xgi'eement on Disposition or the German Colonies Believed to Be Near in the Congress d* ts HARRISBURG ifSfpJl TELEGRAPH 0k ========= ~ ======== otor-3W>cpcn&fnl. * ' LXXXVIII No. 25 16 PAGES Da M? e ft o v it ottiU'it'HXffiS''* HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1919. ' ONL J E s v s sWZ tiWg, 2M£ B9# HOME EDITION LOCAL FAMILY NAME LINKED IN MYSTERY SUICIDE Major Fahnestock, Millionaire Clubman* Often Visited Dead Woman FATHER WAS BORN HERE Not Yet Determined Whether There Was an Actual Engagement DIED SERVING IN ARMY Family Provided Money For A'. M. C. A. Building and Fahnestock Hall The name of Major Clarence Fah nestock. of a Harrisburg family, widely known throughout Central Pennsylvania territory, is connect ?d to-day in dispatches from New Fork city, mentioning an attach nent between the officer and Miss Azeele Packwood, the comely Flor da woman, who was found dead last ■tunday on the Palisades, near New fork City. Major Fahnestock was a million lire son of the late Fahne dock. multimillionaire banker, and icavy contributor to the Central Y. M. C. A., the hall of which has been lamed Fahnestock Hall in his lonor. The dead officer was a mem ler of the exclusive Union Club of s'cw York City. It has not been determined wheth er or not there was an actual en tagement, but the romance of the ifficer, who was also a physician, al- ; hough attached to the fighting iranch of the service, and Miss ■•ackwood, was told by Mrs. Jeanne I 'azeauz, 2180 Broadway, New York! .'lty, who until 1916 was Miss Pack- ] vood's neighbor for more than three j ears. , • A Frequent Visitor Mrs. Cazeaux said she personally, (new Major Fahnestock long before j ic entered the army, and that she j tad met him in the vestibule of the partment house when he was visit- I hg Miss Packwood. The French j com an also said that Major Fahne- | took had been a frequent visitor at diss Packwood's home. She had een his car before the door many imes. Miss Packwood confided to ■lrs. Cazeaux her regard for the najor. "As soon as the Palisades suicide j ras identified as Miss Packwood and J he newspapers quoted her as say- | ng to her friends that the death of j ler husband, who was a major over- i eas, had caused her to want to kill i lersolf, the great friendship be- j ween the two at once flashed into t ay mind." Mrs. Cazeaux said. "1 remembered at once that Mr. 'alinestock was a physician and j hat 1 had read in the news- I ers that he had died in the army j rhile in France. The newspapers | elating the story of Miss Pack- i rood's death also said she had re- j eived the telegram telling her of he major, her husband's death, in he first part of October, which eo ricided exactly with the date of Ma or Fahnestock's death from pneu aonia in Paris. "Miss Packwood lived in tl'ie < partment below me for almost | liree years. She left here some ! ime in 1916. I got to know her j uite well. She told me she was i orn South and her parents lived | t Tampa. Fla. She 'said that she as not married, find the reason she id not live home was because she id not get along very well with nme of her people. "The way I learned of her ro lance with Major Fahnestock was j uite accidental. 1 had also met I ini through friends. One evening s I was leaving the apartment house e drove up to the door in his car. I was astonished, because I thohght j e was calling upon me, and I did j ot know him very' well. An Embarrassing Moment "He looked a trifle embarrassed, as j asked why he was visiting me. He j nswered that he just wanted to t now if I still lived there. Then he I ift in his machine. I happened to j >ok up and I saw Miss Packwood I anding at the front window wateh ig him. "The next time 1 talked with her j asked her if she knew Major Fah- | estock, and she replied that she j Id. Then I learned that they were rni friends and were, candidly, very ! >nd of one another. 1 saw Major j ahnestock call, oh, a great many i mes. Whether they have been mar- I ed since I do not know, ' but it ould not surprise me. At the time 5 visited Miss Packwood here he ] [Continued on Page 12.] SHAFFER'S LAST FLIGHT Adjutant WaPer Shaffer, whose thrilling experiences in the air have entertained Central Penn sylvania readers during the war, [o-day takes up • in the Harris mrg Telegraph the concluding nstallments of his last flight, be ginning with the thrilling story >f his escape. THE WEATHER Foe llnrrlsbur gnnd vicinity: Fair to-night and Friday; not much chanfrc In trmprraturr; lowest to-nlnht about freeslng. For I-tnstern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night and Friday, not much • HIIOKC In trmperaturei fresh southwest and west winds. Hirer I'he *u*quchnnna river and nil It* hranrbM trill continue to fall *lo%*|y. A *tiino of about r.O fert I* ludlcatr-il for llarrlaburg Fri day morning. SHAFFER, HOME OUT OF FRANCE, IS JUST