THIRTY-SECOND YEAR GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 5,1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS Electoral Reforms and Political Amnesty to Be Given People. Conference of Party Leaders and Rigsdag Solves Problem. TAX BOOKS, STIIKE IS OFF Copenhagen. April 4.—(By The As sociated Press.)—The general strike called as a protest against the resigna tion of Premier Zeahl on March 20 was called off Sunday morning, it was an nounced following a meeting of the chair men of 11 political parties in the rigsdag, called Saturday nignt by King Christian. The announcement stated that all the parties had agreed, it would be neces sary to hold elections after a new elec toral law has been passed. Premier Liebe declared, on the king's suggestion, that he desired to be retired, The king will now ask the former direc-1 tor of the ministry of justice, Friis. to form a cabinet with the understanding that the rigsdag will resume its sessions soon as possible and begin negoti- j it ions for an electoral bill. All the chair- j men promised to co-operate with a < cabinet formed on that basis. New Electoral Bill. The resignation of the Liebe ministry, j after five days tenure of office, means i that the Socialists will consent to call I off the general strike providing the new I electoral bill is carried through all the of the rigsdag and the new elections. ! To find a parallel for the recent j scenes witnessed in Copenhagen it would be necessary to go far back in Danish ! history. The striking procession from 1 the town hall to the palace on Saturday j was followed bv thousands bearing red ; flags, who awaited with more or less ! impatience the result of the visit of the i deputation of councillors to the king, i This deputation implored the king to j dismiss the newly appointed ministry, j The monarch replied: " j Concede Electoral Reforms 1 "I will negotiate on everything when j the general strike is called off". I A Socialist councillor interjected, "It j is too late, your majesty." and all the Socialist Democrats present echoed Iiis ; words. j Meantime, outside the palace were i heard shouts of "republic,—long live social democracy." These cries were re dou bled when the deputation reappeared. ! ?\!L nianifestants. however, soon dis- : Jpfc-o P Jiïi SfK 0n * • i ! ernvltv r» f ♦ h p k Î t nntiV. n »hüf'T. ' ; gravît} of the situation when fit sum" , ÄÄ m KSJS?' «1* ïïbîioïï. 1 The Dew agreement bring, amnestv for ! all political offenses and concedes all the : electoral reforms demands by the Social i Democrats. All the party leaders pro mised to co-operate with the new j ministry formed to carry out, this i program. j 1 POLICE GUARD CHICAGO YARDS DURING STRIKE Chicago, April 4.—Police details are guarding railroad yards in the Chicago switching district at the request of rail roads affected by the strike of switch men, _<*alled by the Chicago Yardmen s j j j i ; ' association. ! Railroads entering Chicago, with the j exception of the ChicaKO, Burlington & ; Quincy, and the New. York Central, were : said by union officers to be affected by i the_ strike, and efforts were being made to induce switchmen on those roads to join the walkout, they said. The strike, starting when 700 switch men employed by the Chicago. Mil waukee & St. Paul railroad walked out. demanding an increase in pay from 00 and 65 cents an hour to 95 cents and $1, spread Saturday to the Chicago Junc tion railroad, which serves, the stock yards. and the Illinois Central and Chi cago & Northwestern railroads. Union officers said switchmen on other ' railroads were joining the walkout volun tarily and that no general strike had been called. "Unless the strike can be stopped 1"^ »«--y ■ "" ■« immediately it will affect interstate com merce. throw 150,000 men out of employ ment and curtail the food supply of the suppl nation." W. J. O'Brien, general t ager of the Junction railway, said. DISCUSS TYROLEAN STATE. * Vienna, April 4.-—Chancellor Renner and several members of cabinet are go ing to Rome soon to discuss political matters witiutbe Italian government, ac cording to the Freie Presse. The chief man- ; political question to be taken up, the ! paper says, doubtless will be the pro- j posed Tyrolean state. j EUROPE SHIPPING ITS WAR WIDOWS TO AMERICA, BUT BARS EMIGRATION IN LARGE PART OF ABLE BODIED MEN New York, April 4.