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FORD The Weather Maximum yesterday ilH Minimum today 2 1 Predictions Tonight' and Friday, fair n ixl collier. Dally Fourteenth Yau. Forty-ninth Year. ME.DB-0-K.D), OUKUOX. TOl'WsDAY, ,'JANlWliY S. 1!)JD NO. 2-t.l FR IjiJllfE TflSS JUNE Mil Far First Tims In Political History National Convention WiH Be Held On Pacific Coast California Rewarded for Etastina Wilson In !9)6 Qumacrats Endorse Wilson's Program and Condamn' Republican Majority in Senate. , WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Sun I'ruaeiaieo vet selected tndav bv the democratic Da-tiiinol oonioiittee, u cession here, a the lilare for the par ty's (I20 national convention. After 27 votes had been oast Kan sas Oitv and other cities withdrew and tiie vote for San Kraneiseo wa anivtummis. Jloiiduv, Jane 28, iras fixed as the convention do-to. WASHINGTON'. Jnn. 8. Resolu tions indorsing- tha treaty of Ver- sotles and dcnouncuia us unpatriotic tbe oititndc of senator who would defeat it directly or bv ntilli f'vinu reservations was unanimously adopt ed todav hv tbe dcmoerulie notional cammitUie in session here. The "arroeaat" republican leader ship uf the senate was denounced a" havinc earned "thu contempt of the world" l)v throttling the treaty for seven months nod the senuto vras culled upon to "unit plavinir polities'' vitb lira ntiestion of ratification. Ilevtowing the legislative record ot tba two Wils.oo adoilntxtrntidtis tke renc'lutlons exaressad gratification thnt tha president was regaining health attar a breakdown "due large ly to hie efforts for world .pue." Concerning too peace treaty tire resolutions mild : ."fi'e affirm our approval of the treaty of Versailles and we ccndeain aa uawia and unpatriotic the atti torio of thc aeaators who woalcl de feat Ita ratification, either directly or by oervblniis. it With rarvation that art ioterrded to, tad will have tha effect cf nullifylat It- "Taa lailoia of tha mil reouhli cta lxdsri to offar or to parolt con idaratka of itrarettivq rcQolu tioaa tint Would pr:flJrve the gencrSl parpoto of tho treoty and to so per mit ratification condemns them to tha criticism o the nation jnd to the contempt of the world." The resolutions said that when the ticQiccrats came into power in 1913, tbay found "the nation in a condition of comipa'rativo industrial and com ' nicrcia'l degression, ar.ik wifh the bamk.ln'g myatom in the hands of a few men at W'haso will .panics periodically occurred." It was added that "these and ether ills had existed for 16 years under republican rule without any relief." Federal Hcscrve Act "To remedy this condition," the riesolU'tion-8 continued, "the democra ts ad'ni'lnistration entered immedi- ( Continued or. Page Six) io bail: oui radicals NT.W YORK. Jan. 8. "Par- lor bolsheviki" who are raisin? a fund to assist comrades held on deportation, tiroeeedinas will have to invest it in Liberty v bonds in order to sot their friends out on bail. The an- 'e thorities at Kllis island an- nouneed todav thnt offers of ' cash bail bad been refused since the Wand had no facilities for handling lar.