PLAIN YANKEE BOY Without Trace of Emotion, Dauphin's Daring Aviator Explains What His Many Decorations Stand For KEPT BUSY SHAKING HANDS WITH HUNDREDS OF OLD-TIME FRIENDS 1 "Walter c-ouldn't fix the spigot on: ' our sink," said Miss Esther Shaffer, j this morning, at the Shaffer home in | Dauphin, which is located on a high j kopje just above the new villa built i by Lieutenant Governor Beidleman. With an affectionate arm resting j on the stalwart hsoulder of her hero brother the premier "cioudvustec" of ] all this neighborhood, . little Miss ! Shaffer gazed her sublime admira- I tion at a figure which will surely at i tract much attention in Harrisburg. I Shaffer, a sergeant in the Lafayette squadron, one of the famous flying units in the late war, laughed boist erously at his kid sister's remark. He arrived at Dauphin last night, just released from a German prison and he looked the part of the very mod ern cloud climber, the real prototype of daring Americanism. He wore a skybiue French uniform consisting of bright red leather puttees, blue trousers and tunic, with a French gabardine over the top and a saucy! two-pointed cap. On his breast glist-| ened various medals, each with its; particular narrative for bravery. ' Medal Upon Medal "I guess that's the most precious," said Shaffer, without any show of pride or triumph, for lie is delight-! fully human, and just as natural as! any American boy who represents! the result of real Democracy# It was! a beautiful French military medal. | Next to this was the Croix de Guerre,' and above that the Lafayette ribbon, i Then there was the French aviator's] medal, for Shaffer ser\*ed tinder the] banner of France, and the Lafayette corps pinion. His uniform was given j him by the French government on being released from a German pris-1 on. When the Germans captured] bim they took a fancy to his fur! shoes and fur coat. They put wood-! en shoes on him and Shaffer: ] "Nix on them; they would never be popular in America." The arrival of Shaffer yesterday afternoon in the quiet village of! Dauphin brought the great war' vividly to this locality. To-day hej cannot begin to meet the demands! of liis friepds. He represented all the] daring, ingenuity and dash of the Yankee fighter whose arrival at the front forced Germany to surrender.! Along with him returned another of! the Shaffer family, Ernest, who be- i came sergeant-major of infantry] and did not have the luck to get! abroad. These two boys are part of a' family of seven who have lived at Duupliin twenty years, the typical I Pennsylvania solid folks who "make the basis of our Democracy. How It Started "I got the flying hug from that fellow Peck wlio was smashed up in Paxtang creek," related Walter. "I went out there and saw his smashed machine and I thought that I would like to hum through the air. Sister says I could not fix the spigot, and I guess she is right." Miss Esther nodded her head emphatically, and the point was settled. "But it is not knowledge of mechanics that makek the aviator; it is the wild desire to fly; get me; fly! Say the first time you go up alone; that's an experi ence. On the level you would laugh to see fifteen or twenty kids on the first hop. You are scared to death. 'Gee. I'm glad to get. on earth' they all say." | Shaffer after his mind got fixed on [cloud climbing with the Peck dis -1 aster worked nearly two years at the | State Printing shops Jiere, then he ; got a job at Essington, down the j Delaware whore- lie flew seaplanes. Here he imbibed the careless, reck- I less, daring of the cult. "Lucky dog i I was," he reflected this morning, [while sister Esther silently expressed | her admiration. "The man witli me I was killed. I managed to jump free | —and here 1 am." The machine fell : into the Delaware. Hard Examination | Shaffer went to Buffalo after this [ and worked at his ttade which was j a linotyper. He migrated to Brook. : lyn, RoJ some experience there, al j though the flying school only had I one machine. Hearing about the ! Lafayette corps he wrote to Wash ington. for Shaffer, though but 26 I years old, has all the initiative in the [ world. 1 "Say," he interpolated. "That was .some examination we had to take to get in the Lafayette. You had to j have perfect eyes and your moral | character had to be testified to by ! half a dozen substantial persons." j Speaking of morals Shaffer said he ; was shocked in I-'rance, where mor j ality seems to be only a shibboleth, j He said it was a dangerous experi- I ence for American troops. Shaffer paid a fine tribute to the I English Cloudclimbers.. "They had nerve," said he. "Three or four of them would so out on patrol and if they met fifty Boche machines they would butt in and give them battle. The French were more careful, be cause they were always thinking about safety first. The English did not whether they got blotted out or not. The Frenchmen loved the Yanks for their daring; they de spised the Germans, who are only animals. The Germans were al right when they flew in groups of fifty or sixty. 