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MEDFORD, ORKGON, .FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919
NO. 259
ALLIES WARN -N A
TIONSTO STOP FIGHT
TERRITORIAL
GRABS NOI
RECOGNIZED
Allied nnrt Assorlatod Powers Send
Warnina Throughout World That
Parties Uslnu Armed Force to Gain
Possession of Territory Will Serl
ouslv Preltiillce Their Claims Be
fore Peace Conference.
PAUIH, J n 11. 24. Tha allied and
itKHocliitml power today ugraed to
Hontl a wlroteiiB lUttHiuiitn lliruoiit the
world warning nil concerned Hint
purlieu using urmeil force to gnln
ioKm'nnlon of territory, the clulin to
which Iho porno conference would lie
asked to dtilormlno, woulil "norlouit
ly prejudice" tha claim to thono who
used Kuril force.
Text of Warning
Tho text of Iho inostmgo agrood
upon hy tho poworti In iih fnllown:
"Tho Kovtir 11 iiumi I n ut tho peace
conference ro din-ply disturbed by
tho ninny InKiuncon In which armed
forco Id lining used III ninny parts of
Kuropa nud Iho oast to gnln powio.
nlon of tnrrliory. Iho rlulitful claim
to which tho peace conference In nk.
cil to determine. Thoy utlor tho snr.
loim wnnilim thnl poemilon gained
1y forco will seriously prejudice, tho
claim of those who line II. If Justice
in cxpocied thoy. niiml pluco tholr
claim In uond fnllli In tho hnndn of
tho ronforenco."
Tho' council recommended Ihnt tho
governments concerned improve, iho
Ismio of un Idimllcal medal nml nu
1ion to all tho forco of tho nil lml nnd
aiwocliiiod power which hint tnken
pnrt In tho war.
To KkIImiiiio Army Nwilwl
Tho supremo council of I ho ponce
congress at ll Borond 'lon toduy
dacldod lo nppolnt n rnmmltloo to In
oulro Into tho strength of tho forco
to ho mnlntnliicd by tho nlllod nnd
associated power on tho western
front during tho porlod of tho nrmls-
tlco. v
Tho commit too will ho composed of
Muruliul Koch, General Tinker , II.
IlllH.i(liMiornl Dlnr., WIiihIoii Hponcor
Churchill, Iho British minister or
' wnr, and M. Louchour, Krench mlnls
lor of construction. ,
Tho military urnnrh of tho council
ndjourned nt noon until iu:.u
n'4clock lomorrow morning. Tho
council of tho flvo grout power con
tlmiml in oHlon nfier tho withdraw.
nl of tho uperlut military ropreiiontn
tlvo. I.oul Klolx, tho French mill
Inter of fluiinco, nml l.oulH l.ouchour,
tho Kronch mlnlnlor of reconstruction
took nnrt In tho dollborntlon.
Tho council took n rocc lit 12:30
o'clock until 3 o'clock.
Tho nuesliiui of torrilnrinl rend-
iiiKtinenlH in connection with Iho con
nuest of llio Gorman colonics wns
I nken UP ill the allornnon session ol
Hie eouncil. Cnliininl iiremio.ru ex-
pluined llie interests of Iheir rospce-
live dninunoiis in Ihcse problems.
It wiis'ileeidod Hint the plenary xit
tintr of the pence ennforoiieo should
be liolil nl !J o'clock Kiilurdnv nllor-
noiin. -
'J'lio Hupromo council nirreed (lint
Foreign Minister Piehnii of France
should prepnre for the upproviil ol
Iho power of Iho drill t of instriio
tiuliH fur Ilia ttiiHKicitt which will bo
HCIlt to I'lllllllll.
AT
STAGE OF FLOOD
PORTLAND, .Inn. 24. Tho rnpld
rlKO.of tho Wlllnmotlo river horo
which ronchod n Bingo of 17.7 feet
this moriiliiK nml wiib oxpoctod to
rlBO lo 18.4 foot boforo tonight, cnu.
oil tho romovnl of morohniullBo on
cltv dockB. Clonrlng wont her, how
over, Indlentod Ihnt tho rlvor would
not tIho much higher.