-e sums. A surety romonnv has refused to supply v bond even ncnin-t nilcinnte rash seeuritv on the tronnd that it did not care to aid enemies of the country. The immigration nuthorities however, will accept Liberty bonds and release reds on bail as soon n their prelim- inarv hearinirs before inspee- tors are completed. . MUCH EAST INDIES I XKW YOliK.Jan. 8. Amor- ica and American products are " to be advertised in the Dutch Kast Indies hv movies on a mo- tor truck. A Irnveliuir tbeuter which ot tinier durintr tlp wur r.vn noPr.lrn..in,A, ,.t tlm Whito House for tho henot it of Frci- ilont Wilson nml otlior ol'ticiuls, has boon InuntM to tlic I ut-h Knst IrtHinn trovprrtmont hv the l)tireau of conimerciMl pcono- nih-s and will It-nve tor Sina- ixtie, htraits Neitlcnipnt. to-Uiorrou- on th btcaititihii) John Koacli. Koacli. U. S. SHIPS 10 Last fiia Operation of War to Be Carried Out bv General Kines 10.000 a Munth to Be Taken From Siberia Until Entire Force Lands In Europe. WASHINGTON, Jao. S American Hhipi furnisbed ttao abrppiog lmunl will 1) as3(l to repatriate Czecho slovak, Poliflb, .lufio-Slav and liuoia-nia-n troops now In Sibfn-in, it was annou.ncerf tc-dny t tHn fltgtn deoart-nient.- The first of the vesois, the Presirf-ent Grunt and the America, will leave New Yorft for Vladivostok soon iiere they are due about Feb ruary . ThesW vessel move about 10, 000 of tfte trcops nd it is expected that tBc movement then Will continue t tfte rate of 10,000 monthly Until it ia completed. The cot of America's participation io the reptriotlon -ill be taft ii 6rc of out of Joans nifldc by the United St0tc to th fofiaign 5o9rnmnts hLe soldiers arc in volved. Repatriation of these troops H he under the directic.-n of Brigadier Gen eral nines, chief of the army trans port service and will be one of the last big military operations of the war. The Czecho-Slovafcs originally 4-erc part of the Austrian army, but being u-nfriendly to the German idea cf w-orUl domination deserted In a mass to the Uus-ian a-rm-ies early in the war. In Russia they were re formed Into special Czecho-Slovak units and bore an important part of the fighting on the eastern front. The Czecho-Slovaks withdrew east ward thru Russia and Siberia with the purpose of reaching Vladivostok whence it was proposed to send them to France to fight against Germany. They had great difficulty in effecting their withdrawal because of the dis organization of the country and fre quent interference by the bolsheviki and armed German and Austrian prisoners ot war. o It was to help extricate these forces from their precarious position that American and other allied troops were dispatched to Siberia last sum mer. E MKXICO CITY, Wednesday. Jan. 7 The estimated casualties attending the earthquake Saturday in the wes tern part of the state of Vera Cruz still stands at O0o ct more. 'Fragmentary advices would Indi cate the toll of death may exceed first estimates. It is said the villace of Saltillo has been virtually destroyed and that S5 bodies were recovered from the ruins on Tuesday. Thirty bodies have been taken from the Pescados river at Apazapam, Pueblo Vie jo and San Carlos. Pispatche tell of the pitiable plight of survivors many of whom lost their homes and are living in thn op-n in hourly fear of renewed shocks. CARRY K0 LEGIONS HOI BOLSHEVIKI WILL SOON Situation in Russia as Bad as It Could Be Declares London Office Dcni kine Army Cut in Two and Kev to Caspian Sea Captured Baku With Oil Supplies Expected Soon to Fall Into Hands of Reds Bolsheviki Sweeping All Before Them. LONIMIN. Jan. 8 The situation in Russia is ohtnif a bad as could he, I'rom nn nti-lol.