The Weather
Minimum yesterday 'in
Minimum fuclny... Ill)
Precipitation (10
Corty-lulilli Yenr,
ully Tltlrlouitlli Tear.
NATIONS' LEAGUE
Preamble and Two Articles Provls
tonally Aqreed Upon Wilson Con
fers Wit Llovd Geome and Bal
four No Military Intervention In
Russia.
I'AIIIfl. Feb. f..-Tlio preiiinhlc
nml tn articles of the constitution
of tlui Koclelv f nation wore provis
ionnllv agreed iilmu last night liv I lie
commission of lliti peace conference
appointed In deal with Unit mihiuet.
it wiih officially announced toduv.
HiitiNl'ni'lorv progress wax inudu wild
other part ol' thu task.
Thn (iiu'Htiuii til' adding rpronciitu
tlvi'K of oilier powers lo the eoininitir
hioll. il WIIH lidded, is hcitlg disCIISHod,
1'rusiilcnl Wilson hud u conference
during Ihu fiiri'imnii with Premier
I.Uivil (Icorio iiimI A. J. llnlfour. (he
lrit fnroiuii Hooroliirv. Tho pre
- iilcnt nud-thu Itritish Ui toiii tin wore
togctlfor fur mitiKt time. '
Tli peuce coiifcrencn committee on
reparations met this afternoon nml
exchanged view regarding tlm prin
ciple covering reparations for dam
niri caused liv I hi- encinv ami bused
in mi'innrnhdu which will h Present -'l
liv I ho ilclcuutioh of I ho eotin
trie nffoctcd,
llnlfour on ltuln
PAIMH, Fob. C Mllllnry Intorvon
tlnn In (lunula on a largo ernlo lit not
la ho Ihouifht of. darlnroil Arthur J.
llnlfour, Urllliili foreign secretary, In
an Intorvlnw lattt nlKlit. Tho great
powers worn doing everything they
coimldorod could be done, howovor.
he nnltl. In dealing with what ho
characterized a "a most dlsqulotluK
altuatlon."
Ai to tho Ronurnl work of tho peace
villi. , ti uni, iiiu iuiimhii nv.-iniaiy w
dared all possible hiuto wai being
mmlo to ni'lllo upon tho pence terms,
- "Lot public opinion bo ronnmired,"
hn said. "Tho tloloKnlos lo tho peace
conference- have no Intonllon of em
ploying dilatory methods. They nrt
lining all tholr energy and skill to ut
tain aii aoon aa possible the J tint
poaca to which the wholo world
aspires. That la tholr one aim, tholr
aolo ambition."
Alllnlirm Not Affected.
Alliances bntwoon the vnrloua nn
tlona will not bo nf footed by the ex
istence of tho aocloty of natlona now
In proross of formation, laid Socro
tary llnlfour. 1 to waa naked tho di
rect qtioallon aa to whether tho for
mation of tho world soclotvuould In
Volvn the abrogation of nominees.
"Tho conntltutlon of tho l.ciiguo of
Natlona,'' ho rcapondud, "will Involvo
no modltlontlon of tho treaties of til
llanco previously concluded.
"Aa to tho question whether spec
Inl condltlona of two or Bovornl poo
plea could bo fnrmnd asldo from the
league," Mr. llnlfour added, "tho
conforoneo nlono can iloclilo."
OF
POI1TLANI), Feb. fi. ItnutI con
struction camps for discharged sol
dlara only will bo trlud out In Oi'okoii
within a fow dnya by tho atalo high
way commission, It waa nnnouncod
horo today. Tho commission awurd
od conlrncta for moro than ono mil
lion dollnra' worth of pavlnK nml
grading and work will atari ut onco
on olght dlfforont projocts, largoly In
DoiiKlna, Uonton uml Jackson couti
tlea. I'roforonco will be gtvon by con
tractors to roturnod fighters and nov
oral thousand man will bo omployod
on tho highway work. Fifty dls
rharnod soldlors nnd anllors will bo
sent on nn exlonalon of tho Columbia
. river highway In Morrow county, tho
hlKhwny commissioners doclnrod and
If, tho plan works out well, olhor
enmps will bo Hlnrtod.
