Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 25, 1919, Image 1

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    PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25. 1919.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
POWERS WARN ALL
TO AWAIT DECISION
BRITISH OFFICER GUILTY
OF MURDERING MAJOR
NEW WAR IN EAST
PRUSSIA LOOMING
SNOWSUDE BURIES 3
ALIVPV LADD, WASH.
BURGLAR COWED BY
DAUNTLESS WOMAN
PLEA FOR SEPARATE
DELEGATES RENEWED
BRITISH COLONIES IKSIST O.N
FULL REPRESENTATION.
F000 RELIEF BILL' '
PASSED By SENATE
COL.
KITHERFOBDS NOTE TO
WU'H SIGNIFICANT.
nr.:
OF COAL MINING
V
VOL. L.VIII. NO. 18,131.
I
Land-Grabbing by Armed
Force Ordered to End.
CONFERENCE TO ADJUDICATE
Factions Advised to Wait if
They Wish Justice.
PRESENT CLASHES SCORED
Supreme Council Declares Parties
Now Invading OLhcr Countries
Prejudice Their Claims.
PARIS, Jan. 14. The allied and asso
ciated powers today agreed to send a
wirejess message throughout the world
warning all concerned that parties us
ing armed force to gain possession of
territory, the claim to which the peace
conference would be asked to deter
mine, would "seriously prejudice" the
claims to those who used such force.
The council recommended that the
governments concerned approve the
issue of an identical medal and ribbon
to all the forces of the allied and asso
ciated powers which had taken part in
the war.
Armies Strength to Be Fixed.
The council also decided to appoint a
committee to inquire into the strength
of the forces to be maintained by the
allied and associated powers on the
western front during the period of the
arm istice.
The committee will be composed of
Marshal Foch, General Tasker H. Bliss,
Ueneral Diaz, Winston Spencer
Churchill, the British Minister of War,
and M. Loucheor, French Minister of
.Reconstruction.
The question of territorial readjust
ments in connection with the conquest
of the German colonies was taken up
it the afternoon session of the coun
cil. Colonial Premiers explained the
interests of their respective dominions
in these problems.
Full Session Set for Today.
It was decided that the plenary sit
ting of the peace conference should
be held at 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon. The supreme council agreed that For
eign Minister Pichon of France should
prepare for the approval of the powers
the draft of instructions for the mis
sion which will be sent to Poland.
The following official communica
ion was issued this evening dealing
with the afternoon session of the su
preme council:
'The President of the United States
jf America, the Premiers and Foreign
Secretaries of the United States, of
the British empire and France and
Italy, and the representatives of Japan,
met at the Quai d'Orsay this afternoon
from 3 o'clock until 5:13 o'clock.
Pichon to Draft Instructions.
"The mission of the allies and asso
ciated great powers to Poland was
i iret discussed, and it was agreed that
M. Pichon should prepare a draft of in
structions to the mission for the ap-
proval of the representatives of the
powers
"It was agreed that one press repre-
sentative for each of the five great ( General Williams asked for an ap
powers should be permitted to accom- propriation of 31. 000.000 for bringing
pany the mission. 1
any me mission.
"The question of territory readjust- I
lents in connection with conquest of
he German colonies was then taken
up. Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister
of Canada; Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister
of Australia; General Smuts, repre
sentative of General Botha, the Prime
Minister of South Africa, and Mr. Ma. -sey,
Prime Minister of New Zealand,
were present and explained the par-
tlcular Interest of the respective do
minions in regard to this question.
"The next meeting of the allied min
isters will take place on Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Afternoon Meeting Arranged.
"The peace conference will hold a
plenary sitting at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs tomorrow, Saturday,
at 3 o'clock."
The text of the official communique
regarding the proceedings of this
morning's session of the council fol
lows:
The supreme war council met this
morning from 10:30 A. M. to 1:30 P.
M. and was attended by the President
of the United States of America, the
Prime Minister and Minister for For
eign Affairs of the British Empire,
France and Italy, as well as the Secre
tary of the United States of America,
the British Secretary of State for War
and the French Minister of Munitions;
the representatives of the Japanese
government; Marshal Foch, accom
panied by General Weygand; Field
Marshal Haig, General Pershing. Gen
eral Diaz, General Wilson, General
KacDonougb and the military repre
sentatives of the United States of
America, France, Great Britain and
Italy at Versailles.
