VOL. LVIII. XO. 18,454 Entered ' Portland (Oregon)
' Postofflce as Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GAME BILL SIGNED
TRIO HOLD UP STORE,
ESCAPEWITH $600
XOB HILL PHARMACY ROBBED
OF MONEY AXD JEWELRY.
SESSION EXPECTS
TO FINISH TODAY
DEMAND ON EX-KAISER
APPROVED BY ALLIES
VANDERVEER ATTACKS
SIS IN HEATED
TILT OVER MEDALS
SIMS THINKS ROCKET
WOULD STRIKE MOON
CASES OF 22 I. W. W.
PARTIALLY LIFTED
TEXT FOR REQUEST TO DUTCH
GOVERNMENT AGREED ON.
SYNDICALISM INDICTMENTS
ADMIRAL RECALLS DEMON
STRATION IN SCHOOL DAYS.
ARE DECLARED VAGUE.
RUSSIA BLOCKADE
AND
BOARD CHOSEN
V
Old Commissioners to Be
on New Body.
VOTE IS ONE OF CONFIDENCE
New Members Are Schmidt,
Hall, Simmons and Gill.
NINTH TO BE CHOSEN
Corernor rinds New Bill Meets His
Views and Conflicting Inter
ests Properly Separated.
NEW- FISH A'SO GAMK COM.
MITTBK ELECTED BY
LKG1SLATURE.
Fish Committer.
Five years F. M. "Warren of
Multnomah.
Three years Chris F. Schmidt
of Clatsop.
One year Charles Hall of Coos.
Game Committee.
Five years I. N. Fleischner,
Multnomah; Marion Jack,'
Umatilla.
Three years Earl C. Simmons,
Lane.
At large, three years John Gill,
Portland.
Four years C. F. Stone of
Klamath.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or, Jan.
16. (Special.) With the signing and
filing by the governor of the bill cre
ating a new etate fish and game com
mission and the selection of eight of
the nine members of the new body,
the legislature this evening disposed
of the most controverted subject that
has appeared in the extraordinary
session.
The new bill and selection of the
commission are virtually a vote of
confidence in the old commission.
over which an element of sportsmen
has been dissatisfied. The unrecon
cilable sportsmen feel they have won
a victory in getting Senator John Gill
on the'eommission, but at the same
time assert that they will place on
the November ballot, through the ini
tiative, a bill or bills making two dis
tinct commissions, to act indepen
dently of each other, and followins
somewhat along the line of the sug
gestion made by the governor and
later not insisted upon by the exec
utive.
Governor In Criticised.
Senate and house met jointly at
6:30 o'clock to carry out the pro
visions of the new law and select the
personnel. The occasion enabled sev
eral members to criticise the gov
crnor for delegating the appointive
power to the legislature and a few
members were excused from voting
on the selections on this ground.
As finally selected, all four mem
bers of the old commission were
elected, these being F. M. Warren
I. N. Fleischner, Marion Jack and
Charles F. Stone. New members are
Chris T. Schmidt, Charles Hall, Earl
C Simmons and John Gill. The ninth
member is to be selecteij by the eight
and will act as a mediator.
Three attempts were made to break
the list of tentative nominees which
had been compiled by friends of the
old commission and the third attempt
was successful when the senate mem
bers, giving complimentary votes to
their colleague, John Gill, were "mild
ly surprised when enough house
members swung to Gill to elect him.
Rutins to Be Asked.
Immediately following Senator Gill's
election, the question was raised
whether a member of the legislature
Is eligible to an office which has been
created by the legislature, of wnich
he is a member. Senator Gill will
take up the point with the attorney-
general in the morning. Aside from
this cloud upon his title, the election
of Senator Gill was enthusiastically
received by friends and foes of the
old commission.
Upon the meeting of the joint as
sembly. Senator Banks nominated F.
M. Warren of Portland, member of
the old commission, for the five-year
term on the fish end of the new com
mission. The new commission, brief
ly, consists of nine members, one a
mediator; three to look after the
commercial fishing interests and five
to attend to the game branch. Mr.
