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PROCEEDINGS OF
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FIRST SESSION OP SEVENTYTHIRD
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF S. C. IN CONVENTION.
GLOTHRAH ELECTED SPEAKER
Bill Passed to I norease Salaries of
All State Officers; Governor te
Receive *5,000.
Colombia, Jan. 14.?Organization of
both houses was the major portion
of the work accomplished by legislators
the opening day of the first session
of the 73rd general assembly.
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house being called to order by J. Wil<son
Glbbes of Columbia, clerk of the
house, who was re-elected without opposition.
Joseph A. Berry, representative
from Orangeburg, was made
temporary chairman. All members of
the house then took the oath of office
and affixed their signatures to the
constitution.
The name of Thomas P. Cothran of
Greenville was proposed by J .K. Hamblin,
representative from Union, for
speaker, and Mr. Cothran was unanimously
re-elected. Mr .Cothran was
elected speaker one year ago to All
the vacancy created by the resignation
of James A. Hoyt. who moved
from South Carolina to Michigan
The only contest ki either wing of
the capltol was for the office of reading
clerk in the house of representatives.
A. E. Hutchison of Rock Hill,
iicumbent, was re-elected over S. Mcdowan
Simpkins of Edgefield. James
S. Wilson of Lancaster was re-elected
sergeant at arms and the Rev. L. E.
'Wiggins, of Columbia, chaplain, without
opposition.
At 2:10 o'clock complete organization
of the house had been effected
and a committee was appointed to advise
Governor Manning of the readiness
of the lower house to dispatch
business. A resolution was also adopted,
inviting the chief executive to
deliver orally at 2:15 today his annual
message.
Senate.
The state senate did not waste
cnuch time in getting down to business.
Twenty-one of the 22 members
were sworn in, the old officers were
?iu retjiotieu, uuuiiuuico ti \) jjuiuiments
were announced and bills and
resolutions were Introduced and referred
to proper committees. Senator
J. Cope Massey of Kershaw was not
present.
Lieutenant Governor Bethea In his
robes of office, which did not entirely
tilde his uniform as major in the United
States army, called the session to
order promptly at noon.
Mr. Bethea made a short address
to d>? senate telling them of the pleasure
his service had been and making
patriotic references to the war. He
congratulated the state upon the forward-looking
men in the senate and
said he had pleasurable anticipations
of the results of their labors.
Senator LeGrand Walker, who has
represented the county of Georgetown
since 1904 was elected president
pro tempore without opposition.
The following officers were re-elected:
M. M. Mann, clerk; W. S. Stokes,
reading clerk; Dr. C. A. Freed, chaplain,
and F. S. Schumpert, sergeantat-arms.
Senator Banks of St. Matthews introduced
a concurrent resolution glv,
Ing thanks for victory, commending
the achievements of American and allied
arms and indorsing the league
of nations and expressing the hope
that this would end all wars.
A committee was appointed to inform
Governor-elect Cooper and Lieutenant
Governor-elect LTIes of their
election and ask their pleasure for
their inaugurations on the third Tuesday
in January.
A committee was appointed to watt
on Governor Manning and notify him
that the senate was organized and
ready for business. This committee
reported later that Governor Manning
wished to have the pleasure of delivering
his message in person, preferably
in joint session.
House.
Jah. 15.?The house of represent*
Farmers Are Benefited.
During the past 12 mouths the 8tate
warehouse system has placed 96.9S0
hales of cotton In storage. W. G.
Smith. State warehouse commissioner,
estimates the value of the cotton to
be approximately $13,000,000. All this
cotton hat, been fully covered by insurance,
procured by the system at a
>niv4i Idrtttn thflrt ATalUhU
fo* the Individual farmer. There are
166 warehouse* in the system. These
are located in 30 count!**. 15 counties
not having any warehouse In the system.
Disapproved by ft. ft. Commission.
