VOL. LIX SO. 18,733
Enteral at Portland Oregon'
Poetofflee as Sreond-C iM Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1920
28 PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KITCHIN SCORES PLAN
TO REPEAL SURTAXES
IIOCSTOX RECOMMENDATIONS
KIPPED BY HOUSE LEADER.
TARIFF REVISION
PIRATE CRAFT BRINGS
TERROR TO SIBERIANS
14 HUNGRY SOLDIERS
ASK POLICE FOR HELP
FOOD INSUFFICIENT FOR TRIP,
MONEY LACKING.
(KENTUCKY TOBACCO
IB LY CHES 3
LEAGUE ASSEMBLY
BIT DISAPPOINTED
GROWERS DESPERATE
LOW PRICES, PRODUCERS SAX,
THREATEN RUIN.
HELD SLOW TASK
JOLLY ROGER ELUDES CUT
TERS OF V.S. IX DARIXG RAIDS.
DOVER SEEKS POST
IF HAYS GETS LIFT
Tacoma Man Candidate
to Lead Party.
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AFTERJAILRUSH
Masked Men Hang Santa
Rosa Prisoners.
TRIO HELD IFI SHOOTING
Party in Autos Rushes
to
Scene, Seizes Men and
Quickly Darts Away.
ALL STRUNG UP ON TREES
Alleged Gangsters Held Also
in Connection With Kill
ing Three Officers.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Dec. 10.
George Boyd, Terreace Fitts and
Charles Valento, accused of having
murdered Sheriff Jaines A. Petray,
4-lieriff of Sonoma county, and
Miles Jackson and Lester M. Dor
man, detectives of San Francisco,
here Sunday afternoon last, were
taken from the county jail here this
morning and lynched by a mob.
At exactly 12:00 o'clock this
morning a mob of 50 to 100 men, all
wearing black masks, entered the
jail, overpowered the officers there, -j
took their keys and removed the
prisoners to waiting automobiles.
Men Hanged to Oak Tree.
Fifteen machines carried the
party. They moved quickly down
Fourth street toward the Sonoma
road and stopped at the cemetery,
which is on McDonald avenue, three
blocks beyond the city limits. .
Ropes were all prepared. r'
The men were taken from the ma
chines and hanged to an oak tree.
Headlights of three automobiles
were used to light the tree selected
for the hanging and aid the work of
the mob.
Members of the mob were sta
tioned to prevent intrusion. These
guards and many of the mob were
armed. -
Mob Works Rapidly.
Not more than five minutes were
required by the mob to enter the
jail, overpower the officers and re
move the prisoners. Within 15 min
utes, or even less, the three alleged
gangsters and murderers had been
lynched.
For another 15 minutes, while the
bodies dangled from the oak tree
and swung in the glare of the auto
mobile headlights, the mob waited
at the scene to make certain their
grim task had been completed. Then
its members departed, leaving the
bodi&s swinging in the darkness.
It was George Boyd who fired the
shots that killed Jackson, Dorman
and Petray, according to officers,
who based their statement on two
alleged confessions obtained from
him.
Boyd Shot by Jackson.
Boyd himself was shot by Jack
son and had been lying ever since
in a cell in the jail, turned into an
improvised hospital, because Acting
Sheriff Boyes feared that to take
him to a hospital might place bim
in danger of mob violence.
Boyd was" a "two-term convict"
and was identified by young women
involved in the Howard-street at
tacks as one of their assailants. He
was known as "the Lumberjack" to
his companions, one girl said, and
was especially brutal toward her and
her girl companion.
The three officers were shot In an
Italian house in San Rosa while
alleged gangsters were being ques
tioned regarding girl outrages in San
Francisco.
The search that started In a small
ehack in San Francisco November 24.
when two girls told of attacks there,
led to the Italian quarter in Santa
Rosa.
Jackson and Dorman went there
with a policewoman and' three girls
who were to try to identify Charles
Valenti, alleged by the police to be
the owner of the shack and to have
been implicated in the attacks.