"The council conferred with Marshal
Foch and the other military experts
as to the strength of the forces to bo
maintained by the allied and associ
ated powers on the Western front dur
ing the period of the armistice.
Medal to Be Issued.
"It was decided to. set up a special
committee composed of Mr. Churchill,
Mr. Loucheur, Marshal Foch. General
Bliss and General Diaz to examine the
question.
The supreme war council also agreed
.tCoaciuded. ou ii. Column i.)
Detective Testifies That Message
Bead: "I Am Sorry; Worst lias
Happened; Seton Is Dead."
LONDON, Jan. 24. A Coroner's Jury
today brought in a verdict of willful
murder against Lieutenant-Colonel
Norman Cecil Rutherford, of the Med
ical Corps of the British army, in con
nection with the death of Major Miles
Charles Seton, who was shot and killed
January 13.
A detective testified that after the
arrest of Colonel Rutherford the latter
wrote a note to his wife, saying:
"I am sorry. The worst possible has
happened. Seton is dead."
Mrs. Rutherford's maid testified that
during the absence of Colonel Ruther
ford in France, Major Seton several
times visited the Rutherford house and
remained there for week-ends.
On the day of the shooting, the
maid declared, there was some trouble
between Colonel Rutherford and his
wife, after which Rutherford left the
house, telling the maid not to place
his revolver in his traveling bag.
The Coroner read extracts from let
ters written by Mrs. Rutherford to her
husband, stating that she wanted him
to gain his freedom and would not
place any obstacle in the way of a
divorce.
Major Seton was killed at the resi
dence of his cousin, M. C. Seton, secre
tary of the judicial department of the
Indian Office. The shooting caused a
sensation in British military circles.
Major Seton formerly was in the
British army medical service.
Colonel Rutherford, at the time of
the shooting, was commissioner of
medical service in the ministry of the
national service. He received the dis
tinguished service order in 1917 while
serving with the British forces in
France.
Mrs. Rutherford is Alice Maud Mary,
a daughter of James Roberts. The
Rutherfords have six children.
LEBAUDY MILLIONS MYTH
Estate of "Emperor of Saliara" Is
Valned at $2:10.000.
MINEOLA, N. T., Jan. 24. The re
puted millions of Jacques Lebaudy, the
self-styled "Emperor of Sahara," who
was shot and killed by his wife in
their Long Island home, two weeks
ago. shrunk to thousands today when
Mrs. Lebaudy filed a petition asking
for letters of administration of his
estate. These were granted by the
surrogate here.
Mrs. Lebaudy. who was freed after
a grand jury had failed to indict her.
declared in her petition today that
the estate consisted of J200.000 in per
sonal property and 330,000 in real es
tate, and that she and her 13-year-old
daughter, Jacqueline, were the only
heirs.
SUPPLIES ASSURED ARMY
Chief of Ordnance Tells of Plans for
Future Defense.
"WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. General C.
C. Williams, chief of ordnance, told
the House military committee today
that sufficient arms and ammunition
would be kept for an Army large
enough to guard the country against
any possible invasion.
"The ordnance department now has
3,700,000 rifles, 2,000,000,000 rounds of
ammunition and enough artillery am
munition to supply 48 divisions for six
months," General Williams said.
back from France thousands or tons
.-t. &mm . ww
of ammunition of all kinds,
asked for 3500,000 to carry o
He also
nciuest olasKea Ior ouu." " carry on expert
! nients with tanks.
GAS LIMITED IN BERLIN
Strike Forces All Plants Using Coal
to Close Down.
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 24. In Berlin,
owing to strikes of coal miners, house
holders may hereafter have no gas to
use between 8:30 o'clock at night and
11 o'clock in the morning and between
2 o'clock and 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
according to a dispatch to the Handels-
blad.
The Vorwaerts, the dispatch adds,
says the central electric stations and
all trades requiring coal will soon be
forced to close down.
GENERAL PERSHING KNIGHT
Grand Cross Awarded by King Con
fers Rare Distinction.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24. The British
'Who's Who," a copy of the 1919 issue
of which has just been received here,
lists the Commander-in-Chief of the
American expeditionary forces in
France as "General Sir John Joseph
Pershing, G. C. B."
