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VOL. LXI—NO. 158 PRICE TWO CENTS BRITISH DIRIGIBLE S5 OVER NEW ENGLAND Was About 400 Miles Northeast of St. John’s at 10 O’Clock | Lincoin, P. M. (Greenwich Time) Last Night—Message Stated Pursues Her Present Course She Will Pass Over Bona- vista Bay and Diagonally Over Newfoundland—Thence Across Maritime Canada and New England to New York St. Johns, F., July 3—The Brit- fsh dirigible R-34 was about 400 miles northeast of St. John's at 10 p. m. Greenwich time. according to a mes sage received tonight at_the admiralty The message wireless station here stated the airship was making good progress. Rritish naval officers said the craft would not pass over this city tomor- Tow morning unless she alters consid- erably her present course, which would carry her well north of here. It was s if she followed her present she would probably pass over sta Bay and diagonally over undland to Fortune Bay on the coast. In this case, the officers would probably _ proceed Maritime Canada and New Bn- Good Progress—If the Blimp sland to New York. Is EXPECTED TO REACH MINEOLA, L. |, TODAY Washington, July 3.—The British di- rigible R-34, enroute to. the United States on an attempted round trip trans-Atlantic flight, is cxpected to reach Mineola, Long Island, some time tomorrow, a British admiralty wireless picked up by the Ottercliffs, ~ Maine, radio station late today and relayed to the navy department, said. The message said that the dirigible was expected back at its home sta- tion at Bast Fortune, Scotland, by Monday, indicating that the stay of the airship in the United States would be very brief. FRENCH TROOPS AT FIUME ARE ANGRY AT ITALIANS 2.—Considerable excite- caused here by re- ame published in the that French soldiers r-allied forces have Fiume shouting Vive Jugo-Slavia Death to Italy!” Des- jeclare that the reaction by such a demonstration was grave amidst the Italian population t serious consequences _might been Rome. e followed had it not been for the prompt intervention of Italian Car- bineers General Wrasiolo, commander, of llied forces at Fiume, is have lodged a protest with general. Newspaper here statements declaring the friendship of France and ltaly, ut- tered on official occasions at Paris by President Poincare and _ Premier Clemenceau “seem irony when con- - contradicted by hostile French rever they have céme in Italian interests on the sia Minor or in Afrca. Premier Orlando returned fom Palermo to meet Baron former Minister of Affairs, ist arrived here from Paris. a long confeence as to they would take in the discussion in Parlia- will be especially devoted of the Peace Conference. exchanges between the former Italian_delegation at President Wilson will be INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION IN FRANCE July 3.—The Independence bration in France began for- afternoon with a brilliant t ¢ the Hotel de Ville in hon- or of General Pershing and Rear Ad- Harry S. Knapp, representing army and navy. Among the guests Hugh C. Wallace, American a dor to France, Marshal Foch, Weygand of Marshal Foch’s ny members of the diplomat d_officers of both the Ameri- French armies and navies. president_of the munici- reeted the guests. “The of July is henceforth a popu- in France something like fourteenth of July,” Mr. Evain ause for us these two days one, our sentiments are so bound to yours.” Pershing replied the to HEAT WAVE SPREADING OVER NORTHEASTERN U. S. July 3—Weather bu- night showed a heat ing throughout the north- e quarter of the United States ted that most of the coun- uld have a “hot Fourth.” Tem- peratures of 98 degrees were regis- ter Boston, Philadelphia, Harris- L Parkersburg, W. Va. and ese being the warm- edo the fight—like the rest the eastern section of the United ates—forecasters promised a warm Positively no rain can inter- the event there before to_spoil and probably nothing need be before rday. The hot out by Satur- the Ohio valley states, it was said TO SELL CANNED STOCKS TO MUNICIPALITIES AT COST Iy 3.—An official an- from the office of at the war depart- superfluous stocks of stocks would be sold in car- o municipalities at cost and of canned meat at 20 per cent. cost, provided they were re- e public at the prices for were purchased. LEGACY FOR HARVARD IN WILL OF MRS. GEORGIANNA B. WRIGHT York, July 3—Harvard Uni- bequeathed several hundred nd dollars under the will rgianna B. Wright of this vhich was filed for probate here Mrs. Wright died in Boston on 30. The university is made vary legatee of the estate which is conservatively estimatel at mmore than £1.090,000. ESTHONIAN WARSHIPS CAPTURE A FORTRESS Copenhagen, July 3.