Jackson and Dorman, accompanied
by Sheriff Petray, entered the email
house, leaving the policewoman and
the girls at the office of the matron
at the county Jail.
Four men and one woman were sit
ting inside the house as the detec
tives entered, the police said.
We want to talk to you people:
let's step outside." Sergeant Jackson
told them.
Three men and the woman rose to
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Dcmocrut Says Scheme Would Put
... Load on Backs of Poor for
Benefit of Profiteers. -
WASHINGTON-, Dec. 9. Secretary
Houston's recommendations that ex
cess profits taxes be repealed and the
higher brackets of-income surtaxes
be reduced were attacked today by
Representative Kltchin of North Caro
lina, ranking democratic member of
the house ways and means commit
tee as "the most unwise, unjust, un
democratic and pro-republican settle
ment that' ever emanated from any
department of the government sinco
its' beginning."
"The whole intent and policy of his
recommendations," he said, "are to
relieve the corporate interests 1 and
millionaires, who for the last four
years have plundered and profiteered
upon the people to the extent of fifty
billion of dollars, of a billion and a
half or two billions of dollars of taxes
annually, and place that amount upon
the backs of the people, that Is,
the victims of such plunderers and
profiteers.
"If the democratic party in con
gress were to adopt the suggestions
of Secretary Houston's report, It
would be no use to hold future demo
cratic conventions, for no democratic
candidate hereafter woild get any
thing like as many votes as Governor
Cox did in the last electfbn, and the
world knows he got few enough.
"I predict that in the next congress,
in behalf of many republican meas
ures with respect to taxation, the
republicans will cite Secretary Hous
ton, as well as the president, as au
thority for their position."
CABLES TO BE DISCUSSED
Special Meeting of Senate Foreign
Relations Committee Called.
WASHINGTON, Dev. 9. A special
meeting of the senate foreign rela
tions committee was called for to
morrow by Chairman Lodge late to
day to obtain information regarding
the disposition and present status of
questions before the international
communications conference.
Acting Secretary of State Davis
conferred with Chairman Lodge and
will appear before the committee in
executive session. It was understood
that Mr. Davis laid before Senator
Lodge several questions pending be
fore the communications conference
relating to disposition of seized Ger
man cables.
Mr. Davis' information was regard
ed of such importance and interest
to other members of the committee
that tomorrow's special meeting was
called.
MINERS' RELIEF, PLANNED
Law Requiring Assessment Work
in 192 0 May tie Suspended.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU",
Washington, Dec. 9. la response to
appeals of several western senators,
Senator Poindexter, who arrived here
last night, decided today to call a
meeting of the senate committee on
mines and mining for next Saturday
morning,, at which a hearing will be
held on bills to relieve mining claim
ants from the 1920 assessment work
on their claims.
A half dozen such bills have been
Introduced in the senate and a greater
number in the house, by senators and
representatives from western states,
who assert that it is more difficult
for the complainants to comply with
the lawithis year than at any time
during the war. Petitions for relief
have been coming from every section
of the west.
SHOPMEN GO ON WARPATH
Milwaukee Plant May Be Closed
as Result of Fight.
MILWAUKEE,' Wis.. 'ec. "9. A
small sized riot at the boliermakers
department of the West Milwaukee
shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railroad today over a ques
tion of work resulted In the beating
up of the superintendent and fore
man of the department. It is said
75 men participated in the affair.
R. W. Anderson, superintendent of
motive power, said unless he is given
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the names of 'the men who took part I
in the riot he will close the depart
ment, which employs about 200 men.
LIFE.SAVING RECORD MADE
Excellent Showing 1 Reported by i
Coast Guard Commandant. j
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. New rec- I
ords in saving life and assisting dis-
tressed vessels were set by the coast j
guard during the past fiscal year,
said the annual report of Commandant I
Reynolds, made public today. Rescues
aggregated 2417.
Vessels and cargoes valued at $65,
479.705 were assisted as against $20,
000,000 in any preceding year, and
601 craft were seised for law viola
tion. "
HOOVER SEEKS MILLIONS
$33,000,000 Asked to v Relieve
Starving Children of Europe.
