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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 3919
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NO. . 290
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KNOX PROPOSES
LEAGUEOFOWN
TO KEEP PEACE
Pennsylvania Senator Aisallt Leaoue
nf Nnllnni n Rnnntlnnlnn nnil
Breedina War 8ec Danger to Na
J tlonal Independence and Monroe
Doctrine.
Japanese
Opposed
ToLeague
VAS11IN1T(HM Mar. 1 Attack
on tha Ijooruo or NutloiiK constitution
wore dolivorod In tho noimtu today
hj Hunntor Knox of I'oniiiiylvnnla. a
republican menibor of tha forolgn ro
latlnnn committee, and former secre
tary ot atnlo, nnd Honutor llardwluk,
Inn probably til liuit formal address
hufnro retiring March 4.
' Ho Hi speaker vlKoroimly naiortod
Hint tlio propound Iobkuo would brood
war nnd not inaco. Hath bIho do
cltrod Hint tho lontntlvo ohnrtor wan
unconstitutional, would , impnlg,
American lovornlKitty and would auu
, mil vital domostlo Question to a
foreign nupor-lritiunal In which the
Unltod State would 1)0 out-voted.
In llou of tho proponed leaguo,
Renntor Knox miitm'nlod.a different
form of world orxanliintlan, an Intor-
natlonal court to admlnlHtor an tutor
national cods of law, and toparnto
peaco con vont loin hutwoon tho na
tions
Senator Knox charged that tho
league aa now framed would anc-
tlon, brood and command" wnra.
Senator Hardwlck osiiortod that It
would "require tli conscription of
our aona to pollco tho world."
Why tlio Anxiety
"Why thli fovorUh anxiety for tho
1 adoption ot thla plan? Why thla rac
In up and down tha land by propa
(nndlati urging Its adoptlonT What
benefit la to como from aurli a tnlo
of th country aa la urged upon ur
.'Who are tho banoflclarle of thla be
trayal of our people?" naked Mr.
Knox.
The Pennaylvanla senator aald
that If tha peoplo ot tho United
Blato doalred what lie termed a real
Ixmauo of Nation to prevent war
ami "not moroly build a coalition to
further trado or prosorvo nnd oxpund
territorial possession," It .might bo
secured thru tho formation ot an In
ternational orgnnliintlon comprising
nil tho nation ot tho world.
Bonator Knox anld tho.conatltutlon
of aueh an Intornntlonal cnnlltlnn
ahould primarily doclnro war an In
ternational crlmo and aUpuluto that
any nation engaging In It excopl In
solf-dofoimo ho punlahod 'by the world
aa an Intornntlonal criminal. Ho
ulno suggested that tho coiiHtltutlon
provldo that International disputes
bo decided by nn Intornntlonal court
arcordlnK to an International codo
doflnlng war; that no nation could
aummon another before tho court un
los tho Rtihjoct under discussion wna
of common concorn to. tho contondliiK
natlona and' that Jurisdiction ot the
court not extend to ninttora nf gov
ornmnntal policy.
HiiiwMK New PIiui
Under audi a codo, Honutor Knox
doclarod, America would not, as un'
dor tho present plan, bo cnllod upon
to nrhltrnto "tho policy Involvod In
tho Monroo doctrine, our Immigra
tion policy, our right to oxpol nitons,
our right to ronol Invasion nnd to
maintain military nnd naval ostnh
llshmonts, our right, to mnko nocoa-
aary fortifications on tho rnnnma
cnnnl or on our frontlora, nnd our
right to discriminate botwocn natives
1 nnd foreigners In rospoct to rights
ot property nnd cltUonshtp."
Among othor suggestion for th
constitution, Sonator Knox said It
ahmiM nmvlrlA -flint ?lm timmtHnn nf
tho two homlsphnros bo cnllod upon
nn f,r,. iIimmi.i nf IliA 1 11 tnrrin I Inn,
nl court only In tholr rospootlvo homl-
aphoroB,
"A longuo framed on those broad
linos," ho continued, "would carry
with It a minimum Ions ot our sover
eignty, would rollovo us from partlcl-
pntion in the -Drolls of wuropo; woum
pronorve tho Monroe dootrlno and
- would snvo America from tho rosults
, of Europonn Intrigue -and , aggros-
''. slon." . - ; -.'." '.,''
Ok-
If
1)1
if I!
