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Show v i $ TM WEATHER. Wednesday, clearing and coldsr; Thursday, fair. Price. Lecal Settlemen P'Ort- - l I.ea-- 29 a 54 SALT LAKE CITY, WEDNESDAY MORNING, VOL. 300, NO., 1G2. business conditions la ti.e eommunitv. ,w 1 I17.CJ Copper (cathode) The Tribune Want e are a n flection of MARCH 21, 3020. 21 PAGES FIVE CENTS REDS CONTROL .RUHR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; GERMAN SITUATION CONTINUES SERIOUS : : German Trade Unions Demand Rejected by Ebert Government 1EIEUTES Home Made Beverage Has . Deadly Kick a ' U' t Concealed Soviet; Cabinet Sees in Proposals, Concession Made Regarding Court Martials and Executions. President Relinquishes Government Grip So That Wage Increase hjay Be Absorbed. , Coal Strike Settlement Award I Commissions By KARL H. VON WIEGANO, Universal tarvlce Staff Correspondent, bpodal Cabla Dlapateh. .(Copyright, 1920, by. Unlveraal Bervlce.) BERLIN, March 21 (Tueadajf. 2.10 p. m.) The Ebert-Baugovernment today definitely rejected the .demand of the tradee unlona and the- two Socialist parties (independent and modarates) for a "centralised working men's government," In which President Ebert and hla ministers profess to sea a "concealed sover the national guard, who disagreed strongly. Today It 'was Intimated that the government would try to take a position naif way between military defensive passivity and propaganda activity and moral political suasion, the latter to be combined with military action where - iet." Waiting Policy I Adopted. Elm-ploy- Late Report Indicates General Ha Narrow Margin in Vote Over Nearest Competitors. t The policy really Is one of watchful waiting. It la best Illustrated by a remark made to me by a high official: "Almost anything can be settled without force If you can find the right formula. which is then subject to interpretation. The map of Germany, w hich looks as If the in ear lea had broken out all over, show little change today, If official sources are trustworthy. It 'must be emphasised that Berlin Is lens Informed than any city in Germany, because there are no newspapers. 1 he very absence of newspapers is enough to breed an atmosphere of skepticism. 200,000 More Persons in Various Depart- Lowden Place Third; Given Runs in Second ed ments Than Before War. Congress Contemplates Forc- ing Administration to Drop 25, 000 From the Pay Roll. and Johnson Poindexter Is Small Support. Of the three other demands presented By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. . (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) by organised labor, the cabinet refused tw' and granted one, It turned down WASHINGTON', March 23. The war is P--- rl A over but jou would not think so If you the demand that only workingmen be enOl fo AClVanCCS listed in the slcberheltswehr (security would examine the administration's payroll. guard) for the maintenance of public orBillions of dollsF are being exacted der, and aieo rejected the demand that ' government troops be withdrawn from of the people In taxes to support the , the workingmen's sections In Berlin and SIOUX TALLS, g. D, March 2E great civilian war machine In almost the WASHINGTON, March 23. President kept under the control of the central same magnitude aa during the progress Leonard local Wood maintained a lead , government government. withdrew Wilson toJay The government replied that It could of actual hostilities. of 3000 Totes over Frank O. Lowcontrol of the price of bituminous not at u the prenent time ithdraw the ad-- v There are Soo.ooo more employee toden for' Republican presidential troops beyond the Spree river Une and goal to that the 27 Pr cent wage day In the government service throughout ance for miners recommended by the theTheHohentnllern canal. indorsement on return the of face aieo turned down the the country than before (he war. strike settlement demand government tabulated at 1 oclock this mornmajority of the coal absorbed that la the cabinet of the reconfriction has broken out between the In Before the outbreak of the war there bo struction government" only workingmen theStrong commission may of civil 603 from 1740 out of and the government ing ministry precincts were 37,908 clerk and other civil em, bo named. defense over what news should or should price the consumer will pay after April shall a la SI out of the 64 counties. The ployees of the government In the Disnot be given to the publio, the