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Newspaper Page Texturiwon Historical Soo Public Auditorium Tribune The Weather IMiivlinliin yeleriln)'....fl Minimum today l8)4 Precipitin Inn ; .Ill Predictions Itnln ton t mid Wednesday Incrt'HHiiiK smitliriutciiy Wlllllrl. . EDFORD M ''iirly-elulitlt Year, wily ThlitMiitli Yoar. M13DF0RD, (HiKCO-NT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1919 NO. 25G SINN'FEINERS MM IRISH REPUB M 7 r EVACUATION OF HAND DEMANDED "Irish Parliament" Meets to Declare Ireland a Free Republic Proceed ing Carried Out In Dead Gaelic Tonuue and Participants Obllaed to Rehearse Parts Several Para doxes Meet With Consent of Brit ish Military Governor. lU'W.IN, Jan. 21. (Ilv the Ahso. eiiiU'il I'ivh.) Tint oiini Fein n Keuihly met lit I he Mansion House this ui'turiiiniii. 'Die iihximiiMv Mood nhilu n dcclur- tition nf intlciicndciico who rt'iul 1111- iiomicimr t lit.' establishment nf nil Ir lwl rmtiihlti, titkft iliitniiiiilintr llli. evitp mitiiiii of Ireland bv t ho Iliitisli uur kUuiih. . lH.'IILlN. Jim. 21. (Ilv the Ahho,; viutetl I'ri'sii.l l'riilmlilv nn country except Ireland could prcnuit un npi sodo hk remarkable n Ihc iiskimiiIiIv f tins "Dnil Lirrniiu.'' which i Irish llnolio Uit "lri-li rnrliiiiiti'iil." Unit will litf culled In order in Dublin's ancient Mansion Himim1 IIiih iil'lcrnntui to proclaim Iri'luuil tin iiuli'iH'iiili-iit republic. About tut I f llin Sinn Keillors elected In the llrilixh pnrlininenl will pnrtiei inilc. tliu other lut ir being in various rltmlisli iiriMHiH clinrucd with Ni'ilitimi r lu'lil un nospieioii, Tliu Sinn Fein em will meet under (he simile nf Dub lin CnHtlit, where presides Field Mnr nIiiiI Fli nch, tho l'irt viceroy in inniiv vciii-h to give Ireland n miri'lv military trnvcrnmont. Tln-v will nu't't with hi tm'it consent to lake nu'iitnivK which ire nun-lv seditious mill in direct vio lation nf explicit law. Another Paradox TliiH in hub pnrndox. Another Ik Unit theii Sinn FeincrH. elected bv iilimit hull' of tliu voter in Ireland on n platform of imli'iii'iiilt'iii'e froi I lie lliitish empire, were chosen member of llii' llritifh purliuincut. lint spe cifically refused to rocounir.o tlmt Innlv. Tlll'V occupy tliu MilllMion House liv permission ol' tin' lonl mil v ur ol' I i 1 1 1 1 ii . himself a homo ruler. In tin' shabby Sinn I'Vin hciittuuur tcrs. courteous voutiir women secre taries give rnrilK of admission to to iIiiv'n tiii'i'tinir ol' supporters of Sinn Komi niul to correspondents 61! F.ng lisli newspapers, Today's program in "Independence Hull'' will ililTur in one respect from tin solemnities of 1770 nt Philadel phia, It will lie curried nut in I lie Irish languuuo which in virtuiillr n ili'ml tougue. no dead Unit tliu Sinn Foinors have been obliged to rchcnrHC Ihuir imilH niul will lie coiiini'llccl to ' lapse iicensioiiallv into liovi'otluil Knulinh tertiiM. rroKi'iun Oulllni'd Three items nre exiieeled to eonnli I nt u the limlv ol' the iirournni n iee hiniliiiii of iiiileiieiiiU'lice, a inessnue to "the free nulioiiH ol' tliu worhl" and the luilioinlment of OeieuuleH to tlio lieneo eonirresM. Ireland in n eounlrv of the unex' peeled, bill no one. prediet.i nnv Iron lilo or (liHoruer. J be revolutionary l'luif 1'IoiiIh iiuilo freolv over the homos of Sinn Femora m Dublin Mcmlii'i'H of the piirlv expect tirolee lion from the aulliorilu's of Iho na tion whom tbev nre iloCvimr. Oneo thev would hnvu looked to the T'nited StnleH Cor Kvmpnthv nnd help, but now tbev think thev do not eom- luand Ainerienn Niitiporl. TO ' SAT-KM. Jan. 21. Tlio mnrniin session ol' the Iioiimo reniiiruil but 30 ininuleH todnv. vA rtwolulitiii providinc for tlio rop