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Show There is scarcely an enterprise too large to ho benefited by use of Tribune Want Ads. VOL. 100, NO. 1G0. SALT LAKE CITY, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1920, FIVE CENTS PAGES 14 BERLIN QUIET, BUT INDUSTRIAL CRISIS PERSISTS; RENEWAL OF COAL STRIKE LOOMS AS POSSIBILITY America and Britain Unite Against France at Paris Conference mjtv General Shutdown in Bituminous Fields Regarded as Imminent During Next Month. Unless New Contract Is Arranged Before End of Trouble March, May Be Precipitated. f Chicago Tribune Special Service.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 11. Just as the government has finished its woik Jn preparation of swooping down on more than a hundred operators and miners of the central diatrlct this competitive coal week, charged with a nation-wid- e conspiracy In violation of the Lever act, comes the alarming report from United Mine Workers headquarters and from officers of the operators that the door p has been thrown open for another coal fields of of the bituminous America which may prove more paralysing to the Industrial world than the great strike of last fall. It was pointed out here tonight by mine leaders that the present contract In force between the operators and miners expires on tho 31st day of this month arid that unless a new contract is arranged Jiefore that time the nation faces a general shutdown in the great soft coal producing states on April 1. Experience has shown in the past that without a contract In fores between the and miners the miners will not return to work. tie-O- Insist on Maintenance of Monroe Doctrine and English Naval Supremacy, but Deny Right of Rhine Frontier Protection. By FRANK H. SIMONDS. Special to The Tribune. March 21. President Wilson's bitter comment WASHINGTON, state of French affairs and the open charge thflt a militaristic party was now in control in the counsels o France has its origin in the developments of the Paris conference where he encountered the demand of France for security against Germany. This security, for the present as for every other generation of Frenchmen, is represented by ths Rhine barrier. It Is an odd fact, characteristic of both nations, that while each Is obdurate In its Insistence upon the maintenance of those circumstances which mean security for It, they can agree In regarding aa immoral simitar demands by their neighbors or' allies. Thus the British have from the very outset of their history sought and maintained the supremacy of the sea, which was essential to their existence as an island people, while the United States hss more and more Inclined to fortifying the Monroe doctrine, which has the same value. But at Baris the British and Americans united to block the French for the Rhine barrier. Anglo-Saxo- de-si- rs peremptorily and the result was the esc cutlon of Maximilian and tho collapse of the Napoleonic scheme. Now in the century between 1814. and 1914 the French have been Invaded by the Prussians and Germans four times Each Invasion has been marked by t lie seizure of French territory half the Sarro basin in 1811, the other half in 1815; Alsace Lorraine In 1871 and finally, in 1914 the German plans envisaged forcible annexation of everything from the Brley basin to the channel ports, all France north of the Somme and east of the Meuse, Including the fortified barrier from Verdun to Belfort. Abandoned by Friends at Critical Moment. The attacks of 1870 and of 1114 were entirely unprovoked and purely predatory. Further than tills, from 1871 to Times in 1918, France has existed-i- n hourly peril Moreover, because of the maintenance as a result of German menace, which of sea supremacy Britain has not been was translated Into German Invasion and Invaded in centuries, while ths United devastation til August, 1914. As a conStates has escaped alt foreign Incursion, sequence, France came to the peace consave In the rase of the British In the ference seeking, aa a guarantee against war of 1812, largely because no European new attacks and new devastations, that nation lias had adequate bases for such Rhine barrier, which Marshal Foeh and other soldier of prominence from an operation. In 1868, when Napoleon every as the the days of Caesar regarded III was seeking to establish Maximilian on Column 2, 3.) Page (Continued in Mexico, the United States Intervened France Invaded Four Century. ENDANGERED BY Direct Contrast. President Wilson's plan of having the operators and