IED WITHDRAWAL
Vr.AniVOSTOK, Koh. :t. 0v Iho
AHsocinlod 1'resH.V DoulHlon of tho
iieaco e.onferenco rettiirdmc the ul
lied nolii'v in ItusHi'u and Siberia is
cuiti'i'lv nwiuled hero.
Tho HiiKMiim nress cunrdodlv i op
poHiutr withilruwnl of tho nllied forces
and ; nriiimr nutivo iinrliciimtion
ttiriiiiiKt thu nolHliRViki. I ho .liiiinn-
cse nrn nviicuiilinir purl of llu-iv I'orce.
The CV.ochs are wiilHlrnwintr from the
I .'I'll I'ron! (o nmtwl li(.i Tiiilwuy lino,
CONSTITUTION
BEING DRAFTED
Medford
Czechs Sign
Armistice
With Poles
HASIvf,. KwiUorliiml, J-Vli.
5, An iirmiKtioo holwoon tho
I'oIInIi uml ('.eoho-Klnvak forces J
wliioli liiivii boon fiohtiiur mi Ilia
Kiluhimi front, wiih simied Kelt-
ruiirv !l, iieeiirdiuif to udvieu ro-
coivod here. J
The iiruiinlico in effeelivo for
uiivitii ilnvd nliil iu fi.iiittl'iijl niilfi.
iiiiiticiillv fur Ilia hiiiiio neriod
iiuleHH euilher niirlv ohooscM to
rt'iiouni'e il. in which event four
liuurx' notice iiiiihI lie uiven. 'f lie
oiminir trnuim will yolain thu
IMiHitiiuiH held on Jiiinin rv 'Si.
ASKS BILLION TO
FULFILL PROMISES
W'.VSIIIN'liTOX. IVh. 5. Julius
lliirucii, IiciiiI of the food inluiiiiihtni
lion'ri urn in coriHiratioii. axked eon
isrcxN toduv t )i ruiiuli the house nurl
Milture I'uminilU'i', to delcualu hrond
powers to ('resident AVilson us
uicun of iiiukiiiir cfl'eclivu the uov-
erniiieiit'H uuiirmileed price fur the
I II It) wheut crop.
Mr. I lurnr ii-kcil for mi uniiro
nriuiii.ti of ut len-t ti.nnu.oiiii.nou
with iiuthorilv to draw uioru if neces
curt uml iiuhorilv to huv and sell
wheut nml wheut product at home
and abroad. He also linked thut the
lirohidcnl he uiven import and ex
ixii't enihnruo powers .uulhorilv to
build or reuuisitioti lonii;e fueilitie.i
mid to licciie denier, inillers ami clo
vulor. control over exclmnuo trudiiiK
mid million! v to triva pret'ereuliul
mil service on Amentan ruilroiids
mid NtemtiNliips in IranspurlinL' eer
e.'iln to lunrkets ut home or ahroail.
.Mr. llnrncH said Ihut niter deduct
iliL' lOO.OIHI.OIIII huxhelK or wheat for
seed ami 170.000.000 luihlicls Tor
home consumption, there would be left
available lor exports It 18,000.0110
htinhclx. He said of this amount
IHO.IIIKI.IKIII luishcU had been eximrt
ed up to Keliruarv I last, and nitainst
this tho followim; eouiinilmeiils were
lo liu applied on wheat or wheat flour:
Kuropeun. allies, J 00.000.000 bush
els: commiKsion lor "relief in llclfiinn.
.'0,000.000 liu-hnU: Kuropeun Neu
trals, 15. 000, 000 bushels and Kuro
peun relief IIII.UOO.OIIO bushels.
The eriiiu eorporation now has on
hand. Mr. I In rues said. 14:1.11(10.000
bushels of wheut mid l.'i.OOO.OOO hush-
els of wheat flour.
