The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1920, Page 1

i THE WEATHER Generally Fair ee mene apt terri Ny 7 | LAST EDITION THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDA ’ AUGUST 19, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS LAUNCH EFFORT TO SAVE SOUTH FROM SUFFRAGE’ Mass Meeting Called in Tennes- see Capital in Effort to Undo Yesterday’s Work NEW EFFORT IN NO. CARO., Women of Nation Already Well Organized to Begin Fall Political Battle Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 19.— The federal suffrage amendment was defeated by the house today by a vote of 71 to 41, Nashville, Aug. 19—Announcement that opponents of woman suffrage would hold’ a mass meeting tonight to discuss steps “to save the south from the Susan B. Anthony amendment and federal suffrage force bills” was taken as an indication that Speaker Walker would not attempt today to force re- consideration of the action of the Tennessee house yesterday. One vote cast in the Tennessee house in favor of ratifying the federal suffrage amendment stood in the way of certification to the secretary of state that Tennessee, as the neces- sary of the 36th state had completed ratification of the federal amendment in time for women to vote at the No- vember election. After voting against ratification, Speaker Walker changed his vote from “nay” to “aye” for the purpose, anti- suffragists said, of moving a recon- sideration of the vote either today or tomorrow. Two days are allowed in which to move a reconsideration. EFFORT INN. C. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 19.—Suffragists were determined today to put North Carolina in the columns of states that have ratified the federal suffrage amendment. Possibilities of the Ten- nessee house reconsidering its ap- proval of the amendment or of an ef- fort being made to invalidate Ten- nessee’s ratification on the ground that it was unconstitutional spurred the champions of suffrage to greater activity here. The suffrage question can come be- fore the senate only through favorable house action.: The senate voted to postpone action on ratification until the next regular session of the legis- ‘lature. : ee WOMEN ALREADY ORGANIZED Chicago, Ill, Aug. 19—Organization plans of the national campaign com- mittees will not be materially affected by the Tennessee ratification. Both the Republican and Democratic lead- ers already have organized women in most states. Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, leader in the Cox organization, assert- ed that suffrage would help Governor Cox’s cause. He said: “Our campaign plans will not be changed as a result of Tennessee’s ratification. They will proceed with the league of nations the paramount issue, and I am confident the league issne will appeal to women especially.” Senator Harding’s advisers also de- clared that suffrage would help his campaign. Republican women already are well organized throughout the na- tion, and new stress will be laid on getting out the vote. Senator Harding’s efforts in behalf of suffrage brought many telegrams of congratulation to his home in Marion. O., it was stated at western headquar- ters. Governor Cox issued a statement in which he praised the Tennessee legis- lature’s action. William J., Bryan, when he heard the news in Oklahoma, cried: “Hur- rah for Tennessee.” BRINGS 15 KIDS, MORE AT HOME, HE ; TELLS OFFICERS New York, Aug. 19.—Immigration officials here today were convinced that Carl Paulson will need every square foot of the 160-acre farm he has bought in Minnesota when they had seen Paulson’s family. When they walked off the steam- ship Frederick VIII from Copenhag- en it looked like school letting out. There were fifteen little Paulsons,! ranging in age from 19 years to 4 months. Then the future American farmer dropped the real bomb: “If this isn’t enough to work my farm I’ll send back to the old coun- try for the reserves,” he said. “I have two daughters and three sons on the other side, all married. They could bring my nine grandchildren, too.” TURN TO WATER POWER TO DEFEAT COAL SHORTAGE Manhattan, red by constant coal strikes, car shortages and the menace of a fue famine this winter, Kansas is turn- ing to waterpower. The recently completed dam on the Blue River at Rocky Ford, five miles north of here, furnishes practically 5000 horsepower, which supplies electric current to 60 towns and 509 farms in this part of the state. The service is being constantly extended. The dam was completed in July at a cost of $200,000. It furnishes power to the follow- ing industrial plants in 11 counties: 1 flour mills, 19 waterworks sys- tems, 4 alfalfa mills; 64 grain eleva- tors, 11 ice plants, 3 gas plants and the Manhattan‘ interurban railway. SUES a To gain water power, plans are be- ing made to convert the high-level rivers of southern Germany to the low-level system of the Main. ‘BISMARCK WOMEN GRATIFIED : AT GAINING EQUAL SUFFRAGE Women Will Be