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NO.
4 PUT PEACE
Reservation That American i
Policy Toward Mandates Isj
Wot Affected or That World U
Can Mix in Our Domestic j
Affairs Inserted European j
Nations Sign Agreement, i -
WASHINGTON, Dec. (lty Asso
ciated Press.) The now four-power
Pacific treaty was signed formally to
day, but the American delegates af
fixed their signatures subject to a
written reservation that the treaty
should not affect the American policy
towards mandates nor cover any con
troversy involving a question within
the domestic jurisdiction of any pow
er. In turn the plenipotentiaries of
the United States, Great Britain,
France and Japan placed their signa
tures upon the treaty and later signed
copies both in English and French of
the American reservation.
Tho reservation is in two parts, the
first calculated to cover temporarily
the question of Yap and other mandat
ed islands which are to he made the
.subject of a special treaty. The sec
ond clause declared that all question
which "according to principles of in
ternational law lie exclusively within
the domestic jurisdiction of the respec
tive powers" shall be considered out
side the scope of the treaty."
The text of the American reserva
tion follows:
"In signing the treaty this day be
tween the United States of America,
the ltritish empire, France and Japan,
it is declared to be the understanding,
and intent of the signatory powers:
"1 That the treaty shall apply to
the mandated islands in the Pacific
ocean ; provided however, that the
making of the treaty shall not be
deemed to be an assent on tho part of
the United States of America to tho
inundates and shall not preclude agree
ments between the United States of
America and the mandatory powers
respectively in relation to the mandat
ed 'islands.
"2 That the controversies to which
the second paragraph of article refers
shall not be taken to embrace ques
tions which according to principles of
intei -national law lie exclusively with-1
in the domestic jurisdiction of the re
spective powers."
Only one copy of the treaty, en
grossed 011 pa reli nienl, was signed.
Authenticated duplicates will be given
to each delegation find (he official
copy will be deposited In tin archives
of the stale department.
Ho fore the signing the A men can
reservation regarding Yap was hand
ed to the Japanese and agreed to by
t heni. As the signing proceeded .
translators were busy making French
copies for all the delegates.
Arra ngements had been made ear
lier hi the day not to have the cere
mony held in privacy, state depart
ment officials planning to permit
newspapermen to be present. Secre
tary 1 1 ugh es, however, cancelled t he
arrangements just before the dele
gatesmet. When the American reservation had
been put into final form in t he two
official languages of the conference,
it was signed by all the delegates
present, and was placed Willi the of
ficial copy of the treaty itself, which
is in Fetich and KiikIIhIi, printed in
parallel columns.
The only absentees anions the dele
gates of the four powers were Ambas
sador .lusserand and M. Sarraut. both
of the French group.
lilanks were lea in the signature
space of the French group and Am
bassador Jusserand and M. Sarraut
will put their names there later.
All of the delegates except two
signed with ordinal y steel pens or
with t heir own fountain pens. Sen
ator Lodge and Klihu Knot of the
American delegation used an eairle
quill went to them by Kob-r; Fntbi-
fCnntinned on Puka Firht
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RED PEPPER, MAUL
iMTTFi:n:c. Kus.. Dee. H. Mobs
( f shrieking women marchers met
both success and defeat in their can
; aign in the Kansas mining li' l i to
day. At Central mine No. ,'.. in th Uin;
Kdsr.n neighborhood, four iumi were
severely beaten, two automobiles
wrecked and numerous dinner buck'-ts
taken .from the mineis, who numbered
alrout sixty, and were prevented from
Doctor in Arbuckle
Mess, Dismissed On
Autopsy Charge
A, A i
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sa.n kiiaxcisco. Dee. i;:.
Po!i'f! Judge Sylvain .1. I.a'a
nts today dismissed the rase of
Ih M. K. Kumwell, who had
hen accused of performing an
unofficial autopsy on the body of
Miss Virginia Kappe, whoso
death resulted in a nuins!;mt;h
ter charge aeainst Uopcoo C.
