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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 13 Mar 1919, p. 6

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asi.:^"1 .T ""f;1 Discontinue Big Army Camp Farm. Camp Grant's 1,000-acre farm has bee?i «i»ife»tiiiued b^gMtar of the war and ^Mfcr agricuitur- M to Revise Corporation Jear of State Introduced in the House. ^ :;.f PUN lillUSH mraflVEMEllTS Jmkrn to t bureau. N had been jobs In the r acres of and 1,44s 16:. tpring J^tMdon &%,*aaolut!en Adopted for State to Mast- Kiifl «n Public Work--ConstKfctioiM Convention Measure is Pre- , r sented In Assembly.,! V| »f . *•:>:" ' ' » fcpWrtgfield.--With the parpose of amending the corporation laws of thei state to simplify the method of organ- , iaatlon and Increase powqpa Wporations, in keeping wttV the Idea's of Governor Lowden, a bill has been 'Introduced by Representative B. B. Shurtleff. The judiciary committee will give the measure attentlopu iThe proposed law is aimed to fsafet$ ferd the interests of the people of the rtate and at the same tim^be suited t» the needs of the present times. Ira ' efcactment, the administration thinks. Will prevent the diversion of large stuns of money from Illinois Into the treasuries of Eastern states. In the bill provision is made for utility holding corporations and for 0be corporation owning stock in another, in so far as it will not conflict With the anti-trust acts. . |tThe house adopted Senator Glacktjik's resolution pledging the state to $» all possible in aiding municipalities to make public improvements, and also calling upon state officials to begin work as soon as possible on the •(ate waterways, the hard roads, and Ip resume work on the Jollet penltep- ; IS. constitutional convention bill Ims introduced by Representative ChUrcli of Chicago. It provides that ibe convention shall meet at noon on January 5, 1920, in the hall of the fcouse of representatives in Springfield. There shall be two delegates from each of the 101 senatorial districts Aected on a bipartisan basis, as are •IgUte senators. 1 A primary election for the nomination of candidates as delegates shall ' be held September 10, 1919. The«iecr tton of those nominated shall take glace in November. 1919. f Each delegate shall receive $2,000 his services and Is allowed the Same mileage a» members of the legislature, $50 to cover one round trip. the convention will fix the date of the ection at which the people will vote v On the new constitution or the articles amended by it. '¥• Fraudulent voting will be impossible 5 If a 1411 that G. A. Dahlberg of Chi- rgo introduced In the house becomes law. The Dahlberg bill is fashioned i *fter the New York law and seek* to - -. 4tmetid the Illinois ballot act by pro' s, Iriding that each, ballot shall contain a I ferial number printed upon a stub at the top of the ballot, and this stub is ito be torn off when the voter casts his J* ballot and deposited in a separate box. t-.v The name of the person voting shall if- .be pronounced "in a loud voice." j ji' There was a bitter clash in the ; bouse between the Republican and democratic sides over the issue of adjournment for the week-end, forecast- " Ing what may be expected before the aession is over. Minority Leader Igoe wbjected to adjourning until Tuesday, pe wanted the joint resolution passed !i*, %y the senate amended t» read "until I- Wednesday" because of registration Tuesday in Chicago. In his argument vi lie declared that the legislature was J^M'liiot doing anything. Majority Leader #;• fchurtlelT and Speaker Shanahan safd • that committee work would suffer and , 4hat important hearings had been ar- \ j*ang<-d for Tuesday. Allegations of j' i Dad faith passed between the speaker •( and Igoe. Oa a roll call the resolution for adjournment till Tuesday passed, 87 to 65. • j The search and seizure act, support- ? 1 ed by the Anti-Saloon league, was reported to the house with favorable ? , recommendation and placed upon the calendar. The senate appropriations commit tee reported favorably bills for the construction of armories at Danville, [Sterling, De Kalb, Sycamore and El pgin. Governor Lowden was in bis office the latter part of last week for the ; first time in ten days, having been absent because of Illness. any Coal Miners Art Idle. One thousand +iutiiiccs oliof work and the coal niine situation In district No. 1, embracing the counties -of Sangamon, ileuard and part of Macuptn grows more serious. Cantrall mine, employing 150 miners, closed down. The cause as given Js no dehrti nd fdr coal. The market, tW operators say, is full and until there start* a ^demand ^b^ mioas Statf Cwns Flock of Lambs. t FOOD DEMANDS Refuse to Give Ships Unlets guaranteed All They Want to Eat The state is now the proud posseth sor of 80 fine lambs, the mothers of which'jffi tn the flock df 150 