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TTIE MORNING' OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1919. (SECRETARY LAXSIXG ATTENDS CHURCH WITH SISTERS IN PARIS FOR FOREIGN TRADE WITH ALLIED CHIEFS Rebuilding of Pre-War Com merce Begun by U. S. Pirst Meeting of Supreme Council Is Held. JAPANESE CRAFT RETURNED SCENE AN IMPRESSIVE ONE Army to Give Cp Tonnage Gradually as Forces Abroad Diminish; Hol land Bottoms lo Be Released. American Executive antl Premiers! anil J-'orelsn Minitrrs of lour (treat 1'owers Assemble. SHIPS DIVERTED PRESIDENT CONFERS I'ARIi?. Jan. 1J. (By tha Asaociated Tresa. The Supreme Council of the lace ConmM. consisting of President W ilsoii and the premiers and foreign minister of the four arrest powers t.r'at Britain. France, the United States and Italy met at 1 o'clock this after noon at the French foreign office for th fl-itt formal erhane of views and to mike nrrantrementa for tha proce uurt of the conference tomorrow, at w hlch the full delegations will be pres ent. Today's meetlnc was chiefly Inter e..tlns In Its personal aspects the hrtncins; together for the first time In contact of the world's best-known Mit-smrn. who are now the guiding dcurrs of the congress. The scene jii they assembled was one of unusual activity. (.reat I Tans Oat. The day was dark and raw and the talesmen arrived at the. meetln place In hraty wraps. The usual Sunday r4lm across the Seine was Interrupted by the crest crowds which lined the jual d'Orsjy. anxious to pay tribute to tho notable ftrures concerned In the world's most dramatic function. Bat teries of phntos-raphers and movlnr picture expert were drawn up flank Ins; the entrance of the foreign minis try. Lines of soldiers and other guards preserved order. Marshal Koch was the first of the Msh plenipotentiaries to arrive. He ram at 5 o'clock, and ftndlna: himself In the van of the delegate, waited In the vestibule. The generalissimo w tressed In a very heavy field coat. wore boots with spurs. On his uniform he displayed the Insignia of his rank Aarrirts Secretary ext. Soon after Koch came Robert Lans ing, the American Secretary of State, accompanied by his military aide, who was followed by Mr. Fraser. counsellor -f the American Embassy, who is now attached to the person of Colonel )iouse. At ::4S P. M.. President Wilson's 11-mou-me swung up to the entrance. The J'r'rtdent was accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and was greeted with -Vive Wilson!" With the President and Ms wife was Admiral Grayson, the Presi dent's physician. As he alighted. President Wilson lift ed his hat to Mrs. Wilson, who drove away with Admiral Grayson. President Wilson wore a dark suit and overcoat and a silk hat and carried a large leath er portfolio. Conference Is Private. r'W Y' :w "f - I ' a ' i ! Photo Copyright by Underwood. Secretary of State Robert Lansing. American delegate to the peace conference, is shown with his sisters. Kmma- and Kate Lansing-, leaving tha American Presbyterian Church in the Hue. da Berry, In Paris. The Allsses Lansing were Red Cross Workers In France. S ONION FIGHTS BURLESON TELEGRAPHERS PLEDGED TO CONTINVE WAGE DEMANDS. Award Vnfalr and Postmaster-General Fall to Keep Faith With Emplojes, Says Resolution. If Postmaster-General Burleson In tended to toss out the gauntlet for a fight with the commercial telegraphers of the country by "disclosures" made from Washington Saturday, he will be accommodated. Simultaneous with sim ilar sessions all over the United States members of the Commercial Telegraph ers' Union of America in Portland met yesterday afternoon and fired a bit As Mr. Wilson entered the vestibule I of shrapnel at the portly Postmaster- of the foreign office. Stephen Pichon. I General. the French Foreign Minister, stepped forward to greet him and escorted him into his private office, where the con ference was held. M. Clemeneeau. the French Prime Minister, followed. He was alone and bore a serious mien. He waa alone and wax dressed in a business suit and wore One of the first actions of the mem bers of local No. 92 was that of con firming the correctness of the "con fidential communication of S. J. Konen kamo. international president, given publicity by Mr. Burleson with intent to discredit the union head and his or ganisation. The sense of the resolution a derby bat. Signor Orlando, the Ital-I adopted was not only that Mr. Burleson Ian Premier, came soon afterward, ac-louoted Mr. Konenkamp's confidential rompanted by Signor Sonnino, bia For-I letter verbatim but also that the union eicn Minister. I members "will make every effort to do The list to arrive was tavid Lloyd I the thincs" it urges upon them. C'.rorge. the British Prime Minister, and I Mr. Konenkcmp's letter, "disclosed' Arthur J. Balfour, the British Foreign I bv the Postmaster-General In press dis Secretary, who motored up together. I natches. called the Sunday meetings. Tha British Premier also was In bus!