VOL. 17VIII. NO. 18,123.
PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECE31BER 24, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LEAGUE DECLARED
FIRST ESSENTIAL
Allies to Dictate; Huns to
Subscribe.
TREATY OF PEACE TO FOLLOW
Plan of Procedure Evolved in
V French Capital. ,
ENEMY POWERS MUST PAY
Fall Membership In Society of Na
tions Impossible Until "War
V
Debt Is Fully Paid.
PARIS, Dee. 23. The Matin today
Vas . authorized to print the article
which was censored yesterday. The
article, the first headline of which
read "Testerday's Utopia Tomorrow's
Reality," sets forth the manner of pro
cedure of the "'promoters of a league
of nations acting in agreement with
the allied governments." i
The allied governments, the article
cays, will decide the principles of such
an organization, which will include
compulsory arbitration and limitation
of armaments. Germany and her
former allies will then be told that
they must accept these principles, after
which' the treaty of peace will be for
mulated. Later a conference will be
held to discuss the formation of a
league. Neutrals will be admitted, the
article continues, but Germany would
not have an equal standing until she
had expiated her misdeeds and before
she can do so an international organi
sation will be working.
People's Rights Fundamental.
"There , will be three stages," the
Matin says. "First, the allied govern
ments will settle among themselves the
principles of a league. As a funda
mental rule they will set down the
right of peoples to decide their own
destinies. As a practical consequence
It follows that there will be limitation
of armaments and compulsory arbitra- j
tlon among the nations. It seems in
dispensable that at this point the
entente countries bind themselves to
put these clauses in the preliminaries
of peace.
"It has appeared absolutely necessary
to the promoters that the regime of
the future world should be fixed in its
main outlines before there are any
questions of Indemnities and terri
tories, so that for the first time in
history the deliberations of the pleni
potentiaries should be dominated by
higher ideals than mere individual in
terest.. Enemy Pswera Mnst Subscribe.
"The second act will consist In
notifying the enemy powers of the
fundamental principles laid down in
the preliminaries and requiring from
them their adhesion to these principles.
As to other conditions of peace pre
Iiminarles, as in the case of stipulations
of a territorial, financial and economic
character, no discussion will be ad
mitted. The entente delegates will
say to Germany and her allies:
" 'Compulsory arbitration and limita
tion of armaments are integral parts
of our conditions. You must sub
scribe to them at once. Tou will know
later how these principles will be ap-
plied.'-
"The preliminaries once signed, de-
fif t Vi a nftftf. trwatir will Km HI..
cussed among the belligerents and only
after the signing of. this treaty of
peace proper will the third stage be
reached. This will be a universal con
ference to settle the new relations to
be created between the peoples.
Neutrals May Be Admitted.
"To this conference neutrals may be
admitted. No nation, however, will be
admitted to full membership in the
league of nations if it does not offer
sufficient guarantees. Germany, having
started the war, will have been con
demned by the peace conference to
make restitution and reparation. She
cannot be regarded as being on an
equal footing with other nations until
she has paid her debt. Germany has
committed a crime and she must atone
for it before she can be admitted to
the ranks of honest and civilized peo
ples. "Meanwhile, the other countries will
be united by formal agreements, a
world police will have been created and
sanctions of all kinds will have been
instituted. An international tribunal
will be working and the spectre ol
.war, as far as it is humanly possible.
will be banished from the path
civilization."
ol
LATE AMBASSADOR LAUDED
State Department Praises Services
of Walter H. Page.
WASHINGTON. Dec 23. Assistant
Secretary William Phillips Was desig
nated today to represent the State De
partment at the funeral at Aberdeen,
N. C, tomorrow, of Walter Hines Page,
former Ambassador to Great Britain,
who died there Saturday night.
The State Department issued this
statement on Mr. Page's service:
"From the date of his appontment as
Ambassador Extraordinary and pleni
potentiary to Great Britain in April,
1913, until he was forced by illness to
relinquish his post. Mr. Page devoted
himself most assiduously to bringing
about a more complete understanding
between the two great English-speaking
nations."
RAW-BONED COWBOY
KILLER OF LANGLEY
YOUTH NOT YET 2 0 YEARS OLD
CONFESSES TO 3ICRDEK.
