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DEMONSTRATIONS HELD IN BERLINPEOPLE SHOUT "DO"'N WITH WILSON; DOWN WITH AMERICANS"

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CROWDS GATHER INFRONT OF HOTELO;

TROOPS MOVE CROWDSpeaker Declares "Germany's Confi-

dence in Wilson Has Been ShamefullyAbused." W est Russia and EastPrussia Threaten Armed Resistanceif Government Accepts Article WhichWould Separate German Territory

Berlin, May 1 i.--Fifteen thousal id pieople, a m majority ofwhorli werIe serialists. Iield at demona stlrationl ill Ifront of theHotel Adlon, crying: "l)owil with \\ilsoii; down with Aimer-icans.' The tumult grew in rlont of Americani headquarters,until 50 soldiers arrived( and (leared the str'eels. Crowds gathi-ered for a demonstration against the peace terms in front ofthe Rechastaf.

Richard Fischer, in an address,said the German's confidence in Wil-son had been shamefully abused, andthat the government would not signthe treaty. The demonstrators thensurged toward the Hotel Adlon, hoot-ing, jeering and shouting "robbers."The tumultous scene lasted for a halfhour.

Strongest opposition to thie treatyseems to be in the eastern provinces,especially in West Prussia and EastPrussia. Thousands of telegramsreceived here from those districtsthreaten armed resistance if the gov-ernment accepts the article whichwould separate the purely Germanterritory in East Prussia. Radicalsdeclare that the treaty must besigned and that the world socialistswill revise the terms later.

Commercial industrial leadersconsider the terms as more than amaximum of the allies expected andthat the latter consequently will bewilling to bargain with Wilson in therole of bargainer. Open oppositionof the treaty by the government asexpressed by Scheidemann and othersis supplemented by statements ofvarious Germans.

Dr. Stressman declared the termsmean slavery and loss of independ-ence, and said they are a mockery ofWilson's principles, on which basisGermany surrendered. He declared:"It should be the life task of everyGerman to revenge this unprecedent-ed deception."

Despite the present widespreadand spectacular campaign againstsigning the treaty, careful inquiriesamong factional leaders, convincedthe correspondents that Germanywill accept the terms when the timecomes for the "show down."

(Special United Press Wire.)Zurich, May 14.-Europe Press, a

German news agency, circulated thefollowing interview with ForeignMinister Brockdorff-Rantzau: "Thepeace terms as implied are unbeliev-able, because they ask the impossible.The entente demands material guar-antees, but wont accept moral guar-antees; this shows its distrust of us.We want an organized world in whichGermany will have the same rightsas other people."

THE WEATHER.

Showers, cooler.

THIRTY-DAY CONVENTIONOF THE TRAINMEN OPENS

(By United Press.)Colhmbus, Ohio, May 14.--Prob-

lems affecting labor conditions andwage schedules will hold a place ofminor importance, at the triennialconvention of the InternationalBrotherhood of Railroad Trainmenwhich will be held in Columbus for30 days commencing today.

B. B. Callahan, chairman of thecommittee in charge of the conven-tion, stated that questions other thanthe redrafting of the constitution ofthe brotherhood will be purely inci-dental.

"Of course, wage and labor mat-ters may come up," he said, "but atpresent the railroad men have nogrievances to publicly broach."

More than 25,000 visitors are ex-pected to be in Columbus for theconvention, which will be the largestever held by the brotherhood. Dele-gates are here from all sections of

SAYS GIRLSLURED BY

CHINKSPolice Captain Asserts That

Young Women Taught toSmoke Opium and At-tracted to Dens.

Allegations by Capt. Mike O'Don-nell and Detective Joe Powell thata group of Chinese are operating anopium joint in the building at 212South Colorado street and that thehabitues are not only Chinamen andadult white men and women, butthat girls of tender years are luredthere to become slaves of the poppy,resulted in police court this morningin the conviction of Tom Chung, al-leged by the officers to be one ofthose in charge of the joint. Acomplete opium smoker's layout,comprising a pipe, a spirit lamp anda supply of a cheaper grade ofopium, seized by the officers in theirraid on the building several nightsago, were produced in evidence.

According to the story told thecourt by Captain O'Donnell, lettershave been received from varioussources by the police officials to theeffect that the place raided wasused as an opium joint. He statedthat he and Detective Powell madea sudden descent on the place theother night and after pounding onone of the doors for a space of afew minutes finally gained entranceto a room, where through a cloud ofsmoke, tinged with opium fumes,they saw Tom Chung and a notori-ous woman of the underworld,"Cupid" Hartman.