sheep at the state fair grounds, which were tgraaed; on the statehouse lawn last spring and summer*: There ere ten pairs of twins among the lambs, but no triplets. '• Pension Representative William M. Brinkman of Chicago has Introduced a bill in the assembly which, if passed, will give every man who served in the Civil war in an Illinois regiment and still lives in the state $10 a month pension. Mr. Brinkman introduced the bill at the request of members of the G. A. R., who estimated there are fewir ftiah 30© veterans in Illinois Who would be benefited by the law.. He is assured by many members that they will support the bilL t Women May Not Get ta Vaia." • Unless the present general assembly intervenes, women will not be permitted to vote on the proposition of ratifying the new state constitution to be drafted in 1920. And neither will they be able to ballot for delegates to the constltltlonal convention. „ Thls'fs the opinion of Manric^ T. Van Eecke of the Illinois legislative reference bureau, given in an address. He was discussing the proposed constitutional convention. Since the delegates to the convention are named by constitutional authorization, he declared, women will not be entitled to vote in this election. - -- yi ' Farmer Must Net "Tap" Slfe. Woe be unto the fannet who steals out behind the barn and taps the silo before sunup. He is going to be a marked man if he resorts to such method to rat his alcohol after the great drought." * The prairies of the state abound In silos wherein the fodder is fermented that cattle may have food. Illinois has far-seeing statesmen in its halls of leg- Islation^and they are on the job. They know lifter July 1 when the country goes dry because of the national food conservation act there will be a mad rush for anything that smacks of alcohol. ' Representative William P. Holaday of Georgetown Is fearful that the tapping of a silo may bring dire consequences In the farming communities and he put in a bill that is going to forestall any such catastrophe. The farmer caught tapping his silo mhy go to the penitentiary and the Holaday bill stipulates not even civil service law would save him. Such are/ the stipulations of the big freak bill of the session. Rehearing Asked in School Case. A petition for rehearing has b$£P f\#': " fiflled in the Illinois Supreme courrfW ?'i\ she case of Arthur T. Kenyon against I&B. C. Moore, superintendent of school >; ( * |iof McLean county. The case Involves "the validity of the community high | 'k-#scliool act. In a recent decision the L:. iicourt found the measure to be uncon •* 'institutional. The petition will be heard .at the April term of court. Spa Conference Ends Whan German Agents Insist Upon Surrender '•4 Y| Cohdltlon--Prussian Trieka •> Are Guarded Against. London, March 8--The negotiations at Spa relating to the shipping question have been temporarily broken off, according to a German wireless message received here. The allies, the German message says, demanded that all the jreihainlnjf, merchant ships be handed over unconditionally without any obligation to supply Germany with foodstuffs. The German message continues: "The question of handing over the mercantile fleet can only arise If adequate food supplies, say 2,500,000 tons of foodstuffs, are assured Germany until the new harvest. The entente would not agree to this. "As the instructions of both sides did not go beyond this, a French delegate proposed that negotiations be broken off, whereupon the two special delegations left Spa." Germany is attempting to win peace through a secret alliance with "hyphenated Americans" and pro-German Dutch and Swiss, the Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette declares on what he says is "high authority.*' The German aids would use their Influence to mitigate as far as possible the severity of the peace terms, according to this plan, Germany in exchange to give commercial privileges of a "substantial kind." The exploitation of Russia for the benefit of Germany and a selected group of international financial backers Is said to be an important part of the alleged scheme, on which the J>olslieVik leaders are declared already to have been approached. At the moment Switzerland is said to be the main center of the intrigue. Paris, March 8.--Germany has refused the proposition for the use of her merchant ships by the allies, made to her delegates at Spa, the armistice commission's headquarters. The counter-proposition is made by the Germans that they will release the Genhan shipping desired in return for a definite assurance that enough food will be sent into Germany to enable the government to withstand. the bolshevik movement. Www* SHtCAlO He?vy Seas for Twenty- 0*e Days. B SAVED BY Lpst Har Course a Score of Jtmea : Also the 8teorino Gea^--Men ! Experience Tlfan Batjtle. 