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NATIONS LEAGUE
DEBATE LIKELY
BEGINS TONIGHT
Early Action on Plan Neces
sary Because of Ger
man Colonies
Paris, Feb. 4.—Debate on the
agreed plan of a league of nations,
article by article, will probably be
taken up to-night at the meeting of
the league of nations commission.
This was deferred from the meeting
c: yesterday until the French text
oouid be presented. The proceedings
yesterday, were in English.
President Wilson presided at the
opening meeting of the commission
lute yesterday. /
Early Action Necessary
Special interest attached to the
meeting owing to the feeling that
the action oCatiie council on the mat
ter of the former German colonies
required the early presentation of a
detinte plan on the institution of
the league. There v: . present, for
the I'nited States. President Wilson,
Colonel House and Mr. Miller, tech
nical expert: for Great Britain, Lord
"Robert Cecil and General Smuts; for
France. Leon Bourgeois and Ferdin
and Larnaude: for Italy, Premier
i irlando; tor Japan, Baron Chinda,
as well as delegates from Belgium,
Serbia. Brazil. Portugal and China.
President Wilson greeted the
members and took a leading part in
the discussion. This was no longer
general, but specific, as the meet
ing had before it the printed text
*)f the agreed plan for the formation
#>f the league. The text was in Eng
lish. as had been decided upon at a
recent meeting between President
Wilson. Lord Robert Cecil. General
Smuts and Premier Orlando.
Official Itcport
Although the agreed text seeks to
bring together the views of all quar
ters. there are three other plans
which will also be considered at the
nex't meeting. The followng offical
communication was issued on to
day's meeting:
"The commission met to compare
views on procedure and to arrive at
a method which will facilitate pro
gress. It was agreed that an accord
in principle had been reached by the
resoluton previously passed by the
conference and that the discussion
should proceed accordingly at the
next meeting, which is called for
5.30 o'clock Tuesday evening at the
Hotel De Crillon."
Steelton News
LECTURES ON
SOCIAL HYGIENE
First Lecture to Be Given This
Evening in First Metlio
t
tlist Church
The first of a series of lectures
preparatory to a big campaign In
flfte interests of social hygiene, is to
Te given this evening in the First
Methodist church. The name of the
speaker is not known, but it will be
a woman physician sent here from
the War Department at Washington.
The talk this evening is to be pre
paratory to a big campaign to be j
cajrian on in the borough through ]
the gf . le schools, high school and |
Industrial plants.
The necessity for education on the'
subject was brought to the attention
of the War Department by the ex
periences of the various camps and
cantonments during the time of
mobilization, and a committee to
carry on the work of education was
Immediately appointed. It is this
committee that has made the ar
rangements for the educational
campaign here.
The meeting this evening will be
opened at 7.30 o'clock and a good
atten<Jance of women Is expected.
Small Hope; of Floating
Narragansett, Sims Report
By Assooiatej Press
Washington. Feb. 4.—Admiral
Sims advised the Xavy Department
to-day that officials in charge of
efforts to float the American
steamer Xarragansett. stranded on
the Isle of Wight, were not very
hopeful of success. Everybody
aboard the steamer. Including sixty
American soldiers, .was removed
safely.
Hitchcock Feels Sure
Wilson Will Make Known
Plans For World League
Washington, Feb. 4. During the
debate in the Senate today on the
l.eague of Xations proposal before
th e Peace Conference. Senator Hitch
cock. chairman of the Foreign Rela
tions Committe. said he felt sure that
at the proper time and before com
mitting the American government.
President Wilson would advise the
Senate regarding the agreement for
such a league.
Senate Gives Way to
Legalize War Contracts
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 4. In a par
tial agreement reached to-day by-
Senate and House conferees on the
legislation for validation and set
tlement of informal war contracts
aggregating about 82,750.000,000,
the Senate managers yielded and
struck from the bill the pian for an
appellate commission to pass upon
awards of government officials.
CHEMIST DIES OF BURKS
Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 4.—Dr.
George Pierce, of Montelalr. X. J.,
who was burned in the chemical
explosion at the Colgate works yes
terday died to-day of his injuries.
SI GOT MKDALS IX WAR
By Ail.Kllcd Prtst .
Washington; Feb. 4:—Award of
Congressional Medals of Honor, the
highest military decora
tion. to- two- officers and twenty
nine enlisted men of the Army in
Franco was announced to-day by the
War Department. Only three of the
medals had been award gd previ
ously for service in the great war.