-1 called for "constant agitation," and n.es attire. Mr. Balfour. In addition I gave this significant suggestion: o his workday clothes, wore a soft I wish you would read this with the un felt hat which was pushed back on his I derstanding that certain plans are now bead. Military aides followed the I under consideration whereby the teieg British commissioner carrying a large I raphers may lead a fight In which they dispatch rase. I.a-H ailed Wcetlag Starts. In addition to the rhlef factors an Tounced above were M. Leygues. the French Minister of Marine; M. Clemen t. Minister of Commerce, and M. Lou i heur. Minister of Industrial Construc tion. As a result of today's council It is ex pried formal notices will be Issued rontoktrg the conference, assigning rlrgations for each country and the filing of the hours of meeting. Today's council ushers In the long awaited meeting of the peace delega tion. It Is probable that new conditions for an extension of the armistice will be offered Germany at the meeting to morrow of the Supreme War Council, according to the Matin. Trrrlterlal Rights First. Ths Figaro says the first discussion cf the peace conference will Involve the general question of terrltorlaj agree ments. Immediately afterward it will deal with a settlement of territorial n jestions pertaining to the eastern bor ir of France, the French representa tives setting forth their views on the recovery by formal claim of Alsace-J-orralne and the modus Vivendi they will raise for the left bank of the J.Mne. Tha newspaper concludes: "It la believed that In a maximum of two and one-half months, consequently in March, the plenipotentiaries will hive settled In their details the prelim inaries of peace and the conference will have finished Its work. The con grrsa will have only to work out a settled project." LEGILATORS MAY MASK lo California Lawmakers Fosslbly Take Thirty-Day Reces. SACRAMENTO. CaL. Jan. 15. Early adjournment, possibly at the end of this week of the California Legislature, for V " ''V',. .... .1 ResolvtKi, That it tu constitutional reces on account or lnfluenxa. was bring- discussed by mem bers here tonight. Ths constitution provides for a 30-day recess during- the session. The Sacramento city lnfluenxa mask ordinance will become effective tomor row at noon. While authority to en force the ordinance on state property was questioned. It was expected vir tually all the legislators would wear masks. will not be alone. The Portland local, over which Pres ident William Burke presided, devoted much time to elaboration of a rcsolu tion condemning Mr. Burleeon for hav Ing signally failed in his duty to the telegraphers of the country, pledging action against him. denouncing con tinued discrimination against union telearranh einDloyrs and riddling the assertion that salary Increases of to 10 ner cent have been effected. Com parison is made of the Burleson award, shown to make increases of but I to per cent, with the McAdoo award to railroad telegraphers. effecting In creasing averaging 35 per cent. In part, the resolution follows: Whereas. Postmaster Burleson has given to the press a statement disparaging a propa ganda campslsn alleged to have been Inaugu rated by the 1 Atnmen-Ul - eiearapners union of America, wherein he accuses them of mis representing conditions which the telex- ranker ara now be i n forced to work and of rienirina- lo create discord and dissatl: faction with the Burleson award of 5 and 10 per rent Increases over existing rates ot pay. Whereas. He cites the necessity of pro- t.riina' the stockholders In their dividends. thua subordinating tho welfare of bO.OOO romme-rial telegraphers to the payment of flved dividends and la defense of this Prus sian polirr Is brinslng all the Influence of his position and his organised press bureau to bear: be it Resolved. By I-ora!. No. 1 Commercial Telesraphers" Union of America, this lay assembled, that Postmaster-General Burle son has sirnally failed in his dutr to the telea-aohers of the country, not only in giv lna an obviously unjust aaard. but In his complete failure to keep his promise to have talea-raphers reinatated where ther had been discharged throuKh dlscriminatma because of their affiliation with the aforesaid Com merclal