat to Rescue.
Hemel, democratic floor leader, th^n
stepped into the breach and said that in
order to keep harmony in the republican
ranks, it would be far better to kill the
bill. lie said the bill tends to abolish the
office of chancellor and not merely to re
move the present incumbent. He could
see no occasion for abolishing the office,
and if the introducer of the bill mnin
ytained any desire to get rid of the chan
cellor. the proper procedure would lie tu
go after the individual and not the office.
Higgins. republican floor leader, coun
seled delay in the matter. He thought it
best, to permit the joint invest igating
committee to go over the conditions in
the various departments and make its
report, then let the house act. upon that
report as it pertained to the educational
department. He said a very short time
h«d elapsed since this bill had been in
trod need and he felt there was no par
ticular haste.
Would Refer Bill.
Scharnikow, democrat, moved no
amendment to the substitute motion,
his purpose being to refer the bill to the
joint investigating committee.
Bent said the creation of the office 1
hit chancellor had been in a measure brot
fnbout to take the educational institutions
\>ut of politics, and to abolish the office
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trict includes most of the down
town business section where, ac
cording to Mayor Maloney's order,
picketing i entirely "superfluous and
unnecessary and would tend to work
a hardship on people and traffic."
Despite an attempt to blow up the
home of C. H. Nolan, a miner who has
continued to work in spite of the strike,
and the arrest of Albert Brawdy, on
a charge of threatening to dynamite
street cars. Major George Halleran. in
command of the United States troops
here, tonight said he considered the situ
ation improved.
Street car traffic is still tied up by
the refusal of carmen to take out the
cars, for fear of violence, but it is said,
tonight, that provisions will be made by
Saturday for resumption of service.
Three Pickets Arrested.
Major Hiilleran held a number of
meetings today. Ile first called on the
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mayor and, later, upon uie manager of
the lycal street car company. j
During the afternoon, a gathering of
prominent businessmen, labor union offi
cials and members of the council of de
fense with Major llalleran stated that
the conditions prevailing in Butte, ac
cording to their observations, were much
improved. All of the soldiers now on
duty here are stationed in the county
court house and other downtown build
ings.
Three arrests of aliens were made,
during the morning, of pickets, who
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Parf rkf F apc 37 000 IVIor*
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in Archangel Retire;
Allies Relieved.
Archangel, Fob. 13.—(By the Assoct
a teil Press)—American reinforcements,
marching over 30 miles of a forest trail,,
reached the hard-pressed British and
Russians in the region of Soedmakrenga.
yesterday. The result was that the bol
sheviki, who had boon launching strong
attacks in this region, retired to the
southward, apparently abandoning their,
offensive movement.
The bolsheviki evidently feared th it
they would be cut off in the rear and
withdrew before the Americans reached!
Sredmakrenga.
Conditions on other scctors of the
northern Russian front were un hang-:
ed, today, following the infantry opera-j
tion and an attack by the bolshevik
against Radish on Tuesday afternoon,'
which was brilliantly repulsed. An offi
cial statement regarding the Kadish
fighting says:
and nine six-inch guns.
An attempt is being made to stand
ardize the organization and equipment
of the soviet armies, and schools for
officers and aviators have born opened.
«Jonerai Vetoritis. a J /ott, has been
appointed commander of the soviet
a rmies.
The bread ration of the troops has
gi ns, 00 field guns,
boon reduced from two pounds to one I
pound daily, and there are other indica-!
ions that the bolsheviki are suffering
from a food shortage. j
Nationalization of Land,
Mines, Railways Demanded
in English Commons Debate
London, Feb. 13.—The debate on in
dustrial unrest was opened in the house
of commons by William Brace, labor
member for South Glamorgan, who
moved the official labor party amend
ment in reply to the speech from the
throne. 'Plie amendment expressed regret
at the absence of any mention in the
speeches of a definite proposal for
dealing wiih the present cause of in
dustrial unrest and for securing in this
connection working hours and conditions
of labor that would establish a higher
standard of life and social well-being
for the peoples.
Mr. B^ace declared that not a little
of the responsibility for the unrest lay
in the failure to give responsible trade
uuion o£Luak> such settlements b* ue£o
BANISHMENT OF
AT BUJTEASKED
Legislative Committee
Lays Its Plan Before
House; Is Adopted.
UREES LUBBR SECBET1HT
TO CRUSH STATE KAIL
By WARREN W. MOSES.