ruHentnlion of (Iooh nnd Currv eoun- tioH wiih iiilrodiiced nnd Hssicnod to Ihu eomniitl.ee on vesolulioiw. ,1. It Sliinniird of Oold Jlench, elecled to reimwenl Hie two eounliiw, died on his wnv lo nt I oiid Iho session. The i-iihiiI lit inn would luive the eoiinlv luilitn lo name n siibslilule, who will have the. eourlehv 'of Ibe floor nnd may occupy Mr. Kl itiitin i-l desk but Will not bp ttllowpd lp vote, DOMINIONS TO ASK UIION AT PEACE MEET British Colonies Aik to Be Admitted With States of Individual Nations Whose Sovereignty In Internal Af fairs Shall Be Recounted Rus slan Question Taken Up. I'AUIS. Jmi. 21.-Jl!v Iho Amo eiiiled I'ri'iH.I New ehiim wliii-h lire i'liiiriii'tcriM-d in ollieml cirek") iik amoiiL' the most iiiometitoiiK Unit will I'ome lii'I'nrc the twiiee conference. will be riiiwil bv the M'll'-uovcrninir doitiiiiioiiH of the Urilifh cmpiru in I'oiiuui'tion witli the formal ion of n l.eauue of Xalioiix. Tliu dominions will ii fk in be inliuilti'il to the Iciilmic with I he Ktul tin of individual nation. whose hovereiuiitv iih tnr iih iiiternul nl'fiiiri nre eonccrneil kIiiiII be rec-- oiMii.cd eb'iirlv bv Ibe world, nlllioiiuh tliu riubl of Ureal lliilain to control their foreiun relations 4s admitted, ItiiNslun yucMlon A mil n The ItitHHinn nue-lion was iiL'am taken nn bv the Mil ironic council of tbe ihnioo confcrciioe when ii met for todnv'x Kcm.ion n r 111:110 o clock. There wiih ii full iitlclulance. Harold SriivciiiUN, Danish minister to Itustiii, who had been asl.od to L'lve bi.t viewH on the ltui.i.iiin hitiuilioii to the council, arrived at the forcivn of fice us the lueiubern assembled Hint iintiieiliiitclv went illlo the ennlereiice chiiiiiber. The ininixter recited bin ox IH'rieticeK in PclrouriMl. wbere be tiiok cIiiiil'" of the Krcncli iiileref.lt iipiui the willidruwiil of M. KoiiIciik, tbe Krclicb amlinssndnr. It in uiiderslood 1 1 tit t M. ScnveuiiiH eoutelidoil more omiihiilieallv than ditl Amluis.sailor Noulons vcsicrdav tbitl intervention in Kussia whs iieceKHiirv lo check the rcifimu of lerriinni I here. (ircut iirotresH wns ininle (ownrti nil U'.'reenieiil and tile Hliiteiitclit niiv it is hoped lo formulnle n concrete propiwiil tomorrow. Tbe council will meet iiuiiiu nt 1 1 o'clock tomorrow morninu'. NKW YdliK. Jan. 21. Ilrinuine home d.ll l officers and men of tlio American expeililitnutrv forces. Hie triinsport (iconic Wiisbiniilon iirnv ed hero tnduv , from Kritnce. The troops were mainlv from the Sllnl division. I.ieiilciinnl Arthur Kslerbrook of Scuttle, on board, received the tlislm auislietl service cross for his intrcpetl ily in iilluekiiit; four enemy pliines nt un iillilntle of 3 .1)110 root. Altliomih his L'lin beciinie iiimuietl and the nl- rendv itrent odtls nuiunsl him thcrcliv were further ineretiseil, he miiiiinred lo iniiiieiiver loin; enoiiah to net Ibe weapon in firiuir shape and finullv downed one of the (Ionium machines. $100,000 AID BILL .SAI.K.M, Jan. 21. Although Retire seulutive (lordon's bill nppropriatinc: $100,000 for Hie soldiers nnd sailors iunuedialelv pussed (he hoiiso wilh out hviiiK slasbed, present indica tions are that it may bo reduced to .,'111,0110 in the south'. ' A second hill on the subiect was necessury because Iho olio passed Inst week was pronounced uuconsli tiiliounl. 