—Esthonian arships have captured the fortress Boldera, at the mouth of the Dvina r, and have cleared the river of rman armed vessels as far as the Muehigrabe Canal. An Esthonian official statement con- taining this announcement says that four of the Germar vessels were cap- tured. COSTA RICAN REVOLUTIONISTS ADVANCED THEIR POSITIONS Nicagua, Nicaragua, July 3.—Costa Rican revolutionists, under the lead- ership of the Mexican General Manuel Chao. last night attacked and dis- iodged the forces of President Tinoco of Costa Rica from their advanced positions. The revolutionists captur- 2d quantities of arms and provisions. There were many casualties in the Bghting. i+ is reported. of | FORTY YOUTHS WERE EXECUTED 'IN BUDAPEST Vienna, Wednesday, July 2.—(By The A P.) The executions of forty youths of the Budapest military aca- demy and the three officers were or- dered by the Hungarian soviet gov- ernment as reprisals against anti- communists who attempted to seize the telephone and telegraph stations and who bombarded soviet headquar- ters, according to delayed despatches from Budapest. Bela Kun, head of the communist government, issued a proc- lamation that since proper apprecia- tion had not been shown ‘treatment of past three months” blood shall flow henceforth, if necessary, to insure the protection of the proletariat. Many were killed and wounded dur- ing the disorders and a hundred of the counter-revolutionists were _arrested. Three of the anti-communist efficers were executed. The disorders began on June 24. Three monitors in the Dan- ube Riber whose officers and crews aideq the forces, bombarded soviet ters. Fifty youths from the’ military aca- headquar- | i y held the central telegraph |would Station” government | g00ds to certain irate pledge the signatory nations to dis- ed to send aid. Forty of these youths|countenance any future efforts of lib- erty-loving peoples to help the op. pressed to throw off the yoke of their alien rulers.” Mr. De Valera made public in con- nection with his statement a copy of a_communication which he address- €d to the peace confere; requesting that Irelard’s station surrendered to forces after the anti-communists fail- Immense gallows were strest for the Lieutenant Colonel Romanelll, of Italy, the only allied representative remaining there, wrote to Bela Kun that the allies.would not tolerate ruth- lessness against hostages or anti- communist prisoners. - Beld Kui Fe- piied ‘that the soviet could not permit interference with its internal af- fairs. Colonel Romanelli protested againdt the hangings but he was un- able to save the forty military colle- gians. LAST MESSAGE OF DR. SHAW TO WOMEN OF AMERICA New York, July 3.—The last mes- age of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw to the women of America was an_appeal in support of the League of Nations, it was announced here tonight by the League to Enforce Peace, which said that the manuscript, much of it in_her own handwriting, was received here Tuesday and would be published soon. Dr. Shaw. who died last night at her home near Philadelphia, was a mem- ber of the league's national executive committee as well as honorary presi- dent of the National American Wo- man’s Suffrage Association. In a plea to women to use all their influence to bring about ratification of the Paris covenant, Dr. Shaw called the peace treaty “the most marvelous document in the world,” and declared | that if peace did not come out of this war there was little hope that peace would ever come to humanity. “Oh, men,” the message continued, “we women, the mothers of the race, haye given everything. have suffered everything, have sacrificed everything, and we come to you now and say ‘The time has come when we will no longer sit quietly by and bear and rear sons to die at the will of a few men. We will not endure it! We will not en- dure it! We demand that either you shall do something to prevent war or that we shall be permitted to try to do something _ourselves. ENTIRE N. Y. POLICE FORCE ON CONTINUOUS DUTY TODAY || New York, July 3—Every man of New York's police and detective force, more than 11,000 in number, was mo- bilized tonight to remain on contin- uous duty until Saturday morning as a precaution against another possible attempt by anarchists to inaugurate 2 reign of terror on Independence Day. Special guards were thrown about the city’s public buildings and the homes of citizens who, because of their wealth or prominence in efforts to stamp out radicalism. might be tar- gets for the terrorists. As an added precaution plans were perfected for the rapid mobilization of the city regiments of the state guard in the event of any widespread disturbance which might prove more than the police could handle. PERSHING CABLES APPROVAL OF THE AMERICAN LEGION New York, July 3.