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200 AMERICANS
CAPTURE TRAU
Italians Compelled to Evacute
Dalmatian Town When U. S.
Marines Land.
TURNED OVER TO SLAVS
Yankees Hand Over Town and Re
ambark After Accomplishing
J, Their Object—Italian Com
ji mander Captured.
Copenhagen, Sept. 26.—American
marines landed from a torpedo boat
destroyer to compel the Italians to
evacuate Trau, Dalmatia, according to
a dispatch received from Spalato, a
short distance east of Trau.
The dispatch adds that the Italians
left after the inhabitants fired on
them and that Jugo-Slav troops tools
oyer the town from the Americans.
The dispatch says that a Jugoslav
detachment began an advance towards
'Trau, when the American destroyer
•cantered the harbor to compel the re
tirement of the Italians. The inhabi
tants of Trau then opened fire on the
Italians, who hastily departed.
The Italian commander and three
men in an armored car fell into the
hands of the Slavs. In the meantime,
200 American marines with machine
Suns, landed and took over the ar
mored car and the prisoners, who sub
sequently were transferred to an
Italian ship.
Then the Serbian troops arrived
and were enthusiastically welcomed,
fThe Americans handed over the town
to the Jugo-Slav troops and re-em
harked. The destroyer will remain in
the harbor for a few days.
JAPAN PLANS CONFERENCE
Will Inv.ite China to Meet Her on
Shantung Question.
Tokia, Sept. 26.—Japan is planning
officially to invite China to confer on
the Shantung situation after Japan
has ratified the peace treaty. This
fact was communicated to the corre
spondent by officials, who added that
Japan naturally could not compel
China to accept the invitation. "Ja
pan," said one official, "is anxious to
.settle she questipn of the restoration
©f Shantung as quickly as possible,
ebut if China declines to negotiate, Ja
2Pan will be obliged to allow the pres
ent conditions as to Shantung to re
gain unchanged."
FAVOR MOVING AGAINST FIUME
JU. S. Peace Envoys Hold Matter Can
not Be Settled Internally.
Paris, Sept. 26.—The American
peace delegation has changed its opin
ion with regard to the Italian situa
tion, or more particularly, the Fiume
^situation.
It is maintained now that the Fiume
adventure has reached a revolution
ary stage and is no longer a mere
rebellion to be settled internally.
American delegates are of the opinion
that the French and British should
Join the United States in forcing a
.soTntaon.
NORWAY.. GETS SUZERAINTY
•Granted Rule Over Spitzenbergen by
Peace Council.
Paris, Sept. 26.—The supreme coun
cil has approved the report of the
«ommission on Spitzenbergen grant
ing to Norway political suzerainty
•over the Spitzenbergen archipelago.
"The territory is cfriefly valuable for
its coal mines, owned by Norwegians.
The council also decided that the Kon
^u territory in northern Mozambique
detached from the German colonial
possessions should be given to Portu
gal.
ITALIAN LABOR OPPOSES
Rome. Sept. 27—The council of the
•chamber of labor has passed a reso
2utioa cpposition to the formation
•of a militarist government. The reso
lution says "The proletariat will de
scend into the streets, build barri
cades and sive up their lives rather
Jthan fa!', into tlie rapacious claws ot
the military."
Candy Ma"kers Hold Sugar.
Chicago, Sept. 27.—Twelve million
•pounds of sugar is in the hands of
•Chicago candy, ice cream and soft
drink manufacturers, while 90 per
cent of retail grocers were unable to
obtain any of the commodity, accord-1
•trig to aussell J. Poole, city director
of foods and markets, who issued a
statement calling attention to the
shortage.
•Flies 164 Miles an Hour.
Taris, Sept. 27.—Aviator Sadi Le
cointe .broke the French speed record
flying at the rate of 265 kilometers
About (1641/2 miles) an hour.
Educational Slump in Mexico.
Washington, Sept. 25.—Education in
Mexico seems to be going backward
instead of forward on the basis of re
ports received here through official
channels. Thi bureau of education in
tht! federal district of Mexico lias an
Btmnccd the closing of 224 schools, 116
orf which are In the capital and the
cithers In tminfi'ipulltioH of tlie district,
ltecau»« of a shortage of funds. It Is
est limited 150,000 children liavo been
dt'prlvod thereby of edaealioml fuclU-
lit!*.