Warren was elected with only Senator
Thomas raising his voice in protest,
the senator asking to be excused from
voting as he felt the appointment
should be in the hands of the gover
nor. Astoria Packer .imrd.
For the three-year term of fish
commissioner. Senator Norblad nomi
nated Christian F. Schmidt, a cold
storage packer of Astoria. Smith of
Multnomah, nominated Senator John
Gill. The roll was called. Gill being
excused from voting. The result of
this first attempt to depart from what
the opposition designated as the
'slate," was that Schmidt received 54
Votes and Gill 30.
Charles Hall of Marshfield, presi
dent of the state chamber of com
merce, was nominated by Represent
alive Thrift as fish commissioner for
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Highwayman Buys Chewing Gum
ami Covers Proprietor and 3
Others AVith Revolver.
The Xob Hill pharmacy. Twenty
first and Glisan streets, was held up
at 10:25 o'clock last night by three
men who obtained more than 1600
worth of money and jewelry. Two of
the robbers entered the store, while
the third waited outside in an auto
mobile in which the trio made their
escape.
The robbers secured $10 from the
till, a $100 diamond ring and a watch
from E. W. Recken, proprietor of the
store, a $400 diamond ring, a watch
and $12 or $15 cash from Dr. E. M.
Senn, dentist, of 706 Overton street;
a watch and $7 from Earl Dunlap, 303
North Twenty-first street, and a
watch and $4 or, $5 from Thomas
Randies, 666 Glisan. street.
Two of the highwaymen entered
the store together, and one asked the
proprietor for 5 cents' worth of chew
ing gum. Having received the gum,
he walked to the cash register, and
thrust a revolver against the pro
prietor's stomach as Mr. Recken rang
up the money. The other robber had
meanwhile covered Mr. Dunlap, and
they drove the two victims behind the
prescription counter, where Dr. Senn
was encountered.
One of the highwaymen then
searched the captives, while the other
stood guard in the front of the store.
Mr. Randies entered about that time,
and was driven behind the prescrip
tion counter with the others. The
victims were warned to be quiet after
the footpads left, and obeyed the in
junction until they heard the door
slam.
Chief of Police Jenkins took charge
of the pursuit of the robbers, and
immediately rushed men to cover all
the streets leading from the scene of
the robbery. A motorcycle on which
Patrolmen O'Halloran and Xorene
were speeding to the store collided
with an automobile driven by Clyde
McCall at West Park and Oak streets,
injuring both policemen slightly. The
patrolmen were blowing their emer
gency siren at the time, and so ar
rested Mr. McCall on a charge of
failing to give right of way to an
emergency vehicle.
A knitting bag containing no ar
ticle of value was the only reward
two highwaymen obtained last night
when they held up Miss Alice Cum
minga of 223 East Twentieth street,
near the corner of East Salmon and
Twenty-second streets. The men wore
handkerchiefs over n&er, ' faces,.-Miss
Cummings reported "to the police.
WAITRESS GETS $92 WEEK
Tips Swell $12 Wage, Says Owner
of $4500 Automobile.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. (Special.)
"Being a waitress ' seems a profitable
business. Where do you work, if I
may ask?" queried Magistrate House
in the traffic court today of Sophie
Hodosky, who had told the court that
she was a waitress, that her weekly
salary was $12, but that she made
$S0 a week in tips, and that she was
the owner of a $4500 automobile.
The young woman, who had been
arraigned on a summons and .pleaded
guilty to a charge of making a wrong
turn while driving her automobile
told the magistrate where she
worked, mentioning a restaurant in
Lenox avenue.
"Well, inasmuch as you have plead
ed guilty, I will fine you $2," re
marked the magistrate.
JOHN BARLEYCORN BURIED
,.. ' T, ... .
God s Worst Enemy, Hell s Best
Friend," Billy Sunday's Eulogy.-
NORFOLK, Va Jan. 16. "Billy"
Sunday preached John Barleycorn's
funeral services today before an audi
ence of more than 10,000 persons
which attended mock obsequies.