FAIL TO HALT STRIKI
BAM FRANCISCO, Mnr. 1. Wage
lncrouses granted llnomon and other
. oloctrlcal workers ot the Pacific Toi
nhrfhe and ToloKrnph company In
California nnd Washington by Post
master 'General 'Burleson win have
no effect on tho rocont roforondn
strilco volo tnken by thono workon
V. D. Hohhlnfl. ronroBontliiK t,ho In
1 tornntlonnl 'Hrolherhrtoil of lfidotrl-
al Workers, nnnounood horo todny,
BATTLE DEATHS
IN WAR TOTAL
.
IlONOMIMt, T. II Friday,
Fob.: 2H. Premier Ilurn or Ja
piiii, uccordnlK to n cubloispm
from Toklo to tho LVIppu JUL
amiworliiK an Intorpelliitlon In
tlio diet todnydeclured tho con
Htltiitlnu of the I.ciikiio nf Na
tions l incompulllilo with Ja
pan's IdouH. Ho said tho coimll
tutlnn must he modified beforo
Japan will find hurnolf nblo to
join tho leaiiuo.
General March Gives Figures tor
Those Killed In Battle or Died of
Wounds Russia Leads With Ger
many Second and America Last-
Regulars Lead In War Crosses.
.E
VAKADKN'A, Cnl.. Mar.li 1. Ono.
Kiluiunclm fonniT I'nited Stutfs
xi'iiiilnr from Vermont, ih ihrnd here
follow inc n Icimtliy iIIiivnh. Ho wns
M I, , . .
(Icnrue KniiiUiin 1'JiIiiiiiiiiIh whs Tni
ted Htntc KPiintnr I'lom Vormoiit for
venrx. from JH(HIV) 18111. nemiir-
inir Much n ruimliilion-iia n htntvHiniin
Hint on two omininiix in the cnrU'
'80k liia niiiiio wiih iircxi'iiteil in the
republican nntuiniil convention n n
niiiliilate fur the lirt'f idcntinl nnniiim-
ticm. TIioiil'Ii nevei nrcjiidi'iit ho wub
known an milvmcr of iireisdimlB.
Horn on n farm at Kn hmonil. t.
Ki'lirimrv 1. 1HU8. Ii'b cdiicnlinn wna
in tlio common hcIiooIh nnd by private
tutor, but diirini! bin lifetime ho rc
cuived hoiiomrv dcuroeu from four
New KiiL'land collctios. In March.
18(111. he wiih npiioinlcd to tuimriv the
neanev-in'tlnrl!nited 'rilatus-n'
lite created bv tlio death of Kolomon
Foot.
lie took ii lendinL' imrl in tha Ii
eiiNsiuiiH of the Hennta duriiut tho tor
bulcut rcconstruclion ilnva nnd was
nctivo iib one of v imrlv lendcrH in
tlio iiiiiKMirliiiierit of l'roidciit John
Hon. When Hove nnd Tilden were
oonlcHliui: tlio nrcHidi'iitinl election re
tiinm in 18711 Kenntor hdinniidH wna
one of the elcclornl committee wlucl
lilnced Hn vim in the Whito House.
He wiih iiuiiiiiiiioiihIv elected urcsi
lent nro tenuiore of the Bonnie when
Vice l'rcHiilent Arthur wn culled to
the White Hoiihc bv the iiKsmtHiiintion
of l'n-Hident (Inrfiplil.
In 188'J he introduced n measure
for the HiiiiiircBHion ot pnlvinmrv in
IHnh nnd the dinfrnnciiticment of
(Iioho who followed it.- This uct wiw
brouulit before the uirenie court anil
upheld. In the venr before lie vol
iinlnrilv retired from the wenuto he
helped to drnw iiirlhe Shcrmiin net.
The venernblo crmont stniosiiiiin
Hpeut most of bin liiHt days in I'iikii
ilenii, Cnl.
t
SCHEIDEMAN OUT
Li
LONDON, MM-., I. A further revo
lutionary movomont in Gornuiny
immlnont nccordliiK to n roport
reaching London thru Holland todny,
It is addod that Chancellor Schelde-
mnnn Iiob roBlgnod.
