The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 18, 1920, Page 1

een vs. a v\ deere ut THE WEATHER Y a T —— AND WARMER LAST EDITION — = — — = “ —— —— —— = ‘ THIRTY-NINTH YEAR pee | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920. ‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS WATKINS ADMITS LAWS BUT DECLARES THE WEATHER AND NOT\THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE’ Verdict, Not (Indicative of Any * Actual Wide-Spread ‘of Senti- ment, Declares Law-Enforce- nel ment’ League Superintendent | ‘Acts Repealed of Ancient Various Vintages—New Meas- ures Effective One Month from Date of Passage One month from today, which it chences will he a Sabbath day, North + Dakota may he ying Sunday mo- vies and dramatic productions ; ¢ Sun day Bame. of;baseball. if the weathor is warm enough, and the privilege of buying openly in local ‘markets cigarettes whose ‘consumers heretofore have been forced to, procure.them sur- reptitiously from moonshine cigarette dealers, dr to import them from out- side the state. \And the following day North Dakota fight fans may congre- | gate abont the squared arena. ‘aul witnegs a humdinger of a prize-fizht. providing Goyernor Frazier gets quic!: enough action in \the appointment of |, his. state athletic commissioner. The’ enjoyment of these forbidder fruits thirty days hence appears ww have been ‘possible throveh the vote at the presidential preference _pri- maries Tuesday,.which present’ return: indicate resulted in the renea: of Blue Laws which have for terms varyin; from three ta thirty years had a place on North Dakota’s statute books. WATKINS ADMITS DEFEAT ~ “It looks verv ‘much asthe ‘he Rev. F. L, Watkins, superinteaues « the North’ Pakota, law enforcenient league and who was in charge of the speaking campaign conducted’ by the Home Defenders, an organization for med to support. the: blue-laws.and to oppose acts, prceidi ng for their repeat. which were ‘fnitiated by the state | chapter of the American legion, In ‘a statement to the Associated Press, Rey. Watkins expressed the be lief that hai weather conditions been normal North Dakota would have voted Tuesday to’ retain ij8 Blue Laws, “In view of the fact that‘only a fraction | of the usual rural vote: was cast, and since the cities appeared:to have vote: | heaylly in favor of the repeal of thes: laws, Rey. Watkins expressed littl: hope that™ later returns would. ove: come the ear'y lead ‘in favor of-legal izing the sale of. cigarettes, baseball;. Sunda: day theatres: aiid Dorey ee ee MHANGH SHOWN: “that Tuesday's election “shows any real, change! fn North . Dakota’s ~ at; titude toward Sunday baseball, Sun: ay theatres, the licensed. sale. of Gearettes nnd ‘the pfize. fight, It ix in. that’ sense a defeat, Inthe rural -districtg. ,where opposition to 4 repeal of these laws-was_ strongest, the weather’ was responsible for an ab- normally smal vote. We must charg? the result to the weather and not te a change in sentiment/upon the part of any large-majority of our peopit. MORAL EFFECT BAD “If the aets repealing these laws have carried, “which ng seems ‘ap- parent, it will open Sudday theatres, whose, moral effect I. believe -to be bad in that they interfere with the religious serviees to which this-day has been dedicated, The boxing bill avill throw ‘ihe state wide open to the professional prizefighter, 1 betieve. and‘ ‘,to the prizetight promoter, jeither of whom is likely to exert an elevating influence.— The effect of the licensin.;, of cigarettes will be to make cigarettes more available ‘not. only to all men and minors over the age of eighteen. but to make it less ‘difficult for the | Johnson and Lowden delegations on | in younger boys ‘to yet them. We havo under’ the present law succe2ded in a ‘large extent at least. in keeping cigarettes’ away from immature boy: It will be much harder for us to do this. when cigarettes ‘are placed ca | sale openly, everywhere. No matter how strictly the dealer may ebservo the Jaw with regard to selling to min- ors. certain to drift info their hands, with an effect whith will he regrettable. “Our objection ‘to’ Sunday” baseball has been the commercialization of the Sabbath ang the professionalization of Sabbath pleasures. I have never’ urged that Sunday baseball is any more condacive to ‘gambling than any other sport id, We have opposed it purely on the ground that / Sunday has been reserved for what we regard the higher: things in life.” THE HOME DEFENDERS The Home Defenders, who. led the campaign in opposition to the repeal of the blue laws, were headed by Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson, for many years president of the North Dakota W. C. T. U., as chairman of the de- partment of literature: Rev. F. |. Watkins, superintendent of the North Dakota law enforcement leagne. 