Evening Gazette, The (Newspaper) - April 21, 1919, Cedar Rapids, Iowa WEATHER FOR IOWA Partly cloudy and possibly un- tonight and Tuesday ly warmer in portion tonight A Newspaper for the Family HOME EDITION Full Leased Wire Associated Press Report VOLUME 87 CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA MONDAY APRIL Current Comment Liberty Loan In a message cabled from Parts Saturday President Wilson on Iho of the United States to subscribe to the Victory loan which will bo launched lr the nation today Tho loan will bo subscribed There be no doubt about that The at the Stated have to demand made on them and they should They should not ho tardy about buying the lonn The Interest Is a of a higher than tho hist loan which should bo an In- find besides n bond IM investment on earth As Ions as tho ment endures tho bonds will be and the will bo hero when cur children's children have corne and KOMO It IM much a patriotic duty to purchase Victory bonds as It WIIH to tho other Issues Tho nation has contracted debts that must bo paid and If they are not paid through tho medium of taxation will bo tho next find It Is Infinitely to Interest from tho government than It Is ID pay higher taxes of Investor will bo ex- to purchase tho new Tho mado tho roas of tho previous loans possible and while they will do their part in Iho present drive tho success of lonn will moro 05 tho and tho men of of the nation Kvory portion who has gold In hiding And doubtless thoro arc many of thla class right here In clean out tho mattresses and old stoves and other places and Invest their money whom thieves will bo unable lay hands on It A government bond In a hunts ten thousand times more than n pot of hidden tho and county are to do fholr full duty today They'll do It nil This com- munity has tho happy faculty of most everything she out to do nnd aho Is to KO over tho top In this loan In- arn Invited to fco to today tho bettor ii nil buy dollars worth of liundd they can afford to buy and nrr to hold on to will bo at par ono of days and tho Interest Is from a view point of safety put the V In Victory in today The League and Mr Taft tt would appear that form President Taft a over tho league of Intent at him In that Ufo Mr If to Tuft IM quoted OH that thoro not a family of nations thoro will b world Inside of ten or twenty years of tho only of thn world hai had to foar In iho years has been Clor and had been so ef disposed of she will not bo to rear her head for fifty yearn tho warning of Mar that Franco will to In a halt cen tury Tho of nations ably IM nil It U Idealistic 11 nd will remain so On certain when nations fall out they arc not to much thought to arbitration ns proved in but rather to fret Into first with w equipped armies Xo one that England Is to Klvo up of the of nations for no league of nations Tho Stales has not slacked Us naval program Just tho president to France nn I cl was to pre- vent future wars When tho pros ont naval program Is completed the United and Great will the ind that will KO further toward Insuring world pence than any agreement the lons may entor Into among selves league of nations should bo established The theorists should bo a chance to If they nre The world hopes there never will bo war tho meantime keep your powder dry pretty good ad- vice PRICE IN CITY ON AT PEACE TABLE Wilson Opposes Of London Treaty Absents Self From Meet WOMEN'S NIGHT COURT IN NEW YORK ABOLISHED NEW YORK April nn covering a period of yoars tho night court way today to day court for tho of women charged with minor Tho new court over which Magistrate William McAdoo presided will try new ods In dealings with women of the street In an attempt to make of It n moral clinic rather than a place of EXCHANGE CLOSED LONDON April stock here nnd the product and cotton exchanges in are today BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Italian parliament which wixs to have met on Wednesday of this week will not convene until Tuesday May 6 according to dis- patches from Rome This ment has evidently been caused by tho failure of the council of four of tho peace conference In Paris to roach as yet any solution of the problem raised by Italy's claims to Flume and the Dalmatian coast Dispatches from Paris Indicate that tho situation caused by Italy's unchanging attitude has reached a critical phase News from the peace conference on Sunday showed that representatives of Britain and Italy tho three nations together with signatory of tho of London framed at in 1915 before the entry of Italy Into the war on the side of tho entente were In conference and that President Wilson was not present It also was announced that ho would not be present when con- were reopened today WILSON AGAINST TREATY Mr has stood out against recognition of the treaty of London on which Italy's maximum ial claims are based and his ab- sence from tho meeting yesterday have caused by the fact that the Italians were Invoking that convention In support of their claims In spite of warning sent to Germany by the peace conference that tho delegates