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and Thursday; colder tonight.
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VOL. V. NO. 105
Published Dilly i:tcr.i Hunilny, Heibnerlptlon Price n n Year by Mall.
Copyrluiit. lulu, by Public Ledirer Company.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1919
Kntrred ns Fccond-CIn,, Mntter at thi Pniitnfflci at Philadelphia, ra.
Unrtf r the Act of Mutch . 1879.
PRICE TWO CENTS
r
)RY AMENDMENT
RATIFIED BY 33D
STATE; 3 NEEDED
jwa, Colorado and Oregon
SJoin List Nation on
Verge of Prohibition
3SUE SEEMS SETTLED
)r. James T. Young, of U. of
P., Explains Workings
of Measure
SALEM, Ore, Jan. 15 (By A. P.)
L'TI.a T AirlitlnliirA nf firoitnn rnm-
Filleted ratification of the national
Jf'rohlbltion amendment today when '
the Senate, by a unanimous vote,
'adopted the amendment. The House
ratified the amendment last nifiht,
i'3 to 3. This makes the thirty-third
State to ratify. Three more are
required. v
Tho nation Is on the verge of adopt
ing the constitutional amendment which
would make the whole country bone dry
Two more States. Iowa and Colorado,
Mpday ratified the amendment, bringing
,we numncr wiucn nave rniiuea 11 10
rilrly-two. The consent of four more
States, thirty-six In all, Is lequlrcil to
establish national prohibition.
m& Favorable action on tho ratification
fof tho .nmendment It looked for today
In at least three moro htntcs, Utah,
Oregon and Nebraska. Missouri, which
faiay be tho determining State to ratify,
hns made ratification a special order of
luslncss for tomorrow.
Colorado In l.tne
By a vole of 29 to 1 the Senate of
the Colorado Legislature ratified the
kimendment. The House adopted the
Teso'.utlon last week.
The 'Wisconsin State Senate otcd to.
ly to ratify the amendment, 20 to 12.
The amendment fctill has to be ratllled
Iky the Wisconsin lower house.
The lower branch or tho Ulah I.egis.
ilituro today unanimously passed the
resolution ratifying tho Sheppard
Hamendment The Senate was expected I
"J to tnke similar unanimous action this
','Wtenioon.
Ms The New Hampshire House of Itepre
&t$ntatlves today voted 221 to H'l to
f.jytlfy tho nmendment. The resolution
.ijow goes to tho Senate.
$& Legislature In Neaalon
!$ Besides Wisconsin and Utah, western
iQtatcs whose legislatures urn in session,
tlpit which have not yet latlfled the
Amendment, follow; Oregon, New Mexico.
Kwvomlng, Minnesota, Nebraska and
Missouri. The amendment will bo wib-j
Emitted tn nil of them, nnd Tov:id;i. where'
Itbe Ieglslaturo meets next Monday.
California has rn tilled tho amendment, I
but the Governor has been enjoined by
tho Superior Court from certifying the
amendment lo the Secretary of State at
'nshlngton.
On Year's tlruce
The prohibition nmendment will not
fo lnto,cffect for ono ear after tho-Iast
of the neeessarv three-fourths of tho
(States has ratllled the amendment,
.There, in small consolation In this fact
for tho liquor Interests, however. Tho
nation noes dry anyhow July 1 of this
i-ear under tho emergency bill passed
(by Congress during the war, and re-
7ualns dry until President vvilson pro
claims the demobilisation of tho armv.
1 Tho prohibition amendment and tho
manner in which It will become effective
Is llttlo understood by tho peoplo gen
erally. Kven lawjers aro a bit at sea
Kfn Just how tho law will become oper
ative.
Several prominent attorneys of this
city, asked today to explain the amend
ment nnd the manner In which It would
ecomo operative, confessed that they
.would have to Investigate to satisfy
hemselves on Its provisions.
Dr. James T. Young, former director
fpt the Wharton School of tho University
enr i-ennsyivaniH. aim luc-sc-nt proiessur
,?thero of public administration, has
made a study of tho prohibition amend
ment. He explained some of Its work
ngs today.
President's Signature Unnecessary
An interesting feature of tho amend
ment, as Doctor Young stales It, Is that
I'resldent Wilsons signature Is not
necessary to make It a law. Nor could
tho President, if ho chose, exerclio his
veto power and prevent its enactment.
To becomo a law," said Doctor
Young, "It is merely necessary that
three-fourths of tho States ratify the
nmendment, and that it bo proclaimed
by tho Secrelaiy of State, It Is not
necessary, either, that tho amendment
he ratified by a threc.fourtlis majority
or i no Legislators or mo individual
Stales. A slmplo majority In both houses
of the State Legislatures Is nil that tho
law requires.
'Tho provision that tho amendment
become effective, only ono ear after tho
last State has ratllled It would not
ordinarily hold good In a constitutional
snmendment. This was n. special pro-
vision Inserted In tho original bill.
There are two ways provided for
getting tho States' consent to a con
stitutional change. Ono Is by a vote
of tho State Legislatures; tho other
by a similar vote taken In special Slato
Cjconventlons held for the purpose.