former 1. The commission estimated this wage vote stood: Wood, 20,257; Lowden, trict of Columbia. This force was Intaking an optimistia view, while the latAdvance at 200, 00,000 a year, ter is most pessimistic. creased during the war until November 17,298, and Johnson, 15,292. This ' At the tame time the president made A member of the government In con11, 1(19, when the armistice was declared. tabulation reports and me included with from minority the versation reports charged the tonight majority fubllo The demand that the right of courts defense ministry with It numbered 117,464. the opera- martial being "like a lot nearly every city In the state. with summary execution be taken of hysterical old women." pt the commission and wrote He declared Then the administration began to rereach that they away from the military was granted. the ministry was grossly exaggerating retors and miners asking SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 23. The duce the "overhead" expense but with Veatorday ft was stated In authorltar-tlv- e ports about the "red" armies and bathn agreement on the basis of the major0 ai quarters that the government had tles in the Industrial regions. The min- atruggie between Leonard YVoodt Hiram extreme reluctance. There still ity report alone as speedily a possible departmental employees in Y ashing-toadopted a policy of military passivity to- istry of defense retaliated by saying, o that the uncertainty regarding the fuel wards the radical movement. This led "IVJlbelmstrasse (meaning the civil gov- Johnson and Frank O. .Lowden for the Thsr baT been a reduction of only 2340 k sharp differences with the heads of ernment) is blind as it always has been " Republican presidential indorsement at - situation might be removed, , emplovtes s.nce October 21, 1919, when Pres'ilent bv warned the Bouth were Dakota election today the f.gurcv stood thus In the prine.pal primary i Operators became one of fluctuating successes late executive brandies; Wilson agslnej violating laws against knd or fade tonight, when returns front.. 161 of 1740 rorhblnationa Id restraint , Years. to exact precinct showed Wood leading Lowden Comparison by profiteering, and also hot by 600 vote Vnd Johnson cioeciy pressteasonable prices for coal." That ing the Llilnota governor. , i ,m aware," said the presidents Treasury , . . . , The complied returns were from twenty-nWar present, as a result of the short gf Navy ine of sixty-focounties, and were Interior treated by the coal strike and of the .. .... mostly from the cities. The vote stood: Government consequent Interference with transportaexcepLow-dethe of 8234, and Johnson, Wood, 8537; printing oftlci tion, and as a result also demand 7878. Miles Poindexter polled a very Agriculture .. tionally unfavorable winter, the to Im.. . Postoffiie mai! vote. for coal continues active. I desire Commerce . . exthe Wood coal 77 operators board Sioux carried Falla vote the Shipping by Officials press upou Unsat- over Johnson. Aberdeen went to Low- Superintendent. . treme Importance not only of their combuildings laws the with extent over 26 den, votes. In MinneWood, by Several hundi plying to tha fullest trade haha county, outside of Sioux Falls, buildings are still inhabltated by the against combinations In restraint of their of Johnson had a lead of several hundred army of workers, a large proportion of and against Jprofiteering. but also votes. The California senator polled a whom, according to Chairman Good of to preaffirmatively themselves exerting tremendous vote In Lincoln county, get- the house appropriations committee, have vent exacting of unreasonable prices for little If any work to do. ting 1064 out of about 1606 ballots. JohnapBefore tns war there were 'approxison was leading lo Yankton on the 'fully coal, I am sure the public mately 3 00. 