sent to tho peace congress must not be more Germany has selected rather unimportant parsons to go to sailles Berlin advices say these men power merely to receive the peace terms and take them to Berlin The German cabinet will ihen either accept or reject the terms It Is said or submit them to tho people Dispatches to Paris however reflect a rather positive on tho part of tho peace conference which it Is said will in- Conn Germany that tho men she sends to Versailles must have oi to sign tho of peace It is tald that tho first act of tho ing to be held April 25 will be to de- irand from the Germans that they possess such powers BOLSHEVISM RETREATS Bolshevism is again on the back track on tho western Ukrainian front the strength of the soviet forces having apparently been con- In the effort to overrun tho Crimea which has been The cities of find In the Ukraine have been retaken from the Bolsheviks by Simon tho Ukrainian leader It is announced that 10.000 Bolshevik soldiers have deserted In a body have Joined tho Ukrainians In northern Russia Bolshevik forces are in retreat and iiro closely pursued by Brit- ish American and Russian troops Vienna is in the hands of soviet adherents It appears the transfer of authority there was brought without great disorder bloodshed Munich probably Is still held by soviet forces but German government troops before the Ba- varian capital have been reinforced by soldiers from Wurttemberg Frolic Given At Washington WASHINGTON April for many years tho frolic by the children was the feature day of Washington's observance of Monday The festival Is be- ing held on tho monument grounds Instead of White House lawns ns In times Vienna To Be One Of Germany's Capitals April the government has a plan for recognizing Vienna n second capital of Germany bV President Ebert reside there part of the year to transfer certain Imperial bureaus to that city and even hold some meetings of tho tional assembly there according to It la to convince the that they shall not suffer too much by the joining of Austria and Germany SUFFRAGETTE ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO YORK April lan Scott Troy of San an American suffragette recently deported Great Britain ar- rived here today on the steamship Carmania Her alleged friendship for Baron Lewis von Horst for- merly of Sian Francisco who was Interned by the British government in 1014 Is understood to have been one of the causes for which British government objected to her presence in tha United Kingdom FEDERAL MEDIATOR DEAD SAN Cal April ner Z Reed United States federal i mediator died last night tn Coronado ity And County Unite In Work To Fill Loan Quota Territory Outside of Cedar Rapids to Reach Top By 3 P M Says Grim BULLETIN At p m today one block in Cedar Rapids had reported to the war activities bureau that it was above its quota in Victory can subscriptions Buffalo township with a quota ot Is the first township of Linn to report success In the tory loan At p m the ers there telephoned their success to the War Activities bureau here Cedar Rapids and Linn county are not weakening today They are their jobs Campaign stations for the Victory pan all over the county were busy Defore 1 p m and the in Cedar Rapids were no exceptions The ours planned for sub- were from 1 to 9 p m but had subscriptions before noon In the morning's mail the War Activities bureau received sub- totalling They were from corporations of the ty and city The largest was 000 Age and youth are uniting to bring the American soldiers back Lome At one station an old woman more than 80 years at age came with a a note all filled cut I help my three grandsons she told the ers She had scarcely left when a tle girl came with her father's sub- scription ask for a blank for She had a birthday not BO ago but she thought of her big brother over In Germany and didn't spend her present on herself With birthday present and a little more from her father she's to have a note The loan worker filled out the blank and she signed her name at the bottom in her childish sand It was expected that reports from the stations in the city and from township chairmen would begin to come In late this afternoon Be- of the fact that many ing men were unable to get to the stations before they went to work early this morning it Is believed that the city stations may not be heard from out in the county have reported In the office of District Chairman J M Grimm it was expected that reports from the county chairmen would be received this afternoon It would not be surprising to said Mr Grimm If one ty reports over the top before 3 P m The quota for Cedar Rapids Is for Linn county and for the district of nine counties CHICAGO BUYS 15 MILLIONS OF Great Business Con- cerns Are First To Get Under Wire With Their Quota Paris Surprised At Peace Crowd Berlin Selected PARIS statement sued this evening by the Havas news bureau a organ says that much surprise has been manifested the fact that many did not select more tant men for her peace delegation than Dr von Haniel Herr von ler