"This second method was not adopted
y Congress when It provided for tho
mendment becauso of tho trouble and
xpense Involved In holding sneclnl elec.
Ions by the peoplo to provide these con-
emions.
My Not Itrpreaent Majority
! "Under tho law governlnc conslliu.
Bonal changes. It may easily happen that
i amendment Is adopted which does not
(present tho majority sentiment of all
hn people of the United Stales.
"There might be a three-fourths nm.
irlty of States made up of States with
lly a small population Slates like
tlaware. Ilnode Island and Nevada.
I"ln my opinion, tho taking of a refer
Edum in tho States where this is n legal
Continued on Taie Two, Column Tno
FURSDAY!
Overcoat-and'ura-tlajj
For each chilli urtght.
Fair tonight and Thursday;
Colder tonight.
States Which Have Ratified
Federal "Dry" Amendment
Tlility-thrce .Stntes hnvo ratified
the national prohibition amend
mcnl, us follows:
Mississippi Michigan
Virginia Ohio
Kentucky Oklnlioma
South Carolina Tennessee
North Dakota Idaho
Maryland Mnlno
Montana West Virginia
Texas Washington
Delaware California
South Dakota Arkansas
Massachusetts Illinois
Arizona Indiana
Coo Ik la Kansas
Louisiana North Carolina
Florida Alabama
Iowa Coloiado
Ore bo n
Three more States are needed to
ratify tlio nmendment to add It to
tho Federal Constitution, which
provides that three-fourth of all tho
States, now forty-eight In number,
aro requisite.
MEASURED AIR
TO PAD ACCOUNT,
ASSERTS NOBRE
Atmosphere "Filling" Was
Credited to Senator Varc
in Contraet
OVERPAID, SAYS LAWYER
Congressman Said Fixing of
Books Was '"Good Job,'
Testifies Defendant
Three outstanding developments today
In tho trial of John M. Nnbie. former
city surveyor, charged by State Senator
l.dwln II. Vare with criminal libel, were:
Approval by Congressman William S.
Vare, according to Nobre, of manipula
tion of records of woik done by Senator
Vale on (lovernment avenue
Measuring of nlr at League Island
Pnik to include the 111! on llov eminent
avenue, according to Nobre
Collection by Senator Vare of $7000
inoio than his coutiact on fiov eminent
avenuo called for, according to Joseph
P. McCulleii, counsel for Nobre.
The tr'al opened ecterday before
Judge Audeiirled, Qu.u.ter Sessions
Court. City Hall 'Clio libel uhargn
ngalnst Nobre Is based on bis s)ate
ments before Councils' Klnnnco Com
mittee Unit lie concealed figures lon
icruliig the contract for lining Govern
ment iivcuue at the suggestion of Sena
tor Vare, unci that later he made similar
Malemeuts in copies of iillldavlts which
wcie given to the iiewspapois.
After n grilling or nmre than two
hrurs on the stand today Nobre In ought
Congressman Vare Into tho proceedings.
Tho witness said that hi September,
1H1I, while the I'atlin Commission was,
louduetlng lis Investigation, lie was sum
moned lo the office of Francis ShiiuU
Ilrowu, now Attorney Ccner.il. on leach-,
Ing there ho said lie found Congi ess
man Vare, Senator Vaie, .Mr. lliown and
others.
"Ilrollirr 11111" Called II "(inod .lull"
"Congressman Vate took me aside,"
testified Nobre, "and said, 'Julia, let ine
see llio bookH wheie ou made the
changes' I showed him wlieio I madn
thn changes in tho estimate book on
pages 191 and 1ST., and he, whispered,
'That was a good Job'"
This caused a murmur in the court
nnd befoie the witness could continue
fuither John It K. Scott, counsel fori
Senator Vate, went over to Assistant '
Dlstilct Attorney Mumcr, who Is con-I
ducting tho case for the Commonwealth,
and whispered liurrledl).
rtcsumlug, tho witness said:
"1M Vitro vvns about fifteen feet
away at tho time. Ilrovvn was some
distance off. I don't think Drown beard
me 1M Vare did not ask mo about
It."
Mr. McCullcn then questioned Nohre
concerning tho figures. N6bro said he
changed the figures to help Senator
Vnro get what was "morally due him."
In the course, of Nobre's testimony,
Mr. Scott frequently darted acioss the
room with suggestions which he gave
to Mr. Mauier.
Thn witness testified at great length
how he changed tho bookH, measured
air on Leaguo Island to Include tho real
fill on Government avenuo done by Vare.
Nobre nald ho frequently raised the in
struments and w'lien the rodmnu gave
him tho rorreit figures, hn would tnlse
them. Ilo said lie madn his calculations
In bis olllce at night. In some cases, he
declared, ho erased whole pages hi tho
records and 1u others merely changed
tho totals.
llvidenco that Nobro gave, at the
Catllu commission Investigation regat cl
ing Vare contracts was then Introduced
by Mr. Maurer. Somo of tho defend
ant's testimony at that llmo was re
viewed. Tho following excerpt from
testimony befoto tho commission w.ih
read by Mr. Maurer.
"Question Has Vnro tried to Influ
encn uuy acts of yours?"