I Fatty Arbuekle, motion pic
ture comedian.
The prosecution told the court
that it had come to tho conclu
sion that Dr. Kumwoll in per
forming tho autonsy did not in
tend to violate tho city health
ordinance; under which he was
i' ha recti.
RUSS SEND NOTES
10 WORLD UPON
Gill
RIGA, Dec. IS (By Associate;!
Press.) Foreign .Minister Chitohcrin
oC Russia has sent a note to the United
Slates, limit Britain, France, Italy,
Belgium, anil .Japan with a copy to
China, it is announced by the official
bolshevik agency here today entering
a specific protest against discussion
of the Chinese Kastern railway by the
Washington conference.
Tli-i Chinese Kastern railway, M.
Chi'.eli. rin declares, i; the exclusive
concern of China and Russia and until
I ho Russian delegates reach an agree
ment with China the rights of Russia
are still in full force, he claims, even
if Russia has expressed a willingness
to hand over the railway to China
under conditions granting Russia cer
tain guarantees.
Meanwhile, adds the note, soviet
Itussia considors the question open
and reserves full rights to act as she
sees fit.
HE DIE IN FIRES
runns am
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POMONA, I'al.. Dec. US. Mrs.
Katie Swain of this city was burned
to dentil early this morning In ;t fire
which destroyed her place of business
and damaged two adjoining buildings.
The police, who believe the bla.e was
of i nee ml iary origin are invest igat ing
the iuuirce of an alleged threatennig
letter written to .Mrs. Swain last week.
DKTIIOIT. -Mich., Dec. One
man and sew n children wore burned
to death and three other persons were
badly injured In a. fire thai destroyed
a home on the Ten-Mile road two and
tine-half miles west of I loyal Oak,
early today. The dead are. a man
named Waken and his four children
and three children visiiing the
Waketi family.
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TILLAT LARG
CIMt'ACO. Dee. in. The chase of
"Lucky Tommy" O'Connor. con -demnod
g'.mman, who Sunday with
two companions, escaped from jail,
continued today, with his whereabouts
as much u f a mystery as t hey were
one hour alter his sensational dash.
LONIOX. I)(C IX liar silver 'M T-S
d. per oz. Money, per cent. Dis
count rates, short bills '.I1- per cent;
th'eo months bit's, o'j percent.
Logs and lumber for the construc
tion of the forestry building are being
donated to the fair association by tim
ber and lumber men of the county.
!UI0
.in
MEN. IN COAL SHE
froing to work. The buckets were
-smashe'l and the tood scattered about.
The woin- r. weo said to number about
jni.r, ;iri.i to have used red pepper and
si ones in t he a : t ,tok.
At CeiiM-:;! No. 4 a short distance
a'.ay. il.e women prevented forty men
from returning to work. A smaller
:no! of women were repulsed in a sim
ilar att:eeU M mines of the Sheridan
Coal company at Mulboiry.
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MAGNATES PLAN
CURB ON SMART
ALECKPLAYERS
Annual Hold-Out of Stars
Makes Club Owners Tired
Favor Longer Contract to
Stop Pre-Scason Pouting-
Would Repeal Law.
N1CYV YOKK, Dec. 111. (By the As
sociated Press.) ltevision of tho
rules jioverninvr the great outdoor
sport of Americans, and a Boncral
overhauling of the ruiuo were con
templated when officials 6f tho Na
tional leaKue met in annual conven-
tion here today. Thero were no
rootiiiB crowds, but thero seemed to,
be promise of fireworks before the
meeting was adjourned.
The owners and managers profess
ed fatigue over tho annual holdout
epidemic and efforts were expected
to arranso thiiiKS so that when a
player soes off ju a corner and pouts
tor more pennies it will be possible
to give him a Rood spunking and
make him go to bed. There was un
der consideration a new contract un
der which, players would be signed
for twelve months instead ot the
playing season.