DANES1T0 ASSIST'
INE
('01'KXIIA(!KN'. Kel. l.-t-MuL-nus
Swenson. Anieiicun food conlruller
for Scnnilinuvin, Kiulmid, l'ohiml and
Ihe Kussiiiu Hallic provinces, told the
Associated I'ress toduv he hud con
ferred wiih the Dullish furciun minis
ter, who hud promised him everv pos
sible assistance in I'ltcilitaliuL' his
work.
12,5000 YANKS SAIL
WASHINGTON,, Fob. 5, Depar
ture from Franco of flvo transports
carrying 12 uo offlcora and npprox
Imaloly 12,500 nion was nnnouncod
today by tho war dopartmunt. Tho
largost units In ships are II 7 Kill tn
fmvlry comploto, and two battalions
of tho ail It Hi Infantry, both of tho
Otlrd division, colored.
MRS. ROOSEVELT SAILS
TO VISIT SON'S GRAVE
NKW YOUK, Feb. fi. Mrs. Theo
dore Uoosevelt, widow of the former
president, wus anioni; passeimers on
ihu French liner Lorraine, which sail
ed for Europe loduy. She will visit
Iho iimvo of her son, Lioulenunl
Qiiontin Itoosevell.
WHITMAN DEFEATS
CORVALLIS. SCORE 37 TO 26
WHITMAN OOliiiKOK. Wnlln Wul
lu, Wash., Feb. 5, The Whilninn
niiinlet ilol'enled Oreuon Agricultural
eolleao here Inst niuhl hv Ihe score of
:7 l 'JMi ... ,. , .
MEDFORD, OliKOON, WEDNESDAY, , KEBltUAIlY 5, 1919
AD ARMES
EXCEEDED HUNS
SINCE JULY 1
Total Strength of American Armv on
November 1 1, When Armistice Sign
ed. 3.703.273-Nearlv Two Millions
' In France Allied Superiority Due
to Yanks. , .
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. The to
tal HlrciiL'th of the United Stales
n rin v on November 11 when the nrm
istice wns sinned wus :t,70.'l.'J";i offi
cers and men, includinit the marine
corps on tint V with the niniv in Kit
rope. A statist icul table made public
toduv bv Ihu ur department uivos
tills fiuuro.
Ini.'luiled in the luhle n eompuriitive
stiilemeut of thu slreuuth of allied
and (icrmnii forces on thu western
front liv muiillis. beciniriiK April 1,
IIUH, showing Unit on .Inlv 1 for the
first tunc the allied "rifle slrcnuth"
exceeded Ihut of the (lonnuiis.
In rifle strcnutli. which menus
men "slmnlinc in Iho trenches reudv
to uo over the top with the Imvonel,"
Ihe allied total on Jul v 1 wns 1).)U,
1100 compared wiih Ml'J.000 for the
(Jerimius.
Allies Had Two to Ouo
On November 1 when the enemy's
reserves had been exhausted and his
front line strenulh reduced fy about
hull', the ullies had rifle strength of
1.-UO.000. 1-epresenlinir odds of up
wards of two to one.
From Julv 1 us the Americans con
tinued to arrive, tho allied supcrioritv
showed continued crow'th over the
(Icrtumis. who had dropped on No
vember 1 to n stren-th of HHti.000.
When Ihe ureut Ocniuin drive was
luunclicd in the sprintr of 1018 the
eneinv hud n detinue snpenoritv ut
npproxiiniitelv 20 per cent, the figures
for April 1 showinu' tin allied rifle
strenuth of l.'J I.'i.OOO and n (leaniiun
total of l.riOfl.OIIO.
The meunini; of the rifle strenttth
upon which the tnble is based is made
clear liv. the fact that an American
division wiih a total streiinth of np
proxiiniitelv 'jr.OOO fiuhtintr men la
rated ut rj.2,'i0 rifles.
Allicrlians huvcil Situation
The (lcpnrtineut's (able shows that
Ihe rush of American troops to Ku-
ropo not onlv succeeded in mnkine
L'ood all allied losses, hut steudilv in
creased the strenclh of the nllied
armies tictiiullv enimucd.