On July 17. 1918. King George award
ed the grand cross of the Order of the
Bath to General Pershing. The award
of the grand cross of the Order of the
Bath to a British subject automaticaly
makes a knight of the recipient.
BERGER MAY NOT GET IN
House Will Be Asked to Bar Con
victed Representative.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Represen
tative Gillett. of Massachusetts, a Re
publican candidate for the Speakership
in the next House, issued a statement
today saying the first act of the new
House should be to refuse a seat to
Victor Berger, Socialist Representative-elect
in Wisconsin, who has been
convicted of violating the espionage
IMS.
Germans Look for Clash
With Poland.
SITUATION DECLARED ACUTE
Important Teuton Military
Bases Reported Occupied.
ENTENTE HELP DESIRABLE
Serious Fighting on Eastern Front
at Any Time Counted Possible.
Bolslicviki Also Factor.
BY ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT.
(Copyright. 1910. by the New York World.
Published by Arrangement.)
BERLIN. Jan. 24. (Special.) "If the
new volunteer army now being organ
ized to meet the Russian Soviet army Is
to be successful in checking the ad
vance of Bolshevism.'' said Colonel
Reinhardt, Minister of War. today,
"something must first be done about
the German-Pole controversy in East
Prussia.
"As it is, the Poles are occupying
German military bases and lines of
communication. For example. Posen is
our normal base for operations, but a
Polish General commands there. The
Russian red army is something to be
reckoned with now, as it is well organ
ized under old Russian general staff
officers and is thoroughly disciplined.
Against it we shall lead a good army
of 100,000 men if the Bolshevist .forces
now about Riga continue their pro
claimed determination to advance
against Germany.
Kntenie Aid Desirable.
"We shall defeat them If they touch
Germai soil, but it would be much
easier if the Poles had not disrupted
the frontier. I presume the entente
wishes to see the German democratic
army check the Bolshevik forces. The
entente could help if it would Induce
the Poles not to try to regulate the
East Prussian question by arms.
"We arc being drawn into war with
Poland also. Three questions for war
have already occurred. First, the par
ticipation of the 31st Infantry Regiment
in the battle of Hohenzenalla; second,
the capture of German guards in West
Prussia, at Cletschin, by the Poles;
third, the entry of General Dowber
Musnick, with Polish officers, at Po
sen." Militarism Still Vlsloned.
By the manner with which Colonel
Reinhardt presented these three points
it was obvious that he regarded them
as a serious casus belli. As he con
sented to be interviewed only after
Foreign Minister Rantzeu agreed, I
realize now why he hesitated. At first
I thought he could not talk to me until
the civil authorities permitted, for Ger
many still sees the shadow of the for
mer militarism and the civil govern
ment holds the military family within
bounds.
But the Colonel's reason evidently
was more Immediate, for he sees pos
sibilities of a new eastern front with
the Germans fighting the Russian Bol-
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 3. )
j ACROSS.
Boarding House and Homes of Min
ers Are Sncpt Away, According
" to Report Reaching Tacomi.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 24 A young
woman and her two children were
buried alive in a landslide at Ladd.
Wash., a small mining town about 30
miles southeast of this city, during the
storm of last Wednesday night.
Buildings of the Phoenix Coal Com
pany, the company boarding house and
homes of employes were swept away
in the same slide.
All wire communication with the
town Is cut off and this news was
brought to Tacoma tonight by a mine
official, who made his way here by
handcar, automobile and foot.
A great Jam of logs and debris swept
down the canyon of the west fork of
East Creek, carrying the entire settle
ment with lt
Mrs. Mike Martin and her two chil
dren, 3 and 5 years old, were swept
away before the eyes of the husband
while he was attempting to rescue
them. He was taken from the waters
in an exhausted condition.
All of the miners and their families
were in their cottages or in the com
pany boarding-house and dormitory
when the slide came, but the rest man
aged to get out and climb the hillside
to safety.
Through the night of rain and wind
men. women and children of the village
grouped about fires that had been
started on top of the hill.
STRIKERS PRESENT VIEWS
Snmpter Valley Employes Confer
With La Grndc Brotherhoods.
LA GRA.N'LE, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.)
To discuss their affairs with local
people, a committee of five strikers on
the Sumpter Valley- Railroad came to
La Grande today. They declare that
the strike is not enued.