The ceremony began at the railroad
station where the "corpse" in a casket
20 feet long, arrived on "a special
train from Milwaukee." Twenty pall
bearers placed the casket on a car
riage and marched beside it through
the streets to Sunday's tabernacle
while His Satanic Majesty trailed be
hind in deep mourning and. anguish.
"Good-bye, John," said the evange
list at the conclusion of his sermon.
"Tou were God's worst enemy; you
were hell's best friend. I hate you
with a perfect hatred; I love to hate
you."
"FLU" DEATHS INCREASE
Toll of Pneumonia in Chicago Is
32 Lives in One Day.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16. There was a
marked Increase today In the num
ber of deaths caused by influenza
and pneumonia in Chicago during
the last 24 hours. Thirty-two persons
died of pneumonia and five of influ
enza.
The number of new cases of in
fluenza and pneumonia was larger
than for any similar period since last
winter.
$18,000 TAKEN FROM MAIL
Sacks Aboard Prince Rupert Looted
Off Vancouver, B. C.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 16. Bank 1
notes worth $18,000 were stolen fror
the mail room of the steamer Che-
loshln just before the boat entered
Vancouver harbor from Prince Ru
pert, B. C, last night, steamship offi
cials announced today.
The mail room was broken into and
mail sacks were cut open. Police did
not reach the boat until all the pas
sengers had left.
Legislature Speeds Up
Emergency Bills.
ROAD MEASURES APPEARING
Day Is Unlucky for Aliens, Es
pecially Japanese.
PAVING FIGHT RENEWED
Effort to Repeal Zoning Law Is
Defeated at Instance of Dele
gation From Portland.
RECORD OF
' SESSION.
SPECIAL
-I
House.
Passed
anti-Japanese memo
rial.
Passed bill changing whole
system of school taxation up to
eighth grade.
Killed for second time bill for
state cement plant.
Adopted resolution licensing
automobile drivers.
Passed measure levying tax
for employment institution for
the blind.
Passed American Legion
measure urging Klamath marsh
land be opened to settlement.
Favored measure preventing
use of military insignia by those
not entitled to the same.
Senate.
Defeated bill to repeal zoning
system.
Received straight party ticket
ballot bill.
Passed three bills adding
roads to state highway system
in Jackson, Malheur and Coos
counties.
Adopted resolution urging
congress to ratify league of na
tions. Adopted stringent amendment
to soldiers' educational bill.
Received bill to suppress foreign-language
publications
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan.
16. (Special.) The legislature is
shaping its course to end the special
session at noon tomorrow, by rushing
bills from first reading to final pas
sage, acting on measures with dis
patch and enforcing the cloture.
There is etill a minor element, par
ticularly in the house, willing to see
the session hang over until next week,
but with strict attention to business
everything of an emergency character
and all the measures of secondary im
portance can be taken care of in time.
Taking a wide range, the subjects
under consideration today were varied
from a resolution urging that the
league of nations treaty be ratified to
adding more roads on the state high
way map. Before noon the governor
i b"i ":"LDJrf
1 whose members ehall be selected by
tfae iejrislaturc and thereat there was
j a sigh of relief, as the most turbulent
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1 1 JpBS Ab ij
French Circles Expect Refusal by
Holland to Surrender For
mer Monarch.
PARIS, Jan. 16. The supreme
council today approved the text of a
letter to the Dutch government ask
ing for the extradition of the former
German emperor.
The general expectation in French
circles is that Holland will refuse to
deliver the former monarch.
It is pointed out in supreme coun
cil circles that in case the Dutch gov
ernment is disinclined to deliver
Count Hohenzollern it has a founda
tion for its resistance in the fact
that the offenses named in the peace
treaty, namely, "crimes against in
ternational morality and the sacred-
ness of treaties," are not provided for
in Dutch laws nor In the treaties be
tween Holland and the allied powers
regarding extradition.
It is said that, the letter to the
Dutch government was drafted by
Frenchmen, who used clauses from
similar letter drafted last July by
the American delegation. At the same
time the supreme council approved the
text of a letter to Germany demand
ing the surrender of those guilty of
war crimes, as provided for in the
peace treaty.