Schmidt Herr Reimker and Herr Luders and also that cording to the German note they will have power only to receive the text of the terms and not to sign the treaty It Is declared this evening the statement adds that In these clr the sending of thes delegates to Versailles could be use less A BERNSTORFF AID WASHINGTON April Haniel von who ording to Paris advices has been named as one of Germany's gates to the peace conference for- merly was chancellor of the man embassy in Washington As such he was the chief aid of Count von Bernstorff and was charge of the embassy when the ambassador was away Von waa credited with being the chief propagandist of the German embassy and it was generally known that a great part cf the prepared propaganda which the embassy sought to have lated passed through his hands Voliva Defies An Entire State And Threatens Court CHICAGO April 21 Wilbur general overseer of trie Christian Catholic Apostolic church at City 111 in ter yesterday defied the general assembly to investigate him and declared that he would Ignore any subpoenas that may be on him Ho also dared any judge to issue a warrant for his ar- Voliva heaped abuse on Edward who in- the resolution in the eral assembly calling for the posed of Zion City fairs Senator Swift Senator Daily acd others He threatened to a twenty-four page booklet the result of an investigation Into the night lives of the members of the investigating Phone Strikers Win Big Victory Return To Boards Obtain Increase in Pay But Exact Amount Will Not Be Made Known Till Tuesday CHICAGO April and volunteer workers ushered in the opening of Chicago's victory oan campaign today and before noon it was reported that tions aggregating had been obtained The campaign began with an accompaniment of music parades and cheering throngs which rilled town streets Among the large subscriptions re- early In the Estate of Marshal 000 Marshall Field and company Julius Rosenwald Montgomery Ward and company Sears and company Elgin Watch company Victor F Lawson Arthur Brisbane Hornblower and Weeks com- pany Thousands of persons thought they were beholding a tragedy when an aviator was giving an over Grant park suddenly disappeared from the sky It de- however that something hufl gone wrong with his engine and he volplaned from a low altitude to the lake escaping without even a wetting For three hours today be- tween midnight and a m thousands of people in rant Park on the lake front sang patriotic songs and cheered for Uncle Sam marking the formal opening of the Victory loan in the seventh federal reserve district Three army search lights of more than candle power ed up the victory forum erected in the park and played oh the jewels on the victory altar Michigan avenue for a mile was brilliantly lighted and festooned with red white and blue for the casion and the shops and picture theaters along the broad fare were crowded until nearly light Out near Michigan big guns were fired and whistles blew and bells were rung all over the city IOWA TRAIN STARTS DUBUQUE la April special train boosting the Victory lonn in tho fourth loan district of Iowa left here at a in today for a three-day tour of northeastern Iowa Tho delegation was headed by the Dubuque college cadet band of pieces under the management of the Kev Father Alph and included a score of overseas veterans in charge of Corporal Carlos Van Saun of the Iowa regiment wounded in the Rainbow division fighting A quartet composed of well known Iowa speakers Capt Don of ths Rainbow division United States District Attorney F O'Connor and David Murphy of Dubuque and A M Sutton of ton are on the train UNDER WAY IN NEW YORK NEW April tory loan that got under way ly after midnight with popular sub- totalling more than 000 gained impetus as the day ad- and crowds thronged many patriotic celebrations Gov Alfred E Smith purchased the first note of the issue sold in the oity and G former secretary of the treasury took the second and then other thousands began to roll in The midnight celebration was preliminary to the actual opening of the campaign throughout the today at speech making centers at the end of parade routes Chief among the performers today were the one hundred odd members of Gen Pershing's own band that was sent home to aid in the fifth loan The band made its first in a concert at the in Wall street later marched up town to christen tory Way the loan activities will center the campaign SPEAKS FROM AIRPLANE WASHINGTON April 21 a ripple of excitement was apparent today at the treasury on the ing of the Victory Liberty loan selling campaign The big wide for the marketing of of notes as the last biff war loan so completely adjusted In advance that It went Into operation almost auto- Washington had its bration on the south steps of the treasury where arrangements hafl been made for trial of a wireless telephonic apparatus by which an orator flying in nn airplane feet above ths city could deliver n speech to the crowd on the steps Airplanes and balloons were up Admiral Sims was the principle speaker on the gram