OI.RE ct.t n TO KING
The SteeltonGlee Club will render
several special selections at rlie evan
gelistic services in the Centenary Lu
theran church to-morrow evening.
TUESDAY EVENING,
LOCAL BOYS CELEBRATED
CHRISTMAS IN FINE STYLE
Corporal Harold J. Astrich Writes of Holiday on the Front
in France; Menu of Turkey and the 'Fixings'*
Harrisburg boys In France were
liappy and contented on Christmas
Day, notwithstanding they were
many miles from home. How they
spent the day in far-off France is
told tn a letter received by the llnr
risburg Telegraph from Corporal
Harold J. Astrich, Company A, 103 d
Supply Train, A .P. 741, A. E. F.
The letter follows:
Who ever said that the boys in
France should be pitied on Christmas
Day. 1918. had better revise their
conceptions, if Company A. 103 rd
Supply Train Twenty-eighth Division
A. E. F. Is a fair criterion.
We awoke this morning, here in
the little billets, formerly German
billets, to find the ground, trees,
bushes and everything covered with
snow. After a breakfast of bam and
egg omelet, we lived the next few
hours in anticipation of our feed to
come at 3.30.
At that hour we wentNover to
where our field kitchen is situated.
The top sergeant called our names
and we lined up accordingly. Wo
were handed a card with our name
and \ caricature of our pet individu
ality drawn on it along with wish
for a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.. These cards were drawn
by two of our company members.
William Bergstresser (who also di
rected and assisted in the day's deco
rations) and Mark Phillips (the only
tiii mber of cur coifipany wearing the
wound stripe for a wound received
on the battlefield), they.lacked noth
ing in talent. As our moss kits wore
filled to* overflowing by the smiling
ar.d happy cooks and V'tcheti police
ttiu- tver i jtt ,-< ful Hunib. r# of the
camp who greet every me with a
merry laugh), we passed into what
had been an oid carriage shod, but
v bich appe; red to us (ike the palm I
rtfom at the Elks' Club ta llarrisburg.
Here we were seated at several large
tables with ' beaucoup" candles
lighting them in a regular holiday
:i*ht. Four stoves were merrily
biasing at different sides of fhe
bower. A piano was right at hand.
The duty sergeants, William F.
Kearney, George Bingham and Harry-
Bower directed the seating in a
speedy and efficient manner reserv
ing a center table for the commis
sioned officers.
Apples, grapes nad nuts were plen
tiful on every table. A camouflage
of branches and leaves made (he old
carriage shed like a bower inclosing
the sides and adorning ths ceiling
making the place appear like a huge
dining hall dressed up for the holi
day party.
Our menu, which was fit to be
served to any party of the royalty
was as follows:
Savory roast turlfey, mashc-i.pota
toes, oyster filling irijh hropcn' tur
key gravy, cauliflower ■ ilh butter
melted upon it. French snlad, French
green peas, hot chocolate, bread and
real creamery butter, tapioca pud
ding, canned peaches, cake (Halced
by our own cook and baker, Ernest
TestoniJ, fruit, nuts, cigars, cigurets
and candy (donated by the "Home
Folks" through the Y. M. C. A).
We started to eat
as to have our food while hot. As we
uncovered enough of our food to see
what all we had in our dishes, we
were compelled to slow up with our
ravenous eating we began to talk
once in a while. Progressing further
we discovered that our mess kits
really had a bottom and dropped into
low gear.
The Captain's AJdrtnn
After our meal oof captain, whom
all the men hold -in reverence ail
dressed us. He spoke of his pride
in his command of Company A. How
this company had been chosen to
make the trip I upon arrival over
seas of the 103 rd Supply Train),
starting out on new roads at mid
night with no lights, no written or
ders (only verbal), no road maps, and
having to pass directly through Paris
with its narrow, unlighted. twisting ;
streets; going directly towards the!
front, not t>nly on one sector but on 1
two or three sectors. He confessed
to having felt a little anxiety, not
knowing what was likely go con
front him, but in perfect Confidence,
knowing as he rode along In his car,
that the train of trucks following
him was driven by the men of Com- ,
pany A. As for the men of the com- j
pany, they would have or would
again to-day follow Captain Mcßain
had he been headed for Berlin.
The Captain made a short pause
and asked the men to remember with
bowed heads for a few minutes their
comrade. Corporal Albert Schoffner,
who died from wounds received
while in action on the field of honor.