COMPROMISE VOTE LEADS
Intercollegiate Ballot Opposing
League in Any Form Is 13,933.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. Advocates of
ratification of the peace treaty by
compromise headed the poll in the
complete returns of the intercollegi
ate referendum made public here to
night. They led . by a small margin
voters who favored ratification with
out reservation or amendment.
According to the revised figures
the referendum was voted upon in 410
colleges and universities and 139. 788
votes were cast with the following
result: Compromise between the Lodge
and demccratic reservations, 49,653
votes; ratification without reserva
tions, 48,232 votes; ratification with
the Lodge reservations, 27.&70 votes;
opposition to the league in any form,
13,5)33 votes.
ZONING REPEAL KILLED
Senate Kills Bill to Withdraw Au
thority, 19 to 9.
STATE CAPITOL, Sale Jan. 16.
(Special.) As w a s pTtfdlctr.d on
Wednesday, the senate tday . made
short shrift of Representative Hos
fords bill designed to repeal the
present city zoning law, when it
voted, 19 to 9, to have the bill In
definitely postponed.
The bill had only few supporters on
the floor of the senate when it came
up for consideration, as the judiciary
committee, to which it had been re
ferred, was practically unanimous
that the measure should be defeated.
Mayor Baker, City Attorney LaRoche
and other public officials have- been
here for several days urging the leg
islature to kill the bill.
FAWCETT TO QUIT ARMY
Discharge on Completion of Med
ical Treatment Ordered.
npwcnvi A v th-rwai;
Washington, Jan. 16. An order has
been issued by the war department
for the honorable discharge of Captain
Roscoe Fawcett of Portland, to take
effect upon the completion of hospital
treatment at San Francisco. Captain
Fawcett served in the air service and
was seriously injured.
Colonel Waldo G. Potter, artillery,
has been ordered on a tour of Inspec
tion of educational institutions which
will take him to Oregon Agricultural
college, Corvallis.
JUST BEFORE THE
Judge McCourt Takes Demurrers
Under Consideration After Vi
cious Argument Is Heard.
Vicious attack on the grand jury
indictments of 22 Multnomah county
I. W. W. for violation of the state
criminal syndicalism act was directed
by George Vanderveer of Seattle,
their recently engaged counsel. In
an unexpected appearance before Pre
siding Judge McCourt of the circuit
court shortly before 5 o'clock last
night. Walter H. Evans, district at
torney, and Earl Bernard, deputy
district attorney, answered the argu
ment on demurrers filed and the
court took the matter under advise
ment. Both sides wlil submit briefs
before Wednesday.
Announcement was made yesterday
that W. S. U'Ren and B. F. Mulkey.
originally retained in the I. W. W.
defense and the attorneys who filed
the demurrers argued yesterday, had
withdrawn from the cases, and that
the accused men subsequently had
obtained the services of Attorney
James D. Fenton of this city and At
torney Vanderveer. The latter left
last night for Montesano, Wash.,
where he will defend the I. W. W.
accused of the murder of four Amer
ican Legion men at Centralia, Wash.,
on Armistice day.
Postponement Is Asked.
Attorney Vanderveer sought to ob
tain a second postponement of trial of
the local I. W. W. until after the con
clusion of the Montesano hearing, so
that he might be here to defend them.
Judge McCourt said he would consider
the petition for postponement after 1
dicision on the demurrers.
The I. W. W. counsel's chief con
tention in the argument on the de
murrers yesterday was that they were
duplicitous and charged three sepa
rate, distinct and entirely discon
nected acts, in every instance and
did not individualize the offenses
charged.
The indictments charge each of the
men with helping to organize. De-
coming a member of, and voluntarily
assembling with a society which
teaches the doctrine of criminal
syndicalism.
The attorney for the defense con
tended that it would have been Im
possible for any of the local I. W. W.
to have helped organize the L W. W.,
saying that the organization wus
formed in Chicago in 1905, and that
organizing did not mean soliciting
meribers, but forming of the Bociety.