No Reasons Given for Committing;
Crime, but Cigarettes, Boy Says,
Gave Him Nerve to Do It.
BAKER, Or., Dec. 23. (Special.)
James Justus, a big, rawboned cowboy
of less than 2u years of age. was ar
rested by Deputy Sheriffs Pierce, Jack
son, Heninger and District ' Attorney
Levens for the murder of Ira Langley.
prominent cattleman of Rye Valley.
Justus has confessed to the Langley
killing and the firing of shots at John
Griffin and Quincy Cartwrlght.
Justus was surprised by the officers
when 'he was In bed and offered no
resistance. ."When asked why he killed
Langley, Justus replied that he needed
killing, but had no exact reason.
He stated that he had fired on
Griffin and Cartwrlght ust to see them
run. Suspicion was directed to Justus
because of his erratic actions of the
past few days. The suspect was trailed
by the officers for five miles which
finally led to his home. '
The cartridge shell found at the scene
of the crime fitted the gun carried by
Justus. When aske about cigarette
stubs found at the .scene of crime,
Justus replied that he would never
have had the nerve to do it if it had
not been for the cigarettes.
His remarks at times were erratic
and at other times shrewd. He has
been making his home with his parents
and brothers and is well known in
Rye Valley section. He Is being held
In the County Jail without bait.
"FLU" RAGES IN SOUTH SEA
Island Groups Are Threatened With
Depopulation.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 23. Depopu
lation, through Spanish influenza,
threatens the Tahitlan, Solomon, Gil
bert and other island groups in the
South Pacific according to passengers
of the Union liner Moana, which ar
rived here today from Sydney and
Wellington, via Papeete.
More than 600 of a population of
3700 at Papeete, capital of Tahiti, died
during the week preceding the arrival
of the Moana, passengers said, and
scores of persons begged the ship's
captain for passage to San Francisco
to escape the malady. The request
had to be denied because Captain E.
A. Barlow could not subject his pas
sengers to the disease.
CHRISTMAS SHIP DELAYED
Children of Southeast Alaska to Get
Mall Two Days Late.
JUNEAU. Alaska, Dec. 23. Children
of Southeast Alaska are bemoaning the
fact that Christmas mall from the
States will be at least two days late
this year. The steamer City of Seattle
was to have been. the "Christmas ship,"
arriving with holiday cheer before
Christmas.
Cancelling of mail contracts by the
Government has resulted in such ir
regular service, it is said, that the Ter
ritorial Council of Defense has taken
up the matter with the authorities at
Washington.
SOLDIERS TO EAT PUDDING
Millions of Articles Seqt Abroad by
Knights of Columbus.
NEW TORK, Dec 23. Hot plum pud
ding will be served to soldiers overseas
on Christmas day from 45 rolling kit
chens, manned by Knights of Colum-
bus secretaries, it was announced here
tonight.
I Other holiday cheer eent abroad for
Boldiers and sailors by the Knights o
I Columbus includes 40,000,000 cigarettes
' SO uftft nminris of" Yiarit pandv fin AAA
' pounds of chocolates, 50,000 pounds of
lemon drops, za.ouu pounds of gum
drops and 1,000,000 packages of chew
ing gum.
STORAGE EGGS PASS TEST
Chicago Experiment Shows
Difference In Varieties.
Llttl
CHICAGO. -Dec 23. Dr. John Dill
Robertson. health cor.-.missioner o
Chicago, with 24 inquiring guests, con
ducted an experiment in tne matter o
eggs today.
The guests wear served strictly fresh
eggs and eggs p! -ced in cold storage
last Spring. They didn't know which
was which and the verdict was that
one tasted as good as another, but that
the storage eggs were a shade darker.
MASARYK ASSUMES OFFICE
President of Czecho-SIovak Repnblic
Takes Oath,
i
PRAGUE. Bohemia, Sunday, Dec. 22
Professor T. G. Masaryk, president of
the Czecho-SIovak republic, . took th
oath of office as President today in the
Diet building. The President's oath
on assuming the office was as follows
"I promise, as President, of th
Czecho-SIovak Republic on my honor
and conscience, that I will care for th
welfare of the republic and its people
and respect its laws.
