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MEDFOIID, OHECION, TIlUItSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1919
NO. 21(5
.MEBFOEB
REDS
FIRST PEACE
Lloyd Geow Detained In Loudon
V But Informal Meetinns Held Bv
Other Premiers With President
Procedure Adopted to Be Sim-
plest Possible Outline, ol Plans
Aoreed Unon Formal Conferences
Begin Next Week.
PARIS, Jim. 0. I'ri'iiiior Clemen
cmih of France, iiinl Premier Vcni
iii'Ioh nf Orrero conferred 'this niorn
inir with I lie American pernio ilolcmi
lion. '
,, PA IMS, Jim. 0. A French prolornl.
(tivinir a detailed program of tho
procedure of Iho pcuco nnf,rnn,i.
Iiiih been submitted to tli Ainerineii
nn (I other delegation.
I'AKIS. Jan. It. (Ilv Iho ANHiu-iiit-tii
Press.) President Wilton's con
ferences with the premiers of (Itvut
Britain. France iiiul 1 1 it 1 v. which were
to oiHn toiliiv. prohnlilv will not lie
itin before rnrlv next week.
Mr. I.Lovd lleoruo ix detained in
London. Premier Orlando of 1 1 ill v.
duo horn toiliiv. will probably rwturn
to Home, where hiit presence for 4H
hour in neuj'Hsiirv because of mat
ters miller oonsiilerutiuii bv Ilia I Inl
inn purliumrnt.
There will, however, he n meeting
todnv nl the pffleo of Stephen t'irlmn.
foreign minister, attended hv Mr.
Wilson, I'romior Orlando unci Japan
ese representative, lint it will he in.
formal. It wiih considered best to
liold tlut meetitiu and clear nn Home
preliminary points, nml it is believed
Unit nniMirtiiilt details or iiroeedtire
will ho xetllod. If this ix done the
delegates will lie in n iioxilion when
Mr. I.lovcl George nrrivex. In rapidlv
complete preliminary work und clear
ui mntlors for tho oncninir coiifer
eneex on Monduv nml Tuesday. I'ioh
ident Poineiirn nuiv definitely munin
ii 1 11 tndiiv (he French delegates to the
pence congress.
Simplest Prormlmo
Tlio procedure Hint will he adopted
will he the simplest poxxilile, xiivimr
the advantage of avoiding laborious
pour purler und exchanges of notex
between chancellories.
Ax regards nneHtinnx concerning
rneinv vountriex, it ix understood that
IhniHe concerning Germany will he
taken up find, then thoxe of Austrin
Huhgnrv und finiillv thoxe relntivo to
Bulgaria nml 'furkev.
It ix not expected that tlio nro
mier'x eonfereneo will deal with more
than the moxt general principle. In
i'aet, it now xeemx doubtful that moro
than a broad general agreement will
bo reached heforo President Wilson
returns to Ameriea in February.
The procedure now- being diseuss
cd is 'rouah.lv ax follows:
Outllno of rinii
First, u ceneral agreement between
Iho United Slates and the entente
belliuerentH for tlio creation of a
League of Nations, or similar machin
ery, to onforcc Iho terms of pence and
preserve it.
Second, the sotting up of new inde
pendent states growing out of tlio
. War.
' Third, tlio assessment of damages
and Indemnities and tlio manner of
their, payment.
, I'Yiurth, - the conclusion of pnnco
(Contlnuoa on Pago Six.)
10 PEACE CONFERENCE
PARIS, Jan. 0. (Hnvns,. Otflclnl
announcement wan mndo today that
1ho council of ministers hnd irpprov-
od the nominations as tho Kronen
representatives In tho penco congrosa
of tlio following: . r
Cloorgon Clomonconti, tho promlorl
Htoplion Plc.hon, foreign' mlnlutor;
Louis Luclon Klotz, flnanco minis-
tor: .Andre Tarillou, Kronoh high
commlHslanor to tho United States;
Julon Onmlion, former amhnsandor nt.
Horllu. i .
'Paul nutastn, Fronch nmhnsmulor
to Swltzorlnnd, will ho socrotnry ot
tbo Krcnch dologutlon.