"Answer Nobre Hn has not "
Nobro admitted that be "gave that
testimony befoto tho commission with
out evtl lnte.it "Tliey did not ask inn
anvthlng about Government avenue,"
ho said, "and I did not tell them."
Judgo Audenreld appeared to be
amazed by this statement.
hut. Vnro Wanted Talr Credit
"You didn't tell them, Nobro?" ho
asked.
"I did not, sir," said the witness. "Tho
Continued on Tune Two, Column One
MINT SENDS SILVER TO INDIA
Latest Shipment of Melted Dol
lars Is Worth $3,300,000
A shipment of 13,300,000 worth of
fellver has heen marie, from thiu ottv fi
India. Tho shipment represented bullion I
omajneii rroin smeitnuf sliver tlollais,
and was tho third made from this city
this mouth.'
January shipments to date airereeato
JUI, 300.0(10, and total shipments from
hero since tbe meltlnc ptocess beKan
were J102.550.000. The Philadelphia Mint
Ih still operutlrtK twenty-four holirs a
day, runnlne on contracts for coins for
Argentina and I'eru, ns well as meetlnp
the great domestic demand for subsidiary
and minor currency.
When veni think of writing.
: $ WMixinu, vAetv.
FLIER ENGINEER
IS BLAMED FOR
READING WRECK
Cithcns Misread or Failed
to See Danger Signal.
Says Oliieial
CALL INQUIRY COMPLETE
Block Light Worked Proper
ly. Is Declaration, Though
Crew Denies It
Ill.une for Monday night's wreck near
Fort Washington, vvhlcli caused the
deaths of twelve persons, and probabb
fatally Injured two others, was placed
on P C. (ilthcns, engineer of the Scran
ton filer, by F. M. Falck, general man
ager of tho Heading Hallway, this af
ternoon. (tithens either mislead the signal at
Camp Hill, known as automatic block
signal No. 311, or did not sec It, Mi
Falck said, after he. with other Invcsti-1
gators representing the inllvvnv, the
State Public Service Commission and
tho Interstato Commerce Commission.
had returned from an examination of
the scene of the wreck.
Mr. FnlcU's statement said "We
have mado a thorough Investigation
which is now completed, our conclu
sions are that thn signal at Cninp Hill
was functioning properly befoie the
wreck, and bus been functioning pinperly
since the wreck "
Itlthens limUtrnt
li'lthens replied tit the comnanv's
statement by Insisting that ho had seen
the white "eves" that Indicated a clear
track.
"I saw- two while 'e.ves' and went
nliead," said (Ilthcns. "When I saw the
other train It flashed befoie me what
was going to happen. ,
"I n...,ll.l I , -. .. '
i,jiiii-, iii.v cine, Kenc.v nr.lKCS. now
I escaped when the cr.h came I do
not know I stood with my hand on
tho brakes until the train nine to a
stop.
"The sight dazed me. I remained on
tile ground until ?-3n o'clock that night
when I left with officials of the com
pany and vvmt lo my home."
(ilthens still shows (he effects of Ids
experience. lie was leluct.int to talk
nnd refused to go Into defalls eouceiu
Ing tint wreck and the arrangement o
tile signals lie dee lined to sa.v where
be lived, mid company officials llkewho
kept bis home address seciet.
Tbe engineer's fi lends say the shock
lie sustnliud was espeelallv stverc be
I'.iun tho body of ono of the victims
was Jammed up beside him in the loco
mot ho cab,
Four icpresentHlives of Hie Inteistnte
Commerce Commission were present to
take part In the Heading's Investigation
today.
They went Into exiciitlve session
shoitly before noon with It. It. Ablioii
superintendent of thn Xew York divli
slon of the Heading. It was on Ihl
illvlslon that the wievk tn lined
llnillierli I on MmihI
l.cpicspiitiiilvcH of the four gie.it tall
load brotherhoods, llremen, eiicim ers.
brakimen and louduclors, were on hand
today to look lifter the Interests i.r tin
train crews. These bilitlieilioo.l oil!, i.,s
though the did not wish to li.tve Hull
names made public nt picscui, ii.uK ih,.
position that inaihimry Is hound lo .,
fallible at times, ami that what hap
pened In the iteadiiig wreck was pii-ci-ely
vili.it happen. 'il a few ila.vs ago In
tile New York Central wuek at it.i
t.ivln, New- York, where twentv-twn
persons were killed
"I can sum up for ou briefly." said
Mr. Falck, In discussing the wreck
"Theie was a freight train vvhlcli had
pulled out a draw head ahead of the
IVi.vlestown local, which oi'iiiplnl I he
block mar the Fort Washington sta
tion. "The engineer of Hie Dovlcstown local
said that he came to tho signal, which
Is south of the platform at tho Camp
Hill station, and that It showed white
Riid green. This meant Hint thn block
he was In was clear, but that somebody
was occupying the block ahead of this.
"Ho said that as ho left Camp Hill ho
pulled (iow n to slow, us ho is required to
do when such signals are set, and that
when he reached the block signal south
of the Fort Washington station ho found
the Blgnals red and green. This menus
'slop and proceed slowly.' The Doylcs
town local engineer said he pulled to a
stop and that straight ahead ho saw the
freight train-near tho station.