He then went on to say that the
events of the day and the thorough
and perfect harmony of pleasure
which were enjoyed had proven again
the indomitable spirits of the men,
by their ability to stage and carry
on such an affair on this Christmas
| Day, even though situated in a lonely,
muddy woods of France under the
most "unfavorable conditions.
Concluding bis speech the Captain
said, "This la the one event that 1
have hoped and prayed for ever since
I have been associated with men of
Company A. to sit with them at a
real feast. I have never been to Har
risburg in my life but the one thing
which is my earnest wish is to visit
Harrisburg and meet you men in
your homes and surroundings. I
have never at any time been assov
ciated with so fine a personnel. The
most that I can say is. that this com
pany needs no commanding officer:
every man is his own embodiment of
honor and has at all times done his
utmost, whether under supervision
or not. tt> perform his duty as a sol
dier and a man. If at any time I can
aid or assist any man in Company A,
I would consider it a pleasure."
Next we were favored by a song
from two of our company members.
Leroy Sutterly and Edgar Meyers,
whose ability as entertainers has be
come known to ail in the 38th divi
sion.
A. parody on the "Dixie Volunteer*"
called the "Keystone Volunteers."
Oir master of ceremonies, ''Arty"
Jones (the ragtime kid) asked for a
few words from our hardworking
Y. M. C. A. man, Mr. Turney, of Pitts
bjrgh, who told us of his desire ever
since last December when he arrived
overseas to be attached to the 28th
division And how he had finally suc
ceeded after working for some ttme
in the rear areas In being attached
to the lOSrd Supply Train. How
much he had enjoyed the work since
his attachment and how gratified he
was by the appreciation which the
men had shown of his efTort, no mat
ter how slight it may have been. He
told a few comical occurrences of
which he had been the basis. Then
he told of when he arrived here he
has messed with Company B up until
their departure a few weeks previous
when they had left to go back to the
coast for new trucks. He had ln
quired where the best place to mess
one advised him that Company A be
yond all doubt had the best cooks.
So late one night he appeared at our
kitchen dressed in a raincoat and hip
boots, asked the mess sergeant,
Francis Slmonetti, what the chances
were for a meal. Our worthy ser
geant mess, ever watchful that too
many outsiders did not ring in and
deprive the company members of
their full alloted share of mess said,
"1 don't know, there are too many of
j ou fellows from that bunch blowing
in here as it is." Of course, after
Mr. Turney had explained that he
didn't belong to that organisation but
was the new Y. M. C. A. man. he was
fed heartily and has beep enjoying
full and plenty ever since. As a fiuale
he told the men that he is always at
iand and would be glad of an oppor
tunity to do anything to help the
boys in any way.
More songs— Meyers-Sutterly: -
"In the garden of my heart"
"If he can tight like he can love—
' Good Night. Germany."'
(with ah original parody)
"When the Germans met the 2Sth
Division."
"Mother pull in your service flag,
your son's in the S. O. S."
The Record Reviewed
An address from our friend. "A
darn good dentist." Lt. Jenkins. Upon
his entry to the Supply Train and his
pleasure since being with it. How
he was made to feel right at home,
having been accepted as one of us.
(however Lt. Jenkins would have
been received anywhere just as wel
comely. due to his pleasant personal
ity and good fellowship). He also
stated that this Christmas Pay would
be remembered by him as o?e of the
real pleasures of his life. "Arty"
next introduced Lt. Sehepp of the re
pair unit, who, though claiming to
be unprepared, made good. He had
heard of the 2Sth division as being a
good one when they were stationed
at Camp Hancock and he endeavored
to get witty It at the time, was very
well plea%ed that he hda finally suc
ceeded.
The master of ceremonies
called for a word from his own com
mander Lt. Douglas, our M. P., who
has done a great deal towards keep
ing our sick report the lowest in the
division. He commended the men
on their work ever since the very
start when of our first encampment
at Mt. Gretna when they had entered
the army as truck drivers. Although
"grecnies" they had established an
enviable record. He has watched the
company from Camp Stewart to Camp
Hancock and accompanied them on
their two overland trips from De
troit to Baltimore. From his view
point he praised the men and- their
work highly. How While In Hancock
they handled the arrival of all the
organizations whjch eoihpi4*ed the
SBth and driven the big trtfcks over
the sandy, unused roads with practi
cally no lights, wo'king day and
night, never failing to add to their
record by keeping the railhead al
ways clear for the new arrivals. In
concludi\£ his address the lieutenant
referred to Irwin Cobb's version of
"his first sight ot the Statue of Lib
erty on his return to the United
States—hoping tmt' we may all soon
enjoy the same sensation.