John lleydler, tho National league
president, said lie would propose the
fixing of a limit on the prices to be
paid minor league clubs for players
Hold to majors. Other officials of
the senior circuit said they favored
such a proposal.
Some of the owners declared they
would propose elimination of the rule
preventing world series players from
barnstorming, the cause that caused
Habe liuth, I'.obert Meusel and Wll- '
11am Piercy to be deprived of their'
world's series money and to bo sus-1
jiended for about six weeks of tho I
1112 playing season. Other officials!
asserted their desire for a rule that,
would curb tho use of pinch hitters.
Tho present arrangement regard-!
Ins players on the reserve list and'
playerj out on optional agreement
aiso was slated for argument. The'
major leagues are at present permit-j
ted to carry forty men on the reserve1
list and eight on oiKional agree- j
meats. They want the limit raised,!
respectively, to fifty and twelve. I
Thero will he some talk, it was said '
about reduction of admission prices,
but some of the wiseacres declared
that the owners knew that the fans
would pay what they asked and that
they didn't expect any reduction ex
cept perhaps for world series games.
President Toole of the Internation
al league, President llickey of the
American association and President
McCarthy of the Paciric Coast league
will confer Willi I lie majors Thursday
regarding the rule having to do with
I he invasion of minor le ague torrilory
by a major league. Tho 'minors it
wa3 said, are worried about the stand
ing rule and have fear3 that the Na
tional league is casting longing eyes
at Toronto ami maybe another city in
liieir territory.
IE
UH'.A, I.etvia, Dee. Pi (By Assoei
a ted Press. I Husslan soviet forces be
gan on Sunday an active campaign to
drive tins insurgents out of Karelia,
the border territory abutting on Fin
land. Stubborn fighting in the Kepola
district was reported in progress to
day. A soviet note was sent to Finland
on December f in which it was de-
inand'Hl that Finland withdraw all sup
port from the Karelian insurgent or
ganizations failing which Hussia
would consider herseil compelled to
take other measures.
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WASHINGTON'. Iec. :; Churle-;
W. Morse, New York shipbuilder,
whose transactions with the shipping
I board are under federal investigation
was arraigned today before Vnited
States (VtmnitHsionor ls-aae II. Uitt on
a warrant charging conspiru'-y t de
fraud the 1'iiiled States.
The warrant was served upon Mr.
Mors.' in Commissioner Hilt's office..
Mr. Morse plcad-d not guilty, waived
a lu-arit),' and furnished $.yi,ie.M bail
for his appearance before the urand
inrv.
Temperance Worker
Facing Trial for
Murder of Infant
ADHIAN. Mich.. Dee. i;i. Trial
of .Mrs. Mallie Kirhy, a iinmiiuent
temperance worker of Hudson,
Midi., on a ettariie of nuinlevinij
an infant b:rn to lier unmarried
(iaue.hter Aliee last July I, was
set to lie-in in eireuit court today.
Tile state at Mrs. Kirhy's pre
liminary lieariio; in-esenieil iui
conclusive evidence of the in
fant's death. nccordi:iir to counsel
for the defense.
Make Request to Retain New
Battleship Mutsu in Place of
Old One, Which Will Be De
nied Agreement On Whole
Predicted By End of Week
British Accept.
AVASHIXCTOX, Her. (liy the
Associated I 'reus ) Japan's accep
tance of the American proposal fur a
7t naval limitation has been com
municated to the American and Urit
Isb delegates and it was naid that an
agreement miht be expected latu this
week.
In aKreeiuH: to accept the proposed
naval ratio it was said in American
uunrlers Japan coupled with it a re
newed request that sin. be allowed to
retain tho new battleship M utsu in
place of one of her old Hue ships,
which would have been retained.