"Ilo then pulled ah-.ul and went
slowly to tho tear of the freight, as be
Is pennltted to do under tho railroad
system. Tills carried him 50(1 feet
ahead of the Fort Washington signal,
which Is south of thn station, Tho slg.
tial then showed led and green. Ho
said ho sent a brnkeman back to the
Pennsylvania, Railroad bridge, which is
1CC0 feet south of tho block signal at
Fort Washington.
"Tho crew of the train said they saw
i'onUnufil on I'uce Tho, Column 1'hr
THOUSANDS SEEK
DEATH, STARVING
IN SLAV CAPITAL
No Bread in Pctrognul, Only
Ungroiiiid Oats Mercenaries
Shoot at Crowds
ll'irtlrss to Evening Public Ledger
VopurloM. 1019. by l'ibllc l.ctlocr Co.
one! .Vfiei Vorfc 7lrira Co
I'oprnlifiKrn, Jan, IS -According to a
special dispatch to the HerlliiRsku Tl
dende, the situation In l'etroiirud a very
serious. Many thousands of peoplo are
crylns for bread In tho streets alio,
frantic with hunger, aro beegiiie to bo
shot.
Chinese and Letts aro shooting at the
crow ds,
Not a piece of bread Is to bo found
In I'etrograd only unground oats.
Stockholm, Jan. 1C (Dy A. IM
Hunger rlotH occurred In I'etrograd
011 Katuidny and Sunday, according to
niliilnAU ranall Oil lint-A Trl I lir,l I a. I till
peoplo paraded through the streetH Bhout
Ing for bread, and were tired upon by
Bolshevist troops, who are said to have
Letts. Desperate from hunger, the
crowds are reported to have, asked the
soldiers to lire upon them.
Propagandists, disguised as refugees.
are said to have been sent Into Finland
by the Bolshevists. The police here
have recenly discovered several organi
zations which are alleged to ,be plotting a
new Jjuurrestton
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MJ. (,KN. I...UNAKI) WOOD
S ho Ii.h jul been tranfcrred from
Camp l'lin-toti, Kim., lo command of
the Central Department, l S. .,
Willi headquarter.: ut Uiicmro
GENERAL WOOD'S NEW POST
Transferred From r'uiitnit to
Coiiiiiiniii Central Department
tViiliinicliin, Jan 13 (lly I')
Orders, eltiecting Major lieiiei.il Leonard
Woo.I, now commanding Camp Knnston,
Kan, to proceed to I'hlcigo nnd take
command of tin- .Yiilr.il Department,
viero Issued today b.v the War Depart
ment. Major (ii'iierul Thomas II llatrv re
cinllv tranvff rie.l from the command
of til. Central Department to suceiccl
the late Majoi lcner.it J 1'ianklin Hell i
as commander of the Department of the .
ll.ist, with headquarters nt Coventor'! I
isianci ariiveci m .vrw 1 01 it ichi.iv anil
..MI..n,l I.C ,....., II, .1 It.. ,. .. .. ...fll tit
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members of IiIm staff as be stepped upon
tl-.e island and a salute of thirteen Kilns '
ua. Ilrcd This W the tliticl time Cenerat ,
Hairy has commanded at Coventor's1
Island.
SHAKE PLUM TREE MONDAY j
Legislature's Job Holders audi
i?eekcr-i Arc on Aiivioiis lk'iicli
Two hundred Jobholders In the House
and Senate at Man IshuiB and 1001 '
pio'Ptctlvc jobholdcrx will lie on the
anxious seat until Mnndav afternoon,
when the l.cKidnluieH plum tree will he
shaken
The tree-sli.ikluc va'i scliediiled to.
takct place tod.i.v at the cptarters of the
Itepiibllc-.iii State Committee, llrnad
street below Walnut ,
Tile steerlnc committee of the Senate-;
unci t lie slato committee of I lie House 1
met ut tbe appointed hour, hut at noon
made It plain that no uorlli-vvlille ati
iiotineeinetitM would be made until Mon
day. William I. Crow headed the Senate
committed and William .1. MtCnlrr, of
Alleulieiiy County beaded tlio House
eonuilltlee.
Tliete icimmltlees li.nc i liarKe of the
House and Senate .:clion.n,-u ami ni
1 than l'"'i stc nom a pliers. lei Ks.
posiniiisteiN. m.eseni;ers and oilier cleri
cal workers ate emploviil 111 Hie House
aucl Senate, the Joint plum committee
i-.tiiiiot net too Ii.islil.v In tbi work of
luahim selection
HURT BY AUTO: BIG VERDICT
Jury Allows $10, IMO tin Sliouinj:
Woman Drove Circlely
lino of Hie largest awards made to a
viotlni of an automobile incident ill Uii
cilv was recoiciid In ,ludi:c StaakeH
court today when the Jurv In the per
sonal damage suit hi ought hv Miss
I'miiia Wissmau aR.ciust Cariot S l-'ta-cr
and "Mis. I.'i.cmi, iituriiiil a Htl -I3ii
! vcidlct for plaiiilltr 1
Miss Wlssmaii was sectetaix- lo Col
onel Samuel i. I.lt. Ml l-'iaser liolcls
11 lespoiiHllde position He nnd Ills wife
fcuiucily lived at t.l'ii.ri I'nrpenter sticel
Later they movie! to the Wiiltou Hotel.