Cpatain Torry, of Company B. was
asked for a word. He enlivened the
gathering with a little for the un
listed men and a little thrust at him
self as an officer filling an unneces
sary position. He spoke p£ the truck
drivers deserving as mu?l) credit as
the infantrymen thoughiwhil* not
having contributed toward the actual
killing any Germans; I they had
served as the backbone for the men
on the line and were in equally haz
ardous places.
Our singers again favored us with:
"Smiles."
"They were all out of step but—
Jim."
"Just a baby's prayer at twilight."
The master of ceremonies called
for the man who needed no introduc
tion, one who had proven his worth
to the government, the officers and
the enlisted men, the first sergeant,
Herman A. Early.
Sergeant Early made a short
speech, presenting td the captain a
leather toilet apt given by the men to
their captain %s a token of their es
teem. The captain explained that
due to the position which he hell as
an army officer he was not llv.ved
to accept the gift, but would tetein
it for the boys until .released from
the service. He appreciated ;he
thought which accompanied tne gift
more than any gift which mig.n have
been presented to him for it assured
him Of his standing with the men of
his command. ,
This concluded the afternoon and
as we passed from the rendezvous w<
were given more cakes, candy, cigars
and cigarets.
Fire Rides the Rails
as Fast Mail Speeds *
Over the Pennsy Line
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 4.—Fire,
starting in a fast mail train speed
ing toward Pittsburgh from Phila
delphi , destroyed a car loaded with
mail for Chicago and badly dam
aged another bound for Indianap
olis, at Pitcairn. twenty miles east of
here, this morning. The cars are
said to have carried registered mail
valued at many thousands of dol
lars.
The fire which for a time .hj-eat
ened to destroy the entire train, had
gained great headway before it was
discovered by the crew between Traf
ford and Pitcairn. The speed of the
train fanned the blaze, which spread
to the Indianapolis car before the lo
comotive was stopped. The lire was
extinguished by firemen from nearby
towns after it had delayed traffic on
the main line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad for more than an hour.
Socialists Seek to Fix
Guilt For World's War
Berne, Feb. 4.—Albert • Thomas,
the French Socialist and former
member of the War Council, offhred
a, motion at tha. Socialist conference
yesterday placing at the head of the
program questions of the responsi
bility for the war, and the future of
Socialism.
Sinn Fein Leader
Escapes, London Hears
Lasdosu Feb, 4.—A report was cur
rent this month that Prof. Bdward
de Valera, the Sinn Fein leader, had
escaped from his place of internment
In England. No confirmation of the
report was obtainable up to noon.
HJRRISBCRG TBXEORXPH
MAY BE TOO LATE
TO CLEANSERUSS
SORE, SAYS DUKE
France Has Every Reason to
Save Russia, He Pleads;
Warns Entente of Huns
Pnrla, Feb. 4. The former Grand
Duke Alexander Michaeiovitcli, brother
in-law of the former Russian emperor,
who has arrived in Paris, as he de
clares, "not for . political purposes, but
to make known the truth about Russia,"
says in an interview in the Matin that
the allies must beware of Germany in
Russia.
"France has every reason to save j
Russia." he declared. "If you do not i
intervene now, be sure that Germany j
will intervene in her own time. Beware ,
of Germany. That people which are
now at your mercy, hides within itself
a luite which will find Its first revenge
in Russia.
The. Grand Duke related how with
his family and the Dowager Empress
and Grand Duke Xicholns Michaeiovitcli i
the former Russian commander in chief,
he had been kept prisoner in a house |
in the Crimea. However, the chief of |
the Bolshevik guard had served under ,
Alexander and made things tolerable I
for them. They were saved from j
massacre on May-1, 1918, by the arrival
of the Germans and were eventually j
liberated by the coming, of the allied
fleet.
Navy Man Tells of His
Interesting Trips Overseas
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E. AY. PAYNE
Edwin W. Payne who enlisted as
a machinist mate in the Vnited States
Navy in December. 1917, and
! who is attached to the U. S. S.
Plattsburg, is on his way home
,to spend a forty-eight-hour fur
lough with his wife, Mrs. Edwin
1 \V. Payne. formerly Miss Clara
! Eaton, and his father, A. S. Payne,
: 1709 Market street.