Helena, Feb. 13.—Praying for imme
diate action upon the part of the secre
tary of labor of the United States for
the suppression and punishment of an
archists ai;d revolutninary elements in
the state of Montana, a house joint
memorial, b;Lsed upon the Butte situa
tion, was presented in the house, today,
was approved by the committee of the
whole and later passed upon third read
ing for transmission to the senate.
i The resolution was presented bv
Ruell, Baldwin and Weil, house members
j of the joint committee sent to Iîutte l: |<r
Sunday to make an investigation of th'
strike conditions and to report to the
house. Following its favorable consid
oration by committee of the whole it
was, on motion, considered properly en
grossed and placed upon third reading,;
where it was passed by unanimous vote.
The only intimation of a possibly un
friendly feeling upon the part of any
member of the house was brot out
when Ilaalacd, of Hill county, who came
to the house with the indorsement of
the non-partisan league, asked to be ex
eusod from voting, stating his reasons
to be that the bill bad not been printed
and that ho had not been given an op
portunity of considering it fully.
Cite Anarchy in Butte.
The resolution follows:
"Your memoralists, the members of
the 16th legislative assembly of the state
of Montana, the seriate and house con
curring, respectfully represent:
j '"Whereas, There has long existed in
! the principal industrial centers of Mon
i tana, and notably in the great mining
j city of Butte, certain lawless elements
: that have made it their constant .busi
ness and source of livelihood to preach
to the laboring classes the doctrines of
anarchy and revolution, and to arouse
an <-l inspire in them a spirit of unrest and
(ii<oon(ent toward their employers, as
well as' a spirit of antagonism toward
the government °f the United States;'
and the state of Montana in their effort
to harass and impede the government of
the United States in the successful pros
ecution of the war with Germany, to the
great annoyance of the patient but pat
f the state of Montana;
riotic people
and,
Seize War as Chance.
"Whereas, Said lawless elements have,
on account of the peculiar industrial
conditions maintaining in this state since
the signing of the armistice, siezed upon
the present as an opportune time to en
large their activities, and have by con
tinuous agitation, by the distribution of
propaganda, by throats of violence and
open and notorious intimidation of the
law-abiding laborers of Butte and other
industrial centers, brot about a condi
tion whereby the copper industry of the
state is already paralyzed; and,
"Whereas. It is apparent that unless
immediate and drastic action is taken to
suppress the activities of these lawless
elements and to rid t h« 1
state of Mon
of
nl0n f t an ,j other large numbers are con
tinuing daily to return, all of whom are
being assisted to find employment, in this
state by organizations of the patriotic
citizens of the state: and.
"Whereas. If the said lawless elements
are permitted to continue th«'ir activities
unmolested ami to carry on their pro
gram unhindered, there can no longer lie
found positions for returning soldiers and
sailors, and the thousands of those now
employed will bo thrown otif of employ
meat., along with tens of thousands of
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tiations as they were entitled to re
ceive, and in the granting of concessions,
regarding terms after unofficial stop
pages of work, which concessions had
been refused to trade union leaders be
fore the stoppage.
Organized labor, the member said,
stood strong for the settlement of dis
pûtes by conference and conciliation. The
real cause of the present unrest, he
declared, was an accumulation of' un
settled grievances.
He, contended that, if the situation
created by this unrest was to be re
medied, the government must go to the
root of the matter and nationalize the
land, the railways and the mines As
long as the question of nationalization
was unsettled, he assorted, there would
be serious industrial unrest.
BEAUTY'S CHATEAU DESTROYED BECAUSE
SHE'S RELATED TO THE HOHENZOLLERNS
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Left to right, Princess Radziwill and her sister Gladys Deacon.
Princess Radziwill, who was Dorothy Deacon, one of »he famous Deacon
sisters of Boston, suffi! red greatly during the war because of her connection with
the Hohenzollern family. In 1910 she married Prince Antoine Albert Radziwill,
head of an ancient line related to the Hohenzollern house. Because of this fact
her chateau was seized during the war and sugar refineries from which she de
rived her fortune were destroyed. The princess has a well deserved reputation as
a beauty.
Gladys Deacon, sister of Princess Radziwill, is reputed to have had more
offers of marriage than any other American girl.
GREAT FALLS ELECTRIC
WORKERS TO GET BACK
PAY U NDER N EW SCALE
Chicago, Feb. 13.—Back pay to September 26 last, under
k new scale equal to the wagre rate in effect at Butte, for
electrical workers, with an eight-hour day, time and one
half for overtime up to 10 o'clock at night and double time
thereafter, was awarded by the War Labor board here to
night to the employes of the Montana Power company, the
Great Falls Power company and the Mountain States Tele
fone and Telegraf company^ of Great Falls.