The Japanese requests were con
sidered at a meet im? t his a fternonn
of the American delegates with Assist"
ant Secretary ! loose velt. of the navy
depart men t and Admiral Coontz,
chief of 11a va I operations. H was
said that the Americans are not pre
pared at this time to accept Japan's
request for retaining the. Mutsu.
TARIFF MIXED
SSUE
Lloyd Georne Writes Ulster
Premier That Patronage
Might Be Controlled, and
Revenues Regulated By All
Ireland Parliament.
LOXDOX, Dec. 1',',. (liy the As
sociated Press.) The correspondence
i'rime Minister Lloyd (ieorge and
Premier Sir .lames Craig of Lister
exchanged during tho past month on
the Irish question was matte public
today by .Mr. Lloyd George.
The prime minister's first letter
dated November 10, recognizes the
danger that patronage in dominions
controlled by a common legislature
might he unfairly exercises on reli
gious or ether grounds und that au
thorities might be impeded by an all-
Ireland parliament controlling the
tariffs. The letter expresses a desire
to consult Ulster especially on th
appointment of all Ireland officials
in the northern area on the collection
el revenues in the northern area and
on measures safeguarding exports
und imports against discrimination.
Sir .lames refused to accept an all
Ireland parliament and In his reply
dated November I 1 said that Ulster
for many years had restated such a
parliament and that her dislike of
such a body has not been diminished
by the local institutions conferred
upon her by the act of 1 f 2 0 . He con
sidered that the reserved powers In
stead of being given to an all Ireland
government should he conferred on
tho notrh and south within their
NASHVILLK. Tenn.. Dec. 13.
Stanislaus Xbys.ko, world's champion
wrest b-r n nd 'barley Hansen of
(una ha. Nb., v. ho grappled Monday
flight three bonis without a fall, have
be n re-matched to wrestle to a finish
here on January it is announced to.
dav.
In n a b 1 a 1 8 1
D-13-d I f
RELIGIONS AND
N IN
RAILWAY STRIKE
DOE FOR EARLY
IN NEW YEAR
Balloting On Strike Fund
Federated Crafts May Op
pose Labor Board's Shop
Rules Workers Want 1 3
Per Cent Raise.
t'llH'AOD, Dec. lit. "ai,e eonf
enecs between railroad officials and
representatives of the shop crafts
unions were fairly under way today in
several sections of the country, ac
cording; to reports to union headquar
ters here. Some conferees were con
siderini; both the 1 :t per cent increase
asked by tbc shop employes and the
ten per cent decrease smmht by the
roads.
At the same time ballots were pour
ing into the railwav employes depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor on the question of authorizing
a strike fund. While maintaining
that this vote had no special signifi
cance they admitted that it forecast
a contingency, which nilKht arise
soon.
I:. M. Jewell, head of the railway
employes department, said it was ex
pected to clear all ihu conferences
before Christinas.
No act Ion has been taken by the
unions on the recent shop rules pro
mulgated by the railroad tabor board
but the federated shop crafts coun
cil of too will meet here early In
January to decide the course of pro
cedure. It is said there is strong probability
of strike action at that time.
FARMING LANDS IN
KITTITAS MENACED
LLXSUUI'C, -Wash., Dec. III.
riraee Khnfer, HI years old, is believed
,to have been drowned and her father
a ml brother seriously injured when
their boat was overturned in the flood
waters of the Yakima river near
Wymar southeast of here, this morn
ing. Warm rains in the Cascade moun
tains west of here melted snows and
caused the Yakima river to rise rap
idly last night and this morning. The
fanning section at Thorp, near hero,
was reported to lie In danger, some
farm houses being cut from alt com
munication except by boat. At 10 a.
rn 1he river was within two feet of
the record water of 19IS, which
swept away Northern Pacific and Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail
road bridges.
IRISH BISHOPS TALK
OVER PEACE PACT
DUPLIN. Dee. 1 ::. By Associated
Press.) Cardinal Logue, primate of
Ireland and the bishops of every dio
cese convened hero today for a meet
ing at which it was expected they
would make some expression regard
ing the Irish treaty. The belief l
that they will vote overwhelmingly
and possibly unanimously In favor of
tho treaty.