Payne visited many parts of Eng
land' the last time he was overseas.
He made ten trips acros the Atlantic.
He visited London, Southampton,
Liverpool. Portsmouth and stayed
two weeks on the Isle of Wight, con
sidered the garden spot of Englaud.
While there the Plattsburg was an
chored to the same buoy that held
King George's yacht 'during the
yachting season before the war.
The clubhouse is very picturesque,
according to his description. The
walls are overrun with ivy, and it is
situated on a point of land known
as the town of Cowes, with a popula
tion of ten thousand. The people of
Cowes seemed overjoyed in their
greetings to the Americans, as they
were the first American sailors to
anchor in the port in five years. .
Another plaee of interest on the
Isle of Wight described by Mr. Payne
is a castle qeac the town known as
Newport, where the water is drawn
from a well by a donkey on a tread
mill.
Besides these English places, the
young machinist mate has visited a
number of cities in France, includ
ing Brest, where he met his brother,
Robert A. L. Payne, who also is serv
ing Uncle Sam in the United States
Navy. While anchored at Brest, he
visited the chateau there, where he
saw the ruins of the dungeon where
a princes had been imprisoned in
1400, A. D., until the Prince of Wales
rescued her with the aid of his fleet
WILSON HASTENS
CLAIM LEAGUE
[Continued from First Page.]
sion and personal examination by
it of the situation there.
The arrangement prescribes the
sections where the Poles and Czechs
are to exercise civil administration
and military occupation and regu
lates the operation and disposition
of the output of the mines. As soon
as possible after its arrival, the com
mission will go to Teschen to ex
amine the matter at issue. This, al
though unknown to the outside
world, has been a very important
and dangerous factor affecting rela
tions between the newly-created
states.
Title to the Duchy of Teschen is
involved in the controversy. This
duchy was formerly a part of the
crownlands of Austrian Silesia and
has a population of less than 500 -
000.
The Czechs' claim rests on suzer
ainty exercised over the country by
the kings of Bohemia in the Four
teenth century and the fact that
coking coal is more essential to
them than to the Poles.
The Poles, on the other hand,
hold that the section should be di
vided along ethnological lines. This
system would give them control.
Flume Presents Its Plan
President Wilson and other mem
bers of the Peace Conference have
received from the president of the
National Council at Fiume, the
mayor of the city and members of
the House of Deputies, a memoran
dum concerning the situation in that
town, which expeots its fate to be
decided this week. The memoran
dum maintains, that upon the disso
lution of Austria, Fiume became an
independent state, exercising all
state functions, as it had notified all
governments of Europe and Amer
ica.
Greek Premier Makes Claims
Premier Venizelos. of Greece,
was before the supreme council of
the Peace Conference at Its session
this morning and made a statement
on the claims of Greece. The ap
pearance of the Greek premier be
fore the council was announced in
the official statement given out af
ter the seselon.
I Premier Venizelos will continue
I his presentation of the case of
ALL MANKIND IN
NEED OF SOCIETY OF
NATIONS—WILSON
In Speech in French Chamber of Deputies, Says Such an
Organization of Natidhs Is Necessary to
Prevent Another Blow of War
By Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 4.—Not only France,
but nil mankind Is in need of a so
ciety of nations. President Wilson last
night told deputies and senators In
an addres in the Chambers of Depu
ties. The President also had for his
auditors President Poincare and the
personnel of the French cabinet.
"France sees." said the President,
"that the sacrifices which arc neces
sary for the establishment of a so
ciety of nations are not to lie com
pared with the constant dread of an
other catastrophe falling on the fair
cities and areas of Frame."
The President was accompanied to i
the Palais Bourbon by President j
Poincare, who called for him at the !
Murat mansion. Paul Deschanel re- i
ceived the party on the steps of the i
building. V
Given Military 'Hnuom
Military honors were rendered by |
the Republican Guard, resplendent j
in new uniforms and their full re-1
Salia. The Presidential party enter- !
ed the chamber amid a fanfare of!
bugles and the rolling of drums, j
Then the band of the Republican I
Guard played the American national!
anthem and the Marseillaise, all
those inside in the chaniber mean
wi*le rising and cheering.
M. Deschanel opened the sitting by
delivering a short 'but eloquent
speech of welcome, to which Presi
dent Wilson replied in English, an
interpreter translating it into French."
