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MEDFOKD, ORIOaON, "WEDNliSIMY, JANUARY 15,. 1919
NO. 231
EIBUNE
TWO PL
ANS FOR
NATIONS' LEAGUE
AT PEACE MEET
Two Forces Havlna Same Oblcct. Dlf-
for ns to Means for Mnklmi Lcauue
Effective One Deems Combined
Physical Force 'Necessary. Other
Believes In Economic Prossure.
PAItIS, Jim. 15. (Hy AMHoelntiid
Proas.) Tho nuprotno council of the
livnrs cnnxmn resumed II a oIoii
nl 10:30 o'clock today. Throw In at
tendance wore Premier Clcniouconii
a nil KorolKii Mliililnr Tlehon for
Prance; President WIIhoii anil Bocro
litry oC Huuo Lansing for Ilia 1' nil ml
Stall'; Premier l.loyd-Goorito nnd
Poroltin Secretary Itulfntir for (Irmit
llrlliiln: Porclmi Minister Hiinnliio
for Hilly, nml Viscount Chimin anil
Huron .Muinul for Jnpmi.
Tim supremo council look ft recess
at 12:30 o'clock until 2:30.
Tho morning session wan devoted
In discussion of inolboiU of pracC'
dure.
Two Plan HlKCiiKiiml
It Ih apparent (hut tho movement
to cream n I-oiikiio of Nation In be
ing carried on by two tureen hnvlim
tho same object, hut differing an to
moans for making It effoetlvo. Olio
of these represent tho contention
Hint tho decisions of thn loiiguu mum
ho hnckeil liy Its coinhlnoil phyitlcul
forco. whllo Iho other ropronnntn Iho
view Hint II fliiilliiKK enn bo enforced
without Iho u lit of a common world
nollco forco.
lilnlomiilliitM irciii Impressed wllh
tho view that liolli Ideas am moving
toward a 'common ground which for
example might provlito Hint tho nu
Hon cnulit rosorvo for onch Individ
ual ro their decision wholher they
would utilize armed force or avail
thonuelves of olhur meaim. ,.
tXiniiil'-lliiif Allotment
Tlio work before, todny'ii session of
tho supremo council comprised roni'
pletlon of Iho iillotmeitt of represent
tnllon of Iho various nations anil
further didvlnn Into tho iiiieitllftn of
whether Itussla should hnvo dele
gates In tho lurxcr body, In a lnriio
souse, tho work today may ho com
pared 10 that of a credential com
mlttco procodlnK tho ol ti ltms of nn
Aniorlciiii nation itl convention. The
preliminary session will conliuuo
work on Iho nueatlon continuously,
wllh thn expectation of IiiivIiik It on
tlrely disposed of hy Saturday, when
tho firm formal Blttlntt of Iho pence,
conKroHH will bo held.
Tho proiiriim couimonly agreed
upon call for primary consideration
of the forming of a League of Nations
and tho congress will work on thin to
tho exclusion of all otlior Mubjoctu.
llronil Out Plan
Tho sponsors for tho I.oague of
tXatloiiR plans conlomplalo Iho broad
cnlng out of tho functions of tho pro.
pnsod league a tho prcllmlnnry din
cushions proceed, tholr assumption
heliiK that these will rnngo far Into
tho subjects of raw material and tin
nnco, proceeding on tho thoory tliu
tho financial or economic domination
of amallor nation by tits larKr I no
leu a danger than armed domina
tion. Tho financial program of tho
Joukiio, a vlowed In thoso quartora,
will ho to conHldor wholhor tho
leaguo Itself should lend It nlil fln
unctiilly and economically to tho
small Indepondont ntutos which are
rising.
Whllo, tho apportionment of dolo
mites to tho pence congress Iiiih not
yet boon off lclnlly mndo known, tho
Hut published nftur Monday's Hussion
of tho supremo council lias causod an
unfavorable Impression among soma
of tho mission, according to the
French pross. Tho Sorblnna and Bel
gian n ro notably dissutlsfled with
tho giving of throe, dologatos to Ilrnzll
whllo thoy aro only pormltted two
each.
