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M EDFORD, ORI'XION", TIIUWSDAY, JANUARY 30, 3019
NO.
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I
REALIZED
United Slat Completes Legislative
Process of Votlnu Itself Dry 30
State Legislatures Ratify Constl
tutlonal Amendment Forhlddlna
Manufacture. Importation or Salo
of Liquor for Beverage Purposes
Country Drv In Vear.
C'I!!('AOO. Jan. 111. Tli I'liilcd
States loiliiv completed llm li'ulnliiiivo
process nf voting itself ilrv. .When
wild U'llrt flashed uver lli wires Hint
I Ihi iliirtv-Hixtli Hliilc. Xchrnkii. liml
nttificd tlm nriihiliiliiiii itmi'iiilint'iil
prohibition lender declared lliut tln
liceoiitplmhinciit wiik I lif irrcuti".
niece ill' mural legislation in till' his
lorv of tlto world. l.utcr Missouri mill
Wyoming li'uif liiliiri'H iiIhh ratified the
amendment, milking 3H slates.
'I'hi' iimcndiueiit In die. federal con
stitution prohibiting I he iiiiiiiiifiiclurc
iiml sale f iiiloxi'-ittiiiL' beverages be
come effective tun" year uflcr the
dull' of it finiil ratification. Mcun
whilo Iho mil ion goo ilrv Jiilv 1 next
liv PrcMilcntiul proclamation n n
wnr mi'iiHiiro utile till' president
rescind it In' fore tlint ilnli'.
I'iimimI During War
Coiigrc imtiwd t lie resolution sub
mitting the iimciuliiient I" tho viirioiiH
State legislature III lllll lllldst ol till'
ftt'nthiiiu nrcpitriitiun lor wnr in l'.'l".
Tli Hi'iinlo minuted lliu resolution
August 1 liv n volt of l!,"i to 20. mid
tlio lower linimo nil December 17. liv
. 2H2 to l'.'K. ft
Mcmitvihlo n dililli'r's rntiimittco.
IliroiiL'li Lew Miner, chief of their
counsel, unnoutii-cd lluil ill twenty
wn slates the coiixtiution reipnro n
referendum. Mr. Muver toiluv nuiiied
III lump Ntntex n K folowii:
Smith Dakota; Oregon. Xevniln,
Montnnn. (ikluhoiiiii. Maine, Mnrv
liind. Michigan, Arkansas. Colorado,
Arixoun, New Mcxi i'nliforniii.
Ohio. Nebraska. Washington. North
Dukotn. Mississippi. Missouri, Knn
miih, Louisiana mill Utah.
IaiI Ol .l.UMi,UH
'luu test ot lliu conurcBinoniil reso
lution iO.iOmb:
"ouuuuti x Alter onuU'iir iroin
lliu iniiiicUitoii ui Iii.b lum'iu luu
iiuiiiiiiuciutu. biiiu or iiuiiBOOiiuuuii
ii iiilOAtuiuiug iiinmm wuiiiii, mo
l...,.u.uii.ou uiurcoi into, or luu cx-
,u ,UU lUtTliUl itoiu luu LllltUII
u......s mm uu leintoiy Miujm io mu
Jlii.ou.UUUII llicrcol lOf UeMllll.U
.mmiooo id lieiuuy proliiuilcu. .
aut'liou- a nil culimeab mid III"
uuvuuu biutes niiiili Hutu voimiiiivul
'ioui' io vuioruu iii.i iiiiifiu u.v uu
uioiii'it.lu IckiBiiiiiuu.
"OUVlloll o iiHK lU'liulu bllllil Uu
IIIOIIU.ulllU liUll'SH 11 MI.UI IIUVu Ufl'll
l'ltlll.tU llo 1111 IIIIU'lHIIIIt'lll to lllll t'Ull"
MLiLiii.uii uv luu ieuiniuliiM.'ti oi mu
nutuiul Btiilui), ub oroviucu m tuu euu
atilulioll, Wlllllll (U'U VVIllH Ol till)
tilUU Ol HIU bilUUIl.-alUll ilUIUOl IO luu
Biiufrt uv mu uonurunti.'-
' xuu Biuioo wiiiuu liuvc rulit'ied thu
tiiuuniiiiieiii tuu us loiiown:
iiiuuiiiiu;, ai'i.ouii, Allan. nils, Cu Il
ium. u, CUIUlllllll, IJUUIIWII'U. I'lUl'lllll.