miners work out their contracts for the new coal year beginning the first of next month Is said to bo in the basts upqn direct contrast with which many of the 123 operators and miners named In the Indictments, charging them with conspiracy was drawn and that such a conference would be another Pan-IslamRevolt violation of the Lever act providing the piesent Indictments bring about convicto Be in tions. by information among, the operators and United Mine Workers' officials is that the prosecution Is proceeding in Its case conupon the hypothesis that all Joint ferences to negotiats wage contracts have been and are Illegal since the passage of the Lever act, August Id. 1917. (Copyright. 1320, by Chicago Tribune.) All of this, operators point out. sizes up rePARIS, March 21 The the pinch in which they find themselves The fighting spreads Ill spite of President Wilson's request to volt Is in full blast. get together ou the majority report of from Thrace through Anatolia to Arabia. the coal atrike commission which in It- Semiofficial French reports assert the Isself gives presidential sanction to the j lamic revolt is connected with German t ol let live bargaining principle. events. of Tangle. Summary In Thrace the Turkish colonel, latter The four outstanding features of th. Tayar, openly attacks and defies the bv summed operators allies. up present tangle Greek troops occupying Thrace i.ere tonight were as follows; 1. Accoiding to the information re face him. In Anatolia, Italian troops were cclved by the operator. Joint conferences hurled back to the seaboard by Mustapha between operators ami miners for the Kernels troops, but French troops In Ciconcerning licia and upper Syria gallantly are resistpurpose of making contracts wage scales are Illegal til the opinion of ing the Tuikish nationalist onslaught. The 1.. Ert Slack, special United States disFrencn general, Gouraud, urgently asks directing the pros- for reinforcements. trict attorney, who is " ecution. Le Journal des Debats says; 2. President Wilson, according to the Kernels troops, tike a numstatement of Attorney General Palmer, ber"Mustapha for of German officers, are thirsty and miners to Is urging the operator Turkish nationalism must be revenge. was woik out their contracts for the new crushed. The expedition military year, which begins Aprilthe1. precisely to checkmate the Turk3. The country faces possibility of Blarted nationalist brigands in order to preish eonnew a unless after J, refusal April vent a big war. -a tract is arranged bv conference. inconsistMarcel Kachin, deputy and leader of 4. As a result of the alleged a warning in utters of federal prosecutors the Socialists, ency of the viewstlaon the operators fear and President Bad news from the Orient and Syrian If a wage conthat they face proaecutlon men and new agreement Is Cilicia. France has there 40,000Is not ference Is held or If anation-wide strike also aiv Important fleet. Thisdemands suffinot secured 'and a reGouraud cient; General of miners takes places. France is entangled there inforcements. The new developments have not hin- In We an endless military expedition. dered the preparations of tiie prosecution. have already lost many soldiers there. If The various capiases have been forward one wauls to go 'to the bitter,' If Syria In the to the United States marshals become a new Morocco, states where the alleged conspirators and Ciliciaidmust the Millerand declaration, tt live and all will be arrested and forced according wilt cost France's exhausted treasury to give from 83000 to $10,000 bond. millions that she needs for her recon-- Paris Full Blast Pan-Islam- -- struction." The military convention between the DENVER. Colo.. March 21. Whether Islamic Airbaldan republic and Turkey, Colorado miners will strike April t be- negotiated hy Enver. Key. was published cause of refusal of coal operators to en- todav, showing thef extent of the Islamic ter Into negotiations for a new contract danger, also Its Germanophllo origin. will be decided by the International France and Great Britain today asked the executive board of the United Mine Azerhnidan delegation lu London to deny Workers of America, It was announced or admit tho existence of this convenlicre today. tion. The British general. Milne, who the French general, Francet MEN PJNEY In command of the allied troops In Constantinople. Is deporting all TurkCLOSE CONVENTION ish nationalist agitators to concentration camps in Malta. CATTLE Speriil d'Es-pere- to ttw Tribune. KEMMERER. Wyo.. March 21. The Big Ptney Roundup association, which Is to the cattle intcreria of the Green River County valley what the Lincoln o the Woolgrow-er- . association closed its annual meeting this week. It had been arranged that Kort C. A. Beam and Ernest W ink er of the Ogden office of the forestry debut the conpartment would be apresent, dition cf the road made the trip impossible. , Wool-growe- is-t- Lincoln Publisher Dies. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 21. Henry William Lnderie. for manv years manaof the Lincoln Freio Press, formerly ger n the publlsnlng business at Chleago and Milwaukee, died here today. A brother. Guido Erderia, Is connected with the press at Berlin, Germany. I Declared Factional ic To Decide Strike Issue. :ss v. Defend Oil Advances. SAN FRA NORCO. March 21. The Standard Oil company of California, through its president. K. R. Kingsbury, in an open letter today addressed to the state isilroad commission, defended its recent advance in fuel oil prices which was made "in tiie hope that an increase of 25 cent a barrel would stimulate production and restore tho balance between supply and demand. Beds Claim Successes. March 2!. A Rotshevik LONDON, communication received here today says; tn the direction of Novoross.sk we have reached the river Kubsn and captured noii pr eoners and twenty guns. we "In the reeiou of Ekajerluodar have taken l(.tsS prisoners and a large number of guns and much booty.- Differences periling Victory for man Suffragists. ImWo- (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) WASHINGTON, March 21. On the eve of final victory In the long fight for national woman suffrage, ratification by the state legislature of Delaware, which convenes tomorrow, Is endangered by a factional fight over the school code of the state, and the redoubled efforts of opponents of suffrage in and out of Delaware who are making a last desperate stand against ratification of the national amendment. Delaware, if the suffrage forces finally win out, will be the thirty-sixt- h state to ratify, since the Washington state legislature, which also convenes tomorrow, is expected to ratify unanimously and without delay. Washington having (Continued on Page 3, Column S.) Doll Dresses Hide Illegal Liquor Stores TELLS PART ESOLUTION Republican Leaders Ar- Confession to County ranging to Push Meas- Officer Describes Killure for Separate Peace ing of Marko Lauss 'With the Germans. Near Prison in August. Program to Be Pursued by President Wilson Is Still in the Realm of Uncertainty. (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) WASHING TON. 21. While March President Wilson la meditating what course he will pursue as a result of the falluie of the senate to ratify the peace treaty lie negotiated, the senate leaders are proceeding witlr their plans to put through the Knox resolution declaring peace by repealing the declaration of war. Senator Knox is til and may not fee back In the senate for several days, but hopee to be able to get the resolution before the senate before the end of the week. It became known today, that th senator intends to revise his resolution and the prospect is that It will be materially shortened by live elimination of extraneous provision. Senate leaders are of the opinion that a comfortable majority can be mustered for a simple resolution repealing tiie declaration of war. resident "May Act. It is expected that the president will disclose his attitude before the lapee of many daya, but whether thla will be a step to negotiate a modus vivendi with Germany, a resubmission of the treaty or a suspension of all peace negotiations pending the "solemn referendum on the treaty and ths league of nations tn the presidential election is still purely a matter of speculation. If Mr. Wilson la going to content himself with taking the Issue Into the cam paign his first task will be to awing t lie Democratic party In line for the That will league without reservations. tax his genius for leadership, for .the Democratic party 4s split on the question of reservations and there Is a widethat spread feeling among Democrats the party will only court disaster by without the league indorsing change, Brittens Move Today. Representative Fred A. Britten of Chi- cago will Introduce tn the house tomorrow a bill providing for the establishment of a separate peace between the United States and the governments of Germany and Austria. The bill also authorizes the creation of a European trade council (consisting