MARTIAL LAW TO
RULE ARGENTINE
em
niHONOS AIRES, Jan, Ki. (By
Asfloclulod ProsB.) Martial law may
become, offoctlvo thrttottt tho country
today If tho aennto notn favorobly on
a bill paHscd by tho chamber of dop-
utlos yoBtortlay. Tho bill glvos mill
tary authorities control Tor 30 days
Klvo provliieoa havo asked for troops
At Hosnrlo and noljllborlng citios
tho Bltuation 1b grave,
In thin city no nttompt 1b bolng
mndo to run stroot earn nflor dnrlt,
with tho oxcoptlon ot ono lino. Pn
Irolmon nro nrmod with rlflos and
linyonots, '
HoportB from tho Interior Indicate
disorder thoro Is not duo to BolsiiO'
vltitB, but to Btrikora, moslly railroad
worltors.
34 OUT OF 36
STATESNEEDEOVOTE
E
CHICAGO. Jim. 15. Within
21 hours, nml possibly sooner,
(he flitted HI dies will prubublv
hnvo been voliul drv bv llin lie
limi nl' Hie legislatures oC IKl
stale, w 1 1 i i 1 1 cunMilulit the 7')
per cent iieecKMirv to rend pro
liiliitinti into the i'oiikI it iitiun.
I'll In '1 o'clock IIiih nl'lenioon
Hie leiii-lnliireH nl' II I Htilli'rt lind
in I i 1 icl thn iiiiii'iiiliiiniit. Tlio
hlntrn wliii h riitil'ii'd loilnv were
Colorado, limn, dri'L'on and New
llninihiie.
I,O.VIX)N, Jan. 1.1, In comment
ing upon tho conference between
Premier Orlnndo of Italy, and Pre I
dent Wilson Inst Friday, persona In
touch with the lullnu mission do
flare the premier wa surprised at
Mr. Wilson' nttltiide. u tho l'urla
coi'rnMpondent of tho Dully Mail.
"1'rntldtint Wilson wa firm In hi
refusal to rocoKtiiro Itnliiin claim
heyotid Trieste and Trent." tho cor-
nupoiideul writes. "It I known that
Korelttn Minister Honnlito of Italy,
demand an Important part of the
Dalmatlon onst a well as Klumc,
whllo Premier Orlando would be con
tent to Klvo up tho Dalmatian const
If suro of Kliimo. It I reported Hint
oven nn this noun .Mr. wnson wan
unwIllliiK to give way.
"Whllo the majority of tho Inhabi
tant of Flumo are Italian, that por
I tho natural outlet for tho Austrian
Sluv. . It I therefore clnlnied that a
few tlioiisaud Italians In I'lume are
not to bo balanced Rgnlnst the need
(or a sea outlet for million of Slav
It I pointed out that tho commercla
necessities of the Jugo-Slav demand
nn nutlet to Iho Adriatic and that If
Italy Ignore Hioso necessities she
may Incur tho enmity of thoso popu
lation and create a new danger to
Iho peuco of Kurope. It I aupposod
that President Wilson doo not con
ider that Kiumo, a a free port In
Italian hands, would meet tho needs
of tho Jugo-Hlav hinterland."
WASHINGTON'. .Inn. U.Tlie mi
thorilv of the National War I.tibor
Hoard to enforce its; decrees now
Hull hostilities htive censed was elll
lenced lodnv bv counsel for the ltcth-
leliem Sleel companv who had been
asked loniuieur to answer cotniilaiilts
Hint awards made bv tlio board diirini:
the war bad not been carried out.
Joint Chairman Tat't of the board
oucslioneil Hie cooil failli of Iho eom
)iinv, nml said ils present attitude
"colors Hie whole situation with a
sense of inusliee which makes, one
Vctirti for judicial (lower to compel
compliance." lie added Hint tlie hoard
did not have Ibis power, but would
meet Saltirdiiv with etnplove.-i' repre
sentatives to del ermine "what there
is possible o be done in this situa
tion." : .
PORTUGUESE REBELS
LONDON, Jan, 1". Tho revolu
tionist forces at Sanlaicm, north
east, of Lisbon, ltnvinir refused lo
surrender,' lb" ttovei iitnent I roups
hnvo HitiToiiiiileil Hie town nnd ennt-
mencod n bonihiirdieiit, nct'onlim' lo
a wireless dispatch trotn L:sbou (bit
ed today. -
PE
COPKNIIAOKN, Jim. 13. The
fleininii caliiiiel met vcslerdav to dis
cuss (lie new consliltilion nnd ponnid
er proposals for thn meelimr of tlio
itiilioual nssenibly. Geriuanv's pnr-
t.iciiiilion in the peneo eomrress was
also Inken up. The meeliiisr will bo
RFTHI FHFM flFF Fs
ULIIILLIILIII ULI IL.U
WAR LABOR BOARD SCOREKILLEDWHEN
mini innrn rni nnro
fotiliniicil todity,
GREECE WANTS
CONSTANTINOPLE
AS WAR SPOILS
Memorandum Presented Peace Con
ference Bv Venlzelos Demanding
Thrace. Near Coast Islands. VIII
avets In Asia Minor and Most of
Turkey.