Tho pnpor mill nt Orogon City
wnro prnctlcnlly nt n BlnndBtlll today
duo lo tho flood wntorB. Part of tlio
plants woro deluged nnd pulp plloa
woro throiitonetl, Vehlclo truffle bo-
twoon Portlnnd nnd Orogon City has
Htnpped, tho rond holng flooded thoro
to n donlh of four or flvo foot In
Bomo nlncoa.
SWIFT DECLARES
FOOD
CONTRO!
STILL NEEDED
Disastrous Conditions Would Result
' If Control Removed Before Normal
Conditions Restored Denies Pack
ers Control Shipments or Prices-
Cattle Borrowers Dictate Loans.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Louis
Swift. nroHlilent of 8wlfl and coin-
puny, wa hoard iiKiiin tniiuy ny ino
houso liilorstulo commerce commlltco
In conilnunlli.il of hi teiitlmony on
Mm pendliiK hill propoliiK govern-
iiienl reitulatlon of tho meat puck Inn
ndiiHtry.
Mr. Swift nid that Iho packer' in-
riwlmeni In bank, market nowpa
nor nnd other adjunct of tho puck'
lint Industry wero not used lo control
shipment or price of Ilvctock.
Ioiiiih I'Keil hy IliirTowem
Hoplylnii lo Itopresenlallvo Dillon
nf Sou Hi linkolii, Mr. Hwlfl said Iho
niulurliiK dale of cnlllo mortitaKO
hold 4y bank In which tho packer
wero lnterntnd wero fixed by mo
borrower. Ilo declared thai control
of Iho cnlllo remained with tho own
er anil Hint If the bunk nilcinptad to
dlciuio tho tlmo or placo of nlo, the
owner could trnnfvr his loan to oili
er bunk. Tho packer, ho nld, itavo
llllte iillenllon to their market pa
per or ibulr pollcle.
Mr. Swift said hi company no-
enmo lulereled In real ostato devel
opment project thru tho ofttuMlsh-
nient of now plant whero It wn noc
eiwury to provide bonne to obtain
employe. Ilo said nltho Iho Swift
broihiir did not own a majority ol
Iho roul eslalo firm' tock, they lind
been relulned In conlrol by Iho stock
holders, many of whom wero friend
of bum luudliiK.
WnnlM ('mil rid ( inilliiiicil
Tho wIiiiok reltoruled hi sinlo-
nionl that dlaslrous conillllon
would tcimlt mile food iiilmliilHtm
llon' conlrol ovor Iho prlco of llvo
atock was rontlnued until iiormul
conillllon aro rolored.
"Wo think wo oukIiI to novo some
Kovornnionl auency to fix price Irro
spectlvo of war." HepreeiHntlvo Slo-
phon of Nebraska said. ' Aro wo to
no back lo all those violent fluctua
tion nflor the war?"
"Control I prncilcniilo during war
tlmo, but I do not know whether it
would work under normal condi
tion," Mr. Swift sul (I. "It Is practic
able now becuuso tha food adminis
tration's control over buying for the
nlllod governments vlrluully domin
ate tho market. It would bo a good
thing If wo could hnvo Homo synlom
of BtnblllJilng prices, on Iho bnsls of
cost of production. Anything that will
mnko mi nvorngo prlco for a given
length of tlmo I better than tha sniiia
prlco nrrlvod at thru wldo varia
tion." 91,7(1(1,0110 Advertising
Quostloit by ItepreMonlatlvo Mark
ley of Kentucky, developed thnl
Swift nud compuny'8 oxpondltiiro of
$1,700,000 for ndvortlBlng In 11
wn twlco tho sum upon I Iho preced
ing year. , Mr. Swirt said half tho In
crenso lind been duo lo niiturul
growth of tholr advertising depart
ment nnd thn other half wa spent
becatiBO of "tho priipngunda" being
put out by tho federal trade commis
sion, Ilo Bald there was one confer
ence hotwoon tho packora as to n
Joint advertising campaign, but that
noi-ngreoment wns roachod.
Mr. Swlfl sold IiIb company won In
terested with Armour In a suit com
pany bocnuso nollhor of tho pnekora
hull beon ublo to obtulil Biifflcient
suit for tholr htiHlnosa; In a box com-
pnny with MorrlB for Iho snmo ren
boh, and In n Joint cur shop and town-
alto nt Fort Worth, .Toxus, with A
moiir to fncllltnto tho work of tholr
plants thoro. Ilo said a cattle, loan
company ut Sun, Francisco wna or
ganized hy Swift iilono, and nltho he
Irlod to got tho other packora inter
oatod thoy only luughod nt him.