The officer testified that a casual

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the United States and Canada.One of the features of the opening

days will be a huge parade on May18, in which more than 10,000 rail-road men in "working clothes" will

participate.Among the speakers scheduled to

address the meetings of the train-men are Secretary of Labor WilliamB. Wilson, Samuel Gompers, presi-dent of the American Federation ofLabor, and Walker D. Hines, directorgeneral of railroads.

LANDING IS AUTHORIZED.

Lisbon, May 14.-The Portuguesegovernment has authorized the land-ing of American seaplanes in theAzores and at Lisbon, it has been an-nounced, following parleys, whichlasted over a month.

PARK CITY STRIKE CONTINUES;OTHER CAMPS TAKING ACTION(Special to the Bulletin.)

Park City, Utah, May 11 l.--Withthe mine owners of the Tintic districtat Eureka refusing to consider thedemands of the miners of that dis-trict for a raise of 75 cents per day.that they be lowered into and raisedfrom the mines on company time,abolition of the rustling card andcessation of discrimination againstmembers of any organization, thestrike of the Park City miners calledhere on the eighth of May bids fairto spread to every mill, mine andsmelter in the state of Utah, if notthe entire west.

Latest advices received here fromEureka indicate that the mass meet-ing of miners held there will resultin a general walkout, while reportsfrom Bingham Canon are to the ef-fect that a similar strike movementis on in that camp.

The Park City strike continueswith no abatement of the splendidsolidarity of the miners that hascharacterized the movement fromnthe first.

The prostitute press of aSlt LakcCity is carrying on a vicious cam-paign of lies and misrepresentationsin news and editorial columns, mak-ing frantic efforts to divide the work-ers along racial lines by shriekingthat the strike is being engineeredby an "anarchistic" foreign element,that desires to bring on an insuirec-tion and overthrow the government.These journalistic prostitutes wouldhave the outside public believe thatthere is a large "loyal" Americanelement here bitterly opposed to thestrike, and desirous of returning towork under the old conditions. Allthe old flag-waving, hypocritical ap-peals to patriotism used so effectivelyagainst the workers during the werare being tried again by these jour-nalistic tools of the mine owners inthe hope that the solidarity of thestrikers may be broken, and the pub-lic mind framed for future deporta-tions and the use of the militarypower in crushing out all attempts ofthe workers to secure a little largershare of the products of their owntoil.

Much has been said in the hirelingpress about the unfairness of thestrikers in calling out the pumnpmenand flooding and destroying theproperties. The truth is that the oldOntario mine is the only property inthis district not drained by gravity,and this mine could not flood higherthan the 1,500-foot level, a tunnelcarrying off the watgr from thatr level. Much secrecy and mystery

surrounds this particular property.The portal has been boarded up andS'stubble jumper" guards patrol allapproaches to the mine night andday. A number of the strikers secretservice stated Positively yesterdaythat the pumps were running and

- none of the workings had been flbod-ed. On top of this report came thenews that former ebployes of the

Ontario now on strike had been ap-proached by that company's officialswith a proposal for a settlement ofthe strike. 'lThe men approached re-ferred their former bosses to thegeneral strike committee, statingthat the miners of this district hadacted as a unit in striking for livingconditions in all the mines and wouldcontinue to so act.

The usual vicious type of gunmenhave not made an appearance here,all properties being patrolled by"stubble jumpers" from the outlyingranch and farm districts who ha\ebeen deputized by County SheriffMcCarry. They are a tame lookingbunch of frightened rubes, whoseonly object seems to be to draw downtheir $5 per dlieml allowed by thecounty for such gun toting services.