PA I! IS. Jan. 15. (Ilv llio Asso
ciated Press.) Greece linn laid be
fore the pence conference a memo
minium HR'ncil bv Premier Veni.elo
M'ttinir fin 111 the clniinx of flreoco in
the hettiilement of the war. The mem
orandum kiivm the Hellenic nutiotiH
ennxiht of H.'JoD.OOO persons, of
whom ,Vi per cent live in the kinttdom
ot (I recce and lite remainder outside
itx limits.
Wihliiiiir to reunite Hie Greek ponu-
Inliiui in I he lliilkans. Asia .Minor ami
the islands adincent to the kinudom
(Ireeee asks, firt. Northern Kuirus
wbieli I'Oiitnins I20.U00 Greeks
auaiiist HU.tllMI Albniiians.
Thrace Demanded
Ah ii second demand, Greece asks
fur Tltrnee. without Constantinople.
Thrace, accnnljiir to the memoriin
liim. i-. iieiuitcd lunielv bv Greeks.
"Since Constantinople, neeordiiii!
to Hie I'.'Hi point of President Wil
son's program, cannot remain under
Turkish rule," Iho memorandum de
clares, "the natural solution would
ha to award Constantinople to Greece
and to establish international irimr
nntiuis for Hie freedom of the xtriiilK.'
"Hut if n society of notions is es
talilislied ininiciliati'lv." the memo
riiilum colli inues. "Constantinople
miulil in eniiseiiuence of treat inter
national inleresls eonnecled with the
possession of the straits be formed ns
a separate enlilv bv Hie society of
notions, which would nominate its
rovernor fur certain fixed periods."
Wants Asiiv Minor
The third territorial claim made bv
Greece is lor ViluveU in Asia .Minor.
These have a population, it is said of
l.lS.Otiti Greeks nauiiist 1,042,000
Miiliiiiiimediins and are claimed to be
both "Kcournpliicnllv and historically
iutc-ml parts of Greece.
' The Armenian province with Kits
sian Armenia, the memorandum snvs,
should be erected into a separate
state, oruitniitation of which shou!
bo entrusted to one of tjjp eroiit pow
ers bv the society ot nations.
All islands in Hie Near Knst which
are ctlinnoLrrophicnllv. ceoirraphu'iillv
nnd economically Greek, must return
to the Hellenic stale. These shoiili
include islands, which neeordint: to
the treaty made in London in April
HH.'i, are to bo annexed to Italy.
HOSTON. .Tan, LI. Fifteen lo 20
persons nre known to hnvo been killed
and :"() to 7."i iniured bv the explosion
of a sloraue tank of molasses nea
Cutis wluirf toduv.
The explosion blew nwnv two
Hie supportiiit! liillurs of the Atlutitic
avenue elevated rntlwiiv structure, dc
tiiolished several buildincs, blew nn
electric freight ear off tho track
overturned a number of heavily load
ed trucks mid killed nboiil n doren
horses.
The force of the explosion knocked
over the fire bout lnUso of Kncinc
No. 47. One of the firemen wa
blown into tho harbor. Two others
were pinned in the ruins and a fourth
was not iiceoiinted lor.
A nearhv tenement bouso fell in
Two women mid a man wero lakcn
from the ruins, nil iniurvd.
Thirlv-fivo persons were removeil
to hospitals and niiinv others received
medical attention nnd wero sent to
their homes.
GENERAL WOOD TO
WASHINGTON. .Ian. 1.). Orders
direclinu: Mnior General Leimar
Wood, now eoninuindins Camp Funs
ton, Kns., to proceed to Chicniio and
tnke eonimiiiuliof the central dcpnrt
nient wero isued todny bv tho war
department.
ALLIES TO TRANSFER
HUN GOLD TO FRANKFORT
: PARIS, Ttiesdtiv. Jan. 11. German
told reserves which the allies pro
lose lo transfer to I' rnnUfovt from
he Urrlin licichsbtinU lotaled 2,i!(i2,
0,000 itiui'ks vn Uoeenibor yi,
IVIULftooto tArLUUtO
artillery regiment
T.
t, ....-...