2s chairman for the speakers’ division; M._N. Thateher of Fargo, treasures, and, A. ¥. More of Fargo, financial manager. There was no general orgai- ized support for ‘the acts initiated bv the American legion. it clear in a number of formal statc- ments that its interest in the matt ended witb the initiation of the a The. Yousx® Men’s Independent leagu headed by: Martin’ Loberg of Fargo and with headquarters in that citr. collected some funds for a publicity campaign in favor of the initiated acts and inserted somte paid advertisemens in the press of the ‘state, but there was muchsMore ‘publicity, both paid and gratis, and a far greater number of public” mecunee which argued. ‘on moral groulds, against the repeal of the blue laws, OF VARIOUS VINTAGES The laws which North Dakota ap- pears to have discarded were of vari- ous yintages: The Sunday basebal} act repealed had been on the statutes (C ntfhued on Page Four.) GOPHER PRIMARY weather: has defeated us,” admitted | “T do, 10k feel,” kad ‘Hey. Watkins, | T am afraid that cigarettes are | The legion made j; — OF BLUE I amily Picks Him — ‘| \ As German Ruler SS i | ! PRINCE WILHELM At a meeting of the sons of the | | crown ‘prince of Germany, it was “de: { ided” that Prince Wilhelm, the eldest | j child, should be the new ruler of Ger- ide W. T. Mason B Believes Teutons i many. JOHNSON BRANDS BUT A’ PRETENSE Declares Republican State Ma-/ chine is in Comolete Con-. | ‘trol of State é | ‘FIGHT ON IN COUNTIES| 1 ee yes ‘Ramsey. Controlled: by Wood | |” Men; Hennepin Progressives | Name New Bunch i ‘ONIX TWO FOR JOHNSON: St. Paul, Mareh, | 18.—Complete. |: re, ects compiled ‘today from. the | | republican Convention in 86 ‘coun- 4 ties. yesterday showed that 52 counties decide not: to, formally ‘endorse a.caindidate for president, thet 27 counties fustructed’ their \ delegations to cast a vote for | iciniasd Wood at the siate conven- i tion here» Saturday, tht, five | ‘counties endorsed Governor Frank O. Lowden, and that the other two went to Johnson. - “i republican pr as “a prete! armed tactics of the 1920 campaign” by United States Senator Hiram John son ina signed statement issued here this forenoon. H He charge that “the republican state machine is in absolute control” of aft) fairs“in Minnesoa.~This machine, the | statement declares, “has [een conduct. ‘ing the Wood fight.” j vi { RAMSEY WR WOOD i | Paul, March 17.—Delegates pledged to the candidacy of Leonard Weod forces with a majority of the county republican convention here to- j day. and succeeded in defeating the | Ithe first important ‘test of strength. Wood forces witha, maa roity of the total delegates named the candidates j committee and ‘elected Herbert Keller | {chairman of the convéntion. NAME NEW COUNTY BOARD Minneapolis, March 17.-— Suporters }of Hiram Johnson for president took ; lican convention today, named a new county committee. and elected State | Senator Arch Coleman, who has been opposed by the Wood state organtz- ation, as county chairman. LOWDEN GETS ONE St. Paul, March 16:Chicago county was the first county con- ceded. to Lowden by the Wood forces.. Reports without figures from Judge E. W. Stark at Center “City stated Lowden \carried the county. - ‘Wood gecond, Johnson third, ss “ WOOD CLAIMS STATE \ St. Paul, March 16—A statement is- sued at state headquarters of Major | General ‘Leonard Wood Tuesday claim ed that-Wood carried every county ii the state at last night’s republicay preferenece primary, that Wood dele- gates: would be in control at the state convention here Saturday, and thac| tthe delegation to the national conven- | tion would be instructed to support; the Wood candidacy. { Wood headquarters claimed the en- jcire 24 delegates to the national coa vention. : 731 MILLIONAIRES REPORTED INCOMES — | Chicago, March 18.—Ineymes | of $1.000000 or more for 1919 were reported by 731 invidiuals and corporations in the Chicago | district. officials of the internal -| revenue department, inspecting ! 