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. NO. 8
SPEED
PEACE-' TERRA
PRESIDENT
SAYSWQRLD
CAN'T WAIT
Arises In Conference and Ratty De
clares Will Not Countenance Fur
ther Delay World Has Rldlit to
Expect Early Results Wllllna to
Accept His Share of Responsibil
ity for Delays No One Country
Blamed Demand Final Acatlon.
HAMS. Auril 1. (Bv. tho Asso
tinted l'rum.)--Vliiit in construed
tin (i wuriiinu that tho would could not
liiiiir cnunlurdincn further ttolnv in
tlio adjustment of peace wiih deliv
ered la Ilia allied premier nnd mill-
IlirV representative (if UlO IIHMO(illt-
id powcra liv President Wilson yt-
titrdiiv.
' It is learned llnil nt n lit f o hour on
Mondiiv hit uroso iltiriutr Ilia confer
uneo liikine iiluoo in I'remier CIimii
chim'Uii'k room nt the Kronch war of
fice, and Holi'innlv assured Ilia run
forces tit liiH belief tluit lliov hIkiiiIiI
do nil in tliulr power lo lirintr In.
Bother tlio loose ends in llio debate
in nn effort to linito on pouro term
upon wliit'li n I rout v miulit ho pre.
Henled In Germany.
,. Wilson Insists cm Bpocd
it is uiiiliirHlood Unit tua premilont
linlnled oht -frankly Ilia ilulav Hint
hnva occurred in Ilia work of peace
llliikiliir. I In iliwlnntfl tlml tlifi world
wnn nwnllinir Ilia eonoliision nf the
tusk of tho conferees nnd Hint it liud
l nir lit to exiicet oarlv results..
The president's anneal for nn ax
IHdilI effort followed n lonir session
in which there had been, mora than
Ilia usuiil oralorv. It cuino lit the
clone of n dnv when financial exports
hnd been called be lore tho president
nnd tbo premiers. Tbev hnd explain-
od tlio diffvront noinU of view that
hnd nriHn duriiiir tho consideration
of tho micstinn of roiuiration, Mili
tary oxncrtH likewise hnd boon con
united nt lonitlh reirurdiiur th dispo
sit on of tho Hunr vnllnv. Iho loft
hank of Iho Rhino, tho problem of
Dunciir nnd other uueslions in which
MtrnloKio issues woro involved.,
PARIS. April 1. l'rosidont Wilson
today explained that ho wiih willine
to accept Ilia sharo of rosponsibilil v
for Iho neiico cunforcnco delays. Ho
was careful lo point nut that Iho
slowness of Iho negotiations wiih not
duo lo any h'iiiiIo country or its row
rosontutivo. PARIS. March 31. (Bv tho Asso
ciated 1'ross.) A foclinir of npprc
honsinn over Iho lack of protrross on
the ponoo treaty persists in Amori
can circloH horo ulllinimli it is said
in niithoritalivo nnnrtorH tlmt dif
ferences which hiivo arisen have not
reached tho Hindis ' of- n dondlook.
, JtciarnOoiiH Bother .
rni . t i I'nn' ...ii .
4HU ll llllllll llll I IUIIII V HUB lieeil
found in soltliiur upon reparations
ucoordinir to tho now method of pay
ment stiL'L'cHtcd bv tho French dolo
faition. This Wan was presented on
Sntiirdnv hororo tho council of four.
H is said Hint tho frontier iiucHlion
tiima on tho Hocurinir of .military
Hafotv nlonif tlio Rhino, : '
PARIS, April i.-T-Prosidoiit Wil
son wiih niruin. in tiltondanc today
nt tho moolinir of Iho ominoil of four
dealinir with poana problwim. lic
twoon Iho sessions of tho council tho
president rocoivod tho llishoo of
Kpai'nlo. roDrOHOntimi Jtn;n-Slnv in
terests in tho Dalmatian coast ooiir.
trovonw. . : . '
In tho forenoon tlio president had
n conference with Josnphiia W. Dan
inlR, tlio nonrotary : nf ' tho navv,
shortly hoforo tho lnltor'B dcpartui-e
for Italy. .
U.S. STEAMER JASON IS
'. IFAUKAX, N,' S., April 1. Tlio
American stenmsliip Jason, which
Hiiilod, from Now. York March 22 for
Ilnyro, Franco, was towod in horo to
day by tho Hritish Hloamship Bnv
coln. Tlio oirmilation pump of the
liisoii was (lamnu'cil povonil (lavs nito
land slio had ti bud list "Whon ulio
molted lior. v . . ..