The South Carolina railroad commission
took a positive stand against
the proposed five year plan of government
control. The telegram setting
forth the attitude of the commission,
was in response to an Inquiry from
Charles M Elmqulst. president of the
Association of Railway and Utilities
Commissions. It was emphasised by
Mr. Elmqulst that concensus of opin
Ion in Washington was that the Me
Adoo plan, if adopted, would terminate
la government ownership.
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tire# cleared the war yesterday for
the busy weeks anead. Soon after
convening yesterday moraine Speaker
Cothran announced appointments to
standing committees, and Joseph .
Berry of Orangeburg was elected
speaker pro tern, thus completing the
work of organisation.
The annual message or uovernoi
Manning was read to a Joint assent
bly of the two houses at noon. Th?
message was referred to the wayi
and means committee, in that muck
of the subject matter dealt with th?
Question of taxation.
Mr. Perry was elected by acclamation.
The name of James E. Davis
representative from Barnwell, wai
also placed in nomination, but wai
withdrawn at the request of Mr
Davis.
Would Qlve Free Books.
Among the bills introduced yesterday
was one by Representative Hamblin
of Union proposing a state-wide
compulsory education law for all children
between the ages of eight and 14
years. Children physically unfit
would be exempt from the requirements
of the law, and those remote
from schools or school wagon routes
would also he exempt. The bill proposes
free textbooks for indigent
parents.
Mr. Hamblin was also Joint author
with Representative Nunn of York in
a concurrent resolution calling for
the appointment of a committee of
three from each house of the general
assembly to make arrangements for
the welcome to be extended the boys
of the Thirtieth Division, now in
Prance but soon to debark at Char
leston The plan is to make the welcome
a tri-st&te affair,"the division
being made up of units of the National
guard from North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee
Two resolutions were introduced
looking to the calling on a state constitutional
convention, one by Mr.
Mower of Newberry and the other by
Mr. Hamblin.
A bill to abolish the state tax commission
and to substitute therefor a
state board of assessors of 14 members,
one from each judicial circuit.
A similar bill was introduced in the
senate. The authors of the house bill
are Messrs. Hamer, Anderson, Hamblin,
Rivers, Lide, Pegues and B. R.
Ellerbo.
Mr. Bradford of York introduced a
bill, looking to increase of salaries for
state officers. This was placed on
the desk yesterday, but adjournment
was taken before action could be
taken.
The resolution of the Charleston delegation,
calling for an investigation of
the Charleston trolley lines to the
' navy yard was withdrawn temporarily
after brief discussion A bill is ta
be substituted later.
The house adjourned at 2 o'clock.
Senate.
In the short time that the senate
was in session yesterday preceding
adjournment to hoar the message of
Governor Manning, the bill providing
for the Increase of the salaries ol
Judges and state officers was sent to
i third reading with notice of general
amendments .
Senator Christensen, the author ol
the bill, said it was necessary thai
prompt action be taken on the bill
if k. was to go into effect before the
Inauguration of the governor nexl
Tuesday.
Three bills were Introduced. On?
to abolish the tax commission by Sen
ators Duncan, MeColl, Moore, Har
I relson, Bethea and Baskin. Senatoi
I Pearce introduced a bill to anthoriz*
the circuit judge to employ a com
petent stenographer for the court oi
general session in the FKth Circuit
and permitting the judge to emploj
the same stenographer as that em
ployed in the civil court. The bill
provides for the payment of a salarj
of $600 to the stenographer which It
case the regular stenographer is em
ployed shall be in addition to tlx
salary now paid. Of this salary tlx
state will pay $300 in monthly in
stallments. the county of Richland
$200 and the county of Kershaw $100
The third bill was introduced b]
Senator Robinson of McrCormick. II
amends a law on the statute booki
and adds McCormlek county to the
counties of Laurens. Oconee and Cher
okee in which carnivals and othei
traveling shows are prohibited.
House.
Jan. 16.?The house today, after 11
had been in session about 20 minutes
j made no protest as to a motion asking
for unanimous consent to adjourn ant!
it ceased business business until It
o'clock in the morning
Bethea Gets Commission.