Ouoiuui. iiiituo, iiuiiuib, liiwu, minium,
jMinsut), ivuiiiueK.v. loiiiMiinii, iUiuiiu,
iuur.wtiuii, iiiiibBitcir.-KL'tia, iUiuliiuuii.
jiiim.-.ii,oiiU. iuoiitiuui iSotmisiiii.
iunu jJuKotu, jiurm t-uroiiuu, suw
iiiiiiiiwinru, unio, Uiiiuliuinu, ori'iion.
ftoiiln Curotiuii, soian UuKotii. J.uii
liuasi'U, Icxua. Litiili, 'irt!iimi, W'usn
iimton, West irnimu, Afibaoun mid
, youmiK. -
To (.'onvurt l'luntM
NEW-Y0UK, Jn. 10. l)itilliim
iiilurutH of (tlm count ry, mitieipuliiii:
onloi-cenii'iit of tuition wiilu prolulii
lion it your henuo, liavu coiunli'ted
lilmm lor I ho uoiivufion of lliuir liian
iil'ncaiii'init planus mid for export of
tlio whiHltit'H mid othur HpiriU now in
hond, Noriniiii H. SU'in, prcsidi'iit of
lliu TrmiH-Deeiiiiic t'omuiereiul eor
lionilion, nuivlv oritaniiii'd export mih
Kiilini'V of the Di.slillum' Securitv cor
" porulioii, dut'liirud huro todnv.
POWELL 10
III
WASIIINOTON'."'jnn. 10. T. C,
Powell, formm' vico prcHiilent of the
Southern and of tho Ciiiuinnnti, Uew
OrlnmiH unit Texas l'noifio. was up
nointed iliroclnr of capilnl oxpendi
turos of tho niilronil tKhjiiinint l-nlitm
liwlnv bv Dircetor Uimcral Uinos. Mi:
Pmvnll has rucenllv served as the
niilroad iidministralioli's repicsenla
live in Iho priovilics beulioil of lliu
PROHIBITION
DR. UEBKNECHT
I
BY
Snartacan Loader Captured Bv
Mounted Guards Red Snipers
Continue Active at Berlin Order
Restored Proclamation for Na
tional Assembly Issued.
in: li I. IN'. Weiliiimiluy. Jan. 15
(lly Amioelulod I'romi.) Dr. Kurl
l.lnhknm'ht, llu Riuirineuii louilor, Iihh
luu. n niniiiri'il It wiih lenrni'il lutn to.
mIltIii. hv orfleem and tnun of tlio
illvlidon of mounted rlflo ruuhIh who
iirrlvcil In llnrlln today.
1110 npilrllU'lill icimur ib nni ...
luivii boon iuloil and liiliiin to tlio
.. . l..- I.. ...I.I In
rimhloiialilu llolol Kdn III tlio wo-
lurii rui r I of llerliu. .
ftpnrturnn milpor contlnimd tliolr
tirilvllleo limt iilnlit enpeclully In tho
niiuiiiiiiiier mi llun.
urn Inn fulllii flrlim wunl on all
ulKlil iiroiind tho Klottlit railway mil
lion.
Oi-iler ltintorl
LONDON. Weilnmilay, Jan. 13.
Order luu heen restored In llerliu
Ih iiunoiininil liy tin offlrlul wlrolexn
nimciil to Iho Oermnil nation ont oil
liv I he (Sermiin itoveriimciit toduy.
Tho amioiil return to tlm romliiK olc
tlniiH under Iho "froenl uffraKf
lliu world to detcrinliio tho conslllu
Him nf tlio (iiirmnn miito" und ndiU
Unit !hn nresiinl lioviTninenl lit pro
iiurltiK a drnfl of a coimtltutlon wlilidi
nroleem the frnO rllilil of nelf-doter
inliiiilloii of Iho nation "ukuIiihI all
connlor-ruvoliillonii."