BEnUtN Mnr. 1. (ny Associated
Pross.) Tho mlnlstor ot tho Interior
has ordered a houso-to-hoiiso soarch
in Borlln for waupons and munitions
to bORln March first. ,
Tho Spnrtacnns aro roportod to be
planning nuothor-outbronk for March
G, whon tho nowly-olectea Krussinn
diet moots, ; '
PARIS, Mnr. 1. The sqldlors and
workmon's conRross at Munich lias
declared ninrtlal law for all of Ua-
vnrla, according to a Zurich dispatch
to mo .Maun
BAS13Ij. Mnr. 1. At- JCsaon the
number of strikers Is now oatlmatod
at R100. It tho strike continues
I'lrfnrt there will bo a atrlko by the
bourgoolBO as a prolost against dis
orders. ,
7,354,000 MEN
WASIIIKOTOh?, March 1 Hullle
ntliH diirini! the war amonif uli par
iciliaiilH Ho fur iih iiviiilulilo atuliH
tii-K allow, were eivc-n tidnv bv Oen
crnl March iih 7.354.000. TIi'h rep-n-KcnlH
only men killed in notion or
ied of wounds.
In t lift lisl prepared l,T the cenernl
luff. I(iihh:ii led with u total of 1.
00,(1(1(1: Oerinnnv wiih Berond with
(KIO (100 nnd the Uniled Stolen lawt
Kh .lO.OOn. Aniirnxiiiiiite fiL'nrcH for
hr nation" were:
France. 1 .'I85.:i(l0 : AitHtri-;i"n
nrv. f nil mm : KiiL'lunx. 7(ill.7iin
Italv, -ICO (Kin. T-irkev. -?')0.0n0: Ttl
m. in-'.nno; Itiimnnin. 100.000
Sor'ia ami Monelecro. 100.000'. Ilul-
itnrin, 100.000.
Itegulara Id In Oossfla
Of the total of II.01S il!tinirniKlied
er-!ec crossed awarded for pnllnnt-
in ectinn to American noldieri,
Oenenil Mnreh nntionnecd todnv, 00-t,
or more limn doelde tho number (riven
nnv oilier diviolon. went to the
Second Tociilnrs. The First iMvirn'on
of reculnm eaten next - with 300
man ne-nrded to members. The
Tlord re..lnr with M we third,
Th 9th (New F.n-Mnnd Nntionn
Ciinn' lb" fo"tl. in the lit. w'th 220
lrt. led n'l Vnlionnl Ooird end
Viiinii Arnv divisionn! The 40nd
iinlrtw' enme retrt ith 0.' nnd
the snih mi 177. Tho 27th
liviuinn lw York Vntionnl pnnrd)
ow on.tl-e hiiifc .ean rAturnine hcmie.
;,n4 iSn, The 77th fn'o o New
York tliv-''nr. rAf-e:ve,1
, Divisions In Order
Th" oilier iiivisiono -n erder. from
he 30th. which wn (he nixlh in uro-
eedeneo. worn oh Collewrt;
Oth, 1fl:t n.wnrds- 20th. ir0: 77t.il
Urt. ?7lh. 130: 3?nit. 01 t. 134:
so'h. P7: 7(h. nr: 7nth. pn: 33rd. 70:
(nili (t(t: p(h. 5: onil,'. r.7: gnili. 40.
H"ti'l. .14; 7th. M: 37tli. ?rn nntli. 24:
nd "1 ; 8,1st, 10; 3.1th. 17: (10th. 10:
fiPdi. 1.
Tn th vnrioiifi lirane''' nf the nrrcv
lUe inr.(rv. Octicral Mireh said.
natnrnCv, led with o.()4' decorations
t nf lee tntiii 1 he nir service 'rne
second with ?.rt ewnrd- medicnl
nnri. thir.l w'th 03: nrtitlerv 183:
en"noer. j.in. Btimnl enrq, o: tunic
nrno. HO. and t'e remninin" awards
dieidnd ennr. (lie othep hmnchon
"ith Y. M. C. A. nttnehes rcceivine
llin-e.
t.aoi.p.io PomomilzM
rirtohilt-ntion of ho pmv re.
lnaoil im tt vps(wlflv 1 .101 Ofin nf.
fiecr iih,1 ninti. O"tiorn Mnroh nn.
nonncc.l tndav. Of (' lnt.. 77.t4"J
Were offieeri. nonnl'tHTel'nn nrdcr
MOW have rnactict a tntet iP 1.. 171.000.
GLELMENCEAU FULLY RECOVERED REPUBLICANS
SEEK TOiFORCE
' : 4- If" V-
f hi': ! i: r 41 .HT.
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1
LE
NINE
SEEKS
CO-OPERATION
OF
EXTRA SESSION RUSSIAN WOMEN
' : ,',-r.!