. .
NKW VOtilC, Jan. 1.1. The
I'nited Slate ('miser St. Louis,
briiiL'inK the ,'lllilli field artil
lery, 4.1 officers and .2''i men.
arrived todov from Itrest, Twenty-six
of tlieso wero hick nnd
wounded. Tho moment, eon
sistintr of one per cent regulars
nnd III) per cent conscripted men,
were trained at C'ump Lewis,
Wash. It saw service in lieluium
with the 01st division and re
turned under command of Col
onel Samuel Krimkeuboracr.
0
E
FIGURED BY WILSON
PARIS. .Tan. 15. President Wil
son will have before him an Indepen
dent estimate of the actual physical
damnge suffered by France and Bel
gium during the war when the peace
oongres reaches the stage of dls-
cualng Indemnities. A survey will
probably be conducted by more than
200 American army offlcera.
In the opinion of some observers
the bill of actual damage when com
puted will be so great that the en
tent nations probably will be more
concerned with the ability of the Ger
man people to foot the bill as It will
stand than with the possibility of ex
acting further damages In the nature
of punitive lndomnlltes and wrt
costs. President Wilson believes that
damages should b,estricted to restl
tutlon, reparation and restorations
and should not he extended to finan
clal punishment ot the -German peo
ple.
at-rem
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 15. Hunecr
riots Vook place in Pctrocrad 'on
Sntiirdav and Stindnv. nccordin". to
advices received hero. Ten thousand
persons paraded, shoutinir for bread.
and were fired upon bv Bolshevist
troops, who nro said to have been
Letts. Desperate from hunger. '.the
crowds nre renorted to have asked
the soldiers to fire upon them. ' '
Dispatches snv not a sinslc piece of
bread is to be found now in Petro-ffi-nd
nnd that iiiinroiind outs lire be
ing given the people.
IEBKNECHT
DECREE OF DEPOSAL
Bl'.h'LIN. Tuesday. Jan. 14. (Bv
the Associated Press.) Dr. Karl
Liebkneclit, Spiirtacnn lender: Gcorc
Ledebour, bend of tlio revolutionary
independent socialist , element, and
sviiiiuitliiaors of these revolutionary
chiefs were So certain that their plans
for the recent uprising would succeed
that they bud prepared a proclama
tion dated. January 6 in which the
F.bert-Schiodoniann government was
declared deposed nnd formal an
nouncement inaile thiit the govern-
hicnt hud been
revolutionists.
taken over bv the
SMALL' CAR1REQUEST
WASHINGTON, Jmii 1.1. HeCusbl
of Northwestern railroads to furnish
cars pf les slluin 2,400 cubic feet ca
pacity for lumber enrrving was de
clared unreasonable todav bv t,lie in
terstate commerce commission in sua-,
tn'irng complaints of mnnitfiieturers
in Washington, Idaho, Oregon nnd
Montnnn. ' - -. s
DEADLOCK CONTINUES ,
. OVER OIL LEASING BILL
' WASHINGTON. Jan. I.I. Senate
and bouse conferees on tho oil land
leasing bill held another meeting to
dnv but we"- iinnlilo to hnrnionir.e dif
ferences in Hie legislation and ad
journed until Friday.
ALLIESDEMAND
RETURNOFLOOT
FROMIGERMANY
Uew Armistice Terms Presented Bv
Foch Include Retribution for Mur
der of Prisoners. Removal of Ger-
; man Gold. Use of Shiooinq and
Cessation of Submarine Buildina.
LONDON. Jan. l.. (British Wire
less Service.) The new armistice
terms to be presented to Germany bv
Marshal Foch are nnofficiullv stated
here to include the following:
, First Ketribulion upon the Ger
mans for the murder nnd ill treatment
of allied prisoners.
Second The machinery and iroods
stolen bv Germany from France and
llek'iuui to be nt odcc uiven up. It is
pointed out that France alone has
."00,000 men who will be out of Work
until this machinery is returned.
Third German cold, nmountinz to
more than 100.000.000 pounds to be
moved from Berlin to a sufe place,
probably Frankfort.- and protected
from Bolshevism in Germany cn route.
Cert a m other property to be sur
rendered. "
Fourth Gcnmiiiv to eive over her
shiiininir. of which she is believed to
have 4.000.01)0 tons to eorrv food
supplies to countries in Europe, in
need of them.
