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VOL. 14, NO. 84.
REVOLUTION
IS EXPECTED
Reports Say Soviet Govern
ment is Not Wanted in
Berlin,
Berlin, Monday, April 7.—(By the
Associated Press)—Doubt that en
enthusiasm for a Soviet republic ex
tends far beyopd Munich is expressed
by the Tagleblatt, but the newspa
per admits its anxiety as to the effect
news of- the Bavarian situation will
have on the second Soviet congress
when it meets here. It says, however,
that even if the congress should adopt
radical measures the "powers of re
sistance are stronger in' Berlin than
in Munich"."
The Deutsche Zeitung also fears
the effect of the news and says that
'.'unless all signs fail it is evident that
the ground work for another revolu
tion has been laid and it is not im
probable that the Soviet congress will
give th^ signal for an attempt to over
throw the government."
EVACUATIONOf
ODESSA PORT
E CONFIRMED
Esthonians Report Capture
of Seven Villages and
500 Prisoners.
Paris, April 9.—The evacuation of
the Black sea port of Odessa by the
Allied forces is confirmed officially.
A Paris dispatch Tuesday night
said that a wireless message from
Moscow reported the capture of
Odessa by Ukrainian soviet troops.
Sunday the Paris Matin said the evac
uation of Odessa was imminent, as
Bolshevik pressure was increasing.
The newspaper said that the Allied
forces would be withdrawn ultimate
ly .to the 'line of the Dneister, west
and south'of ^dessa.
Siberia Evacuated.
Insurance Paid But
Boy Is Still Alive
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., April 9.—
George Wice, eon of Arthur Wice of
Dryburg, is living, well and happy,
and with the army of occupation in
Germany, after'having been reported
killed in action, and insurance pay
ments made to his father.
Leaving home when but a boy, be
cause of unpleasant family relations,
it is said, the young
titka
went to
Montana and lived there for several
arears without communicating with his
parents. His mother died in the
meantime, unknown to him.
At the outbreak of the war Wice
was drafted and trained, at Camp
Green. He went overseas about a year
ago. Reported killed in action' on
June 19 of last year, the war depart
ment commenced payment ori the
boy's JniO.OOO life Insurance policy,
and checks for $57.50 a month have
been coming regularly to his father,
since that time.
A few days ago word came di
rectly from the boy that he is well
and happy and anxious to get home.
4 No attempt has been made by the
war department to obtain the money
paid Mr. Wice on the lfO£'s insurance.
Support of Old Leaders In
creases and May Cause
Big Change.
Socialist and Communist
Parties Are Not at All
United.
Vladivostok, Thursday, April 3.— Item. The original cabinet, contain
(Via Montreal.)—The evacuation of
the Canadian troops in Siberia is ex
pected to begin about April 30, when
the steamer Monteagle. sails for Can
ada with 70 officers and 700 men.
These include 300 sick.
Five Hundrch Prisoners Taken.
Copenhagen, April 9.—Capture of
seven villages, 500 prisoners and
large quantities^ of .material is
reported in an official statement,is
sued from the Ksthonian army head
quarters. The Esthonian troops con
tinue- to advance, .^according to the
statement.
Townley's Right Hand Man is
About Out of League
John Thompson Made Mys
terious Trip. To Washing
ton And Consulted Depart
meatOfJustice Officials-
It Is Believed He Sees End
To One Man Rule Over
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Washington, April .9.—Another im
portant wh«el-will .drop out of the
A. C. Townley Nonpartisan league
machine In 'th«t very ne&r future, ac
cording. to information received here
Monday lh^'unusually well' Informed
circles. *,
The individual In qUestioii Js John
Thompson, who has served as Town
ley's right hand majii for some two
There ars t*ro theories as to the
cause of Thompson breaking away
from Townley, One Is that Thomp
son, who is regarded here as probably
thf shrewdest man in th* league or
ganisation, sees ah end to the league
as the lnevlteble resuit of the:quarrel
in North Dakota, and deslrea to qutt
before the ftrand smash comes.
JBe JoIoh of
JKRr'SS
Norm iMKont, apa a,iprM to qwi wqura be *t the top.
efore the frrand smasft comes. Numerous trips have been nu
Bavarian Government is
losing Force Situation
Critical Than Ever
Munich, Tuesday, April 8.—(By the
Associated' Press)—With another B4
flours behind it the Bavarian council
government appears less- able to*-im
pose itself upon the country and the
general political situation has become
more involved and threatening than
ever. Not only has the support- of the
old government taken concrete form,
but the breach among the Social Dem
ocrats in South Bavaria has widened
•until the Majority Socialists, the In
dependent Socialists and the Com
munists are not at all united.