CHARLES G. DAWES
Charles (i. Dawes of Chicago, who
distinguished himself during the war
by his work as purchasing agent in Eu
rope for the allied armies, is one of
those invited by President Wilson to
take part in the industrial conference
in Washington in October.
TOGUIRE IS CAPTURED
Italian Troops Overcome Resist
ance of Jugo-Slav Soldiers.
Acting on Own Initiative, Having Mu
tinied, They Take Possession of
Dalmatian Town.
Paris, Sept. 25.—An Italian detach
ment, with several armored motor
cars has crossed the line of demarka
tion near Toguire, Dalmatia, and pene
trated the town after having overcome
the resistance of a dozen Jugo-Slav
soldiers, according to a dispatch from
Belgrade.
The dispatch adds that two Ameri
can vessels have left Spalato for To
guire.
The Italian admiral Millo, according
to the dispatch, informed the Ameri
can officer in command of the vessels,
that the Italian detachment comprised
soldiers who had mutinied, and that
they were acting on their own initia
tive.
A Rome dispatch says the Giornale
D'ltalia denies a report that Gabriele
D'Annunzio's supporters have ad
vanced toward Trau, Spalato and Se
benico. Neverthless, alarming reports
are reaching peace conference circles
of the possibility that D'Annunzio's
action at Fiume may be duplicated by
other Italian leaders at Spalato, Cat
taro and Zara, all important eastern
Adriatic seaports, and that plans are
on foot by the Italians to restore King
Nicholas to the Montenegrin throne.
Such action, it is said, .would inevi
tably result in a declaration of war
against Italy by the Jugo-Slavs, who
are declared to be greatly irritated
over the situation.
PACKERS TREBLED PROFITS
Disclosures Made in Report Made by
Federal Trade Commission.
Washington, Sept. 25.—Despite li
censing and other restrictions imposed
on the "Big Five" packers during the
war, the firms' profits were from two
and a quarter to three times as great
as during pro-war years, the Federal
Trade commission found during it's in
vestigation of tlie packing industry as
set forth in a report to President Wil
son under date of June 28, 1918.
The report, which was not made pub
lie, when submitted, Food Administra
tor Hoover having requested it be
withheld, reached the senate in reply
to a request under a senate resolution
introduced by Senator N»rris, Repub
lican, Nebraska.
CALIFORNIANS IN PROTEST
San Francisco, Sept. 25.—Thirty
eight well-known men of San Fran
cisco and vicinity have sent a jomt
telegram to United States Senator Hi
ram W. Johnson, protesting against
his attitude on the peace treaty.
"We appeal to you to withdraw your
opposition," the telegram said. "We
are confident that in this we speak
for the overwhelming majority of the
people of California and that your
present position does not represent
them truly."
Bond Issue Worries Carranza.
Washington, Sept. 24. President
Carranza may ask for arbitration to
determine the present Mexican gov
ernment's responsibility with respect
to a bond issue of 200,000,000 pesos au
thorized by the Madero adniinistra
tion and carried out by Huerta, the
senate committee Investigating Mexi
can uffalrs was told by Thomas 11
hill, a Now York financial expert. Mr
Llll and sevoral other Americans spent
several months In Mexico in 1917 and
1918 formulating financial reforms lor
ill# Mexican tfov«raiu«ut.
WILSON STARTS HOME
Digestive System Affected by Reao
tion From Nervous Strain—Condi
tion Not Serious but Abso
lute Rest Held Necessary.
Wichita, Kan., Sept. 27.—Worn out
by more than three weeks of speech
making for the peace treaty, Presi
dent Wilson canceled, the remainder
of his speaking dates and decided to
return at once to Washington.
Although it was said there was
nothing critical about the President's
condition, Dr. Grayson, his physician,
declared a nervous reaction affecting
his digestive organs made suspension
of his trip imperative.
Mr. Wilson was ill most of the night
and the decision to return at once to
the capital was reached just before
his train arrived at Wichita. The
President himself wanted to continue
his speaking program, but Dr. Gray
son would not permit it.