WILSON FOR HEAD
OF PEACE LEAGUE
PAIUS. Jan. 24. (Hiivas). Preal-
dont Wilson la likely lo ho offered
Iho proaldonoy of tho couhiiIbbIoii of
tho Longuo of NatloiiB, tho Kcho do
PnrlB toduy aaya.
lly tho commission of Iho Longnn
of NalloiiB probably In meant Iho per
manent oxecutlvo body for Iho con
duct ot Iho propoBort league's nfl'nlis
RELIEF OF LABOR
SUBJECT BEFORE
PEACE MEETING
v .
v :
International Laws to Protect Tollers
From International Capitalists
Considered at Tomorrow's Session
Freedom to Work Anywhere
Demanded.
PAKIS. Jim. a-l. (Kv Hie Akko
ciiited l'reN'l Tile hci'iuiil hehHion
of the iieace i-uimroxo lo he held to
morrow, frill, like the firM. be open
In Hie pre.
The firhl i-iiliicet on ibe order of
hiihinexs will be iiilerniitioiial leuisln
lion on labor. I'lidcr iiitruetioiiH
ttiven at the I'iinl HiKsion viirioim nu
tioiuil ilelcL'iiliim-i have been ureiwir
iiur written Miitemenls of their view-
nnd il ih understood Hint these will
be received nnd referred lo u commit
tee which will enileavor to nmalL'ii
male the ropurln into n general pro
iecl lo be reeniiimciided to the eon
urews for upproviil.
Ilnlii llelng Prcpnreil
Americii'H view lin been ,erVHtnl
li,cil nud is believed lo hnnnonizc in
iniiiiv rcspeeU with those held bv the
llrili-li deicimleN. There in reason
to believe Hint L'enerallv the princi
ples eiineiiilcd will be found neceiit
nble lo most of the entente. It litis
been deemed proper up In this time lo
iidbere In Ibe prnclice of withhnliliiiL'
such reports from publicatiun until
foriiinllv presented. It is believed
that Hie proMsitiiiiiK of the I'nited
Stilted me bused upon full recognition
of the principles of the international
proleelionoif bilmr bv government nl
agencies, llnis ofl'setling what is re
L'linled ft II dangerous tendency to
ward class control of uoverniiieuls.
Hutu is bcilitr prepared to ilemoii
strnle a simultaneous movement in
Ibis direction bv labor organizations
in the I'liited Slates, Knglanil nml
France, euliiiiiiatiiig in the ndoption
bv the French ehninher of deputies' of
the report of the Itenic conference
helil before the war as amplified bv
tho conference belli nt Leeds, F,ng-
IiiiiiI, in lllltl. These in general look
to the relief of labor from iiilernii
tioiial eapitalistiee conlrol, the free
dom to choose employment anil place
of labor, guarantee of employment,
social insurance, the right of oruani-
ration nml the enforcement of bv-
genie conditions ut places ot employ
ment.
Doiiuinil for l.ahor
Of interest l the .southwestern
section of the I'n'ted States as well
us Mexico, is the demand for freedom
lo work in aiiv count rv on tonus of
eoualilv with native labor.
Other provisions are said to relate
to child ami female labor, the prohi
bition of niu'ht work for minors, i
basic eiuhl hour dav nml the probi
int ion ol inlernalional trade in pro-
duels made by minors. It is expect
ed the American delegates will pre
sent data lo show the necessity for
international stnnilnnli.ution of sail
ors' wages, as alreiidv rcouirod bv
American law, if unfair and mpirious.
Conipelilion for the world's freight
business is to be avoided, and u spirit
of mutual co-operation is to govern
as the best LMinrantcc of avoiding
wns resulting from such competition.
10
ACCEPUTOEJCf
llOlTillTON. Mich.. Jan. 21. Cop
per miners in the employe of the O.
II. Franklin Mining company have
aiirccd to Accept a wage reduction
of approximately J 7 per cent, it was
announced loilav, in preference to
workiinr n Ihreo-uunrtor dav.
The Franklin company is one of
the smallest in the. Clipper district,
enipltiving only lilt) men, They were
grunted a 20 per cent increase since
last October.