KrioriH tiro IioIiik mndo. It In nld
lo "nrrlvo at a puaro BtttemnirdhiR
iho freedom nf tho Oorman nation
and which will render pnMIla til
fuuiidutlon of n union of nations
wlilih will ulvo prolocllon t!alni)t
the diutKer if a rreh wnr."
To I'lulit Itolxliovlkl
Afler dnrlarlnir Hicro la iiocoukI!
of defendliiR mo nnilon nunlnat I'ol
lull annexation lull). Iho appeal con
ctudem
"No leM In It our tank to prolec
our from lor iiKalimt fresli HubbIii
military dumiollmii, whkh wiinta
fon-o upon ub. by nieanii of war-Ilk
power. Im annri'hlHtlo condnioiiB an
iinehuln a now world war of whle
our rouulrv would bo tho theater.
ItoUhuvhim nieniiH tho death of peace
of freedom and nocliillm."
THOMAS FORCES
SAI.I'.M. Ore., "Jan. HI. Willi the
rcentuiueiidutioii tlint thf hiuhwnv
conimission preseiil its road proarum
lo Iho sennlu and house hiiihwnv
conimillecs ill ioinl session Thursday
cycninir in (ho house chiiiuher inslead
of lliu two liousfiji, the senate eoniinil-
Ico on rcsolulions toiluv reporieii oiu
S ilor 'J'liomns' resolution eulculiit-
il'lo insure the enactment ol hieiiwiiv
Icuislalion tliut will Im lree I rout the
erin of llinpavint! (rust and political
inkers, II eoustilutes a iieciiicn vic-
loi-y for lliu senator for it insures the
pnsSfiirc. of lliu resolution in Iho sen
ate. . . . ; ,
The eoniiiiilleo nppoinleil iiiioti loini
'solution of llie KM 7 session lo in-
vesli.-uln lliu slate nccidenl conimis-
si. in lo nsccrlnin if statu aid should
l. i-,.iiu,vcil und if. eoinponsiiliiin
shoiihl ho conipiilsorv lodav reported
in favor of reiuiivinir statu nid. '
TAX
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. Tax
ralos on bovorngoa In tho war rov
onuf! bill woro ngrood to by senate
and hotiHO enntoroca today, tho latter
accepting BUbntnntliilly nil or the aon
nto'B rates, OHllmnted to yield about
Jir.0, 000,000 III rovonno.
AS
FINANCE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 Oscar T.
CroKbv. hn resigned ns spoclal com
mlnsliinor of flnnnico Tor tho Unltod
Slatos In Hiiropo. Socrolnry Glass
will accept Iho resignation Boon, hut
Mr. Crosby Intonds to romuin 111 12r
opo to ndvlflo tho Amorlcan potieo
dologntlon on financial questions.
AKENPRISONER
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT- 1
RELEASES SHIPS
FROM SERVICE
All American Ships Requisitioned Bv
United States Durinua War With
Exception of Army Transports
American Shinning to Be Able to
Compete With Other Nations.
XKW YOltlC. Jan. 1(1. All Amoii
an hhiiiK whieh were reiniinitione(I
IV IHO I lllll'll MllteK hlllillllU- uiiiini
luriinr Ihfl war havo been rcleuHeci i
their ownerx with the execution l
Ihiwi. neluiillv cniiilited ill tirinv Her-
viee. it wim iiiiiioiineed bv thu Khi)
pinif hoiinl here lodiiv. -
Oilier Hliltm Alloriiirii
In nddltlou to the return of reuuf
itlonud dlilpii to their ownorti and re
plneemcnt of vowiolii lit icovcrnincnt
arvleo. 34 BtcuniHlilim or .'la.im
tluadwolKht tons, owned by Iho hlp-
pliiK board wero today allocated io
varloiiB HnoB tor operation in Amur.
Icnn trado. It uecunio knowp here
Tho uBBlnnment wo mono by amp
ulnir board offlcluls at YnnhltiKton
A report of tho slilppuiK noara oi
lnninirv A H iowctl t Ittt IllcrO wore
miller rnnuiBltlon on that dule 24X
American Bhlim of a total or l,in.'
