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LEAGUE COUNCIL
.MEETS TODAY
,, IN LONDON
LONDON, Feb. 11 (by Associated
Frees).—The council of the League of
Nations met today in the historic pic
ture ’lallery of St. James’ palace. A.
J. Balfour presided.
In his opening remarks Mr. Balfour
said he regretted that the United
States was not represented. He said
that the absence of representatives of
the great republic marred the sym
metry of the original plans for the
league.
FOUR BANDITS
HOLD UP LOS
* ANGELES BANK
LO^> ANGELES, Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—Four bandits yesterday
held up a branch of the Home Savings
Bank and escaped with a thousand
dollars. Eight customers and several
employes were in the bank at the time
of the hold-up.
Charles Scott was later arrested on
the charge of being a participant in
the robbery. Nearly one-fourth of the
money was recovered.
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TRANSPORT IS
■SHELLED AND
: MANY DROWN
LONDON, Feb. 11 (by Associated
Frees).—A Moscow dispatch says that
fourteen hundred Russian volunteers,
with their wives and children, were
drowned when a shell hit the boilers
of the transport Karantin at Mariupol,
!dn the province of Yekaterinoslav.
The shell was fired by other volun
teers, who were incensed when ‘he
Karantin left them behind to face the
Rolshviki.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
RECORDED LAST NIGHT
Washington, Feb. ll (by Asso
ciated Press).—An earthquake of con
siderable intensity, centered sixteen
hundred miles irom here, was recorded
last nigb' at Georgetowu University.
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It is believed to have be-n in Mexico
or Central America.
LEONARD OUTPOINTS
JOHNNIE DUNDEE IN
v EIGHT-ROUND BOUT
JERSEY CITY, Feb. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Benny Leonard, in a
bout here last Saturday night, out
fought Johnnie Dundee throughout the
entire eight rounds. Dundee put up a
Jstiff fight, but the champion was
% clearly his superior.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The oil and coal land-leasing bill, which has been in
conference for several weeks past, was reported today, and was passed by both
houses of congress. The measure now goes to the President.
The passage of this bill ends a fight that has been protracted over ten years. It
affects approximately seventy-five million acres of public lands, principally in the
Western states and Alaska, and provides for the development of the government
owned oil, gas and coal lands under government supervision.
RIALWAY WORKERS THREATEN
TO STAND PAT AND STRIKE
DETROIT. Mich., Feb. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Barker o
the Brotherhood of Maintenance o
Way and Shop Employes, said las
night that the failure of the brother
hood chiefs and Director Hines t(
reach an agreement would Tesult sir
a general walkout of railway work
ers. He said that messages receivec
by him indicated that the heads o
thirteen organizations would stand pa
and act as a unit.
Intimation of Broken Agreement
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—An official of the rail
road administration, speaking of th(
threatened action of the brotherhooc
in calling a strike would be a viola
tion of the union’s wage agreement
He said no official information hat
been received of a grievance.
Situation is Grave
Director Hines will answer the wage
: demands of the two million railroad
workers on his own responsibility
and then report to President Wilsoiv
who will then approve or disapprove
his decision.
1 At the White House the situation is
• regarded as serious, in the light ol
. the trainmen's urgent demands, and
- also in the light of the strike order
indorsed by the maintenance of way
brotherhood.
Rumor of Injunction
Director Hines and Attorney Gen
■ eral Palmer were in conference today
• regarding the threatened railroad
i strike. Mr. Palmer would not discuss
[ the -meeting, nor the rumor that the
• government might seek by injunction
. to stop the threatened strikes of the
i trainmen and the maintenance of way
and shop employes.
ROBBERIES I SEATTLE ARE
BECOMING BOLDER EACH DAY
SEATTLE, Feb. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Cyril Cohen, owner of several
movie theaters, has reported to the
police that two bandits stopped the
Cohen automobile as it was entering
a private garage at Thirty-third av
enue, at near midnight last night, and
forced Cohen’s sister, Ruth Cohen, and
Mrs. Joseph Dalz to hand over their
diamonds, worth about eighteen thou
sand dollars.
The robbers then took Cohen’s au
ALLEGED KIDNAPED MAN
HAS BEEN RELEASED
EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Private advices from
Chihuahua City say that Joseph As
kew, reported to have been kidnaped
by Villa forces, has been released.
tomobile and escaped. They dropped
one ring. The robbers also took Co
hen’s purse, containing $10.
Another Bold Robbery
Two robbers entered the apartment
of Alexander Dickinson, an attorney,
last night ,and carried away a steel
safe containing diamonds worth three
thousand dollars.
Small boys saw the men leaving the
apartment carrying a bundle, but no
trace of the criminals has been found.
TOURIST TRAVE TO
ENGLAND IS RESUMED
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—The passport control of
ficer of the British consulate here an
nounced yesterday that tourist travel
to England is now permitted, for the
first time since the war began.
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
SECURED AGAINST FIVE
SUSPENDED SOCIALISTS
ALBANY, N. Y„ Feb. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Counsel for the judi
ciary committee of the state assembly
in the case against the five Socialist
members of that body have completed
the evidence for the prosecution. They
drew from the defendants the ac
knowledgment that by a referendum
just completed the Socialist party has
ratified the minority report submit
ted by the Chicago convention last
year, pledging support to the third
international congress of Socialists.
