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GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COMMISSION-MANAGER RULE LOST BY 71
FRENCH TROOPS MOVING TO OCCUPY OTHER CITIES
JAPAN SEIZES VLADIVOSTOK'
FOCH WILL SEIZE
FRANKFORT; RUHR
BA TTLE IS FO UGHT
Berlin Forces Lose 200 in Killed as Fighting Re
newed With Reds; Paris Government Says It
Cannot Longer Defer Action; Advance Across
Rhine Starts; War Tribute Will Be Levied.
Mayence, April 5.— (By The Associated Press.)The French
troops will occupy Frankfort early Tuesday morning. Some
detachments have already started.
GERMANS HAVE BATTLE AMONG SELVES.
Berlin, April 5.— (By The Associated Press.)—The govern
ment forces have lost 200 men killed in fresh fighting in the tri
angle formed by Duisburg, Dortmund, and Essen, according to
official information given the correspondent this morning. Except
in this triangle, quiet generally is being restored in the Ruhr dis
trict.
It is estimated that at least two weeks will elapse before
conditions are normal. The assertion is made that the military
employed in the Ruhr region with the exception of a few addi
tional batteries, does not exceed the force authorized by the peace
treaty and that these troops will be withdrawn as soon as order
is restored.
FRENCH MOVES VEILED IN SECRECY.
Paris, April 5.—(By The Associated Press)—All
and soldiers on Easter holiday leave have been ordered to rejoin
their units immediately. Otherwise the utmost secrecy is main
tained in official circles concerning the nature of the "military
precautions" which Premier Millerand has instructed Marshal
Foch to take in the Rhine occupation zone. A rumor is current
otticers
In Paris that General DeGoutte's army<£>
began moving from Mayence and Wies
baden on Frankfort this morning, hut
the war office refused either to confirm
>r deny the report.
Explains Attitude Only.
I The attitude of the French govern
ment in the present German crisis is
defined and explained in a note issued
tonight. After reiterating that the gov
ernment has no hostile designs toward
Germany, desiring on the contrary the
resumption of normal relations with
that country and expressing realiza
tion of the difficult situation of the
Berlin government, the note declares
the German government has given wny
to pressure by the militarist party "not
fearing to infringe the imperative and
most solemn stipulations of the A er
«ailles treaty.'
The note continued:
"The sequence of facts follow:
"The first request for permission fori
the entry of extra troops into the Ruhrl
district was made just after the insur
gent movement by the military authori-;
ties on March IT». It was renewed from
Berlin on March 17. in the name of the
legitimate government, by von Ilaniel,
who had remained in Berlin with the
consent, at least implied, of the insur
gent government.
Holds Germany Action Unnecessary.
"All information from the allied mis
sions and again the day before yester
day. from the high commissioners at
Cobleuz, does not cease to show that
Herman military intervention is uncall
ed for by the situation and it would be
attended with the gravest dangers from
the point of view of security for the
population and the men in the field."
The note then points out. that if the
German government had carried out the
disarmament clauses of the treaty, there
would hav« never been the Kapp in
surrection nor the red army in the Ruhr
district and remarks that Articles 42
and 44 are such an indispensable safe
guard that Article 1 of the Franco
Anglo-Americ»n convention defines as
a causus foed?ris those dispositions in
sufficient to issure the protection of
Europe. It concludes:
"The situation created by the abrupt
offensive of th* (iermau troops in the
Ruhr obliged the. French government to
day to consider military measures, the
execution of wheh cannot be deferred.
The sole object <f these measures is to
bring Grmany to due respect for the
treaty and they are exclusively of a
coercive and preciutionary character."
France has fout classes of men—
those from the 11)15 to the 11)19 class
still underarms, or about 700.000 men.
No other class has been recalled and no
effort made to ineease the effectives;
besides the cancellajon of ail leaves.
French military nrasures destined to
force the German government to with
draw its troops fro# the Ruhr basin;
are now entirely in th> bauds of Marshal
Foch it was said at tft» foreign office.
Four Cities Picked 'or Occupation.
It is advanced in sone well informed
quarters that occupation of Frankfort,
Darmstadt, Homburg aid Hanau is tin
likely to
upon the
realize that
ful to the French as wll as to them
selves, and cannot contiàe indefinitely.