The Independent Socialist of Mu
nich and Nuremberg are split hope
lessly. In the latter city, they are op
posed to the Sovi-t system for the
present, the former city siding with
the proponents of that system, but
laying domi twelve 'conditions, includ
ing a dictatorship of the proletariat,
the building up of workmen's coun
cils, the Socialization of the bureau
cracy according to the principles of
the workmen's peasants and soldiers'
councils, the introduction! 6f general
labor duty for the bourgolsie, the re
constitution of courts on a revolution
ary basis, the reconstruction of the
dwelling system, the separation of the
church and state, the immediate rev
olutionizing of the system of school
education, the Socialization of the
press and the creation of a red alli
ance with Russia and Hungary. They
also demand proportionate represen
tation' of the three parties in the cen
tral council.
The council has accepted these con
ditions, so the Independent Socialists
are supporting-, the Soviet plan but
their leader/ Dr. Levlen. is still pes
simistic and believes that the present
council .fails to represent the pro
letariat and. that the basic idea of the
council has been strangled. The Ma
jority Socialists in South Bavaria,
have gone utterly to pieces and are
wholly at outs with those in the
north. The bourgeoisie of both north
and south Bavaria are working with
renewed vigor' to prevent the estab
lishment of the present council sys-
ing two Majority Socialists has been
altered so as to eliminate them and
several others to whom objection was
made.
Choose Soviet Councils.
Basle, Tuesday, April 6.—Soviet
councils have been chosen- at Regens
berg, 67-'miles northeast of. Munich
and at Fuerth, next to Nuremburg,
the principal Knanutacturtrig'town' in
Bavaria
Berlin, Tuesday, April 8.—(By the
Associated- Press)—The town of
Schweinfurt, lower Franconia, near
Wurzburg, has voted its adhedion to
the. Bavarian Societ republic.
Increased Charges
For Grain Storage
Are Approved Today
Washington, April 9.—Increased
charges for storing westbound ship
ments of grain at Duluth,- Minn., Su
perior, Wis., and Gladstone, Mich.,
were approved for filing today by the
interstate commerce commission. The
Great Northern railroad asked the in
creases on the ground that labor and
insurance costs had gone up.
GEBHART TO HELP
FEED CHILDREN OF
SEVERAL COUNTRIES
Paris, Tuesday, April 8.—Prof.
Frank Gebhart has been sent by the
supreme food commission to Jugo
Slavia, Montenegro and Serbia to ar
range for the feeding and rationing
of debilitated chtldren. His mission
was made possible by a contribution
of $50,000 by the American-Jugor
Slav relief commission.
carry more weight, is that Townley
has become jealous of Thompson and
is', side-tracking him, and that, the
latter is leaving the organisation be
cause he feels he is not given a
square dedl and can't hope for one
in the future.
Thompson made a mysterious trip
east a short time ago. He spent
considerable time here and In New
York. It Is said that he was In con
ference with department of Justice of
ficials. The nature of the subject
discussed is being kept secret. There
are sail.kinds of reports as to what it
wfis Members of congress from the
northwest states know that Thomp
son was here and talked with depart
ment. of Justice officials. But they
don't kndw anything more.
May Move Back to New York.
In NeW York friends of Thompson
said he seemed to be very much out
of humor 'Vith the northwest. He
is declared to have told one/m&n that
he yrlll mqVe back to New York May
1. This man'interred from Thomp
son's conversation that he had fallen
out with TowiOW. but as the subject
seemed, to b« a delicate one with
Thompson he did not press his in
auirtes.'
Thompson probably is the heat
known' Nonpartisan leaguer in the
east. This is due* tp his having en
gaged in magaslne work here. When
he went to the league it was pre
dieted: by his friends that be soon
vbe stth
umerous trips have been made to
Declares Ireland Cannot Be
Ruled Without Mainte
nance of 40,000 Troops
London,. Tuesday, April 8.—De
fending the military Kill in the house
of lords today. Earl Curzon of Kedle
ston, president of the council and'gov
ernment leader in the house of lords,
declared that Vienna "being in a ser
ious position and apprehensive lest
it should share the fate of Budapest,
had turned to Great Britain and said:
'If you will send ten thousand Brit
ish troops we can "guarantee the sit
uation.'
Earl Curzon was not sure that war
conditions would not revive. He
said:
"I see clouds on the horizon which
may burst at any moment in a nipre
sinister form than anything yet seeif.