—A cable message from General Pershing declaring' that the American Legion, the organization of the American veterans of the world war, “is destined to be of tremendou value in fostering the ideals and pur- poses for which we fought and in spreading among our people the les- sons learned in the war period.” was made public here today The message came for use tomorrow in the first issue of the American Le- gion Weekly, which, Genaral Persh- ing said, would “more closely unite the already strong bonds of comrade- ship among the members.” AN AMERICAN MURODERED BY MEXICAN3 IN TAMPIZO Washington, July vy Move, an American citizen emplovel by ike Mexican Gulf Oil Company, was mur- dered by Mexicans in the Tampico oil were executed. erected on Kossuth hangings. « & e e fields last Tuesday night, according to despatches today to the state Gepart- ment Acting Secretary Phillips im- mediately cabled the American em- bassy at Mexico City to make urgent representations to the Mexican gov- ernmient for the apprehension and puniehment of the murderers and for the protection of Americans in the Tampico district. ment, since| ish ambassador. late name of a well known Englishman in getting a West End company. of Lon- don to discount a bill for him, leaving immediately afterward. Lin- coln was arraigned and held to await. extradition to England. applied to Judge Thomas I Chatfield for a writ of habeas_corpus ground that wanted England basing its be destroyed. counter-revolutionary | lera, president of the posing the proposed League of tions "covenant, losses in kilied and missi and_sea, to the day of the armistice, amounted to 1,089,700 killed and missing, per cent. of the total mobilized force of §,410,000. 5, navy were 4.19 per plement. SEARCHING TRAINS. NEW HAVEN FOR BOMBS New Haven, Conn., July 3—Warren federal agent in this dis- trict and a force of his deputies spent seven hours tonight searching incom- ing trains at the Union Station for jany possible bombs that mig.\t be in possession of passengers. cases and parcels were o] ing some indignation but revealing no Wweapons of destruction. A. Grimes, authorities Cabled Paragraphs For Extradition- of . Ex-Kaiser. London, July 3.—The note DEPORT 3 SPY LINCOLN T London, July former member . of Wwho has . beex Tois a5 a eor in_ 1914, Lincoln had for; Great Lincoln was born According ' to- his _own According to Inspector Ward he ' note ‘to Hol- land requesting the extradition of ine former kaiser, it is understood, will be signed by twenty-two or twen of the powers. ENGLAND IS TO ty-three. Lincoln then on_, the Britain really to get him within her juris- diction in order to try him as a spy, belief on the contents oi « book that he had written, The Reve- lations~of an International -Spy. Judge Chatfield refused fo grant the writ after he had received assurances from the British government that it would not try Lincoln as & spy, -and the case was taken into the United States circuit court of appeals. in Hungary in 1870 and went to England in 1896. He was ordained as a minister of the An- glican church later in Canada, returned to England, and shortly af- ter was elected. to parliament in 1910, withdrawing after less than a year. confession, Lincoln became a German spy in En- gland because of -the persecution he had received while in that country. He was taken into the war office as cen- sor of Hungarian and Ruman des- patches, and while there, he asserted he planned to entice part of the Brit- ish navy into a place where it would His plans were frus- trated, and he was on the eve of being exposed when he fled to this country, where he was finally arrested. then| Calls For Troops| HUNGARY' —Ignatius Trll;:ch parlia- in prison here -confessed spy, will' soon be deported to Hungary. Lincoln was first arrested on-Aug. 4, 915, on the complaint of .the British consul ‘general in New York city, act= ing under instructions from the Brit-|. It wis charged that o Spokane, Washn., July 3.—A request for state or federal troops as a pro- tective measure against possible radi- cal outbreaks tomorrow in connec- tion with a reported demonstration inst the imprisonment of so-called Political ers’ strike, was sent to the war department and to. Governor Hart today by the city council, it was announced today at the city hall. GUARDS AT PITTSBURGH v INDUSTRIAL PLANTS Pittsburgh, July 3.