BOY SCOUTS BEHIND LOAN NSW YORK April Boy Scouts of America announced here today that the organization would put Its of men and boys behind the Victory loan in response to a request from tary of the Treasurer Toward the four previous loans the Boy Scoots turned In sub- totalling BULLETIN BOSTON April ment reached by the committee of striking telephone operators with officials of the New England Tele- phone and Telegraph company and tbe Providence Telephone company yesterday was ratified at a mass meeting of the strikers today and all union members were ordered to report for work at thei switchboards at 3 p m today BOSTON April survice here and in other places affected by the strike of operators and workers of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Providence Telephone ies was resumed in part early today Wherever available on short notice many day operators began their duties at the regular hours having been notified of the settlement of strike which started last day The details of the agreement will rot be available until tomorrow when the strike company officials draw up the final terms the understanding last night operators In ton would receive a week in stead of after seven years of service and the minimum wage would be of They de- manded as a maximum at the end of four The new scale will be retroactive to January 1 The men in the metropolitan district would receive an increase of fifty cents a day retroactive to March 1 while those outside would receive a flat increase of sixty-two cents a day They had asked for increases ranging from to a day It was estimated that the increase granted the operator would cost the companies mora than year with moro than additional for allied electrical workers CASES HEARD MAY 5 WASHINGTON April the government's motions the court today agreed on May 5 next arguments in test cases from South Dakota and Massachusetts involving the right of Postmaster General Burleson to interfere with existing telephone toll rates While only two weeks of ment remain this term the court will not adjourn finally for the mer until early in June Lawyers familiar with the court's ure said today that in view of the importance of the question ed it was possible that a decision might be given at this term The South Dakota suit resulted from state supreme court decrees enjoining companies in that state from increasing their toll rates as ordered by the postmaster general Similar proceedings have been In- in twenty-one states in nine of which decisions against the postmaster general have been dered while in eight they have been in his favor Four cases are now pending The supreme court also agreed to review Massachusetts supreme court decrees ings Instituted by the state public service commission to prevent the New England Telephone and Tele- graph company from increasing its rates in compliance with an order issued by Mr Burleson In this case the lower court dismissed the suit on the grounds that it was be- ing brought the government without its consent GRAND JURY TO Action Expected To Be Taken Tomorrow Wounded Man ed Under Guard Rainbow Boys Due To Arrive In U S Week From Today NEW YORK April five officers and men of the field artillery composed ly troops assigned to the Forty-second Rainbow ion sailed from Brest April IT on the cruiser Huntingdon and are due in New York on April 28 It was an- here today A detachment of two officers and forty-nine men of the brigade battalion is due at Boston on the steamship Santa Rosa about Friday having sailed from Bordeaux on April IS With 1.490 troops the Cruiser Charleston arrived here today from Brest Units included the telegraph battalion complete twelve officers and 213 Forty-first hospital four and four men and field hospital four officers and seventy-eight men The others were mostly Infantry marine and air service casuals in- men from Arkansas Illinois Colorado Iowa and New York TROOPS ASSIGNED HOME WASHINGTON April of the seventy-ninth di- vision Pennsylvania Maryland and District of Columbia have been signed to early convoy Gen ing notified the war department day Also assigned the message said are headquarters and quarters troop of the second field artillery the sixth army corps Early morning meterological re- ports showed an east wind blowing over the Atlantic which would be unfavorable for the undertaking Other units assigned to con- voy today included the service battalion field battalion evacuation lance Indictment on a charge of murder by the grand jury on Its convening at a m tomorrow will in all probability be the next step In con- with the case of Carl Smith of Marlon who shot and killed his wife Saturday and then attempted to his own life Smith is now in St Lull's pital where armed deputy sheriffs guard him day and night Smith has assumed a new attitude He does not talk about the murder but lies silently in bed One of the men on guard reported to the sheriff that Smith closes his eyes and pretends to be when he is awake pre- in order to learn ha is to expect next in the case The condition of the murderer