COLONEL HOUSE IS
VICTIM OF PARIS
APRIL FOOL JOKE
f PARIS. Aiiril 1. Hoinchodv
t started n nlorv IhiM morninir t
y that Colunol K. M. Uouso hud
iinnoiincod that tho peaco Iron-
tv had been siirned. Tho ronort
t riilliillv Mormiil ill.r nil I'nriutin.l
Iho lolciihono wires to American
lioadiiiinrti'rM in tho llntvl Do
t'rillon hcciinio hot with iniiuir-
lea iiH to tho trulli of tlio rii.
inor.
It did not luko lonir, however.
for innnircrs lo realir.o tho
chanicter of Iho report when
tlifv woro rctnindvd that today
wum Anril t'irsl.
President Issues Proclamation From
Paris Lets Down Bars on Meat
Profits-Packers Claim Edict Will
Have Little Result on Prices Pur
chase of Livestock Unaffected. ' .
ASJllOTo. jprii 1. ah
moat packers woro released today
from food administration control.
Under n proclamation signed bv
Prosidont Wilson ut Pnru". effective
today, "nil poihoiih, firniH, oorporn
linns or associations cairaucd in im
porlinir, muniifacturiin;. including
nnckimr. .Htoriinr or distribution of
fresh, canned or cured beef, pork,
mutton or bird," nro released from li
cense bv Iho food administration.
A ciihloktram from Herbert Hoover
at Paris notified food administration
officials of tho proclamation. :
It 'was stated nt the food adminis
tration's offica Hint the president's
notion released packers from super
vision of everv kind exorcised bv tho
food ndimiiistration. including re
strictions upon inariiins of profit. '
. CIirCAOO, April j! Pucker ropro
scntatives hero, upon roeolut nf tho
iiowh of rclenso from uovornimintnl
control, loduv said tbev wished to
rend Iho text of the neyn order ho
foro discussinir it offoets.
Not Much Kfroct
Sovoral said that tho effect proh-
nhlv would bo- tiouliuiblo. Wholhor
livostock tirices advanced, olio pnek
inif huso ropresentntivo thouirht.
loponued on tho fnroien market, and
ho said 'ho does not know what ef
fect, if any, tho rolcnso miuht have
on Iho export market. Another point
ed out Hint na Iho packers last voar
nmilo Ntnalliir profit than tho food
this limitation was not likolv, in bin
administration permitted, removal of
opinion, t ohuvo much el l cot. The
limitation wiih I) tier cent oil capital
invested in incut food products, and
2 'A per cent on turnover. ; .
At tho Unitod Stales bureau of
iiinrkotR horo, it was pointed out thai
tho removal of (ho restrictions im
plied dirootlv to doalinirs in pncklnir
house products nnd not dirootlv to
Iho piirohuso or sollin1.' of livostock.
All dealers in lovestock nro still sub.
lect to envornnumt license, ibis li
cense is from tho bureau of markets
of tho United. States department of
nirrieiilturo. . " r . . '
HALF U. S. FLEET
I
SEATTIiK, April .1. Half of
America's Atlantic warship fleet is lo
bo nssiiincd to pormnnont. stations on
tho Pacific momliers of the hnuso ot
reproKontulivos of naval ul'fnirs oom
miltoo dcolare.d horo todav.
"It will bo a fiO-fiO proposition, tho
floot hointr enunlly divided," Hepvo.
sontnlivo William J.' Brownintr,. Now
Jorsov, ropliod whon naked tho num
her of vosels to bo sont to tho Pa-
tifio. ', "
Roiircsonliitivo Brownimr' said ho
did nol. know whon Iho cliuniro
would ho made, but supposed plans
i'ur tbo vIiuuko will bo, started svou.
MEAT PACKERS
RELEASED FROM
GOVTCONTROL
L
Score of Unions Go Out In Behalf of
John Fltzpatrlck Police Called to
Put Down Disorders Most Bitter
Campalpn In History Ends With
Result In Doubt. ! J
CHICAGO.. April J. Eloclor of
the' city are ballotlnn for mayor and
other city offlcos today, after a cam
pulgn (aid to bavo boon tho rnont bit
tor In tho history or the municipality.
With nix condldatOH In the Hold (or
mayor, partlmin, rollKlnua and racial
hatred (lamed high during tho cam
paign, which ended luat nlnht with
rlotoua sconca In tho control dtnlrlct
which extra police details had diffi
culty In controlling at times. The
candidates (or mayor aro:
William Hale Thompson, (republi
can) Incumbent.
Itoliort M. Swoltzer, (democrat)
county clerk.
Maclay lloyno, (Independent-democrat)
atnto's attornoy. " .