UNDERWAY
FRENCH DELEGATES -'
OVERTHROW
ALLIED EFFORTS RAILWAY CHIEFS
mmiooiA nMiv oiidiiit mAMO
innuooiHUiiLi oudiyiii tlhiio
li ufAn nirAoiinro
YtHll iyilhouhlo
Operations Friendly and Not Hostile
Towards Russian People Declares
Hitchcock Landlnu at Ports Mill-,
tary Measure Directed Aqalnst Ger-
' many During War,
WASHINGTON". Jan. 9 Amorlcnn
und allied operntlomi In Ituimla urc
friendly und not IiohIIIo to tlio Itiin
iilun people, ultho hi opponltlon to
(iiirmnn-lloUhvvIk fiirecu, Cbalmiun
llltclicock or tlio senate forelKn rcln
llonn comniltlun aid In nn nddreaii
today. replyliiK to tlio recent demand
of Bannlor Johnaon of Cultfornlu, for
mi official Hliitemunt of tho Ameri
can pollgy In KuhxIii.
Henutor llltclicock prepureit Ilia
mldreaa ntter conaultliiK with ActlnK
Horrotury l'nlk ut tho alato depnrl
nieat. Iteferrlng to eluro of Vindl
voatok, Murniiinak mid Archangel, ho
mild :
"In each ratio It wna dono sa a
mouaura of war aKulnat (iormuny and
not u k n I n x t Ituaaln.
No HiunIh Klxlx
"Thore la no Ituaala. Whnt wna
Kiixalu la n vnal disorganized uggro
gutlon of local gnvernmoiila. Itnlne
and TrotKky havo tlio great clllea of
I'utrograd, Moacow and aomo othera,
and thua havo Iho comer of the
wrockod nation, but It l tho moat
unhappy, moat luwleaa, brutal and
moat bloody. Other pnrta of Ituaaln
nro comparatively calm and orderly.
"Tho very fart," anid Senutor
Hitchcock, "that n Una of communi
cation acroaa Siberia fiOOO miles long
from Vlndlvoatok whoro our troopa
nro, to tho I' rut mount whoro the
Ufa government and Ctecha ore. to
gother with a amall forco of llrltlah
und French, la tho beat evidence that
we and tho allies aro on good terma
with Kuaala."
"Wo aent about 10,000 men to
Vladivostok, tho Pacific port," aald
Senator Hitchcock, "and nbout 6000
to Archangel, 1ho Arctic port In
Kuropoun Ituaaln, and Murmnuak,
tho port which loads to the Murmnn
const.
Ax War Mtuxurn
"Thnso liindlng nt Vlndlvoatok aro
for tho moat part still thero or In
that nolghhorhnod. Those landing nt
Archangel and across the Whlto sea
at .Murmansk, whllo still holding
those porta In connection with the
llrltlah and French troopa havo pene
trated a short distance Inland In each
caso probably ubout 100 miles as n
monauro of protoetlon for their bases.
In ono caso they hnvo gone up n
river, In tho other they huve hold tlio
lino of railway both means of trans
portation. "In all cases, tho occupation ot the
Russian ports was made aa a war
measure, urgod by the supremo wnr
council In Pnrla at it time when our
war with (lerniuny was nt Its height."
DKNVF.H. Col.. .Inn, 0. The Colo
rado legislature hex not vet rati
fied the federal Vrnliihitinn amend
ment. Tho Kcnale Into vexterdav 111!
lo 1, approved the resolution on third
und final rending. Toiliiv'lho house
I'oC roprcxcnliitivos passed it on sec
ond reading and it is expeeted to pass
on final reading tomorrow.
CHARLESTON. W. Yn.. Jan. !.
The West Virginia legislature todnv
completed its ratification of tho fed
oral prohibition amendhienl, being the
twenty-third stale to take this notion.
10 PEACE MEETING
PARIS, ..lan. !. Tho promlor of
Sorbin hns notlflod Korolgn Minister
IMchon thnt tho ,lugo-Slnv ropreaon-
Intlvos nl Voraiilllos will bo Nikola 1'.
Pnchltch, tormor promlor of Sorbin;
llr. M, R. Vcsnltch, formor Sorlilnn
mlnlator of rinnnco, and M. Trnm
hltch, prcsldont of Iho Dalnintlnli
diet.
HROW; OERIAI GOVERWMEWT
TO MERGE LINES
Comprehensive Pronram for Private
' Ownership Under Strict Govern
ment Retaliation Submitted Bv Rail
way Executives Unification of
Operation and Pooling Provided.'
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. A com
prehonalvo program for prlvalo own
ership and management of rallroada
under strict government regulation
was laid heforo tho sennto Interstate
commerce committee today by T. Do
wltt Cuylor, chairman of tho associ
ation of railway .executives, repre
senting practically all leading roads
In tho United Stales. The plan in
cludes provision for merging sys
tems, a lurgo measure of unification
of operation, pooling of facilities und
In contain cases of eurnlngs, and en
forcement of adequate service under
supervision of a socrotnry of truns-J
portnllon, a new cabinet office, with
tho 'Interxtnto commerce commission
acting as a supreme court of review
ot rata disputes.