The spokesman said the committee
came to correct a misunderstanding
among local brotherhoods; that the
railroad officials would not settle the
strike on the basis proposed by the
Governmen.. claiming the Government
relief was insufficient to meet the in
crease in wages demanded.
FEATURES IX OREGON LEGIS
LATURE TESTERDA1.
I
Senate.
Adjourned until 10 SO Monday
morning.
Anti-trust bill Introduced.
Additional tax of 1 mill pro
posed for state road fund.
Rouse.
Adjourned until 10:30 Monday
morning.
Bill to permit graduates of
standard colleges to teach in
grade schools of state defeated
after first real debate In the
House.
Rogue River fishing bill to
close lower river to seining makes
biennial appearance.
Bill prohibiting teaching of any
subject In schools except in Eng
lish language passed.
Bill Imposing excise tax of lc
a gallon on gasoline for motor
vehicles makes appearance in
House.
Empty Revolver Used to
Capture Intruder.
ROBBER'S NERVE SHATTERED
Mrs. Etta Farrow Bluffs Cap
tive Until Police Arrive.
LANDLADY LECTURES THIEF
Proprietress or the Jefferson Apart
ments Warns Culprit of Inten
tion to Shoot If He Moves.
With an empty revolver, Mrs. Etta
Farrow, proprietress of the Jefferson
apartments. 305 Jefferson street, held
a burglar captive yesterday until Pa
trolman Fones arrived and took charge
of him. The prisoner Is the second
man she has arrested on a charge of
robbing the apartments, of which she
has charge, the first being James Fitz
gerald, whom she caught last July
under similar circumstances.
The prisoner gave his name as E. L.
Motley. Mrs. Farrow says she saw him
walking up the stairway and thought
his appearance suspicious.
She determined to watch him. and.
stepping into a closet, she waited until
she heard him knock on the door of
apartment .No. 11. occupied by Mrs.
C. Hill and her daughter. Miss Iris Hill.
The landlady knew the Hills were ab
sent, and when she heard a key rasp
in the lock a few minutes later she ran
to her own apartment and obtained
her revolver.
Man Seen at Work.
Hastening to the room of Mrs. C. W.
Seymour, she discovered Miss Iris Hill
visiting there, and informed her that
the Hill apartment was being robbed.
Miss Hill told Deputy District At
torney Cahalin that she then peeked
through a keyhole into her own bed
room and saw the man .ransacking bu-
I reau drawers and boxes.
i With Mrs. Siymour. Mrs. C. L. Bal
lard, 121 Farragut street, and Miss Hill.
Mrs. Farrow posted herself In the cor
ridor around a corner from the Hill
apartment, on the path which the sup
posed burglar must pass to leave the
house. They heard him come from the
room, knock on a door across the hall,
but they stood silent until' the man
came around the corner.
Then Mrs. Farrow covered him with
the empty revolver.
"Throw up your hands!" she ordered.
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot!" Mrs. Far
row says the man implored.
"Keep 'em up. keep "em up!" she re
plied grimly, motioning with the re
volver. Intruder Is .toh.
The intruder flinched. Patrolman
Fones says the man confided to him
that he was vastly relieved when the
policeman took him In custody.
"I was afraid that revolver would go
off and kill me any minute." he said.
But Mrs. Farrow had no sympathy
for his fears. She says she even was
Inspired to make a short speech.
"In front of you. young man. Is one
(Concluded on Pace
Coinma 1.)
Speculation Rife at Paris as to Man
ner In Which Sinn Eeln Will
Present Their Claims.
BT JAMES M. Tl'OHT.
(Copyright, by the New York World.
Published by Arrangement.)
PARIS, Jan. 24. (Special, by Wire
less.) The demand for a separate rep
resentation of the British dominions on
the league of nations Is being strongly
pressed by them, and New Zealand is
urging the further claim for another
delegate at the peace conference, twoj
having been sent, but only one ad
mitted. This claim for representation on the
league of nations raise'd anew the ques
tion of the French colonial representa
tion on that body and at the peace con
ference, but whereas the British gov
ernment is understood not to be un
favorable in principle to the claim of
her dominions, the French government
is not really anxious for representa
tion of its colonies, although some
papers are making a grievance out of
their exclusion. .