Acvoitllut; to David I'hllllpst who iii
l.earcd for the pl.ilnlllT. tin. I-'i.isi-i
car vmis belni? o.. rated larebsslv h '
Mis I'laser. It vas said .Miss Wlss
luau liad ono fecot 011 tile cuili when llu
car sudclenly hhcim.I hii.I stiink liei
illiiKitim; liei sIMi-eu tec t, tier bail beiiiK
i.uiKlit in n wlieel. .
Miss Wlvman vas conipelled to sub
mit to several suiKical operations, and
is leipiircd to wear a steel biace.
$10 BUSINESS TAX CUT OUT ;
Revenue Hill Conferees Also
Eliminated Auto Horsepower Tn '
Hh-IiIiisIoii. Jan. I. ". (lly A I ) '
ConferieH on tin war levenue bill iiKi'eil
today to eliminate! the House provision
levyinK Kederal horsepower license Iiims
on automobiles, lend tlio House ta of I
per cent 011 mall older cslablislimcuts
vvith iiiiome.s of more than J 100,11. 10
Another nmcnilimtit stricken out pio
vichsl for I'll annual business lie 1 use tn
of $111 on peisoiiM In tiade or business,
with annual Inc-omo In ee-H of JJ311K. ,
Tlio conferees nearly eompleteel voiU
mi llio special as well iih tile ecve tn
sections of tlio bill, with adoption of
virtually all Senate amendments Theso
Itieludn tne.s 011 brokers, proprietor of
circuses, theatres, pool and billiard halls
and bowllnir alleys, shootlni; BalleiUs,
rldlUK academies and taxlcahs,
Continuation of tlio present docu
mentary stump taxes also was uitrevd '
111011,
TRANSIT LEASE
RULING TONIGHT;
MAY BE ADVERSE
Puhlie Servite, Board to Act 011
City and I It. ''. Con
tract
The proposed transit lease between
the. illy of riillailelphln nnd the Itnplil
Transit Company for opeiatlou of the
high-speed lines will be disapproved by
the Public Service Commission, accord
Ini? to u persistent rumur this after
noon, Decision of the commission, It is said,
will be announced tonight ut Harris
burg. Contiary to tlio rumor here reports In
IlairlKlniri,- this aftemoon said the lease
would bo grrnted.
Anions objections to tbe lease It Is un
derstood that thn commission was cspe
daily opposed to the proposition of a
boaid of supervisors, whose members
would receive J 1 0,000 each.
Objection Is also mado to the rale of
fare fixed In the lease nnd the provision
for possible revision of fares
Altockeil anil Ilolibed on Street
Three footpads lient and robbed Wil
liam Mnckllng, of ;0 South Carlisle
Etreet, n driver for Kolb's Ilakery, while
on his way to work early today, Mack
ling was passing Kleventh nnd Tasker
streets when the three men approached
him from buhlnd, hit him on thn head
with a blackjack, and after rifling his
(xc.ku t e), ran wy,
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PAN-AMERICA
GAINS POWER
FOR PARLEYS
' Brazil's. Unit Makes West
ern World Huge Factor
at Versailles
MONROE DOCTRLNE
WILL BE PRESERVED
British and New World Able
to Dominate Peace and
World League
EIROPE LOSES BALANCK
Uo-lile Congress Doesn't Real
ize France and England
Share Relief Co-t
By CLINTON V. GILBUHT
Muff rnrre-,Miiiileiil of (lie llienlnr
I'lilille I.eeUe-r M Kb the I'raee
tieli-KAthm In Curope
lly Special Cable
t opynoht. 'ly, 1v Vubllc Lrrigtr Co.
Paris, Jan. 15. The bis role tiiat
Brazil is to play in the Peace Con
ference, vvhcic she has been given
tlnee dclcKates, moie than any other
power except America, France, I-'iik-land,
Italy anil Japan, vvitb five each,
is due to President Wilton's personal
cfToit. All the other powers partiei
patinK in the war will have only one
or two delegates.
This representation is tentative,
but is likely to .stand. Canada, in
common vvitlt the latpcr Uritish col
onies, will have two votes and New
Koundland one. This" Rives America
eleven leprc.scntativcs, besides some
ft out the smaller South American
countries which entered the war.
The rcpiesenlation of the Biitish
colonies gives the British Empire
fifteen scats, of which only five aic
from tho Biitish Isles. 'Phis gives
Great Britain the predominant place
in the conference. It is held that
the colonies arc distinct nations, hav
ing entered the war on their own
initiative.
America is pleased at the recogni
tion of the British colonics, for it
is known that men like General
Smuts, of Afiica, and Hughes, of
Atisttnlia, are strong personalities
and ardent supporters of President
Wilson.