' Fifth Any U-boats on the stocks
to be h a tilled to the allies for their
disposal, or to be destroyed, and no
more submarines should be built.
T
, WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Senator
Thomas of Colorado, appearing today
before.the senate judiciary commit
tee investigating German propaganda
declared that the testimony given
yesterday by Austin J. Smith that an
arrangement was made with Count
von Bcrnstorff to pay for the support
of the Pueblo (Colorado) Chieftain
in 1915 was untrue.
"This man Smith is an unsuccess
ful blackmailer, an unmitigated liar
and a man I believe to be a forger,"
said Senator Thomas.
Senator Thomas said that he was
personally acquainted with I. N. Ste
vens and Alva Swain, mentioned by
Smith as having directed him to ar
range for publication of pro-German
articles in the Chieftain, and that
they are tnen.ot high standing. He
said he believed the story told by
Smith was concocted by him or some
one for him In furthering a scheme
to purchase his silence.
SEATTLE ELECTRICIANS
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. Union elec
tricians, numbering, according to
their leaders, between 400 and 500,
today went on strike in Seattle ship
yards following a jurisdictional fight
In the Seattle Metal Trades Council,
Strike of the electrlcol workers. It Is
said, Is liable to tie up some ot the
shipyards. 1
The dispute, It Is said. Is between
the electrical engineers and the
steam englneors over the right to op
erate electric cranes.
TO PREVENT FAMINE
t'Ablt, Jan. l.j. the supreme
council of .supply and relief, which
for tho last threo days has been con
sidering the situation of the liberated
countries stretching from Belgium to
Poland nml Armenia, has concluded
tint tho minimum sum necessary to
feed these peoples until next sum
tuor is $400,000,000. Tho allied gov-
M'nment in Europe, it is snid, have
agreed to undertake their lull re
sponsibilities.
NEW YORK ASSEMBLY
v; ACTS TO AID SUFFRAGE
.. . ,
ALBANY, N. Y Jan. 15. Tho
New York assembly todap adopted a
resolution requesting the state's rep
resentativea In the United States sen
ate to voto and work for passage of
tho federal suffrage amendment. The
resolution was adopteit hy the senate
yostordny. . ' ,
RENCH TO UTILIZE
PARIS, Tuesday. Jan. 14.
The cabinet decided todav Oer-
mnn war nrisoners henceforth
should be employed in recon
struction work in the. liberated
districts. It is planned that a
minimum of 200.000 will be work
inir in the devastated regions bv
Afureh Ml.
TO BE DIPLOMAT
WASHINGTON". Jan. 13. Vance
SfeCormiek's resielnti, ns chairman
of the Democratic national committee
was made imbue todnv at committee
headounrters with the announcement
that a mcetins would be held February
2G to elect his successor. Homer S.
Cummiii!s. vice chairman, is expected
to be the new chairman.
Keports that Sir. SfcCormick
mi"ht become ambassador to France,
which were iriven some credence Inst
nieht, were said in official ouurters
todav to be premature, nt least. Am
bnssador Sb now in this country
expects to return to Paris shortly.
Sir. McCormick's resignation, dated
Dee. 28. 1018. prior to his departure
for France expressed reinret because
lie was unable to resume control o
tlie committee's affaArs, which he
said, should be prosecuted vigorously;
He expressed appreciated for co-op
erntion eiv"" him since be assumed
the chairmanship in 1916.
RADICALS DEFEATED
CHICAGO, Jan. 15. After a fight
which occurred the entire morning
session the conservatives defeated
the radicals by a vote of 2 to 1 today
In organizing the (National Labor con
gress, called to order plans for ob
taining a new trial for Thomas J.
Mooney, serving a life term for mur
der growing out of the San Francisco
preparedness day parade bomb out
rage. The convention completed its
organization by electing these offi
cers: 1
Chairman Edward D. (Nolan of
San Francisco. '
' Vice chairman John H. Mowerer,
of Allentown. Penn.