Is better it was reported from the hospital today and he appears to be started toward recovery Providing Smith is indicted which will undoubtedly be the case his trial will coma up as soon as he is able to appear on the stand ty Attorney H K Lockwood said today that he will accept nothing but a plea of guilty of murder In the first degree from Smith when the trial comes up Smith is not expected to make this admission of guilt Smith has not been placed under arrest He is under indictment at Marion for theft of a check from the Milwaukee railroad and be- cause of the nature of his last of- fense tho men guarding him are empowered by law to take any measures even that of killing him should he try to escape or raise any serious disturbance The story of the lives of Mr and Mrs Smith which ended in the tragedy at Marion shortly after midnight Friday extended back to the time when both the dead man and the murderer dren It is a story as sad as any stage tragedy and with chapters In it as bright as those In any novel of love and romance LOVE DEVELOPS EARLY Mrs Smith formerly Miss Ada Crew was born on a farm near Jan 14 Tho family moved to Marlon wherl she waa a little girl and she attended school in the county seat It was during this time she first met Smith the man who shot her to death A boy and girl friendship developed into a deep liking and later into love In their teens they were together much of the time and Smith Is said by residents of Marlon who recalled the early events in the lives of the couple to have been most kind and attentive to the girl Smith did not complete his high school course but the girl did She was graduated from Marion high school In June 1904 and the couple wore married within a short time afterward Friends say that the early life of the pair was most py Later it was recalled by rion residents Smith became ad- to thu use of intoxicants and It was from this time on that an element of trouble entered the Smith household Several years ago Smith waa em- ployed in the post office at Marion Friends said that while he was here he got Into trouble of a minor ture and from which his mother used her influence to have him cleared On another occasion he operated a co-operative delivery wa- gon and It is said that ha stole money which he collected on C O D orders Here again it Is said that the of his mother kept him from ar- rested and got him out of the trouble The theft of a check from the Milwaukee railroad for which he is now under indictment was Smith's last trouble previous to the murder The death of Mrs Smith is uni- mourned in Marion lar throughout the community she won her friends through her own accomplishments and pleasantry of association She possessed a Ing voice and in thu choir of the Methodist church She was a member of the church Her larity was evidenced by her election to the presidency of the Literary club and to the rank of Esther one of the five points In the Eastern Star Two children Walter age 14 and Donald age 11 mourn the loss of their mother and the tragedy which has entered the home VICTIM IS BURIED The funeral of Mrs Smith was held at p m today at the home in Central avenue Marlon The Rev Albert Hale Hanscom was in charge of the services Burial was In Oak Shade cemetery AVIATORS TO HOP OFF TODAY FOR OCEAN FLIGHT ST JOHNS April cal atmospheric conditions this morning were perfect for flying The sky was clear arid light winds were blowing Whether Capt Frederick P Raynham British ator and H G Hawkes his rival would hop off today on their proposed flights depended on a report able at noon regarding weather conditions HELD UNDER GUARD IN HOSPITAL FOR MURDERING WIFE IS EXPECTED TO Reply to Demands Of Council Of Four Is Eagerly Waited By Paris Conference CARL SMITH German Towns Lose Garrisons To Be New Army BERLIN April the German town and city which had Its own garrison of which it has been proud for decades has been ly notified by the national assembly that it has been decided to disband the German army The official no- while referring to tho creation of a new army in the ture says Us strength Is entirely unknown at present and declares that it recognizes towns will be in- jured economically by the of garrisons They will however have to accustom selves thereto the message says and the government will try to consider economic problems while grouping army units Ukrainians Win Thousands Reds To Their Armies VIENNA the ed by the Ukrainian ant leafier have retaken Zhitomir and and also obtained the adhesion of troops particularly those ing in East Ukrainian according to a wireless dispatch received from Tarnopol It would appear that plan which ho forecast sometime ago to the Associated Press of ting behind the Bolsheviks ing Into and toward Odessa la succeeding It Is said that brought about the tion of tho Bolshevik soldiers partly by fighting and partly by sion This was made more easy it Is reported since the Bolsheviks executed six hundred peasants ing their brief occupation of Plan Reception For Rainbow At Capital In May DBS MOINES la April Plans for