Fiitures do not include Americans
triiinini: in France.
The table prepared liv Gencrnl
l'ershine'H staff showinir tho com
oiirativo strcnuth of the allies for the
ciuht months covered follows:
Month
Allies.
(Ioniums.
April 1
Muv 1
dune 1
Julv 1 .
AllRIISt
i.-j-n.oon
...1.4:1,000
1,40(1.000
l..")u.0l)0
1.500,000
1,000.000
1.0:10.000
1.412.000
i,:to.-i.ooo
i.a:tn,.ooo
1,22:1,000
800.000
1
1.(172.000
I.li8-0I0
September 1
October 1
1 ,.rilM,(l00
Noveinber 1 1.085.000
Two Million In lOliropo
On November 11 tho nrniv in Kit'
rope wns composed of 80,402 officer:
nnd l.H(8.474 men. while 1.102 of
fleers anil 21,070 men were at sea en-
route lo Europe. The marine eontin
ucnt in the expeditionurv force 011
thut dnte was 1.002 officers and 31,
:i8:l men, makins the total Kurnpenn
nrmv Klrenalh eilher in Frunee or en-
route there 2,004,0,'1,'i officers and
men. .
In the United State on that date
were l.ti.'l 1,400 nrniv pprxonnel nnd in
the insular possesisons, tho canal
.one, Aluskn, etc., .V),7:l.".
The totnl streniilh of Hie Siberian
expedition on thut dnle was 208 of
ficers and 8.80H men.
HOLD UP ROAD BILL
AS CLUB ON TRUST
SALEM. Feb. "1. Mobilizinu for the
encounter that it is anticipated will
ben precipitated when the leuislutiiic
proceeds lo consideration of the sev
eral so-enlleil "iinti-iiuvinir trust
measures, champions of Iho bills lust
niiiht decided to block Iho pussusc of
Ihe 10.0110,000 hondinir act, pendim:
notion on them, and mapped out a
eainpnii!n of warfare on tho piivine
combine. Decision was also reuched
lo slap eniercencv clauses upon all
tho measures, and lo endeavor to vo
fer the liondin irucl to Iho electorate
should (hey nieyt with deleat.
DENY REPORTED RELEASE
OF SINN FEIN HELD IN JAIL
' LONDON. Feb. ,"1. Honoris ilinl
members of the Sinn Fein interned in
Eiiuhind were lo ho released were de
nied toduv hv a statement from the
pl'lioc of Ihe secretary lor Ireland,
.
Mailt
LenineAsks
Communist
Conference
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 5. An
cxliorlnlion from I'remier Ien-
inc 'addressed to all liolshevik
coiniiiillees in Oeriiiiinv, Austria,
Poland, Iho Kill tie provinces and
Finland, to convoke n eiitiiiiiunist
eoiilercnce intended lo eclipse
both the pence conference at
I'uris mid the socialist confer-
ence at Heme, is published hv tt
I'ctrottrnd newspupcr. Lcninc
declares Hint the Holsheviki
nlonc wil Imvf the rit-ht to tnke
the iniliulive at the oroiiosed
I'iiii fiiretirui
POKTI-AXO, Feb. 5 J. Henry Al
bors, formerly president of the Al
bers Crotliers Milling company, with
establlsliinenta 18 several Pacific
coast cities, woe , found guilty here
today of violation of the espionage
act upon two of tho seven counts
charged against him In the Indict
ments. The Jury, nfter deliberating
for three hours last night, returned a
sealed verdict which waa opened In
federal court today.".
The maximum penalty for each of
the counts on which Alliers was found
guilty Is ten thousand dollars fine
and twenty years' Imprisonment.
The charges against the Wealthy
flour miller grew out of alleged sedi
tious and disloyal remarks he made
In October, 1918, on a Southern Pa
cific train between dtwrancisco and
Portland, when, nccordtug to Albera'
testimony, he was "too drunk to re
member" anything that happened.
He waa charged with declaring that
he was pro-liurnmn, and with making
other statements of similar tenor.