Cancus of Senate Called bv Lodae to
Determine Whether to Kill Victory
Loan Bill to Compel President to
Call Session at Once Sentiment
Divided. ;
Soviet Carrvlna On Camoalan to Se
cure Support of Fair Sex but War
On Relipion and Mnrriaae Antaao
nize Them Harp Upon Early
Peace and Promises of Plenty. , r
WASHINOtON. March l.-Minor- "WARSAW, Mar. l.-t uy
.. . ... , f i tiled l-reas.j ine. nuHaiau pw
itv-tmner lune loaav issueu ,.- a camnalltil
for a conference o rcniihlicnn nena- , geCaro tho support of women thnt
tora at 5 :30 'o'clock this cvenine tonut RuBala. according to refugeoa
whether concerted action from Moscow. Mme. Radek, wife of.
ahould be tnken in an effort to force Karl Radek, tho chief Bolshevik agl-
an extra BCHHion bv opposition to the tator In Oermany, is prommeut
In
thla work and la .trying to attract tho
attention of women by having them ,
take positions in tha miniatriea and
colleges. Premier l,enine la declared
to have made this remark to Mine.
Radek:
If Bolshevism falls It will bo be
cause we could not get the mass 01
women interested.'
JtclUcion Flaunted
Many intelligent women are re-
eorted to be co-operating with Lenlno
and Trotzky, -but they point out that
it will bo impossible to win the supr
the issue of nn extra session bv call- port of the women as long as religion.
no the loan measure. I is flaunted and aa long as aivorco i
Tn rAtinrtinir fnvnrnlllv the fveneral I mfulfl sa easV.
rt,.fi.-ionir nnnrmiriutinn hill nnsscd I The soviet propaganda bureau Is
vesterdav bv the house, the senate putting put notices that with spring
apropriution committee todav adopt- will iome food and clothes. .They
the hntise hill author- I also harn on the prospects for peace.
izini TSO.onO-onn ndditional for the as It is ueaco. above all, tnai tan
rnilrnft1 ndmtnifttrntinn. I wnmeni and Peasants want.
The committee reduced from $100.- Women refugtei who have arrived
000.000 to $50,000,000 the emeniencv here rarely complain of the general
shinninc hoard fund for purchase and treatment of women under Bolshevik
requisition of vessels. x 1 rule in Petrograd ana moscow. av-
Vew items added were $100,000 for cordine to the relugeea ana repona
influenza sufferers in Alaska, and there has been no general application
Victory Loan bill, niithorizine seven
billion dollurs of ne wsecuritieR.
To irfve time for the republican con
ference, an agreement wan reached
between the democratic and rcpubli-
Ican leaders for a recess of tho sen
ate from 5:30 to 7 n. m. '
Division of republican sentiment on
I lllio nuestion of opposition to the
Victory loan bill. Senator Lolee said,
wos so pronounced that a conference
I of the full republican mcmbcrsh-l
the senate was deemed advisable, in
view of administration plans to force
$200,000
I vessels.
m Fhfa. fa tllA liltARt vltnm nf Mia nmlilimt f aCt i ---"
.cfess, premier of France. Georges Clemencean. It waa ananoed as hal
rwaa leaving his honae to go to the peace congress session a few daysl
fojt) tho assaiisin. Cottln, attempted to-klU lilm.- , ' : j
PRESIDENT SIGNS
LA FOtLEITE'IO
JAPAN TO
SHIM0NESEK1 STRAIT
TOKIO, March 1 A bill providing
for tho expenditure of about 1 9,000,-
000 for the construction of tho rail
road tunnol undor Shlmonosekl
Strait, It Is reported, will be Intro
duced in tho coming sosslon ot the
dlot. The Shlmonosekl Strait separ
ates tho southwest cornor ofi - the
Island of' Hondo, tho tormlnus of the
central railway systom, with' Us
southern neighbor island, Klushiu
Tho building of this tunnol has
boon undor consideration for a long
time owing to the' rapid tide which
makes difficult the operation of the
railroad ferry . between the main
Island nnd Kiushlu: The proposed
tunnol will he throe and ' one-hnlt
miles In length, onounllo being undor
tho sea bed at a depth of SO foet.
Tho plnn proposed Includos a road
for foot passongors. : .'-
TALK OIL LEASING
BILL TO DEATH
WASHINGTON. March 1. The oil
and coal land leusinff bill virtimllv
u-n tilled lute todnv when obstrnc-
t i rm lot hv Kenntor l.nKollctto of
Wisconsin, ropublicnn. prevented a
vote on tho conference roport wnicy
had been adopted bv the house. Mun
Hirers nnd opponents of the hill ncrcc
there now is nrncticallv no cliance oi
socurine action on tlio bill bctorc con
cress adjourns. .