'vAJ-Vv Would Reapportion Stata. For the first time since 1902 the legislature will see the beginning of a congressional reapportionment fight. Three new districts, all in the northern part of the state and one in Cook county outside of Chicago, are planned. The districts to be cut up are the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth, now represented In congress by Carl Chlndblom," Ira C. Copley and Charles E. Fuller, respectively. In addition to the ope in Cook county outside Chicago it is planned to make one out of townships in the lower pnrt of Cook county,. Will, Dupage and Lake counties. --Ihere' ^re gbout 12.000 inhabitants In-the itix Cook county townships. By this arrangement Witt and Dupage counties are taken out of Congressman Copley's district, the Eleventh. Kendall and Grundy are taken out of the Fuller district, and with Mc- Henry and Kane would make a new district for Copley. ' In the Fuller district would be left Winnebago, Boone, Dekalb and La Salle. There Is a report that Fuller may not run for congress again, and It is believed that Senator Adam C. Cliffe of Sycamore Is likely to be bis successor. * The only hitch in this program is in that portion which affects Cook county. TO HOLD 500,000 IN ARMY General March Says U. S. Farce Will Not Be Reduced Under Any ^ , Clrcumstantf.,* iB|t) Washington, March 10.*-- General March announced that the army would not be reduced under any circumstances below the figure mentioned in the reorganization bill which failed in congress-- a total of 500,000 officers and men. He said this total would be maintained uptil some law was passed providing for a permanent force which would "permit the military necessities of the United States to be handled." The statement was made in connection with the Information that General Pershing had been authorized to resume enlistments for the regular army. Men now overseas who desire to enlist In the regular establishment, General March said, would be accepted and assigned to regular organizations In the army of occupation, releasing other men to be discharged. American troops actually participating In engagements against the enemy numbered 1,390.000 men. General March announced the figures, showing that 1,100.000 comprised divisional troops and divisional replacements, 40,000 corps and army troops and 50,- 000 service of supply troops. SHOOT 200 HUN REDS BIGGEST WHOLESALE EXECUTION IW^fiERMAhl HISTORY. Rebel* . Lined Up Against Wall and 8hot Down One After Another. Berlin. March 10.--Two bfandred Spartacans taken prisoner in the past week's rebellion were summarily executed by government troops. They were lined up against the wall one by one. It was the grimmest and most grewsome wholesale execution In German history. The people's navy division has bee# disarmed and dissolved. The private telephone system in the city has been resumed. The last round of the terrific battle between government troops and reds was fought Friday In the northeast quarter of Berlin. The Alexander square still looks as battered ap a front line In a bloody section of the western front. The police prefecture has been almost completely wrecked by explosives. The latest casualty figures of the revolt are: Killed, 300; wounded, BOO. The American missions are safe. Copenhagen, March 10.--Gas was used effectively In the attack, according to the German Gazette of Berlin, by which the government troops raised the siege of police headquarters and cleared Alexanderplatz of Spartacan strikers. Fighting has ceased in the center of the city, but continues in the Moabit section. The government troops suffered slight losses sfnd captured many prisoners. 1 To relieve the garrison of the police headquarters thfc government troops turned their heavy artillery against the houses nenr by. Three shells hit a house used as insurgent headquarters. The labor federation at a meeting decided to call off the general striW, effective at once. Copenhagen, March 11.--Gas was used effectively in the attack, according to the German Gazette of Berlin, by which the government troops raised the siege of police headquarters and cleared Alexanderplatz. f, v WILSON TO MEET AIDS BAKER, DANIELS, PERSHING AND SIMS TO BE IN PARIS* "feweretary of Navy Will Confer \(Vith Experts and Decide on Best Type of Fighting Craft. Washington. March 10;--President Wilson probably will-be abW to meet in Paris early in April with Secretaries Daniels and Baker, civilian heads of the navy and army, respectively; Vice Admiral Sims, commander of the overseas naval forces, and Gen, Pershing, commander of the. American expeditionary fercea. While so far as known no plans have been made for stirh unprecedented meeting, officials pointed out In connection wfth the announcement that Secretary Baker eSCpects to visit France soon after April 1, that such a conference could be held. Secretary Daniels and a number of naval experts will -leave New York next Saturday on the transport Leviathan. The purpose of the naval secretary's visit abroad is primarily to confer with allied naval officials as to the best type of capital warships to be built, and to choose from the conflicting opinions of American officers a definite policy to submit to congress. Secretary Baker will make his third trip abroad for the purpose of closing up the affairs of the American expeditionary forces. President Wilson Is opposed to the sinking of the surrendered German fleet. 