1 have to hand it to them for formation. One day I was out with five of the Lafayette squad ron. We were up about ten thou sand feet in the clouds. A heavy thick cloud lay just below—and say, MS MM , / £ | a a- ADJUTANT SHAFFER believe me, the Boehes staged some thing new. They had fifty machines flying in a circle. One Boehe would be right behind the other so if you butted in the Boche behind could get you. We nipped at them, but it was too dangerous, and they sent us back. But when one Boche went out alone he had no nfcrve, while the Yank or British sky traveler had the nerve to fight alone. That seems to be the falling of the German. Give him a crowd with him and an officer and he showed system and efficiency. When it comes to per sonal initiative, he is nix;" "How did you fall a captive' to the Huns?" asked the- Telegraph reporter. "Tell him." suggested Sister Es ther, who could not forget that her brother Waiter fell down on fixing the broken spigot; "tell him about the balloons." "It was beyond Chateau Thierry," related the* bright-eyed Dauphin lad. "We hopped off at daybreak one morning to fly over Rheims. They twll it 'Raanjs' over there. There were eight machines in our patrol. [Continued on Page 12.] Inebriety Among Red Officials to Be Punished by Death, Papers Assert By Associated Press Stockholm, Jan. 30. —A threat to punish inebriety among Bolshevik officials of high degree by death, is contained in a Soviet decree printed in late issues of the Petrograd news papers. The decree points out that drunk enness among such -officials is in creasing and proposes curative meas ures. If these do not prove effective, however, the offense, it is threaten ed. will cause the infliction of the death penalty. MOTOR VEHICLES MAY BE LICENSED ON WEIGHT BASIS Ditrieli Bill Prepared After Careful Study by Automo bile Organizations | Ret lassilication of commercial mo | tor vehicles on a weight basis in ! stead of horsepower rating and in | creases in the registration fees are | provided in the new motor vehicle bill Introduced in the House of Rep- I resentatives by Representative W. | Ileber Dithrich, of Allegheny county, j The bill also regulates the speed j in cities- and built up communities i and allows a rate of not more than [Continued on Pago 11.] Tex Rickard Pledges That Jack Dempsey WiUFight Willard By Associated Press l'ort Worth, Tex., Jan. 30.-—Demp sey will be Willard's opponent in the approaching world's championship bout, said Tex Rickard, who was here last night en route to the oil fields. Rickard said no location for the match had yet been decided upon. New York, Jan. 30.—Jack Demp sey stands ready to box Jess Willard upon any terms agreeable to Tex Rickard. This statement was made here to-dny by Dempsey's manage, who further announced that Demp sey would meet Georges Carpentler in an elimination bout before July 4, if such a contest was considered desirable. ( E. Z. GROSS, OUT FOR MAYORALTY, HITS AT KEISTER , j Attack by City Commissioner Is Unwarranted, Says Chief Executive BOTH WANT THE OFFICE Mayor Has Had Enough of f Criticism, So Won't Inves tigate Any One GROSS' HAT IN THE RING Asks His Friends to Support Him in His New Can didacy Mayor Keister this morning re fused to discuss the political aspect of the attack of K. 'A. Gross, City Commissioner, who last night slanimed the police department for what he alleged to be the failure to round up persons who turn in false alarms. Gross is quoted as saying that the police department "let the matter take its own course, as it does with the other things brought to its at tention." Mayor Keister said that the state-] nient is unwarranted, and that the j facts in the case show Gross to have spoken without knowing what he | was talking about. He said the po lice records would show that arrests] have been made on the charge of 1 .turning in false alarms. The records! show that the last arrest was made ] October 9. The Mayor said a few minutes after that arrest was made,] another false alarm t wus turned in] and that his police have been on the watch ever since to apprehend such disorderly characters. He admitted no one has been arrested on the charge since, and added that it is very hard to apprehend such of fenders. The rumor is current among the policemen at the Mayor's office, and on the streets, the Mayor's friends say, that Gross wants to discredit the Mayor so as to give his own campaign for the Mayoralty a. bet ter impetus. The Mayor refused to comment upon this aspect of the case, merely reiterating that Gross' attack was unwarranted iiv view of the facts. Gross* Slam Commissioner Gross when he learned of the Mayor's statement that he did not know the facts about false alarms, said: "Records of the lire department show that since De cember 1 8 there have been five false alarms. Not one arrest has been made. These alarms are turned in, 1 believe, by mischievous vouths from fourteen to about twenty years of age. "False alarms do not cost the city Iso much to operate the fire appa ratus, but they do endanger the lives ! and property of the residents. Kvery- I one knows that when a motor-driven fire truck conies tearing down the [Continued on Page 11.] Monthly Plan Is Not • in Danger in the Loan By Associated Press i Washington, Jan. 30.