Andrew J. Bethea, lieutenant gov
ernor, received yesterday from tJx
war department in Washington a com
mission as major in the United State*
army. Mr. Bethea entered the serrict
some months ago, and was 1mmedi
atedy sent to Camp Humphreys, Vir
glnia, for intensive training. The com
mission Mr. Bethea has received is i
result of the work he accomplished h
gas defensive and offensive warfare ai
| camea oti at me unrteo states g*t
| school and the big proving grounds a
j Lakehurst, N. J.
Roads Injured by Autos.
Darld R. Coker. chairman of th<
South Carolina State Council of De
' fense, has written a letter to the news
paper editors of the State, calling
: their attention to the sad condition o
, the roads of the State and 'the necej
i sRy of rigorous support of some wel
i planned Statewide system which wtl
\ stand heavy motor driven traffic.
1 Mr. Coker In his letter says: "Dui
tng the past two years we have wtl
n eased a terrible depreciation in on
i roads with an increase of 200 pe
cent in motor vehicles*
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COL ARTHUR WOODS
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Col. Arthur Woods, who was formerly
police commissioner of New
York and Is now a member of General
Pershing's staff.
THE DECISION DEFERS DEBATE
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I Military Committee of Houes in ConI
'erence With Baker and March
I Practically In Agreement.
I Washington.?The house mHKary
I committee practically reached an
I agreement in conference with Secretary
Baker and General March, chief
I of ataff. to Port pone t he war denart
merit reorganization bill until the next
session of Congress and with It a
large part of the prospective debate
over the future military policy of the
country.
A suggestion by Chairman Dent that
a legislative rider on the army appropriation
bill continuing the eristing
war organization of the department
and the -gular army for another year,
a substitute for the reorganization
measure, met with the approval of
of Mr. Baker and apparently with that
of a majority of the committee mem,
hers.
The proposal grew out of a confer-'
i enoe at which Secretary Baker and
the chief of staff explained the reorganization
measurr framed by the department,
providing for a regular
i army of 500,000 mem to bo raised by
I voluntary enlistment on & flat threeyear
basin. The bill also would have
made permanent the absolute control
[ exercised by the chief of staff as a
, wartime necessity.
I Chairman Dent said it would ha Impossible
to get such a bill through
I Congress in the present session. Comt
mil tee members agreed, pointing out
that the war department bill on Its
face appeared to be a military policy
measure which abandoned the theory
of universal military obligation. Mr.
Baker ineteted that this was not the
case; that no attempt to fix the nation's
policy as to a peace time army
was involved.
PRESS RELATION8 DELICATE
WITH THE PEACE CONFERENCE
Paris.?"The problems betweem the
peace delegates and the press, that fas,
between the government* and pubMc
opinion is made particularly delicate,"
ways The Temps, "by the following
con siderotrtons:
"On the one hand, equality of treatment
for the press of all countries
must be assured. As the United
States and Great Britain are reluctant
to Impose restrictions on their newspapers.
the only course is to ollotv the
widest toflerance to all.
"On the other hand, it wouM be
harmful to lay bare to the enemy government
differences of opinion which
' Inevitably arise in discussions between
. delegation*. The very essence of every
debate is that contradictions
I .Should arise. Such contradictions
will astsurodly be reconciled, but It
I would be very unfavorable if G?r>I
many should know the deta/ils day by
I day and eeek to make capital out of
Ihem."
ROUMANIAN GOVERNMENT
HAMPERED BY BOLSHEVIKI
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Ducharest?The new liberal govern'
ment which entered offtce under Tlr5
utamu, after Marchiloman's fall, has
* to cope with an extremely difficult
* situation owing to a shortage of fuel
* and the activties of German and Rus1
slan bolshevists who are taking ad1
vantage of the present economical
1 conditions and are trying to create
* anarchy with the object of frustratI
ing the union of the sister province*
with the mother country.