The decision was made in the case of the International
Brotherhood of Electricians of Montana against the three
concerns named.
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onarch and Family
Trying "to Flee; 60
Persons Killed.
Berljn, Feb. 12.—(By the Asso
ciated Press).—A general insurrec
tion is in progress throughout Ru
mania, according to a special dis
patch from Vienna. King Ferdinand
has been wounded slightly in at
tempting to flee from Bucharest
with the royal family.
Workmen blocked the roadwry
from the royal palace when the roy
al family attempted to flee to Jassy,
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39 Bolsheviki
Taken in Strike
Raids at Seattle
Seattle, Feb. 12.—Six men declared
to have been leaders in delivering re
volutionary, bolsheviki and I. W. W.
propaganda during Seattle's general
strike were in jail here, tonight, and
warrants were out for seven others,
charging criminal anarchy, following
three raids in which 33 additional men
were arrested and are being held for
investigation.
County officials, government opera
tives, deputy sheriffs, constables and
a representative of the district at
torney participteed in the raids.
Storm Attains Blizzard
Fury in Nebraska; Ex
tends to Canada.
Denver, Feb. 13.—With two
Union Pacific trains snowbound near
Salina, Kansas, and Rock Island,
Burlington and Santa Fe trains re
ported at least 12 hours late, the
Central West, today and tonight, ex
perienced the worst blizzard of the
winter. Telefone and telegraf com
munication was prostrated. Latest
reports said a terrific gale was driv
ing the heavy snow and there was
no prospect of improvement of the
situation until the snow moderates.
Late tonight, Tho Associated l*re.>s in
Denver got in communication with Kan
sas City, this being the first connection
with the east since early Thursday
morning. Only by relaying messages
through Canada . to the Pacific coast,
thence to San Francisco and thence
to envor, were the Rocky Moun
tain states able to keep iu touch with
the eastern half of the I'nited States and
the outside world today. Storms, ex
tending from Oklahoma to Canada, par
alyzed wire communication, both by tel
ephone and telegraph, and trains from
the oast, were several hours late.
The storm broke last night and it. was
not until the middle of the forenoon to
day that communication was established,
by way of San Francisco and Canada.
Conditions grew worse during the after
noon. and Lexington. Neb., became the
eastern terminus for direct coinmnnica
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INTERNATIONAL
ARMY FOR NATIONS
LEAGUE REJECTED
BIDS FOR ELEVATOR
BOND ISSUE WILL BE
OPEN ED MA RCH 15
Special to The Daily Tribune.
Helena. Feb. 13.—Bids for the sale
of the $250,000 issue of bonds au
thorized at the last election for the
erection of the state terminal grain
elevator at Great Falls will be opened
by the state board of examiners at
the capitol building March 15, accord
ing to a resolution adopted by the
board at a meeting today.
The bonds will bear five nor cent
interest, will be sold at not less than
par, and will run for 10 years, the
board reserving the right, however, to
take them up at any interest bearing
period after they have run five years.
A certified cheek for $5,000 must
accompany each bid.
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Uelegates to L»athenn2
° o
Not to Act by Groups,
but Individually.
Paris, Feb. 13.—The commission on
international labor legislation of the
peace conference has agreed to accept
article 4 of the British draft of meas
ures to settle the future status of in
ternational labor. This marks the safe
passing of an obstacle which the labor
leaders expected would provoke a bitter
contest, for the reason that it is the
most radical of the projects organized
labor is seeking to graft upon the con
stitution of the society of nations.
This article provides that, at the
proposed international labor conference,
the representatives of the governments,
the employers and working people shall
independently without regard to the
views expressed by the other repre
sentatives of their nation and to have
power to draw up conventions binding on
th< nations represented.
The rapid progress made upon the
balance of the British draft, into which
will be incorporated certain features of
the French labor plan, appears to war
rant the belief that the essential aims
of the delegates of both nations will be
r.ccepted in their entirety by the com
mission. altho final action by the peace
conference is predicted.
British Draft.
The British draft covers a wide field,
including the following provisions:
Uniformity of the rights of workmen:
employed abroad, their protection against
loss when in a foreign country, thru the
lapse of state insurance, against sick
noss, old age, accident, unemployment
and similar causes.
Prevention of unemployment thru the
adoption by the different governments of
a policy of distribution of orders for
public works so as to keep the demand
for labor at an approximately uniform
level.
The relief of the unemployed thru a
system of registration and co-operation
between employers in different lines of
industry to meet foreign labor demands.
Opportunity to unemployed young
workers for the continuance of their
education at established centers.