9 WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. Live sloe koii I'lirius und vaiiues of Hie eounlrv on Jaiiuury X ivus vnlued nt $H,H:iO,20-1,000 in mi estiiualo inatle piihlin loilnv by llin deparlniont of iiuriciillure. This is an increase of .tri-lll,OOH,(lon over Iheir viilne n year 'nt ,. ARMOURWARNS r CONGRESSTOLET E Beef King Declares Pending Leolsla tlon to Regulate Packers Reaction aryWill React On All Other Busi nessRed Tape Fatal to Govern ment Ownership of Stock Yard. WASHINGTON, Jon. 1. I. Or- don Armour lolU thofcuuHO IntorHtuto X'ouiniurco eommlttoo today Unit tlio liondliiK h'KlHlullon to ruKulnto the meat imekliiH IndUHtry wim "reliction, nry" und purl of It probably uncon Htltiitlonul, anil wurnml conKrenn that lltul "If a monkey wrench Is thrown Into the (toiiM of thin butsluemi" Its uffeels would be felt In inuny other lines of Industry. "If the nhlllty of tlio packing In dustry lo function properly Is Im paired," sulil Mr. Armour. "It will affect the livestock Industry and It In lurn will affect corn prices. Wheat will then bo drawn In and so will bread and so will labor and so will ovorythliiK Unit has for Its basis the wealth produced by aKrtcullure." Too Much Hill TitK Poitsllilllty of government owner ship of stock yards and other ad juncts to the puck I UK industry drew from Mr. Armour reference to "ret! tupo" and controversies over "trivial matters such as underground mall chutes." Profits made by Armour and com pany. Mr. Armour declarod. were iicitllKlble Insofar as either the pro ducer or tlio consumur wus concern ed. "On our total volume of business," he said, "they represent a roturn of lens than two cents on every dollar of sales. Tho maraln of profit In the I packlnB Industry Is the smallest en joyed by any Industry of nutlonui consequence." Ciltise of IIIkIi Price Mr. Armour made detailed answer for Armour and company to thot chiiriscs mado by tho federal trade tommlHHloii'n report on Its mcul packlni? Investigation. Ho declared that tho hluli price of meat was the real ronson why President Wilson ordered tho Investigation. Within tho past fouc years tho prleo of live Iioks hud Incrchsed 213 percent and costs of labor, clerical help and fuel hud elouliloM. . 1 As only 70 percent of a hog Is cd Ihlo and the remaining 30 por cent of by-products have not Increased In value as rapidly as the live animal. Mr. .Vnnoiir said, It could ho under stood why bacon today costs three times what It did four yenrs ai?o. He lidded that prices of live cattle and sheep have advuncod at a pace with that of Iioks. IK'iilcs Collusion Chnrsos of tho commission of col lusion utnoiiK tho flvo blR packing firms wore denied categorically. Mr. Armour declared Hint thoro was keon competition between Ills firm and Swift, Morris. Cudahy and Wilson. Uogardlng tho invasion of "outstdo lines" by the packers und the ullo Riit'lon of the commission that an ot lompt was being made to control tho grocery trudu, Mr. Armour 'sketched the devolopnioiit of by-products and declared tlio company hud undor- tukon tho sale of mney lines which it does not manufacture only bocauso of tho demand from their customers. who could not obtain satisfactory sorvlco olsewhoro. Ho donlod that his firm has or Intonds to enter the retail business, and Said It did not own and has no lntorest In tho enn norlos which pack salmon, tuna fish und vegetables. ii OF LOANS TO ALLIES SACHAMKNTO. Jnn. 21. A reso liilioii ilceliirins the eiiiioellntion of loans inatle bv the I'nltetl Stales -lo the n Hies wns "unpatriotic nnd un neeessnrv,'' was adopted lotluv bv the Ciilil'mnin stale senate !I2 to 0. A proposal lo ciineel the loans is peutl mtr in Iho Lulled Stales somite. THIRD GRAND UHLANS - OFF TO FIGHT POLES 11KUI.1N, Jan. 21, (By the Asso ciated Press.) A sinuidron of the Tlirid (Iriiiul Ullinns, neooidins to the Lokul Anzoiaor. left rolsdniu Ibis IlipvniiiK 1'of tho i'olish front. ' PACKERS ALUN GRAND JURY REFUSES TO p - i . t 1 1 1 ai mm Mrs. I.ohamly, the "Knipcror" and Jnrqucllno. MINKOI.A. N. Y., Jan. 21. The Nassau county grand