—A warning to industrial plants in this vicinity to maintain special guards as a precau- tion against . bomb outrages tomor- row, was contained in a telegram from George F. Lumb, acting superintend- ent of the state pelice, at Harrisburs, received this afternoon by Chief of Deteteives Clyde S. Edeburn. The telesram said the state- police had received reports of thefts of large quantities of powder and dynamite in different parts of the state in the last few days, believed to have been stolen by radical agents. TO ESTABLISH GERMAN COLONIES !N ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, July Maynzthusen, a member of a special mission of the German government to the Argentine goverhment, says that 3.—Frederick | Atlantic City, N. J.. July 3 keepers were held in $1,000 bail in a hearing today before the United States commissioner, charged with violating the war emergency dry law by selling whiskey and wine. No charge of beer selling was lodged against the offenders. The proprietor of a leading boardwalk cabaret em- porium was singled out as the chief met and his bail was fixed at Todd_Daniels, chief of the depart- ment of justice forces of the Philadel- phia district, will come here to enforce an order that the sales of wines and liquors must cease. He has an- nounced that he will not interfere with the selling of 2.75 per cent. beer. The arrests, however, have had the effect of shttting off the sale of everything except beer of low alcoholic percent- age. Mayor Bacharach tonight issued a Statement in which he said that the Atiantic City police department would [henceforth co-operate with the federal duthorities in enforcing the law, and that arrests would be made by the de- partment of all violators. ARRESTS IN NEW HAVEN FOR VIOLATING PROHIBITION LAW * New Haven, Conn., July 3.—Charged with selling whiskey and wines in vio. lation of the prohibition law effective of Scotland Yard, who came to take Lih- coln back to London, the alleged forger had a wife and four children in don who were destitute, ing cared for by the DE VALERA OPPOSED TO n- ‘were be- tion -Army. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS New York, July 3.—Eamonn De Va- ‘Irish republic,” a statement here tonight op- a- which he declared gotten and ssued their il “guarantee r nations ce o, orized del “ount Plunkett und s be permitted to take part i ing of the league ¢ovenant. TOTAL FRENGH:LOSSES IN THE WAR, 1,366,235 totar’ French land up Paris, July 3—The as _officially _eStablis] 1,366,2; 5. These figures were given the Cham- ber of Deputies by Marin in The losses of the I'rench army The losses of 35, of which ‘ are missing. This was done in line with and in Dr. Carl Kramarz, Premier of the Fepublic of Czeche-Slovakia. . He wes deputy in the Austrian Parlia- ie0t and leader of the Czecho Na- ‘ivnalist, Party for 30 years. Before. the war ‘and during the lifetime of *he old Impevsr, e strived for cational right. bet did net watit separsiica from Ausuia. Foresee- Deputy - Louis report on_ the, disposal of the effects of missing M@D.: »- . - were or 161 the navy totalled 10.- 5,521 were killéd and T ] Several suit caus- similar action taken in other cities by federal order to guard against any plan to destroy property on Independence Day. 1 Premier Of Czecho-Slovakia ing the collapse of Austria he - worked openly .for an independent - | L'i§ht of our fi?nimmt, Let the wide beams of Scatter each cloud that Bearing the standard I Thou hast united us, w Up with our banner Union and Liberty! Pride of her children, honored afar, Empire unsceptered! what foe shall assail thee, Think not the God of thy fathers shall fail thee, Shining with men for the birth-right of man! Yet, if by madness and treachery blighted, Dawns the dark hour when sword thou must draw: Then with the armis of thy millions united, Smite the bold traitors of Freedom and Law! Lord of the Universe! shield us and guide us, - ; Trusting thee always thru shadow and sun! F Keep us, oh, keep us the many in one! Sprinkled with starry light, Spread its fair emblems from mountain While thru the sounding sky Loud rings the Nation’s cry— —OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. g'ljidé of our nafion, thy full constellation would darken a star. of Liberty’s van? > ho shall divide us? bright, to shore, One Evermore! in been Berlin for the purpose of establish- ing German colonies in Argentina and syndicateshave capitalized promote trade relations. Those in- tending to proceed from Germany to Argentina will be selected and in- structed, and will locate where di- rected by the Argentina government. “The German _government,” Herr Mayntzhuzen adds, “will prevent the exodus of radical elements and es- blish propaganda centres at Buenos res; as well as in Germany, where Argentina is looked upon as a land of ppromise for the Germans.” As Soon as the blockade is lifted, ac- cording to the commissioner, Germany will begin the exxportation to South America of drugs, paints and dyes. TUocomotives are now ready for