There is much speculation here over
the report that the Sinn Felners In
tend to demand permission for a dele
gation from Ireland to come to Paris
to lay their claim before the confer
ence, but, as has already been pointed
out in these dispatches, they can only
get passports upon admitting their
British citizenship, which citisenship
they deny. The French government in
any case would not admit them unless
they had passports approved by the
British authorities. Even if they
reached Paris their welcome is un
likely to be warm from any quarter.
However, under rule 11 of the con
ference, the secretariat of the confer
ence will receive "petitions. memo
randa, observations or documents for
warded by any person other than pleni
potentiaries, and such of these com
munications as are of political interest
will be briefly summarized In a list to
be distributed to all plenipotentiaries."
So the Sinn Feiners can avail them
selves of this rule If they choose. Their
pro-German taint would probably make
it dangerous for them to come to Paris
in person.
L. V. WINDNAGLE HONORED
Portland Officer to Wear Italian
Service Ribbon for War Work.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Forty-eight
officers of the American air service and
the officer of the Medical Reserve Corps
who served In Italy have been author
ized by the Italian Minister of War to
wear the Italian service ribbon, the
War Department was Informed today.
The officers have returned to the United
States and their official certificates
from the Italian government have been
sent to the division of military aero
nautics for distribution.
Among those so honored was Lieu
tenant Linus V. Wtndnagle. Portland,
Or., and Captain Oliver B. Kiel, no ad
dress known.
Lieutenant Windnagle is a graduate
of Washington High School, this city.
after which he attended the Cniversity
of Oregon and Cornell University.
Throughout his college career he was
noted as a remarkable long-distance
runner.
GOVERNMENT ROUTS REDS
Ordinary Traffic and Business in
Berlin Resumed.
HAMBURG. Thursday. Jan. 23 (By
the Associated Press.) The govern
ment troops are making short work of
putting down the Spartacan outbreak
here.
Ordinary traffic and business was re
sumed today.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
VESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. 4 "
degrees; minimum. :;; degree.
TODAY'S Rain. Increasing aoutheasterly
winds.
War.
Off tot: casualty Hat. P;t 10.
Foreign.
British colonies renew plea for separate
repreaentation at peace conference.
Pace 1.
Germans see visions of new war In East
Prusata. Pass t.
Pears conference warns alt against land
seizures by armed force. Page 1.
Brttlsb officer guilty of murder. Page 1.
Petrograd at mercy of bands of escaped
criminals. Pago 2.
Russians seem divided over conference pro-
poaal. Page 4.
British plan for league of nations outlined.
Page 4.
National.
So.dlers mar remain in Army antt: jobs are
found. Page -
Administrative bill for European relief
pusses Senate. Page 1.
Ral'-road Administration asks Congress for
1750.O00.O0O. Page 7.
Mann's love of steak and horsefleah may go
hard in Speakership fight. Page 5.
s porta.
Jess W 1 1 1 a rd signs agreement to meat any
opponent. Pago 12.
Salt Like offers big problem to Coast
League magnates. Page 12.
I eg ii " s.
Changes in labor laws of Oregon are ad
vocated. Page 6. -
Rogue River fishing bill again appears.
Page tt.
Plan to attach referendum clauae to road
measure meats opposition. Page T.
Pacific Northwest.
Snowallde buries three alive. Page 1.
Mediator selected for Puget bound strike.
Page Is.
t'emmerriaJ and Marine.
Another reduction In creamery butter prices
announced. Pago 10.
Chicago cereal and provision markets slump.
Page 19.
Standard slocks register material gaina In
Wall-afreet market. Page 19.
Claims of shipyard workers may total
1.OOO.000. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Woman captures burglar with empty re
volver. Page 1.
Domestic relations bill defended. Page 20.
Weather report, data and forecaat. Paga 10.
C T. Ilaas resigns from Fathers of Soldiers
committer. Paga 10.
Pas-tenser service to Seattle resumed.
ISsHI I.
Measure Now Is Ready
for Conference.
SOME ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED
Leaders Are Confident of Final
Enactment Next Week.
$100,000,000 IS PROVIDED
All Amendments Designed to Limit
Power of President and Mr.