WORKERS' COUNCIL WANTED
Appeal Made for "Glorious Com
monwealth"; Capitalism Is Hit.
BUTTE. Mont., Dec 23. A page ad
vertisement, appearing in a local news
paper and signed, "Workers' Council,"
appeals for the establishment of a
workers" commonwealth in America.
The article is headed, "Down With
Capitalism," and concludes:
"Up with the glorious commonwealth
of the workers! Come on! Victory to
the working class!"
IP HA n-NLWS
DECLARED ILLEGAL
Associated Press Wins" in
U. S. Supreme Court.
HEARST SERVICE ELCCKED
Copying of News and Bribery
of Employes Condemned.
LAINTIFFS RIGHT UPHELD
Injunctions Barring International
Sfews Service From Pirate
Methods Allowed to Stand.
WASHINGTON, Dec 23. The 6u
preme Court of the United States to
day sustained Federal Court decrees
restraining the International News
Service from pirating news of the
Associated Press.
Five members of the court, lnclud
Ing Chief Justice White, concurred in
majority opinion delivered by Asso-
late Justice Pitney, upholding the
principle, of a property right in news
and the complaint of unfair competi
tion,' and refusing to Interfere "with
injunctions specifically prohibiting- the
nternational News Service from pirat
ing by:
Bribing employes of newspapers to
urnish Associated Press news before
publication for transmission to the de
fendant's clients.
Twa Majority Opinions Glvem.
In ' inducing Associated Press mem
bers to violate its by-laws by permit
ting the defendant to obtain news by
publication.
Copying news from bulletin boards
and from early editions of Associated
Press newspapers and selling it either
bodily or after rewriting.
Two minority opinions were deliv
ered. Associate Justice Brandeis dis
sented entirely, declaring that, while
the Injustice of the use of unearned
news matter by a competitor was ob
vious, the defendant had acted without
misrepresentation and he regarded the
majority action as laying down a dan
gerous opinion, which might result In
the denial to, a great number of people
of news that only the Associated Press
secures. He suggested that there should
be legislation to protect the public
rights.
Legal Remedy Held NeedfaL
Associate Justice Holmes delivered
brief opinion in which he announced
that Associate Justice McKenna joined,
holding that fraud on the part of the
defendant in palming off the complain
ants news as Its own constituted the
only ground of action and that without
legilsation the only remedy to be ap
plied was to grant an injunction requir-
ing the International News to credit teH
Associated press an piratea news used
within ascertain number of hours after
publication by Associated Press papers.
It is a question of how strong an
infusion of fraud 1" necessary to turn
flavor into a . poison," said Justice
Holmes. "The dose seems to me to be
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Official Casualty List.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Casualty
lists today contain 6383 names, ol
which 110 were killed in action. 65 died
of wounds, 13 of accident. 73 of disease,
1749 wounded severely. 2645 degree un
determined, 1612 wounded slightly, and
116 missing In action. .Following is th
tabulated summary:
Deaths Reported. Today.
Killed In action. 2B.iM7 110
Lost st sea S'.'tS
Died of wounds. J0.4'.7
Died ot disease
Died ot accident.....
Total deaths. ..... .
Wounded
Miasms and prisoners
Total
casualties. . .. .178.614
0383 164.897
OBKtiON. .
Killed In art ion .
Cnrinensen. Alfred, Lents,
Or.
Died of disease - .
Monk. Newton H. Wllmer 8. Moak. 63 East
Twenty-first street. Portland. Or.
Kins. Wllfiod. Hood River.
-- Wonnded aeserel -
Or.
Witt. Arthur F. William H.
Viftw-fhirH at r.l.F Vorth.
Witt. "405 East
Portland. (Jr.
Hardy. Edward (Est.) Mrs. Willis Hsrdr.
Alexandria Court. Portland. Or.
Lee. A. I)., Madras. Or.
Baker. T. C.u Pilot Rock, Or.
Iv.non. Jack. Sllverton. Or.
Nellsen. L N.. Tlllamoolt. Or.
Stovall. Rodney C. Mrs. M. I. Btovall.