ex- port, and toys and textiles soon will “I calculate that within two years,” says Herr Mayntzhusen, the allies will have replaced the shipping that was sunk, assuring an abundance of bottoms and cheap freights. Germany likewise in two years expects to put out trans-Atlantic steamers of 26,000 10 25,000 tons, with speed of 22 knots. I predict an interesti |; epoch for Argentina. Most of the German capital, form- erly employed in South Africa, the commissioner asserted, will be trans- ferred to Argentina. ‘A feature of colonization will be the selection and peparation of workmen to take up residence in various fixed zones there. This will assure activities in all in- dustries and will prevent segregated German colonies. CO-OPERATING TO THWART PLOTS OF ANARCHISTS TODAY ‘Washington, July 3—Every law-en- forcing. agency in the country will co- operate -tomorrow in preserving order against reported plans of anarchists and other radical s to create a reign of. terror by bomb explosions. Officials of the department of jus- tice have said they knew of no con- certed plot, but no chances are being taken. The bureau of - investigation. has enlisted the police of all large cities in their purpose to put an end T i X o July 1, James L. Ward, a saloon keep- er at ‘135 Union avenue, and Patrick Sullivan of 697 Congress avenue were arrested on warrants issued by United States Commissioners William A, ‘Wright and Bernard E. Lynch late to- day. These are the first arrests in the state since the new dry law went into effect. Both saloon keepers are held under bonds of $1,000 for appearance Tuesday. District Attorney John S. Crosby to- day sent word to the United States commissioners that hereafter bonds in the cases of arrested saloon keepers will be fixed at $2,000 instead of $1,000. $2,000,000 TO MODERNIZE SCHOOLS OF NEW JERSEY ‘Wilmington, Del,, July 3.—Announce- ment was made today at the summer school at Delaware College that Pi- erre S. Du Pont, president of the Du Pont Powder Company, had created a trust fund of $2,000,000 for remodel- ing and modernizng the public schools of Delaware, outside of Wilmington, to be expended during the next four years. It is stipulated that each dis- trict shall raise by taxation an amount equal to the sum apportioned to it. Four hundred thousand dol- lars will be applied to the improve- ment of schools for colored children. Mr. Du Pont already had given a million and a half to Delaware Col- ege. SERVIVE MEN URGED TO 2 RETAIN GOV'T INSURANCE ‘Washington, July 3. — Men who “earned the right to government in- surance” were urged by President Wilson to retain their policies per- manently, converted into such forms as they personally desire. In a_wire- less message from the George Wash- ington directed to the “nation’s fight- ing forces” and made public by the ‘War Risk Bureau, the president said: “If it were possible, I should wel- come the opportunity to speak to each of you .who, by service in the great war, earned the right (o government insurance and urge the wisdom of continuing this unusual protection to Your dependents and yourselves.” " PR e T S S e A Condensed Telegrams: War Department sold the week end- ed June 30 surplus war materials amounting to $33,678,000. France declared a monopoly cover- ing refined oil and gasolene. War Department received bids a high as $45 a ton f. 0. b. for 1,500,000 tons of steel bars. o State Department has taken up the Mexican oil controversy with the Car- ranza government. Assay Office was authorized to pur- chase silver at $1.07 an ounce. Gold bars amounting to $150,000 were withdrawn from the Assay Office for_shipment to England. Copper output of Anaconda in June amounted to 10,530,000 pounds, com- pared with 13,500,00 pounds in May War Trade Board will issue licen allowing imports of tih on or after Sept. 1 A silver service was presented to Martin Conboy by members of the 159 draft boards in Greater New York, at & luncheon at the Bankers' Club. Improvement in the condition of President Shonts of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. was announced by his_physicians. War Department announced Gene ral Pershing had awarded the D. S. C. to 24 officers of the American Expedi- tionary A Bolshevik wir report claims the capture of Perm from the forces of the Kolchak government. Prol n leaders in Congress are awaiting the arrival of the President before they make any futher move to press the proposed prohibition en- forcement legislation. A note from the German govern- ment received in Paris, indicates the National Assembly would ratify the peace treaty next week. Rain, fog and a northeast gale at St. John’s, N. F., held up the start of the Handley-Page transatlnatic flight. General