Following: n motion for n new trial
bv Alliers' attorney a stav of 30 (lavs
was irranted hv Federal Judge Wol
verton and it is not likelv that sen
tence will be pronounced for at least
n month. Alliers wus rclensed on
$10,000 bonds, the same amount
on which he wns at liberty before the
trial.
SWISS BREAK-OFF
1'AlllS, Feb. '). M. Tchitcherin.
foreign minister in the Russia soviet
government, has withdrawn his op
position to the departure from Kusr
sin of Kdtiurd Odier, Swiss minister,
and h's staff. A telegram to that
effect has just been received from the
Holshevik government, necovdiinr to
Mn reel lltitin in tho Echo do l'nritt.
There has been friction between
the Swiss and Hussion soviet gov
ernment because of tho arrest of 30
Kussiuns accused of spreudinsr Bol
shevist propaganda in Switzerland.
Various threats were made bv the so
viet government against Swiss citi
zens in Hussin.
Tho foregoing indicates a severance
of relations between the governments,
FIFTY VOilEEf
FOR INFLUENZA TESTS
BOSTON'. Feb. 3. Fifty hculthv
voinig men, volunteers from tho nn
vul detention barracks here, were tak
en to the (Hinraiitinu station nt Gal
hips Island toduv to submit to infill
enun tests hv u board of government
cxperls, 1'rofessor Milton J.'lSosc-
nnu of Harvard will supervise the
latest experiment.
LONDON, Feb. 5. Thousands of
persons maddened bv hunger in the
district of Linz. tho capital of Upper
Austria have been liUitidoi-ini; food
shops ami committing other depre
dations, according to reports front
Lin., transmitted hv the Exchange
Tel('m'iiih correspoiidciit. nfc jVenua,
EIBUNE
BRITISH AROUS
E
IRE OF SENATE
Democratis and Republicans Join In
Crlticisina New Requlatlons for Im
ports Carneole Foundation Comes
in for an Attack Bv Senator Reed
of Missouri.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. TJemo
cruts and republicans in the senate
today ioined in criticising the new
llrit'sh embargo on imports nnd call
ina attention to the effect it would
hove on American industry.
During the discussion thut follow
ed, Senutor ltccd of Missouri, demo
crat, attacked the I urnegic peace
foundation's activities abroad, nties
tioned its lovaltv and declared it
bould be d'ssolved. Senators Knox
of Pennsylvania, republican, and
Ashurst of Arizona, democrat, ioined
in the attack.
Ilcllrale Situation -Senator
Weeks suid he did not
charge that the embargo was aimed
against the Cnited States but Sena
tor Lewis remarked that a majority
of articles listed lire manufactured
in'Mhc American middle west. The
Illinois senator said the action might
bring on u trade war.
'I invite the attention of the Unt
il officials- to the delicnte situa
tion." he continued. "While the
president is ih France battling for the
principles our country feels are
necessary, one of our own allies taKes
n course so inimical to the welfare of
the United States thut it is calcu
lated to crcnt a sentiment of hostility
which will embarrass hurmonv in the
United States."
Senator Heed, discussing the Euro
pean situation, referred to the pacif
ist movements 111 France and England
about six vears ago. nnd declared the
Carnctiie foundation had branches
in every country that were "jointly
conspiring to control the policies of
these countries." .:
Attacks Foundation
''I do not hesitate," he continued,
"to (motion the lovnltv of uuv or-
gomzation Hint sits 111 the lulled
States today and conspires with a lot
of .Germans. Swedes, Hungarians or
English to work out a policy that af
fects the policy of our government.
. Senator Knox said although the
Americun people hud expressed the
opinion that thev had a right to send
coastwise vessels through the Pana
ma canal, without charge, nnd three
big political parties had endorsed this
policy, "this Carnegie peace orgnni
zntion spent 2j,000 or $30,000 to cir
culate literature liming the repeal
of the act conferring thut right to
shipping." '
DUE TO DEFEAT
LONDON, Feb. 4. Any Idea that
the Germans' final collapse was due
to revolution or solely to blockade Is
scouted In an article In the Frankfort
.eltung by the military writer. Major
Paulas. '
"General Ludendorff was beaten,"
says Paulus, "when he commenced
to retreat to the Antwerp-l.etz line.