SWEDEN 10 EXPEL
STOCKHOLM", Jan. 21. (I lavas.')
The Swedish government has' son!
an iilliinuliim lo the Uolshcviki lega
tion hero ilenmiiiliiig ils departure
from Sweden by Januarv 2.' at Iho
Intosl, according to llio l'olitiken.
TO REMAIN IN ARMY
GIVEN OPPORTUNITY
WASHINGTON. Jmi. 21. To
solve the problem of unemploy
ed discharged soldiers the war
department bus ordered that no
man be disclaimed from the
nrinv aguiiist bis desire until
such time a he can obtain em
ployment in civil life.
It was announced todav that
orders lind been telegrnphi-d to
all department and division com
manders nt Secretary linker'
direction to retain all men who
desire to remain temporarily in
the service, without prciuilice
to' Iheir siibKciiuont discharge to
take employment.
4.
LEAP TO DEATH
ER
llOltDKAl X. Jan. 24. Misses
Oladvn. ami Dorothv Cromwell, twin
sisters, of New York, leaped from the
rail of the French steamer La Lor
raine as the steamer was in the luir
ontie river, bound for New York to
day. Both were drowned.
Holb the young women belonged to
Ibe Aincrictiu H4 iross and were re
turning home. A letter found in their
stateroom and addressed to the com
manding officer of. their Keel Cross
unit, informed him of their intention
"to end it all.
1 he .Misses C romwcll hnd spent
much time at the front and friend
said tliev lind complained ot beini;
tired physically and mentally.
Seymour L. Cromwell, brother of
the twin slstors, had received no
word of the death of his sisters, and
said the report was all the more
astounding in view of the fact that he
had received on Tuesday a cable mes
sngo In which they snid:
"Missed steamer; sailing Es
pngne." Ho instituted Inquiries to ascertain
if they were on the Espagne passen
ger list.
XKW YOHK. ,lan.24. The dispatch
from l!ordeaux telling of the suicide
of the Misses Gladys and Dorothv
Cromwell erealcd n sensation in so
ciety circles in this eitv. Thev were
members, of one of the city's most
prominent families.
The Misses Cromwell, who were
twins, were daughters ot the lute
Frederick Cromwell, for ninny years
treasurer and n trustee of the Mu
tual Life Insurance company.
The young women went to France
a year nao.
COTTON EMBARGO
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. lfeplv-
nig to a renuest trom members ot
congress from cotton growing states
that all embargoes on cotton exports
to non-eneiuv countries bo lifted iiiut
Unit shipments to Gorninnv and Aus
tria he permitted as soon as possible,
President Wilson today cabled Sena
tor Smith of South Carolina, that cot
ton now could he exported to nil coun
tries in amoniils ndeniiiite to their
needs, and tlint further export. to
enemy countries rirsed imporlaiil
iiuostions of policy which were sub
ject to nttcnlive consideration bv the
associated governments.
PARIS. Jan. 2-1. (lly Ibe Asso
ei-tcrl Press.! President Wilson
will tonight mnko bis first real visit
to a theater since leaving Washing
ton, lie will go to the opern to at
tend n gala night especially arranged
for him.
MY. and Mi's. ilson will give n
tea at the Murat resilience todav for
all the nl Inches of the household, in
eluding house servants nml (he army
motor corps clinul'l'eurs.
TO
BE RESTORED
BY PORTUGUESE
Madrid Hears of Proclamation of
Kinadom at Lisbon, the Capital
Portuguese Navy Remains Loval to
Government, but Army on Side of
Monarchists.
- MADHID. Jan. 24. The monarchy
has been proclaimed in I.labon, the
Portugueso capital, according to a
telegram received here from Valen
cia, on the Portuguese border.
PAltIS, Jan. 24. The Portuguese
navy buB remained loyal to the gov
ernment, according to all accounts
received In Madrid. The Madrid
newspapera, however, bave advices
saying that the army Is on the side of
the revolutionists.
MADRID. Jan. 24. Former Queen
Marie Amelie of Portugal, mother of
former King Manuel, has arrived
here, according to the newspapers.
She traveled to Spain incognito.
MONGOLIA LEAVES
WITH 5000 TROOPS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The
transport Mongolia will arrive in
New York January 30 with one hun
dred officers and 5000 men. Includ
ing about 1000 sick and wounded.