Pershing announced the 4th Division will start for home shortly and within a month will _be followed by 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions. A report from Paris says the classes of 1807, 1908 and 1909 will be demob- flized Aug. 8, men aged 30, 31 and 83 being affected. Belgian banks received $470,000,000 which was looted from them by the Germans during the invasion. Associations are being formed Germany, particularly the south, to prevent surrender to the Allies of German leaders responsible for the war. Express companies decided to not handle liquor shipments to foreign embassies in Washington. Hog prices broke all records when they sold at $22 in Chicago. General Pershing, it was.announced at military headquarters in Paris, is- sued instructions that . military . cen- sorshp be abolished. Quito, Ecuador, will celebrate the signing of the peace treaty on July 4. Documents, literature and letters said by authorities to be of revolu- tionary character were.seized in Win- nipes. Holland-America come a candidate for the Republican nomination for Assemblyman. Cardinal Gibbons received a tele- gram® from Cardinal Mercier stating he would arrive in Baltimore about Sept. 1. Gold coin to the amount of $1,520,- 000 was withdrawn from the Sub- Treasury for shippment to South America. Upon President Wilson's return Di- rector Hines will present problems of rajlroad administration as to recent developments. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DR. ANNA H. SHAW TO BE PRIVATE Philadelphia, July 3.—Funeral ser- vices for Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, the suffrage leader, who died last night, will be held at her late home in Moy- lan, Pa., near this city, at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The services will be private with only a few close friends and relatives present. Memo- rial services probably will be held la- ter at Washington and New York. In consideration of Dr. Shaw's ofi-re- peated request her body will be cre- mated. Hundreds of telegrams paying trib- ute to the memory of Dr. Shaw were received at her home today. One of them was from Vice President Thom- as R. Marshall and read as follow. “The world is infinitely poorer by the death of so great and good a woman.” Mrs. Helen Gardner, of Washington, telegraphed: “I am_saddencd beyond words. Have had a wireless from President Wilson.” Messages were also received from the board of managers of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, and from W. H. Short, secretary of the League to Enforce Peace. A blanket of roses was received from the National American Woman Suffrage Association, of which Dr. Shaw was the honorary president. KERR MAY TART TRAN- .. ATLANTIC FLIGHT TODAY Harbor Grace, N. F. July 3—The Handley-Page biplane, commanded by Vice Admiral Kerr, which originally was entered for competition for the London Daily Mail's $50,000 trans- Atlantic flight prize, probably will start | tomorrow on an attempted non-stop | flight to New York, it was announced tonight. Three reasons, the airmen sald, ha caused them to change their plans; first, mid-ocean weather conditions | were such as to cause almost indefinite postponement; second, continued ex- posure in an open fleld was injuring the plane's wings and fuselage, and, third, a trip to the American mainland woyld permit a more spectacular flight later from New York to France. TO IMPRISON FORMER KAISER IN THE TOWER OF LONDON London, July 4.—William Hohen- zollern, the former German emperor, will be brought to England in a Brit- ish ship and imprisoned in the Tower of London, according to the Daily LLOYD GEORGE EXPLAINS PEACE TREATY IN COMMONS Tells of Peace Conference’s Efforts to Prevent Future Wars and Reviewed Some of the Restrictions Put Upon Ger- many in the Treaty of Versailles—Announced That William Hohenzollern, Former German Emperor, is to be Tried by a Tribunal to Sit in London. London, July 3. .— Premier George gave the house of co: Lioya mmons today explanations of the peace con- ference's efforts to prevent futur wars and reviewed some of the strik- ing restrictions put upon Germany the peace treaty signed at Ve in illes. The premier's address was made in connection with two bills he duced, one dealing with ratifica intro- tion of the peace terms and the other approv- ing the Anglo-French conventia viding for British - aid if G should attack France, unprovol Willlam Hohenzollern, pro- ‘many ked. former Ger- man emperor. is to be tried by a tri- bunal that will sit in London, Mr. Lloyd George announced. In dis- cussing the peace conference's deci- sion to try the one held chie: sponsible for the war, he said fly re- that if such A course had been followed