Leaving Wichita after a stop of
about two hours, the presidential spe
cial left for Washington, going by
way of Kansas City and St. Louis.
The train did not pull into the sta
tion at Wichita where a large crowd
was waiting to welcome the Presi
dent. Although he wanted to at least
greet the people here, Dr. Grayson
would not permit him to leave his
private car.
Tumulty Issues Statement.
Secretary Tumulty issued the. fol
lowing statement:
"The President has exerted himself
so constantly and has been under
such a strain during the last year and
has so spent himself without reserve
on this trip that it has brought on a
nervous reaction in his digestive or
gans.
'Dr. Grayson, therefore, insists up
on the cancelation of his remaining
appointments and his immediate re
turn to Washington, notwithstanding
the President's earnest desire to com
plete his engagements."
Although outwardly the President
had appeared to be standing well the
hard ordeal of more than three weeks
of travel and speechmaking, it be
came known that for some days he
had suffered from headaches. He
also has been much fatigued by the
confinement on his special train, in
terrupted only by brief stops which
have been spent mostly in riding
through crowds and speaking to au
diences so large as to require all his
exertion to make his voice heard.
Nearly 40 Speeches Made.
Mr. "Wilson has made nearly 40
speeches since he left Washington on
September 3 and has spent all but
about half a dozen nights on the
train. Five addresses remained on
his uncompleted schedule.
Since the trip began the President
also has been suffering from a slight
cough which, several times has
caused his voice to break while he
was speaking. To one audience he
laughingly remarked that it was "the
remains of a Paris cold," but both he
and Dr. Grayson have treated It
lightly. The real cause of his indis
position it was said was the nervous
strain of his arduous program, "Which
was one of the most strenuous ever
undertaken by a president.
FOE ALIENS QUIT U. S. SHORES
More Than 1,500 Leave New York
Port for Rotterdam.
New York, Sept. 27.—More than
1.500 enemy aliens, the majority Ger
mans, who were interned in this coun
try during the war, sailed for Rotter
dam on the transport Pocahontas. In
the party were 115 women, who are
voluntarily returning to Germany,
most of them being the wives of in
terned men.
BRITISH LIMIT FOOD RATIONS
State Emergency Exists Food Minis
try Announces.
London, Sept. 27.-—The food minis
try announced that in view of the
"state emergency," it would be neces
sary to reduce the weekly ration of
butter per person to one ounce and
sugar to six ounces, while the meat
ration would be limited to the value
of 20 pence per person.
Few Soldiers Unemployed.
Washington, Sept. 25.—Of the 4,000,
000 men in the military service at the
close of hostilities for whom it was
necessary to find civil employment,
there remain now only from 20,000 to
30,000, according to the best figures
obtainable by the government.
Urge Treaty Passage at Once.
Charles City, Iowa, Sept. 27.*-^-Reso
lutions urging United States Senators
Cummings and Kenyon, Iowa, to use
their best endeavors to secure the im
mediate ratification of the peace
treaty and league of nations covenant
were adopted by the Upper Iowa
Methodist Kpiscopal conference. The
lt-ablution recites the conference be
lieves such ratification to be the de
sire of a large m.-.jority of tho people
and to the best intorost of tho present
and future of all the nations at war,
Including the United Stateu.
THE COUKW2R-DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1919 ,"T
Jk
PRESIDENT ILL,
ENDS HIS TOUR
On Physician's Insistence Cam
paign for Treaty Closes at
Wichita, Kansas.
Oft. ANNA MOUTET
Dr. Anna Moutet of France'is ope
of the noted woman surgeons here for
the convention of womejjt physicians
called by the social morality commit
tee of the Y. W. C. A. She has re
ceived many decorations for heroic
and skillful work on the battlefield.
THREATEN TO STRIKE
200,000 Shipyard Workers on
Pacific Coast May Go Out.
Demand That Order of Shipping Board
Preventing Wage Increase After
October 1 Be Rescinded.
Washington, Sept. 27.—A strike or
200,000 shipyard employes on the Pa
cific coast is certain unless the navy
department and the shipping board
revoke their joint order prohibiting
wage increases after Oct. 1, James
O'Connell, president of the metal
trade department of the American
Federation of Labor, said.