SENATOR LAFOLLETTE IS
^ EXONERATED BY 8ENATE
i- Washington.?By a vote of 60 to 21,
t the senate adopted a resolution dls*
missing disloyalty charges brought
j against Senator LaFollette, of Wie1
conein by the Minnesota Public Safe"
ty Commission, because of his speech
on the war delivered before the NonPartisan
League at St. Paul, Minn,
r September 20. 1917. The resolution
r laid the speech did not Justify any
Action by the senate.
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DISARMAMENT IS A
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STATESMEN DRAWING TOGETHER
ON STRUCTURE TO HAVE
SUPPORT OF ALL.
BRITISH LARGELY AFFECTED
Rejects Theory of 8uperSovereignty
of an International Police Force;
Early Return to Normal State.
Paris.?The plans for a league of nations
have been reduced to very definite
form. The general indications are
that the statesmen of the principal
nations are steadily drawing together
cn a structure which will have the
support of all.
It is understood that the general
plan which is now most approved in
substance by all the parties concerned
rejects the theory of the super-sovereignty
of an international police j
force. It also contemplates the work- ^
lng out, as the development of the
league progresses, of the most delcate
que 1st ion of all?disarmamont?which |
particularly affects the British navy. '
The same principle. It is proposed
shall apply to the other nations associated
in the war against Germany. (
sucn a plan win delegate to various
commissions and committees detailed
problems which sliall be reported
with recommendations to the league
itself. The probability of such a plan I
being adopted Justifies previous fore- t
casts that the principal accomplish- t
inents of the peace conference as it t
now sits in Paris will be agreement '
on broad general principles, leaving *
the details to be applied in accord t
therewith and the making of a pre- c
llmlnary peace which will return the ?
world at the earliest moment possible *
to its normal status. 1
KAISER LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR CRIMES OF WORLD WAR '
Paris.?Some points in the reports ?
to which Mr. Clemenceau referred, i
when he sad he had consulted two 1
eminent Jurists on the penal respon- i
nihility of the former German em- i
peror, were made public. The report 1
was drawn up by Ferdinand Larnaude, t
dean of the Paris law faculty, and Dr. c
A. G. de Lapradelle, professor of 1
rights of nations in the same faculty. 1
The object of the inquiry was to 1
investigate from a purely Judicial
point if the crimes committed by the I
German government and army involved
the penal responsibility of the
former German emperor, what tribunal
should Judge him and whether <
his extradition couid be demanded. j
The two French Jurists prove that <
| trie en red it ion of the Termer German 1
ruler cannot be refused. a? he Is not <
a political refugee. The report Bays: i
*:It is anti-judicial to assimilate (
war with conspiracy. Crimes of war
axe crimes of public law and interna- 1
tional law. not political crimes." <
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KING GEORGE BEREAVED
BY DEATH OF HIS SCJN.
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London ?Prince John, the youngest
son ot King George, died at Sand- i
ringham. He had been ill for some
time. <
The prince was possessed of ex- (
nberant spirits. He was the prime
favorite of all classes and the idol of
the servants and tenants at Windsor. I
It is said that he was the favorite
brother of Princess Mary who loved
to romp with him. The prince was
born at Sandrigham July 12. 1905.
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TURKISH LIBERALS SEND ,
DELEGATE8 TO PARIS.
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Geneva.?The congress of Turkish ,
libeirals assembled In this city dele- .
gated Chieflc Pasha to attend the
Paris peace conference and given
him full power to act. He has been '
instructed to present the rights and '
claims of the Turkish people and also I
to take up the Question of food for i
Turkey. At the opening of the Turk- f
ish congress telegrams were dispatch- '
ed to President Wilson and Premiers 1
Clemenceau. Uoyd Qeorge and Or- 1
lando. <
CZECHOSLOVAK TROOPS
WANTED BY RUSSIANS.