WASTIINOTON. March 1 neter-
mined republicnn opposition faced the
conference report on tho oil mid coal
l.m.l liMisini lull todnv when it was
hrmmlit un hpfnrc the SCIinU- for fl-
nnl net nn. With nn lllHtersullHiniC
Hint four hours would ho eiven for its
discussion, opponents wcro reported
nrennrcd to tnlk nt lcnutli nnd if pos
sible force miuuiirers of the measure
tn uivo wnv to some other leirisjlntion.
Ki.nntnr Iji Forlette of Wisconsin,
an opponent of tho -measure, took the
floor nt-1.45 o'clock this afternoon
nnd discussed various subjects, with
tho announced intention" of speuk'.ne
"for hours."' At one point n remnrk
caused a ripple of liiusrhk-r in tho
enllcrics nnd when . tlio chair celiild
attention to tho sennto rulo prohib
iting; demonstrations, Senator l.n V'ol
lotto said : ...
"That uives me another sulneet to
discuss for hours." nnd launched" into
tho discussion of the propriety of
such n rule. , : '. :' . . ,
KILLED WHEN AUTO
HITS STREET CAR
;f-M,",.v .
SALEM, Mar. l.--James A. Wil
son, assistant secretary of the Pheas
ant Northwest Products company,
and widely known In western Oregon
thru business affiliations over a per
iod of many years, met almost instant
death a few minutes before 12 o'clock
Inst nleht when an automobile in
which he was driving with Mrs. Wil
son mid friends was, run down 'by a
street car at South Commercial and
Bellevuo streets.
All mombers of the party are pro
minent in Salom. and all suffered
from tho accident. Mrs. John J
ttoliorts was seriously injured and
her exact condition has not yet been
determined by physicians, but it is
bolleved sho will recover. Mr, Rob
erts, a prominent hop dealer, sus
tained lacerations about the head
John W. Todd, su
'Salem schools, and Mrs. Todd, were
bruised, and Mr. Todd was In a dozed
condition for a. time. Mrs. Wilson,
wife ot James A. Wilson, Is suffering
severely from shock.
TMo members of tho party were re
turning to their homes from the an
nual Chorrtan bnnquot nt the Marlon
Hotel when the accident occurred.:
for additional lisrhthouse of the much-advertised easy divorce
and easy marriage regulations, 'i no, ,
province of Tula roaae n,rai"iii
to 'nationalize women, but nothing :
came of It. The same result rollowea
a similar decree Issued In Moscow. ,r
Women Mistreated - : v
However, -women have frequently
been subjected to mistreatment, as
illustrated in the town of Briansk.
Troops of the Red Guard army whon
thnv arrived . there, requisuionoo.
WASHINGTON. March 1. Sixteen I sixty unmarried women and women.
bills and joint resolutions of congress of the nobility. In the provinces ot
sisued toduv bv President Wilson in- Saratov, Volga and Vladimir tho so-
cludc the annual postof ficc appro- vlets declared that men and women
priation bill, the bill authorizine re- had equal rights and also that If a.
sumption of voluntary enlistments in person of either sex was not
the rcirulnr army nnd the measure they were obliged to accept the first
pormittinsr discharged soldiers, sail- offer made publicly - thru selections
ors and marines to retain their uni- made by consulting names posted at
forms. - soviet headquarters, ine cnuureu .
A .iaint resolution signed suspends such marriages. It was aecreea, wa
the resml reouiremcnts of assessment
work on mining claims in Alaska for
1917. 1918 nnd 1919.
TROOPS NEARLY
to 'become the property of the state.,
TO GET BACK TO
iT
NEW YORK. March 1. The trans
port Sobral. which arrived here from I
Brest, nearly capsized while docking
today when more thnn 2,500 troops I
on hoard massed tnemselvcs on the
starboard side to exchange greetings
WASHINGTON. March 1. In ro
gard to published reports that Presi
dent Wilson told Democratic oomnn
tneniKti who liinched with him vester-
nnrhitendent of the witu rclt'vcs' n1"1 friends on barges Inv tmt )lc yiotM not accept nomiua.
puniueniieui m "'" ,, -lnntraidn. nn,l nlinsed the It: r U .u ut,.tp,l tn.