An equal number of workers on the
Atlantic coast will join in a strike un
less the order is changed, O'Connell
said. A meeting of the executives of
15 international unions affiliated in
the shipbuilding industry will be con
ducted here shortly to decide on ac
tion, and Mr. O'Connell has arranged
for a conference between representa
tives of the shipbuilding employes
and Assistant Secretary Franklin
Roosevelt and Director Ackerson, of
the Emergency Fleet corporation.
10,000 Ready at Portland.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 27.—Ten thou
sand workers in steel shipyards of the
Portland district will strike Oct. 1 un
less an order of Director General Ack
erson of the shipping board, delaying
wage increases recently agreed to,
until after the industrial conference
at Washington, Oct. 6, is rescinded, it
was said here by officials of the steel
workers' union.
GLOBE FLIGHT IS PLANNED
$1,000,000 in Prizes Proposed for Air
Contest Around World.
New York, Sept. 25.—Plans have
been formulated for an aerial derby
around the world for which the prizes
may total $1,000,000, it was announced
by the Aero Club of America. A spe
cial commission has been appointed
and will start next month on a tour
of the world to arrange routes and or
ganize committees in every country
through which the race will pass.
Commodore Louis D. Beaumont, presi
dent of the aviation' officers' club in
Paris, and vice president of the Aerial
League of America, who has just re
turned from France, .will head the spe
cial commission.
SEASONABLE STORAGE LEGAL
Attorney General Holds It Permissible
Under Food Control Act.
Washington, Sept. 27.—Storage of
the usual "seasonal requirements of
meats" is permissible under the food
control act and does not constitute
hoarding, Attorney General A. M. Pal
mer said in a letter to former Gov
ernor W. R. Stubbs, of Kansas. The
department of justice, Mr. Palmer
said, has no intention of instituting
prosecution in such cases.
TWO HELD IN LA COUNT CASE
Minneapolis Sept. 23.—Ralph La
Count and Oscar Lindgren, charged
with the murder of Madelyn La Count,
La Count's 16-year-old bride, waived
examination in municipal court and
were held to the grand jury. Charges
were placed against them when at
torneys for Lindgren obtained a writ
of habeas corpus, requiring Sheriff
Martinson and County Attorney Nash
to show cause why .Lindgren and his
wife should not be released.
Albert Decorates Ship's Officers.
On Board the U. S. S. George Wash
ington, Sept. 26.—King Albert of Bel
gium, on voyage to the United States,
bestowed decorations upon the three
ranking naval officers of the steam
ship. Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long
was made a grand officer of the Order
of Leopold Captain Edward McCau
ley, Jr., commander of the George
Washington, an ofllcor of tho Order of
Leopold Fred M. Perkins, executive
officer, an officer of the Order of the
Crown.
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Dr. Mellenthin
SPECIALIST
For His Eighth^) Year in
North Dkota
Does Not Use Surgery
LWill be at the
HOTEL DACOTAH
Wednesday and Thursday
Oct. 15th and 16th.
Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 4 p.
Two Days Only
No Charge For Examination
Dr. Mellenthin is a regular gradu
ate in medicine and surgery and
is licensed by the State of North
Dakota. He visits professionally
the more important towns and
cities and offers to all who call on
this trip consultation and examina
tion free, except the expense of
treatment when desired.
According to his method of treat
ment he does not operate for
chronic appendicitis, gall stones,
ulcers of the stomach, tonsils or
adenoids.
He has to his credit many won
derful results in diseases of the
stomach,liver, bowels, blood, skin,
nerves, heart, kidneys, bladder,
bed wetting, catarrh, weak lungs,
rheumatism sciatica,leg ulcers and
all rectal ailments.
If you have been ailing for any
length of time and do not get any
better do not fail to call, as impro
per measures, rather than disease
are very often the cause of your
long standing trouble.
Remember above date, that ex
aminations on this trip will be free
and that his treatment is different.
Address:
336 Boston Block,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Langdon, NortH Dakota
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$25 to $60
$€ to $35
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All plumbing goods are first quality, standara make
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