1 income tax returns, anounced to- day. Thirty-oe Chicagoans were - added last year. to the ranks of {| those whose incomes exceeded a million dollars. + { tarjstic crowd of Germany, disastrous | even ‘for , months {distrust NEW CHIEF OF GHEMAN ARI REVIEWING TIS TROOPS FREED FROM ONE PERIL, NATION yAbove picturs shows Mxj. Ge , made the p esent revolution gang Kapp. who proclaimey the néw. g \ve! pnient at Berlin, V. Von Lattwig reviewing German soldi ers whose sympathies for the old mfili- Lattwitz is 4 s Minister of Defense under Dr, Wolf: GERMANS SOUND WAR DRUM, SAYS MILITARY SEER "Would Take Allies Unaware BY J. W. T. MASON, Newspaper . Enterprise Association . Exvert on European Political and ‘Military Affairs. The German war trumpet has sounc: ed. Let the democratic nations tak» heed of the warning. To trust Germany has been proven Germans them- | SBives, £ The last act of. the Ebert ‘govern- iment, as the representative of. Ger: man democracy, was to secure the im: munity of the -war-guilty militarists from trial at the hands’ of the allies. The fitst act of the militarists, once their safety was’ assured, has been to. hurl from, power.the very .men ot their own nationallty., who protected them. Cynieal sndterialinn. supported -by. bayonets, has ‘thus forced its way hack into-control (of. Germany -by it itypieal act of treachery. E “"Ette-view. government may cal) iteelt republican for the moment 'as a meas- ure of precaution. Rut, if) the men now) guiding, Germany's destiny have their. way, the eventual, restorafion 07 a Holienzollern monarchy is in- evitalilg, Neither the father nor son who fled the field of battle at the sign of defeat is likely to be called. bac But.a bearer of the Hohenzolleriitradi- tion is destined to have the throne | wionKe the natiomw support its: new mas- The German pedple will’ sustain either the present inilitary regime, or x subséquent one. if they can be shown py the war lords that there is a chanco to evade the terms of peace and raise , Germany from ‘her fallen state. “Such a chance does t,. To ignore it will be to invite disaster, The allies are disputing among themselves about the peace ‘treaty. 16 after \the . armistice. — The United States has ‘substituted all the petty tactics (of. domestic political strife for a broad spirit of interna- tionalism, Though still techuicaily at war with Germany, Americans have not h ated to flaunt and harshly criti the nations who fought by: our sidd the most desperate struggle for ; freedom the world has ‘ever known, These same nations, for their part, jare passing bitter. comment upon America’s present course. Internationat and suspicion exist every: where among the victors of the war. Why, therefore. shouldn't the Ger- man militarists believe there is a! chance for Germany to ‘gain by, the control of the Hennepin county repub- | quarrels pf the allies? I¢ the German people support that view, the respon- | sibility. will rest on those who allow the quarrels to continue. The allies and America cannot re- ply to the new German revolution hy sending a military expedition into Germany. to force a government upon the Rus- siang favorable to the allies has shown liow impossible the taskswould be iv the case of (iermany. There is only one effective repiy the Germans wil] understand. There must be a cessation of jealous hicker- ings among the allies and an end to erica’s provincial spirit in inter- nationa] relations. : -Germany cannot wake a gesture of defiance now; because her army is dis- banded and her military equipment is in possession of the ‘allies. But, no military authority Would, consider this a permanent disbarment if his own country were in Germany’s place. Russia, for instance, may become Ger- many’s future arsenal. Before, 1914. who believed Germany was planing a world war to make the Hohenollern masters of the world? [| The German militarists are taking the same chance now that their new. pro- ject. will be dismissed by the allies and América as too futile for serious i counter-measures. If they are right in their assump- tion, nothing can prevent a new con- flict in which Germany will be allied with Russia and her granaries, and will be thus far-better prepared than in the recent struggle. In that case, citizen Americans, you will have to fight again or see German, militarists cotiquer the world. There is only one certain way to prevent this calamity, Germany must he made to realize that the democrat! nations are standing together and ‘that America is with them beyond any possibility of doubt. The experience of trying j TWO PRECINCTS | IN COUNTY ARE AGAINST LEAGUE Sunder Olson Runs Strong |Two Precincts But is | Swamped in Fort Rice’ _. i | i he Menoken sand Sterling Turn) | Down Townley Ticket; All iB Amendments Carry } Returns from ithe precincts in Bui- leigh county are coming in very slow lv and up to the’present time, wi'h the exception of the six wards in