—Foreign war widows, who are pensioners of their governments, and other industrial non producers, mostly women, constitute the larger part of the immigrants now coming ttwthis country, according to a ■tatemenr:issued here by the inter-racial council, of which Coleman Dupont is chairman. Of the total immigration over a per iod of several months, the immigration officials of this port state that women and girls haTe formed not less than 00 per cent and that in the last few weeks they hfv outnumbered the men two. and sometimes three to one. So marlt ed hna been the relative increase of women immigrants that the fact appear« to be well established, the council de daree, that some of the foreign gov ernmente are enforcing a policy which encourages and stimulates the immigra tion of women, but which places obstacles iu th* w *jr of ablebodied male workers IRISH REBELS BURN ATTACK 35 POLICE HOUSES Anticipated Easter Demonstrations of Sinn Feiners Occur Only as Series of Outbreaks in Widely Separated Portions of Island;; Greased Pole Protects Flag at Queenstown. Dublin, April 4.—(By The Associated Press)—Easter demonstration» in Ire. land did not develop into a spectacular effort of foroe against the government, whioh the adherent of the Republican cause considered would be suicidal, but there was a series of outbreaks in many parts of the Island. The malcontents took a new angle in their work when they attacked 16 tax offices in many cities and towns, destroying the reoorris in various ways, mostly by fire. The attacks against police barracks and polio* huts numbered 35. In most of the cases the police had left the barracks to go to concentration points in the larger cities. Where only women and children were loft In the barracks or huts, the raiders gave warning of their intentions, hence there wer» no casualties. i i 1 ( ; j j < j i I I EXPENDITURES OF U.S. EXCEED IN COME, C LAIM $760,000,000 Reduction in Debt "Temporary" Says Mort dell. ! "from all sources," by more than $200,- | j 000,000 during the first nine months of I ... ' , . .. ! ^/j^aly^ar, and the reduction of j 1 ^ 06.000,000 m the floating debt last ™ onth 18 b «t a , ' temporary condition, Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, Republican, declared Sunday in u state lnen t. Economy alone, he 6aid, could avert a 'Valamitious crisis." Immediately on the "temporary re duction" in the floating debt. Mr. MoX dell declared the treasury was "in the market for further loans and this month J""*°' ■ tif , Ä r .. 1 " ge V ° lume temporary certificates. Government, financing by short term n ® te8 > he added, is such as may bring a tremendous increase the very next day. week, or month after an apparent re duction for a comparative period. , Short Term Nor.* "Menace." citing the two and one-half billion 1 dollar war deficiti as "not covered by j b on( ] s or provided for by current rev enues," the Republican leader said that for such a sum to be carried by short 4.„ m nnffw wim s^rioun menace *if ' "y Particularly when ' «... j e ® untr 3 r was trying to recover from the w ®£ - _, . . . .. ,. increasing gravity ot the f New York harbor workers may be brought before a general conference of strikers and the railroad general man agers association as the outcome of a conference between union leaders and officials of the New York Central rail road. 'Nothing definite," was accomplished ... • .. . ' at this meeting, it was announced but labor leaders expressed themselves fav crab. y towaid such a conference. \ Although the railroads placed a gen eral embargo on export freight through New York Saturday, officials of the roads said there was no reason to fear a food shortage. ! MRS. HATHAWAY FILES. Helena, April 4. Mrs.^Maggie ^Smit.h j " Hathaway, member of the legislature from Ravalli county, has filed completed | petitions for Democratic delegate to the ! national convention. j who may wish to come to the United States. _ Meanwhile, emigration from America is made up almost entirely of men who j have given up employment in factories, mills and mines to return to their hom? j land, taking with them savings esti j mated conservatively "at $2,000 for each one. Since the signing of the armistice 275 ,0000 emigrants have left the coun try and authorities believe that approx irately 1,125,000 more will leave when present port regulation* tend condltons permit. To consider the problem the national council on immigration will be held In Néiw York next Wednesday, attended by representatives of Industry, agriculture, finance and labor groups. The chief purpose is to determine on a policy of selective immigration