"Que cannot become a member until
afttr the society ts organized," he as
serted. "Therefore, 'becoming a mem
ber of cannot have any connection
In point of time with the other alle
cations, and must be sustained by
proof that a man joined in this coun
try. Voluntary assembly with must
follow organization and need not
involve membership, so that the three
acts charged cannot be contempora
ncous.
Charges Declared Vaarne.
"Now I come to the sufficiency of
the allegations. There Is not a spc
cific act set forth in the indictments.
Offenses are not individualized.
'Help to organize' is a generic de
scription. 'Becoming a member' is
not a crime. The association must be
shown to be for a criminal purpose.
'Assembling with' is not a crime. The
assembly may have been for the pur-
I pose of public prayer. According to
i .Li ,.n. .
this indictment, an' I. W. W. is guilty
of a crime if he assembles with other
L W. W. for the purpose of prayer.
"As to association, the Salvation
Army has the habit of associating
with the worst people. Worked to
logical conclusion, the law would os
tracize the criminal who might be
long to the L W. W. and cut off hops
of social regeneration.
"The element of conspiracy to do
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TRAIN PULLS OUT.
'Service Morale Knocked
to Pieces,' Admiral Says.
JUSTICE LACKING IN AWARDS
Daniels Failure to Formulate
Policy Is Blamed.
HONORS JUGGLED ABOUT
Withdrawal of All Decorations 1$
Suggested by Officer at Sen
ate Committee Hearing.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. While dis
claiming any thought of making a
personal attack on Secretary Daniels,
Rear-Admiral William S. Sims told
the senate sub-committee investigat
ing naval war decorations today that
morale of the i service had been
"knocked to pieces" as a result of
methods followed in making the
awards.
The underlying cause of "the whole
unfortunate affair," Admiral Sim's as
serted, was failure of Mr. Daniels to
formulate a definite policy to govern
awards In his instructions to the
Knight medal board. Grave injus
tices had. been done many officers
because of this, he added.
Criticism Held Doty.
Admiral Sims, who during the war
commanded American forces in for
eign waters, said constructive criti
cism was part of his duty to the serv
ice and his recent letter, as well aa
his testimony, was not to be con
strued otherwise. He argued for with
drawal of department regulations re
quiring officers not to publish critical
articles without specific sanction as
in the best interests of the service.
In connection with his original let
ter refusing a distinguished service
meaai. pending action by the secre
tary on his plea for reconsideration
ot nis recommendations as to awards.
o said Mr. Daniels had written him
that no final action had been taken.
Admiral Sims expressed the opinion
that the service generally would wel
come withdrawals of all medals be
cause of the "unfortunate and un
necessary" controversy.
British Award Cited.
Taking up the secretary's an
nounced policy of awarding distin
guished service medals to officers
who had lost ships in action where
their service had been meritorious.
Admiral Sims declared such officers
deserved medals of honor or nothing.
He cited the case of a British "mys
tery chip" sunk by a submarine after
a battle from which the U-boat
emerged unhurt. The British officer
received, he said, the Victoria cross,
equivalent to the medal of honor.
Admiral Sims read a personal letter
from Secretary Daniels asking what
steps toward "suitable recognition" of
the cervices of Lieutenant-Commander
David W. Bagley (Mr. Daniels' brother-in-law)
and other officers of the
destroyer Jacob Jones, sunk without
warning by an enemy torpedo, had
been taken, and his own reply stating
that officers in cases like this de
served no particular recognition. Ad
miral Sims also presented a personal
letter he had written Bagley, com
mending his conduct after the sink-
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Naval Commander Contends That
Continual Kick Would Carry
Projectile Through Vacuum.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16. Rear-Ad-
miral William S. Sims today an
nounced his belief in the possibility
of a rocket reaching the moon from
the earth.
In answer to an editorial expres
sion of incredulity as to the powers
of the device Invented by Professor
R. H. Goddard of Clark college and
tested under the auspices of the
Smithsonian Institution, the admiral
wrote to a newspaper an essay about
what a projectile will do in a vac
uum. When he was in the naval academy
his class was asked this in examina
tion: "Will a rocket ascend in vacuum?