T
WILSON TO MEET
IRISH
OCCASIONAL RAINS FOR
COMING WEEK PREDICTED
WASHINGTON, March 1. Wciilh
er predictions lor Iho week beginning
Monday issued by tho weather buroiui,
today nro: " :
I'nci fi tit nl ou ! T'xn,-pt for onnn
sionnl ruins ou Hie North l'ncilir
coast, generally I'air witli tcnipiM-n-tiii-o
below noiimil,
- ; ; .
' WASIUNIOTON. , Mnr. 1. Presl'
dont WIIS911 todny promised to meet
a delegation from tho rocont Irish
race convention at Philadelphia, 'after
hla snooch in Now York Tuesday
night. Tho Irjsh spokesmen desire
to present reBolutlons demanding self
dotermlnntlon for Ireland sought to
sea tho proHldant todny, but found
nil his tlmo tnkon 'by onKngomonts.
32U.S.
COBLENZ, March V. Thirty-two
Amorlcan bbservntlon balloons wore
destroyed In the war, most of them
by German aviators One fatality re
sulted, the bnlloonlst's parachute
catching tire from sparks from the
burning balloon ; Each balloon ost
J8000, and the expenso for Inflation
abou t 3 6 0 f or gas. -' ' , .
. Antl-alrorart guns used to protect
observation balloons hecountod , for
four German aviators, in ench case
the enemy flying , machine being
brought down after the nviator hud
set flro to tho American Imloon by
Incondtnry bullets, -. '
- i'.V ... v ' " ", ;, -, ...
drawn up alongside", and caused the tjon for a third term, it wns stated to;
transport to list 15 degrees. I ,i nt the White House that the sub
Captain I. It. Duvitt. 111 command :w,i f 'resident Wilson again buinc
of the steamer, ordered the troops and ' candidate was not mentioned. It
crew to tlie port side in an effort to wns CXph,ined that tho . president
right the ship nnd when thev showed mercly. remarked to his guests that ho
rcluctanco in obeving the command vcarnCd to get back to writing nnd
ho threatened to htive the shop's fire jnnt e had in contemplation tho coiu-
hoso turned on them, tirdcrs also piling of a history. . , : : 1
were given to start the ship's pumps , S01110 of. thoso who nttendod tho
nnd tho vessel slowly righted ns her luncheon said today tbcv gained the
ballast tanks beenmo filled with impression that the president mount
I water. . J. u he would retiro to private life ut the .
end of his term. .' ' - '
It also was stilted that the president
evidenced deep feeling ogainst oppo
nents of the league of nations. Ho
was said to have expressed the view
that the league should bo an Ameri
can nnd not a partisan issue, but tliut
if the republicnn state ; committoos
should reject a proposal to endorse
the league, tho democrutio state com
mittees then would bo free to uct in-
AMERICANS IN ITALY
'PARIS. -Feb. 28. -f'Bv tho Asso
ciated Press.) Dr. Sokolow. head of
,1... V: t .l.llr..vn f inn tn tlla nHJICR
conference: said today, referring to ? ftom the American military at- deneu(jentlv
the delegation before the pence con
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. A cablc-
fi.rinin. the eouiicil of. 10 gnvo ntten
live hearing to the, Zionist case and
thnf.ns fur us ho coiild iudgo the
prospects were good for fnvovablo ao-
tion. Ho summed up the aspirations
of Iho .lows ns follows-:
"Hecoanition of the historic title of
the Jewish people in Palestine nnd
the right to reconstitute there their
national home.'! : ,' '
Dr. Solinlow shid tho Jewish dele
gation holds that Palestine should
comprise Iho whole territory -within
Iho ' histouic hoiindai'ics ot .the an
cient hind of Israel, with an outlet to
tho Ke Sew.
tacho at Rome to the war department
announced the 332nd American In
fantry had been ordered concentrat
ed at Gonoa. Thq regiment has boon
divided between Cattaro, Flume and
Trieste. .
General March said no authority
has yet been issued by the war de
partment for the return of the regi
ment to the United States.
REPEAL LUXURY
GLAUSE OF TAX BILL
WASHINGTON, . , Mar. .1 The
house today passed without a record
oTfipi.-nnr.r rw,n 1 T.:ti,ni.. vote ana sent to tne Benaie mo reso-
inn trnona nnrflnin,, Rnlahevilc fnrees llltlon providing tor the repeal Of the
lille Of ScliaUlCIl. luxury. UX ciuus oi iut war. raiuv
have passed tho
Soluva, Vieves and Vnrciin. which
towns are m I.ithiiiiiiinn hands, nc-
Cordins to advices from Kovno,
hill. It Imposed a ton percent tax
after May 1 on hlghor priced wearing
apparel mid many other articles. -