Prepared to Vote Intelligently, They Declare— * Activity in Fall Campaign Is Expected Bismar¢k suffrage workers, confi-; in such a way that all women in the dent that nothing will overturn the; county will have an opportunity to ratification of the suffrage amendment,| learn how to vote, to know what they today were planning their part in ee are voting, and full information neces- fall campaign. sary to make the best use of their One of the problems recognized by{ Newly won opportunity. women Icng along was preparing the| ’ Take Broad Vi new voters to discharge their duty in-; ir; xpressi bed telligently. Citizenship schools have! guitrate eertan ns eo, Most of the | been maintained in many parts of the! ing of Tennessee's action Nee Catt country, and efforts along this line; joy, follcwed by a thoughtful consid: will be redoubled. | eration of the future. Mrs. Ella Clayton Smyth said that! “Nearly three-quarters of a century , Plans for a school of citizenship were is a long time to strive to attain an under way. Mrs. G. F. Dullam, 710 ,object--but it is justified if it be a | Fifth street, is in charge of the work. matter of principle. I believe this to The school will probably be held in be true of woman and the ballot,” says October, after the women have finish- Mrs. Smyth. ihe {ed entertaining the state federation “We who are now privileged to here. have that which has taken such a long, 7 NEW OFFERING BOOST EVOLVED; fat, may soon become.an everyday change Service as Result of go to feed the fish and polar beats in The U. S. Department of Com- It is planned to conduct this school (Continued on Page Threar Washington, Aug. 19.—Sweet, suc- | staple at the corner meat market’ to Alaska during the sealing season. Minimum Wage Law merce proposes that the choice cuis CONTRACT PLAN |S tWeeway culent seal steaks, of the Sort on i help swat H. C. L. The natives discard the carcasses al- this winter be shipped to Pacific | FINE, MAY BE TO MEET PHONE | which the Eskimo waxes strong and Company May Discontinue Ex-; Thousands of pounds of seal meat ter keeping what they need to eat. CITE SUBSCRIBER COS' coast ports and marketed. pL nui i Kan., Aug. 19.—Spur- One North Dakota Telephone com- pany, operating several exchanges las under consideration a plan to contract the exchange service to drug stores and other business pla- ,ces in small towns to avoid the i creased cost of operation which tl new minimum wage rules for women would entail, it was learned today. In many of these small exchanges the girls are not constantly busy. By placing the business in a drug store or some other store clerks could care for the calls, and the expense re- duced, according to the plan of this omvany, Whether or not service would be vitally impaired is the big peubiem to be solved by the meth- ,od, according to the company’s view. , Tables Given. Tables showing the increased cost of operator service by the increase in wages under the new minimum wage rules have been completed by one i company. -. The...increase,.per sub= scriber would range from 40 cents to ‘$1.50 a month in the score of ex- changes on which the figures have heen compiled. The minimum wage scale, which is temporarily enjoined by district court, as provided by the minimum wage rules of the workmen’s compen- sotion Imreau. is $2.75 per day, $16.ai) per week or $71.50 for a 26-day month jor experienced phone operators in towns of over 500 population. The table of one company shows that in the town of Ashley, two oper- ators now are paid $55.55 and $42.50 per month and.under the minimum wage would be paid $71.50 each. The increase in cost per subscriber is 40 cents. i One Woman Loses. The minimum wage in Cogswell. according to this study, would not increase the wage of the present op- erator. The service now is contract- ed to a woman for $85.00, whose onghters assist, it is said. Under the rule it would be necessary to cuuploy two full-time operators. The; present contractor would get $71.50! per month, and another operator would be hired. \ "The increase per station in Hazel ton would be 51 cents. One operat is now paid $60 per month and j part-time operator is paid $20 per {morth. In Linton the increase would ‘he 37 cents per month per sub- scriber. Nearly every small telephone com- pany in the state is asking increases in rates as a result of the wage in-} , creases. ! Washburn Increase Plea. The Washburn Telehone company, operating exchanges at Washburn. Turtle Lake and Mercer, presented 2 plea for increased rates to the state ‘railroad commission yesterday. The company was represented by C. G. Arvig, manager, and Cameron and : Wattam, attorneys. z The company asked that the busi- ness and residence rates be increased 50 cents per month and that the rur- ial rate be raised from $1.25 to $2.00 ner month. Attorneys Cameron & Wattam represented that the wages paid in the Washburn exchange un- der the minimum wage rules wil! amount to $2,153 a year. i Officials of the Zap exchange alsc asked increased rates. \BIRTH RATE IS ' OFF 35 PERCENT Washington, Aug. 19—Demand for baby carriages has fallen off fifty pet cent in the last six months, the Unit- States Chamber of Commerce re- ; ports. |" "Manufacturers say the birth rate decreased thirty-five per cent last year. “The bureau of vital statistics says the birth rate decrease will not reach thirty-four per cent. 2 \P WATER STARTED fi | - BASEMENT FIRE | oe 4 { - Houston, Aug. 19.