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hospitals.
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does and other catastrophes. Over 30,000 such unfortunates were shielded and sheltered by her this year.
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Community Service November 11-25, 1 920 Information Service
1 3000 UNEMPLOYED MEN
STORM WORKS IN BERLIN
LONDON. Nov. 11. Three thousand
unemployed men In the city of Berlin,
part of whom were arrested, stormed
the I. Ion Metal Works there yester-tf-'
day, drove out the proprietors and en-
gtneers and extinguished the furnac
fires, says a dispatch to in.- Exchange
B relegrajph company fium the German
capital In the north tide gas plant
of Berlin, i la said, workmen drove
'out the Industrial council and estab
lished a political soviet
JAPANESE PLAN FOR
PETROLEUM MONOPOLY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, Monop
oly of petroleum production In Japan
and its possessions Is planned ly the
Japai a s, K'ovi-riiiiieut, uccordktig to
advices to the department of com-
merce today from Tokio. Action will,
be deferred, however, until parliament
meets In January, the advices added,
;but governmental control of the oil.
fields is planned to insure the Japa
nese navy an adequate supply. Oil
I production Is steadily declining In Ja
jpan, the department Was Informed,
because of the dlfllculty of Importing
i well boring machinery since the war.
Between 181 0 and iU 1 'J oil production
; foil off approximately 80,000,000 gal-
llous, the advices stated' I
THREE BODIES FOUND
IN HOLD OF STEAMER
NEW YORK, Nov. 11. Throe bod
ies wer0 discovered this morning In
the hold of the Morgan lino steamship
BU Mundo n which nine men were!
M-rious!;, Injured yesterday when one,
of the vessel's fuel tanks exploded'
while She was tied up to her Hudson i
riv er pier Iatesl reports from the I
rescuers laet night indicated that tnereJ
hud been no loss of life. '
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UNKNO WN BRITISH SOLDIER ' i 1
GIVEN FUNERAL OF FIELD I
MARSHAL IN WES TMINS TER I j I
CHARLES PTEZ
HOLDS CHARGES
AREJOT FI
Former Director of Fleet Cor
poration Replies to Report
of Probers
COMMITTEE SENSATION
MAKER, HE ASSERTS
Thinks Accusations Should
Be Investigated Before Be
ing Published
! CHICAGO, Nov. 11. Charles Tiez,
former director general of the eme;--
geney fleet corporation, criticized the
house committee Investigating ihe
fleet corporation, in a Blatemi Ol hen
today, and declared the committee
had overlooked the "wholesome at - j
mosphere of the hold and deck of the
structure" and was "being Just a bilge
water committee.
"Twice within eight months." Mr.
IMez said ' the so-c alled Walsh com
mittee h is caused the publication of
statements reflecting on the comix -teney
and Integrity of members of the
I ntted Mates Shipping board and the
emergency fleet corporation.
"The first statement was heralded
as Indicating a billion dollar craft
among the shipbuilders, and ei
gene) Heel corporation officials of tin
Paclfli "jujt-
INDICTMENT 1 ALUS DOWN.
I "The Indictments, when brought,
showed less than $30,000 Involved, a Ad
when the first ca-so was brought to
l rial the government's case was so
flimsy that tint Judge decided it with
out letting it go to the Jury.
"The committee Is again after a sen
sation and so It published the charges
which two former minor employes of
the shipping board have laid before
it. It publishes these without giving
ihe officials of the shipping hoard and
the fleet corporation an opportunity
to reply.
W hy has it published thesi charges
before it has Investigated their val
idity? What malevolent, vindictive
purpose is there behind this proced
ure V"
Ol FENDERS ri lsin i.
Taking up the charges made before
the committee, Mr. Plez declared that
in the 11 shipyards under his con
trol there were 3S5.000 men. and that
there was among this number "less
liian lb- aveiagt human d is iuii'.st y "
There wen- t asi . of payroll padding
and petty graft, he said, but offenders
were summarily ileal' with.
"As to other charges," he contin
ued, "I want to nay th:i during m.
Incumbency of nineteen months there
was not a single ease in which . any
contract was let as a result of either
political or other influence, and l
challenge the committee to briny forth
a single example."
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RAILROAD TRESTLE
AND WORKS AT COAL
MINE ARE BLOWN UP
WILLIAMSON. W. Va.. Nov 11
The Norfolk & Western railroad
trestle over Grapevine creek at
Thacker. near here. and the
drumhouss of the Bfatta May Coal
company ut AJax, a few miles
from Williamson, were blown up
early this morning. State police
with bloodhounds have beep sent
to the sune of the explosions.
NAVAL SEAPLANE WITH
THREE MEN ON BOARD
LOST IN LAKE MICHIGAN
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CHICAGO. Nov. 11 A naval
seaplane of the 1--2-L type, with
three men uboard, which loft
Great Lakes naval training sta
tion yesterday morning on a pho
tographic: reconnaissance tour of
the west coast of Lake Michigan V
is believed lost todav somewhere
In the lake.