taa city, only four precincts in the county Have reported. Menoken and Sterling both return- ed. majorities favorable to’ the anti-, Nonpartisan . league tickets, Meno- ken's vote’ was very decisive in favor | of the anti-league ‘electors and dele-| gates, but Sterling’s vote nas some- \what muddled,’ with the preference shown the ‘regular republican ticket. Gunder Olson had a ‘strong ‘majority over Ole H Olson in both these places ‘Yor the office’ of national committee- man. ‘The: four amehdagents carried-in‘the | Menoken ans?Sterling townships. Tha) vote on hebt limits of sub-divisions, however, was comparatively close. Both places favdred repeal of the blue | laws, with the exception. of. ‘cigaret sales which, Sterling voted down andj Sunday theatres, on which Sterljug ‘was equally. divided. I: P. Baker was the favorite of the gemocratic¢ voters of Sterling and Merioken for nationa committeeman on that ticket, receiv ing five votes While H. H. Perry re- teived one. The leagde democratic electors and delegates were given the ajority of the small vote cast. The inspector of election at Logan township failed to send the result oi the vote for president, national com- witteeman, , electors and delegates. The vote at this township on the amendments, with only five ballots cast, showed they had‘all carried with- | out difficulty. Logan township favoi-| ed the repeal of the. anti-cigaret law,! but refused to repeal the boxing law) and the Sunday’ baseball law. On, Sunday theatres, Logan was evenly divided. In Fort Rice township,’ the ieague| supporters voted an almost solid ticx- et Yor, their candidates on both the; | republican and demoeratic ticke.s. | I. P. Baker and hi§ ticket were given the sole democratic vote in the town. jship, while on‘ the republican’ ticket, the league electors and delegates,| headed by Ole H. Olson received thir- teen votes while Gunder Olson and his, followers received one ballot. 'POLISH ASSEMBLY . ry TO PICK PRESIDENT, Warsaw, Feb. 26-—The president of the Poligh republic is to be elected by the national assembly which {5 to| consist of two houses. This was de- cided recently by the constitutiona: commission of the Polish diet which constitution of the new state. Under the present arrangement, which has been in effect about a year, the Polish assembly consists of but the one house —the diet having about 325 members. The two houses as provided under the constitution in the making are to b2 known as the diet and senate. \ ANOTHER JC San Antonio, x.—Arthur White, | young schoolboy shortston. who i working .out with the New York TINKER 2 great showing that he is being fouted as a second Joe Tinker. ot = '| CANADIAN INDIAN’ HAS 378 GERMAN H SCALPS CREDITED | —& | Iu March Francis Pegahmabow, one of the | more than 4.000 Canadian Indi- | ans who volunteered for service | with the Canadian expeditionary | force, credited with the =! “scalp” of 378 Germans, in a re- | | | _ Ottawa, 18.—Corporal | port submitted to the house of ! commons hy the minister of the | interior The corporal, who hails from Parry Sound, wag one of a larg number of Indians crackshot: who were detailed as snipers. | He received the miiitary medal with two bars for his exploits. has in hand the task of framing the ;° Giants at San Antonio, hag made such | * || Precipitation | | Highest. wind i Helena . DEMOCRATS GIVE REGULAR TICKET THE PREFERENCE Laie Returns Indicate that H. H. Perry Has Defeated I, P. Baker RUSSIA MAY BE ARSENAL|BLUE LAWS. ARE DIVIDED/BLUE, LAWS SEEM 'BEATEN | Fargo, “March 18.—H. H. Perry of Ellendale democratic national commit- teeman for North Dakota, was re-elect- ed-in the democratic presidenttal pri- maries on ‘Tuesday, defeating I, P. Baker of Bismat ‘This result is dis- closed by additional etection returns available today in which Perry was given a majority -in every instance hut one, be The probabilities are that the eutire ticket of delegates running with Mr. Perry and‘ constituting the so-called “convention ticket” was successful. They go to San Francisco. without mn- struction. RETURNS STILL SLOW Returns still were coming slowly to- day. Several county auditors reported that not a. single rural precinct sat reported while instances where. rural precinets had reported, the yote rep seits [dss tha nhalf the hormal ballot. ‘The situation with respect to there pear’ of; the ‘so-called: “blue: laws mated ‘Clouded today, although the de- fent of all’ proposed repeals, with the } possible exception of that law provid: ing for Sunday baseball. ts, indicated by the returns available. MISS, NIELSON