John KlUpatrlck, t labor) president
Chlcaxo Federation of Labor.
John M. Collins, (socialist).
' Adolph 8. Conn, (soclullst labor.)
. A. heavy vote In tho mayoralty
election todiiy was presaRod by tho
early balloting. In the first hour
and a half from 20 to 25 percent ol
the vote had boon recorded, accord
ing to the watchers. Tho weather
was cool and clear. . ; . '
A feature ot the day was a techni
cal strike of more than a score of
unions in behalf of John Fltzpatrlck.
Tho "strlko" was for tho day only
and was lo pormlt "strlkors" full
freedom to oloctloneor.
It was the theory of Btudonts of
local politics .that the . Fitxpatrlck
voto would come largoly from demo
cratic sources and that the voto for
Hoyno would he recruited largoly
from that which -would go to the re
publican candidate. Mayor Thomp
son. Women as woll as men are ellg
Ihlo votors and a total voto of 700.-
000 was prodlctod, , ' . ifejjjt
LONDON. April 1. President Wil
son him informed othor members of
tho American delegation to the pence
conference that no American soldiers
should bo used in nnv trouble in cirst
ern or southeastern Europo. a Cen
tral News dispatch from Paris savs.
NKW YORK, April 1. Claronco H.
Mucknv, president ol' tho' Postnl
TeloBrnph Cable oompanv, in n state
ment suid that tho 20 per cent in
crease in toleirraph rates ordorod bv
Poiitwnstor Gcnomr, Burleson means
a loss of 10,000,000 n venr to tclo
irraph users. Ho declared his com
pany would restore tlio old rates nt
onco if Mr. Burloson woujd rclinuuish
control of tho Postal lines. .
TO KEEP SHEEP MEN
' ON THEIR JOBS
...
PORTLAND. April 1. Mar-
tin' C. Gray. : who hrouiiht six
nunrls of Honor from Weed,
Calif., was fined $250 in fodornl
Icoui't Iiore vostordav. for tho of-
fonso. Prank lliu'ifis, n sheep-
man of Malhonr countv, wns
J onuirht with 40 pints which htf
said ho was brineiiu? to tho mon
in tho shoop camps so they
would not ouit thoir iohs. Ho
was fined ifllOO, 1 t
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CHICAGO
A
SUES
FAVOR
LABOR
MAYOR
HON ELIHU ROOT
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lf:;-A? 5 ill
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If ti M i
ELIHU.
Kllhn Root, former senator and BOcrelary of state, recognized as ono
of the loadlnm stalcsmen of tho country, recently declared he would sup
port tlio propoit leamio covenant If certain amendments were tncorpn.
atcd. Tlicso nmendn'ienls, n'orJiii to cablo advices from Purls, . nre
acptabIo to tlio American pcarO dclefcntlon. : During tlio war Mr. Itoot
uus sont to llusslu by Tresldcnt Wilson as a siicclnl rcprcseutatHc of the
Vnitcd Ktatcn. . - ' '
U. S.t CITIZEN IN
AS GERMAN SPY
WASHINGTON. April 1. Secre
tary Buker has approved n rcuuest
of tho British military authorities in
Turkey thnt they bo permitted to
arrest on chorees of treason James
Spohr. a naturalized American citi
zen, nnd his wife, declared officially
to have boon "closely associated with
tho head of tho German spv svstem
in Palestine and umonir British In
dian subjects." ; I
Tho plan is to hiivo the couple
brouuht to tho United States for trial.
Boenuso Hie United States nnd Tur
key bnvo not bocn at wnr the arrests
could not be made bv the American
military authorities, but the- iudce
advocate general's office held that
the British military commission "un
der tho common . lnw, of military . oc
cupation" could earrt out its plan of
takimr Spohr nnd his wife into eirs
todv nnd tiirninir them over to tiio
Unitod Stales.'. . . .
Spohr, said to be of "German or
iirin, hus been employed ns a pro
fessor nt tho Snlndin Avouli Univo-r
sitv in Jerusulom. His -wife is of
Scotch birth, but,, nccordinsf to the
chnnres, is known to have lived at
German headuuarters. Both, arc n
oused of liavinir omrauod in violent
anti-British nnd nnti-Ainerican
propaganda.' ; principallv tlimnuh
speech niakintf nnd distribution ot
inflntinnatorv filorntnro. .
DANZIG FREED FOR
.. WASHINGTON, April 1. Tho wn(;
trado board announced today re
sumption of trado with Poland and
wlth Esthonln. .. ; : : a-.