It was made known yesterday that
America is opposed to any modifica
tion of the Monroe Doctrine as the
result of the adoption of the League
of Nations. The idea of Pan-America
for Americans is to bo letained
even under tho international organ
ization. This arrangement is prob
ably agreeable to England on ac
count of English interests in the
western hemisphcie.
Conference Truly International
Piesidcnt Wilson's support of
lira.il's claims in the confeirncc is
pait of America's plan to cultivate
the closest relations with the coun
tries of South America. Tho large
representation of Pan-America and
the British colonies lob.s the Peace
Conference of its usual Euiopean
character.
International politics no longer is
a close corporation dominated by
Eu 1 ope. The voice of tho New
Wot Id will have an impoitnnt part
in deciding the terms of peace,
utterly unlike any previous peace
ever mado in Europe. Taking the
big powers for example, ten out of
twenty-live leprcscntativcs are non
European and five more of those
from England repiescnt an empire
whose future largely lies elsewhere
than In Europe, The only second
class power, Brazil, is non-European.
The large representation of tho Brit
ish colonies canics the same situa
tion down into tho third-class pow
ers with two votes each.
Two Huge l'actors Control
The two big factors in the confer
ence will be the British Empire and
Pan-America. Assuming that tho
League of Nations will have a
similar organization, with scparnto
recognition of the British colonies,
the British Empire and Pan-America
would be tho latgest factors in
it, the two forces, as British states
men see it, which, by co-operating,
can keep the peace of tho world.
It is necessary to explain that the
number of representatives does not
signify the number of votes. There
will be no voting in conference in
the senso of propositions being car
ried by majority, as in legislative
bodies. No power can be forced to
ngToo to any proposition by the
weight of majority. The consent of
each power must bo won or that
power will not bo bound. But the
Influence of a strong representation
of powers free from the traditionary
"Jry
Cewttmed M Jrac Two, CUib
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ALLIED LEADERS AGREE TO SEND
ANGLO-SAXON MISSION TO RUSSIA
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
."Inn" Cnrrrnpnndrnt of the I'tenlng Public Ledger
Willi the I'racr Delegation III Europe
lly Special Cable
Copmlaht 191. bv Public l.rdotr Cots post
I'arlH, Jan. 15. Decision of the Allies to send n mission of inves
tigation into Russia hns been disclosed here.
This new Allied intention wns learned today when army officers
were ordered to accompany nn expedition into Muscovy.
The expedition includes Amcricnn nnd British representatives, but
it is not known if there is French co-operation.
The new move is n result of the Uritish ngitation in favor of an
accurate determination of conditions in Russia nnd is the first con
structive step toward solvinp; the Russian problem since the determina
tion npainst further military intervention.
It is understood thnt tome of the men selected for the mission arc
friendly toward the Bolshcviki.
MOLASSES BLAST
KILLS 10 PERSONS
Tank Explosion at Boston
Wrecks Elevated Bridge.
12 Horses Die
1U II.DLNGS DEMOLISHED
ll the Associated I'rvis
lluMe Ian. lu. At least ten person!
are know 11 to have been killed by tho
evploston of a stoiaitc tank of molasses
in 11 fiddle vaid near Cults wharf, off
Conmieicial street, today.
Tin explosion blew avviij two of the
Mipportlni' plllais of the Atlantic avenue
elevated i.illu.iy structure, demolished
scveial buildings, blew an electric freight
car off lb., track, overturned 11 number
of heavily loaded trucks and killed about
.1 dozen lioises.
The men who were killed were team
sters and employes of the city, who
wre at vvmk In the city sticel depart
ment jiird .iilJoinliiK the electric freight
Jiirel, wlieie the explosion occtiircd.
Tin molasses .piciel over t lie street to
a depth of two or thiee Inches Manj
of tho v killed 01- Injuicd v.'cle' coviicd
with inula s"s and eoulel not be readily
hit milted
S.illois fiom the Culled States ship
Itockinri ut 1. wharf ueiiib. were the
tlrst to assist alici the explosion. They
were 'piickb followed by suigeous of
the navy. tntloned In the vicinity, and
iiiemlieis nt the lu el Crofs
COURT REJECTS
MAYOR'S PLEA
TO DELAY TRIAL
Judge Vtidenried ( 'r.tnl- ItolanV
lieitie.s to (io tin itli
' L'il'tli Ward Case
l.cfiiscd a lontluu.iuco by District At
torney Itotnn nnd by .ludgo Audenrled.
M.ivi-i' Smith will be placed oil trial
in Hie Klflh Ward case next Weilnesda.
Hffoits b.v ills counsel to postpone the
tiial met wltli failure Ibis afternoon at
a nuo-n.ir ceuiic-rtnce wnn juuku aie
den 1 lid.
The utmost see rccv was maintained
!.. ,1.. CI,....-'. .r.lit.Lf.l ..,,,1 l.l lllutrl..!
Attorney Itotnn as to the ground of tbe I
nipiest for clel.ij Abraham Iteltlcr, II '
Is said, lias withdrawn fiom tlio case, I
aucl the illness of Colonel Sheldon I'ol
ler haves only Jaiucb Scarlet, of the 1
.Maxell h counsel, lo piocoeu wnn me
trial
Mr lleiller's nppinranco In court to
day was iiiiiiorecl to 111.11 k a severance
of Ids comic c lion with i-ounsel.