-hpvik itohit cf view, aeeonliiii: to Hriti;-n war office re ports, and there orv fpw siirns inrti cittine any likclv imi irovpnient. Tlipro are iwo esieciallv nicnocinir devel opniunts. In the first place Gpnoriil Itenikinc's tmnv has been cut in two throuuh tbe holsbevik push to (ho Sea of Anov at Tntranrotr. and its flanks hnve been thrust hack, leaving a lnrue unp. In addition tiicre comos a (fkiini from the bolsheviki of (he capture further enst of tbe town of Krasnovodsk, on the Caspiau sea. itnd while this is not confirmed, it is irenci'iilly accepted as true. Tbe capture of this imiMirtunf port of Krusnoovodslv. it is pointed out. cniiiUfl th'UTavc luissibilitv (hut tlie reds may overrun northern Persia :nd occupy Tfhonui. which nrohohiv Would mean Hit establishment of 1I- shevik rule in Persia. The takinir of Krasnovodsk aives tbe reds free ac cess tt thy Caspian. There seems Ut ile (o prevent them from eainimr con trol of tbe Caspian from the more or less ineffective volunteer fleet. Once in pos.-ession of this sea there ro ninins onlv a small British force and tbe poorly organized Persian forces between tbe reds and the occupation of Teheran and northern Persia throuuh which would exist (he pos sibility of their obtaining control of the whole country. 1 Baku with its important oil sup plies on tlie western const of the Caspian seems likclv also to fall into Bolshevik hands and its occupation would provide n base for further op erations against the rear of )eni kinc's hard pressed riirht winu'. If the bolshevik reports are true General Denikine has suffered a con siderable disaster for not only have the reds severed all land conMunnicn tion on his left and riirht wiiius hut thev have captured lanre ouantities of war material, including much that was sent him hv the allies. BOYS PLEAD GUILTY GET LIFE TERMS SAX FIANX'ISCO. Jan. H. Flovd Leo jM'cClure and William Cbastain. who shot und killed Annto Schoemhs. San Francisco police detective, while he was trvimr to prevent the theft of an automobile, pleaded L'tiiltv be fore Superior Judire Louis Ward here todav. Judire Ward said be had de termined that tbe vouths had commit ted first detrree murder but in view ot their plea ot irinilv would not im pose tbe extreme penalty but woul sentence them to life imprisonment. The date of sentence was set for Mondav. M.cClure wns tried for first, dejrre; murder hut the inrv split six to six over the nuestion of whether lie should be adjudged yuiltv of a first or second deree offense. OIETZ PLEADS GUILTY TO U.S. DRAFT EVASION Sl'OKAXK. ,Tn. 8. William II. ( l.one.-t.ir) Hietz. former eo.'ieh of I he Washington State college foot ball team inn) of the .Mare Island nie rincs team, pleaded cuilty in l iiited States dMriet court here today to a ebal je of fa!-ifyin'- his draft Ulie.--lionnaire and was sentenced to scree 'Ml days in the county pad. He will bc''in senile' bis sentence at I p. in. today, it wus stated. WILSON IS CHALLENGED iVAL 10 0EBA1E IH MOIA I'IFKKE. S. II.. .Vm. S. l're:deut Wil.-ou tmluv , was ehnllenired under the Kirharus primary law to come t.o South Oakota and debate t lie isuc of the eominir eaniiiK:n nith Janiea O. Monroe, of t'hiea'jo. who revcnllv filed as on inde pendent enndulute nt the Mar h primaries. TO PLED RUM TKIKHTF.. Jao. !. (Bv the Asso ciated Press.) Major (liuriali. Iio recent lv resigned as chief of !ah riele d'Anoun.io's cabinet at Piuinc. left here tonight for Paiys on spe cial mission for the insurgent lender in tbe Adriatic. Maior Giurialti told the Associated PrOss he :is ennw crcd to deal witli "certain phases" of tbe Fiumc situation. "licports. that 1 am in disauree nifliif wilb Captiiin d'Annun.io were true," lie said. ' ) n t differences ere over (UiestioOs uf poltcv, I left the office of chief of the cabinet and went hock to inv loiltalion heeausu'of our inability to airree but there is no conflict between Captain d'Annun.io and myself on Italy's aspirations for the annexation of Finnic." Major (ihfl'iatti said a trnintoad of food arrived at Finnic today. ''We have enough food to