Telepgraphera t'nton of America, and thai the position bo has taken that the sign ing of the armistice all! Immediately af fect tho cost of living, making a aubatantlal Increase unnecessary la untenable and not founded on fact. Their conditions of em ployment are continually growing worse through vlrlous discrimination and that this position is showa to be false by comparison with the position taken by Secretary Mc Adoo In the rase of the railroad telegraph ers, where an increase on an average of 3i per cent was granted, and in view of these SOCIALIST LEADERS TAKEN: l.edebour and Ernst Meyer Reported Arrested In Berlin. F.KRLIN. Saturday. Jan. II. (By the Associated Press.) George Ledebour and Krrst Meyer. Independent Social ists, hav been arrested by officers and soldiers. The charge against them has not been made public. Ledebour has been one of the most active leaders against ths Ebert government. Is the sense of this local that all efforts to bring satisfactory conditions be continued with unabated seal until sueh time as the commercial telegra phers of America are given a decent living wage and permitted to exercise their con stitutional right of organising without dis crimination and that we pledge ourselves unreservedly to this end. making use of all lawful means in Its accomplishment- One portion of the resolution, omitted here, shows plainly how the elimination of time and a half for Sunday work has decreased many salaries. Details are set forth showing just how many employes suffer a decrease of as much as S4.fl a month, while others meet small decreases, or an increase as in significant as it cents a month. Beer Price Set Record. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 15. The wholesale price of beer made a new high record joiUy. when U went to 20 a bami. ANARCHY AGAIN RAMPANT ffontlnucd From First Pace.) Sixty-nine persons were buried Friday and Saturday In one cemetery. A heavy military escort accompanied the trucks which bore the coffins to the cemetery, and armed forces stood guard during- the burials. BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 15. (By the Associated Press.) Isolated Instances of shooting In connection with the port strike and that by the Anarchistic Fed eration continued In various parts of the city during- ths night, including- at tacks on police stations. Up to mid night, however, no important clash had occurred as compared to those which took place Friday night. Shortly before midnight an attempt was made to capture the police station, two blocks from the government pal ace, but the attack was repulsed. All government buildings were heavily guarded, with strong reinforcements camping nearby. The morning papers say the death toll is heavier than is admitted by the police, but none is endeavoring to esti mate the casualties. Several Socialist leaders place it as high as 1000 and none under 100. General Dellepiane, who assumed a military dictatorship Friday night, took over direct command of police stations. which have been the objects of the heaviest assaults, and filled them with federal troops. More of these troops camped in the Plaza Congresso, in front of the Congressional Palace, to save time in bringing them to places where trouble has been most frequent. General Dellepiane has Issued an or der prohibiting labor organizations from meeting. The Congressional Pal ace is defended by artillery and a con tingent of troops under direct order of Parliament. Censorship throughout the republic, including marine cables, is expected to become effective tonight. FRUGCAY DISCOVERS PLOT Fonr Russian Leaders Confess Par ticipation in Movement. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12. (Spe cial.) Approximately 200 cargo ships have been diverted to peace-time trade routes since the signing- of the armis tice. This represents the net result of the United States Shipping Board's contribution up to date toward the rebuilding of the Nation's foreign trade. As rapidly as the Army can spare ships from the work of carrying supplies to the American Expedition ary Forces, they be placed where most needed. Between December 10 and January 10 the War Department released 148 ships, totaling nearly 900.000 dead weight tons, which had been devoted exclusively to the Army supply serv ice. Others released prior to December 10 and several newly completed ships, intended originally for Army work, were released. Japanese Ships Returned. About 50 of the 260 ships were under 4000 tons, which were released the first of the year from requisition. Oth ers are being operated by the Shipping