jury failed to day to Indict Mrs. Marie Augustine Lolmudy, who shot and Instantly killed her millionaire husband, the eccentric Jacques I.ebaudy, "Kmperor of Sa hara." at their home in Wostbwy early Hits month. Mrs. Iebandy (ti'ciared sho Blew the 'emperor" In' defense br theTfon or of their duughter Jacqueline, aged 13. She was Immediately discharged from custody. . , ESTH0N1ANS WIN LONDON, Jan. 21. A notable suc cess hns been won auainst the Bolsbe- viki bv Ksthoninn troops ouerutintr to the northeast of Luke 1'eiuus. says un Ksjhonian official stutement re ceived here todnv. Thev have tnken the town of Nurvn on tbe Heval-l'ct-rourad mil wnv line, tocethcr with a In rite number of prisoners. Finnish troops co-operuted with the Kstlioniiins. A miuntitv of booty fell into Ibe hands ot the victorious forces. The prisoners include divis ion and reuhncntul stalls. Leon Trotzkv. the llolsheviki wur inister. it is said, was present dur- in-r the Inrliliii',' una ilea niter ino llolsheviki defeat. STOCKHOLM". Jan. 21. Swedish military missions lutvc reported ln- ornbly reanrdinir sendiinr of a volun teer nnliliirv expedition into l.itn miniii to stem the llolsheviki ndviinee. The missions report nsrnmsl nn expt ditUm to Kstltoniii owiusr to the lack of economic resources there. J'he first Swedish delnohnient probnblv will start for Lilian this week. WASTE OF MONEY TO SALEM. Jan.. 21. Tlmt it would be a waste of moncv to attempt per niuncnt improvements nt the stale prison, niitl Hint nn iipprnpriation should he made only for n temporary remotleliiisr of bitiltliims unlil u bill enllinu' lor eonslvuetion of a new prison can be submitted lo tbe peo ple, is the opinion of Chairman J. C. Smith niul Herbert tlordou, of the sciinte and bouse wnvs nnd mentis committees, nnd members ot n sub eiiiniuiltee who hnvu invest tented the prison. .' OREGON FILES PROTEST ', ON INCREASED RATES WASI11N0TON, Jan. 21. pro tests from H dozen, state -public ser vice commission!', Oreiron unions them, nmiinst the ntlininistrutioii lueiisiiro exleutlinu iroverniiicnt wire control, were presented lotluv lo lite house ppstoCi'ivo cpuimitlco, INDICT MRS. LEBAUDY !THREE DIVISIONS 10 E WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. The 27th, 30th and 37th divisions, includ ing all attached organizations, have been Instructed to prepare for embar. kntlon home, the war department an nounced today. ThoSI)2nd trench mortar battery of the.fV.b. division and the 316th trench invortar battery and 346th field artillery, of the 91st division al ready have sailed. All other units of the 9 lit nre now on priority and will be embarked ns shipping becomes available. Two transports, the Con la and the Susquehanna and the cruiser Fred erlrk are on the way home from Prance wiih more than G000 troops. The Con ia is expected to reach New York Friday with nearly 3000 troops, Including the 331st infantry complete of the $:trd division. Tho Frederick Is due at New York January 29 with loOu men. The Susquehanna is due at 'New port News Jnnuary 30 with nine cas' ual companies or about 1S00 officers and men. 47 casual officers, about GOD sick and wounded, and six off! cers and 11 men of the nnvy. Casual companies on board Include one from Idaho. ROYALIST REVOLT M ADU ID, Jan. 21. The monar chist movement in Portugal, headed bv Paiva Concelro has been success ful in northern Portugal and a gov ernment has been formed nt Oporto, according to a report received by the Spanish from the governor of the provlnco of Pontuycdra In northwes tern Spain. The report adds thiit Lisbon Is be lieved to have joined In the move ment. . A dispatch from Lisbon yesterday reported a revolution In Portugal