Casual companies aboard the Mon
golia Include the followini
Callfor -
. Inla, one; Te-S3, twe: regular army
three, marine corps, one.
WASH P.VGTON", Jan. 24 The war
department van advised today that
the following units in France had
been assigned to early convoy home:
Base hospital No. 42, aero squad
rons numbers 11, 20, 1,01, 1G9. 248,
655, 6511, 4S7 nnd 494 and air service
casuals company No. 3.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24. The trans
port Cnlamnres arrived today from
Bordeaux with 1474 naval officers
and men from the United States na
val station Pauliac, France, and 36
casual army officers and four civil
ians. ANTI-TRUST BILL
SALEM, Jan. 24. With an emer
gency clause attached to tho anti
trust 'bill ot Senntors Thomas and
Lachniund was Introduced In the sen
ate toduy anil It is predicted that It
will precipitate a battle royal In both
committee and on the floor, for while
primarily directed at the cement trust
Its lnngunge is general and strikes at
every form of monopoly.
The measure wns drnfted by Attor
ney Gonernl Brown, and is patterned
after the South Dakota anti-trust
act, and its provisions and penalties
are drastic
FRENCH T01STRIKE OFF
MEDAL FOR WILSON
PAKIS, Jan. 24. The 1 general
council of the department of the
Seine has decided to have a medal
struck In honor of President Wilson's
vlBlt to France. On one sldo will be
a profllo portrait of President Wilson
and the other sldo will bear the in
scription: "The Department of the
Soine to President Wilson, benefac
tor of humanity."
A popular edition of this mednl
will bo struck for gonernl distribu
tion. The Conimorclnl club 'hnnquet nt
tho Holland hotel tonight begins
promptly, nt 7 p. m. F. S. Brnmwoll
ot Grants Puss, nnd others, will speak
oii the objects ot tho Oregon Btnte
chamber of commerco nnd what Its
benefits will be to soulhoru Oregon.
MONARCHY
TROTSKY TAKEN
WAR PRISONER
BY ESTONIANS
Bolshevik Leader Did Not Escape
From Narva. Occordino. to Libau
Dispatches Intervention of Fin
nish Troops Completes Clearing- of
Bolshevist Forces From Baltic.
BASIL, Switzerland. Jim. . 24,
Leon Troazkv, Iiolshevi.st minister of
war and marine, did not escape from
Narva, after the defeat of the Itol-
shevists bv the Estlioninns, but was
taken prisoner, according to dis
patches from Libau. Advices from
the same source state that, owing to
intervention of Finnish troops in
northern Kstbonin and Livonia, the
countrv'hns been completely cleared
of Bolshevist forces.
An hstlionian official report on
the capture of Narva, received Tues
day, announced that Ion Trotzkv
who had been present during the
fighting, bad escaned after the Bol
shevik defeat. Dispatches from Co
penhagen appeared to confirm this,
announcing that Trotzkv was trans
ferring his headuunrters us minister
of war to Nazhni Novogorod. Com
munication between Libau nnd Xnrvn
are not good. The places are nearly
300 miles opart nnd Bolshevik forces
ihnvc recently been reported in the
'ttrritorv between them.
-
PAKIS. Jnn. 24. Lithuanian
troopshnve inflicted a defeat upon
the Rnlsheviki near Koszcdarv. about
midway between Komo and Vilnn, ac
cording to reports from KoVno. The
casualties of the Bolsheviki were
, heavy and thev are rcuorttd to hove
lost u..rJu nxa in prisoner, i ae.
Lithuanians are said to be advancing
toward Vilnn.
The losses of the Lithuanians are
declared to have been slight.
COPD.VHAGE-N, Jan. 24. Ensign
Krylenko, former commander of the
Russian Bolshevik army, has been
arrested, according to reports receiv
ed thru Finland. He was caught
when he attempted to enter the antl
Bolshevik army of Keneral Krasnoff
for espionage purposes.
E
BF.RLIN. Jan. 2:!. (Bv the Asos
ciated Press.) The strike epidemic
in Berlin is beginning to disauiet even
the socialist leaders. In common with
the bourgeoise press, tho socialist
Yorwaerts points out the disloyal na
ture of the strike of the electric work
ers bv which hundreds of thousands
suffered great hardships.