of the president, who shall be president of the council, and the secretaries of commerce, labor, treasury and state departments) to work out and a plan for securing report to congress the resumption of commercial intercourse with European nations. Twenty thousand dollars is carried In the bill for general expenses of the coun cit tn its preparation and study of ex with a view to recomtstlng conditions which mending to congress legislation will provide, not only suggestions for nat- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) Oblizalos determine, tiie value of a papers circulation to the advertiser quality and quantity. The quality may be judged by the methods of obtaining subscriptions. The quantity may be known absolutely by an independent and expert audit. of the circulation records. Both points are covered by the reports of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The advertiser who buys space ou a business basis asks for an Audit Bureau of Circulations statement-anstudies it. If an advertiser who does not demand au Audit Bureau of Circulations statement conducted the other branches of his business on the same method, he soon would not have any business d to conduct. An advertiser is entitled to the facts. An Audit Bureau of Circulations paper lias nothing to hide. The Audit Bureau of Circulations rcjort of The Tribune will be sent to advertisers on request. Situation in the Ruhr and Rhine Provinces Continues Threatening; Reds Are Active. Statement President Promises Puts Blame for Act on Swift and Drastic PunSteve Maslich, Also RUSSIA EXTOLLED ishment of Ring LeadFacing Slaying Charge ers in the Revolt. Nick Obllzalo, held In the county Jail charged with complicity In the murder of Marko Lauss near the stats prison on August 3 last, confessed his part In the slaying Sunday morning to Night Jailer J. A.' Raleigh. Steve Maslich, also held in the jail killed Lauss with a knife, according to Ohtlzalo's confession. Maslich, tha prisoner said, sent out to ths seen of the killing near the mouth of Parley's canyon the afternoon of August 3, according to a prearranged Obllzalo took plan. Lauss on the street car to ths place a here later the victim was killed. When they reached tho spot they saw Maslich sitting on the ground. Leaping to his feet Maslich struck knocking him down. A terrific struggle ensued, the prisoner said, and Maslich drew a knife, Inflicting innumerable cuts on ths prisoner. In ths course of the struggle, they fought ssay from Obllsalo, he said, and at its finish he was nearly a hundred feet sway, "Whet did you do? he asked Maslich when he saw that Lausa waa motion less. "I kill him,' waa the answer. Maslich Takes Money. Maslich, tne prisoner said, took all the money carried by Lause and gave him $20 gold piece. Obllzalo went by gtreet car to Murray, arriving there about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, while Maslich returned to Balt Lake. Later, Oblizalo said, he met Maslich in front of the Plaza hotel on West Second (South street. Masttch gave him $255 In gold that night, he said, which was his full share In the Maslich kept proceeds of the murder. $800 in gold coin and Iaubs's watch, giv. ing Obllzalo the watch charm. A combination of conscience and superstition Is believed to have caused Obll-sato confess. He occupies the cell In which was lodged John Borich, executed at the state prison for the murder of Velma Adkin oh the road to Tooele. About ten daya ago Oblizalo got Into an altercation with a negro inmate of the prison and was severely beaten. The combination of his bodily and spiritual anguish ted him to seek consolation from Jailer the jailer Raleigh. He told Raleigh, said, that the spirits of Borich and Lausa were bothering him and that he was unable to rest. After asking the Jailer several times to stay with him, he decided to confess, and told his story at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Chief Criminal Deputy Victor also was present during the confession of Obllzalo. HI I. y. CHIEF Haywood Hopes America Will Become as Good as Soviet Nation. NEW YORK, March 21. While "Big Haywood, I. W. W. leader, was denouncing at one inpeting here tonight indignities V to which tho department of justice had subjected communist, socialists, anarchists and Russian work ers, Representative Isaac Kiegel was an nouncing at another gathering that 400 more reds. would be deported from America within the next four weeks. According to Mr. Siegel, a member of the house immigration