the reception here of the Infantry of the Rainbow di- vision are being made on the basis of private ad vices that the Iowa veterans sailed from Brest last Thursday night on tho transport Leviathan and should reach New York about April 29 This was contained cablegram received here from Charles of Des Moines chairman of republican state tral committee who is in Franco In Y M C A work Similar advices have been received by wives of eral lUSth officers While of this report is lacking the war ment announced Saturday night that thirty-one officers of the had sailed from Brest on the trans- port Pretoria due at Boston April 29 Service Medal For Admiral W S Benson WASHINGTON April miral William S Benson chief of naval operations has been awarded the navy distinguished service al by direction of President Wilson Admiral Benson Is now at Paris and presentation of the medal probably will not be made until his return to the United States as the navy als have not yet been completed Acting Secretary Roosevelt today sent this cable to the The president of the United States takes pleasure In presenting to you the navy distinguished vice medal for exceptionally and distinguished service as chief of naval operations out war against the central powers PARIS April doubts j were expressed today whether the perfected peace boj presented to the German tho Friday While the treaty will be communicated to them In substance it was said in well Informed quarters that would be physically Impossible prepare the document In its com- plete final form in the Jour j remaining Premiers Lloyd George and Orlando met thla morning In M Clemenceau's and resumed consideration of the Adriatic question President Wilson again absented himself from tho conference The German reply to the ulti- matum of the council of four that it will not receive any German gation not fully empowered to con- duct and negotiate peace is awaited anxiously In peace conference cles The next steps toward depend on the German reply Fears are felt In some quarters that this unexpected development may affect the program for the meeting planned for Friday at sailles If the German government In reply to tho ultimatum of tho council raises a controversy re- garding the status of their delegates and the to be followed It Is conceivable that the arrival their delegates at may postponed MAY MEAN AN ALLIANCE PARIS April announcement by Count von dorff Rantzau tho German foreign minister that hla government would send delegates without full to receive the pence terms and transmit them to the German contributed greatly tho toward an between Franco Great Britain America The French press insists that negotiations looking toward such an alliance still In gress MAY REJECT TERMS BERLIN thai cabinet voted less than half an to the formulation of Us to the invitation to for the purpose ol a draft of the terms A of In official tonight and the Associated la told that are no as to ob- any mitigation In the peace awaiting Germany The procedure of council ot four cams aa a standing the fact that ot tha week it and it la Interpreted In circles and at tha foreign office aa final proof that the entente Is disinclined forthwith to enter Into negotiations on Wilson's fourteen points and that the awaiting many are out and dried mrm will merely to carry the back to Berlin The question whether the present government will assume the responsibility ot or rejecting the terms or whether it will present them for a national referendum la a matter of conjecture Official opinion so na adduced tonight was opposed to j the declaration of a referendum In favor of peremptory declination of peace terms baaed on any other i proposition than Mr Wilson's form ths present temper of i Gorman la j and anti-imperialistic and the bourgeoisie is In full with the proletariat Tho present government It has j been learned IB not flirting with i idea of a plebiscite as it would much rather negotiate peace and net the country at work But it la conscious that a settlement in which Germany has not had a voice would precipitate a storm ofi national resentment which no inet could weather The communication from the en- i tente powers was received here last Friday and tho German answer was wired back this afternoon the chancellor called In representatives of the at 6 p m today and Informed them of the government's action The public will receive its first In- formation as to avents on Easter morning CALL IT BAD FAITH PARIS April morning's newspapers In Germany's ing couriers instead of delegates of standing to nothing hut of bad faith and a transparent maneuver to i sain time The Echo Paris The allied and associated aro determined not accept subordinate personages and Germany will be immediately fied she must send delegates equipped with full powers tp con- clude peace On their arrival at Versailles tho first step will be to demand them that they hold those powers The Indignant at what it j describes as the impertinence of j do theatre which it regards as a refusal to sign treaty The next word will be with force j