NEW TORK, Dec. 9. The European
relief council, recently organized by
combination of eight American relief
organizations, today appealed to the
American people to contribute $33,
000,000 for food and medical supplies
for the children of Eastern and Cen
tral Europe.
The appeal is signed by Herbert
Jioover. .
Early Action by Congress
- Declared Unlikely.
NEW PROBLEMS DIFFICULT
Attitude of U. S. on Aid to
Allies Is Factor.
FUTURE POLICY AWAITED
Representative Longworth Says
Industrial Independence Should
Nt Be Sacrificed, However,
NEW TORK. Dec. 9 Tariff revi
sion to restore the principle of pro
tection for American industries forms
a task hedged about with, eo many
new problems difficult of eolution
that no early action by congress is to
be expected. Nicholas Longworth,
representative from Ohio and member
of the house ways and means com
mittee, declared tonight In addressing
the Academy of Political Sciences.
"I sincerely hope that I am wrong,"
Mr. Longworth declared, "and that
during the extra session we will be
able to complete a thorough and sci
entific revision of the tariff laws,
but I am bound to confess that so far
as I can now see into the future the
prospect is decidedly hazy."
Aid 4 Allies Dlaeosiied.
Chief among the problems to be
confronted he placed determination
of the attitude of the United States
toward assisting In the economic re
habilitation of the powers associated
with it int the world war. Such aid
should be extended, he said, but never
"at the sacrifice of American indus
trial independence through throwing
down the tariff bars to foreign prod
ucts." Citing President Wilson's proposals
to congress a year ago, Mr. Long
worth said the enactment Into law
"of such a doctrine would bring ab
solute disaster to American business
and industry." It was true, he said,
that the war had . changed condition
and that-a favorable trade balance,
formerly a "feather in our cap." was
now perhaps a liability rather than
an asset, since it had reached an ag
gregate of nearly $9,000,000,000 for the
years 1918, 1919 and 1920 up to Sep
tember. World Trade Content TTrged.
"But have they changed," he added,
"to such an extent that we ought to
abandon all the standards and policies
of the past and, forgetting our home
market, enter into a mad scramble
for the world's market."
Representative Longworth added
tConduded on Page G, Column 1.)
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30 Tons of Coal Stolen at Emma
Harbor Sold in Nome; Natives
Fear Buccaneer Crew.
SEATTLE, ' Wash., Dec. 9. (Spe
cial.) Off the bleak coast of Siberia,
hiding amid the great bergs that drift
down from the pole and menace navi
gation, is a pirate schooner that to
date has baffled Uncle Sam's cutters
and has the residents; "of the little
fishing and trading villages along the
Siberian coast trembling in fear at
the rattle of chains through the
hawse pipeB.
At times the Jolly Roger slips Into
the-harbor at Anadir and slips away
after" what appears to be a harmless
visit, to be followed by the discovery
that someone has lost through the
visit. .
The last exploit of the privateer
was stealing 30 tons of coal at Emma
harbor and selling it in Nome. " By
the time news of the theft reached
Nome the phantom 6hip had slipped
its cables and was away Into the wil
derness of ice.
This information comes to anchor
age today by way of the schooner
Alaska, which, recently touched at
several Alaskan ports and which Is
tho first bolshevist chip to travel to
American shores.
With the passing of the old regime
in Russia came the bolshevist rule of
Siberia. Referring to the alleged bol
shevist outrages along the Siberian
shore last winter theieailors of the
Alaska said that hoodlums took ad
vantage of the absence of the bol
shevist officials and pillaged many
trading posts, killing a number of
persons who remonstrated.
The last of the desperadoes was
shot in tho latter part of Septem
ber and all was quiet along the coast
with tho exception of the pirate craft.