committee, the next contingent of reds to leave de luxe these (bores will not travel like their comrades on the soviet ark Buford, nor will Red Cross nurses be detailed as They will chaperons. sail in broad daylight, however, instead of at midnight, Jlr. Kiegel said. They talk about Russia bcinir the suid Haywood.' The darkest sjot, darkest spot io tho world today is America, and the brightest and whitest spot in the world is Russia. I think manv of us are looking forward to the time when America will be as good as Russia is today to the time when America will take a step forward, as they aro doing in Germany today. Bill io danger. NUN LOSES LIFE IN CONVENT FIRE Victim Carried Gold Coin. That Marko Lauss carried on his person $1100 in gold is the information By Universal Service. WILKES-BARRPa.. March 21. One gained by the ' sheriffs and police denun was burned to death, nine others partments after the murder. In tracing were burned or injured, and the Wilkes-Barr- e his movements, it was found that he had convent Of the Order of Mercy was attempted to deposit the money tn a Salt practically destroyed by fire of unknown Lake bank, but, as he wished a guaran- origin today. was estimated at $150,000. The loss tee that tt would all he returned to him Mother Theresa, sister of the Rev. John tn gold, the deposit was not taken. and a Walsh of Fordhum university tonight He had come here a few days before member of a local family, diednuns are tn agony from her buriia. Six his death from Colorado, where he had in Mercy whose three and others, hospital worked as a miner. Maslich and Obll- injuries were iea serious, are being Sixty salo learned that he had the money by eered for In another convention. buildsisters were in various parts of the associating with him, Obllzalo said, and ing when the fire was discovered. they determined to rob him. They had no intention of causing his death, he said, stoutly maintaining that the murder was not premeditated. He himself, he deFROM TAXES clared, had no hand In It. except that he CRYSFIELD. Md.. March 21. Public persuaded Lauss to go out to the state were held In all the prison with him. Tho wstch found on prayer service Maslich when he was searched at the churches of Crysfield today, the ministers Jail belonged to Lauss, Oblizalo stated. praying for the deliverance of their peofrom the hardships which they claim The victim's body was discovered late ple would be placed upon them by bills now in the evening by a trusty of tli.e prison, tn the legislature, which provide for inwho was working near ths boundary of creased taxes and licensee on the differthe prison farm, lie found the body In ent branches of me crab and oyster small Irrigation ditch. There was evidence that Lauss had put up a hard Gold Discovery in Saskatchewan. struggle for life. His nose was broken ALS4SK, Saskatchewan. Canada. March and bis body gashed with a knife. In the 21. Wnile working in a shallow well ten soft dirt near hy were deeply imprinted miles east of here. George Ugstead brought up wnat appeared to be gold footsteps. nuggets, and analysis at vaigarv I said deThe sheriffs office and the police to have developed that the mineral w partment succeeded In tracing the men of good quality. Friday tie tilld a claim Tiie through the fart that they had been seen at the dominion land oflice here. with Lauss. amt from Information gained well Is on the farm of W. Ander. at their rooms In Salt Isikr. Ohhza'O s near a creek, tt is said to lc an Ideal s picked up In Murray soon fterlplace for placer mining, and t.c discovmurdu. ery has created much excitement. OFFER PRAYER FOR RELIEF a r i t COBLENZ, March 21. (By the Associated Press.) The Spartacaas gained control of th Ruhr district today. Th red army took possession of Duisburg, Oanbern, Mnelheim and Mettman. west of Elberfeld. A direct report from Duisburg ay that a soviet government has been set up there. No private telephone conversations are permitted except for the securing of food and coaL I BERLIN, March 21c (By the Associated Press.) The government of President Ebert, which left Berlin a week ago when Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and his reactionary troops entered tha c)ty, la again In power tn ths capital. President Ebert and the members of bis ministry readied here at 1 - oclock th is momtnj'Trorrf-StutT- gart and soon afterwards the older for a state of intensified slegs was withdrawn. Public services have. In a measure, been reestablished, and It la hoped that Berlin will soon resume its normal activities, though It will be a long time before the damage, material and moral, will be repaired. 