283 aroBB toim. Or Hibbc, ponBlbly 75
uro In tho aervlco or tho war doparl
mont an troop and supply transport,
Able to 'oinMto
l'AIIIK. Jan. HI. (Hv tho Aho
e nted rreKK.) Aliierienn Hliiiiiuni;
will be able to niuku rates in hiicccsh
fill coiiipetilinu with other mnritin;
iniliiiiw under the iirovimons ol
kliiiuiinir ixiliev adopted liv the I'ni
tcil Slates tioveriiiiieiit, it was learned
here todav.
Koriiiuhited hv E. X. Ilurlcv. chair
niiin of the fnitcd StateK lihippin!
liimril. thin iiolicv. which has been
ol'I'iciallv uiinrovcil. proposes to writ
off virtually $1,0110.0(10.000 from the
net of American Mluunimr built dur
irnr Iho war mid pOKhihlv n proiior
lionule wsile off from the valuations
of American shipviirdx. rlnn write
off. aeeoriliui! to the plan, would lip
plv to nhiiw worth approximately 'T.
IIIIII.IMIIUIIIIl.
it in unit! the mora! force. of III
vci anient in ninkiint xiu'h n rcdue
linn will br'nu privalelv owned ship
pint.' into the pliin. This reduction
in shiniiinir viilues lo mi after the wn
haMK hnx hecn chosen rather thnli
plans calliiiu for reductions in wnues.
Ol'I'iciuls were convinced, tutor ex
haustive sluilv. tliut one of these a
lernalives was nocessnrv if the Vni
ti'il Slntes was lo eompele with for-
eii-n nations under the hiuh stninl
nnl estulilislicd hv contrress for mur
ilimo labor.
AT
VLADIVOSTOK, Jan. 15 (By the
Canadian Press.) Ninety-six otricers
nnd litOO non-commlsslonod orricers
and mon or the Canadian Siberian
expeditionary tonce arrived hero to
day aboard tho troopship I'rotesilans.
Tho Protesllnus made port with no
dirriculty despite Iho fuel that she
IobI one or her propollcr blades while
so vera I days out troin here;
After leaving 'Vancouver late In
Douembor tho vessol oncounlored n
sovero Blorm January 1. ltiriomnn
Itullor or PotorsborotiKh. was killed
when struck by riilllns dobrls aboard
tho boat during tho storm.
Tlio troopship sent no wireless dis
tress calls when her propollor hroko,
ns was tlrst reported. The message
rocolvod hero was rolnyod uy the
Protoslliiua troin another vessel In
distress off tlio Japanese const.
NEXT LIBERTY LOAN
TO BE VICTORY LOAN
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1(1. .The
name of Iho next liberty loan will tic
"Thu Victory Liberty Loan." Sccro
lurv Glass announced toduv.
Tho honor flag of the loan will hear
a Who "V" on n while ticld. sur
rnundotl hv n red border. Iho "V" in
ilicaling liolh five anil "Victory,"
DRFSIflFNT POSTPONES
VISIT TO INVADED REGIONS
1'AfiIS. Jan. 10. (UnvnsO Pre
idenl. Wilson has indufinilelv post
poned his visit to tho invaded regions
of Franco in order lo keep in touch
wilh tlie peace conference activities in
I'nris.
ECEIVER ,ASKED FOR
PACIFIC AND EASTERN
5 BY THE BOND-HOLDERS
, 4
I'OItTI.A'X'D.'.lan. 16. A pe-
tltlon for the appointment or a
receiver for tho I'aciric & Has-
torn railway, a thirty-three milo
road runnlnK hot ween Hertford
and initio Kails, Ore., was filed
In rnilnral roiirt hero today by
eastern bondholder Inniiinty
lo puy operation expenses and
meet It obligation was chnric-
ed nitalnHt the railroad. Most
of the bond or the road are
(hold by the Spokane, Portland
und Beuitlo rullrotid.
SAI.KM. Jan. 10. None of the
Jackson county rcprcsentnlives drew
trumii curds in the. orunnmition
I lie house. Kuril has a i-liairiiian-liip
us is ciistomnrv. hut of relatively nn-
imnortiint committees, mid t lie countv
is without rcprescntatiun on me
powerful wnvs nnd means, judiciary
oilier vital committees. Hot!