The Dail Kireann session tomorrow
will be held in the council chamber
of tho national university instead of
the Oak room of the Mansion house.
The chamber is much larger and it is
conjectured that the change means the
newspaper correspondents will he nJ
milted.
GET U. S, RIGHTS
WASIUNCTON, Dee. 1 3. Of ficci'H
of the Canadian Pacific, railway, In
cluding Lord Khaughnessy, asked per
mission from t he Inter-state com
merce commission today under the
inter-state commerce act to hold their
places as officers of several Ameri
ca it corporations subsidiary to the
main system.
Howard Ktliott, chairman of the
board of the Northern Pacific was
permitted to retain eleven places
iiiobr the corn mission's decision to
day. Ship's Crew Saved.
MoNTKVIDKO. Uruguay, Den. 12.
The crow of nine of the American
schooner lilue Peter reached the Crti
Ktiya n const today In a small boat,
having abandoned the Miip on fire 100
miles off Montevideo,
Lord Told Him to
"Sacrifice" His Wife
For Another Woman
4
SALT l.AKK t'lTV, Ttah.
IVc. 1 ;:. Moses (Judmuudson,
purported leader of a religions
cult in the West Tin tic colony,
told his daughter l.eona. that
"the Lord commanded" hint to
desert his wile for Mrs. May
Hour, according to testimony
today by the daughter at tiud
mundson's trial at Nephi, ltah,
on a statutory charge.
One of the cardinal principles
of lludmundson's cult is "wife
sacrifice" witnesses said, tlud
mundson, on account of his
teachings, recently was excom
municated from the Mormon
church, it was declared.
PACKER'S STRIKE
WILL
CHICAGO, Doc. 13. (liy Associiitoil
l'ro.ss.) All Hides in the HtrlUo of
piuMtlntf housn workers veporleil tlio
sitmilloii "In status quo" hero today.
Secretary ui' Labor Davis, on liis
way to .Milwaukee, conferred briefly
with federal labor conciliators assign
ed to Iho Chicago strike.
Pcnnis l.ane. secretary of the Amal
gamated .feat Cutters and llutcher
Workmen's union, returned from New
York where packing house employes
weiit out yesterday.
Federal conciliators predicted a lon
althouKli possibly a quiet fiKlit heforo
the strike Is ended.
Mont prices In Chicano have soared
since tho strlko hecanio effective a
littlo over n week ago, federal concilia
tors reportod.
BUI-TALO, X. V., Dec. 13. Three
motion picture exchanges hero report
the loss of films valued at ? 10,000
in tho alleged country-wldo plot to
steal and sell abroad pictures worth
$1,000,000.
Four men now are. under arrest In
connection with the thofts. They aro
Morris Taltus, shipping clerk for a
llulfalo exchange, captured 111 Dal
las, Texas; YV. M. Pearson, arrested
In Chicago yesterday; T. Shima, held
at Seattle, and H. Kuhley, arroalod
In Honolulu.
E
DI:H MOINKS, la.. Dee. Tho
right of women to serve In Iowa as
Jurors was upheld by the state su
preme court in a decision' handed
down today in tho case of tho state
versus Walker, appealed from the
Hamilton county district court.
BEATEN 10 DEATH
WAI.'KO.V, la.. Dee. LI. No cluo to
the murder of Miss Kdna Magneson,
school teacher who was beaten to
death late yesterday afternoon at her
school near town had been discovered
Mrs. Cunda, Martindale, sheriff of
Allamakee, county, said. Dloodhottnds
were taken to the scene of the crime
during the morning.