after other wars been fewer wars.” intention to make such an e of Germany as to discourage from ‘“ever again attempting peat this infamy.” “there would have He said it was the xample others to re- Speaking of the territorial terms of the treaty, Mr. Lloyd George s territory taken from Germany matter of restoration. It was a ation of Alsace-Lorraine, he said the was a restor- said, taken forcibly from the land to which its population was deeply attached; it was a restoration of Schleswig-Hol stein the taking of which he describ- ed as the “meanest of frauds, robbing a helpless cous the pretense they were not d. and then retaining the land the wishes of the population;” toration of “a Poland torn to Russian, Austrian and Prussian racy and now re-knit under the Hohenzollern ntry in oing it against a res- bits by autoe- flag of Poland” and he added, “they are all territories which ought not to to Germany.” belong The British delegation, the premier said, has taken a stand resolu posing any attempt to put a p inantly ‘German population und: tly op- redom- er Pol- ish rule as it would be foolish to have another Alsace-Lorraine in BEu “I do not think anyone can rope. claim the terms constitute injustice to Ger- many,” the premier said in dis the reparation clauses, believe justice-in the war on t of Germany. Having regard uses Germany made of her arm: is no injustice in disarming it. If.the allies had ed the coloni to idemeE R Tt et “unless scattering cussing they he side to the v there and restor- v_after the of —the na- tives,~and -the"part the natives have ken in thel rown tio have been a Then take the sponsible for the this kind to personally re have taken j ning them, responsible decided tha had_the judgment, at any race ¢ should be tr committed in bre bound to hono bringing on “It was an its a piy i been done been fewer wars tries unanimou buna inter-anl at London for the triz chiefly responsible fc Premier Lioyd Geore it was not vengeance possible precaution rence of the war and to make an ex ample of Germany as will ambitious rulers and pe ever again attempting to infamy. The German pec ed the war and therefore sential in the terms to show, if tion enter into unprovoked aggression against their ne what lies in store for them The premier’s reference-to the Tn ed States and England a, France if she should be atacked ‘wa loudly cheered. After referring to- guarantees 4n t¥ war. 1 rt in hould be held p Ther the ki and k exceptiona before repeat treaty, such as disarmament, wh he declared should not be a “a scrap of paper,” the premier spoke o bill dealing with the American British guarantee*in .the unprovoked atack on France, sa he did not suppose any sectionof house would oppose that “It is entered into with the approwvs of the league of nations,” the premie assertedi “Within _living memor: France twice has been invaded b Germany. With her population of forty million facing a hostile pop: lation of sixty or seventy mil France had legitimate reason for fee ing mervous apprehension when British and American armies left! T d not agree that the treaties show lack of faith in the league of tions. _After all, the league would h no value uniess it had behind it stro; at m nations prepared tice to stop agsr ion, VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL IN THE SKEELS MURDER CASE Lawrence, Mass,, July 3.—Mrs charged sle M. (Skeels) ' Lundgren, with having murdered Miss F Bes- “lorence W. Gay of Andover in Decemben 1917, by administering arsenic while acting as her nurse, was found not guilty by a jury here tonight. Mrs. wiating nearly nine hours for t to report and was attended L physician. into the courtroom to hear the which was announced at 9.32 The jury had been out eight hot forty-four minutes. Mrs. Lundgren was Lundgren became weak while he jury by ~her She was pale when brought verdict, o'clock, urs and accompanied from the courthouse by her nurse, Mrs. Margaret ‘Hooper, and her b Mark and William Wilkins, of onne, N. J. District Attorney Henry G telegraphed tonight to Pierre prosecuting atorney of Hudson New Jersey, informing him of t! dict and asking for instructi. garding a warrant heer for Mrs gren’s arrest, charging her w murder of her brother, Albe Wilkins, at Bayonne, N. J. PROHIBITION IN DETROIT rothers, f Bay- Wells Garson, county he vei ons re- Lund- ith the t 3. H, CAUSES SPREAD OF RADICALISM Washington, July 3.