—T0 correct j misdpprehensions reflected in many I inquiries, treasury officials explain ed to-day that although the final j thirty per cent, payment on the ! Fourth Liberty Loan was due to-day | at the treasury and federal reserve banks, this would not affect bond j purchasers who are buying from I banks or other institutions on the I monthly installment plan. PROBE IS TO GO DEEP INTO PLOT OF THE PACKERS I Swift Refuses lo Answer Ques lions Save as Counsel Direels Him ft v Associated Press WASHINGTON, .Inn. ilO —Louis I'. Swift, president of Swift and Company, formally waived before the Senate Agri culture Committee to-du.v any immunity froin prosecution which might be ucqulrcd through his testimony in the committee's hearings on legis lation to regulate the meat in ! dustry, Washington, Jan 30. —After hear ing the testimony of the five leading meat packers on the charge of the Federal Trade Commission that they had conybined to control meat prices, members of the House Interstate Commerce Committee to-day tenta tively agreed to demand of the trade commission that it submit names of witnesses upon whose statements its charges of collusion had been based. Discussion Is Heated A demand for this action was made by Representative Winslow, of Massachusetts, while T. E. Wilson, president of Wilson and Company, was testifying and was agreed to by other members of the committee during a heated discussion which followed. Representative Decker of Mis souri, made a motion that the com mission be asked to submit the names and that if it refused the committee should go before Con gress and get the power to demand [Continued on Page 11.] NATIONAL GUARD TO REORGANIZE WITH OLD NAME Famous Fighting Keystone Division to Be Perpetuated After War MIGHTY RESERVE ARMY i Great Force of 30,400 Men Planned For Pennsylva nia by 1920 WASHINGTON APPROVES Reserve Militia to Be Incor- J poratcd in Proposed New Guard WOULD PRESERVE HARD-WON HONOR The wish that the Keystone Division he reorganized into the National Guard of Pennsylvania has lieen expressed often by members of the now fuinous mid battle-scarred unit. In this manner the brilliant history of the Iron Men may be preserved in u living organization which will be ready for the next war. / Few divisions, American or al lied. made sueli a splendid record on the field of battle as did the men from Pennsylvania.. It is recorded they never gave ground and never stopped fighting until every objective hail been won. The bright red Keystone the men now wear on their arms ut the recommendation of General Per shing is one of the hoy or marks of the great war. "War Department officials are in favor of the old names and numbers of tlie regiments of, the National Guard of Pennsylvania btfing re tained when the 28th Division re turns to this state and Guard is re organized." sutd Adjutant General Frank D. Begry to-day after his re turn from AVashington where lie discussed the militia situation with the Chief of the militia bureau and othwxtflieers. -•>* - - . "We have all the authority needed now for reorganization of the Guard and absorption of the Reserve Mili tia into the new Guard." continued the Adjutant General. "If the 28tli comes home this spring we will not ask any legislation to increase the Militia because it would be absorb ed, .but if there is uncertainty about it we will seek the right to add a couple of regiments until the reor ganization takes place." General Ileavey. chief of the bu reau of militia affairs, is favorable [to withholding the gradual Increase of state strength under the national defense act because it would require this state to have 30,400 men in 1920. For the present the strength will be on the scale of 200 men for each represeitative in Congress. Tills would gfve 7,200 men. The Reserve Militia contains 3,200 men. The Guard contained 11,000 men in 1916 and 16,500 in 1917. The general will return to Wash ington next week to discuss the ques tion of the strength per unit. It is now 65 and the belief is that when be about that figure. General Beary, who discussed mili tary training with General Ileavey said that he thought the time was approaching when national and state authorities should get together on the projposition. A number of bills dealing with that subject are ex pected in the Legislature soon. MRS. A. H. WOOD IS SECRETARY OF THE D. A. R. Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols Outlines Need For Ameri canization Campaign Mrs. Anna Hamilton Wood, his i torian of the llarrisburg chapter, i Daughters of the American I lution, was elected to the important office of recording secretary of the I state body at the session of the con ference held in the Penn-Harris Hotel this morning. A feature of the conference was an address by Mrs. 11. S. Prentiss Nichols, of Philadelphia, president of the New Century Club of Phlla- I delphla, in which she outlined the need for an Americanization cam paign and gave examples of the work accomplished by her own or ganization. Mrs. Nichols is one of the best known clubwomen in the state. Resolutions of regret upon the [Continued on Page 11.] Order Removing Ban on Hard Coal Impending By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 30.—An order re moving all restrictions, including price and zone regulations, on an thracite c.oal has been prepared at the Fuel Administration and awaits Administrator Garfield's signature to make it effective. An official an nouncement is expected shortly. TAKE APARTMENT IX HOTEL Attorney Qeneral and Mrs. W. I. SchafTcr have taken an apartment at the Penn-Harris Hotel for the winter. FATE OF GERMAN COLONIES STIRS CONGRESS OF ; WILSON BESET BY NATIONS Japan Keenly Views Attitude of Peace Delegates With Reference to Islands in Northern Pacific Ocean; Premiers Show Great Reluctance in Discussion PaVis, Jan. 30.—The British and French governments have accepted in principle President Wilson's plan concerning mandatories from the League of Nations for the administration of captured territory, it was stated by Captain Andre Tardieu, of the French Peace Conference delegation to-day. The acceptance, however, is subject to learning under what conditions the plan will be carried out. Paris, Jan. 30.—Uppermost in the minds of the delegates to the Congress of Paris stands the fate of the German colonies, an agreement as to the disposition of which was-yesterday believed to be near and which may be nearer than appears on the surface,. Asked" to-day whether Premiers Botha, Massey and himself were satisiied with the situation, Premier Hughes of Aus tralia. said: "I prefer not to answer." The premiers mentioned sho wthe greatest reluctance in ° discussing with interviews the attitude of the peace conference, 'toward the German colonies. The rather acute issue which has arisen over the disposition of the colonies was the cause of the conferences yesterday, while the council of the great powers were givng their attention to Poland. The main efforts of the conferees yesterday were to reconcile the two extremes which have arisen between the British dominions and the American plan. URGES END OFA ! SINGLE MIND IN RAIL DIRECTION j Minnesotan Tells Senate Com merce Committee Other • Plan Is Safer j OPPOSES M'ADOO, PLAN ]Sa\s Common Sense Should I * Guide in Operation of Railroads By Associated Press AA asliingtoii, Jan. 80.-* Enactmefit ] of railroad legislation for the pro ] tection of the public before Con- I gress adjourns March 4 was urgent ] ly recommended by Charles IJ. Elm quist, of Minnesota, testifying to day before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee as president of the National Association of Ruil way and Utilities Commissioners. While the" army is being derfio bilized and war industries are re turning to a peace basis, Mr. Elm quist said, the nation's greatest In dustry. the railroads, remains under the control of one man and the life of many commercial undertakings I is dependent on the will of a dtrec j tor general, who claims exclusive control over all rates. Increases in j rates of a billion dollars a year, he | declared, had been put into effect without consulting the shippers, j Trusts Interstate Commerce Body "You should remove at once the menace ol' centralizing the control of the railroads in oiie mam" the witness told the committee, urging that section ten of the railroad con trol act, be amended to permit the fnterstate Commerce Commission to I suspend rates initiated by the di rector general pending determina ! tion by llie Interstate Commerce I Commission and state commissions. lie also said the act should be ! amended so as to restore all the | iiowers of the states over intrastate ] rates. Discussing tiie conflict in author ity between state commissions and tlie railroad administratihn, Mr. Elmquist read a press statement is sued January 6 by William G. Mc- Adoo, when lie was director general which said that the director general could not subject himself to the con trol of commissions or courts as to rates. Opposes McAdoo Plan Mr. McAdoo's plan for an ex tension of government control to five years was opposed by Mr. Elm quist, who