The identity of the master-of the
pirata craft is said to be known and
the ship is said to have been char
tered from some Russians in Vladi
vostok for one month. Getting out of
Vladivostok, the pirate hoisted the
American flag and under this emblem
began its raids upon the coast. When
pursued It ' switched ' to the Russian
flag and entered American waters
and later hoisted the Siamese emblem.
The last time seen she was wintering
in Port Safety lagoon, about 24 miles
from Nome.
REFORM BILLS APPROVED
International Bureau Votes for
Several Pending Measures.
WASHINGTON, Dec 9. The Inter
national Reform bureau today adopt
ed resolutions approving pending bills
to consolidate whisky in storage for
better guarding, extending prohibi
tion enforcement to the Philippines
and Virgin Islands, and restricting
race-track gambling and interstate
shipment of gambling devices.'
Representative Randall of Cali
fornia, who addressed the bureau ses
sion, declared Manila, which he re
cently visited, was one of the worst
centers of tne drink evil, while Rep
resentative Blanton of Texas urged
destruction of all stored whisky.
YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ANYONE ? x
Pol ice Get In Touch With Military
Authorities and Provide Meals
and Lodging for Aight.
Hungry, tired and ready to "flop"
in the first dry spot they should find,
a detachment of 14 soldiers of the
coast artillery, corps under the leader
ship . of Bugler Edward Schevon
reached Portland at 13:20 Thursday
morning, almost three hours too late
to make connections with the train
which was to take them to Fort Wor
den. Port Townsend,- Wash. With
nowhere eise to go, they sought aid
at the police station.
According to Schevon, they were
routed from -the train nt the Union
station and turned loose in tho city
.to shift for themselves. There wasn't
a dollar in the crowd. So, with packs
on Their backs and the rain gently
urging them forward, they marched
to the police station to ask for a
place to sleep. .
The soldiers said that they had
been started from Fort MacArthur,
San Pedro (Los Angeles harbor) with
one can of corned "willy" to each
man. six. loaves of bread for the
bunch, 'and 63 cents each for coffee
money. The provender and money
were to last them on the railway
journey from San Pedro to Port
Townsend. But the boys declared
that the government's provision , for
them did not go far in these days of
high prices, and they were forced to
stop over at Sacramento and hunt up
something to eat.
Colonel Hatch, commandant at Fort
MacArthur, had ordered their trans
fer to the northern post. They
started Monday and reached Seattle
last- night. Schevon said that they
telegraphed to the Red Cross here
that they were "strapped," but evi
dently the message was not delivered.
Desk Officer Williams got into touch
with the army recruiting station and
the men were sent to a hotel for the
night. They received a good break
fast and left for Port Townsend at
8:10 A. M. smiling as ever.
" 'T all comes under the head or
being a soldier," remarked one of the
big gunners, who could not have been
more than 18 years old.
ACCUSER ALSO SMIRCHED
Witness in Liquor Plot Case Rim-
self Once Convicted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. Alex Da
vidson, prosecution witness, who In
volved defense counsel in the alleged
liquor conspiracy for which . Harry
Brolaski, broker, and others are on
trial here, admitted on the stand to
day that he had been convicted of
participation in a liquor conspiracy
in Oregon and had been fined $10,
000. Davidson was recalled to the stand
after testifying yesterday that Bro
laski had promised to release 20 bar
rels of whisky to Charles Breen. a
friend of the witness, for a prelim
inary payment of $12,000, which was
to be placed in the hands of Hugo
K. Asher, chief counsel for the de
fense.
CABINET CHOICE IS FACTOR
Aspirant and Committeeman
Kelly to Go to Marion.
CONFERENCE IS SLATED
Chamberlain and Champ Clark Arc
Among Democrats Considered
for Appointments.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Dec. 9. On the assump
tion -that Will H. Hays, chairman of
the republican national committee,
will go Into the Harding cabinet.
Elmer Dover, of Tacoma, Wash., is a
candidate to succeed to the leader
ship of the republican national or
ganization. Mr. Dover, according to Guy Kelly
of Tacoma, republican national com
mitteeman for Washington, will leave
here Saturday for Marion, O., where a
conference has been arranged with
President-elect Harding. Several re
publican leaders here have been con
sulted in the last two or three days
relative to the Dover candidacy and
it was understood some assurance of
support had been received.'