—Rain start- | ed this fire! Fifty tons of car- bide stored in a basement; add | ®ater streaking in after a hard rain and the firemen then had a | difficult fight with the fire caus- ed by water which ignited inc | bide. . TURKS IMPERIL AMERICANS IN BESIEGED TOWN Eighteen Members of Relief! Commission Keep Un Relief Work During Battle Constantinople, Monday.—(By the Associated Press.)—Showered night- ly with Turkish bullets and facing famine, 18. American workers of the American commission for relief in the near east have been besieged in Abana, Asia Minor, since June~20. Twice the French troops holding Abana have fought their way to Mer- sina, but have returned with heavy ‘osses. The siege of the city was described to the correspondents by Webster Anderson, of: Crawfords- ville, Ind., who has arrived in Con- stantinople after escaping from Abana on Aug. 7. French troops encircling Abana have little artillery and consequent- ly make raids chiefly at night. Thus far the Americans have not been injured but their buildings have been peppered and they have not heen able to leave the confines at night. : The Americans are maintaining! soup kitchens and workshops for 10,- | 000 Armenian refugees. INSPECTION OF GUARD COMPANY WILL BE MADE Major Sorenson Will Visit Grand Forks Unit on Sat- urday { Preliminary inspection of the Grand Forks national guard com-! pany, the first in the state to report, itself ready for inspection, will he‘ made Saturday by Major Sorenson, | of the Adjutant-General’s department. The Grand Forks company, com- pany M, now has 85 members of the} guard. HOLD SUFFRAGE SPELLS DEFEAT OF TOWNLEYISM Anti-League Leaders Enthusi- astic Over Action of Ten- nessee Legislature LEAGUE MEN DUBIOUS Women’s Vote Considered— Governor Frazier Goes to Montana to Speak J. F. T. O'Connor political stock advanced several points with the news that the Tennessee legislature had ‘ ratified the woman suffrage amendment. On the other hand, there was a bearish téndency in Non- partisan league stocl when the news of the action was +:ceived in Bis- marck, Anti-Townley: leadérs believe that the enfranchisement of 100,000 North Dakota women spells certain defeat for the league. There are a few pol- itical observers who: believe the re- sult in the fall campsign will not be materially affected ;y the women’s votes. Anti-Townley leaders point to the vote tor state superintendent of pub- lic instruction in the recent primary in support of their contentions. Even discounting the ability and personal popularity of Miss Minnie J. Nielson, her victory over Misg Ruth M. oJhn- son shows that more women will vote the anti-Townley ticket than will vote against it, they say. Democratic Won Miss Nielson received 31,471 votes more than the hei'd of the anti- Townley ticket whil: Miss Johnson received but 15,733 votes more than the head of the leagne ticket in the primary. If this ratio is maintained in the fall the league will be defeated by a large majority. Even though the women of the state should follow the trend of the men of their families in voting, the advantage is given to the forces op- posing the league, the anti-Townley leaders point out. The effect of equal suffrage will be to practically double the Democratic vote. H. H. Perry led the Democratic ticket with 8,238 votes, Adding Mr. Perry’s vote to that giv- en William Langer in the primary, the league vote, as represented by Governor Frazier's vote, was about 2,000 less than half.g¥ the,total, With the addition “of bit ’8,000° Democratic women voters, the total number of votes of the opposition would be greatly in excess of the league vote as represented in the primary. Fusion Ticket Advantage The probability of defeat of the league is greater in the fall than it ever has been, they hold. For the first time a real fusion ticket will be in the field opposing the league. It took the lesson of a few defeats to teach the anti-socialist. voters of thestate of the necessity of complete union. It was more nearly achieved in the recent primary than ever be- fore, when the Republicans of the state rallied around one candidate. With a ticket on whith Democrats and Republicans are both represented opposing the Townley ticket in the fall, and the line drawn, so far as the state is concerned, sharply be- tween Townleyism and the opposi- tion, the league faces a difficult cam- aign. 3 Reorganization Work The effect of the league “reorgan- ization work,” which followed tne disappointment