keep us ioimr." he declared, "but in anv event we will be faithful to the end in our determination to brim: about annexa tion. We are united. Tbe national council now is in complete accord with Captain d'Annun.io. The fad that I am .troimr to Paris with full powers to aid proves what I have said." li'OMK. Jan. 7. The Cliornale d'ltalia discitsintr the idea su"rest ed in some ouarters that the Adriatic oueslinn he set t let 1 hv direct nego tiations hv Italy and Jui:o-Slavia. savs there is no confidence in such a scheme. Italians hold this view, the newspaper says, because "we know the cxairL'craled claims our adver saries have made and their absurd pretensions wbieh have Wniiiided the feelings, the dinnitv ami the rights of Italy in such a wav that it is im possible even to discuss them.' OIL M iAMPICD 10 DEFY CARRANZA MKXICO CITY, Wednesday, Jan. 7 - Petroleum producers In the Tarn pleo district have formod a combina tion pledged not to pay recent duties on oil fixed by presidential decree, according to Luis Cabrera, secretary of the treasury, Interviews with whom wero printed here today. "This is the only contribution lev ied by tho treasury department that must be paid before the oil leaves Mexico," tho secretary Is quoted as saying. "If it is not paid exportation can be prevented, and if international friction should result, .Mexico would have right on her rldo." SAN FKANVISrO. Jan. 8.- Ms. F.lvira Vint of Montr Kotc. China, was fined .'J7") in the Tinted States district court here tod a v t'ollowi te ller idea of uuillv to a char-je of it niifiriitiir a number of aigrette pinnies into Seattle and San Frau dseo. ' Mr;. Vint mv,j she Wii th' wife of a luomiiicnt Ihnii: Kuwz mcr ehant. Herrmann Quits Baseball. CINCINNATI. Ohio. Jan. K August ilcrrmaiiii tendered his rc-i'-v. at inn as dot in nan of the nat ir : ! ba-chall coin!!ti--ion at the atiintol rnci'lin,' of the cmnmi-sjsMit here lo ll a; V, la Co .o if I Railroad Unions Lvwmk Vl(Ta":ut That Pi wnises in Hv Fw-Hexh- Inq ResjitJ Comiw Itive Bavimi. ProdiH-tion ind Distrihtition T'wv HeadiiiurieJ i Bn cmiBui tltu Finds Raii'ma Plan Is (a froia . tion Stewh Riisti livino Coats. i w.HLcrm, .i.a. x.-oi-khiiIz- j ed lftilroed cmph.yes ;ive started on tlie other end yt tlie line In an effort to solve tbe prohleRi of the ei; cost of living- Pliable to obiawi relief thru adffitioul eat;? incrMiH which cue of ten ducts sid ere fnvritily I followed by increases in living eots, ,! four log railroftd brotherhoods d tbe fttfilicted )ily shoji. erfts luif adopted scheme to escj ihe profits of tke middleman by system jef co-operftiee buying, pnection lid dit ributioR of tha nrcs;- of I life. I Pltii for the co-oiirt ive mofe- nent vore ! id l IM ttnnr-Ubor confernco t (.'hicito in November d altio tby ar yet in t tentative .stgfte. n del'inito coyrse t.'f action Is expected to be adopted at a icod (O)nferenee cllad for Febretry 12-1') at Cfcicano. The proposal calls for nn tlUaue.e between fareiers d lalurra-s to cre ate direct dculing between farm pr- , ducers and city consumer.1 and be tween city protlju-ers nd firm two sum era. The plan Is be bag worked out by the all-American farm-labor co-ur- atlvc commission, which hh formod after the November meeting In Chi cago and It Includes the erection of warehouses as distributing centers and the organization of a co-operative bank. 1 wmm agues PARIS, Jan. Ceorges Carpen tier Is willing to give concessions in the matter of weight la order to meet Jack Oempsey, according to a state ment made tcaighl to the Associated Press by Dcscamps, Carpent ler's man aer. Descamps said he was