On the other huud, the btpense of the
operation comes up as a vital question
in the present state of Fàtich finance;?.
The French recall
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exercise suflcient pressure
Germans, sincithey may well,
at this occupalon is distaste
wai\ tributes im
posed by Ger man troops lipon French
and Belnif a cities and suggest similar
measures $>eing applied to <Wm )in cities
(CoatlBned m l'mge two.)
No More Rum in Mince
Pie, Nor Sherry Dash
in Terrapin, Is Ruling
f
j . : •
*.y' 0
Baltimore, April 5.—The following
ruling has been received by Prohibition
Commissioner Richard S. Dodson from
Commissioner Kramer in Washington:
"Commissioner Köper, after consider
ing the matter very carefully, has de
cided that, under the law, there is no
authority for issuing permits to use
iiquor for culinary purposes. In the
further progress of your work, there
may govern yourself accord
further applications for with
drawal should be approved under permits
outstanding."
Eight Criminal Insane
Still at Large After
Escape in Illinois
Chester, 111.. April 5.—An armed
possee is scouring the Mississippi river
bottoms south of Chester, in pursuit of
eight inmates of the Chester State hos
pital for criminal insane who participat
ed in the delivery at the institution late
Sunday night, when fifteen men made
their escape after assaulting and over
powering the night keeper. Hospital
officials said the men who escaped were
considered among the most dangerous
of the inmates.
Seven of the men were captured yes
terday and last night and returned to
the hospital. One of the number, Harry
Sork of Rock Island, Illinois, was prob
ably fatally shot when he resisted cap
ture.
Kolchak's Remnants
in Plight Except for
Money; Plenty of Gold
London, April 5.—A dispatch to the
London Times from Harbin dated March
25, says the fate of the army of Gen
eral Voitzekoffsky, the sole remnant of
Admiral Kolchak's forces in trans
Btiikali%. calls for serious considera
tion. The dispatch adds that thousands
of men and officers are anxious to leave
bolshevist territory, but that the consent
of the Chinese and Japanese has to be
obtained
for the exodus from Siberia,,
and that their attitude has not yet been
definitely shown.
There is a gold reserve at Chita
amounting to 40,000,000 gold rubies,
($20,600,000) at the disposal of <ï«n
eral Voitzekoffsky, the dispatch adds.
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WOULD FREE USE OF
CANAL TO YANK SHIPS,
Washington, April 5.— Exemption
from Panama canal tolls of American
coastwise vessels is proposed by Chair
man Jones, of the senate commerce com
mittee. in an amendment introduced to
o pending house bill to regulate canal
charges.
to tin
national convention was elected without
opposition by state and district Repub
lican conventions. Ratification of the
peace treaty
R I UNINSTRtir.TFn
.'J* i» I T m JE®'
I rovuience, Ii. J., April u. Au uoin
strutted delegation to tin* Republican
"with such reservations as
will fully safeguard America" was the
keynote of the platform.
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ter, which they occupied. Later they marched Korean and Russian Prison
.• i 1.1.1 -.i* fk™,irrk «.k Ä -j.
TL I I J lUA ropes, through many or the streets.
I ne last of the American expeditionary forces under Brigadier Ueneral
William S. Graves left Vladivostok April I. A few hours subsequent to
their departure, a proclamation was posted throughout the city, stating that
Japanese troops would not evacuate Siberia at the present time. The pro
clamation warned all inhabitants against any unfriendly act of the Russian'
n«n.iUf;« n xi r -, . i Li- ii_ i
population. 1 he tenseness or the situation here had increased hourly since!
Vladivostok, April 5.—(By The Associated Press.)—Japanese troops
today occupied Vladivostok after eight hours of severe fighting in all parts
of the city.
Some of the officials of the revolutionary regiment already have been ar
rested and deported. All Russians have been disarmed and the Japanese
imperial flag was flying in the place of the Russian ensign from all govern
ment buildings.
Throughout last night the Japanese fought with rifles, machine guns,
grenades and small artillery in all portions of the city. Their incessant fir
ing met little opposition, as the Russians were taken by surprise, the Japan
ese move toward occupation having been unexpected by the party in power.