As President Wilson walked to
ward the tribune, the Deputies. Sen
ators and others arose and cheered
and applauded for fully Ave minutes.
The audienc insisted on hearing the
Presidents address standing. Mm.
Poincare . Oemenceau and_ Dubost
also stood. This seemed to embarrass
President Wilson, who made ges
tures that the deputies remain seat
ed. hut they shouted: "Standing! We
will hear you standing!"
President Wilson turned to M.
Deschanel. begging him to request
that the deputies be seated, but the
president of the chamber shrugged i
his shoulders, as if helpless, and
President Wilson began in a low
voice". Which gained force as he pro
ceeded.
Spoke in English
There was a ripple of applause
now and then as lie was speaking,
but the majority of the Deputies and
Senators were unable to understand
English clearly; thus the enthusiasm
did not break out until the interpre
ter translated the speech. Then Dep
uties and Senators gave full vent to
their feelings.
President Wilson spoke as follows:
"i am keenly aware of the unusual
I and distinguished honor you are
| paying me by permitting me to meet
j you in this place and to address you
j from this historic platform.
"Indeed, sir, as day has followed
| day, and week has followed week in
| this hospitable land of France, I
have felt the sense of comradeship
ever become more and more inti
mate, and it has seemed to me that
the making of history was becoming
singularly clear.
"Wo knew before this war began
that Era nee anil America wore unit
ed in affection. We knew the occa
sions which drew the two nations
together in those years, which now
seem so far away, when the world
was first beginning to thrill with the
impulse of human liberty, when the
soldiers of Franco came to help the
struggling little republic of America
to get on its feef anil proclaim one
of tlic lirst victories of fi-ecdom.
"We had never forgotten that, but
we did not see the full meaning of it.
A hundred years and more .went by,
and the spindles were slowing weav
ing the web of history. We did not
sefc it to be complete, the whole of
the design to be made plain.
Big Tilings Happen
"Now look what has happened!
In that far off day when France
came to the assistance of America,
America was fighting Great Britain.
And now she is linked as closely to
Great Britain as she is to France.
We see now how these apparently
diverging lines of history are com
ing together. The nations which once
stood in battle arfay against one an
other are now shoulder to shoulder,
fighting a common enemy.
"It was a long <me before we saw
thai, and in the last four years some
thing has happened that is unprece
dented in the history of mankind. It
is nothing less than this —that bodies
of men on both sides or the sea and
in- all parts of the world have come
Greece at to-morrow morning's ses
sion of the council, it was added.
The Czecho-Slovak delegates will
again be heard at to-morrow's ses
sion, it was also announced.
Ix-agnc to Guide Education
Leon Bourgeois, the French pro
ponent of a League of Nations, has
transmitted to the Society of Na
tions commissions recommenda
tions as to principles which had
been submitted to him by the Inter-
Allied Association for the promo
tion of a League of Nations.
One of the recommendations urg
ed the establishment by the Society
of Nations of an international com
mission on education. Other rec
ommendations were of a military
nature. One of these would bind
the associated states to prohibit the
sale of arms and munitions now pos
sessed or which may be ultimately
manufactured to states outside the
league, while another would pro
hibit the trade and manufacture of
all arms and munitions of war by
private establishments.
Jt was also recommended that the
Society of Nations shall fix the
number of men to be enrolled In the
military and naval forces of each
member, having regard only pos
sible aggressions from states out
side the league, or in revolt against
it. It adds that the associated
states should impose upon the cen
tral powers by peace treaty, limi
tation of armaments and the con
trol of their manufacture so as to
permit members of the Society of
Nations to reduce immediately and
substantially their military estab
lishments.
Poles and Czee bo Are Warned
Polish and Czyh leaders have
been given a pointed warning by
the Peace Conference not to occupy
disputed territory in the province of
Teschen, Austrian Silesia, accord
ing to an official bulletin issued last
night. The bulletin reads:
"Owing to the conflict between
the Poles and Czechs at Teschen,
resulting In the occupation of the
Ostrau-Karwin mining district and
the railroad from Odenburg to Tes
chen and Jablunkau by the Czechs,
the great powers have declared it
necessary to remind the nationali
ties, who have agreed to submit
WILSON HAS NO
TIME FOR MEALS
Paris, Feb. 4. Tlio President
had a busy*day yesterday. Every
moment was assigned to some
special task. First was the mtoet
, lng of, the Supreme Council, then
one of the commission of the
society of nations and a long
reception in the chamber of
Deputes at Which the President
spoke. So occupied was his time
that the President scarcely had
time for his meals.
toTeulize their comradeship in free
dom.