Adjustment of Wages
Wugo and employment disputes
which could not be Bottled between
omployos und managements would be
reforred lo an adjustment board
within tho department of transporta
tion under tho plan, and strikes and
lockouts forbidden pending Investi
gation. . :
.Moat operating reforms . offocted
during unified management by , tho
railroad administration would be
continued but tho oxocutlves object
to Dlroctor General McAdoo's propo
sal for five-year extension of govern
ment control. Their suggestions aro
similar to the recommendations of
the Interstate commerce, commission
presented to the senate committee at
hearings earlier this week.
SernMitry of TnuixMrtntIon
Suggestions include: Secretary of
transportation should Issuo permits
for new and brunch lines and expen
sive terminals: carriers should Initi
ate rates subject to approval ot sec
retary of trnnaportntion, and Inter
state commorco commission; creation
of regional rnte tribunals appointed
by president with one member from
each stute In each region to deter
mine complaints subject to review by
tho Interstate commorco commission;
federal incorporation of Interstate
carriers; government supervision of
security Issues; and funding by the
govornment ot railroad Indebtedness
growing out ot fodornl control dur
ing tho war.
Railroad exocutives have pledged
Director Goncral McAdoo tholr co
operation and have urged him not to
relinquish fodornl control until con'
gross hns hnd opportunity to legls
Into, Mr. Cuylor declared.
BERGER GUILTY
OF DISLOYALTY
CHICAGO, Jun. !. Victor I.. Her
gor, Socialist congressman-elect
from from Wisconsin, was found
guilty ot violating tho espionage act
ill the federal court here last night.
Four Socialist co-dofondnnts with
Dorgor also were found guilty. The
case went to tho Jury at It o'clock
this morning. Tlio verdict was
ronchod aftor 6 hours 4" minutes of
dollhorntlon.
A motion for a now trial was tiled
and Judge Landis announced that ho
will hear arguments on tho motion
on January 20.
Aftor the verdict wus rendered.
Uergor, when nsked for a statement
said:
"I havo boon following my prlncl-
ploB for 2" yonrs. If 12 mon sny I
am guilty I must suffer.
ATTEMPT TO NLU
PASICI., Jan. fl. 'An nttompt lias
beon mndo nt Prague to assassinate
llr, Karl Kramnr., tho Czecho-Slovnk
promlor. Eight rovolvor shots woro
flrod nt him, none of which, however
took otfect.
CONFLICTING
NEW LEADER LOOMS, BIG IN BERLIN
c r.;
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Si
or jo
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Wtto Wels, frieod r Micri, crsiuhilo lalHir union sceroxnry, and com
nutmlcr r the gnvrninient forces nnd polico forco ili-fending liorlin from
tlio KimHiicmiM. .w -
STRIKE TIES UP
ALL SHIPPING IN
NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Except for
a small fleet ot ferry boats, tugs and
lighters engaged In debarkation ot
homecoming "troops and loading or
perishable supplies for the American
expeditionary forces, harbor shipping
wfts at a standstill today ns tho re
sult ot tho strlko of 15,000 marine
workers In nn attempt to force arbi
tration of their demands for higher
wages nnd an eight-hour day.-
Suspension of ferry boats between
Stolen Islnnd, tho New Jersey shore
and Long Islnnd left residents there
dependent on small boats, bridges or
subway trains. Subway entrances
were choked with crowds.
New York's supplyj&f fresh veget
ables, milk and fuel was curtailed.
WASHINGTON', Jan. 9. Secretar
ies Daniels and. Baker called . Into
conference . todny representatives of
the railroad administration nnd slilp
plny hoard to consider the New York
hnrhor strike situation.
Keports were current thnt either
the nuvy or tho wnr . department
would take oer operation of all Tior
bor facilities. ' ,
FAMINE RELIEF
BILL SIDE-TRACKED
WASHINGTON. ,lun. !). Ilv n Vote
of 5 to 2 the house rules committee
todnv refused to report n rule sivinil
privileged status to the bill npni'o
nritning the $1(10.000,00(1 rcnuestcd
hv President Wilson for Enropcnn re
lief work. " .