Many Russians escaped into the hill country behind the city, whence they
had come two months ago when the all-Russian government of Admiral
Kolchak fell before the attacks of a revolutionary party.
Early Monday the Japanese launched their attack in the Korean quar
that time until the clash today.
Wadsworth Denounces
Unpreparedness for
Fearful Extravagance
in Life and Cash.
Washington, April 5.—Unprepared
ZÏ* directly Responsible 'for^-fearfuf
extravagances" in lives and inonev, Sen
ator Wadsworth, Republican, of New
York, said iu opening discussion on the
army reorganization bill submitted by
the senate military committee. A bitter
fight is expected over its provision for
compulsory military training. Even
should the proponents of compulsory
training win in the senate leaders were
doubtful whether this provision would be
retained in the bill as finally agreed tip
on in conference. The; bouse voted
aud the Democrats at a party confer
ence went on record as opposed to it.
Unfair to Depend on Veterans.
The war department reorganization,
plan was rejected, Senator Wadsworth
told the senate, because "the commit
tee believed it violated our Democratic
institutions." "It would bave made our
citizen soldier subservient to the reg
ulars," lie said. "It would have estab
lished a larger regular army and made
it dominate completely the entire mili
tary establishment. The c«pimittee did
not believe iu that type or that size of
an army."
j Defending the committee plans, for!
I training boys between 18 and 21 years,!
j Senator Wadsworth declared it was un
j fair to ask the veterans of the war toi
i continue to fill the role of the defend
| ers of the country, which was richtful
- " -
j jy the duty of "their successors in age."
Makes Private Basis of Army.
j The bill, the New York senator said,
j nets up a military policy which em
! phasizes the dependence of the coun
! try on the private soldier and gives the
> private soldier the prior training, which
j experience shows, is necessary "so
that when he goes into battle lie may
, ÄT& ïtaSfe?
Estimates of over a billion dollars j
would be required actually for com
uni «or y training were contradicted by
leuator Wadsworth, who said the ulti
t
mate cost wouïd not exceed $»»5-1,00,000. j
Provisions for a graduated reduction in i
the sixe of the permanent standing army
from ,280,000 enlisted men and 17,000
(C ob M bum I M r >|t !•*.)
AND POLICEMAN
SIT IN BATTLE
Maniac and 50 Police
Have Revolver Duel in
Dark Theater After a
$20,000 Bank Holdup.
St. Louis, April 5.—A lone bandit
'
' ki " ed 0 " e P °' iCe ° ffiCer ' Seri0US,y * 0un- -
ed three others and himself was killed
when he held up and robbed the Easton
Taylor Trust company here of $20,000
Monday.
The bandit, carrying a revolver in
each hand entered the bank shortly aft
! er 3 o'clock. There were 15 custom
ers ,n bank and he herded them and
i *' ,e employes In a private room and
began firing the revolvers.
Ä riot call was sounded and 50 police
!
I
1 bandit obtained $20.000 from Louis F.
Schnieder, the cashier, and sought re
j fuge in an adjoining theater, which was
I empty.
FIGHTS FROM ORCHESTRA PIT
The police surrounded the theater.
i The band,t used the orchestra pit from
1 which to shoot and wou,d r,8e over lhe
;
i
top of it and fire as th» p .trolmen en
i tered. The gun battle lasted nearly 20
! minutes.
Policeman Terrence McFarland was
shot through the heart and died instant
ly. Patrolman Claude Adams was shot
; in the abdomen.
I Police said the man's conduct Indlcat
i ed he had become crazed from drugs.
The money was found concealed in his
clothing.
BULLET THROUGH LOCKS.
Crouched in the pit the robber had the
advantage of being hidden by darkness,
while the polioemen stood in the light
a # they entered.
John R. Lanagan, president Of the
• >ank - told the police the man began tir
J* entered and that one
® the bullets passed through his Hair.
Several women In the Institution fainted,
. The robber was snot In the Taoe so
KÄÄlÄ! tï* ™''
j ^possible to identi fy hilll.
GOLD SHIP AT HALIFAX.
t Halifax, N. 8., April li. —The steam
j ship Carmania, which arrived here on
i the way from Liverpool to New York,
had aboard gold valued at $10,000,000
destined for the United States sub
treasury in New York.'
i OF IRISH CAUSE
HALTED BÏ LAW
Two Arrested as Well as
Assaulted by Two Oth
er Women as They
Flaunted Banners.