If the critics of this bill can show
the government how to rule.Ireland
without maintaining forty thousand
troops there, they will confer a great
favor on the government." 'r
SHIP OWNERS Witt
NOT OPERATE SHIPS
UNDER GOVERNMENT
Buenos Aires, Tuesday, April 8.—
Owners of coastwise shipping refuse
to work their vessels under govern
ment supervision iii spite of the ad
ministration's threat to prohibit the
use of the Argentine flag" qn their
ships. The owners decided not to op
pose the wage demand if the latter
would accept the owners claim to the
right of employment, whom they
wish, and pledge themselves not to
declare boycotts.
Farmers are striking and demand
ing the suspension of rent contracts
for one year, a moratorium until
crops are sold and loans which will
be dependent upon the amount of
oorn raised. A reduction of' 20 per
cent in -rent rates on farm land is
also demanded.
Rome Laborers Plan
Strike Of 25 Hours
Rojne,April 9.—(Bavas)—The
Hpme council of the General Federa-
is setnt^T^np^^Thnrafl^^vi' a.m
No recent nfeWs h4s come out o.f
Italy tft indicate the'reason for a
strike demonstration such as that
which the Rome dispatch reports.
TURKISH COMMISSION THROUGH
Constantinople, Tuesday, April 8.—
(Ha van)—The Turkish commission
appointed to, draw up a report deal
ing, with .the national rights of Otto
mans before the peace conference,
has concluded its labors.
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GRAND FORKS, N. D« WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1919.
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Paderewski Summoned Be
lore CouncilOf Four To
day To Present Poland's
Claims—Report On Rep
arations Is Adopted By
Conference.
Paris, April. •.— The prelim
inary peace treaty will require
Germany to m^ke immediate in
demnity payment, on account, of
25,000,000,000 (tones In cash and
raw matcrijtfs, according to the
Echo de Paris: Who treaty, it
declares, will not leave uncertain
the total amount which Germany
Is to pay. as. that amount will be
written into the document,
Paderewski Summoney.
Paris, April' #l-rjrlgnaee "Jan Pade
rewski, the Polish'premier, was sum
moned before the council of four to
day to present the claifns of Poland.
The premier will urpe that Danslg
must be given to Poland and .that
Poland must have the coal fields of
Teschen, Silesia, upon which, it is
said, Polish Industry depends.
Reparations fteport Adopted.
Paris, April 9.—Th,© peace confer
ence subcommittee report on repara
tions dealing with the financial ca
pacity of enemy states and t)ie means
of payment was adopted yesterday
by the conference commission. It was
decided to present this report and
the report of the first subcommittee
on categories of datnage and the
methods of valuation to the general
secretary of the peace conference.
Call It Blackmailing.
Paris, April 9.—"We do not accuse
our allies of forgetting. what France
has done," says the Matin today, "but
nevertheless we witnessed a curious
thing yesterday. American propa
gandists or newspapers, knowing that
President Wilson had summoned to
Brest the ship which is to take him
back to America, saw in this an op
portunity for blackmail.
"They made—with the disapproval
of all Americans who are friends of
France—a bold-faced attempt at In
timidation. 'If you are not more ac
commodating,' they went, over the,
city saying, 'our president will return
home and you csjn extricate yourself
from your difficulties by yourself."
Paris, April -(Havas.)—In an
article discussing whether the Mon
roe doctrine can )e reconciled with
the league of nations, the Matin de
clares it would. be paradoxical to up
hold it, adding:.)
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J&jids. to .the..--ifi8Pe"^ro*IdT to whfch
case 'i Europeans ,t^buid" 7ttpiatfc' the
'Monroe doctrloi.. in .... mingling in
American .affairs, or the'league of na
tions includes only Europe, in which
case the Americaps would violate the
Monroe doctrine by mixing in Eu
ropean affairs."
BULGARIANS TO STRTTMNITZ.
Saloniki, Tuesday, April 8.—Bui-,
garian troops have been sent *t'd
Strum nitz, to suppress an uprising3)11
irridentist Greeks
Nobody Told the Flirtatious Stranger That She Had Handled a Motor Truch in War Zone.
INDEMNITY FOR GERMANY IN
PRfflBONARY TREATY, REPORT
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GERMANS MAY
MAINTAIN ORDER
Possibility of Such an Ap
peal is Considered by Ger
man Cabinet' Council.
Paris, April 9.—At the session of
the German cabinet council the gov
ernment considered thQ eventuality
of making an appeal to the Allied
armies to maintain order in Germany
in the interest of the whole of Eu
rope, the Zurich correspondent of Le
Journal reports.
Recent Trouble In
China Between U. S.