1 In a letter tp Representative Fuller of Mrf&sachusetts, dated March 1, the president saiu tile proposal to destroy the ships "seems to me like the counsel of those who do not know what else to do." ^ He added that the questions of the disposition of the vessels would be considered further on his return to Paris. »" m A# < Transport flounders In J^itor Umar Exposes Plpf BERGER FACES NEW TRIAL Newport News, March 11.--More than 1,000 Tanks, Including many Illinois men, disembarked from the transport Buford, which was convoyed into port by tugs which rescued her in a terrific gale off Cape Henry. After floundering in heavy seas for 21 days, losing her course a score of times; she lost her steering gear, and when she sent an S. O. S. call she was being steered by hand, an almost Impossible task in the sort of weather she met out there. This is said to bare been the worst trip she ever made. Trouble cropped up when she had been out of Bordeaux only a few days. An officer who returned last week on another boat stated that two days out of port his vessel got a wireless from the Bufo.rd, asking them to give her her bearings, as she had .lost her direction in the heavy seas. Officers returning declared the experiences In the- fighting zones were tame compared to the battle with the heavy waves they had just gone through without relief for three weeks. For many days the vessel had been approaching the coast, they said, while they didn't know exactly where they were, or whether they would be able to reach land. Fuel was almost exhausted, and the tax on the strength of the crew and the passengers was said to be terrific. The Buford brought ten casual companies, representing nearly every state and in the crowd were men who had seen service in every big fight during the closing months of the war. The units aboard Included a detachment of the Sixth coast artillery for Fort Logan, Colo.; a detachment of the Sixth heavy mobile ordnance repair shop for Camp Grant, and another for Columbus (O.) barracks; casual companies for Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota. Tennessee and Texas; part of Company M, Three Hundred and Forty-fifth infantry, Eighty-seventh (Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas) division; a negro ca» ual company for Virginia, and scattered casuals for Illinois and Ohio. formed by I. W. W. an# 0ther*Eleinet\& LETTERS TELLStM; T V- '= L Faetlons^'^M:, 3 £$>• fev; | More Money for Teachers. Schoolteachers are coming IbW their ; own at the hands of this general aa- • sembiy. The house passed the Hicks bill, intended to Increase the money $ that may be used for educational purl poses; that Is, for the payment of the salaries of teachers. The bill permits increase in the aggregate tax levy ^ ' for school purposes from 3 to 4 per cent of the assessed valuation. Voters of any school district can decide 'whether or not the schools of that dls- - * trlct shall have increased revenue. Offers New Coal Bill. Representative Ferdinand P. Garesche has introduced a bill which is designed to protect eoai merchants furnishing fuel to apartment buildings and factories. For years the coal merchant has had no protection against situation which frequently arises where he has furnished coal to a build' ing and that building has been sold. The owner Is pot responsible for the coal furnished, and, the former owner refusing to pay, the coal merchant, having no security for his claim, frequently loses the entire value of coal. Pass Vocational Education Bill. By a vote of 140 to 1 tli* house parsed the Kessinger vocational education bill enabling Illinois to participate in federal funds for vocational training, by complying with the provisions of the Smith-Hughes act of congress. The measure went back to 'the senate for concurrence in the house amendment before going to Governor Lowden for his. signature.. Approximately $137,000 Will be available from government sources the first year to be matched by a similar sum from Hit- Begin "Adjournments Talk. '•*< Adjourning the legislature about May 15, was the talk heard among members as they were about to finish the eighth week of the session. This talk--It comes about thisf time In every session--was due to the action of the requbliean steering committee, which decided that beginning Friday there will be a roll call of the house on Fridays to show what members are here attending to business. Speaker Shanahan, veteran of many sessions, laughed at the idea, but agreed to put Jt Into effect U. S. TO KEEP RAILROADS Director General Hines Will Endeavor to Avoid Laying Off Employee*^ , No Raise in Rates. Washington. March 7.