—Prohib| ition in Detroit, Michigan, has brought about an “industrial situation acuté and charged with danger owing to the spread of radicalism and the deadly doctrines of the I. W. W.” President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, asserts in a report filed with the senate judiciary committee. The document, which was made pub- lic today, supplements Mr. Gompers testimony before the committee June 14_opposing prohibition “In_the year and prohibition went into effect, Gompers' statement says, “the tion in Detroit conditions has amazing, not to sinister threatening. During the hundreds of radical meetings been held all over the city and work of radical organization ed apace, BAPTIST CHURCH IN NEW two months since Mr. altera- been vinte th proceed- BRITAIN BURGLARIZED New Britain, Conn., lar effected an entr: tist church in this ¢ July 3.—A burg- hce into the Bap- during he night | and secured considerable plunder, in- cluding money from the contribution box of the junior Sunday school cls and other church societies. Silvi knives and forks, table linen dress suit was among the plund, s erware, and a er. I trance was effected through the cellar window. The burglar entered room in the edifice and desks th: tained locked drawers were si open. trator of the deed. ARMY TO BE DOWN TO every at con- mashed There is no clue to the perpe- | PEACE BASIS SEPT 39 uly 3.—Orders Malil, The death penalty will not be sought, the newspaper points out, but if he is found guilty the allles will ask*his banishment for life to a re- mote. island, following the precedent of Napoleon’s exile on St. Helena. The international trial court had intended to try the former emperor alone, the Daily Mail says, but it is possible that the former crown prince Frederick William will also be ar- raigned before it. AWARD OF THE D. 8. C. TO 22 OFFICERS AND MEN ‘Washington, July 3.—Award of the D. S. C. to 22 officers and men was announced today. Among the awards are: Sergeant Raymond C. Chisholm (deceased), Orange, N. J., and Private Robert J. Eckwellef (decsased), Notch, et i TR R ‘Washington, demobilization of the army by Sept of to the peace-time strength the 20 ap- for proximately 233,308 officers and men, authorized by the National Defense Act, were issued today by the war depagtment. If demobilization were declared complete by the presidential procla- mation this would apnarently restore the sale of liquor from Sept. 30 1, 1920. TO CONSOLIDATE THREE to Jan. STEEL AND IRON COMPANIES New York, July 3.—Plans for con- solidation of three steel and iro: n com- panies into a $100,000,000 corporation, to be known as the Steel and Tube company of America, Inc. are way here, it was learned here These concerns are the Steel an: under today. d Tube company, Northwestern Iron company and Newport Mining company. | while | National NINETEEN BOMBS FOUND IN BUILDING AT WALPOLE, MASS Federal the findin small wooden Boston, July 3 are investigating teen bombs ing in the rear of street, East Wa Howard Davis building Mills, for w works. Davis factured the his brother for celebratin; corporation D: claims tha bombs with Leon, sixteen yea the Fourth of Ju says the chief of the Boston fire partment gave him time ago to transport th in_the bombs to East V The bombs were ma containing black powder tached. Some of them in diameter and others three meter, two and three Danliel F. O’Conx plosives for the Ui ton, reported the the United States gation and one at once to make The police formed 1 smoke issuing at_night Davis is said to be man at Walpole five of i a repor Walpole rom tk MEXICAN BANDITS HAVE KILLED AN New York, July murder on Jine of John Ma Albert J. O plantation Mexico, hay ambassador state ITALIAN Reports ol ap! the Mexico ( v fo American Right tonight tion of nounced here According lero was carrying ican gold to T when the tra traveling was ed, his body 1 was set on fire report MARKED AS A VICTIM OF THE CHINESE TONGS Bridgeport, Ju 3.—Le Kim, cook at a Ch aurant, w arraigned in th held under bonds of $1,000 ur 9 for trial upon the comp! Hing, a restaurant keeper H had been markec Chinese and agent of ty. When questi by detectives, Kim tted zoing to kill Hing killed anyhow t me that doe The case tinued in or that the make investigation as to the operatior of the tong in this city NEWSPAPER WRITERS OF BOSTON VOTE TO off plantation k on which k H d nese ving: “He was con- STRIKE Bost July 3. — The Newsy Writers' Union of this cit sted unanimously today to go on strike un léss their demands for wage Inc es and recognition of the union ar granted The demands for ,, e of $38 a week for a week for copy union claims that the recognition of the union has been fused. It claims a_membership seven newspapers of 180 men and wo. men out of a total of 210 in the city report UKRANIAN FORCES HAVE OCCUPIED ODESSA London, July 3--The Ukranian: after a_sanguinary battle have octu pled Odessa, according to Herlin wireless message. The Bolsheviki forces fled.

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