FIRST The scattered returns: ow republican delegates indicate that Miss Minnie J. Nielson, running in opposition /to the Nonpartisan league, topped the list of 22 cand laite on nels bang SECOND DAY'S. OCCUPATION OF TURKEY QUIET, Constantinople ‘Police Join with Allied Soldiers in Preserv- ‘ ing Order Constantinople, Thursday. March 17. ~The second of the interallied oc- aH Lion of Constantinople, carried ous ‘Tuesday by large forces from the im- posing fleet in the Basphorus, passed jwith calm, the Turkish police co- operating keeping | order.” “Only ‘small detachments of allied soldiers are visible in the streets and about the public buildings. The French and Italians had only 4 smal] force here and they-are far less active than the British troops. which are excellently orga d, and picked the city over with the. precision of clockwork. - in RED CROSS SAVES 30,000 STARVING POLES IN WARSAW | Dvinsk, Mareh 18. h 18—Thir ty» thou- sand persons have been saved from starvation by the timely ar- rival of an Amerrean Red Cross relief unit from Warsaw. When the Americans arrived with the’ Polish army they found the people dying by scores from hunger and the remnants of the population was almost demolishing’ all wood- en houses for firewood. Soup kitchens have been opened and are feeding 17,000 children and 30,000 adults. THER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending noon, March 18. uperature at 7 a, m.. Highest yesterda Lowest yesterday Lowest last night. at For North Dakota : colder tonight. with south portions, Unsettled and show east. and Friday generally fair, colder east portion. LOWEST TEMPERATURES Fargo . St. Paul. Winnipeg . Chie Swift Current. Kansas City. ORRIS ¥ . ROBER’ Meteorologist. aren} | HE REPRESENTS |. U!S. IN-BERLIN | ° BLIIS L. DIESEL K.lis Le Dreiel ix the United States representative in B CONVICT CAUGHT AFTER 48 HOURS | CHASE IN BRUSH ‘One. of Four Prisoners Who Es- ~ capéed from Penitentiary, Found Last Night “GOOSE COOKED” HE SAYs|! 'Prison. | Guards ~ Relentlessly Track Man Through Deep Snow Drifts Aided by the heavy show fall which nat only impeded jthe prisoner's pro- xvess, but made. tracking contparative ly ‘simple. the man hunt, with four escaped convicts from the penitentiary. as. the motiye, ran down one of the men late Wednesday. afternoon-in'tan- gled brush along the, river bottoms. a_mileand p halt, south ofithe, North: ern Pacific ‘bridge. ~The capture wits affected, on the Morton county side of the. river. | The prisoner caught was John Stu- from the penitentiary last’ Thursday by tunneling through the wall!of o1e of the prison. buildings, .He had been seen in the vicinity of Baldwin early one of the! posses, headed by Jack trail. BLIZZARD HANDIC! The raging blizzard, of | [morulng handicapped — the | guar prison ‘. bué when the snow lifted and the wind abated,! the posse continued on! the trail. Stupyrd., who had eyt- j dently not eaten any food since he jleft “HMdwin. plunged through det; show drifts. keeping close to the ¥ souri river amd taking advantage of every bit of cover the dense ‘under: | growth afforded. y The exeaped conyict's trail wag again picked’ up Wednesday morni; by Gerling and his men. From time ‘to time they came close to Stupard, hut hindered by: the deep, Snow, ‘the guards conld not catch up with the mua ddenly Stuparad started pcross the ice covered river to the Morten county. side, a short: distance below the ferry Minding ENCIRCLE PRISONER The guards formed a circle around the ‘spot where Stupard) disapeared {im the brush and soon had the half | starved and uftérly exhausted prisoner, in custody, ‘Stupard offered’ no resist- ance when the guards came up to him, declaring “Well, T guess my goose is cooked.” Other posses | three men ; are still tracking thy ill at libert FINAL VOTE ON PEACE TREATY | TIKELY TODAY Show Down Not, Expected Until ‘Tomorrow ‘Seems Imminent | Before Evening Washington, March 18.—Final yote on ratification of the peace treaty | loomed’ imminet today. While plans were not being made for a showdowa before tomorrow, and perhaps not un. til Saturday, senate leaders w pre; pared to put the pact to a test imme- diately if all the remaining reserva- | tions were disposed of before adjourn: men A night session was regardet y in the event it seemed im- le to bring a conclusion to’ the controversy which has been before the i senate many touth About a dozen reservations remain !to be acted upon. Debate has been | limited by agreement to 15 minutes for each speaker on each reservation. During the ‘aul year ending March [31. 