--The government has no Immediate intention of relinquishing control of railroad# as a result of the failure of congress to appropriate funds for the railroad administration, Director General Hines stated. Mr. Hines also explained that every effort would be made to continue operations as usual, to avoid laying off employees and to finance the railroads through private loyis or through advances from the war finance corporation. Although the railroad administration's program of capital expend!-, tures for extensions, improvements and new buildings may. be modified, the government will try to continue the projects planned through the next few months. > State Senator Arnold Also Seized-- Released on $5,000 Bail--Trial Set for March 10. -\ Madison, Wis., March 7.--Victor D. Berger and State Senator L. A. Arnold were arrested on an indictment for espionage brought In the La Crosse federal court and arraigned before Judge Sanborn. They were released on $5,000 ball pending trial. The men were charged with circulating published material tending to 1m* pair the fighting strength of the army, the document complained of being Berger's platform in his campaign for* United States senator in 1918. Senator Arnold Is indicted for circulating the same material as hls pledge of faith to Socialism.. • , VICTORY LOAN TO BE LAST Secretary Glass Undecided Whether rt J*#** Lang-Terfn Botyls ©r ; Short-Term Notes.__ : l , Wflphtngton, March 8.--The Tlctbry loan will be the last popular loan drive to be conducted by the government. Secretary of the Treasury Glass officially announced. In making this announcement, the secretary said he had three courses from which to choose: First, the Issuance of $5,000,- 000,000 in long-term bonds at 4% per cent, authorized in previous legislation; second, the issuance of $7,000,- 000,000 or any part thereof, in fiveyear notes, the rate of Interest to be fixed by him, and, thiru, a combination of the two. • ,, CALL OFF THE SHIP STRIKE Boatmen's Union In New York Accepts Railroad Administration's Terms. New York, March 10.--The Tidewater Boatman's union, whose membership is !8,500, accepted the railroad administration's terms and declared the har" bor strike off, so far as It was concerned. The men will receive $110 a month, a pay increase of about $20 as against $35 demanded. It was report' ed that the other striking unions were close to ap agreement and that by Monday the strike would probably have been settled. Former Rail Sleuth Convicted of Manslaughter--Penalty Is Indeterminate Sentence. Chicago, March^lO.--J. Norman Cook, former railroad detective, was found guilty of manslaughter by a Jury here for killing William E. Bradway. The penalty for manslaughter is anv Indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary at Joliet. 1 The Jury was out all night. Brad- ^-ay was killed on the. night of August 29, 1918. He had paid marked attention to Norma Cook, and according to evidehce offered by the defense, had been repeatedly warned by Cook to cease his attentions to Norma. Claims Against Germm^ l V Washington, March 11.--Claims filed by American citizens and concerns with the state department against Germany and Austria-Hungary total about $750,000,000, the state department announced. / • , .* Hilary,A. Herbert Is Dead. Tampa, Fla., March 8.--Hilary A. Herbert, secretary of the navy during Grover Cleveland's second term as president, died here at the age of eighty-five years. t£00 Yanks Wed in France. Paris, March 11.--Within the fast year 6,000 Americans in France have married French women, according to the Petit Journal. The brides, for die most part, nays the newspaper, were country girls. Clergyman Gets M Years. Dallas, Texas, March 10.--Rev, Francis C. Berry, chaplain of the St Matthews Home for Children, was sen tenced to 99 years In the penitentiary here for an alleged attack on one of the inmates of the home. \ Ukrainians Shell Lember£. Letaiberg, March 11.--Notwithstanding the fact that fighting is still going on here between the Poles and Ukrainians, with the latter bombarding the city, there is still hope that an armistice may be arranged. S12,000,000 Fire In Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, March 10.--Twelve million dollars Is the estimated damage In a fire on the Santos docks. The fire Is expected to burn until the end of the week. Losses included 90,- 000 bags of coffee, flail Strike Ties Up Cuba. Washington, March 10. -- Railway traffic is at a standstill in practically all the cities of Cuba as a result of the general strike, according to advlces to ^W'^te de$f*$iant ttm Havana^- \ Nevada Legalizes Battles. Larson City, Nev., March 8.