Action by tho board ' pormlttlng
persons In the, Unitod States to trnrio
and cominunlcnto freely with the two
countries ' was taken concurrently
with tho associated governments and
followed a decision reached In Paris.
Shipment ot commodities to Po
land should be routed via Danzig, the
announcement said.; The allies nre
believed to have the situation rela
tive to Dnnnlit so woll ln hand that
shtpmonts thru tho Herman port may
be aiRdo WHU etoly, ,
OF NEW YORK
reOOT V :
TO DEFENSE OF
' LOS ANGELAS. April 1. Ole
Hanson, mayor of Seattle, todav ap
peared before. the citv council here,
which was considerine the advisa
bility1 Of siispendimr Jfnvor F.'T.
Woodman nnd mndo tin iinpnssioned
plea Hint Mr. Woodman' should toot
bo condemned untried.
.'"If churces such as those made
asrainst your mayor hnd been made
nsninst inc." said'Hanson. "I would
consider it cowurdlv if tho- council
should suspend me without a benrinc
and send me into (he hinhwnvs as a
thrief and n craftor, This council
is to bo congratulated that it has not
suspended it mnvor'without hcariiy;
the evidonco and before he has a trial
before his peers. . ; .
"Your mayor mav be uriiiltv: I don't
know; ho mav bo innocent: I hope so:
hut whether cuiltv or" innocent, he
should not he condemned without a
fuir trial. It the ninvor is tniltv ho
should bo sent lo th" penitentinrv. but
until he is proved cuiltv tho coun
cil' should stand behind hiin."
THEATRE EMPLOYES W
ASK HIGHER WAGES
THAN STAGE STARS
;
LONDON, Mar. 24. (Corros-
pondonco of Associated Press.)
In vlow of tho movement among
theater employes for a minimum
'Wage ot S15 a week and pay. for
rehearsals someono has un-
earthed the- payroll ot the
Queen's theater of a half con-
tury ago and given It to the pub-
Ho for tho purpose of comparf-
son. : ; V0 ; '
In It Sir Chnrlos Wyndham Is
shown ns receiving $15 a week,
while Sir Henry Ir,vlng received
less by about S2, Toole, the
loading stan, was pttid $55 nnd
Miss Ellen Terry, the leading
lady, was pnt down nt $35, .
" ;'" ; ; -:. :
f .
ROOT
CHANGES
ACCEPTABLE 10
US. DELEGATES
Six Amendments Suqaested By New
York Senator Agreeable tp Amerf
can Specialists In Paris Comoul
story Arbitration and Limitation of
Armaments Important Changes.
' PARIS, April 1. Commenting on
the six amendments to the covenant
of the League of Nations suggested
by Elihu Root, it was said today by
one of the legal specialists associated
with the American peace conference
delegation that : be believed all the
amendments were acceptable to the
American delegation.'. ' i
NEW YORK, April 1. -Ellhu Root
declared himself an advocate ot the
League of -Nations covenant made
public by tlio peace conference, pro
vided it Is amended, primarily, by
writing enforcement clauses Into the
articles calling for arbitration and
limitation of armaments, by restrict
ing to five years the unanimous guar
anty of the present political and ter
ritorial status of members and by
protecting from non-interference the
affairs of the American continents.
He made bis approval contingent
also upon amendments assuring peri
odic revision of international law and
a general redrafting of the covenant
in an atmosphere removed by several
years from the lsBues attendant upon
Uhe settlement of the world war. , -
, ' To dispel doubt as fo -toe rlgbt of
withdrawal from -the league, he fa
vored specific reservation ' of ' this
privilege to any signatory, coincident
with or after the proposed redrafting
conference. - - .
Six Amendments Proposed
If these changes could be made,
the former secretary of state asserted
It would be "the clear duty" of the
United States to enter Into the league
agreement. In keeping with what be
termed the apparent general desire
of the American republic that the
country "do its full share toward the
establishment of an effective Inter
national brganizatlon to preserve the
peace of the world." "
Mr. Root reviewed the league pro
ject and proposed his amendments.
six in number. In a-letter to W ill H.
Hays, chairman of the ' republican
national committee, which the latter
gave out for publication. The discus
sion was in response to a request by
the party leaders, who advised the
former cabinet member and senator
that citizens in the republican rants
"determine to do alt that can pos
sibly be done toward the maintenance
of peace without sacrificing our own
supreme nationalism," and seeking
the "beBt judgment" to aid them m
reaching a conclusion, would appre
ciate a study of .the covenant, from
Mr.' Root. :
.
ENTERS A PLEA
. OF NOT GUILTY
SKATTLE. April 1. Attorneys
for Miss Uuth Garrison. 18, chanted
with murder, todav entered a pleu of
not guilty, holding that their client
was "mentnlv irresponsible at the
time of the commission of the crime
chanted. " ..