00) civil employees of the govthe desirability, where practl-taoWASHINGTON, March 58. (by the AsMarch 23. Dissatisfied with face of Incomplete return. preciates CHICAGO,. ernment Now the entire country. transactions commercial sociated Pros. Orgar. Irel labor's Of leaving Scattering returns for United Slates there are In726,369 reoeu government decree limiting the senator distributed as follow a: the name time I am "poll tic and governor showed majorities campaign has gotten the i ntrammeleJ, but atwill to pro- under way "with tremendous enthu- activities of the "big five packers, the for Peter Norbeck and W. H. McMaster, .satisfied the puolle liberalfind waysshall appolicy siasm as a result of meetings held last National 'Wholesale Grocers association Republican candidates indorsed by the Where They Are Employed. tect Itself If such tn high night throughout the country by local announced unreasonably result lo pear Department of labor, 2414; department today that its case against the state convention at Pierre, December 2. unions, according to a statement from of Interior, 6454; war department, prices," . American Federation - of - Labor - headqua- packers and railroads would be reopened City Returns Cleaned Up. department of Justice, R83; U. &. rter. before the interstate commerce commisNo Shorter Work Week. 878; public The return practically cleaned up the civil service commission, were sent today by President sion. Directions ' ' ' miners i 5097; department of comnierce, of j. In refusing the demandthe the Samuel Gompers, Secretary Frank Morriprecincts in all the leading cities of the printer, of of 12,755: department agriculture, week, thirty-homajority Chi26 In The hearing Is set for March state except Huron, where several prefor a O'Connell, comprising the of state. 798; federal If the work- son and Janies cincts were missing. Shortly before mid- trade dleiiartment the commission said that executive committee, to all cago. commission, 428; navy department, by one hour It would campaign Ar jay 'Davies, president of the grocer of the campatgu Black hills to counties the locals for night day were shortened the cementing began 104,423; postoffic 291,234; department, association, in a communication to the repot t, and those heard from went heavequivalent to an additional cost of organizations Into an, efficiency functionle treasury department, 71,070; federal reJnore than 100,000,000. machine. These direction were made member of the body, declared that tile ily for Mood. Johnson polled a heavy serve ing Interstate commerce 405; John P. board, of White, The minority report decree obtained by Attorney General Pal- vote at Yankton, and complete returns a follows: Institu1785; Smithsonian To miners representative, held out for a public been mer agalnat the packers failed "to be of from Plerie. the stale capital, showed commission, "The meetings Of March 22 have Fed: shipping board, 2500; Panama for all day labor and held much consequence to the wholesale gro- he carried the city by a plurality of seven tion, 402 our American Hgher increase nnd as suggested, no. was the men canal,' than by granted cer. so far at the proposition ar con- votes over Wood. Governor Peter Norjnonthlv eration of Labor nonpartisan political of congress, Member secretaries, be concurred In the recomhss been put forward with tre- cerned for which we have been fighting beck has a good margin ever Dick Ha- clerks, majority, but about capitol. Justices of the mendation for a 24 per cent ton increase campaign Our brother ail before the commission." mendous enthusiasm. ney forvthe Republican senatorial nomi- supremehelp court. States"" United circuit reawere on pick and machine mining. Ills report over the land have entered Into this moveThe following driven among nation and W. H. McMaster of Yankton court of appeal and district court judgea, was transmitted to the operators and ment In a magnificent spirit of coopera- sons for continuing the hearing: was ahead of R. O. Richards, his oppo- clerks, marshals. United States inforfor ' attorneys; their, "The decree doe not affect cheese, but- nent for tha Republican nomination for miners by the president tion. We believe every man and woman assistant United States district attormation. of.the labor movement wHl be ready to ter, oleomargarine and other butter subneys. ambassadors and others In the dipThe general terms of the two reports volunteer when tailed upon. With this stitutes, lard substitutes, poultry or eggs. governor. lomatic and consular service, staffs of deThe had been published! each to "Tb decree guns against certain cor- Automatically Nominated. a letter previously are we sending object, congressional library, etc., are at least cision of the majority Henry M. Robin- local union In your city requesting cooper- poration defendants, but does not affect 6000. and A number of candidates for national son, representing the public, unrelated ation In this work with your central body the handling of the Beale, representing the operators by tb selection of a