--By vote of 11 to 4 the state senate passed the 25-round boxing bill oven the veto of Governor Boyle and it now becomes a law. The assembly passed the bill over the governor's veto last week. Czechs in Bohemian Riots. 'Vienna, March 8.--There have been sangnlnary engagements between Cjieeh soldiers and citizens in numerous towns in German Bohemia according to reports received here. The Czechs used rifles and bayonet*.. IND J. NORMAN COOK GUILTY KOREA ASKS INDEPENDENCE Society Representing 9)000,000 Persons Sends Delegates to Paris to • " " Plead Their Caasw San Francisco, March U^Kofea has declared independence from Japan, according to word received here, and delegates are en route to France to plead for recognition. They include Son Pyung HI, Phee Song Chal and Kll Sun Chu, all Korean scholars. Doetor Rhee, another Korean leader now in Washington, is expected to join them In Paris. The news reached San Francisco by way of Shanghai, where a messenger was sent from Korea with a cablegram, to avoid Japanese censorship. The message was directed to C. H. Ahn, president of the National Korean association, who has headquarters here. It read: "The Korean National Independence ynion of 3,000,000 persons, Including 3,000 Christian churches and 5,000 Churches of Heaven worshipers, all colleges and other bodies, declared the independence of Korea at- one o'clock March 1 at Seoul." CLEMENCY FOR 53 "SPIES' Pardon or Commutation of Sentence Granted by Wilson Where No Lawless Intent Is Shown. Washington, March 7. -- President Wilson has acted on recommendations' for commutation or pardon in cases of 53 persons convicted and sentenced under the espionage act where no intent to violate the law was shown or where the sentences were regarded as excessive. J. B. Flnley Millions .to Charity. Pittsburgh, Pa., March 10.--More "than $2,000,000 of the estate of the late J. B. Finley, steel magnate, who died February 27, Is bequeathed to religious and educational charities, according to the will which was filed here. '. Wilson Saves Lives of Two. Washington, March 10.--Commutation tp fifteen years' imprisonment by President Wilson of death sentences imposed by court-martial on Benjamin Borskl and Gilarl Boki was announced by the war department. Texas' Oldest Moonshiner Jailed. ,6an Angelo, Tex., March 8.--Texas oldest moonshiner is in jail here. Sam Hainby, eighty-seven year old, and his Indian wife, Mary, forty-seven, waived examination in the federal court and were remanded to jail. G. O. P. Organize Next House. Washington, March 8.--Organisation plans for .Republican control of the next house were moved forward by. the party leaders composing the coipmlttpe on committees, who followed the strict seniority rqfo.. YANKEES RIOT IN LONDON Canadians and Australians Join Americans In Battle When Crap Game Is Raided. London, March 11.--A serious riot look place in which American soldiers and sailors, Canadian and Australian troops made common cause against jthe British police. Policeman P. C. Field is In a critical condition with a fractured.skull. Four other policemen are suffering from scalp wounds. Five American soldiers and sailors are nursing wounds at the Lancaster Gate lied Cross hospital. Twenty American soldiers and sailors are under arrest, ordered by Provost Marshal Major Campbell. The trouble started about oneo'clock In the afternoon when a policeman raided a sailors' "crap" game .Which was In progress behind the jsagto hat. „ Chief of Allen Property. Washington, March 11.--Appointment of Frederick J. Home as managing director of the alien property custodian's office, to succeed J. Llonberger Davis of St. Louis. who receotly resigned, was announced. Plan to Train 20,000 Tars. Chicago, March 11.--Lieutenant Commander Chester S. Roberts, executive officer at Great Lakes training station, announced that a total permanent peace-time capacity of 20,000 men had been allotted to the station. Bandite Gat $60,000 Bond*. New York, March 10.--Robbers operating in a brightly lighted corridor of the Adams Express company building on lower Broadway robbed broker's messenger of $50,000 worth of Liberty bonds and other securities , Big Business Boom Soon.' Washington, March 10.--Postmaster General Burleson declared that increasing postal revenues, "one of the most accurate barometers of present business conditions," forecast a period of pronounced Industrial prosperity, Declares That Dissatisfied Especially Those Composed of fta* •fcne of Foreign Birth, Foujti •t 'Common Ground. Washington, March 12.