Sheldon and Westerhind are members
of the committee on horticulture, anil
(lore is on hk-hwnvs. bill the eounlv
lius no representation on the fish nnd
came committees, nnd none on the ir
riiriilion eommiltee. Iho count v Itn
fared worse in coinniiltee nssicn
than at anv session in recent years.
The nssisiritinents arc:
Westorliind Military (clininnnnl
nericiilture. liorliculture.
fiore llniikinir (chtiiminnl. min
inc. roads and hinhwav.
Sheldon He.silnti?ns (ehainlian)
conionitions. liortienltiire. ,
Gt
FOR TALKING TO YANKS
rOM.KXZ. Jan. 14. (By the As
sociated Press.) Twenty Gcnnan
eirls at Andernnch. near here. Imv
been Arrested, clinmed witli n viola
lion of General I'ershine's order for
bidding them to talk with American
soldiers. Approximately the same
number have been proven cniltv
violating tho order and havo been dc
ported to points within the German
lines. 1
TJie provost enara or military po
hee arc certain to interlerc should a
officer or soldier attempt lo tnlk lo
n woman on the street or m a enfo.
SENATE VOTES TO DROP
LA FOLLETTLLCHARGES
V
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The
senate today adopted the resolution
of Its election committee recommend
ing that no action be taken on the
disloyalty charges brought against
Sonntor La Kollette or Wisconsin be
cause ot statements In his speech
September 20, 1917, betore the Non
partisan lengue at St. Paul, Minn.
The vole was ol lo 21. twenty dem
ocrats and one republican voting in
the negative.
TURKS SURRENDER
TO
LONDON, Jan. 16. The Turks
who have boon holding out in Medina,
Holy City of the Mohammedan faith,
have capltiilntod to the King or the
llodjnii undor tho terms or the Tur
kish armistice, says an official state
ment toduy.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
OF BRAZIL
RIO JANK11K). nrnait. Jan. 10.
Dr. Uodiuiics A Ives, president elect of
Brand, died today., llohiid hecn crit
ienllv ill for somo lime.
I'nder the constitution nil election
will bo held, to chooso n new president.
ORDER ALLUNITS
ARMYOVERHERE
TO
General Marsh States That Disband-
Ina of Combat Units In United
States Ordered. Except Two Regu
lar Reqlments Transports Arrive
With Troops From France.
WASHINGTON. Jan. l(i. Demob
li.ntinn of combat units in the f nitcd
Slates lias been nrnered, General
March, chief of slaff. told the house
inililurv committee todav. This means.
he added, that every unit of the army
in the I'liilcd States, with the execp-
ion of two rcuuhir retiitncnts held
for police duty at each camp hus bucn
ordered demobilized.
XKW YORK. Jan. 10. The Brit
sh slcnmer HcIlmc. arrived today
from Brest, with more than .1.011(1 sol-
licrs .107 of whom were sick.
The tartest contingent included .Hi
officers and 2.4:1(1 men of the 490th
rctrulur infantrv.
WASHINGTON. Jim. 16 Addi
tional units coniprisintr o total of
more than :i0(l officers und tihont
10.00(1 men have been assigned to
early convoy from France.
XKWI'ORT NKWS. Va.. Jan. 10.
The battleships Virginia and Khode
Island arrived here today with 2.000
troops from France.
WHEN DRYilBILL ,
GOES INf. EFFECT
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. A que
tlon as to the effective date ot the
national prohibition amendment was
raised today .by a statement by Sena
tor Sheppard or Texas, author of tne
resolution, that the country would go
dry one year from touy. Oiaer stu
dents ot the question held that ratlfi
cation would not be completed until
one year rrom rormal certitication by
the 36th state.
Mississippi, the tlrst state to rattry
the amendment, has not yet certified
Its action to the state department
alttao the affirmative vote on the
amendment was taken more than
year ago.
Senator Sheppard said today he
soon would Introduce a bill to make
the amendment effective.