BE LONG
AND QUIET FIGHT
STATE BONUS BILL FOR SOLDIERS VALID,
FEDERAL AID IN 90 DAYS, SAYS M'NIDER
SALKM , Ore., Dec. 13. The
slate soldiers' bonus and loan law,
enacted at tho last session of t lie leg
islature and approved by tho people
at a special election June 7. was de
clared constitutional today by the
state supreme court in a friendly suit
brought to remove quastlon as to the
validity of bonds to be issued under
the uct. .Cash payments or real es
tate loafis to ex-service men are au
thorized by Hie law.
FLOODS in
in a nnmnTn&i
! 01 DECLINE
Stanwood Imperiled By Break
ing of Dike Heavy Rain
Ceases Skagit County Is
Flooded Yakima River On
Rampage Fear Damage
Train Service Demoralized.
KVKlllCTT. Wash., Dec. 13. With
the breaking of the dike along the
Siillagmunish river last night, tho
town of Stanwood in the northern sec
tion of this county, is reported now to
be a fool and a half under water that
Is still rising, with a strong current
running, hut no great damago is ex
pected. A section of the Great. Nor
thern coast lino track is reported to
have been washed out whim the dike
broke. The delta of tho Smihomish
river is under water and ranchers aro
being removed In boats. Tho Snoho
mish river hero is still rising but re
liorts from towns up tho valley indi
cate an abatement of the flood.
SIJATTLK. Dec. 13. Flood condi
tions throughout the l'uget Sound dis
trict were somewhat alleviated today
through tho cessation of heavy rains
that for three days swept the region
and, through decreased temperatures
in some sections. Weather bureau of
ficials here, however, predicted more
rain today and tonight and higher
temperatures In tho Cascade moun
tains whoro snow was reported melt-;
ing rapidly. A drop In tho high waters
of streams in western Washington
was expected today. ,
liall communication which had been
badly crippled, Improved last night
with tho cessation of tho rain and to
day engineers wero taking every pre
caution against further trouble. Wire
communication was being restored.
Streets in Kent, between Seattlo
and Taeonia wero still under water to
day. The White river at Kent fell
slightly during tho night and a further
fall was expected today. The Pacifio
highway between Kent and Auburn
was flooded in places und Intorurbaii
railway traffic between Seattlo and
Tacoma was interrupted.
City firemen here had been nnahlo
to recover tho bodies ot Mrs. Samuel
C. Andrews and her two stopsona, bur
led In debris when a slldo struck their
homo Sunday night. Slides of minor
character wero frequent this morning
throughout Seattle. Streots In a num
ber of suburbs wero still partially
under water and daningu from ,tho
flood hero, it was estimated by city
officials, would mount Into the thou
sands of dollars.
Great Northern trains aro being
routed over tho Northern l'uclfic lino
today.
IIKLLINGIIAM, Dec. 13 Tliousandit
of acres of land along tho Skagit river
wero under water this morning, ac
cording to reports from Skagit counly
towns. Water was said to be flowing
through the streets of Ilurllngton and
Hamilton. So far little actual damago
has been reported.
Flood conditions wero Improving In
Whatcom county today.
KVF.RKTT, Doc. 13 Indications aro
that heavy loss has been caused by
tho flood on Khey island, In the Sno
homish river dolla, just east of Kver
ett. I.alo yesterday and last night tho
dlko broke in two places and water
covered tho district rapidly. The loss
of livestock has been huge and many
houses and barns have been wrecked.
Most of the residents have been taken
from their homes. A launch is being
used to transfer passengers along tho
Pacific highway between tho bridge
over the river and tho highlands about
(Continued on padB eight.)
INDIANAI'OI.iS, Dec. 13. Enact
ment of the veterans' adjutseil com
pensation bill will bo completed by
congress within ninety days, accord
ing to Information given Han ford
MacNider. national commander of tho
Aniuricun Legion, by Senntor McCum
ber, author of the bill in the senate,
and Itepresentatlvo Fordney of .Micb
(Kan. Commander MacNider wired
Lemuel Holies, national adjutant (f
the legion this information at national
headquarters here.