If so. why? If not. why not?"
Feeling ran high on the subject.
Advocates of both sides paraded with
banners reading "It will go up" and
"It won't go up."
Then the professor proved with a
water bottle, the letter says, that a
rocket would ascend in a vacuum
for the same reason that a gun would
kick if fired in a vacuum and that
the propelling force of a rocket was
nothing but a continuous kick.
"If this is true," the letter con
tinues, "the rocket referred to will
ascend after passing above the
earth's atmosphere and Jules Verne
was correct in his assumption that
an explosion from his huge projectile
would produce a kick while circling
the moon and thus release it from
the attraction of that satellite."
DELEGATES IN 2 SETS
National Republican Convention to
Decide .Which to Seat.
SHAWNEE. Okla., Jan. 16. Two
sets of delegates, one instructed to
vote for Major-General Leonard Wood
for the nomination for president, and
structed set of delegates were chosen
by the fourth congressional district
republican convention here today.
The question of which set of dele
gates will be seated in the national
convention will have to be determined
by the credentials committee of the
convention, it was declared.
The meeting at which the unin-
structed set of delegates were chosen
adopted resolutions - indorsing the
"American stand" of Lodge, Harding
Lowden, Johnson and Borah, but
made no mention of Wood. Also it
went on record as favoring a drastic
revision of the league of nations. As
far as known, the delegates are the
first to be named in the country for
the national party conventions.
OPIUM IN COAL SEIZED
Cache of $34,000 Is Taken From
Hunkers of Japanese Liner.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 16.
Seizure of morphine and opium val
ued at $34,000 from the bunkers of
the Japanese trans-Pacific liner Ten
yo .Mam was reported by John S.
Irby. surveyor of the port, llfere today.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YKSTFIRDAT'S Maximum temperature.
decrees; minimum. 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
League of nations has f irst meeting. Page 2.
Demand on ax-kaiser framed by allies.
Page 1.
Clemcnceau defeated at presidential nomi
nation caucus. Page 2.
Allied supreme council partially lifts trade
oiockaae cm Russia. Page 1.
National.
Pirns in heated tilt over medals. Page 1.
Withdrawal of American army from Si
beria is explained in note to Japan.
Page .
Donir-itic.
froniDition iia ciampea on nation. Page U.
TriaJ of suspended New York socialist as
semblymen seems near. Page 5.
"Soviet" at federal prison charged.
Page 4.
Admiral Simi contends that rocket fired
from earth could be made to strike
moun. Page 1.
Bank outlaw taken In pistol fight. Page 3.
Mexicans' victims relate brutalities. Page a.
I-egiHlature.
Game and fish bill is signed and members
of new commission chosen by legisla
ture. Page 1.
Bill providing a-mlll tax to remedy school
situation is passed by housa. Page ti.
Legislature speeds up emergency measures
and expects to get through today.
Page 1.
Senate resolution asks Otcott to resign of
fice. Page 6.
House supports anti-Jap memorial. Page 6.
Pacific Northwest.
Divorce is granted Mrs. R. T. Piatt.
Page 4. ,
Three alleged slayers of William Mc
Xutt on trial. Pae 5.
Sports.
Captain Bob Roper signed to box Boy
McOormick at Milwaukie, January b.
Page 6.
O. A. c. defeats Whitman at basketball.
Page la.
Beavers receive training camp offers
Iruiu California towns. Page 6.
Commwrisl and Marine.
Wheat market recovers from recent losses.
Pago li.
Chicago corn weaKenca oy tail tn ex
change. Page li.
Bears successfully raid Walt-street market.
Page 1:'.
Charge of huge fraud in shipbuilding on
Pacific coast belittled by Chairman
Payne. Page 14.
Rcmoal rf wooden hulls under way in
Portland. Page 1 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
General Pershinc will arrive in Portland
tomorrow. Page JO.