Paulus maintains Ludendorff was
right when, at the end of September,
he announced it was Impossible to
continue the war any longer. This
was not due, says Paulus, to anything
that had occurred In Germany but
because of the military situation.
WASHINGTON'', Feb. 5 President
Wilson In n cablegram received to
day by Representative Padgett of
Tennessee, chairman of the house
naval committee, reaffirmed his ap
proval of a second three-year naval
building program. The president
cabled:
vjlay I not express my gratflcatton
and gratitude and congratulations at
the unanimous report on the throe-
ycShr .naval program
CENERAL WEST TROOPS
ARRIVE FROM FRANCT
NEW YORK. Feb. 5. With 1.776
troops the Italian steamship Ducn
d'Aostu nrrived here today from Mar-
sliillos. On hoard 1 were men of the
88th division from Minnesota. Iowa
Nebraska nnd North and South Da
kota, (iiuj J en sun
WITH EMBARGO
Flu Germs
Isolated by
I Scientists
4
LONDON, Feb. a. The virus
of trent-h fever and that of In-
fluenza and of some forms of
nephritis have been Isolated and
Identified, according to a report
submitted to the dlrector-gcner-
al of the army medical service
In France by a number of army
medical officers. '
The virus In each case has
has been proved to be a minute
globular cell varying in size and
behavior In three types of din-
ease. Isolation of the germs of
mumps, measles and typhus, the
cause of which have hitherto
been obscure, also Is believed to
have been accomplished by In
vestigations. I
L1NESSTILL TIED1UP
BY TUBE
LOXTXtt.'. Feb. 5. There was no
Improvement today In the strike sit
uation In London. All the tubes and
underground lines with the exception
of the Metropolitan, which, however,
has only one line running Into the
city, -were still tied np. Hotels and
restaurants, while, able to replace
few servants, still were offering only
meager menus. -
Some government offices and large
business firms overcame difficulties
for their staffs by running -motor
lorries. There are many more auto
mobiles on the streets and bicycles
are coiilnlnto-Hreir own again.
Today will decide whether the
staffs of the electrical power stations
are to strike. -
More men returned to work today
In Glasgow, while the presence of
Lord Pirrle, controller of merchant
shipbuilding In Belfast, gives some
hope of a settlement there.
A statement was issued last night
by the ministry of labor In reference
to demands by unofficial conferences
of London members of engineering
and electrical trades unions. These
demands included governmental in
tervention In the various labor dis
putes and introduction of legislation
in parliament establishing 40 hours
aa the legal working week.
The statement points out that no
communication In support of these
demands has been received from the
executive officers of any of the un
ions Involved. On the contrary, the
statement says, It is "understood
that the executives are opposed to
the action suggested." It is recalled
that agreements were recently con
cluded by the union executives with
the employers for the introduction
of a forty-seven hour week.
WILSON REJECTED
PACKERS' APPEAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Letters
read today at the senate agriculture
committee's hearing on meat industry
legislation disclosed that President
Wilson made a personal investigation
last February of protests against the
federal trade commission's conduct
of the packing Inquiry and informed
Louis K Swift that he was convinced
that "there would be no warrant for
his Interfering with the judgment
and action of the commission."
During-cross-examination of Henry
Veeder, counsel for Swift and com
pany, by Francis J. Honey, Mr. Vee
der read various letters written by
Louis F. Swift to government offic
ials Including the president, protest
ing against mothods of the trade
commission. - . ,
BE
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Feb. u.