1- Cabinet in Session. A cabinet council deliberated throughout the afternoon to determine tho steps necessary to bring Germany back to her position prior to ths revolt. This, It is believed, will require considerable maneuvering and delicate handling, for the Independent Socialists and workmen are ntaklng heavy demands for concessions, Ths situation in parts of th country appears serious. From Th group of Incenters on th Rhino and the AMERICANS REPORTED dustrial Ruhr district continue to come reports SAFE AT COBLENZ of Spartacan agitation. In several places, particularly tho Ruhr district, tho COBLENZ, March 21. A number of Spartacans are said to bo In absolute Americana from Berlin arrived in Co- control Here their available force Is esblenz today. Among them were Freder timated at 70,00 men. lek Simplch of the American conaular service and hia wife and son; Mrs. Da- Forces Are Concentrating. phne Marquette, who was a clerk of the Concentrations of loyal government Aieriean embassy at The Hague, but armiwho baa been in Berlin since the forces, however, are taking place and stice was signed. A. I.. Goldsmith of their arrival at the scenes of disorder Beattie, representing the American relief Is expected to bring quiet. the onimmstoii. and Airs. Goldsmith, While the resignation of Gustav Norite, Corbin of minister of defense, Misses Ellen and Uathrine has been demanded Washington. D. C.. clerke of the Berlin by ths radleala, it is considered probable L. Miss Thompson, that he will retain his post for a time, Mary mission, and a clerk of Amuaton, Ala. at least. In order to restore tho confiMore Americans are expected to ar- dence of the Berlin population generally. reached who Those in the day. rive later It is declared that the new cabinet Coblens were put up by army bllletting will include active representatives of laofficers at the Young Womens Chrisbor. Carl Rudoiphleglon, president of the tian association hostage bouse andnohotels Federation of Trades Unions, being time named for chancellor. tn the city. They said that at during the trip were they in personal Chris-tophers- , March 21. An Italian woman' eagerness to remove from her trunk a large china doll led to the discovery hy custom official today of 300 quarts of brandy hidden In various part of the White Line steamer 'Crete, from Mediterranean porta. The officer saw a woman hastily take a doU from her trunk and attempt to carry It away. They also noticed that two other women on the pier were cuddling doll In their arms. Upon Investigation, they found a gallon jug of braudy beneath tha dress of th first doU and a quart bottle concealed In the clothing of each of the others. BOSTON, CONCESSIONS ARE FORCED BY WORKERS FROM GOVERNMENT : By KARL H. VON WIEGAND. Correspondent Universal Service. (Special Cable Dispatch.) (Copyright, 7920, by Universal Service.) BERLIN, Saturday Afternoon, March .0. After seven days of the most complete general strfke in history, the effective weapon of the German working masses in rising and first forcing out the militarist usurpers and then turning ou the old fEbert) government and. forcing concessions which make Germany all but a radical labor republic, the general strike was called. off at noon today. However, up to 6 o'clock this evening there were few indications of work being resumed, except that a number of trains began leaving and arriving in Berlin. The independent Socialists and Communist aro not tn accord with tho agreement reached at 7:20 o'clock thla mornsession between ing. after an of the Social Democrats representative and radical leaders. snd comtftmitris The independents scattered pamphlets and put up posters to men remain on strike. ordering their Staff ht Begin Meetings. betriebsraete. or At 2 o'clock the councils, began holding workingmen's to discuss the meetings all over theorcity not to ratify the question of whether Here are the mein conce-sion- a agreement. made bv the spokesmen of the Fecial Democrat on behalf of the t.hert government concessions which must he ratified by that government: j. Organized labor I gnen what D tantamount to t ie power of vetoli g d nymaieis. No ministerto are to be named them. who are objectionable of To Illustrate: The h .oind has more than 2N OU emplover the- the tmanre minister medium of t r the through IhV, cm-p!o- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) , . |