willing to split the $t()0,oi'() purse offered by James Coffroth on a basis of (id per cent for the winner and 4 0 per cent for the loser. "Larpentfor Is willing to journey to a strange land,, face an exotic ell- mate, give away from lip to 3 0 'pounds in weight and accept a split I of CO. 40 of Mr. Coffroth's offer," said ! Descamps. "Wc had Intended to de Inland a ."0-r.o split but are willing to accept a I0-tij division In order to I show this is not merely a money mak 1 Ing proposfl ion but also a r.port InK event. We will endeavor to Klvc American sportsmen a real champion ship battle." NO SPECIAL SESSION SPOKANK. Jan. H. Definite nn nourieiMiicnt that he will not call ; special sc-sion of the Washington h LHshiturc for the purpose, of ' i a t i i vitivr the federal woman suf it , ..,..,....l,....t .... ......I,. t... day bv Governor Louis F. Mart, who : i here m nt P-mlntiee at tbe Ua-li- , iicjton irrigation institute. "Ica 1 1 irmiicj inv every intblic ut ' teranee'on the -uhjccl, I have no in ' cnt mil of ealliic.' a special sc-.-ion ; f the leuMittcre." the '.!oernnr said. Wiil Stop Leonard Fiuht NKW IIAVKN. I oiim., Jan. S. The state p'Jice rnni!:ii--inn announced today il wmild u--e every effort to stop anv prize fiyht wbidi tnav be attempted in Connecticut. A 'JO-round mat eh bet ween I'etin v : i.eounrd ami .Inhunv Iduolee is cled 1 tiled lor January 10. mi m. mm m about is turn WASHINGTON. Jan. S. l'bc x.viet ark Buford witli its caiuo of 111 radical alien-, is about to enter the Kiel canal, accordiuu to official dipatche--received here todav. Wliile still reftiMiiL' to di-'clo-.c the destina tion of Ihe ship, ofticiaU said "a very uood uuess in il: lit hc ventured since pasaue through tin' cjnial ha- brcono known. It believed the Buford would io to liiin, a port in Liv onia, to dUcharue its radicals for t ransiuo'tat on aeross i he count rv into s(viet Kussia. Cattta W Pwwij ClUCAC), Ma. fl. Aerial mail s(rvice between Chicaao and (iaha was innuiiiirated at 8:') this morn itiir rhen Pilot Walter J. Smith left (Irani Park curi'vimr 100 pounds of mail ami a package of meat. The meat is to he served at a hunuuet for (Jcneral Pershinir in Omaha toiiiuhL The alboiiiid plane from Omaha i. due here at I p. m. CIIICA'dO. Jan. 8 Aeriiri mail service between Chicago and Omalut was olT'ciallv opened todav. The first dressed meat shipments ever sent hv airplane through the iiosloffice departinent were contain ed in tbe mail sacks placed in Ihe planes. The plane startinir from here. piloted by V. J. Smith, carried ten pounds of sweet breads to be served at a banoiict tonight in Omaha for General Pershing. A dressed pi'-', consigned to Maior Ifecd Liiudis, in care of Ihe Kirst Western Aeronautical show, which opened here todav, was part of the frei'.dit of the Cbii'a-.'o bound plane. OMAHA. Xeh.. Jan. K.-Pitot Fair Nutler, opctiiiMr air mail service from Omaha to Chicauo. left at 8:!10 iln nnrnitiL'. His plane carried '.W'.i rounds of mud in six sacks. Nutter carried ten pounds of fancy Mimnrcr snusaL'c for Ivlwanl Morris of Morris and company, scut hv the Morris plant here. General John J. Pcr-biiiL' will wit ness the arrival here about 2 o'clocl- -d Pilot Walter J. Smith, flviiir from Chicago. The new hantrai' at Chamber of Commerce Held, said to he (lie Inrir Hst nir mail baii'iar in the country. nill be christened at 2 o'clock. HOOI'IAM. Wash.. Jan. 8. - The llofpiiam Hoover club was orun'ed here la-! niylil and a telegram dis patched to Herbert Hoover at h hoine at Palo Alto. Cal., uruMtrj hitn to allow his panic to tro hid ore the ount rv for pre-ith nt. Permanent oi iraniat ion was perfected, it It Frank IL Lamb as president; I). S. Palmer u secretary and Charles I), linker as trea-urer. More than .iO names of prominent ilizeiis were enrolled. POLICEMAN WHO KILLED CROOK PASSES AWAY IiLNVFU. Co!.. Jan. 8.