When national committeeman Kelly
arrived a few days ago, it was un
derstood that he came entirely on
organization ' matters local to Wash
ington state with possibly some pat
ronage questions to be taken up in
cidentally with Senators Jones and
Poindexter and the members of the
house delegation.
Energy Gives to Campaign.
Today it was disclosed that the en
ergies of Mr. Kelly were being de
voted almost entirely to the campaign
to elect Mr. Dover to the national
chairmanship. '
The only contestant for Chairman
Hays' place is George H. Clark, chair
man of tho repubublican state central
committee in Ohio. Mr. Clark stands
high in the republican organization
because of the splendid fight he made
in the state which was the central
battle ground - because it was the
home of both major party candidates
for the presidency. -
Mr. Dover has for some time been
living in Tacoma. From headquarters
there he has been managing personal
business interests in Seattle and Port
land as well as in Tacoma.
Political Experience Wide.
In the late campaign he was the
'official representative of the national
committee in all of the Pacific coast
states. He has had wide political ex
perience, first distinguishing him
self as secretary of the natonal com
mittee under Mark Hanna in the first
McKinley campaign in 1896.
Republicans here seemed to think
today that Chairman Hiys was sure
to succeed Albert Sydney Burleson
as postmaster-general when the ad
ministration changes on March 4.
Some activity began on the repub
lican side of the senate relative to
finding a suitable post in the govern
ment for Senator Chamberlain of Or
egon when his term as senator ex
pires less than .three months hence.
A few informal conferences. It was
learned, have been held at which the
matter was discussed. Among the
republican senators who have been
considering the availability of Sen
ator Chamberlain was Senator Lodge,
senate majority leader.
Exceptional Ability Seen.
It was the sense of these senators,
according to information available,
that tho new administration should
avail itself of the Oregon senator's
exceptional ability as well as his
wide experience in public life. Par
ticular mention was made of his
service during the war as chairman
of the senate military affairs com
mittee, when, against the opposition
of his own party and in the face of
the bitter personal rebuke of Presi
dent Wilson, he forced upon the ad
ministration laws and policies which
made America play a more effective
part in the war.
Senator Lodge's view was said to be
that the highest use should be made
of Senator Chamberlain. One place
discussed, it became known, was
membership on the shipping board,
but no further consideration was
given to such a proposal when atten
tion was called to the fact that Com
missioner Teal had come to the board
with the indorsement of Mr. Cham
berlain. Another democrat defeated in the
late election who is to be proffered
a place is Champ Clark, democratic
floor leader of the house and ex
speaker. Just what place President
Harding will be asked to reserve for
Mr. Clark has not been considered.
CHRISTMAS BONUS LARGE
Com pan j Will Distribute $500,000
Among Its Employes.
KENOSHA, Wis., Dec. ' 9. Approx
imately $500,000 will be distributed
in the annual Christmas bonus checks
to between 3500 and 4000 employes
of the Simmons company, it was an
nounced today.
Employes In branch plants at San
Francisco, and, ia Ca-na (la vviU Aiiare.
500 Farmers March to Leaf AVare
houscs and Demand That Man
agers Close Doors.
OWENSBORO, Ky Dec. 9. Serious
developments arc threatened here be
cause of the condition of the tobacco
market, low prices of which, it was
said, threaten farmers with bank
ruptcy. Five hundred tobacco growers, fol
lowing a meeting today, marched to
the loose leaf warehouses, where they
demanded that the owners close until
better prices could be realized.
Five of the sev.en warehouses
agreed to close. Sales today were
practically $3 o. hundred (stronger
than yesterday's average, 72,420
pounds selling for an average of $8.78
a hundred.
NEW TORK, Dec. 9. Indications
are that the "tide of the market has
turned and the manufacturers should
make cautious preparations for re
vival of the market after January 1,"
Stanley A. Sweet, official of a large
overall concern, declared today in -an
address before the semi-annual con
vention of the International Associ
ation of Garnfent manufacturers.