North Alblna avenue. Portland. Or.
Ellenburg, W. H. L.t-). ' Corvallls. Or.
Kimball. 6. E.. Hood River. Or.
Wounded (degree undetermined)
Walker. Leo O.. Ashland, Or.
46
Marsh. L. A.. Port Orford, or.
u.-.i.nrt .lull... o H. Moretand
412
East 17th street North, Portland. Or.
Vaughn, G. R.. Baker. Or.
Meier. C. J.. Springfield. Or.
ulul.. 1. aw-, 1 n n
Kuhl. Paul H., Mrs. William Kufcl. 346 East
Korty-eecond street, Portland.
Wounded slightly
Hoffman, W. w.. Powers. Or.
Cohans. Bill. Peter Kali as.
201 Madison
street. Portland. Or.
Justesen, Theodore ichauff.). Kent, Or.
i WASHINGTON.
Killed In action
Ponder Harry. Lacenter. Wash.
Clausen. G. M.. Seattle. Wash.
I )ld of wounds
Harper, C. A., Spokane, wasn.
Bruseth, J. H.. KveretU Wash.
tiled of disease
Polley. W. L. Apburn. Wasn.
Wounded severely
Koening, A. A., Forks, wasn.
Edwards. William. Deerpark. Wash. .
Bsxter, C. E.. Walvllle. Wash.
Uni. C. W.. Alger, wasn.
Iry. C. B., Spokane, wash.
Short. C. P. Seattle. Wash.
Moore. Hlle. prosser. nun.
Travers, Nelson. Spokane, wa.n.
Johnson, Robert, Aberdeen. Wash.
Bushey, C. M., Porter, wssn.
Whittle. John. Sesttle. Wssh.
Olcklnion. Ernest. Colfax. Wssh.
Orlando. Ralph. Mabton. Wash.
Hart. D. IS., AuDurn. wasn. r
Parker. E. S., Seattle. Wash.
Wlldberger. Albert. Sumaa. Wash.
Peterson. A. H.. Sesttle. Wash.
Wonnded (derree undetermined)-
Slllman. G- L. tSgt.). Spokane, Wash.
Price. E. M-. Everson. Wash.
Bunter, G. M. (Sgt). Sesttle. Wssh.
Hammer. Edward. Seattle. Wash.
Edwards, C. D., Saint John, Wash.
McNeely. Seattle. Wash.
Wltte. Marland. Rosalia. Wash.
Regan. Leonard, Aberdeen, Wash.
Schmelser. C. F., Pomeroy. Wash.
Avery. O. E., Msnette. Wash.
Cooley. A. L... Clarkaton. Wash.
Bourke, P. H., Edgecomb. Wash.
Cavaletto. 3. L.. Itenton. Wash.
Wounded slightly
Wills. A. B.. fcetvttle. Wash.
Cotton. E. U. Vt. Vernon. Wash.
Horr. J. H.. Ln Lake. Wasn.
Boerlnga. John. Gasmere, Wash.
Glfflns. W. E.. Sprsgue. Wssh.
T rumble. E. A.. Harrington. Wash.
Jean. A. L., Taeoma, Wash.
. IDAHO.
Killed In notion
Zeinkl. Frank ICpl.). Roy. Idaho.
Wonnded severely
Harris. WUUsm. Sweetwater, Idaho.
Knlgge. R. K- Files. Idaho.
u'Aimded (degree undetermined)
Barton. W. H., Jr. Cpl.). Pocatello. Idaho.
Lorentston. U- E.. Wallace. Idaho.
Budrow. T. T. (Cpl.). Twin Falls, Idaho.
Wounded Slightly
Church, Enoch, Welser, Idaho.
Ulnkel. C. C Gllmore. Idaho.
Johnson, A. J.. Richfield. Idaho,
ALABAMA.
Killed In action
Black, Samuel (Sst.)
New Decatur, Ala.
Died ol wounas
A pied of disr.
B. F.. iteueviue. All.
Worthy, W. G., Phoenix. Ala.
Smith. George. Bucks. Ala.
ARIZONA.
Killed to action
Knozvlch. Fred, Globe. Aril.