The hill now aoes lo the calendar
where its opponents snv'it will stnv
until (tho president uivos more dclit
nito information. -
ENGLAND AND ITALY -DELAY
FAMINE RELIEF
PAltlS, Jun. !. England nnd Italy
have not as yet appointed tholr
members of the International . food
commission and consequently revlc
tunlllng plans under tho dlroctlon ot
Horbort C. Hoover have not", boon
perfected. This has delnyod also
purchasing of foodstuffs urgently
deeded by tlio populations of regions
evacuated by tho Uermun armies. ,
REPORTS TELL
K
3
we us
FALSE REPORT OF
CHANGE IN .HIES
WASHINGTON. Jun. P. Food ad
ministration . officials authorized the
statement todnv. that no recommen
dation whatever had been made as
vet concerning chance in restrictions
upon 'the importation of Arccntme
corn. At the war trade bonrd it was
said not liinw had been heard from the
food administration on the subject.
The statement thnt no recommenda
tion for removal of restrictions hnd
hecn made was reiterated at the food
administration when attention was
called to nu assertion to the con
trary bv J. ,1. St renin, chairman of
th coarse srniin division nt Chicago.
It was said that Mr. Stream favored
such action but that it had not been
taken. ;J .
CHICAGO. Jan. P. J. J. Stream
chairman of the coarse trrain divis
ion of the food administration, seen
on the floor of the Board of Trade
this afternoon stilted that the food
administration has recommended re
moval of restrictions on the importa
tion of Argentine corn. The corn
market declined on the statement. He
was nt n loss to explain denials from
Wnsh'mrton. he said.
: Kxtrcme weakness in the corn
market ouicklv followed Mr. Stream's
statement. Prices fell UVi to 7-isC a
bushel, as compared with 24 hours be
fore. The close wus excited at the
lowest furores of the dov with Jan
uary $1.4-1(T 1.44V.. and Mav 1.3.'i(S)
I.:i5.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Practic
ally nil companies ot tho 37th Engi
neers "and remaining units of the
20 til Engineers have been assigned
to early convoy home. Those with
other units on today's list comprise
1ST1 -officers and 4343 men. They
nro:- -;
Regimental headquarters 1st bat
talion headquarters and companies
A, :B. C, 1), 10 nnd V ot tho 37th
Engineers; headquarters, 1st 'bivt
taltpn medical detachments, 1st 2nd,
3rd 'luid 36th companies 20th engi
neers; 'base hospital No. 6B, 17th
148th, U"i7th and 630th' aero squad
rons; lat and 3rd, 4th, 117th, SOSth,
314th and 815th trench mortar bat
torlos; pomont'iiilll companies IStth
nnd 227th, 30th company, 20th engi
neers, 312th sanitary train headquar
ters; Stli trench mortnr battery; air
sorvlco casual company No. 1.
OF BLOODSHED IN BERLIN
RIVAL GOVERNMENT PROCLAIMED
AND BOTH SIDES CLAIM SUCCESS
f
IN BERLIN'S
i
Paris Reports Ebert Government Overturned and Independent Socialists in
Control and New Forces Sent Aaainst Capital Wireless Messaqes
From Berlin Tell of Bloody Fiqhtinq and Claim Success for Govern
ment Spartacans Reported Driven Back and Ebert Master of Situa
tionArtillery Participates in Battle and Chaos Rules Capital.
PAR.IS. Jan. 9. (Havas). The
Ebert-Scbeidemann government In
Germany has been overturned, the
extremists having gained the upper
hand in Berlin after sanguinary
fighting, according to the latest Ger
man advices. - . t-
A new revolutionary government
has been proclaimed, composed of in
dependent socialists.
A part of the government troops is
reported to have gone over to the
rebels and the Spartacans now hold
the principal points In Berlin.
Civil war. is spreading to other
parts of Germany, and parts of the
Dhenlsh provinces and' Bavaria now
are reported to be involved.
Knemy Overturned .
Gustavo Noske, commander-in-
chief of the: German government
troops, will send new forces against
the capital In. an attempt to regain
control-ot it,Jt is reported. A des
perate reaction by the more conser
vative elements is expected.
. Casualties in the Berlin fighting
are reported to have been heavy.
. The independent socialists said to
1 be at the head of the new govern
ment are Ueorg Ledebonr, Herr Lleb
mann and Herr Tiek.
Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the leader of
the Spartacans, is continuing his
activities, (presumably in an effort
to Install a governmenjf of his own
choosing.)
LONDON, Jan. 9, 4 p. m. German
government messages picked up by
wireless hre say that parts of Berlin
are scenes of bloody fighting.
The government, It Is added, is
taking all necessary measures to de
stroy "the reign ot terror." '
The messages say that some parts
of Berlin already are without light
and water. Provision depots have
been stormed by the Spartacans and
the feeding of soldiers and civilians
has been Interrupted.