Seattle, Wash.?If help is not forthcoming
at once any government set
up in Russia wlil fall, declared
Madame Catherine Breshkvakoyslcy, <
known as the "Grandmother of the
Russian revolution," who arrived here.
Czecho-Slovak, rather than allied
troops, are wanted in Rnasia, she declared.
"The coming of Czechoslovak
soldiers would be welcomed
by the people as they would welcome
the coming of Christ," she said.
ORGANIZATION OF 75,000
EXPRESSMEN IS LAUNCHED.
Richmond. Va.?Amalgamation of
ezpressment and the ezprees division
of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks, the two organizations having
a combined membership of more
than 75.000, was announced here flolowing
a five-day ezecutive session
of delegates representing the two organisations.
Richmond will be ezecutive headquarters
Tor the new organisatoni.
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EJABY 23, 1919
RRIft ftFM c fti inuMcnaa T
' w Wton. BM W. 4WIIIIMWI1
Brig. Gen. Evan M. Johnson of the
Seventy-seventh division who was aa?
merely wounded in action.
1PP0SED BY OUR DELEGATES
>ne of Wilson's Fourteen Points Is
Clearly Violated In This Franco
Little Nation Agreement.
Paris.?The question of whether the
>eace conference is to be secret or
wholly open to the eyes and ears of
he world, the settlement of which hae
>een long awaited, was broucht to a
ocus when it was announced an
igreement had been made to confine
he information given to the public to
i daily official communiquo ana that
i gentleman's agreement prevailed
imong the delegates not to discuss or
n any way give information of the
nestings in the foreign office.
The understanding is that the
\.raerican and British delegates opposed
this decision.
The British newspaper correspondents
immediately joined in a memorial
of protest, which they put before
Premier Lloyd George. The American
newspaper correspondents united in
what is virtually a round robin to
President Wilson, in which they proested
in measured terms against the
lecision, and reminded the President
:hat one of his 14 points which speciles
"open covenants of peace openly
irrived at."
FEDERATION OF LABOR IN
FAVOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Washington. ? Federal ownership,
jperation, or regulation of public and
semi-public utilities was recommendid
in the report of the committee on
reconstruction of the American Federation
of Labor, made public after its
ipproval by the federation's executive
council.
Government ownership of all
wharves and docks, federal legislation
to prevent child labor, and equality in
pay for men and women workers also
were urged.
The committee opposed the formation
of a labor political party.
Other recommendations by the committee
included:
The right of labor to flx its hours
cf work; no limitation on the rights
of public employes to organise.
DEMOBILIZATION SUBJECT
HAS UNDERGONE CHANGE
London.?The Central News declares
that as a result of the allied
discussion in Paris the whole aspect
>f demobilization has undergone a
sudden and vtial change, this being
ihown in the drastic conditions demanded
of Germany for a renewal of
the armistice.
"One authority of an unimpeachable
character," says The Central News,
"it can be stated that a situation exists
in Europe under which war may
break out again at any moment. The
allied war council has arrived at a
decision which means that the British
people have mistaken the appearance
of peace for reality."
SWIFT A COMPANY. PACKERS,
PACKED FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Washington.?Frances J. Heney,
former chief counsel for the federal
trade commission, in its investigation
of the meat packing industry, told the
senate agriculture committee that
nwui tt company "naa packed" the
food administration with "dollar-ayear
men" who received large salaries
from the company at the time
they were serving the government.
The troth or falstly of this statement
will be investigated.
ARMOUR COMPANY PAYS LARGE
PROFITS ON 1918 BU8INE88
Chicago.?The annual report of Armour
& Co., packers, issued showed a
record volume of 9861,000,000 for the
fiscal year of 1918 compared with
$575,000,000 in 1917. The report declared
that notwithstanding reoord
high prices for the company's products,
and a record volume, racord
low profits were produced.
The fiet income for the fiscal year :
at 1918 was $15,459,873. I
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AMERICAN FORGES
PRAISEDJY FOCH
R/VER RHINE MU8T BE MAUt
BARRIER BETWEEN FRANCE
AND GERMANY.
