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CONGRESS PROVIDES RELIEF FUND
RUSSUNS REMAND RECMMTKM OEJURE
RUSSIA WILL RESTORE
PROPERTY TO
FORMER OWNERS
Genoa, April 22—If the Russians are granted recognition dejure
and adequate financial help they state, in their reply submitted to the
entente yesterday, that they are willing to admit Russian war and pre-war
debts and will waive their counter claims. They state that they will
also restore nationalization property to its former owners or satisfy the
claims of foreigners where property cannot be restoeed.
GERMANY MAKES REPLY TO ALLIES
Genoa, April 22—Germany’s official reply to the note of the Allies,
regarding the Russian German, treaty was delivered today.
f The Russian delegation announced its reply to Allied experts tarms
concerning Russian debts and obligations would be delivered ibis afternoon.
With these matters in hand the Genoa conference, which has marked
time for several days, once more got under way.
^ (JKKytN.-rlHJStflAXf TREATY LEAKED RE FORE TIME
BONUS AYRES, April 22—A telegram from Genoa says that the
German Russian treaty was intended to remain a secret but leaked out
thru the Italian Communist in whom the Russian Delegate confided.
• WORKERS OUIT
III PROTEST
A6AINST CIVIL WAR
DUBLIN, April 22—Thousands of workers, as they quit today,
planned to remain idle:Vrltil Tuesday in first anti-militarisin strike in his
tory- This great tie up is not directed at any party or faction, hut
is in protest against a continuation of the civil war raging in Ireland.
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE ESTIMATION FARM PRODUCTS
WASH 1 NpTON, April 22—The Department of Agriculture has
estimated the gross 1921 farm products as $11,226,000,000. which is two
thirds that of 1920 and little more than half that of 1919.
JAPS STIPULATE CONDITIONS FOR REDUCTION FORCES
TOKYO, April 22—Minister of War. Yamanashi. told a deputation
thSat reduction of Japanese forces in Siberia was impossible until an afcree
meart hud been reached with a responsible Russian government for a
maintenance or order.
MANY HOMELESS IN MONASTYR VICINITY
Lond n, April 22—Thirty thousand inhabitants of the Monastyr and
vicinity are homeless as the re .ult of the terrific explosion of the stored
amunition in the rallray station. Part of the city is still burning.
JOFFRE PARTY GUESTS OF HARDING
Washington, April 21—Marshal and Madame Joffre were the guests
of President and Mrs. Hardlrig at a dinner given in the White House
General Pershing was also present.
PROMOTERS PAN AMERICAN CONFERENCE WOMEN MEET
BALTIMORE, April 22—Promotion of International friendliness
by cementing a bond of friendship between the women of the Americas,
la the hope cherished by the promoters of the Pan Amrican Conference of
Womtfit, which has assembled here, under the Auspices of the National
League of Women Voters.
RANK HA IJj SCORES VARIOUS UCAGUBS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21—COAST LEAGUE—Sacramento 4.
Sari Eranrrisco <1 Salt Lake 4. Los Angelas 1. OaV'antl 3, Portland 2
Vernon 4. Seattle 3. ,
NATIONAL LEAGUE—New York s. Brooklyn 1 St. Louis 5,
Pittsburg 10. Cincinnati 1. Chicago 3. Philadelphia and Boston game
postponed on account of rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE—Cleveland S, Detroit 4. Boston 15, Phila
delphia 4. Washington 3. New York 10. St. Louis 2. Chicago 4.
LLOYD GEORGE
SUBMITS TO
PRESS QUIZ
Genoa. April 22—Facing the fire of a hundred newspapermen
from nearly every country. Lloyd George in answering questions, announc
ed that the Germans had accepted the Allies conditions regarding the
Russian-German treaty and predicted that the Russian reply to the^ Allied
proposals should permit further hopeful negotiations. George expressed
unshakeabie conviction that the conference will prove a great success and
expressed further confidence that it would adopt a treaty whereby all
European nations would refrain from aggression; said that without pact
the conference would be a failure.
Lloyd George met the correspondents in the Royal Palace, speaking
be removed his overcoat, stroked his white hair wearily and announced,
“1 came not to speak but rather to answer questions, to clear up misunder
standing." He answered questions instantly and positively, replying to
questions from neutral correspondents he said that he considered informal
:conferences essential and that they had been used successfully at Washing
ton. He declared that Russia and Germany could be members of the
league of nations and that without the league they would be impotent.
(George departed uuiid an ovation and said "when you have any other ques
tions to ask. let me know."