AUSTRIA DESIRES TO
ENTER NATION LEAGUE
VIENNA, Nov lo Austria, after
sounding the entente powers with re
gard to her acceptability, has asked
admission to the league of nations, ac
cording to the newspapers hore.
President Motta, of the Swiss Tol
eration, the articles state, asked Sir
L'rlc Drummond, general secretary of
the league, with regard to the quel
Hon whether an application by Austria
would be acceptable, and Sir Eric re
plied in the affirmative
IRISHMAN THREATENS TO
ATTACK ENGLISH HERE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. The Brit
ish embassy today delivered to the
Mate department a copy of the mes
sage recently received by the British
chief secretary for Ireland dated New
York, and signed J V. D'Connor and
threatening reprisals agalin.t English
men living lu this country If there
,ire nnre "reprisals In Ireland on and
after the 14 th of November,"
State department officers would not
discuss the matter, but It is under
stood shut the department has started
in m estlgation.
WOMEN DRIVERS j!
OF AUTOS: HERE'S !
i CHANCEFOR YOU
The Standard-Examiner is go
ing to prove to women motor
ists of Ogden that careful rtriv-
ing pays.
In line with The Standard
Examiner's endorsement of the
city 's campaign for better regu
jlated automobile traffic an
; nouncement is made today of an
automobile driving contest for
the women of Ogden
The ten most careful women
drivers in Ogden are to be se
lected and rewarded with two
tickets each to the big road
I ,show, "The Girl In the Limou
1 sine,' at the Orpheum theater,
Wednesday, November 17.
This is just a hint. Find full
; particulars on an inside page.
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ANGRY WOMEN
THRASH CIS
' Wljp BIN
Sylvia Pankhiirsfs Newspaper
Office Scene of Armistice
Day Disorders
I LONDON. Nov. 11. The girl em
ployes in the offices of Sylvia I'nnk-
hurst a communist paper, The Work
er's Dreadnaught, In Fleet street,
v..iL. thrashed and bhe offices upset
jjust after eleven o'clock today by an
j angry crowd.
! The leaders of the parly which raid
ed the offices alleged that during the
! two minutes of solemn silence in honor
; of the fallen dead, ns provided for In
tlie Armistice day program, some of
tne women in the office Sere "Sing
ing, dancing and hanging tin cans."
When the signal canje at eleven
I o'clock for the silence throughout the
.city j:II traffic on Flee! Street w is halt
ed and thi great crowds stopped and
stood respectfully at attention, it is
claimed that amidst this tribute there
came from The Workers' Dreadnaught
offices a frightful racket and sounds
of revelry.
The indignant crowd lu the Street
walled until the two minutes h id pass
ad and then a moi of men ;nii wo
men, said to have been led by work
men, Invaded ihe Dreadnaught offices
Papers ware strewn about this pi"'
and then the men stood aside while
,the women invaders gave tlu- girls In
the offices a sound trriuhclllg!- This
continued until the police arrived.
One of the iri employes latei said
that the members of the publication's
force who did not believe in the trib
ute ols silence continued dusting the
office and made some muse, but did
not think if could he heard in the
street.
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ROBBER DROPS S50.000
BUNDLE IN HiS FLIGHT
OTTAWA, lis., Nov. ii officials
of the National City hank of Ottawa,
city officials and volunteers worked
feverishly lasi niKht and until early
this morning to open the bank's safe
believing thai Francis J. Carey, a tel
ler. In the hank, had been locked in
side by bank robbers.
hen two mechanics had cut
through the six-Inch steel door with
ao lylene torches, no one was Inside.
When a search was made for Carey,
his mother said he had not returned
home since supper.
Terrence Connolly stepped out of
the rear door of a store next to
the bank and noticed a man standing
nearby. Connolly took out his watch
and the stranger, apparently thinking
Connolly was drawing a revolver ran.
dropphlg a bundle The bundle con
tained foO.HOo, later 1 ls () , r. d to he
missing from the bank.
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BOLSHEVIKS CAPTURE
WRANGEL'S POSITIONS
LONDON, Nov. 11 The fortified
works planted by General Wrangcl In
the vicinity of Perekop, on the Isth
nius leading to the Orlinean peninsula,
have been occupied by the Bolshevlkl,
according to Wednesday's official
statement from Moscow, received bi re
by wireless toduy. The statement
reads:
"We have broken the enemy's fierce
resistance and occupied his fortified
positions near I'erekcp. Wo also oc-
'cupled Armiansk Ltazar."
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JAPAN QUITS MAKING
SILKS FOR THREE MONTHS
TOKK1, Nov. 11. Production of
silk has been suspended for three
months by the Silk Manufacturers un
ion There has been a general depres
sion in the Industry lor some time and
the Yokohoma exchange closed ct
ber L'O. when prices fdl below the mini
mum fixed by the buying syndicate.