A system of inspection of factories and
workshops to insure the execution of la
bor Jaws.
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Demobilization of German
Army Almost Complete; Will
Retain 2,500,000 Troops
London, Feb. 13.—Demobilization of
Germany's old army is almost complete,
according to authoritative information
here. After Saturday, when the 1916
and 1017 classes will bo disbanded, the
tJerman army will consist of about 1,
000,000 men on the eastern frontier, and
the 1018 and 1919 classes, numbering
about 1.500.000 men, which wul be kept
îls a standing army.
Efforts of the German authorities to
recruit volunteers for the army liave
been unproductive, but. the ofticial view
here is that they may be more successful
later. Men who have been in the army
for four years have no great desire to
continue in tho fighting force, but it is
expected that they will find civil life in
Germany less attractive than the army
was before, and probably will be willing
to enlist later.
Recruiting also is hindered by the fact
that nearly every hamlet is trying to
raise its own defense force. Many for- J
wer soldiers are joining the local forces j
French and Czèchs Alone
Support Bourgeois Pro
posal; Talk of Falling
Back on U. S. Force.
Final Draft of Super-Na
tion Scheme Adopted by
Commission; Japan
Drops Discrimination
Clause.
Paris, Feb. 13.—(By the Associated
Press).—The Bourgeois proposition tor
an interallied military force to enforce
peace was defeated by an overwhelming
vote at the meeting of the society of na
tions commission today.
The French and Czecho-SlovaJts wero
the only representatives voting in the af
firmative.
The draft of the society of nations
plan was then unanimously adopted as a
whole. The final draft consists of 26 ar
tides.
President Wilson will personally read
the draft at a plenary meeting of the
peace conference tomorrow. The con
ference will not be asked to finally adopt
it at this time.
The Japanese delegation presented an
amendment providing that racial dis
crimination should not be tolerated in
immigration laws.
Several delegates urged that this
would open such a large question that
9reat dela y mi « ht ensue, and the matter
was dropped without a vote.
The United States, under the society
of nations plan, as it now has been
amended, will maintain an army of not
less than 300.000 men. which, after au
thorization of such action by the United
States senate, could be used wherever
necessary, according to a Haras 3gency
announcement today regarding newly
adopted features of the plan.
This provision was agreed upon by the
society of nation« commission, the agency
says, ns a solution of the difficulties in
the way of the plan arising out of the
American constitution.
If sudh action regarding the use of the
American army in connection with the
srveiety of nation as outlined in the fore
going has been taken by the society of
nations commission, it would seem that
the action has not in any way been final.
The defeat of the plan of an interallied
military force would seem to carry with
it rejection of any proposal relative to
the American army such as stated in the
Havas report
Resumption of War
All Matter of If
Paris. Feb. 13.— (lia vas) —Non-esse
ctition by Germany of the terms of the
armistice. President Wilson is under
! stood to have declared in conversation
! yesterday, would bo an incident of such
a'nature as to justify the resumption of
! war. It is said that the president as
| sorted he would not hesitate in that
j ca? re to order the American array to
: take up arms again.
On the other hand, it was said, that
President Wilson regards resumption of
hostilities as a grave eventuality to
which ho would agree only on the oost
absolutely essenfcal considerations, and
not for any secondary motive.
BRITISH WILL CLAIM INDEMNITY
London. Feb. 13.—The British dele
gates at the peace conferonce have been
definitely instructed to claim an indem
nity which will include the cost of the
war, as well as the damage actually
ooutiod. it was announced in the house
of commons, today, by Bonar I/aw.
CONSIDERING RULE OF AIR.
Paris. Feb. 12.—(By the Associated
Press)—The peace conference commis
sion on international control of porta,
waterways and railways is considered a
proposed assertion of jurisdiction over
aerial international flights.
and are staying at home to protect Their
home communities, rather than join the
national forces.
The German force on the eastern fron
tier is divided into two armies. The
northern headquarters is at Brandenburg
and is commanded by General von Quast.
The southern force, under Field Marshal
von Woyrseh, is at Sagan. Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg has not arrived at
Kolborg. German headquarters in the
east, although preparations have been
made to receive him there.
The British general staff does not view
as dangerous the possibility of Germany
making a military effort, but, is taking
full cognizance of the situation which the
staff believes exists. It is pointed out
that the German general staff still is in
existence and that, doubtless, much ar
tillery is still on hand. The Germans,
if i* believed, could get plenty of men
quickly, if necessary, but the problem
of stores would forestall any quick am
bitions or attempts to renew the fight
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