And Jap Troops Will
Be Settled Very Soon
Washington, April 9.—Exchanges
between the United States and Jap
anese governments regarding the re
cent clash at Tien Tsin, China, be
tween American soldiers and Jap
anese, are expected to result shortly
in a satisfactory understanding clos
ing the incident.
It is known that the trouble began
in the French concession in a clash
between soldiers of the American and
Japanese forces at. Tien Tsin. The
following day soldiers clashed again
and it seems that both the Japanese
and American concessions were in
vaded during the fighting.
Wilson Sends Greetin js
To The King Of Belgium
Paris, Tuesday, April 8.—President
Wilson telegraphed a congratulatory
message to the King of Belgiutn to
day on the occasion of the latter's
birthday. The message read:
"Please accept my warmest con
gratulations on your birthday and my
hope that you may have many anoth
er birthday in times that will rapidly
grow brighter and witness the entire
restoration of Belgium."
WOMEN REPORTED TO
BE AIDING SOVIETS
IN UNrrep STATES
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April 8.—Reports that
BoLihevist agitation in the United
States is being flnapced bjr a numbw
of wealthy persons, particularly wom
en, have reached the department of
justice, but have not been, taken seri
ously so far. One report related that
a wealthy American woman had un
dertaken to pay the expenses of agi
tators to work among negroes in the
south to get them to organize soviet
committees. No evidence of this agi
tation has developed.
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Copenhagen—Reports from Mag
deburg tell of plundering arid shoot
ing during the general strike.
Paris—President Poincare has com
muted to ten years' imprisonment the
death sentence imposed upon Emlle
Cottin.
Paris—-The Ukrainian Soviet troops
have captured Odessa.
Paris—An official Serbian telegram
from Belgrade says the American and
Allied mission considers the responsi
bility for the Spalato incident rests
on the Italian naval commander.
Geneva—All the Austrian arch
dukes. and their families have been
expelled- from Austrian territory.
Washington—Requirements of the
various government departments will
consume practically the entire war
department surplus in motor trucks
and motor cars.
Copenhagen—The west Ukrainian
government has wired- President Wil
son asking for help in fighting the
Bolsheviki.
Baltimore—A1 Shubert and Pete
Herman, bantam champion, fought
ten rounds' to a draw.
Peoria—Earl Puryear
Jack Wolfe in ten rounds.
defeated
AMERICAN RED
CROSS STORAGE
SHEDSPD1AGED
Armed Crowds in Nurem
burg Take Goods Valued
at 700,000 Marks.
Basle, April 9.—Storage sheds of
the American Red Cross were among
the food depots pillaged by armed
crowds in Nuremburg Tuesday, ac
cording to dispatches received here.
Goods to the value of 700,000 marks
are said to have been taken from
various food depots.
WAR BOARD ASKS
Men Must be Trained Sol
diers Who Have Been Re
leased or Have Served.
London,
Tuesday, April 8, Via
-The war office has issued
Montreal-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GERMANY TO STRIKE REGARDED
AS "CRIME AGABBT PEOPLT
Government Troops Patrol
ling -Berlin And City Is
Quiet—Spartacan Leaders
an urgent appeal for volunteers for sen, where a collision has occurred
the relief force for north Russia. It
is stated that the men must be trained
soldiecs who have been demobilized
or discharged or who. are serving at
home or on normal engagements or
for two, three or four years.
THREE DIVISIONS
PREPARING FOR
RETURN TO U. S.
New York, April 9.—The twenty
ninth, seventy-ninth and thirty-third
divisions have been released for prep
aration for return' to the United
States, the port of embarkation at
Hoboken has been biformed.
The 29th (New Jersey, Virginia,
Maryland, Delaware and the District
of Columbia) division was released
April 5. The release of the 79th divi
sion (Southern Pennsylvania) is ef
fective April 10, and that of the 33rd
(National guard troops from Illi
nois) is effective April 12.
Wilson's Order For
His Ship Cause For
Much Speculation
Washington, April 9.—Receipt yes
terday of instructions rrom President
Wilson to the navy department to ex
pedite the departure for a French
port of the steamer George Washing
ton continued to be- a topic of much
speculation in officials circles today
in the absence of any explanation
either from the president or those as
sociated with him at the peace con
ference.
Unofficial reports last night from
Paris that the return of the president
to the council o'f. four had removed
much of the tension that had existed
in conference circles for a number of
days and had led to renewed confi
dence in an early and satisfactory
conclusion of the peace treaty, may
result in Mr. Wilson changing his
plans for the use of the George Wash
ington,. It -was believed here today.
SIDNEY DREW DEAD.
New York, April 9.—Sidney Drew,
actor on the stage and for the moving
picture screen, died today at his home
here.