- Officer James Bo-juio died todav from ei -feeti of wound- received Monday while policemen were haltlini: with Adrian Thomp-on. a youth wbrnn the officers soiiL-ht to nrre-t as a ban dit sii-peet. Thompson was killed b the fire from liouiu'y revolver. meat earn in he -in Mil 1 iWHCE l WAR BURDEN S?r'ftm' Cr4c ef l?ltssacWiseUs Urut layi Off if Dbts Rather Ttw AistTniwt ffBv C.ei Weed to C!9m llirmi bVt ef Pronertv i if ThtM fcea1w Live for ttvvfcs mni Lw? Lw f Mlpev iiraW trim' mi Etaeate. 1POX, .In. X. Tho need of (.tai.itg oMri,m and Industry t of .MitrtliiAing obedience to tho 1b v atrtssed by doternor Cool- idM in tAAwoi to Uu legislature' ta1ir, initratui'; bis ten. Uf ir'to-J wore effort ! )r(Alction and eowy c the iirt of bwtk Btate Mil iTUl.ll. "Yue fitly tkU gov-iwent now jtn to tfatf jhjoa,' ha said, "Is to retfieo tWir hurdi by uying oft th r obligation tkat enwo from tho ftfrr r.MU'f iMpssiug additional bui'tieta) tor the support of new pro jects. "Healthful housing wholesome foe pi, sanitary working conditions, rttfisovaVlu hours, a fair wuge for a fair day's work, opportunity, full and tree; Juutk'o, speedy and Impartial, iui4 ut a cost within the reach ot all, aro among the. objects nut only to be 1 sought but made absolutely certain and Hpcuro. Government is not, munt not bo, a cold, impersonal machine; but a human and more human agency appealing to ' the reason, satisfying . the heart, full of mercy, assisting tha good, resisting tho wrong, delivering tho weak from any Imposition! of the strong. Tliange Standards Thought ' "Wo need to change our standards, not of property but of thought. it we put all the emphasis on ouY ma terial prosperity, that prosperity will perish and with It will perish our civilization. Fmployer and employed must find their satisfaction not in a money return hut in a service ren dered. Industry must bo humanized, not destroyed. "There are strident voices urging resistance to law In tho namo of free dom. They are not seeking freedom even for themselves they havo It; they are seeking to enslave others. Their works are evil. Thoy know It. They must ho resisted. Tho evil they represent must bo ovcrcomo by the good others represent. Theso Ideas which are wrong,, for tho most part imported,' must he supplanted by ideas which are right. This can he done. The meaning of America Is a power which xannot bo overcome. Prosecution of tho criminal and edu cation of the ignorant arc tho rem edies. "It Is fundamental that freedom Is not to lie secured by disobedience to law. Government must govern, To obey Is life. To disobey Is riouth." SISSY SENATORS YIELD 10 SILLY SUFFS BUI I WASHINGTON'. .Inn. 8. Op poMlion to woman Mul'lrac wn-? rxiiiTs-c.l liv Jiiini's 1!. NiiL'ont, ili-iiHMTutic loader ot! New Jor si'V. in a li'lti'r Io Chninniin I'uiaiTiin.'s of the democratic un til. mil eommitti'e maito iinbliu todav. Mr. Nuu'ent. answcrinC 11 reiim t t rom .M. I'uniniinua that the work for rati lira I ion without referendum of the "tiffrnco ameniliiien l)v the Xew JerseV leL'ilaluie whieli tueeti this month, wrote tliat woman snf fniuf wa the ''mother of nil 'isniV,' (he ureatesl menaep now thieatiiiiii'..' the stahiiitv of tho American covernmen! Mini American institutions," ftnd with iiiohiliilinn wns "forcH throui:h an effeminate, ahten-. tee congress of I'ownril liv co ercion ami intimidation." M