HAVE DEVIL'S OWN PLUCK
Allies Were Magnificently Comforted
by the Presence and Virility of
the American Troops.
Treves.?It is the convictlo*n of
Marshal Foch that the Rhine must be
mad the barrier between Germany
and France. He expressed thiB clears
ly when he received American newspaper
correspondents. The marshal is
here in connection with the meeting
concerning the extension of the German
armistice.
Marshal Foch praised the work of
the American troops and said General
Pershing had asked that the American
forces be concentrated for an attack
on one sector. The allied generalissimo
admitted that the ArgonneMeuse
front, where the Americans
began their offensive on September
26, was a "sector hard to tackle." The
marshal said he had told General Pershing:
"Your men have the devil's own
punch. They will get away with all
that. Go to it."
The American attack succeeded, the
marshal continued, "and here we are
on the Rhine."
"This is for me." Marshal Foch ho
gan, "a happy opportunity to tell you
all the good things I think of the
American army and of the part It
played on our side.
"Your eoldiers were superb. They
came to us young, enthusiastic and
carried forward with vigorous idealism
and they marched to battle with
admirable gallantry.
"Yes, they were superb. There Is
no other word. When they appeared
our armieB were, as you know, fatigued
by three years of relentless
struggle and the mantle of war laid
heavily upon them. We were magnificently
comforted by the virility of
your Americans."
DR. LIEBNECHT, SPARTACAN
LEADER, IS PUT TO DEATH
Berlin.?Dr. Karl Liebkneeht and
Rosa Luxemburg have been killed.
When it became known that Doctor
Liebkneeckt and Rosa Luxemburg
were at the Hotel Eden, in the western
part of the city, a crowd rapidly
congregated and stormed the. hotel
lobby to lay hands on them. Both
were spirited to a side entrance to the
hotel.
A few blocks down the street the
machine was halted by a second mob
and when the presence of Fraulein
Luxemburg became known a man
Jumped on the running board of the
car and shot her through the head.
In the meantime Dr. Liebkneeht was
hurried into another automobile by
off leer s and troops and the car was
headed for the Moabit prison. While
going through the Tiergarten the machine
was halted by a punctured tire.
Dr. Liebkneeht was asked to got out
by the officers, who intended to hall
another automobile, and continue toward
the prison. While waiting Dr.
Liebkneeht made an attempt to escape
and was shot dead by soldiers who
nan anticipated such an effort on hla
part.
GERMAN ARMISTICE IS
EXTENDED BY A MONTH
Paris.?The German armistice has
been extended by one month by the
commissioners who have concluded
their session at Treves.
The clauses offered by the allien
concerning agri -uUiiral impleraenta,
Russian prisoners o* war. naval conditions
and the restitution of material
wtolen by the Garmrna from in/aded
countries, were signed by the enemy
delegates.
PADERWSKI FORMS NEW
POLISH CABINET IN PART
Warsaw.?Ignace Jan Paderewski,
having reached an agreement with
General Pilsudi, has succeeded partly
in forming a new Polish cabinet. General
PUsudski will be foreign minister
under M. Paderewski as premier
which will permit Pilsudski to retain
much of his power.
Three members of the present cabinet
will be in the new ministry which
will be constituted primarily of nonpolitical
experts.
JOINT COMMITTEE ASKS
WILSON TO RAI8E EMBARGO
Washington.?President Wilson waa
urged, in a cablegram sent by a Joint
committee from the cotton states to
raise the embargo on cotton. Senator
Smith, of South Carolina, who with
Representative I .ever, of that state,
are chairmen of the senate and house
committees, said the president wea
appealed to because it Is believed impossible
to enact during the prescot
session legislation amending the cot.ton
futures act
SL25 Per Year.
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PERIL OF FRANCE .
IS WORLDS PERIL
7nE 3'J?RES:Z CCL'fiClL Hf&Rt
REPORT OF AMBASSADOR ON
CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA.