The employes of the city gas works
who were granted an 8-hour day only
recently, have now under a threat to
paralvze gas supply, compelled the
grunting of a (i-liour dav and an in
crease in wages amounting to 12,500,
000 marks nnnuallv.
l.lerr Katzenstein, a socialist alder
man, said that the recent strikes in
dicate "wo have progressed from ex
ploration by the capitalists to exploi
tation by tho proletariat with the dis
tinction that the capitalists were ac
customed to reckon more than six
weeks ahead."
SAKS PRESIDENT
FAVORS INDEMNITIES
PARIS, Jan. 21. During consid
eration of the question ot reparation
at the meeting of the supreme war
council yesterday, the' Paris edition
of tho London Dally Mail says Presi
dent Wilson agroed to the principle
that Germany must be made to pay
indemnities in addition to the full
cost of reparation. ,
At the Instance ot the British rep
resentatives the newspaper adds, dis
cussion also was begun on the ques
tions ot tho abolition of conscription
and gonornl disarmament.
FOOD RELIEF
BILL PASSED
BY SENATE
Hundred Million Appropriated By
Vote of 53 to 18 to Relieve Famine
rn Europe Progressives and Pro
Germans Oppose McNarv Votes
Aaainst Measure Sherman Says
Money Is to Feed Bolsheviki
Grilfs Peace Conference. ' .'
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Bv nr
rote of 53 to 18. tho senate late to
day passed the house bill appropriat
ing 100,000,000 for food relief in
Kuropc und the Near East.
Three democrats and ITt republi
cans voted ugainst the lull. The
democrats were Goro. Hnrdwick and
Myers, nnd the republicans Borah.
Colder. Fcrnald. - France. Harding, .
Johnson of California; Kenvon, La
Kollette. McNarv. Moses, Penrose, i
Poindcxtor, Shermnn. Townscnd and
Watson. v
Sherman Attacks
Returning to .his attack on the
$100.0(10.(100 Kurooean food relief bill ,
todav.' Senator Shennun of Illinois. '
republican, reiterated his belief that
some ot the monev was to be used to
feed Russian Bolshevists. The penca
conference Russian, policy; he declur-. j
ed. supported that opinion. '
Referring to reports that President
Wilson planned a continental tour:
when he returned from Europe. Sena
tor Sherman snid the president con
templated n publicity campaign to
rork n: sentiment for immediate rca-
ification of the peace treaty, which
would include a recognition of the
Bolsheviki government. The presi
dent." he declared, would "start a
backfire" against every senator who
opposed the treaty.
: Joy for the I. W. W.
Endorsing the protest of Senator
Sherman against any recognition o
the Bolsheviki gvcrnmcnt. Senator
Meyers of Montana, democrat, said:
"I am greatly surprised and disap
pointed that the powers in confer-
ence i-.t Paris consented to enter into
negotiations'with those peoplo or rec
ognize or meet them on u common
plane. It will bring boy 4o the heart
of every I. W. W., anarchist, pro-Gcr- '
man and enemy of organized society
in this country and cause them to
increase their conspiracy nnd efforts
to overthrow this government and nil
organized society."
Denouncing the Bolshevists as "tho
worst criminals ever known worse
than the Germans," Senator Movers
concluded : -.
"Crime-should bo punished, not re
warded." OREGON TREATS
n
SALEM. Jan. 24. Tinv. helpless
and homeless babies aro handed out
in Oregon like puppies. Dr. George
Rebec, of the University of Oregon, a
member of the child welfare com
mission told the ways and means
committee of the legislature lust
night, lie pleaded that the babv ho
given a place in the. thoughts of tho
law makers important enough that
thev may hnvo justice. ' .
Dr. Rebec advocated abolition ot
the child welfare commission nnd no
tion on the bills introduced in the
senate bv Senator Farrell tnd in tho
house bv Mrs. Thompson providing
for the care of dependent nnd delin
quent children. Tho bills mill for a
$8,000 appropriation.
PARIS STRIKE TIES-OP,
I
PARIS, Jan. 24. A gonoral trans
portation strike was declared In 1'arln
this morning. The subway lines, sur
face cars and automobile busses were
uffoctod. : The population took thn
matter good-naturedly nnd walked to
work, ''. , - '
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