One of the mlost interesting phasesof the strike was the unanimity ofthe strikers in turning down all of-fers of State Labor CommisionerKnerr to at1 is a mediator betweenthe owners and 11he men, with a view

NOBODY WANTS TOPROSECUTE THE

KAISERWould Leave It to One of

Wronged Countries. Pun-ishment Was Plank inLloyd George's Campaign

(Special nit,.d Press Wire.)Paris, .\Ja 1 4.--The hanging of

Kaiser \\ilhlirli, and otherwise pun-ishing hlim. is plroving a less simplemlatter thatn ;l l•ijoirity of responsi-bilities the coimii l

iission had antici-

pated. .\ majoriti plan, which wasadopted over ih' objections of theAmericall alndl J:Ilianese members ofthe (c(lioulii

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' provided that one

of the w:~:,1 i ,untries should actas pr;oscitir. It is now difficult tofind aniy (.min y who is willing toa c t in hi ;t , , ;i , i l y.

tlelgimi, h(. i obvious choice, doesnot wal t u ,i jisai

•n the roll and noother :ou i ntry hlis made known awillingness It, rosecute the kaiser,though t:rallc i'and England havebeen s,undi,'d i it. Despite the factthat l.lorvd t; i-rge was practicallyforced duriig rth last election tomake the pIulilhmeint of Wilhelmone of hisa ca;lll

)ign planks, a gen-

eral mnode't ioi of British charactermight con'pl

l ithe! government to go

slow, through fear of reaction of theBritish latural sporting Instinct.

to future arbitration. At a massmeeting held shortly after t I h strikehad been called Knerr plead withthe men not to pull the pIullpen offthe job, and to submit their demuandsto an arbitration board. All suchoffers were splurnled, the strikersstanding on the principle that theywere demanding a living wage forthemselves and their families andthat such an issue as that offerednothing for colmpromlise or arbitra-tion. On the qtuestsion of calling thepumpmen off the job, the strikerstook the stand that the responsibilityfor any flooding of the mines thatmight result from such action restedwith the mine owners, as the de-mands for living conditions had beenipresented to them and they could at ton them at once or take the conuse-quences. T'he strikers voted almostto a •itan to call the IIpumpmen andMr. Kne'rr went back to Salt laketa sadder ailid a. wiser mlan. Ilis nextmnove was to wire the department oflabor at Washington of his failure,asking that a federal mediator hesent on here to try again where Ihhad failed. Latest advices fromWashington indicate that Hywell)Daies is on his way to Utah for thatpurpose. Just what receptionu thisofficial will receive at the hands ofthe strikers remains to be een.

The strikers seetm to take thewhole strike nmovement here as ai

huge joke, and indulge in many alaugh after reading the lulrid lies intihe capitalist press, while the holi-day spirit pervades all nationalities.The strike has given tmany of themitheir first real rest front wage slav-Iry for mHany a year.

All eyes are turned on Eureka andIthe other camps not yet out. Allrealize that now is thie time of alltimes, with the price of metals ad-vatncing, to sitrike against a system ofslavery that has denied them andtheir families even a bare livingwage. 'IThe P'iarI City mnle expectevery camp in the entire west tocome and come' clean, standing asthey do oa the principle that an itn-jury to one is the concern of all.They know that the same basiccauses of unrest- -wage cuts in themniddle of the past winter, exorbitantprices for all the bare fundamentalsof a decent living, obsolete, wornoutand dangerous hoisting machinery,and unbearable working conditionswithin the' iines--that exist here,also exist in all the camps of the en-tire west. 'Tihey know that now isthetime of all times of the year to strike-making comitmon cause against thecommllon opplressor.

The executive end of the strikehere is being handled by a strikecommittee of nine, who hold dailysessions and issue bulletins fromtime to time, encouraging the men tocontinue their splendid tactics ofpeaceful solidarity. Mass meetings

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"BIG FOUR" RECEIVESNEW NOTES FROM

GERMAN DELEGATESSeven Communications in All Have

Been Received. Allies Refuse Requestsin First Two. The Two Dealing WithLabor and War Prisoners Are TurnedOver to Experts. A Reply to the LaborNote Will Probably Be Made TodayIl'i s, lly I i. T'rlie biii I' l e as received three new

niles I'lo(lii Ilthe (ier'l lll ll 1,egl lles, irelati\e l • the peace term s,Iho alieille I, wit li sir is• t disclu se I. C(tfieCll( e is expressedill high tItIIlers here. lobwillihsleiidliig lhe ipresenlit flootd ofe'in it niltic' alinill i I' n I•ri (il'liila . that ithe will complli lete theirobhje tions to the Iel'tl i. wilhini I I 15-d• y limit. mid that the

MAY SETTLELICENSE

ROWCity Officials to Descend on

Helena Tomorrow to In-terview Secretary of StateAbout Auto Tags.