LEATHER FORECAST.
North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Thursday, preceded
by unsettled in east portion not
much duuige in temperature.
Minnesota: Probably ratal and
snow tonight or Thursday not
much chance In temperature
fresh to strong shifting winds la
west portion.
At Hamburg Plotting To
Proclaim Soviet Govern
ment There.
Paris, April 9.—(Havaa)—A
general strike has been pro
claimed In Berlin and' the suburb
of Spandau, advices received here
say. Minister of Defense Noakp
is reported to have concentrated
30,000 loyal troops at the rates of
Berlin.
Bank Employes Strike.
Berlin, Tuesday, April 8.—(By the
Associated Press)—The employes of
the Bank of Trade and Industry, bet
ter known as the Darmstadter bank,
went on strike today and a half dor
en banks, including the Deutsche,
Dresdner and Disconto, went to the
aid of Hie Darmstadter bank by open
ing thirty of their branches to its
customers. The employes of the
Darmstadter bank demanded wage
increases which bank officials said
endangered the safety of the institu
tion.
Berlin, April 8.—(By the Associated
Press).—The threat of railroad em
ployes to add to Germany's troubles
by striking, has brought a sharp re
ply from the government in which
such action is denounced as "a crime
toward the entire people." Assur
ance is given the would be strikers
that a strike "will be regarded as a
breach of contract and will be pun
ished accordingly."
The government statement appeals
to railroad men to "remember it spent
billions for them at the expense of
less fortunate employes" and declares
that the government would be "con
scienceless were it to permit railroad
ers to injure the people by stopping
transportation in these days of short
age of food and raw materials and
hunger."
Greet Soviet Government.
Berlin, Tuesday, April 8.—(By the
Associated Press)—Independent So
cialists at the Soviet congress today
presented two resolutions extending
greetings to the Bavarian And the
Hungarian Soviet republics. There
was a lively discussion, especially re
garding Bavaria. The Independent
Socialists wished the congress to ex
press the hope that the bavarian pro
letariat might overcome opposition
and that the rest- of Gernjttuiy might
follow its example. T^i« motion was
greeting" Hungarf was "ac-'
eepi t-d in spite -.vf recent tniieafitjtihg'
predictions.
Berlin was quiet today, being
strongly patrolled by government
troops. Wilhelmstrasse was com
manded by machine guns from the
chancellery.
Spartacan leaders at Hamburg are
plotting to proclaim a Soviet republic
in that city .according to the Zeitung
Am Mittag, which calls t^pon Gustav
Noske, the minister of war, to send
troops there to prevent this action.
Strikes In Knpp Plant.
Copenhagen, April 9.—German gov
ernment troops are marching on Es-
between the strikers and .the Chris
tian workers' organization, the mem
bers of which desire to continue at
their employment, a Berlin dispatch
announces. The strikers have occu
pied the Krupp ammunition plant, the
message adds.
State of War.
Berlin. Tuesday .April 8.—(By the
Associated Press)—A "state of war"
exists in Nuremberg, northern Ba
varia, according to placards posted
this morning.' Parades and demon
strations are forbidden there and the
public is also forbidden to be on the
streets between 11 p. m. and S a. m.
The Hoffman government of Ba
varia was reported to have moved
'from Munich to Nuremberg. A Ber
lin dispatch Tuesday night, however,
stated that the ministry alter going
to Nuremberg made a second change
in its headquarters, moving to Bam
berg. Yesterday's dispatches report
ed a state of siege in Nuremberg.
Von Pracer Recalled.
Copenhagen, April 9.—It has been
officially announced in Munich that
Ritter von Pruger, the Bavarian en
voy at Berlin, has been recalled. The
commissary for foreign affairs de
clares that the new German constitu
tion can never become binding on Ba
varia as Bavaria's special rights have
been surrendered in the drawing up
of that document.
The Wurttemberg government as
well as the Baden and Hesse govern
ments, according to a Stuttgart dis
patch still regard the Bavarian gov
ernment under Premier Hoffman as
the legitimate government for Ba
varia.
Situation Oertoua.
Essen,' Tuesday, April 8.—(By the
Associated Press)—Although a semi
official announcement questions the
correctness of the strikers' figures re
garding the number of men idle her*
another statement intended for Ge^
man consumption admits the situa
tion is serious. The production of
coal shows a heavy decrease from the
figures of a week age.
SMUTS m" PRAGUE.
Prague. Monday, April ?.—General
Smuts, who was sent to Budapest Is
confer with the leaders ef the new
Hungarian government, arrived here
yesterday and was received by Prof.
T. G. Masaryk, president of the
Cxecho-Slovakia.
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