Vanderveer viciously alutfks indictments
of J- I. W. W. in Portland. Page 1.
Mons medal man Is shot at by rival.
Page 13.
Income tax forms ready to go out. Pago 20.
Patrolman foils plan of safe dynamiters.
Page It.
Kivoli theater has auspicious opening.
Page 7.
Divorce denied quarrelsome pair. I'a.o IS.
Allies Decide to Resume
Trade With Interior.
STAND ON SOVIET UNALTERED
Commodities to Be Given for
Grain and Flax.
MEDICINE DEMAND BIG
Reciprocal Interchange Approved
by Supreme Council Co-operative
Societies to Be Agents.
PARIS, Jan. 16. In an official com
munication issued tonight, the su
preme council approved of recommen
dations to relieve the population in
the interior of Russia by giving them
medicine, agricultural machinery and
other commodities of which the peo
ple are in sore need in exchange for
grain and flax.
This partial lifting of the blockade
s described in the official communi
cation as an exchange of goods on the
basis of reciprocity between the Rus-
sion people and allied and neutral
countries, but through the co-operative
societies.
Change In Policy Denied.
"These arrangements imply no
change in the policy of the allied
governments toward the soviet gov
ernment," said the communication of
the supreme council.
The Russian co-operative society la
composed of a number of co-operative
unions and is said to represent 20.000.
000 Russians.
In June of last year Secretary ot
War Baker signed contracts with rep
resentatives of the society covering
the sale of $13,000,000 worth of sur
plus army clothing and textiles.
In greeting the delegation which
waited upon him in Washington Sir.
Baker spoke of the sincere desire of
the pooplu Di i!it Fnited States to be
of any possible assistance to the peo
ple of Russia and explained that it
was his hope that, when Russia had
re-established its government, the
"ancient bond of friendship between
the two nations would be found
strengthened."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Reciprocal
interchange of certain commodities,
including foodstuffs, between the
Russian people and allied and neutral
countries has been decided upon by
the supreme council.
RDMians to Ciet Clothing.
The decision of the supreme coun
cil, announced through a communique
made public tonight by the state de
partment, provides that facilities will
be afforded the Russian co-operative
organizations to import clothing.
medicines, agricultural machinery and
other necessaries in exchange for
grain and other goods of which Rus
sia has a surplus.
The supreme council's communique
follows:
"With a view to remedying the un-
happy situation of the population of
the interior of Russia, which is now
deprived of all manufactured products
from outside Russia, the supreme
council, after having taken note of the
report of a committee appointed to
consider the re-opening of certain
trading relations with the Russian
people, have decided that It would
permit the exchange of goods on the
basis of reciprocity between the Rus
sian people and allied and neutral
countries.
"For this purpose it decided to give
facilities to the Russian co-operative
organizations which are in direct
touch with the peasantry throughout
Russia so that they may arrange for
the import into Russia of clothing,
medicines, agricultural machinery and
the other necessities that the Russian
people surely need, in exchange for
grain, flax, etc., of which Russia has
surplus supplies. The arrangements
Imply no change in the policy of the
allied governments toward the soviet
government."
REDS AROUSE LONDON PRESS
i
Prospect of cw War With Soviet
Regarded With Misgivings.
LONDON, Jan. 16. "The allies must
decide quickly what the activities
against bolshevism are to be in the
next few weeks and days." says the
Evening news. "There 13 no use to
talk without action; that is not tho
way to deal with a situation which,
without guilt of panic must bo
watched with some dread. Tho bol
shevists want to destroy the effi
ciency of the league of nations. What
is the league's reply? The council's
deliberations have a personal inter
est for Britons and are of greater
significance than most of us realize
at the moment. What is the premier's
policy now? The country cannot per
mit him to be too late."
The Star says tho semi-official
statement regarding bolshevism Is
"very ominous." "In plain English,"
it declares, "tho English coalition
has failed and is preparing to drag
us into vast new military adventures
involving ?n illimitable expenditure.
We are paying the price of our stu
pidity in waging war against tho
soviet government of Russia."
Tho Star thinks the right policy
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