committee of three. articles by the Individuals named la the and state offices were automatically nomnon. Other corporation summarised as follows: inated. The Richard primary law pro- Cut in 'Payroll Promised. t. local our are and decree. bodies central already fOur n Unless otherwise ordered the terms and a such a process when candidates for for the committee vides have purgreat very organised The Republican congress, which did being rapidly political conditions of the Washington agreement partisan Here a pose of handling those unrelated comhave no party opposition. The ticket of not get on tha job until last May, was opportunity In the primaries. nominate be to which national the of 1917 continue. cent made modities. can effort Nonpartisan league to make any material progress unable increase In wages smashing The 14 per "The decree fails to apply to the artlces has a party status In Houth Dakota was In reducing the payroll for the present members of trade unions for selective fixed by the fuel administration Is listed In the decree itself when handled not on me primary ballot. When the fiscal year. , Mr. Good has undertaken to on March 21. and replaced by this and shipped In the time limit .for independent candidates to cut Jl.Oco, 000,000 out of the departmental Ihese brothers sre candidates In by other award (which la on a 27 per cent basis). the primaries, our centra! bodies and non- same car corporations wttlprfresh meats.and packing file had expired the secretary of state estimates for the next fiscal year and The agreements drafted under this political committees should en- house products, provided the car is owned had not received any additional filings contemplates forcing the adnilnistatlon ward are to take effect April I, 1920, and partisan or leased by a railroad company." assistance from candidates for league support and to drop at least 25,OoO employes in Washpossible to every deavor give continue until March 81, J922 (in other to aid them to victory regardless of party. Packing houses represented at the meet- the ticket indorsed at the proposal conalone. words, the miner do not get their de- In communities where this plan can not ing were Cudahy, Armour, Morris, Skinner ventions December 2, wua considered ington "Twenty-fiv- e per cent of the employees mand for termination of contracts In the be made successful, our brother should and Swift. nominated.' In the district could be dropped from the la 'nomito maintain of tain. defeat Zeona every The of law the resources that the Tom roils today," said Mr. Good, without tn-- " packers league Ayer exhaust all their i The mining price for mining mine-ru- n of labor. supply and demand will always govern the nee for United States senator, and M jurtng the service and with the , clerks an doal. pick and machine, are advanced 24 enemy ! to of to we owe meats. They promised ourselves; take no P. Bate of Letcher Is the party's can- operating at somewhere around 80 per price "Yhi duly ente. conto perpetuate our lib- undue advantage of the domand for the didate for governor. Tha proposal cent eficlencv. obligation upon us men and women and all cheaper cuts, however. Piece! of New York, aa vention indorsed Governor Lj mi J. Fraworking Representative erty Given Increase. Labor Day of Nojth Dakota as candidate for who lias been investigating the payroll cltiseiia of our country. iler cosecure to means endeavor did not all to but Frasier tilts say. labor and Ail day president, "By formally has monthly men are and farm . "Without desiring to be deemed a accept the indorsement. advanced a dollarra day, except trappers operation of sympathetic farmers all to other and the am of I frank y appeal opinion that and other beys, who are adtanced 53 organisations, SCORED Few Democratic Contests. citizens for support. y-loving there will not be a dismantling of the tenia a day. for until the Republicans each worker to use the ballot war All rate department yardage, deadwork and to "Me urge the The Jiemoerats had few contests. The com Into power with new chief at the principles for which labor advance room turning are advanced 20 per cent. WASHINGTON, March 23. The camindorsed at the for stAte office of department arid bureau deterThe fulfilment of all Joint and district stands. Then there will be no question paign inaugurated by the department of ticket convention " was not contested. head Jlerre of the to the power In future aa mined to retain dhok