"At Frontier of Freedom
."France, in the meantime, as we
have so often said, stood at the fron
tier of freedom. Her lines lay along
the very lines that divided the home
of freedom from the home of inlli
'tary despotism. Hers was the imme
diate peril. Hers was the constant
drend. Hers wa the most pressing
necessity of prlparation; and she
had constantly to ask herself this
question, 'lf the blow falls, who vfill
come to our assistance?"
"And the question was answered
in the most unexpected way. Her
allies came to her assistance, but
many more than her allies. The free
people of the world came to her as
sistance.
"And in this way America paid
her debt of gratitude to France by
sending her sons to fight upon the
soil of France. She did more. She
assisted In drawing the forces of the
world together in order that France
might never again feel her isolation;
in order that France might never
feel that hers was a lonely peril and
would never again have to ask the
question who would come to her as
sistance.
Big Questions in Fast
"For the alternative is a terrible
alternative for France. 1 do not-need
to point out to you that east of you
in Europe the future is full of ques
tion. Beyond the Hliine, across tier
many, across Poland, across Hussin,
across Asia there arc questions unan
swered, and they may In- for the
present unanswerable.
"France still stands at the frontier, j
France still stands in the presence of
those threatening and unanswered
questions—threatening because un
answered; stands waiting for the so-]
lution of matters which touch' her
directly and intimately and constant
ly, and if she must stand alone, what
must she do? She must put upon her
people a constant burden of taxation.
She must undergo sacrifice that may
become intolerable.
"And not only she, but the other
nations of the world must do the
like. They must be ready for any
terrible incident of injustice. The
thing is not inconceivable.
Where Blow Fell
"I visited the other day a portion
of the devastated region of France.
I saw the noble city of Rhcims in
ruins, and I could not help saying to
myself; 'Here is where the blow fell
because the rulers of the world did
not sooner see how to prevent It."
"The rulefs of the world have been
thinking of the relations of govern
ments and forgetting the relations
l of peoples. They have been thinking
of the maneuvers of international
dealings, when what they ought to
have been thinking of 'was the for
tunes of men and women and the
safety of home, and the care that
they should take that >Hieir people
should be happy because they were
safe.
"They know that the only way to
do this is to certain that the
same thing will not always happen
that has happened this time, that
there never shall be any doubt or
waiting or surntmise, but that when
ever Prance or any free people is
threatened the whole world will be
ready to vindicate its liberty.
"It is for that reason, 1 take it,
that 1 find such a warm and intelli
gent enthusiasm in France for the
society of nations—France with her
keen vision, France with her proph
etic vision.
"It seems to be not only the need
of France, but the need of mankind.
And France sees the sacrifices which
are necessary for the establishment
of the society of nations are not to be
compared with the constant dread of
another catastrophe falling on the
fair cities and areas of France."
territorial questions to the Peace
Conference, that they must refrain
from occupying contested territor
ies."
Feels England Will Yield
Premier Venizelos, of Greece, who
is asking the Peace Conference for
all the Greek islands in the Medi
terranean, told the Associated Press
to-day that he felt sure England
would not refuse to give Cyprus to
Greece. The British government,
he said, offered the islands to for
mer King Constantine In order to
Induce Greece to enter the war.
The Premier added that he also
hoped Italy would give Greece the
Dodecanesus Islands.
Socialists Agree With Wilson
President Wilson, was given an
unusual reception by Socialist mem
bers at the Chamber of Deputies
yesterday afternoon. They tried to
drown the applause from the Cen
ter and the Right in an apparent
attempt to show Mr. Wilson that his
ideas were their own. When Cap-
the official Interpre
ter, who translated President Wil
son's address, reached that part of
the speech in which Mr. Wilw>n
spoke of the Society of Nations, the
Socialists rose, shouting "Long live
the Society of Nations." some of
them adding "Down with war."
Dcsctiancl Opens Sitting
Paul Deschanel, who opened the
sitting, said of the plan for the So
ciety of Nations:
"Across the chasm of blood and
darkness we see the light of the
future. We believe that if the En
tente, Instead of being formed
slowly under the pressure of peril
and under the necessities of the mo
ment in the shock of battles, could
have been instituted long before at
The Hague, Germany would never
have dared to declare war upon us.