Hoover Arc Rejected.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. After a
week of spirited debate the Senate
tonight by a vote of 13 to IS. passed
j the Administration bill appropriating
i oo.0OO.COm for food relief In Europe
and the Near East. The fund was re
quested by President Wilson aa
a means of checking the westward
spread of Bolshevism.
The measure now goes to conference
for adjustment of minor Senate amend
ments, but leaders believe final enaef
ment will be accomplished next week.'
Senators Martin. of Virginia, the
Democratic leader, and Overman of
North Carolina, and Warren of Wyom
ing, were appointed Senate conferee.-1.
President's Potter I nlourheil.
The most important Senate amend
ment changes the House section against
feeding enemy peoples so that na
tionalities friendly to the United States
and the allies may be aided. All amend
ments designed to limit the power
of President Wilson or Food Adminis
trator Hoover in distribution of the
fund were rejected recently by the
Senate and no final effort was maae
today for their adoption.
On the final rollcall 15 Republican.
and three Democrats voted against the
bill's passage, while 34 Democrats and
19 Republicans joined in its support.
Cummins Opposed to Bill.
Senators Cummins of Iowa. Republi
can, and Thomas. Colorado. Democrat,
who were present. but paired. an
nounced that they opposed the bill.
Senator Vardaman of Mississippi,
who was absent, would have voted in
the negative, it was announced.
Those voting for the bill were:
Democrats Ashurst. Bankhead. Beck
ham. Chamberlain. Fletcher. Gay.
Gerry. Henderson. Hitchcock. Hollis.
Johnson, of South Dakota: Kirby. Mar
tin, of Kentucky: Martin, of Virginia:
Nugent. Overman. Phelan. Plttman.
Pollock. Pomerene. Ransdell. Saulsbury.
Shafroth. Sheppard. Simmons, of Ari
zona: Smith, of Georgia: Swanson,
Thompson. Trammel. Underwood.
Walsh. Williams, and Wolcott. Total.
34.
1 Hrpablirnns Favorable.
Republicans Colt. Curtis, Freling
husyen. Hale. Jones, of Washington:
Kellogg. Knox. Lenroot. Lodge. Mc
Lean. New. Page. Smith, of Michigan:
Smoot. Spencer. Sterling. Wadswortn.
Warren and Weeks 15.
Total for, 63.
Senators Sutherland, of West Vir
ginia, and Nelson, of Minnesota, absent,
were announced as favoring the meas
ure. Opponents of the bill made a final
stand against it today, with Senators
La Follette. of Wisconsin. Borah, of
Idaho, and Sherman, of Illinois. Re
publicans, leading the fighting.
Borah Predicts Anolagles.
Just before the rollcall Senator
Borah asserted that not more than five
per cent of the Senators actually fav
ored the bill and that while feeling
constrained to support. they would
apologize for their votes later. Sena
tors, he said, were yielding their Judg
ment to the Paris conference, which he
critlclsd for alleged secrecy, deelarincr
that its "daily communiques mean ab
solutely nothing."
"There is not the slightest informa
tion of what is considered, or discussed,
of opinions expressed, conditions ve
vealed or the situation there," said Mr.
Borah. "There is not a particle of in
formation or evidence given that the
world may be informed."
Plrdarr Declared Violated.
This attitude of the peace conferees,
the Senator said, was in open violation
of President Wilson's pledge.
The peace conference was also criti
cised by Senator Myers, of Montana,
Democrat, and Senator Sherman for
what they said was recognition of the
Bolshevik government in Russia.
Senator La Follette. of Wisconsin.
Republican, denied that the bill was
either a peace or war measure.
Referring to reports of American sol
diers killed in Russia, Senator La Fol
lette said:
"It wasn't war; it was murder."
Regarding questions of Congressional
power to make the appropriation, he
declared: "The Constitution haa been
for some time a lost document."
The amendment barring enemy peo
ples from benefits of the bill. Serasscv
La Follette insisted, if enacted. wotaJri
in ten years make the American citizen
"writhe and cringe with shame."
"You have got to meet the argument.
and principles of socialism with sonu
thing else besides food." he added.
Norwegian Cahinel May Quit.
COPENHAGEN. Jsn. 24. The roaasT
nation of the Norwegian Cabinet ia Im
minent, according to reports received
here from apparently trustworthy
oOlUVCS. .. .