over the primary re- sult by league leaders, is a debat- able question. League leaders assert that many members have come back into the fold. Reports have reach- ed the city of unusual pressure be- ing brought to bear to bolster up the league organization. Social boycott is a weapon strongly used against men of independent convictions in many communities. Refusal to co- operate with a farmer who will not; support the league, in harvesting and in other ways, has muicted $18 out of many an unwilling farmer, it is freely asserted. a The effect of such bitter methods also has stirred enmity against the league by many farmers who refuse to how to the will of men employ- LEAGUE ISSUE ABOVE ALL, COX AGAIN ASSERTS Democratic Nominee, Making Public Gathering, Says Pros- perity Is Bound in It TALKS COST OF LIVING Holds That League Is General Panacea and Would Cut Down High Costs ‘South Bend, .. Aug. 19.—National and international financial and eco- nomic readjustments as well as the high cost of living are bound up in the success of the league of nations, Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate, declared here today in ad- dressing a large public gathering. “Our safety, our economic readjust- ment and our prosperity, are all in- volved in America’s making the league a world force,” Governor Cox assert- ed, ‘charging the Republican “senate | oligarchy” with responsibility for de- lay in economic progress and belated reduction of living cost. The Democratic candidate came here today from Columbus via Chicago and will speak tonight at the Indiana Democratic Editors’ banquet. For Early Peace With the least possible delay after March 4, 1921, our pledge is to enter the league, making such additions as are reassuring and helpful,” he con- tinued. “This will legally end the war, it will help to restablish credit. The supply of life’s essentials will be equal to the demand; living costs will be reduced. What we would other- wise be spending for guns and powder would be applied to our war debt and above all we will be happy in the con- sciousness that war is practically im- possible. Hits Opposition “The opposition offers at the very best a very long delay. What project it has as a substitute for the league of nations no one knows or at least no one has ever attempted to discribe it or to name it. The question of the league of nations, therefore, becomes increasingly the issue of this campaign for the very reason that it involves our safety, our economic readjustment and our property.” MEX. REBELLION IS HALTED BY CANTU ACTION Governor of Lower California Signs an Agreement With Mexican Government Mexicali, Lower California, Aug. 19—Details of the agreement signed yesterday which brought to a peace- ful end ‘the movement of Governor Esteban, Cantu, of the northern dis- trict of Lower California, against the central government of Mexico were made public here today. Under the agreement all contracts of the Cantu administration are con- sidered as sancioned by the govern- ment and: all Cantu employers are relieved of responsibility in connec- tion with them. Other stipulations included reten- tion in office of certain Cantu em- ployes, resignation of Cantu in “a dig- nified manner,” granting of Cantu soldiers choice of remaining in the territorial service or enlistment in the federal forces, guarantee of free- dom from all. political prosecution and amnesty to all persons who par- ticipated in what the central Mex- ican government classes as “rebel- lion.” HARDING SPEAKS TO OHIO SOLONS Marion, O., Aug. 19. — Senator Harding was at home to members and former members of the Ohio legis- FRENCH PRESIDENT AND PREMIER? Paris.—The expected retirement of} President Deschanel of France will | probably be followed by the election} jof Premier Millerand (above) as pres-| ident. Former Premier Briand (be-! ‘low) is slated to succeed Millerand | jas premier. MINERS APPEAL 10 PRESIDENT: - STRIKE FEARED Operators Declare Action Will) Mean a Strike in Illinois ' o> Coal Fields “ NO AGREEMENT REACHED} Cleveland, Aug. 19.—The joint {scale committee of .operators and |,miners of the central competitive bi- tuminous coal fields — comprising Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and western! Pennsylvania, adjourned sine die shortly before midnight — without reaching any agreement, after hav- ing been in session five days. Following adjournment of last night's conferense it was announced that the miners would hold a sep-} arate caucus here this morning when a telegram will be prepared and sent to President Wilson informing him of the failure of the conference tor reach any agreement on line with his request. Proposal Held Inadequate | The telegram will state that the jfailure to reach an agreement was cause the operators failed to sub- mit any proposition adequate to meet the requirements of. justice to the miners. At last night’s meeting a motion was offered by P. H. Penn, an Ii- diana operator, that