1921, Japan. it is said, will spend more than $§00.000,000 on naval and military expansiot Petrograd, Rus: is now estimated to have a civil population of 490,060. Its population before the war was more. than 1,250,000. Tuesday and_a short time afterwards. |, 1 _ NOW FACES ONE MORE GRAVE IN | ATTITUDE OF REVOLUTIONARIES * Gustav Noske, Minister of De- fense in Ebert Cabinet, Ar- rives in Berlin by Airplane to Assume Charge—Troops of Kapp Withdrawn. — Armed Workmen Occupyipg- Cities— Red Forces Under Command of Spartacists Marching on Capital : RUMOR DECLARES | KAPP A SUICIDE Tendon, Maren , 18—Rumors | are current, in Berlin, that; Dr. | Kapp. who was head of the re- | actionary government set up in | Berlin last Saturday and who re- | ed yesterday, has committed | i 1 ide. according to a dispatch | ! | | to the Exchange Telegraph Co. | from Amsterdam. The reports ;| were ,received by: telephone in | Amsterdam from Berlin. 1 sa Care NA cee aaa (Associated Pregs) Germany hits cast off the goyern- mental regime suddenly set up by the reactionary, elements Jast Saturday morning. but advices indicate she is now facing another extreme peril. in the form of wdve of radicalism. Reports -from Berlin say Dr. Wolf- gang, the reactionary. chancellor, and his adherents have either fled from i the city or contemplate going at once, Armed forces of the reactionary. ele- ment are leaving Berlin today and’ th> tay Noske, minister of tletense in the Ebert cabinet, who ar- rived last night py alrplane from Stuttgart, would seem to indicate that the constitutional government mrends to assume contro] immediately. Gen- eral Von Seecht, President Ebert's chief of staff. has been pamed ‘com. mander of the government forees in Berlin. FEAR RADIC. AD, UPRISING Announcement by Dr. Kapp, as well ax official statements from the officials of the Ebert; government, reflect, the fear Of a radical uprising in Germany. In fact Dr. Kapp’s announcement stated he-hadresigned.from. the direc- tion “Of “affairs so ithat the country might be enabled to fight Bolshevism. From, various cities come reports of uprising of workers and gdvices from | pard, who with three others. escaped | Berlin state-that red forces under com- mand of/spartican leadens are march- ing on that city. As the Ebert troops have ont as eyt resumed: full control an attack by reds is feared, Throughout. Germany | radical ele- ments have. in many places, taken over a penitentiary guard, was ous rection of affairs at least temporar- Proletaridn dictatorship has been se: yup at Dortmund, Gera, Halle, Obilga, Unna and Gelsenkirchen, according to reports. while in Leipste- workers have driven goyerninent troops» from the suburbs of the city where they were engaged lately i street fighting. In the Rhennish and Westplialia ‘indus- trial districts it is’ said the workers ure ready to follow the radical leaders, CASUALTIE:! REACH HUNDREDS Berlin, March 17.— It/is expected easualties for which the Kapp ne has heen responsible, will total many hundreds killed, The outbreak at Dortmund being the most serious reported from any section. It is said that more than 100 are dead there. BERLIN CONDITIONS PANICKY Paris. March 18.—Official advices from Berlin today describing condi- tions their last night said the public places of the city w filled with crowds in an ugly hun The mili- tary appeared to be of a paniey dispo- sition, Many of the Baltic troops, the advices added. have joined forces witn the independent, socialists, who were. reported to have 12,000 armed men at their command. y tl ARMED WORKMEN ADVANCE Copenhagen, Wednesday, March 17. Lei advices state armed work- men! Who yesterday and this morning occupied a number of the suburbs, had advanced toward the center of the city, which is being defended by volunteer troops. Lively fighting has been going on the streets since 4 o'clock this af- ternoon. UNITED STATES BUILDS BIGGEST NAVAL TONNAGE Twelve Super-Dreadnaughts Un- der Construction Surpass AI? Rivals -The United experts say, is irships tonnage than States, Ameri building more any other nation. ‘Twelve superdreadnaghts and six great battle cruisers. aggregating 665 - 400 tons, are under ‘onstruction in pri- vate and vy yards. They will carry a tota] of 152 16-inch rifles and 24 14- inch rifles and all Will have the new electric drive engines. _ With the completion of this fleet, probably in 1923. the United States will have a battle force of 19 super- dreadnaughts and siy battle cruisers in the first live and eight dreadnaughts and 4 number of smaller battleships in the second line.