Whoro 11 Chinese citizen litis 'been ad
mitted to the United Stntes us n
nierehunt, the fact he subseriuentlv
becomes a laborer does not of itself
destroy his right to remain in the
country, is the holding of the United
Stntes district court nt Toledo, or
dering the deportation of Lo Hop, of
Toledo,
Ornnon Historical Soo
Public Auditorium
Predictions
Tonight nml tomorrow,
Ilnln nml Colder,
NO. 2(i9
SEATTLE FACES
Between 40.000 and 60.000 Workers
Expected to Respond and . Join
Ranks'of 25.000 Shipyard Workers
City to Be Without Lights or
Traction Lines. v.
SEATTLE. Feb. 5. Seattle toilav
saw little ir unv nope 01 nverung a
general sympathetic strike which la
bor unions have planned for tomor
row nt 10 a. m. ,
According to Central Labor Council
officials, between 40.000 nnd 50.000
workers will answer the strike call
and ioin 25.000 shipyard workers -who
struck recently for higher pay. No es
timate has been made of the thou
sands of unorganized employes who
will be thrown out of work bv the
strike.---
Seattle today wondered .whether or
not it will have electric lights 'during
tho strike. Yesterday Mayor Olo
Hanson declared the city would see
that the city is lighted. Last night
fon Green, business ngent of the
Electrical Workers' Union, one of tho
striking organizations, said his union
had decided to shut off nil lights, in
cluding even hospital lights. A.I1
streets, homes nnd business houses
will be darkened if the union iulfills
its decision.
A-" Law ami Order ,,
Telephone operators todav contin
ued voting on the ouestion of joining"
the general strike. . The street cur
men who recently voted to walk out
did not know earlv todav if thev
would strike or not. Thev asked their
international union tp sanction their
strike but the international's answer
has not vet been anonunced.
Representatives of the Chamber ot
Commerce. Red Cross. Ministerial As
sociation. Merchant's Exchnngo. Bur
Association. Press t'lnb. Yountr Men'a
Christian Asoscintion. Mnnufnetnr--ers'
Association., Women's Clubs nml
27 other organizations met last night
and adopted resolutions; dcclnrimr ,
thut thev knew the vast minority of
the people of Seattle stood for law-
and order. The resolutions urged nil
patriotic nnd loyal 'citizens to dts-
countenance nnv action which would
plunge Seattle into disorder. -.
Only I'lez Can Avort
Labor leaders said todav that only
action by Charles Pie, director-general
of the Emergency Fleet corpora
tion can prevent tomorrow's wnlk-out.
Piez has been asked to let Seattle s .
shipyards deal with ihe striking em
ployes nnd meet or compromise tho
wuge demands. Xo word of nnv ac
tion by Piez has- vet reached here.
Hope was expressed today that Piez
might grant the request.
F. L. MeNullv. district commercial
superintendent of tho Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company, said
today he doubted if his company
would be able to give telephone ser
vice during the strike. Even with tho.
elraltric power shut off the com
pnnv might operate its nuxiliinry..
power plants which are run with gas. -but
us the gns may be stint off, tho
company's plans are unsettled. Mr.
MeNullv declared, telegraph lines
probably will be kept open for emer
gency business, he said. Power will
be obtained from Portland and Van
couver, 15. C.
Seattle hotels, it became known to
dav have purchased thousands of
candles to, be used if the elect no
lights are shut off during the strike.
The hotels w-ill be crippled, it wus
said, bv the closing down of the laun
dries and the proposed strike of tho
cooks and waiters. f
COBLKNZ, Feb. 4. (By Associat
ed Press.) Three Germans have been
convicted in military courts hero dur-
lng the last few daya on the charge
of circulating enomy propaganda
among American troops In the occu
pied area. . (.-;.
One shopkeeper was convicted,
having entered for sale a watch fob
with American and German flags
crossed upon It. At Treves, recently,
a thousand postcards were confiscat
ed by American officers. They pic
tured a beniitiful German woman
with a handful of strings and at the
other end ot the strings were com
paratively tiny French, British and .
American soldiers dancing to hur ca
price. ' . . '
By order of French military au
thorities the study of the French lan
guage has been taken up In the
schools of Btngen-on-the-Flhlno, ac
cording to Gorman newspapers.
GENERAL STRIKE
N THE MORNING