Washington, April 5.—The federal
government moved Monday to put an
end to the picketing of the British em
bassy, which was renewed in the morn
ing by women sympathizers with the
movement for an Irish republic.
1'uited States District Attorney Las
key informed Matthew CBrien,
sel for the women, that if his clients
persisted they» would be prosecuted un
der a federal statute which makes the
offering of an insult to a diplomatic rep
resentative of a foreign government or
to his official residence, a felony pun
ishable by a penitentiary sentence.
Simultaneously, Mr. Laske.v communi
cated his decision to the District of Col
umbia commissioners, who instructed
the police to arrest the women after
warning them.
Pickets Arrested.
Captain Doyle and two police women
were sent to the embassy in a patrol
wagon and found Mrs. Mary Walker,
of Astoria. Long Island, and Miss Mollie
Carroll, of New York City, carrying
banners on the sidewalk.
Captain Doyle informed the banner
bearers that unless they left in 1ft min
utes, they would be arrested under fed
eral statutes, but they refused to de
part. After they had been taken to
headquarters and held for half an hour,
they were released on orders of Mr.
Laskey.
The district attorney explained sub
sequently that the police acted before
Mr. O'Brien had had time to notify his
clients of the government's decision.
In Fight Hour Earlier.
An hour before tne police interven
ed, Mrs. Sophie Stanton, and Mrs. Hat
tie Larkin, of this city, attacked two
pickets who had preceded Mrs. Walker
and Miss Carroll aud were arrested on
charges of "disorderly conduct." They
were released upon depositing a cash
forfeit of $25 each.
Mrs. Walker and Miss Carroll were
not replaced at the embassy after the
police took them away and leaders of
of thei ' movement would not say what
were t wir plans for Tuesday.
V V
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ONLY MUNICIPAL ELECTION
CHANCES ARE RETIRING OF
THREE ALDERMEN, IN FAVOR
OF 2 LAMES, 1 DEMOCRAT
ß ! —
Boyd Dèfeats Hubbard in First Ward; Bosley in
Third and Sleevey in Fifth, Carry Labor to Vic
tory; Booth in Second and Calvert in Fourth,
Republican Winners; First and Fourth Wards
Carried for Commission Government.
With approximately 46 per cent of the registered vote of the
city cast at the election on Monday, the proposition to change
the form of city government from the present mayor and board
of aldermen to that of the commission-manager plan was rejected
by a vote of 1383 for the change to 1454 against it. The propo
sition, therefore, was defeated by 71 votes.
In the councilmanic contests, three of the four members of the
present board, who were seeking to be returned, went down to
defeat. Calvin E. Hubbard, in the First ward, lost to Gilbert S.
Boyd by 62 ; A. J. Sullivan was retired in the Third ward by Guy
T. Bosley by 80, and Harry A. Sheppard was defeated in the Fifth
ward by L. George Sleevy by 30 votes. George T. Booth, seek
ing reelection from the Second ward, landed a winner over Ras
mus Jorgenson by 42 votes ; and George B. Calvert, in the Fourth,
j won over Richard Sherwood by 8 votes.
The contest in the First ward proved that the Republican
I strength with the scattering votes which went to Chester I. Hart
; man, former fellow alderman of Hubbard, the defeated candidate,
j would not hav ? sufficient to have won over Boyd, Demo
j haïbee^writtên în^a^ff pârt 1 / randidatef b^thls"«™
j admittedly sharp political practice and failed to bring results,
ÄS Hartman had repudiated the nomination. Hubbard has
I served as alderman from the ward for eight years.
I served as alderman from the
Sherwood L*t by But s
The most interesting contest of the
; election was that of the Fourth ward
I where Calvert (Rep.) was opposed by
; Sherwood (Labor). Calvert lead iu three
! and Sherwood carried four of the seven
i precincts, but Calvert's total was suf
i ficient to land him by the slender margin
j of eight rotes.
In the Third ward, Bosley (Labor)
j carried four of the five precincts, Sullivan
i (Rep.) finishing winner in but one. and
in that instance by only a margin of
two votes, while Bosley defeated hira in
one precinct 41 votes.