--Solictolff General Lamar of the post office dei£ pertment submitted a memorandum t<|i; f the senate propaganda committee atatfe|' i ing that the I. W. W., anarchists, so^-, \ ciallsts and others.were "perfecting amalgamation with one object--the" * : overthrow of the government of th#^ „ » United States by means of a bloody;-. . •„' "V revolution and the establishment of 4 ( •' •' i bclshevlk republic." Mr. Lamar sal<|? ! his conclusion was based upon Inform" /V matlon contained in seized mall mat-. - • •£* ter. 8 *; ^ • Accompanying the memorandur^f': * ' ,; were several hundred excerpts fronft/ the mall matter. Mr. Lamar said thitK • propaganda was being conducted wit||K ; "such regularity that Its magnitudf> - • can be measured by the bold and outjr*« ; spoken statements contained in thes#i ; publications and the efforts madfcvi, therein to inaugurate a nation-wid^. reign of terror and overthrow the govi^r / eminent." ^ Mr. Lamar said it was significant! that this was the first time "In the hlsM tory of the so-called radlcril movement ^ In the United States that these radj'J , leal elements have found a commoljr jt cause (bolshevlsm), In which they caS • all unite." He referred particularly ?' ' to the dissatisfied foreign elements at" being active In the propaganda. "The I. W. W.," said Mr. Lamar, "la perhaps most actively engaged la spreading this propaganda, and has at Its command a large field force." After referring to the excerpts frofll^,. the seized mall matter, the solicitors general's memorandum said in part: ^ "This propaganda Is being conduct ^ ed with such regularity that its magj*? nitude can be measured by the bold"; end outspoken statements contained iS i, these publications anji the efforts mad|t! therein to inaugurate a nation-wldb* reign of terror and overthrow the government. ; I In classifying these statement^ I*; they are submitted in a major or geiie-1* . eral class as follows: I. W. W., anK> archlstlc, radical-socialistic and social-• 1st. It will be seen from these excerpts and It Is Indeed significant, tha|t this Is the first time In the history o|f the so-called radical movement In tl#f United States that the radical el*f| ments have found a common causa * (bolshevlsm) in which they can a^ unite. The I. W. W., anarchists, stf» clalists, radical and otherwise. In fa<& K all dissatisfied elements, particularly the foreign element, are perfecting amalgamation with one object, and with one object only In view, the ovep» throw of the government of the Unit-' . ed States by the means of a bloody revolution and the establishment of bolshevik republic. 4^ "The I. W. W. la perhaps most a«^ tlvely engaged In spreading this proff^' aganda and has at Its command a larga field force known as recruiting agents, subscription agents, etc., who work unceasingly in the furtherance of *thiii «tavse.' , . > 'This organization publishes at least five newspapers iu the English language, and nine In foreign languages, a? shown in the list g'ven helow. This lis? comprises only official papers of the organization and does not tafc» Into account the large number of fret^-' lence papers published In the interest, of the above organization." The newspapers listed were:1 The New Solidarity, English,. ly, Chicago: One Big Union, English monthly, Chicago; Industrial Unionist, English, weekly, Seattle; California Defense Bulletin, English, weekly, Snn Francisco; the Rebel Worketf, English, bi-monthly, New York; La Neuva Solldaridad, Spanish, weekly, Chicago; Golos Truzenta, Russian* weekly, Chicago; Li Nuovo Proletarian Italian, weekly, Chicago; Nya Vari* den, Swedish, weekly. Chicago; Dee Industrialer Arbiter. Jewish, weekly; Chicago; Probyda, Bulgarian, weekly, Chicago: A. Fels Badulas, Hungarian* weekly, Chicago. FIND SIX BODIES AFTER BLA3T Exploaion Occura at Baldwin and Manufacturing Com .'.1L! In Worcester, Mass. Worcester, Mass., March 12.--An explosion occurred at the Baldwin Chain and Manufacturing company. Six bodlea were recovered. * Train Dispatcher Killed by San. Birmingham, Ala., March 12.--J. A. Klrtley, 45 years old, chief train dispatcher for the Louisville & Nashville railroad, was shot and killed by hts 11-year-old sor. nt Reebu<*k Springs^ near here, while defending his mother Nlxoia Greeley Smith Dead. New York, March 12.--Mrs. Andrew W. Ford, widely known as a newspaper writer under the name of Nixola Greeley Smith, died here after an operation for appendicitis. Her raothar was a daughter of Horace Greeley. Head of Wabash Road Dies. Chicago. Mar<?h 12.--Word reachaS Chicago of the death at St. Louis of Edward F. Kearney, president of the Wabash road. Mr. Kearney was a victim of pneumoniae He had been of the Wabash since 1915. .'5| \ Plane Falls With Seven Officer*. Elizabeth, N. J.. March 12.--A govei^r:*> ment airplane carrying seven officera fell about three hundred feet near > ^ here, landing on the bank of the Paa- ^ ^ sale river. First reports said that ne^Q i !*| of the officers was injured. -f-- _ ....

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