Concelro, at the head of a royalist revolt, wns said to have proclaimed former King Manual, king of Porta Jul, The ox-king, however, was de jlhretl to hnvo sent a telegram a: lei-ling he did not countenance the movement lu 1U3 bolmlt, PEACE ENVOYS STUDY PROBLEMS DUE TO 8L0CKAD E Joint Discussions Reoardinq Relaxa tion of Stringent Regulations to Allow Entry of Food Stuffs and Other Materials Into Enemy Coun try to Begin Soon. PARIS. Jan. 21. (Bv the Asso- iated Press.) Owing to pressure of more urnent problems before dele gates to the peace congress, various economic delegations are siuavinz, each for itself, the blockade nnd kin dred problems. It is probable they ill inaugurate ioint discussions dur- i the coming week. The American viewpoint contcm- ulntes a certain relaxation of the ear- ier "wuter-tight blockade which ould allow the chtrv of foodstulfs, ubriennts and other materials into enemv eountnes. mis. ti is neiu. ould permit the restoration of dis tributing systems, flours mills, und tber agencies involved in the prepa ration of food supplies. The block- udc. however, would otherwise be as rigidly enforced as ever beeaues of its nine as a weapon to force the cnemv to accept the peace terms that will be presented. - . As Regards Foodstuffs Tho relaxation of the blockade as regards foodstuffs is already ettec tive in a nortion of the former Haps- bnrg domains. .- Food is being sent into Vienna SV well lis to liberated regions" and will be supplied ;)o Ger many under the terms of the arm istice extension agreement signed at Treves last Friday. American experts are said to be lieve that bubbitt nietHl for beurings, lubricants, repair parts for locomo- ives and flour mills and other nrti- les full in virtually the same cate gory as foodstuffs, since it is. obvious the enemv countries have no ndeounte facilities for nulling flour and dis tributing food after it is imported. Further Relaxation Some American economic, experts advocate for enemv countries, at least Austria-lluugarv. and possibly tjer ninnv. a further relaxation of the blockade to neniiit importation of limited ouuntities of raw materinls, These imports, however, would not be enough to permit the central powers to resume international commercial competition while the allied countries are still laboring under the handicap of the devastation of their chief in dustrial regions, the spoliation ot in dnstrial plants, the transformation of the great bulk of their remaining factories into war plants and the ab sence of indiistriul laborers who are still under onus. The manufacture of textiles, for example, is urgently required to meet the needs "-of enemv populations and the production ot other materials held to bo absolutely inilispcnsible. This would, it is said, facilitate relief .measures, and alle viate conditions "of unemployment upon which -Bolshevism thrives, par ticularly in Hungary. Trade Restrictions ,1The problem of trade restrictions on neutrals, ns n part of tho enemy blockade, is also under consideration. There is a disposition in American ouarters to toermU exportation" of most raw; materials used in industries in such Quantities as are required to meet the demands of homo consump tion. This demand will, it is said (Continued on Page Six.) AN ARCHISTSi PLOT TO KILL OIL WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. A plot on the lives of John D. Rockefeller aad his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr planned by anarchists shortly after the beginning ot the European war, was described to the senate propa ganda Investigating committee today by Thomas J.: Tunney, police Inspec tor of New York. He said the plot ters all were killed by the