Board, while several are neutral ships the charters of which have expired. Ths neutral vessels will be chartered to private firms. Twenty-one Japanese ships axe be ing turned back to their owners. These ships have been used on the Atlantic. One of them has been started through the Panama Canal on its return voy age, while the others will follow at once. It will cost the United States Government several million dollars to send the ships back to Japan under the rather severe charter terms, agreed to by the shipping board. Datch Vessels Released Next. It was learned today that the next ot of ships released by the shipping board probably will be the 87 Dutch ships seized by the United States Gov ernment, after Holland had failed to agree to terms for their use. Negotiations are pending by which some of the Norwegian ships will re main under charter to the shipping board under more favorable terms than during- the war. Some of the Nor wegian ships already have been re leased. Owners of American ships which were requisitioned by the shipping board are clamoring for their release. All influence is being brought to bear in behalf of particular owners. The shipping board, however, takes the po- ition that it cannot show any favor itism and will release ships only by classes. The first class of requisitioned hips released were those between 2500 nd 4000 deadweight tons, while the next class, it is expected, will be those between 4000 and 6000. LASTING PEACE IS DESIRED DUTIES OF WORLD CONGRESS IS EXPLAINED BV BRITOX. MONTE VI EDO. Uruguary, Jan. 12. (By the Associated Press.) The police have uncovered a plot on the part of Russians to instigate a Bolshevik movement here and in Buenos Aires. Four of the leaders in the movement are said to have confessed their partic ipation In a plan to overthrow the Uruguayan and Argentine governments and institute Soviets in both countries. The police, by quick work, prevented an outbreak here which had been ar ranged to occur simultaneously with that in Buenos Aires. The director of the "cultural center" is Isaac Molinoff. a Russian, who is said by the Buenos Aires police au thorities to have been an accessory in bomb-throwing plot in the Colon Opera House several years ago. Since that time Molinoff had lived here. He was arrested during the general strike last August, charged with carrying ex plosives. He pleaded that he was tak ing the bomb to sea to destroy it. He was given a short sentence and recent ly was released from custody. It is said that Molinoff since his release has born engaged in Bolshevist propa ganda. Among those arrested with Molinoff are Moses Kedermann. Numan Patul yoskl and Marcos Mirnovlch. Keder mann. when questioned by the police, is reported to have said that an anarchist revolution could not be long delayed In Uruguay and that he would estab lish a soviet government along the lines of Nikolai Lenine. He is al leged to have said that he did not be lieve the arrest of the ringleaders in the present movement would hinder the ultimate success of the plan. Patulyoski told the police that he had come to Montevideo from propa ganda work in Buenos Aires, in order to aid In the local movement. He said he knew Molinoff In Russia, where Mo linoff had been active in propaganda work. The police have the names of and are searching for 42 additional mem bers of the "centro de cultura." Already they have arrested two Poles who were endeavoring to agitata among pack- ng house employes. The newspapers here are heartily ap plauding the efficiency of the police, who thus far have prevented a repeti tion of the Buenos Aires disorders. At he headquarters of Molinoff, the police seized a large quantity of pamphlets printed in the Russian language. TRUCK ROUTES ARE URGED Auto Transportation Held Means of Reducing Living- Cost. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Establish ment of motor-truck routes as a means of reducing the cost of living by trans porting farm produce to the cities, was advocated by Fourth Assistant Post master Blakslee in asking the Senate postoffice committee to appropriate JS. 975,000 in the postoffice bill for that purpose. Under the House bill 11,000.