who are efficient people Justice to stimulate the consumption of no were contests. There In , eongress.onal disy necee-ardemands" on their 2, and kt the styne-tlmto Column achieve of drew and criticuts meat, caustic Page (Continued 2.) just cheaper the third district Representative Harry charge without delay those who can be cism from member of the bouse agriculwas of L. nominated Kspid City Gandy are Inefficient. who ture committee today during the hearing spared and in the Demon legislation to regulate the packing in- to succeed h.mseif.wasInterest centered upon the primary dustry. L H. D. Weld of Swift fc Co. ocratic national committeeman between CANCER told the committee the packers sere co- fight forMee of Centerville and John A. James operating In the campaign. Kloux Falle. Ralph K. JohnSUCCESS ANNOUNCED of Bowler "If the campaign Is successful, be tesFalls, and J K. Bird, Water-towtified, "it effect will be to Increase price son. tuoux befor State United and senator of tower grade cuts and probably decrease NEW YORK. March 28. Hfty consectween U. S. G. Cheyry, boux Fills, utive It ena be secured through our Information Bureau la Washington. the more expensive cuts cases of superficial or surface canof Taubman Tom and Plankington. wud we families in t.ie poorer service have been cured at the New York is individuals cer to resdciy. We help reality, "Then, help It part of oar W. Gerard of New Y ork. and James now of will meat cuts hate Medical school and hospital using Get cheaper home can we number of increase the nation if the gardens. G. Monroe of Mavwood, 111 . sought Postgraduate jours to pay more because of this campaign," James method developed by Dr started early this yeer. This book will give all the information necesindorsement for president. by an H. Democratic WisRepublican. Volght, William Representative Meyer, It wa announced at contest galore on the sary to success. Bend for it NOW. consin, commented, "while the people who There were It was stated that the today. hospital ballot The only candidate who use the more expensive cuts will get Meyer now is working on a method had a clear field was Representative Ln their' cheaper." d cancer. of treatment for the Roval C. Johnson of Aberdeen, In the Mr. Weld said such a result was possiTHE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE INFORMATION BUREAU, has been used for some time The He seek second district reelectioDi com be done good ble, might although In the treatment of cancer. Dr. Meyer ' Frederic J. llasLin, Director, Washington, D. C. bv teaching consumer the aiue of lower pointed out. Hi only claim Is to a new i do not oonrlder, Bryan Opens Campaign. "I adding. cuts, priced of "dosage, method whereby the exact I inclose herewith two epnts in stamp for return postage for however, that the resu'ts of this campaign Neb , March 22. William amount of treatment required is cem LINCOLN, a free copy of the Garden Book. will be substantial enough to affect the JcnnHisn , ilt own hi mmpaiirn puled in advance j Bryan tn behalf of hi eawhdary as prices of meal materially." in to tha LfrmotTath Unre at a. delegate Pittman Surrenders. My Name .....Vi. OXAH4. Neb., March 23. Rrpreenta-tlve- s convention with' an address at EJm FRESNO. VL. March 23. M. E. Pitt- of he big packing houses of Omaha wood next Frid.iy. Address My Street man surrendered himself at the county today dcuined to promise Mrs. C. G. Ryan, nijfht ha will ppealt in TJn tn and Friday state fwlr price rommlMioner, not to raise coin In Omaha on th follow in jail here today, telling the sheriff be was uta the e meat of of H li will leava tha following Mondav for wanted for the murder of A. Nicholson, cheaper price My State My City a hon the government campa'gn to stimu- Isoa Ancla. where hawil! address a a Fresno building contractor, whose body of ioaec priced meats gore had been found a thort time before at late the eo'e luto e.ix hi Nebraska April the 1ilUuaa borne, (Continued on Fas 2, Column 3.) nia J roy i $200,000,000 Yearly. , March 23. Mr. Ann room-in- f proprietor of tremendous hit house, made with her husband and the roomers by mixing for them a home brew' that had the de&Ijed kick and potency. Four of the men recovered, or have recovered sufficiently to talk, but three died and Mrs. Wait-ku- a vat ordered held to the grand CHICAOO, W" Friction Breaks Out Over Censorship. Jury. At the inquest she said she mixed shout two gallons of strong black tea vith a gallon 'of water and ounces of solidified altwenty-fou- r cohol, taken from small cans and ordinarily used for cooking and heating purposes. She added a little sugar, and when her husband and the boarders tackled the beverage they grew highly enthusiastic and drank all she had mixed, ..nd gave her, money to buy more solidified alcohol. 