OREGON RATIFICATION
LEGAL SAYS BROWN
SAI.F.M. Ore.. Jan. 10. Comment
ing on the contention of attorney:
for distillers that the national prohi
bilion amendment ratified bv the lee
islatnre of Oregon would have to he
submitted to n vote of the people he
lore it would he legal. Attorney Gen
ernl Brown declared todnv that the
ratification ns made is legal from nil
viewpoints. He stud there is nothim
in cither the federal or state coiistittt
tion requiring its submission to the
eople.
EXPECT BREAD LINES
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. "When
tho men In the army are demobil-
teed" said Frank Alorrlson, secretary
of the American Federation. of Labor
today before the house immigration
c&mmlttee, "we are going to have
bread lines in every industrial center
bv Muv 1. After that date it Is hoped
that building will pick up and take
some or the men."
TO BEOISIANTLEI
DENVER, Colo.. Jan. 16. Th
Colorado public utilities commission
todav Issued an order permitting (lis
mantling ot the Colorado Midland
rallrond.
Tho commission nnnounced it had
found that thore was no public d
mnnd for' further operation of tho
road.
DEMOBILIZE
RUSH
E
OF RELIEF BILLS
EX-i
Joint Resolution Instructs Hiuhwav
Commission . to Beqin Promptly
Enough Units of Road Work to Em-
ulov 1.000 Soldiers Another Cre
ates Commission for Relief Work.
KALF.M. Ore., Jan. 10. As n re
ult of the meeting last night of n
ortlnnd delegation with members of
the wnvH nnd means committee of the
egislatiire in the governor's office
here, two measures for immediate re
lief of discharged soldiers were pre
sented in the house nnd senate to
uv and the proposed adjournment
or the remainder o the week was
abandoned. -
One measure is a joint resolution
instructing the state highway coin-
mission to begin promptly enough
units of rond work to employ one
thousand discharged soldiers. This
was passed bv the house todnv 10
minutes after it convened. The other
is a bill creating a soldier's nnd sail
ors' conimission of five members and
dacing .f2."i0.(i00 in the hands of the
commisison for immediate relief work
it Inst night's conference. James
Kerr, of the American Red Cross
at Portland, declared: '"If we do not
aid the thousands of discharged sol
died boys now walking the streets of
Portland, there ore other forces that
will. The I. W. W. do not refuse them
beds, food und clothing. Ijist week
Seattle that organization raised
$30,000 dollnr to care for the sol
diers and incidentally to make con
verts of them nnd embitter them
against the government for which they
put up such a good fight."
Franklin T. Griffith of Portland.
declared that six thousand discharg
ed soldiers now ore tramping the
streets of Portland looking for work.
The situation, he said, threatens to
bring about n state of "near an
archy." '
Passes House nt Once
Within 34 minutes after it wns in
troduced in the hnnsc, the en-.crgency
bill providing for 2."i0.000 to be
drawn from the genernl funds of the
tate nnd placed in the hands of a
soldiers' and sailors' Commisison of
five for immediate aid of discharged
men. had beefl passed, under sus
pended rules. The sennte wns ex
pected to nass the bill later todav.
It is cailmcd bv legislative lenders.
that Oregon is the first stnte to pro
vide financial aid for its retnminsr
soldiers.
SUIT TO FORCLOSE
.Fl
PORTLA'XD, Jan. 16. A suit to
foreclose against the Coos Bay Lum
ber company, said to be a ten million
dollar concern, near Marshfield, Ore.,
was filed in the federal court here
todayby the Continental and Com
mercial Trust and Savings Bank ot
Chicago, as trustee. Tho petition
asks for the appointment of a re
ceiver ror the lumber company, which
it is claimed, has been unable to pay
Interest on a bonded mortgage ot
three million dollars, due January 1.
It was said that officials ot the lum
ber company declared failure or the
government to pay promptly tor ma
terial furnished it, is a contributing
cause to the company's inability to
pay.
Lucius K. Baker, of California,
another creditor ot the lumber com
pany, joins in a second petition for
(-appointment of a receiver.