that will best sefrve the interests of the country and to rwommend tbe adoption of policy bjf congress. At Dublin Castle is was stated that destruction of the tax records would avail nothing; all citizens whose records have been destroyed will be re-assessed and their taxes are likely to be increas ed by the need of funds to replace the barracks and huts destroyed. Attacks on the police barracks and government offices are reported from Limerick, both town and county and al so several places in County Claire. No casualties are yet reported, except for the wounding of two soldiers by John Mitchell, whom they arrested at Glen ade, Leitrim county. Mitchell fired re peatedly before surrendering. The Sinn Fein flag has been flying all day long from the masthead of the flagstaff on the admiralty pier at Queenstown. It was hoisted during the night and the pole was well greased, to prevent it from being hauled down. A man ^believed to be Private Laur-i ence McKensie, of Belfast, was found | ing in Howth, southeast of this city. I 1 *,"* thought the wound will prove mor j tal. Ttnifuct 4 • I , vv Belfast, April 4.—Wire commumca tion with the north and south and with Scotland was severed 011 Saturday night. Lnknown persons entered the customs house and the Grand Central hotel which is now occupied by the government of ■ fices, and burned official documents. , 1 j ' j EFFORT TO END WAR IS COMING OP TP WEEK Republicans Will Bring Resolution Out in the House. Washington, April 4.-—The fight congress over formmal termination the war will he renewed this week. With the failure of the senate to inns«» will in of 1 'peace treaty the house will ™ te a resolution, put forward by | Republicans, declaring the war ended., : leMsLu' to the administrations counter, tainiv' »•in"^^T»tX»ri ai KTr"»iil al ' T "• i'* < * *" ,. c A..:.;.?™ 1 ' ' this might connect resubm ident as the move. The peace resolution is to be brought without prospects of obtaining thirds vote to over-ride the veto. Might Return Treaty. two In many well-informed quarter* the}** impression is growing that either be fore or more probably along with a veto message the president might return the treaty to the senate with affirmative expression regarding reservations. In deed, it would not surprise administra tion spokesmemn in touch with the sit nation should the president return the treaty within a few davs. Although Democrats plan a -i-««.,.. vigorous iiKui. tin iiir renuiuuuii, uiey virtually are without hope of preventing its adop tion in boh house and senate. This was indicated by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, administration leader, who vacation in the has returned from south. Senator Hitchcock differed from views expressed_by Senator Lodge of —Massachusetts. Republican leader, re garding the length of the senate contest on the measure. \ Fvnant« Lnna nicmaainn Expects Long Discussion. '"I believe there will be prolonged dis eussion." Senator Hitchcock said. "There are many new and most important issues presented in the proposals." Senator Hitchcock declined to con firm or discuss reports that the presi ! «lent was considering return of the j treaty to the senate shortly, but indicat ed that, he had been in correspondence ^ | with" the""president"during" bis''absence ! from Washington. — Reds Are Repulsed by Polish Troops Along Slutzk River —— Warsaw, April 4.—Polish successes are reported along the Siutzk river, 1 where a bolshevist attack has been re pulsed. General Litowski's forces cap tured 800 bolsheviki, four guns and much ammunition and other material. The reda attacked in the country in the region of Slaweczena. which is southwest of Moryhz and also, between /wiahel Af~ j ter a day of fighting the holeheviki were | driven eastward. # One the northern front., In the region of Lake Woron, which is just south of the River Dvina, the reds have also j bolshevist attack has been re- : - I _ swampy , veczcna, ; — launched an attack. W. D. SH0WALTER DIES. New York, April 4. —William s^™iior l0r Älf«r , '"«f 5.7"lMitZ I ä'.Ä.J îf w- hi. k IÜ . ! i Publiaher, died at bis home here today after a lingering lllneas. He was born in Brown Milla, West Virginia, in 1800, and was educated at Oberlin college, lie entered newspaper work in Chicago when he was IS years old, coming to New gork In 1891 FRANCE'S FEAR German Note to Miller and Belittles Reich swehr Presence There. Government Troops There Greatly Exag gerated Declare Offi cials. „„„„„ German peace Paris, April 4.