- 000 was provided o be used in extend ing nis pian. Experiments have shown. Mr. Blakslee said, that such routes would enable farm products being transported to cities at much less than cost at present and yield considerable income to the Government. His plan, he said, called for establishment of 600 routes, two in practically every Congressional dis trict, employing Army, trucks. Sir Henry Bablngton Smith Pays Tribute to cx-Prcsident Roose velt at 'Victory" Dinner. NEW YORK. Jan. 12. Sir Henry Babington Smith, acting British high commissioner to the United States, in an address last night at a "victory dinner" of the Ohio State Society of New York, declared the world expects the peace conference not only to mak peace but to prevent future ware. He said that in this connection he be iieve'd President Wilson had rightly interpreted "the earnest convictio and desire of the whole world" in hi demand for a league of nations. Sir Henry paid tribute to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt. He then took up the stupendous importance of unity in bringing victory to the allies in the war. "The one factor," he said, "which has enabled the mighty force at the disposal of the allies to be applied with the greatest effect, and which has con tributed perhaps more potently than any other to the winning of the war, is the factor of unity unity of aim unity of effort, and unity of direction and command. "The business of the peace confer ence is. no doubt, to make peace, bu the world expects it to do more than this. It looks to it to make measures for the prevention of future wars. In insisting upon this as one of the prime duties of the conference. I believe tha President Wilson has rightly interpret ed the earnest conviction and desire. not only of this country, but of th whole world." MaJ jasasss Uaas ! us' the sealed pack- . age, but have an J eye out also for ' the name - That name is your pro- eeeeeeeee11eeeeee: S tectioD against inferior lip !e11eeeeeeeeeeee111; H imitations, just as the lili I::::::::::::::::::::::: I Sealed Package IS PTOteC- g tiD gainst impurity. iii I::::::::::::::::::::::: I The Greatest Name Ji fe&mf Lasts ILs mm v.rV A) tzh 1U n chewing gXTmV e BRITISH HIGHLY PHHISEO EFFORT MADE IX WAR LAUDED BY C. S. AMBASSADOR. English Are Told That Example Set Is Help to United States; Na tions' Ties Deemed Close. LONDON. Jan. 10. (British Wireless Service.) The same great ideals and purpose animate both Great Britain and America, declared John W. Davis, the new American Ambassador, in his first public speech in London at a luncheon given in his honor today by the British branch of the pilgrims. After paying tribute to his predecessor, Walter Hines Page, and thanking the English people for their hospitality to President and Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Davis said: 'Had I the opportunity I would say to every American and repeat to every Briton: 'These are indeed your kins men, study them; understand them: learn to give and take with them, and guard their friendship as a sacred thing." But after the history of these last red years, how little need there seems for such a lesson. Has it not been burned into our hearts by the fires of war anl marked in Pente costal blood on. the lintels of our homes? "I would not wish to weaken by any exageration of phrase the triDute of America and her people to the manner in which Great Britain and the Britons have borne themseves throughout this war, but it would not be easy to ex aggerate, i one desires, their admira.-, tion for your courage, your steadfast ness and your dogged endurance. . . "Without taking' so much as a single leaf from tho well-earned laurels that crown the victorious blows of a heroic France, or Italy, or Belgium, or Serbia, or others of the allies, it is not too much to paraphrase the words of the dyinp; Pitt and say that 'England has saved herself by her exertions and may well have saved the world by her ex ample.' The Embassamor outlined how the example of non-military Britain had aided the United States in her prepara tions for war. Canada, too, had in spired America. "The world rests on its arms and breathes in pain, and turns with no light estimate of tho task to the labor of peace and reconstruction," Mr. Davis continued. "Of a certainty it will call for all we have of wisdom, of courage, of faith and of self-restraint. It is a happy augury that already wc have agreed in terms upon the broad out lines that the settlement must take and have proclaimed this agreement before all the world." Admiral Wcmyss Cannot Go. LONDON, Jan. 11. Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, it is announced officially, will be unable to leave England, owing to pressure of work, to attend the meet ing of the armistice commission at Treves, at which the German armistice will be renewed. He will be repre sented by Admiral Sir Montagu Browning. Pi-icc-l'lxinff Sustained. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. 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