In ani effort to reach soiie unllder-standing with the secretary of stateand 1the attorney general l as to thepart the police of Butle are to playin enforcing the state law providingfor licensing of autos, layor Sotid-len, City Attorney ('linton andl CitTreasurer Strasburger are i\pectedto journey to Helena tonlorro,.

Since the qulestionl of juri-cd;etionof the city allthorities in I1ti( matterwas raised yesterday by anti attorneyin defense of a party arrested fordriving a car without the stalte licenseplates attached, the city officialshave been( "upl in thei air. as to theiruauthorit y.

It is also stated that the secretaryof state's a;ctioni in autlhorizing pur-chasers of new cars to op)erat e theirmachines within the city limits for 12or 14 days, in effeclt, lessens the pro-tection gven piedestrians through theenlforcemllent of the license numlllberprovisions.

In police court this morning, whentestifying itn the case of tihe cityagainst Barney McCue, the citytreasurer asserted that as tmattelsnow stand the secretary of state isusing the Ilutte police force for a col-lection agency.McCue, who demlonstrated that he

had sent his check to the secretaryof state in paynllltll of his license, butihad not received either a receipt orthe liceinse plates, was fined $10 byJudge Grimnes.

AMERICAN FLAG WAVERSFLOCK TO PORTO RICA

San Juan, Porto Rico, May 14.-American .o'rporations air' (oining toPorto Rico to escape the UnitedStates income tax, declared SantiagoIglesias. A. F. of L. organizer andmnenmber of the Porto Rican senate,before a representative delegation ofUnited States congressmenll who areinvestigating island conditions.

Iglesias showed that tinder thePorto Rican law these corporationswill pay 50 and 76 per cent less thanthey would have to in the UnitedStates. and that if the corporationswere not permitted to escape thistaxation, and were forced to paytheir just dues into the island treas-ury. schools could be built.

The trade unionist stated that inthe last live years progress in theschools has stopped.

"In five years we have lost in ourschcols 49,000 children," he said.

allies will make a reply within an-olher 10 dlays.

Seve n .olllmullnnications concerningthe tIreaty- have been delivered to theallies. lRequests contained in thelirst two were promptly refused; thesecound two, dealing with labor andGerman war prisoners, was referredto the sitecial committee of experts.It is believed the reply to the labornote will he made today. The labornote, whIichl is admitted to be clever,nmaa;y be used as a wedge for more ob-

jections, or as a means of winningsympathy of certain radical elementsthroughlout the world.

The (;ermnan plan for a league ofnations, which was referred to theallied league commission, it. islearned, sets forth the following prin-cipals: Prevention of internationaldisputes, universal disarmament,freedom of traffic, general equalityof economic rights and protection ofnational minorities and a creation otian international workers' bureau,regulation of colonial questions,union existing, future internationalministrations, creation of an inter-national parliament. A league underthe German plan would include allneutrals comprising The Hague arbi-tration league; the league would becomposed of two bodies, a congressof states and an international parlia-ment. All secret treaties would beabrogated.

(Special United Press Wire.)Paris, May I4.---"Tlhe peace

treaty as it now stands will leavePortugal ruined," said Juan Cagas,menmber of the Portugal peace dele-gation.. "The war cost Portugalfour hundred million dolars, eco-nomic losses attributed to the war,more than one and a half billion ormore than 50 per cent of the totalof the relpublic's fortune. As thetreaty does not recognize that Ger-many owes us anything, and the wardebts will remain saddled on i.ntn-gal, how can the country recover?"

(Special United Press Wire.)Paris, May 4.--Chancellor Ren-

ner, head of the Austrian peace dele.gation, declared in an interview thathe intends to return to Vienna witha peace that will end the sufferings

in his country. "I intend to followthe decision of the national assemblywhile at St. Germain, and return witha peace which will end suffering in

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"In 1904, when our imports and ex-ports were $79,000,000, we sent142,000 children to our schools. In1916, when our imports and exportsexceeded over $137,000,000, we hadonly 106,000 children in the schools,a loss of 48,000. What argumentcan defend a condition wherein ourcountry has increased its richnessthree times while we are losing inschools, in sanitation, in roads andin all those things that are neededby the people of Porto Rico? Ab-sentee capitalists is the biggest thingwe have to contend with in our eco-nomic problem.

'The paramount problem of PortoRico is to raise the workers' stan-dard of living. Political talk is onlya question of sentiment and at thistime nothing can be done with polit-ical talks-the first need of the islandis constructive work among thqmasses."