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LEATHER INTERESTS
OF ARMOUR & CO.
TO BE SEGREGATED
CHICAGO, Feb. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Armour & Co. have an
nounced plans for the segregation oi
their leather interests under the Ar
mour Leather Company, organized in
Delaware.
DEMOCRATS DECIDE
TO OPPOSE UNIVERSAL
MILITARY TRAINING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—Democratic representa
tives, in party caucus last night, in
the face of an appeal by President
Wilson not to act on the party’s stand
on universal military training, voted
against that policy by 160 to 17.
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SEATTLE NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE
GIVES PUBLICITY TO RECORDS OF
CANDIDATES FOR MAYORALTY
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SEATTLE, Feb. 11 (by Associated
Press).—The committee of the Non
Partisan Municipal League which has
investigated the records of all the can
didates for mayor of Seattle has pub
lished its report, in which it says that
it found Mayor Fitzgerald to be of
good moral character and of unques
tioned Americanism. He had proved
to be a practical and diplomatic coun
cilman, but had occasionally sacrificed
his own convictions to policy.
The committee found Duncan to be
of good moral character. “He may be
sincere,” the report continues, “but he
is misguided in* his efforts to get ad
vantages for labor.” The committee
believes that Duncan’s judgment is
warped on questions of general policy,
and believes that his election would
tend to accentuate “class-conscious
ness.”
Caldwell was found by the commit
itee to be a man of good education and
morals, always active in civic affairs,
and having a good record in office,
with a strong personality and positive
in his opinions. His Americanism is
reported to be unquestioned.
FARM LABORERS TO
BE PERMITTED ENTRY
TO UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Secretary of Labor
Wilson, at the request of several sen
ators, has agreed to continue tempo
rarily the regulations permitting labor
to enter from Mexico, Canada and the
Bahamas for agricultural work only.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, Feb. 11.—Prices for
fish here yesterday were: Halibut,
firsts, 9%c; seconds, 8c; sable, 3c;
red rock, iy2.
ODESSA WAS CAPTURED
WHEN ALLIED WARSHIPS
WERE FORCED TO LEAVE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 11 (by
Associated Press).—The Bolsheviki, it
is learned, captured Odessa on Feb. 7,
after firing from Bolshevik guns had
forced the allied warships to leave the
inner harbor of Odessa.
ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF
' AMBASSADOR FLETCHER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—President Wilson has ac
cepted the resignation of Henry L.
Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico.
The letter of resignation of Ambassa
dor Fletcher has never been made
public.
AMERICAN LEGION IS
RECIPIENT OF GIFT OF
HALF MILLION DOLLARS
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 11 (by
Associated Press).—It is announced
that the American Legion has accept
ed a gift of half a million dollars
from the national war work council
of the Y. M. C. A. No restrictions
have been placed upon its use, but it
is said that the fund will be held in
trust for five years.
ENGLAND OFFICIALLY
DECLARES WAR WAS
ENDED JANUARY 1C
LONDON, Feb. 11 (by Associated
Press).—By royal order the war is de
dared to have officially ended on
January 10.
AIRPLANES COLLIDE
AND TWO ARE KILLED
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—Lieutenants Harry B.
Smith and Harry Brokes of the Ninety
fourth aero squadron were killed yes
terday when their airplanes collided
on Felly field.
CELEBRATION IN HONOR
OF AGED INVENTOR
ORANGE, N. J., Feb. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—This city is decorated
today in honor of the 73d birthday of
Thomas A. Edison. President Wilson
wired his congratulations to the great
inventor.
PEACE TREATY
IS SENT BACK
TO COMMITTEE
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate yesterday
formally ordered a reconsideration of
the peace treaty, and then sent the
document to the foreign relations com
mittee, with instructions to report it
back immediately with reservations
which were framed at the last session.
The committee is expected to report .
tomorrow, but Senator Lodge, chair
man of the committee, will ask delay
for another week because of pending
legislation. t
JOHNSON WE
REPRESENT U. S.
AT QUIRINAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—Robert Underwood John
son, former editor of the Century
Magazine, an author of Italian poems,
and one of the founders of the League
to Enforce Peace, has been selected
as Amrican ambassador to Italy.
It is expected that President Wilson
will send his nomination to the senate
in a few days.
MAN WITHOUT
COUNTRY HAS
BEEN SET FREE
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Federal Judge Knox yester
day ruled that the further detention of
Martin Dewal, called “the man without
a country,” was illegal, and said he
would sustain the habeas corpus order
for his release.
Dewal was arrested in Seattle in
July, 1918, for alleged radical activi
ties. He claimed Dutch citizenship,
which the Dutch refused to honor, and
which he could not establish.
Dewall has been at Ellis island for
the past year.
NORWAY IS AWARDED
SOVEREIGNTY OVER
SPITZENBERG ISLANDS
PARIS, Feb. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Ambassador Hugh Wallace,
for the United States, has signed the
treaty which gives Norway sovereignty
over the Spitzenberg archipelago.
GEORGIA DEMOCRATS 4
TO VOTE FOR HOOVER
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Feb. 11 (by As
sociated Press).—The name of Her
bert Hoover is certain to be voted
upon in the presidential primaries in
this state on April 20. One hundred
Democrats have signed a petition mak
ing him a Democratic nominee.
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