the conference notify President Wilson of its inabil- ity to reach a decision and request-) ing him to create a commission such {inous coal commission to determine ‘ controversies between miners and op- erators, and that the mines be kept at work pending a decision by this commission. | ‘The operators unanimously voted} jin favor of thi$ motion and the min- ers voted against it. i Searles Says No Strike | Ellis Searles, editor of the United | Mine Workers’ Journal said that the; conference to reach ailure of the as was recommended by the bitum-| j | his rest. He was held in $5,000 bond. Guard units have been assigned to many cities of the state, but or- ganization work has not proceeded as! last as had been expected. Bismarck and other cities are expected, how- ever, to make new efforts to organ-| ize, and the full state complement} may be completed yet this fall. | ing coercion to gain votes. Frazier Campaigns Governor Frazier is in Montana, where it is said he will campaign for the league until the primary on Aug. 24, The governor left yesterday for that state to spend a week, and it No national guard encampment |i8 understood he will make several | will be held this year, but it is ex-| Speeches. In North Dakota the Non-} pected that the annual encampments, | partisan league candidates run on the| a feature of guard work, will be Republican ticket while in Montana revived next year. Intensive drill |they are seeking Democratic nomina- work is expected to be carried on/ tions. during the winter. << eas BITE FF DOG'S BERGDOLL GETS Fe ee NED PRISON TERM zs Philadelphia, Aug. 19—James Hal- lowell was fined today on a charge’ of biting off a dog’s tail. Hallowell was arrested upon the complaint of a woman, who said she saw the man pick up a puppy from the sidewalk! and was amazed to see him bite the yelping animal's tail off. She remon-! strated with him, she asserted, but! | Hallowell insisted that fl hi TOM WATSON IS knowledge of ae he knew it should HELD IN HOTEL |” .ére- Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19—Thomas E. Watson, candidate for the Democratic nomination for U. S. senator, was} | arrest at a hotel in Buford, Ga., last} | night on a charge of “public inde-|*% cency,” after he appeared in corri- dore clad in his night garments. The police chief at Buford said Mr. Wat- son had started a disturbance in the lobby, asserting that men paid by his political opponents were disturbing New York, Aug. 19.—Erwin R. Bergdoll, of Philadelphia, has been found guilty of desertion from the army by evading the draft and sen- tenced to four years hard labor ati Fort Leavenworth, it was announced today at Governor’s Island. Bie o WOMAN ASKS CLOSE | .OF “WILDEST” CAFE | © Los Angeles, Aug. 19.—“The wildest cafe in California” is the title given “The Log Cabin,” a cafe and dance hall in Laurel Canyon, by Mrs. J. H. Aagard. She wants an injunction to close the place. lature gathered for a re-union and) an agreement did not mean that there to, hear ‘a speech hy the Republican! ould be a strike of coal miners NOM eS: 5. is | “There is nothing in the present) “Party Government” was expected | situation,” Mr. Searles said, “to cause to be the topic of his speech and it)the public to fear a strike of coal was understood that he would make! miners. The mine workers still feel a direct reply to the Democratic cri-| wonfident that before the final chap- ticism aimed at his speech of. ac-i ter jg written full justice will be ceptance. »| done to them. It was understood that “one-man”! “The operators, however, took a dif- | government would be discussed. The | torent view of the situation, one) speech was expected to touch only! 5ominent Illinois operator predicting casually upon the League of Nations! that the failure of the conference to|s topic. ‘ es 2 wn, | Teach an agreement would precipi-} Senator Harding will, speak from tate strikes in Illinois. He said that his front porch. Democrats and Re-| reports received were to the effec publicans have been invited. mines in Tlinois an | that several Indiana had closed down today be-| nse of the conference's failing to ettle the differences. “Big Reform,” Harding Says i Marion. Ohie—Senator Harding de- clared today that the grant, of suf- x lente trage would be especially welcome t)} a the Republican party, cate i\OWEN MOORE IS | In commenting on the action of the Tennessee assembly he said, “It is a| HURT IN CRASH; great moral and social reform.” ——— He predicted that the voting wo- London, Aug. 19.—Owen Moore, the men would: find that the Republican | American motion picture. a party had lead in the achievement of! mer husband of Mary Pickford, was) social reforms, while the Democratic | injured here today when an airplane party “had notoriously refused to en- in which he was starting to Paris force reform legislation.” crashed to the ground. i | CHARLIE CHAPLIN _/* GETS A JOB HERE Charlie Chaplin walked into | % the Bismarck federal employment hurean this morning and asked fora job. . oe JUNE TO AUGUST, | SWITCH OF CUPID || a Columbus, 0., Aug. 19.