Miss Garrison recently' confessed
she poisoned Mrs, Grace Storrs be
cause she was a rival for the love ot
her husband. D. M. Storrs. Miss Gar
rison, police said, lold how sho put
tho poison in a fruit cocktuil served
Mrs.. Storrs nt lunch.
Many people, mostly womon, pack
ed tho court room todav to seo Miss
Garrison. Somo of ' them hromrlit
their lunch and arrived nt the court
liouso soon after court opened. '
RESTRICTION ON FERR0
!v MANGANESE RJM0VED
WASHINGTON, April 1 .--Re
strictions on y importation of ferro
manganese nnd spieteleisen were
removed today by ; tho wnr trade
board, and these commodities may be
broueht to the United States from
Grent . Britain, Frances .Hilly. 'Bel
gium nnd Japan, or from their pos
sessions, colonies or dominions un
der general import licenses,
II M Y
SEA COAST
Entente Troops Belna Rushed to
Huntfary German Concentratlna
s Forces East Prusia Foch Leaves
; to Confer With Enberper Serious
Riotino Breaks Out Alona Rhine
Blockade to Be Enforced Aqainst
Bolshevik! In Hunqarv.
. LOIViDON, April 1. It is reported
from Bucharest that entente troops
aro being landed at Constanza, on
the Black sea coast, on their way lo
Hungary, according to a Copenhagen
dispatch to the Central News today.
PARIS, April 1. The Germans
are concentrating large forces In
Eastern Prussia under command of
Field Marshal von Hindenburg, , ac
cording to tbe Paris edition of the
New York Herald. The ' German
forces are being assembled in Graa
denz and Thorn in order to defend
tbe railway line from Danzig to
Ppsen. . . . V- , ' -.
PARIS, April 1. (Havas). Mar
shal Foch will leave Paris tonight for
Spa to meet Mathlas Erzberger to dis
cuss w.ith him tho allied demanit.tbftt.
Polish troops be permitted to use tho
port of Danzig. The marshal has re
ceived full powers to negotiate with
German representatives. 'He will be
in constant communication with the
pminell nf fnnr.
, The inter-allied shipping commis
sion has completed preparations, to
transport the Polish-troops to Danzig.
TXNDOX, April t: Serious rioting
occurred Monday at , Franiort-on-the-Main,
according ' to tTCentral
News dispatch from iof Jterdam.
Crowds attacked the poll I station,
released the prisoners and ret fire to
the bi tiding, but order was eventual
ly restored; ; !,;:;
iLONDOX, April 1. Regarding a
published report that the blockade ot
the Central 'Powers had been raised
generally, the blockade department
ot the foreign office explains that the
blockade was lifted from German
Austria, but not Hungary. Along the
Adriatic, the allies raised the block
ade scne time ago, but the Italian
naval blockade remained In force
until a few days ago..
As far as Germany Is concerned
tbe blockado has been changed to tho
extent of sending four supply ships
there under allied control.
STUTTGART, April 1.- A bour
geois counter-strike has been started
here as a reply to the general strike
ot workers. Most shops are closed,
railroad and postal services suspend
ed and eas works and electric powor
nlants shut down. . 'v
SETTLEMENT OF
- PARIS, April 1 3 . Sottlomout y of
Italy'n frontier question . contompor-
aneousiy wun ioul vi i' miicu nn i-
sistod upon today by premier Orlan-
uo at . a conteronee witn - J'resiaoni;
Wilson Just before tho council of four
convonca to aiscusB ino lianan iron-,
tier nucstlon.' . ' , '. . . ',' . :
1V liuiliill ..h:iiih-i . unnru uiij
president whether hu did not think it
itavisaoio lo .iiuyo on . jiilouhui
'.IUII1KU HI. H). Wll HIV vl.llll
lorn, cspecialv as 1 retards the Ad-'
riatie, beloro it is presented to tlio
council. The "president replied that
ho shared his view, hut owini? to
liressure ot worn nan neon milium
nerMnnnllV in study t.h .Italian nnes'
tion, ' However, he promised to do hu.
' WASHINGTON, '.'April i. Assimi-
ment oi cencrai sian oincers ro
make tlio annual inspection of mlli-
t.arv ilpimrtiiicnts. of ediWMitional in
.1 II IILI.IM III' .,iii.,ii i.i.iiii. tiiiuy
I H'ejT on; nil iiiii v y urii uiiiiwiiiiuut.'
toduv .is tho war depattmeut. ; ', - '