This gives ilse to tlio repent that the
Major will be lepicsented by a iiunilx r
of other attornevs, who liavo not jit
appe.uecl to tlio pioeee dings
Major Smith Is icccuseil of conspli.n-v
lo violate llio Shorn law, misdemeanor
lu ulllce and contempt nT couit
ILL, MAN HANGS HIMSELF
Frank Blot. Feared Nenotis Dis
ease. Would Kill Him
I-'caiful he would not recover from a
nervous disease, Frank Illotz, sixty. one
, ,...-., ,.1,1 "nl'l Vr.rH. 11 ,t,il,.l,,l. u-nn,
c-otnuiltted suicide, by hanging himself
from 11 Kitchen eioor early today.
HloU boarded ut tho house.
Dl-AD MAY NUMBER 20 IN MOLASSES EXPLOSION
BOSTON, Jan. 15. Later estimates place the number of
dead in the explosion of n molasses, tank hcie today nt from
fifteen to twenty and the injuted fiom fifty to seventy-five.
JEWISH CHARITY FUND TOTAL IS $863,000
I Estimated letunib today bi ought the totnl in the campaign
to raise funds for the redeiation of Jewish dimities to .118133.000.
It is ptedicted tlnnl letuins tonight will swell tlie grand total
to $014,000.
INDIANA SENATE INDORSES WILSON'S POINTS
INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., Jan. 15. The Indiana Stare Senate
today adopted a resolution by Senator Arnold, indoising a league
of nations, ttecdom of the seas ami all other points made by
President Wilson in his peace program. The u-solutlou nHu
I'letlgeiJ loyiilly to the representative!, the trailed State., nt
the ptace tjble.
BRmSH TROOPS AID ENEMY
Soldiers Send Food to Women
nnd Children in Vienna
Vlrnun, Jan. IB. (lly A. P ) A email
body of British troops arrived here to
day as tho convoy of u tralnload of
foodstuffs a present from tho Uritish
army In Italy to tho women nnd chil
dren of Vienna.
The BrltUh ofTicer in command ex
plained to tho burgomnster that the
supplies were sent In recognition of the
fact that Austria had treated her Brit
ish prisoners with consideration. In con.
trnst with the Inhuman treatment by
the Hermans. Three additional train
loads are to follow.
Vlennivs condition was critical the
burgomaster said, as there was only
enough flour to iut tour days.
MORALSUASION !
IS CECIL'S PLANi
Sees No Conflict Between
World League and the
Monroe Doctrine
REDUCED ARMAMENTS
By the Associated Press
I'urln. Jan. 15. I,ord Itobert Cecil,
who discussed with American Journalists
last night his views as to the work of
a league of nations, had little to say
lelatlvo to the limitation or armaments.
Ilo expressed tho opinion, however,
that the league of nations "certainly
would provide for tbe limitation and
decrease of present armaments."
He declared that this re.iture of the
work to be done Is being given deepest
consideration, although no deflnlto
agreement has ns jet been 1 cached. He
said that tho league, ir formed, would
do away with all treaties Inconsistent
with its tenets. Including compacts pro.
Melius for a balance of power.
Mnnrne Doctrine Nut AITeeteil
Asked what effect the formation of
n league of nations would have upon the
Monroe Doctrlnei Lord IIohrt asserted
he could sec no conflict with the doc
trine. Hvpotbetleal eiucstions were
raised ns to what would happen In case
Mexico or a South American country
did something that caused trouble with
the league and I-ord rtobert replied:
"Then I think an arrangement could
be made by which America could act In
1.-, .,.. . .. 1
( inuair 01 ine league.
Itegaidlng the admission or the Cen
tral l'owers unci their. Allies lo the
league, Lord I.obcit said they should be
admitted "if they sboned un lucllnattion
lo do the right tiling"
Speaking of Germany, be said:
"We must await events If she turns
over a new- leaf and tries to repay
the damage she lias done, there is no
reason why she should not join. Tlio
league is for the good of humanity and
not any select group. It will benefit her
If sho conies In "
Austria .Nut In Line
Austria, because of 1-er internal con
dltlon, I.m not jet ready for tbe league.
Lord Robert said De-ihng vvitlt another
'peelflc Instance, ho declared It would
be nil Injustice to exclude Bohemia, say.
ing:
"Sho was not to blamo for the war and
Is progressive."