— Wilhelm von Mayer, the German charge d'affaires, and Dr. Goeppert, head of the commission, sent an identical note to. Premier Millerand Sunday afternoon in the latter's double capacity as premier and foreign minister and president of the pace conference. The note sought to belittle the importance of the move- j nient of German troops into the Ruhr region, the number of which it assert ed had been exaggerated. The note de clared there was no necessity for the application of the guarantees demand ed by France, it being stated that the presence of the extra numbers of re ich h - wehr in the Ruhr district would not bp prolonged. M. Milerand this after noon conferred with Marshal Focb. GERMANY SILENT REGARDING | PLANS TOWARDS GERMANY i Paris. April 4.—Nothing has been an- ! ' regarding the sending of German troops into the Ruhr coal basin, with the exeep tion of a vague official statement which says that any military measures the 'French government has under consider 1 rencn government nas nnaer ; » t,0 P ar ® merely lor the purpose of : Ge ™any to adhere strictly to I the terms of the peace treaty. ; ! The military measures under the gov ernment s consideration have as their ; ' sole object the recall of Germany's at- ! tention to its pledge to respect articles j 42 and 44 of the peace treaty, which fo^ids the presence of German troops - * r ' troop: in the zone fifty kilometers east of tni Rhine." the statement says. "They are, j therefore, purely 'restrictive meas- \ ures.' " Occupation Is Predicted. The term used in the official state- j m ent is measures of "astreinte," a legal j expression conveying tie idea of both \ penalty and constraint. Such measi- j urcs are taken by the afternoon news- : papers to mean the occupation of Franfort. Hanau, Homburg and Darin stadt. The newspapers express the be lief that official announcement, of the occupation is only awaiting Premier Mil lerand's notification tli and consulta tion with the allies. rT ,, , , . , _ ., ^ The premier conferred with President 1 Deschanel Sunday morning with regard , -, j to the entry of German troops into the Ruhr iliiifrii»t ropnll« fhot thp («»rmfln to the situation. The note of Dr. Goeppert, head of the : German peace commission, with regard ; Ruhr district recalls that the German j government had accepted, after hésita tion. that such entry should have as a ; nSSf ä h ^,ä ; drawn after afixed time. Asks Allied Commission. ! Receipt of the note, which was nd- I 0 ^ er8 the fresh guarantee that an allied! commission be sent, to the Ruhr valley to verify that the presence of troops is j necessary. , v j Comment lias been aroused here by j 1 ® that the note was addressed to ^ president or the peace conference _ aiK * no * * French premier, rne ^ afternoon newspapers deduce from^ this . t * iat ^ e J maß y hopes the allies judg-; j Ineu t of her case will differ from that of ( Frau ? e - , 4 ^ ; " 18 understood that Dr. Ooeppert, m llH de ^ ar ^ 8 .f. K0V '' rn ", unable to withstand the appeal > nf the detracted population of the Ruhr j —■ . . ■ , • .. .. { a K a, nst bngaiulage an r Goeppert asserts that the spirit of h a h n *, )e "„ respected even in | ,I.1^ ,.f ;» violating the letter of it. RAIN DAMPENS EASTER PARADE ON FIFTH AVE. irder. Hence New York, April 4.—Cold drizzling | rain and skies that threatened_snow j failed tedav to prevent New York's | annual Easter parade in Fifth avenue. | Gorgeous bonnets and wonderful i creations, examples of the Fretich and | American modistes' art, wero seen j ' *"*" * K " Probab ly never before has mere man loomed so large m a contender for sartorial honors. Not only were the young men resplendent, ther were "gaudy". According to quotations by New York clothiers the very latest styles in "business "suits come to $100, while bravely defying the onslaughts of the ; elements. The ranks of the parade were a bit thin, but the dauntless ones, in ; outfits more suited for Palm Beach than I Fifth avenue in the early and uncertain ! ^ of BDrinK> 8teDI)e< i f or th to admire i and bn a( f m i r ^. | — - -- 1 jealous. Trousers were tight, bàggy and ju«t loose, while the ralnbow-hued shirts evening clothes cost at least $200. The avenue saw suits of many colors and cuts. There were fancy topped ahoes, too. that would make a barker pole intensified the color scheme. The women, for the moat part, wore heavy fur neck piecee with tneir spring suita and almost all carried gaily colored umbrellas and parasols. Hundreds motor ed to church instead of risking costly silks and satins in the rain a do ESSEN WORKERS HAVE DISARMED SEEKING AN EXCUSE TO KEEP BIG ARMY London, April 4.