ARKANSAS.
Killed In action
Michel. C. E. H., Emmitt, Ark.
Winters. Courtlln, McNeil. Ark.
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Total.
21.107
8U0
65 lO.Sr.2
, l5.8t- i-i
, a. ton 13 a.r-!i
, 55.646 . 261 55.907
,10o.7i0 5u lll.rt'M
I7.is 2ie I7.a84
BACK TO THE GOOD OLD CAMOUFLAGE OF
FRENCH GNORnNT
OF ENGLISH SPEECH
Pronunciation Over There
Proves Puzzling.
HUNS CAN SPEAK ENGLISH
Poincare and Clemenceau
Make You Feel at Home.
LEARN LANGUAGE IS URGED
If Ton Are Going: Through Provinces
Tls Well to Know French.
Banquet In London Recalled.
TWEXTT-SECOSO 1ETTER.
BT EDOAB, B. TIPER.
PARIS. France. Nov. . (Editorial
Correspondence.) Tou can get along
first rate in France, anywhere, as a
rule, if you speak no French, and if
you cannot read 1U for there are always
Americans and English and In parla
there are numerous Frenchman, mostly
in the shops and hotels, who have
working knowledge of the language.
But. on. the whole, the French people
are as profoundly ignorant of English
as the English and Americans are of
French. - -
Great men like Poincare and Clemen
ceau make you at home by using your
native speech; but the suspicion is jus
tified that they are exceptions, even
among the literati and statesmen of the
republic Tou may not expect the
pollu to have a vocabulary outside his
own expressive and explosive dialect;
but you look for something different
among: the educated classes. Tou don't
find it.
Tou can Imagine the plight of a for
eigner traveling In America who is
familiar only Vith his own tongue. It
would be mu.u the same in France,
with the exceptions noted. It it were
not for the presence now of vast num-
be: of your own kind. Unquestlon
ably, you miss much by your limited
lingual equipment. Tou are In France,
but you are not of H. Tou. see it. but
you can't hear it, and you can feel It
only in a limited war. .
Aniens Incident Hccalled-
The traveler from Oregon was left
in a hotel at Amiens while his com
panlons. a British Major, who was on
speaking terms with perhaps 100
French words, and an, editor who con
fined his studies of French entirely to
menus and wine cards, went to hunt up
a motor-car mechanic. The stranger
sought to carry on a conversation
with the French landlady, employing
the few words that he thought re
mained in his mental treasury from
school-book reading of Fenelon and
Racine in the original many years ago.
The attempt was a deplorable failure.
He wanted milk and toast and eggs,
and he asked for a place to lie down,
and when ne naa eioowed his way
through a half dozen puzzled but will
ing attendants to a cold waiting room
and found an accommodating lounge
he needed a blanket and a fire. The
I .(Concluded on Page 2. Column S.)
SAINT NICK.
FALL KILLS LAWYER
FIGHTING POSTMASTER
POLITICAL ENMITT" BRINGS ON
CLASH AT LnriXGSTON, MONT.
Republican State Chairman HarTey
Succumbs to Fractured Skull
and Antagonist Is Jailed.
LIVINGSTON. Mont, Dec -3. O. M.
Harvey. Republican state chairman, and
one of the most prominent attorneys
Jn Montana, .died at 6 o'clock tonight
from a fractured skull sustained In a
fall to the sidewalk during a fist-fight
on the streets here half an hour earlier.
witn Postmaster J. E. SwlndlehursL
Swlndlehurst gave himself up to the
Sheriff and Is in the County JalL
witnesses to the tragedy refused to
snake any statement. Before being
taken to the County Jail. Swlndlehurst
refused to make any statement con
cerning the affair, on advice of counsel.
Political differences between the two
have been commonly known for three
years past, say friends of both men.
and this enmity resulted in their en
counter on the main street of Living
ston this afternoon.
Harvey was widely known through
out the State as a Rraublian learier
As state chairman of the Republican
party, he conducted the campaign this
aIL Lntil a few days ajref he was
local counsel for the Northern Pacific
Railway Company.
MUNITION WORKERS LET GO
Remington and Union Metallic Lose
Contracts and Force Is Cut.