LONDON, Jan. 9. At 6 o'clock
Wednesday evening there was little
change in the situation In Berlin,
altho the government had made some
progress In strengthening Its posi
tion, according to an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Copenhagen.
lihnl Government
BERNE, Jan. 6. Telegraphic re
ports from Berlin today state that
tho rebels there have formed a new
government under the title of "The
Revolutionary Committee," compris
ing three members, Herr Liebmann,
Georg Ledebour and Herr Tiek. The
last named the president of the Spar
tacan lea gue.
The Spartacans thus appear still to
be working with the socialists of the
left, or Independents. -
(The dispatch would also seem to
Indicate the possibility that the new
government set up Is a rival one to
the Ebert-Scheldemann government
and has not In fact displaced it, as
today's advices thru Paris report.)
' BASEL." Jan. !). Troops loyal to
the Khert government have arrived in
Berlin from l'ptsdnm and driven the
Spartacans as far as tho Tieraarten
and re-ocupiod the printimr works,
according to tho Frankfort Zcitung.
' AMSTERDAM. . Jan. ' P. Street
fighting in Berlin attained the great
i
LONDON -Tim R At lli, nnliminl.
ist congress being held at Delhi, In
dia,' snv reports, a resolution was
lldonted fnvnvintr full tivnvinpitil ni,
tonoin'v and against special elector
ates for Europeans. The congress
missed formal resolutions of loyalty
to tlio crown..
REIGN OF TERROR
est intensity between 11 o'clock Tues
day night and 5 o'clock Wednesday
morning, according to n Berlin tele
gram to the Frankfort Nachrichten.
Heavy artillcrv lire continued unin
terruptedly. Tho dispatch suvs tho
government is still master of the sit
uation. Largie bodies of troops, particular
ly artillery, it is ariedd, continue to be
sent to Berlin. Premier Ebert is re
ported to have told a friend that he
had no doubt nbout the issuo of the
fightings.' .
' . ' Artillery Kmployed '
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 9. Severe
fighting in which artillery was em
ployed, took place in Berlin yesterday
near the central telegraph ol ficc. Tho
Spartacans renewed their attempts to
seize the chancellor's palace, it is de
clared in Berlin dispatches to tho
Hilndelsbled. hut were driven back
with the loss of 30 killed and 45
wounded. . ; .: '.
.. Chuos prevails in the government
'offices,.- .. . ', :-:
The government lias been concen
trating troops in Berlin and on Wed
nesday the advices odd, the Sparta
cans were driven from the Potsdam
and Anhalt railroad stations, '' tho
Brandenburg gale . and the central
railway office.
The correspondent reports that the
Spartacans obtained 18.000,000
marks in paper money when thev cap
tured the government printing office.
, Fighting Continues
BERLIN. Jan. 8.-(ll a. m: Bv tho
Associated Press.) Heavy lighting
continued throughout Inst night nt
vnrious points in Berlin. The civil
warfare already is estimated to have
cost twenty times as many lives as
were sacrificed in the overthrow of
the Hohenzollern dynasty 00 days
ago.
The corespondent is informed thut
the government troops have been re
pulsed in every attempt thowmnde to
recapture public buildings from tho
Spartacans. The oposition forces hold
theTcichstag building, the approaches
to the Brandenburg gate mid the Sil
esian railway station. -v
The excitement in the eitv is 'so
great that it is impossible to secure
details.. . . ':!':'). ,rf''.'-;t:
Since Monday the Spartacans havo
not repeated the-attempt to captura
the government hendounrters in tho
chancellor's palace, which is strongly
guarded bv soldiers.
. . .. . . . . . I
Negotiations Foil ;
LONDON. Jan. 8. Negotiations!
between the government and revolt
ing elements in Berlin were in pro
gress all day yesterday, sav Copenha
gen and Amsterdam dispatches, but
no definite result was npaprent.
None of the leuders. it appeared, had
any real control over the masses in
the Berlin streets, and . spnsiuodio
fighting took place in various parts
of tho city. .- .!
The Spnrtaciis group lias pro
claimed a general strike for Jnnunrv
19. The Spartacans declare thev will
prevent the elections to the natimal
assembly bv nil possible moans. It
is asserted that the entire railway
svstem of Germany is in their Hands,
Outside the capital, the messaaen
state, tho Bolsheviki moven;cnt Is
weak. - '- - .
MITIGATE BLOCKADED
OF CENTRAL
PARIS, Jan. 9. Representatives
of the allied nations here Intend to
give Immediate consideration to tho
question of mitigating the sevorlty ot
the blocknde of the central powers In
order to pormlt movement of food
Biippllcs for Czecho-Slovakla, Poland,
and sections of Russia and oihar ter
ritory. .