MOTORCYCLE DRIVER HURT
R. D. Slurdcn Has Knee Fracture
' as Result of Mishap.
R. D. Murden, 21, 4228 Seventy
fourth avenue. Southeast, was taken
to St. Vincent's hospital last night
with a compound fracture of the
right knee, received when the motor
cycle on which he was riding crashed
into the automobile of A. E. Baty,
Park Rose addition, at Twenty-fourth
and Knott streets.
Murden is an employe of the Stand
ard Oil company. The motorcycle
was badly damaged and one front
wheel was torn from the automobile.
No arrest resulted. .
STORM WARNINGS GIVEN
High Winds From Point Reyes and
Rain Expected.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9. A storm
so severe as to necessitate warnings
from San Francisco to Tatoosh, on
the Northern Washington coast, is
sweeping in from the North Pacific
with great rapidity today, the weath
er bureau here announced. , .
. The storm is expected to bring high
winds from Point Reyes north and
rain from the Mexican line to beyond
the British Columbia line. Heavy
snowfall also is expected in Washing
ton and Oregon.
PORTLAND WOMAN CHOSEN
Colon Ml 1 Daughters Names Mrs.
J. B. Reed as Vice-President.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 9. The National
Society of Colonial Daughters of
America was reorganized today and
the name changed to the National
Society of Descendants of Colonial
Ancestry.
Officers elected included Mrs. J. B.
Reed, Portland, Or., as a vice-president.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 4
degrees; lowest. 42 degrees; cloudy.
TODAY'S Bain, southerly winds.
Foreign.
League assembly disappointed over Wil
sons rerusai to name ucws.w.
Britain may make Irish truce today.
Page 3. . .
National.
Blmer Dover of Tacoma, Wash... seeks
party leadership if Hays wins cabinet
place. Page L
Anti-immigration forces win skirmish, in
house. Page B.
Kltchin scores plan to repeal surtaxes.
Page 1.
Wilson asks help for starving Chinese.
Page 18.
Widow describes MacSwlney"s death from
buDer strike. Page 17.
Domestic.
Tariff revision by congress in near future
held unlikely. Page 1.
Better times coming for farmers, say
speakers at Kansas City conference.
Page 4.
phearing denied convicted members of
" L W. W. Page 4.
Armenia, forced by Turks and bolshevikl,
signs formal armistice. Page 6.
Kentucky tobacco pTowere declare market
conditions threaten bankruptcy. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Pirate craft brings terror to Siberians.
Page 1.
Women reported Inred into clutches of
Seattle negro necromancer. Page 7.
Change of venue denied Betty Bralnerd.
Page .
Lloyd O. Edwards, 26, elected mayor of
Uayton, Wash. Page 18.
Sports.
Boxen of various weights to box Wednes
day. Page 16.
Little Rock club releases Pitchers Seaton
and Smithy Pago 17.
Commercial and Marine.
Reaction may bo duo in coffee market.
Page 27.
Wheat declines at Chicago with smaller
buying orders. Page 27.
All classes of stocks are under pressure
Page 27.
Three Portland vessels getting coal cargoes
at Newcastle despite temporary em
bargo. Page 19.
$444,766 definitely adopted as port levy.
Page 19.
Portland and Vicinity.
Foresters make 1921 fire fighting plans.
Pago 10.
Fourteen hungry, tired soldiers ask police
for help. Page 1.
Albany college to start drive at once for
(3S0.0O0. Page 14.
Father sought as kidnaper of son. -Page 2S.
Public welfare bureau , needs fund to
carry needy families through winter.
Pago 21.
Butter and cheese makers in session.
Page 28.
County turns down requests for funds.
Page 22.
Not all democrats defeated In last Oregon
electton. Page 22.
England's course in Ireland denounced by
former British soldier. Page 18.
Coroner's Jury holds Axelsen to grand jury
for death of Mips Ferguson when hit
,. b. auto. P&so 8. . t
Wilson Reply to Request
CausesRegret.