suggested December 31, 1919, as the limit of control if a spe cial session of Congress was called to enact legislation. He thought no legislation other than that suggest ed for the protection of the public be passed at this session. He said tlie five-year plan would continue the guaranteed compensa tion involving a billion dollars in crease in rates and high operating costs, continqe the war power of the President, continue what he called the chaotic condition of ratemuking •in which shippers have no voice,, and thrust government ownership to the fore before government valuation was completed. Common sense, the witness said, demanded that this valuation be completed before, government own ership was considered. ; Judge McPherson Estate Goes to His Grandson By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 30.—The will of John B. McPherson. judge of the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals, wlit) died on January 20, was probated to-day. The estate is valued at SIOO,OOO. A sister of Judge Mc- Pherson ts bequeathed $1,500 a year. The balance is left in trust to a grandson. If the grandson dies with out issue, the estate is to go to the Presbyterian Hospital. The grandson referred to is John McPherson Bcrgner, now living at Rydal, Pa. He is a son of William Bergner, an invalid now living in this city, and a daughter of Judge Mc- Pherson. 'The sister referred to is Miss Sara McPherson, who has died since the making of the will. She formerly lived in this city. TO .RECOGNIZE COSTA RICA By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 30. Recogni tion by the United States of the gov ernment of President Tinoco of Costa Rica is recommended in a report made to the Senate foreign relations committee to-day by a subcommittee which recently concluded an Inves tigation of Costa Klcan affairs. DAZZLING GOWNS READY FOR BIG CHARITY BALL Stores Ransacked For Prelty Fripperies Appealing to Feminine Mind Shopkeepers of Harrisburg to-day declared that no social event in the last fifteen years has stirred Harris burg feminity to the extent that they have been stirred by the Charity Ball [Continued on Pago 11.] 4* 1-547 TROOPS ARRIVE TODAY T New "York The United States cruised Frederick ,T f rived here to-day from Brest with 1,547 troops. , X 2,500 ON WAY TO DEBARKATION CAMPS T iTj Neyport News—The transport' Martha Washing . ,▼ 4 arrived here last night from.France with about 'A 14 j officers and rrlen, and the men early to-day were on their ▼ 4 way to debarkation camps. !f! T i A Washington—lt wil lbe the policy of the government | * in shipyard strikes to "let the job stand" Ch 4 director general of the Emergency Fleet C< 4* 4 t -day. referring particularly to the i X ** T a 4> HAVERFORD IN WITH 2,197 SOLDIERS 4 4 * Philadelpltia Twenty-one hundred am Jjp 4 * men of the American Expeditionary Force, o me ii .4* 4 n on the liner Haverford this morning and thi * * cntraine dfor Camp Dix. '4 c * * ' ' 4 , 4 TO MEMORIALIZE WOMEN IN WAR . ' 4 With the Army of Occupation—A mot j * 4 - Washington a monument of "American * mmemorattion of her loyalty, sacrir „ , X he American Expeditionary Forces" 1 j * f the Third Arrierican Army. > e *1 • X WAR CONTRACTS SENT TO CQN . 0 X • Washington—Legislation designed ,to validate • (W permit settlement of informal war contracts .J * £ several billion dollars was sent to conference to ♦ 7 the Senate. t t * * 4 LABOR TO BE PEAdfe BOARD TOPIC * * Paris—The. commission' on international lal , , X rions established by the peace conference ,* , " * '4* 4* regular meetings nejtt week. 4 VON EINEM OUT OF ART'Y e,V Paris—General Von Einem has been retired U * 4* active service in the German army, according to ** An vices received here from Bchlin. At > £• £ MARRIAGE LICENSES" 7* M '.7 Holland. and Mary D. Gocbratoar, Ailima * ■ £ r.." Bcrry , l-rM.V.U C^rV n Ueir , "° ,n ShOP '' ,i " rrUhUr " wn - | , The American position has been quite definitely and firmly stated in favor of the internationalization of these colonies under the league of nations, with mandates as trustees to such Doners as undertake to ad minister them. But the British dominioris, which arc chiefly in terested i" the German colonies of the Pacific and in South Africa, are equally lirm for annexation with full sovereignty and without a man date from the league of nations. Early yesterday General Smuts, representing the British dominions' view against the mandate, and Col onel House, who is supporting (lie mandate, held a lengthy conference with a view to reconciling the dif ferences. This seemed to tend to ward an agreement whereby the mandatory power would have full control of the administration of any colony committed to its care, but the leaue of nations would exercise supervision over the general char [Continued on Page li.J
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