THE ENEMY OF THE ENTENTE
Tyranny and Terror 8hould Place the
Bloody Chiefs of Moscow and
Petrograd Outsde the if?ale.
?The two notable events of
the day were the moottij? *>f the supreme
council to oonwdetfr the Ruesain
Hituartioo and the gale luncheon to
President WTIson at Luxembourg palace.
The luncheon, bendies twinging together
a brilliant assemblage. aJso
brought out the declaration from President
\V llMon that "the peril of Franco
1f it continues. wiCl be the pert I of
the -world, ami not only France must
organize against the pertl. but the
worM must organize against 1L"
The meeting of the supreme council
-was attended by President Wilson,
Secretary Lnnslng and represontritlivns
of fh? ndlor SfK.i
An hour was given over to hwaring
M. Nmutens. the French amhaisre^r,
who has just returned from Russia,
where ho personally witnessed the various
chances whflc.h havo been taking
place in the government and condition's
there. What he told the council1
wojr not diisc-knwd buit an authorised
j statement from M. Noulens sums up
hLs views thus:
"The Bolshevist power is the enemy*
of the entente. It furnished Germany
with food during the war. It proteetod
against the terms of the German
armfcttlce. Throe act s show on uncompromising
attitude of hostility against
! the entente.
"Tyranny and terror, which are increasing
daily, should pVaoe the hloody
(tiiofs at Moscow and Petrogrod outside
the pale of humanity.
"Until the regime falts. a development
which 1 hope the allies will actively
seek to bring about, Europe will
continue to be exposed to the severest
risks of agitation and wax."
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ALL UNITED STATES TROOPS
TO WITHDRAW FROM BELGIUM
Brussels.?In order to facilitate the
rev lotua'M n c and reconstruction of Belgium
, which has been hampered by the
exclusive use of railways for military *
purpose*?, Marshal F\>ch, at the re?
quest of the Belgian government, ban
deckled to withdraw the British and
American forces now In Belgium and
; ennplay them eisowhere.
DECLARES THE POGROMS
IN LEMBERG ARE TERRIBLE
Prague.?A Jewish woman who has
arrived here from I-emberg declares
the pogroms there are terrible. She
solid: "When on December 28 the
Jews accompanied their dead to the
; tombs, the remains of the Tables of
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ptyrm^ogues were buried with them.
PogToim wea-e also frequont in Grodek."
LABOR SHORTAGE AND HIGH
WAGES FOR YEAR FORECAST.
Chicago.?A continued labor short
age, with resultant hi*' wages for at
least another year. wv.< forecast at a
conference between 75 .nen representing
the various railroads centering in
Chicago and government and state
employment officials.
Charles L. Boyd, general superintendent
of the Illinois Free Employment
offices, warned the railroad men
that they were going to find it diffi*
cult to get in competition with other
industrial demands, and advised them
it would be unwise to advocate a reduction
of wages.
Sanford II. E. Freund, director of
the clearance division of the United
States employment service at Washington..
D. C., declared that the relief
expected to follow the signing of
the armistice had not materialized.
HEAVY VOTE IS REPORTED AS
CAST IN GERMAN ELECTIONS.
London.?"The course of the electoins
throughout the German state.*'
says a German government wireless
dispatch, "has clearly proved that the
iturciiimcui imprests tne whole Ger^
man nation. Participation in the elections
was strong everywhere the
sharpest contradiction to the indifference
which vast classes, especially
the Bourgeoisie, have shown on th$ ?
occasion of former elections.
CONTE8T FOR JUDQ8HIP 18
ALREADY ON IN EARNE8T.
Washington.?The Judgship contest
for the post under the new bill is on
in earnest. Candidates are mustering
their friends. The bill is in conference,
where it will remain for days,
if not weeks. There is no doubt as
to its flnal enactment. A safe prediction
Is that it will receive the President's
name about the 4th of March.
The man most talked of in connection f>
with this new Job is Representative
Webb of North Carolina.
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