The commission-manager proposition
was favored in every one of the five
precincts in the First ward, defeated in
every precinct of the Second ward, tied
in o.ae, carried in four and defeated in
two precincts of the Fourth ward and
was defeated in the Fifth ward.
The fact that the day was generally
stormy did not seem to hinder the
voters, as the city has not a high record
for voting on the years when there is
no mayoral fight, and the 46 per cent of
the votes cast Monday may be said to
be a fairly g:ood showing.
The vote in detail:
First Ward:
Precincts—
Boyd (Dem.)
Hubbard (Rep.)..
Hartman (Labor).
For Change
an
^
! For ' ("hange
or
12 3 4 5 Total
73 75 50 60 91
70 77 «0 37 43—287
!» 3 9 10 12— 48
85 78 09 72 76—380
Against it 62 73 49 34 69—287
Boyd's majority 19 votes; plurality
over Hubbard 02 votes. Commission car
ried in ward by 93 votes.
Second Ward:
! Precincts _. 6 7 8 9 Total
.lorgenson (Dem.)... 9 39 51 50—121
Booth (Rep.) 25 38 50 50—163
6 27 31 27— 91
27 50 74 57—208
849
Against it
Booth's majority, 42 votes. Commis
sion manager plan defeated in ward 107
votes.
Third Ward:
Precincts-— 10 II 12 13 Total
Sullivan (Rep.) 51 69 83 43—246
Boslev (Labor) 49 80 124 73—S26
For change 30 71 68 60—229
Against it 66 80 131 55—332
Bosley's majority, 80 votes. Commis
sion manager plan defeated in ward
102 votes.
(CohtlauMl on Pace Two.)
LAKE GIVES UP GIRL MISSING SINCE
DEC. 30; DAUGHTER OF WEALTHY PACKER
BRffiVED OVER POCK-MARKED FACE
Chicago, April 5.—The body of Jeanne
Anna De Kay. 20 years old, whose dis
, • ^ i _
appearance from Hull bouse December
30, was followed by a nation-wide
search, was found Monday in Lake
Michigan, near the municipal pier.
AGREE ON P. 0. BILL.
Washington, April 5.— A final agree
ment on the $460,000,000 postoffice ap
propriation bill has been reached by the
house and senate conferees. The con
ference previously had accepted senate
provisions for a transcontinental ex
perimental airplane mail service be
tween New York and San Francisco via
Chicago.
f —
Senator 15,000 Ahead of
Wood; Hoover, Who
Heads Democrats, Also
Fourth in Own Party
Primary.
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Detroit, April 6.—With partial re~
; turns from more than half the countie«
in the state tabulated. United States
Senator Hiram W. Johnson had at
tained a big lead over Major General
Leonard Wood for indorsement as tho
Republican nominee in Monday's pres
idential preference primary. Figures
from 446 precincts out of 2.421 in th«
state gave Johnson 33,670: Wood.
18,688.
Herbert Hoover and Governor Low
d en, of Illinois, were engaging in a
close race for third place, with the fig
ures showing Lowden 10,012. and Hoov
er 9,771.
A close race developed in the Demo
cratic contest, Hoover holding a very
slim margin over Governor Edwards, of
New Jersey. The figures from 837 pre
cincts showed: Hoover, 2.918; Edwards.
2,870
In the incomplete returns the fight
for third place on the Democratic ticket
was between former Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo. and William J. Bryan.
McAdoo had 2.165 and Bryan 1.916.
Palmer was in the rear with 1,524.
I Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton, of Hull
: flouse, identified the body. Except for
a coat and hat. which were missing, the
was the same as Miss Do Kay
! wore when she disappeared.
: Mrs. Britto« seid she was eonriacetf
the girl had committed suicide.
Miss De Kay was the daughter of
John Wesley De Kay, wealthy packer,
now residing in Switzerland. She was
sent to Chicago by her father after her
graduation from a London boarding
school. She arrived at Hull House last
December to assist in work among the
poor, under Miss Jane Addams' direc
tion.
"She was despondent while at Hull
ise." Mrs. Britton said, "and grieved
' the pox marks on her faee. '