BRIDGEPORT, Ct Dec. 23. More
than 300 men and women were laid
off here today when notices were post
ed in the two plants of the Remington
Arms and Union Metallic Cartridge
Company, announcing that practically
all "its ordnance deoartment rntitrr.
had. been canceled. Less than 1000
persons will remain at the Remington
plant and about 2000 at the Ufclon Me
tallic cartridge plant. It was announced
tonight.
UTICA. N. T.. Dec. 23. The Reming
ton Arms Company's plant at Ilion. en
gaged In Government work, was closed
this afternoon. At one time 18,000 per
sons were employed. About 6000 were
at work this morning.
TAC0MA FIREMEN RESIGN
January 1 Is Effective Date TJnless
Salary Increase Granted.
TACOMA. Wash., Dec .23. With th
exception of Fire Chief Carlson, the
assistant chief and one other fireman
all the members of the city fire depart
ment today handed In their reslgna
Hons to the City Council today to take
effect anuary 1 unless the City Council
grants the Increase In wages demanded
by them.
First year firemen are now getting
$105 a month and second year. $115. The
firemen are demanding a straight in
crease of $30 a month. The demand has
been submitted to the salary committee
of the City Council.
FLYERS MAKE FAST TIME
Liberty Plane Covers Distance of
100 Miles in 104 Minutes.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Dec 23. Lieu
tenant A. A. Adams, pilot, and L. J.
Robinson, liaison officer, flying In a
De Haviiand four, from Houston. Tex.,
to Detroit. Mich., as a test of the lib
erty motor, arrived at Lonoke, Ark..
today.
They made the flight of 100 miles
from Hope, Ark.. In 104 minutes in a
downpour of rain.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
IESTERDATS Msximum temperature. 40
decrees; minimum. 81 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; continued cold; easterly
winds.
War.
Official casualty list. Pace I.
Foreign.
French Ignorant of English language.
Face 1.
League of nations held first essential In
peace programme. Page 1.
Americans In Germany to have real Christ
mas celebration. Page 2.
Minority parties In Germany hope to oust
Socialists. Page 2.
Wilsons to have royal rooms at Buckingham
palace. Page S.
General Pershing sleeps In castle on Rhine.
Page 3.
League of nations may be peacs basis.
Paga 4.
National. !
Senate passes wsr revenue but. Page TL
U. S. Supreme Court holds that news pirat
ing is Ulegsl. sustaining Associated Press.
Page 1.
German enemy aliens regain freedom of ac
tion tomorrow. Page 6.
Bodallat editor admits doing nothing to aid
in winning war. Page 7.
Domestic
Fist fight ends fstally. Page 1.
Large fines and 'eaims paid by offenders
against United States. Page 10.
Colonel Harvey denounces plan for league of
nations. Page 4.
Sports.
Illinois Legislature to be asked to pass 10
round boxing measure. Pago 12.
McCredies lose fl.100 on draft of Baldwin by
New York Yankees. Page 12.
Coast League meeting called. Pago 22.
Pacific Northwest.
Rawboned cowboy of 20 confesses to murder
of Ira Langley. Page 1.
State budget shows estimated requirements
of more than I14.000.ouu. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Advance In mlllfeed prices less than ex
pected. Page 17.
Chicago corn dull and prices weaken.
Page 17.
Marines only firm features of Wall-street
market- Page 17.
Cattle and bogs higher at local stockyards.
Page 17.
Metal workers msy call general strike be
cause of members' discharge. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Spirit of Christmas is King ot Portland.
Page 11.
Bank robber Davis returned to Portland,
rage IS.
"Own Your Home" poster contest an
nounced. Page IS.
Oregon Red Cross campaign to go on unoffi
cially. Page 14.
Weather report, data and forecast. Psga IT.
WAR REVENUE BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Measure Provides
' Billion for 1919.
Six
HOUSE FIGURES ARE SLASHED
Upper Body of Congress Takes
Holiday RecesS After Acting.