Lord Itobert said that the league
might, in some cases, take over admin
istrative control of certain territories of
great International Interest. Ho sa,l
that I'ntcstltic and Constantinople; might
Ice In this class, lie stated that lo ac
cepted President Wilson's view that tlm
league must lie lonttltuted by the pres
ent react Congress, adding:
"Otherwise It will becomo an Impos
sibility." Lord Itobert felt that tbe Peace, Con
gross should get some approval of prln-
Continued on l'nre Kile, Ctiltimn Two
BRITAIN TO FRIE CARGO SHIPS
Release From Requisition, Except
in Special Cases, Effective Mar. 1
London, Jan. 15 (By A, P.) The ship
ping controller announced today that
British ships coiutemplatlng voyages on
nnd after March 1 at ports of delivery In
United Kingdom, or In exceptional cases,
at ports abroad, will be released from
requisition, except In so far ns they
Bro required for (lovernment purposes,
or If they are ships to which special con
ditions apply,
Hhlp owners now are free to make
arrangements for the employment of
their ships from the time Indicated,
subject to approval by the controller,
It will be necessary for some time to
maintain, a system of direction ta to
the employment and limitation of freight
jateu Xosieseentlal commodities. -
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TWO WEAPONS
ADVANCED FOR
WORLDLEAGUE
Moral Force and Joint Po
lice Arc Issues Before
Allied Session
MAY USE BOTH WAYS
TO PRESERVE PEACE
Conferees Agree lo Postpone
'S
TATIKS MUST WAFT
.$400,000,000 Needed for Re-
lief of Liberated Countries
Until Next Summer
By the Associated Press
I'arli, Jan. 15. The Supreme Council
of the Peace Congress1 resumed Its ses
sions at 10:30 o'clock today.
Thoso in attendance were Premier.
Clemenceau and Foreign Minister Plchon
for France ; President Wilson and Secre
tary Lansing for the United States;
Premier Lloyd Ceorgc and Foreign Sec
retary Balfour for Oreat Britain; For
eign Minister Sonnlno for Italy, and
Viscount Chimin and Baron llatsut for
Japan.
With the resumption today of the
meetings preliminary to the Peace Con
ference. It Is apparent that tho move
ment to create n league of nations Is
being carried on by two forces, having
(he same object but differing an to the
means of making effective the decisions
of tlie proposed world society.
Work Towurd Snme i:nd
One of theso represents the conten
tion that tlie decisions of the league
must be backed by Its combined physical
forces, vvlille the other represents the
view that Its findings can bo enforced
without the aid of a common world po
Mco force.
Diplomatists watching the movement
of tho two Ideas as they come Into
bearing upon the conference seem Im
pressed with tho view that both are.
tnovjng towurd a lonunon ground,
which, for example, might provide that
tbe nations could reservo for each In
dividual ense their decision whether
they would utilize nrmed force or avail
themselves of other ineanli.
Mil' Accept Both
There Is reason to believe that such an
arrangement would meet with tho sup
port of some of tlie Kuropean States,
and there Is nothing lo indicate that It
would be rejtcted by the American rep
resentatives This Is the featuro of the situation
as It exists today. Tho plans aro being
rapidly put Into shape In Informal con
ferences, and are working tovvard a
position where the ptacc Conference, In
full session, can discuss them thoroughly
and then probably name a committee
or commission from among Its member
ship to produce the fiamcwork In writ
ing, with the assistance of tho technical
advlsets.
Tlie work before toda.v's session of
the Supreme Council comprised comple
tion of the allotment of representation
of tho various nations and a further
consideration of whether llussia should
have delegates In tho larger body. In a
largt sinse tlie work today may bo com
pared to that of a credentials committee
preceding the sittings of an American
national convention. The preliminary
sessions will continue work on the ques
tion continuously, vvith tlie expectation
of having it entirely disposed of by Sat
urday, when the first formal sitting of
the l'catei Congress will be held.
To Dviloclr All But League
Tlio program commonly agreed upon
calls for primary consideration of the
forming of a league of nations nnd the
Congress will work on this to the ex
clusion of all other subjects.
Those Ihiropean statesmen who now
appear friendly to the purpose of putting
the league of nations question to the fore
have repeatedlj expressed the view that
tho formation of the league and the
making of peace are Joint problems
which cannot be dissociated
The efforts thus seem to bo to bend all
energies to tho laying of the foundations
of tho league, so that the conference
mny proceed to tho actual making of the
peaeo treaty In the early spring, even
Indeed, If It be only a prellmlanry one,
which will dispose of the pressing ques
tion of demobilization and the return of
the warring countries as nearly as pos
sible to the economic conditions of
peace. This Is recognized by all the
statesmen nt the conference as of the
utmost necessity, and Is not a view con
fined to tbe Kuropenns alone.
The sponsors for tho league of na
tions plans contemplate the broadening
out of tbe functlcms or the proposed
league ns tho preliminary discussions
proceed, their assumption being that
these will range far Into the subject
of raw material and finance, proceeding
on tho theory that tho financial or
economic domination of smaller nations'
by the larger Is no less a danger than
armed domination. The financial pro
gram of the league, as viewed In these
quarters, will be to consider whether
the league Itself should lend Its aid
financially and economically to the small
Independent States which are rising out, i
of the war, . ' .
Nerda of Liberated I.andt .
The Supreme Council of supply aM'
relief, which has been engaged for tho. T
last three days In rnnatdt-rlnr tho sH. 'e
lion of the liberated roantrle. street.'
Ing from Belgium to Poland and Ar
menls, has concluded that the minimum
urn necMary to feed tlieie peoples m,2
III next summer Is $400,000,000. i - . ,
The council has asked ths treaataif
departments of the associated QovtiriV
m.nts to determine how the money oara
be provided. The Allied OovsnilMMtt
In Kurope, It la nald, hare agraod to
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