CONTACT WITH U. S. DESIRED
Armament Discussion Plans
May Be Deferred.
CANADIANS SCORE AGAIN
Provision for Permanent Finance
Transit and Health Commissions
Finally Eliminated.
GENEVA, Dec. 9. (By the Associ
ated Press.) President Wilson's neg
ative reply to the' league of nations
invitation to name an unoCCicial dele
gate to co-operate with the com
mission to be appointed by the as
sembly to discuss disarmament has
caused great disappointment here.
The chief desire of the assembly
members seems to bo to maintain as
many points of contact a3 possible
with the United Slates, and it was
thought the disarmament investiga
tion afforded an opportunity of which
President Wilson could take advan
tage without committing himself.
' Canadians Score Again. '
Mr. Wilson's decision regarding the
Armenian boundaries has not been
received here. It is thought in league
circles that his reply has more likely
been sent to London or Paris, since
it is a matter for consideration by
the supreme council of the allies,
rather than by the league of nations.
Canada, whose delegation has made
a great impression on the assembly,
scored again today when it secured
elimination of the provision in the
technical committee's report for per
manent finance, transit and health
commissions. The assembly, Im
pressed by the growing expenses of
the league and the International labor
bureau, accepted "the Canadian view.
Hrnani Prods Aaaembly.
The Canadians argued that it was
preferable to work with temporary
commissions having consulting power
only until it 13 possible to see more
clearly just what may be done with
specialized organizations.
The prospects of a prolonged stay
in Geneva are beginning to worry tho
delegates and officials. After two
days spent entirely upon the report
of the technical committee. President
Hymans of the assembly today made
an earnest appeal to the delegates to
cut their remarks short.
BULGARIA . IS MAKING GOOD
Commission ' Favors Admission to
League of Nations.
GENEVA. Dec. 9.-;-(By the Asso
ciated Press.) The admission of Bul
garia to the league of nations has
been voted by the commission on the
admission ot new states. This action
was taken after a report submitted
by Marshal Foch had been read. In
which the marshal declared that Bul
garia had made sincere efforts to
live up to the treaty terms.
Even the "little entente" countries.
1W I : lt.il UdU L' -11 on UU& ' 1 wit..
position to Bulgaria, voted for her
I admission.
mit Armenia, Albania and Georgia to
participate in the work of the tech
nical commissions. Lichtenstein was
refused admission, but will be al
lowed representation of its Interests
in the league by Switzerland.
The Baltic states were not admitted
and the only remaining question is
the disposition of Lithuania.
Roumania, Serbia, Czecho-Slovakia
and Greece have been conducting a
fight for several weeks against the
entrance of Bulgaria at this time, all
submitting long documents outlining
numerous alleged violations of the
peace treaty by Bulgaria. Marshall
Foch pointed out that Bulgarian dis
armament has advanced further than
that of any other enemy state, her
army now consisting of 23,000 men.
instead of 40,000 as contended by the
"little entente."
The question of the distribution of
raw materials among the nations was
brought up again by Signor Schanzer
of Italy during debate upon the for
mation of an economic commission.
He said he had entire confidence that
the league would bring economic as
well as political justice, through giv
ing all countries access to the nat
ural resources of the world. He de
clared it was not the Italian view
point that the interior affairs of any
country should be interfered with,
but it was desired that artificial eco
nomic barriers be broken down.
Postponement of the proposed pleb
iscite in the Vilna region for eight
months and exclusion of Vilna Itself
from the plebiscite area were re
quested by the Lithuanian goveii
ment today.
DESTROYER IS DELIVERED
Warship Bnilt at San Francisco
Received at Mare Island.
VALLEJO, Cal., Dec. 9. The de
stroyer Zeilm, constructed at the
Union Iron works, San Francisco, was
delivered to Mare Island navy-yard
today.
Lieutenant-Commander James F.
Moore will command the Zeilm. She
WiU be, assigned, to the Pacific fleet.