BONUS GIVEN ALL SOLDIERS
Repeal of Zone lUtcs tor Sfcond-
Clas Mall Voted Tax on
Luxuries Retained.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Without a
record vote, the t. -ate late tonight
passed the war revenue bill, reduced to
raise tfabout $. 000. POO, 000 in 191?. and
$1,000,000,000 in 1920. as compared with
the levy of $8,200,000,000 for next year
proposed In the bill passed by the
House three .onths aeo.
When the final vote was taken at
10:40 o'clock, the Senate had been in
continuous session for nearly 13 hours.
Immediately after the passage of the
bill the Senate began Its holiday vaca
tion under the plan for three-day re
cesses until January 2. Absence of a
quorum in the House, however, had
prevented that body from putting a
similar programme into effec"
Bill ion te Ciftrtsee.
The revenue bill, which had been be
fore the Senate since December 12, now
goes to conference with formal meet
ings of the Senate and House man
agers planned to begin January 3 with
a view to final enactment of the legis
lation next month. The Senate con
ferees appointed tonight were Senators
Simmons of North Carolina. Williams of
Mississippi and Smith of Georgia. Dem
ocrats; and Senators Penrose of Penn
sylvania, and Lodge of Massachusetts,
Republicans.
Only a few scattering "noes" from
the Republican side marked the final
vote on the (MIL The Republicans did
not seek another roll call on the bill's
provisions fixing 1920 tax rates, and no
further votes were taken on the luxury
provisions, reinserted with the rate
fixed at 10 per cent instead of 20 per
cent.
I.a Follelte Bill Rejected.
In disposing finally of controverted
sections, the Senate tonight rejected,
55 to 6. the substitute bill of Senator
La Follette, of Wisconsin, which pro
posed higher rates, principally on war
excess profits and individual income
surtaxes.
Another vote on the second class
postage question also was taken and
the Senate sustained, 41 to 22, its
previous action in favor of the amend
ment, which would repeal the existing
sone rates on publications and sub
stitute a rate of one cent a pound
within 150 miles and one and one-half
cents a pound beyond. Several riders
were added to the bill, but no im
portant change In the finance com
mittee draft was made except to re
instatement of a so-called luxury tax
on a number of articles costing above
fixed standards.
Pay Iloaus Provided.
Among the riders adopted were pro
visions for one month's pay bonus to
men discharged from the military es
tablishment after signature of the
armistice; extension of the Reed "bone
dry" law in the Dist-ict of Columbia
and for 100 per cent taxes on political
campaign contributions In excess of
$500.
A change made in the automobile tax
section provided for exemption of
trucks, tractors and trailers, reducing
the bill's estimated revenue yield by
about $30,000,000, but the reinsertion
of the luxury 'tax clause will result in
an estimated yield of $80,000,000.
Senator Pomerene. of Ohio, offered
the motion to strike from the bill the
committee amendment affecting second
class postage rates. Senators voting
in support of his motion were:
Democrats Beckham. Johnson of
South Dakota, King, Kirby, McKellar.
Martin of Kentucky, Myers, Nugent,
Pollock, Pomerene, Shafroth, Sheppard.
Smith of Arizona. Thomas, Trammell
and Vardaman 16.
Republicans Gronna, Kenyon. La
Follette, Lenroot. Norrls and Sutherland
six.
Total. 22.
Iaereaaed Surtaxes Voted Down.
Senator La Follette's revenue sub
stitute bill, which would raise $6,743,-
000.000 chiefly by increased rates and
surtaxes, was lost. 55 to 6, after the
author had spoken for nearly three
hours. Senators voting for its adop
tion were Borah. Gronna, Morris. Nu
gent, Vardaman and La Follette.
In his first address to the Senate. In
a year. Senator La Follette, Republican
meruber of the finance committee,
whose address was prepared, attacked
the Senate-Ulll principally because, he
said, it would not raise enough revenue
nor distribute taxes fairly. He said it
would not really levy 80 per cent on
war profits, nor impose large enough
taxes on persons with large incomes.
I would tajte every dollar of war
profits'."" the Wisconsin Senator said,
"leaving business its enormous pre-war
profits and Its capital untouched.
"I would take all of the incomes over
enough to enable the owner of the in
come to support his family in comfort."
Even under his bill. Senator 1a l-ol-lette
said, war profits earned by cor-
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