8he bought thirty-sicans and made up another batch, hut before that wag consumed the roomers began to droop and die. x ' n. ...... ur Federation Are Government Decree Well Pleased Over Start isfactory and Suit Will of the Movement. .Be Reopened. it le 2o0,-00- 0; ' ' 4: ur ' rv - Kem-lp-an- dt ellm-t:iat- Semblance of Quiet at Capital, but Outcome Is in Grave Doubt. BERLIN, March 23. (By the Associated Press.) The strike com- mittee ha unanimously proclaimed the strike ended. Work Till be resumed tomorrow. CHEAPER CUTS OF MEAT DRIVE par-Vlss- n, 11 e TREATMENT THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE GARDEN BOOK .IS READY ; n, A-r- deep-seale- X-r- , aJ rht -- li ; i Gotha and Thuringia. A German Official driven out of Essen and now is Cohlena gays the Sparta-can- s Thousand of Dollars Worth of Foodstuffs Rotting . I on Coast Piers. J NEW YORK. March 3. The only to iutlon of the strike of 8000 longshoremen engaged In coastwise traffic le a direct House," R. M, appeal to the Whit Squires of the national wage adjustment commission announced tonight. The announcement followed receipt of telegrams from the Charleston. 8. . chamber of commerce and from planters and farmers in other southern district demanding Information of stepa taken to settle the strike by arbitration. Planters In th districts about Charleston, Hampton Roads, Jacksonville, Fla nd New Orleans have hundreds of thouworth of perishable sands of dollars foodstuffs on seaboard and Inland piers awaiting shipment to New 'York, accordFurther delay of ing to the telegram. these shipments, they said, would cause "a very disastrous situation.". fctrike leaders, who are demanding that the strikers be granted wage Increases and shorter hours, today asserted the Coastwise Steamship Managers association "has persistently refused to enter into any scheme looking tovard settlement with the longshoremen, using the commission as an arbitration machine. The managers maintain wage increase cannot be granted unless freight rates are raised, and that even then (be wage Increases could not be made retroactive. The longshoremen favor increased freight rates, but demand a retroactive wage Increase. Nluety-nl- n ship operated In coastwise trade have been made Idie by the strike number a of men employed In and large the office of the steamship companies have been thrown out of woik. Mr. ' . ' Richardson said. C-- are well armed and equipped and that neither aide engaged in the hostilities is giving quarter. March 23. ReCOPENHAGEN, garding the aituatlon at Wssel. a special Berlin dispatch says that six thousand regular within the fortres are besieged by twenty-fiv- e thousand Bpartacans, The troops nre using heavy gnus. BERLIN, March 23. Latest dispatch from Halle say that, after very little stubborn fighting, the troops are blaster of tha situation. Th workmen retired to the environ of Halle, Passenger traffic to Berlin was resumed today. ROTTERDAM. March 22. (By the Associated Press.) The conditions tn Hie Rhine ' provinces, where virtually evt-- r town is in the bands of the workman, rapidly are approaching a duplication of the condition prevailing in soviet Russia. Co.., (According to the Rotterdamsch rant's correspondent 4n Essen and Dortmund, the first step following the prOeia, matlon of soviet republics was the opening of prisons and freeing, not only political prisoners, but also common prisoners. Coming closely upon th heel c ' this order was an Invitation to the bourgeoisie to surrender, ail firearm. Emphasis was laid on this by an announcement that failure to comply would enby the revolution.!., y tail prosecution tribunal. The correspondents say that 'the arr1-etar!; of a soviet government woud be to maintain rationing; that failure in this respect would not be Improbable, I owing to the existing scarcity of food, ar with Berlin would be that a compromiseassert that only enough necessary. They rood Is In sight for a week's ration an I 1 (Continued on Page st S. Column 2.) ed libert- t Berlin Reports Indicate COBLENZ, March 23. 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