explosion ot the bomb they had made to kill the Rockefellers. Inspector Tunney testified that there was evidence of renewed activ ity of anarchists in the United States Since the signing ot the armistice, bo said,'' evidence has been, found that anarchists planned to organize and disseminate propaganda. SHIPYARDS OF SEATTLE E Between 25.000 and 30.000 Yard and ShiD Workmen Walk Out to Sud pcrt Demand for Dollar an Hour Refuse to Accept Government Board Award of 86 Cents an Hour Taco ma Workers Also Out Carpenters Stay With Jobs. ' SEATTLE, Jan. 2 1. Seattle's big steel shipyards were closed and hun dreds or, metal workers in the wood en yards were called out here today by a strike of members of 2 1 unions affiliated with the Metal Trades Council. Ship carpenters, jolnerB, canlkers, fasteners and other wood workers, did not strike, having been Instruct ed today by their organization, the Puget Sound maritime district coun cil to remain at work. Leaders ot the steel workers said the strikers numbered about 25,000. The wood -workers who did not strike number between 4000 and 5000. The strike leaders claimed that the with drawal of the electricians, engineers and other metal workers will cause wijpd yards to close soon. The men struck for .a basic -wage locale of $1 an hour for mechanics and $7 and ti n duv for helpers and ap prentices. At present the mechanics receive SO cents an hour.' A largo number of helpers and apprentice. Inhnr lenders claim, receive about $o a dav now while many others, they say. nre paid $4.10 per day. . Reject Arbitration , Recently the entire shipwnrd wage question -was submitted to a tedcrul wage adjustment board known ns tno Mney board. The unions asked for the basic scale of $1 per hour, but the board awarded them a scale of StiVv cents per hour. The dissatis faction expressed bv the men wun the Mney award resulted in today's trikc. Early announcements sum the strike would be called at 10 a. m. to day. When 10 o'clock came, accord- . ing to the telephone reports from the yards, the men working in the yards, n nthe shins and in the shops laid down their tools and poured out of the ltCS' Xot All Cio Out About T2.500 men wulked out nt the Skinner and Kddv corporation plants, it was said. The 3.500 men on the duv shift at the Ames ship building and drvdock plant nnd tho .3110 men at the J. F. Uutluo and company yard were nmoug the strik ers. The fourth big plunt affected was the Seattle Northern l'aeitm shipbuilding plant, where, it wus es timated, about 2,o00 men unsweieU the strike cull. Telephone reports from the yards . said nil the wood vnrd employes did not strike, as planned, nt 10 o'clock. Lubor leaders endeavored to confirm this report. They suid the number of wood vnrd workers who did not wane out would not reduce thei roriginal es timate greatly. - Tacomn Workers Strike . :. ; TACOMA. Wash., Jnn. 21. Order ly, without comment. 15.000 members o fthe Metal Trades crafts employed in the Tncoma shipyards wulked ott tho job promptly nt 10 o'clock this morning. The municipul street car line lind 25 enrs waiting at tho Todd yard gate rciulv to tako the men into the city. - " General Mnnnger Eves of tho Todd (Continued on Page Six.) FROM A DISTANCE WORK T1KRLIN, Jiiii. 21. (Ilv the' Asso ciated Press.) The uutopsv npou the body of Dr. Karl Leibknccbt. Spurtnciin lender killed lust week us be was trying to escape Ironi sol diers who had nri'estetl him in sup pressing the Spnrtiiean revolt, show ed that he was shot from behind and , that the bullets winch struck him were fired from some distance. The body of Uosn Luxemburg, II. o other Spur tnenn Icaijcr, killed us she was nnuec arrest, bus no, been found, , 4 r