—Discussing the statement of Chancellor Mueller and other government officials regarding the reichswehr's advance into the Buhr region, the London Times' Berlin cor respondent says the circumstances fit in with the suspicion, widely entertain ed, that the militarists have captured the government from within, and that they also accord with the attitude of the reichsweh r officers since the at tempt of Wolfgang Kapp at a coup. Thig reveals itself, the dispatch con tinues, in a determination to create con ditions under which a large army will {continue to be needed. Throughout the Butte Carpenters Vote to Quit Strike, Work * -1 ^ Kutte, April 4.—After a session last ing from early Sunday evening until nearly union b .v almost nnanunous vote reaf '»Hied its intention of signing a new ^ mi.luieht the Butte Carnontora' ine C * rplui u, c unv. The temperature remained around 30 : degrees above zero. ; The center of the storm, which moved iL U If: ; j Kansas and the southwest was in north feastern Indiana and movins steadily east a ; ward. ; ää; ç: ^• l f ht i n ? 0,80 , was «««Çted ! ,U d "^ n ? ss , Suu " I "• atanasRA. to Lincoln. Xeb.. April 4.—The almost is j unprecedented Easter storm which"«wept j the southeast and south central sections; j 0 f Nebraska, abated early Sunday and with higher temperature and bright sun- ! _ shine during the afternoon the snow- j ^ irifts, iu many places four to six feet j . deep, were disappearing. Train serv j ce was s tlll demoralized Sunday night ( main lines of ail railroads weri> ; opened during the day and some train* were n, ov i ng on branch lines. Thrwigh ", passenger trains were running from four > lo 10 hours , ate . j ! j { j Kansas City, April 4.—Railroads and j highways are blocked by deep snawdriftf), 1 rural telephone service is demoralized. ; ' and livestock is suffering from a blizzard ! which swept. Kansas. ^ ' Vaska, the Tex- i as Panhandle, northern. Oklahoma, and | j Missouri Saturday night and Sunday. All; iruins noie 10 move were ruuuuig late and from several places trains | reported I k, und in by heavy drifts, Umiupiitnra hrnurht hr Ih#* nnrt trains able to move were running hours i were ! The ! temperature brought by t.he northwest. gale ranged several degrees below free*- ! ing. COLD IN ST. LOUIS. j St. Louis, April 4.—There have been ! but eleven colder days during the month j in 49 years, than was Easter Sunday '■ here. Heavy snows have prevailed throughout the northern part of the j state, according to reports reaching here ; nti n small groups, sometimes only three or * our manning a machine gun. supple i renting its fire with rifles. The heaviest firing was in Sonnewall ! »treet. The reichwehr entered the — ! street at the north end with machine j *uns. The reds, with their machine ' funs, stood at a range of 50 yards. The ' sweeping fire of both sides shivered half the store windows. Tbe grounds were piled high with glass pulverized that it resembled J ; j piles of drifted shaved ice when the. j shopkeepers later in the evening swept the sidewalks to the accompanyment of machine gun fire in the southern and eastern outskirts. .The city, which had lived in a state of fear for three weeks, took the matter coolly. The street cars continued oper ation in all parts of the town except where the fighting was hot. but cellars were popular. 200 FALL IN CHINESE MUTINY. Amoy, China. AprU 4.—Two hundred * soldiers were killed and many wounded Î in a mutiny of the troops in Anhui pro [vince, according to advices received here, {tonkas'the* t ««« never have been before, and i "f. *he poUs next November jwith that situation uppermost m their m i E ds." ! There is • "great snd growing deteri ; oration in public education, caused by a tremendous loss of trained teachers,** and a "great lowering in the standard« of. quality ot incoming teachers," the pe tition stated. The average yearly salary of the teacher In 1010 was $034. the petition said, and ther had been only n 10 per cent increase during that year. More than 90,000 rural achoola are without teachera. It continued, and added: "The desertion ot farms ia largely duo to removal of farinera to citiea where they can get decent schooling for their children. Illiteracy, which disqualified TMjOOO dratted ma tor effective eerr iee in the great war. is on the increase." >