—August bids fair to knock out June as Cupid's favorite. In one day ear- stor, for-|, |tiations with the POLISH DRIVE -ROUTS TROOPS OF BOLSHEVIKI Three Russian Divisions Are Annihilated, Says Dispatch From Capital DARING ATTACKS MADE Heavy Forces Concentrated Against Bolsheviki Are Thrown Into Battle (BULLETIN) Berlin, Aug. 19.—The Poles are adva # on Graudenz, west of Prussia, in full foree, according to a special dispatch received here today. Polish eayalry mov- ing against Thorn from the south Where Russians are expected to cros: Warsaw, Aug. 19.—Russian Soviet forces are evacuating Brest-Litovsk, the strongly fortified town on the Bug river 120 miles east of Warsaw, fecording to advices received here to- day. Soviet prisoners are pouring into Warsaw in such numbers that it is becoming a problem how to care for them. Polish successes on all fronts, with the exception of the southern battle sector where the Russian Soviet for- ces are advancing in the direction of Lemberg, are reported in an of- ficial statement on fighting opera- tions issued last night. The 57th, 58th and 8th Bolshevik divisions on the Warsaw front have been anihilated and thousands of So- viet soldiers made prisoners an of- ficial statement s: i Becom The Bolshevi east of Warsaw forces were closely driven by the Poles took the semblance of a rout in some place, the communique re- ports. FIERCE FIGHTING REPORTED London, Aug. 19.—Fierce fighting is continuing in the region of War- saw and Novo Georgievzk, the strong fortress about 19 miles northwest of Warsaw at the confluence of the Vis- tula and the Bug rivers, according where the Soviet |to Wednesday's official statement is- sued by Soviet headquarters in Mos- cow. In the Crimean sector engagements ave.going on. with indecisive. results, the statement says. , HALT PEACE PARLEY London, Aug. 19—The Russo-Po- land peace negotiations’ at Minsk were not continued Wednesday as agreement, according to q dispatch from Moscow Wednesday by the So- viet foreign minister to Soviet rep- resentatives here. Capture City Paris, Aug. 19.—Lukoq, a city 12 miles south of Seidice, has been cap- tured by Polish troops in their coun- ter attacks against the left wing of the Bolshevik army before the Polish capital, says the Warsaw correspon- dent of the newspapér Excelsior. His dispatch, which was sent Tuesday night, declares the Bolsheviki right wing also is ina bad situation. The maneuvers executed by the Poles in their counter attack was an exceedingly daring one the corres- pondent declares. It consisted in concentrating heavy columns of troops and delivering a surprise at- tack against the flank of the main Bolshevik army. FRENCH REPLY Washington, Aug. 19.—The Amer- ican and French governments are in entire agreement in principle as to future of both Poland and Russia, Secretary Colby declared in a forma! ement interpreting France’s re- iner to the American note to Italy. His statement accompanied publica- tion of the translation of the French note ,which was delivered to the state department on August 14 by Prince De Bearn, the nch charge. France’s declaration “of its oppo- sition to this dismemberment of Rus- sia,” is most “gratifying,” Mr. Colby said, and added: “The response is a notable de- claration from every viewpoint, and brings to the position taken by the United States a striking emphasis and powerful support.” The secretary of state referred to French recognition of General Wran- gel in South Russia as a “divergence” between the two governments on one point, but said the United States was “disposed to regard the declar- ed agreement of France with the principles of the United States as of more significance than any di- vergence of policy involved in the ion of France in this single Asserting that France is in “com- plete record” with the United States as to the “necessity for an inde- pendent Polish state,’ the note adds: “This is why there is agreement between the French government and the American government to en- courage all efforts made with a view to bringing about an armistice be- tween Poland and Russia, while avoiding giving negotiations a char- acter which might result in the rec- ognition of the Bolshevik regime and in the dismemberment of Russia. By this declaration France was regarded here as joining with the United States in opposing any nego- Bolsheviki, such as had been proposed by Great Brit- ain in the once projected London | conference. French Protest Paris, Aug. 18—The French gov- ernment intends to protest energet- ically against the decision of Sir Reginald T. Tower, Allied high com- ly in August 25 licenses were is- sued! And the daily average is | high. Yes, you're right, it wasn’t the one and only Charlie. But he got a job just the same. missioner at Danzig, who forbade further debarkation at Danzig of (Continued on Page Three)