LAIRD SENTENCED TO
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
IPOUTLA.ND, Jan. 16. John Cyril
Laird, convicted ot the murder of
Frank Twximbley, a traffic officer,
rollowing the robbery ot the bridge
tender of tho Interstate bridge near
here November 19, was sentenced to
day to lite Imprisonment.
Laird's mother declared to the
court that her son Is insane. . Sho
then collapsed In hysteria, following
his sentence.
SALANDRA TO REPRESENT
ITALY AT CONGRESS
ROM.TI. Jan. 10 Antonio Sulodra.
the-former Italian premier, will be
ono of the Itnlinn delegates lo the
pence conference, uccording to the
Giorntilu d'lluliu.
A A
FOR
CLAfflPLID
UPON PEACE
: QUARRELS
News of Preliminary Proceedings of
Conference Limited to Official
Statements Silence Imposed Upon
Delegates to Conceal Dissensions
Durinq Debate Sessions Will
Probably Be Open When Further
Advanced.
PARIS, Jan. 16. (By Associated
Press.) The supreme council today
atter considering the matter of tho
relations between the conference and
the press, decided to vail a meeting
at 5 o'clock this afternoon to bo at
tended by the members of the press
and representatives ot the various
nations to conference to interchange
views on publicity methods. -.
The official communique after an
nouncing the culling of the press con
ference, pdded:
"The meeting then took up tho
qiiestiou of the situation in Russia
and agreed that the eovernmentM
should acquaint each other with the
latest information nt their disposal
with a view to the joint examination
of the question.
Next Meeting Friday
The next meeting will be held to
morrow. Friday, at 10 :30 a. m."
At the session today there were
present for Frnncc. Premier t'lcmen
ceau and Foreign Minister Pinchon;
for the United States. President Wil
sonand Secretary of State Lunsins;
for Great Britain. Premier Llovd
George and Foreign Secretary Bal
four; for Italy. Foreign Minister Son
nino. nnd for Japan. Viscount Chimin
and) Baron JlatsuU - Vittorio Orlando.-.
Italian premier, still is detained in
Rome. . " ." ... " ..: . .
President Wilson arrived nt thai
I meeting place accompanied hv Mrs.
tlson and her secretary. Jtiss lien-,
ham. V . .
1 , .
PARIS, Jan. 15. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) No one outside of
the delegates to the peace congress
know anything about the discussion,
which preceded today's decision to,
keep proceedings of the congress se
cret and to limit information divulg
ed to official statements.
This decision will preclude the
American delegntes. even Mr. Wilson
himself, from discussing the formal
announcements that are issued. It
will likewise stop tho practice of Pre
oiier Llovd George of Great Britain
from discussing with British corres
pondents English affairs for .the pur
pose of guiding them in forming pub
lic opinion in F-nglnnd.
It has been believed bv persons
close to President Wilson that ha
would contend for open scsisons as
far ns possible. Tlint he still feels
the same way. is the opinion gen
erally expressed here tonight.
Curiously enough the auestion o
whether deliberations were to be open
or secret had reached a stage before
today's decision-where some authori
tative statement on the subject wus
sought. Just before today's meeting
Secretnrv of State Lansing author
ized the following as his view:
America's Policy .( ...
"The Amcricnn policy is that full
est publicity consistent with the rapid
nnd satisfactory discharge of im
portant business which must come
before the iicuce congress should be
accorded. It is possible that sessions
should he open when business is ad
vanced to a point whore it can be ro
gnrded as ready for final aution. It
may be, however, that in tho earlier
stage, when subjects are being dis
cussed between groups or in commit
tees or in meetings of all tho dele-,
gates, with a purpose of reaching
agreements on controversial phases,
it would be. inndvis,ablo to conduct
these discussions openly. 'There might
never ben an agreement otherwise.
"Tlint would not bo secret diplo
macy in any sense, however, for no
agreement so arranged could be effec
tive until approved bv nil the dele
gates in open session."
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E REPORTS
FAINEIREUEF BILL
WASIIINGTOX; Jnn. 10. With lit
tle opposition n favorable report wns
ordered today by the senalo nppro
pvintions conimitteu on'the house bill
to appropriate $100,000,000 requested '
by President Wilson for food relief
in Europe. : .
wnr iudiwlrivs boitrd. ,