Secretary E. B. Ault, of Seattle,
Washington. ,
SAN FI5ANCISCO. Jan. 15. Fol
lowing the obtuinin-r hero vesterdnv
of nn order temporarily restraining
Governor Willimu D. Stephens from
signing ratification of the federal
prohibition constitutional nnieiiiluient
it was said at the ottice ot the Cali
fornia Grape Growers' Association to
day that similar action, is possible in
Arkansas, Colorado. Maine, Nevada,
New Mexico. Oklahoma, Oregon, Ohio,
Utah, Washington, Missouri and Ne
braska. ;
. In these states, it was snid. all leg
islative actions can be under the law
referred to the people. :
BOLSHEVIK! 1TH REATEN
EL, PASO, Tex., Jan. 15. A band
bill printed , in Spanish and signed
"Mexican Bolshevists" was distribut
ed here today urging the death of
President Carranza, Villa, Felix Diac,
Esteban Cantu, governor ot Lower
California; Dr. Vasnuez Gomez, Fran
cisco De La Barra and all other po
litical leaders and rich men in Mex
ico. :
27 RETURNED SOLDIERS
TO BE SEATTLE POLICE
SEATTLE. Jan. .15. Twenty
seven returned soldiers are to be
made Seattle police officers when
they pnss the civil service examina
tion, it was announced today.
REIGN OF TERROR
E
Several Hundred Rebels Imprisoned
Police ' Reinstated and . Armed
Criminals Befna Rounded Up
Property Losses Amount to Tens of
Millions Stares Looted.
BKRLIN, Jan. 14. (Bv the Asso- '
eiatcd Press.) Berlin's long week ot
Bolshevism is finally ended. Here and
there scattered desperadoes, mostly
youths, still Fire occasionally from
some house top and during tho night
attempts are made bv smal bnnds or
the followers of Dr. Karl Leibknect
to revive the reign of terror. The1;
arc insignificant however.
Dr. Lcibknecht's sister was nrrest-
ed todav and several hundred rebels
are locked up. Losses inflicted on
each side during the Inst week, it is
believed, will greatly exceed 200 dead
and 1.000 wounded. The overwhelm
ing majority of these are Bolshevists.
The reinstatement nnd nrminer ot
the police gives the government a
new force of trained men who know
the criminal world and whose absence
during the first days of the revolu- -tion
gave the disorderly element n
free hand. Police records were not
destroj'ed as was first reported. De
tectives arc already rounding ud old
acotiaintanees. .
Property losses reported during the
week of terror amount to tiins of mil
lions of marks. In addition to tho
damage done to newspaper plants and
government buildings, merchant loss
es through looting arc very high. Near
police headounrters stores were sys
tematically looted. i
Bolshevist troops holding the Silc
sian station had so much butter Vint
they used it to grease their gunsMfind
boots.- .--.v.-"- : r
Late this evening a few shots were
heard in different'nrts of tho town.
Merchants having shops along I'nter
den Linden took down their shutters
and business went on us usual. .
- Knergetic measures nre being taken
against Spartacan leaders. It is re
ported that documents found bv loval
troops show the Snnrtncnn uprising
was inspired from Moscow. .
c
E TO REFUSE
TO
SALEM". Jan. 15. All former sol
diers and sailors of the United States,
whether of the civil war, the Spanish- -American
war or the ' recent world
war. must be given preference in nil
public departments and on all nublio
works in this state, if the bill intro
duced in the senate bv Senator Hus
ton becomes n law. It will be n crimo
for anv public official to fail to give
preference to former soldiers and
sailors if such men aro competent for
the positions sought, and is punish
able bv a fine of not les stlnm $25
nor more than $1,000 and removal
from office.
In making the employment of form
er soldiers nnd sailors mandatory,
in public office nnd on public works,
the only leeway given to public of
ficials in selecting einploves is thnt
such nplicnnts must bo competent to
perform the duties of the positions be
ing sought. "
"And the persons thus preferred
shall not be disqualified from holding
anv position in said service on ue
eount of age or physical disability,"
snvs the bill, "provided,-such nge or
disability doe snot render him in
competent to perform the dutie sof tho
position applied for."
The bill applies to all state, eottntv,
port or other public works, and pro
vision is mndo Hint when forces o
empolvers nre being reduced, tho
former soldier nnd sailor must be the
Inst to be let out.
BRITISH TROOPS BRING
VIENNA. Tuesday. Jan. 15. A
small body of British troops arrived
here today its the convoy of a train
loud of foodstuffs, n present from
the British .nrrav in Italy to the
women and children of iVennn. . A
great crowd gathered giving the men
n cordial woWomc. The supplies wero
sent, snid the commander, in recog
nition of the fact Hint Austria had
treated her British nrisoners with
consideration in contrast with tlio in
human trenment bv Germans.
Threo additional triiinlonils arc lo
follow. - '
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