BOLSHEVIK I CONCENTRATING FORCES ON BORDER
RIGA, April 22—Dispatches from out of PectoV say that the Bol
shevik! have ordered all males between the ages of IS and 40 into the
army and are concentrating a large force along the Polish-Roumanian
border
WHOLESALE MEAT PRICES HAVE DECLINED
CHICAGO. April 22—The American Institute of Meat Packers has
.announced that wholesale meat prices have declined tremendously since the
war. Peace quotations give an average value of all meat products ex
ported in 1921 as fourteen and three quarters cents per pound as compared
with *hirty one and one half cents in 1919.
BELFAST GUNMEN SHOOT TWO WOMEN
BELFAST. April 22—Gunmen fired until their ammunition was
exhausted, killing one boy and wounding four other persons, including two
women
COAL STIUKE BEGINNING TO life FfeLt
WHEELING, W. Va., April 22—Coal shortage, due to the coal
! strike, has caused the Denwood plant of the Wheeling Steel and Iron Com
pany to announce that the plant will toda£ close for an Indefinite period
of time. This announcement will affect $00 men.
kAiI.WAY L'Nbfch WATER MlSSisslt-l'l VAl.LfcY
NEW ORLEANS, April 22—Thirty miles of track along the North
Vicksburg railway are under water in the Ystzoo and Mississippi valley.
RADIO IMPROVEMENTS PERFECTED BY NAVY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON. April 22—Secretary Denby has announced that the
Bureau of Engineers, of the Navy Department, have designed a universal
amplifier which will give the same amplification from a short wave length
up to 20,000 metres.
SECRETARY weeks attends burial
WASH INGTON, April 22—Weeks attended the burial of four
Officers and sixty two men in the Arlington cemetery. These bodies
vtero the last of 45,000 whose relatives wished their bodies exhumed.
CONGRESS APPROPRIATES
MILLIONS FOR
WASHINGTON, April 22 One million dollars for control of tho
flood waters- of the .Mississippi river was made available immediately by
a resolution rushed thru the Senate and House yesterday.
«W\ESE THKKATKNKI) CIVIL W.Alt BECOMING (JIUVK
PEKING. April 22—Troops of Chang Tsaolin, Governor of Manchu
ria. took possession of Peking and Tientsin, replacing the local police under
orders. President Ssu Shilchang regards the threatened civil war
between Chang Ssaolin and Wu Peifu as taking on a very grave aspect.
GOMPEKS PREDK7TS EARLY SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE
NEW YORK. April 22--Gompers yesterday predicted that there
would be an early settlement of th*1 coal strike. ,
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I MAI. STIUKKIIS INrftK.INK IN ADHKRHNTit
INDIANAPOLIS. April 22—Officials, at the close of the third week
of the coal strike said that 80.000 miners are out, which is 20.000 more
than last week.
MONASTYR-SALONIKA
STORIES LIKELY
RESULT CONFUSION
ATHENS. April 22—Advices Tram Salonika report a great loss ot lifo
thru the explosion ot large quantities of war material yesterday. Hun
dreds ot children were burled in the ruins of a church where sheila fell.
It is believed that IS,000 soldiers were buried in the destroyed barracks.
Details are lacking but the report seems to be the same as the one referr
ing to Monastyr and likely is meant tor the same place and accident. „
Monastyr is eighty miles east of Salonika.
I.KVKK imK.AKS COVER MANY ACRES OF LAND
McCLURE, Ili., April 22—Six break* have occurred in the Levee
and it is estimated that the water flooding this section will cover 40,000
acres of land and that by night the country will be under two feet of
water. Residents are fleeing for their lives. j
WASHINGTON ANNOUNCES LABOR IMPROVEMENT
WASHINGTON. April 22—Washington officially announces that
the employment situation is improving. They state that for every hun
dred jobs available in January there were 226 applicants compared with
160 applicants now.
WAYWARD MON CAUSES MOTHER'S DEATH
NBW YORK; April 22—Brooding ovfcr the fate of her son, who is
'facing a twenty year sentence in. Sing Sing for robbery, Mrs. Hannah
Donovan committed suicide by jumping from the rodf of a tenement house.
MURDERER THROWS BODY INTO RIVER, RECOVERED
PORTLAND, April 22—The body of Frank Bowker has been re
covered from the Calapoola river where it had been thrown following the
murder of Bowker by ussell Hecker. aged 19. HecITCr confessed the mur
der and the manner in which he disposed of the body. Authorities at
first scouted the confession but investigated and established the truth.
MARY GARDEN AN ENTHUSIASTIC PUG FAX
DENVER. April 22—Mary Garden, of Operatic fame, attended a
prize fight here. The noted director stood on a chair and applavded
when Fred Fulton knocked out Robert Roffer of%Chlcago.