KING AND QUEEN I
PflV HONOR TO 'I
j HEB0E50F III II
I "Man in Coffin May Be My k I
Daddy." One Little Boy fed
Tells Committee
100 WOMEN RECEIVE I
REVERENT ATTENTION fcj
They Are Ones Who Lost Hus
bands and Sons in World
Struggle
LONDON, Xn 11. Greal Bri I I
, today impressively honored her wit fl
heroes by according a field marshal's
funeral to an unknown British war
rlor, who was burled In Westminster
Abbey and unveiling a permanent
'cenotaph in Whitehall to ' the glorlouc )
" Asldi from members of !l" iRa J
oyal famll h i Included Qui j
Mary, Queen Mother Alexandra and j&J
Queen Maude, of Norway, and a few
officials, the only witnesses to either E
ceremony were persons who lost rela- jj
tivep n the great war. ES H
I As 'Mg lien.'' the great lock In the W
I tower of the parliament building, be- ?H
gan to strike the hour of eleven, King b31
George, facing the sixteenth centurj jSta
h inkno n soldi r, which J
v, .i resting on a gun carriage, drew jTJ
a cord that released the Union Jack tN
draped above the cenotaph and after ufl
the last stroke of the h"iir. thousands
of people, who crowded Whitehall as 9
t M one ul 1 In either dlrec- cm
tion, remained absolutely silent for &3
by a choir beginning the hymn: "Ob, )sJ H
.t.Jod, t'ur Help in Ages Past." which r'.Xi
j was followed bj the Lord's Prayer, tiJ
'recited b) the Archbishop of Canter- '.i
bury. I'.uglei s saundod the "last JOSt.''
and, with its escort of troops and a
iband, (he gun carriage then moved to- fjl
chief mourner, plodding behind it at- r-.'J LH
i i i ii I y the roval princes. 'Mi
KING l v ns T GRAA E
During the brief services hi the .' s
j of tlie abbey tin king stood at the fc.j
j foot of the grave the royal ladies and
princes ranging theni.selves on either ?
'side i i the v.ai thai packed a-J
Whitehall or crowded the abbey, a u- jVfl H
band ot approximately iu women fys
in the abbey received ihe most revcr- jyjjj
i -.t attention. They had been selected frjj
for the seats of honor because each E3I
bad lost her husband and all her son?. j&j
i in England
w i applied far a pla'.e. gut it. bu' ml
for its re a sstul, owing to the
MIGlll Bl Ills i IDDY
Vfter the 100 seated, the H
'next to be considered were those aaothi R9
who lost their onlj Sons, or all SI
! their suns and then came wJnu n who QS
.lost their husbands only. They wer EB
given posltloi s accordance with the RBI HBj
price Ihej had paid during the war H
I A girl who wrote she had lost nine HI
i brothers killed or missing, was given 1
a ticket. also was a 12-year old lo; H HVl
Wljp WrOti The man in the coffin gfl
might my daddy " lu all. m
tied C"-. Hj
iioxok mm "
Thi ih' unknown soldlei
Arrived here last night, after it had Dj
been honored by Mar.-,Tio; i'OCO and Kg
military offl Li
the time it was exhumed until It was
pvu aboard an BSnglbjh destroyer, n B
the same railway car used to (rant- BB
port th bodlt - 01 Edith Cave lie. tin v&
mans, ami Cuptatn Charles Pryatt, thj wB Hlfl
BrltlBh captain of a British m rcaa.o
steamer, who also met death beloi1' IHBJ
a ciurman firing squad. It lay last
night in a room especially set apart
and fitted for It in Victoria station kg
and a miard of honor -maile d tlu i
until morning.
W i; IKE11S (il ( ROSS
The immediate guard which escort- Vj
ed the hod on its trip through the
crowded and silent streets from the
station to Whitehall, was composed of
100 men of all services who won th rj BB!
Victoria cross. The pail bearers wen j mM
fl id marshals and admirals. Im ludlni
discount Douglas Ualg, Karl Beatty, '
admiral of the grand fleet, and Ms- A
Jor General Sir lirnest Trenchard,
commander of Uritlsh air forOSS. But- HJ
t alums of guards, with their hands an l
a few officials made up the' halahoJ WM
of the escort
As the procession started from the
station, a battery in Hyde park fired a.
field marshals dilute of If guns, ami
Just as the coffin was lowered Into '
the grave, another battery of honso
guards fired the samo salute.
COVEKBD )5Y PL .
The grave was filled with soil
brought from the grave from which
the bodv was exhumed In France, and
was covered by what Is known as the I
"padre's flag, ' one of the most fam- WM
ous flags figuring in the recent war WM
A chaplain used that flag scores of WM
times at funerals on the field. '
in recent years has London Wa
seen such detailed police precautions M
Extra strong barricade had been con-
structed at eevry approach to While- WW
hall and the abbey, and every man MM
that could bo spared was on duly, or WM
wvm held In rese-.-ve near Whitehall.
After the ceremonies all who car
ed to were allowed to go into White- WM
hall, pass the cenbtaph and place I Wm
wreaths on it. Long lines began CO
file past immediately, and it seemed WM
the jolcmn march would continue lot