We believe that the thirty states
which broke relations with Ger
many must be the nucleus of a so
ciety of nations. We shall continue
with all our strength and all our
heart to prevent a return to bar
barism .gnd to maintain our dear
and Illustrious friendship, which
shall be no less fruitful in peace
than it has been In war."
FEBRUARY 4, 1919.
WRONG TO SEIZE
ENEMY COLONIES,
ERZBERGER SAYS
Armistice Commissioner As
serts Wilson's "Fourteen t
Points" Are Violated
Ha.slo. Feb. 4.—Speaking: before
the colonial secretary at Berlin to
day, Muth'tas Erzbergcr, one of the
Germun armistice commissioners
protested against Germany betrig
deprived of her colonies, accord
ing to a dispatch received here from
the German cnpltal. He is reported
to have said:
"If we no longer have troops or
arms, we have our rights. The Al
lies liavo accepted Mr. Wilson's
'fourteen points,' as Germany has.
Mr. Wilson demanded broad and
mtpartial regulation of all colonial
questions, but" the Allies are seeking
to impose the will of stronger na
tions, without taking into account
the rights of Germany.
"Denrivlng Germany of all her
colonies would contain a deadly
germ for the league of nutiona even
before that league is born. We un
derstand it has been proposed to
internationalise German . colonies
j under the administration of the Lea
,gue of Nations. We ought to cate
gorically repel such a proposition,
or claim the same treatment for
the colonics of all other powers.
President Wilson's program gives
Germany an ipviolable right to her
colonial territories."
HOUSE APPROVES
DRY AMENDMENT
[Continued from First Pago.]
ernor and for the amendment, along
with all the votes from Yprk, Cum
berland, Franklin, Fulton, . Perry,
Juniata. other Juniata
Valley counties. Lancaster gave
four "dry" and one "wet" ex
plained. Lebanon voted "Wet." as
did Albert Millar and D. 1. Miller,
of Millersburg, who seemed to be
deaf to the sentiment of this city.
Deep-seated Grudges
Some of the men here to fight
the resolution seemed to have
seated grudge ugalnst State Chair
man Crow, Lieutenant-Governor
Beidleman and W. Harry Baker,
who, they said, favored the ratifica
tion as party wisdom and to uphold
the Governor. But it does not mat
ter what they think or do now.
Petitions Presented
Presentation of several big peti
tions favoring ratification of the pro
hibition amendment and a remon
strance against it marked the open
ing of the final action on the amend
ment in the lower house of Penn
sylvania's legislature to-day. Mr.
Fowler, of i-uckawannu, in submit
ting the remonstrance, said G5.009
persons had signed it. The petitions j
for it came from Westmoreland, Lu
'zerne and other counties.
Speaker Spangler, on laying the
I resolution before the House, admon
! ished the large audience to preserve
| order or he would clear the hall, j
i Members were requested to vote in
■ a clear voice so that there would be
no mistakes in recording action, f
Only one leave of absence was
asked, being for Mr. West, Montour.
Mr. Vickerman, Allegheny, open
ed the discussion with criticism of
the opponents for insisting on speak
ing on the measure. "1 can't under
stand why they want to talk except
to pay a last tribute to John Barley
corn," he said. He declared the Re
publican party and not the liquor in
terests was in control of the House
and asked his colleagues whether
they did not prefer "to follow the
leadership of our splendid Governor
or a lobby that has come here from
all over the state?"
Pennsylvania Congressmen "Dry"
Mr. Vickerman closed with the
statement that Pennsylvania Con
gressmen to the number of eighteen
had voted for the amendment at
Washington and predicted that the
General Assembly would back them
up. •
104.581 Signers
Mr. Ramsey,' Delaware. \>eKan his
speech by presenting remonstrances
signed by 104,561 Philadelphia
voters and a*ked that the members
consider the proposition as though
no state had ratified the amend
ment. He assailed Mr. Vickerman's
criticism of the desire to talk and
said that Delaware county while giv
ing Governor Sproul a record-break
ing majority had elected three
"wet" representatives.
Mr. Ramsey said men had as much
right to come here to lobby against
the resolution as had unti-iiquor
men to lobby for it and appealed to
his colleagues to treat the proposi
tion regardless of what New York
did. "It should be considered from
a standpoint of state's rights," he
asserted. Mr. Ramsey said legisla
, tors should not run to cover at each
storm cloud, but exercise their own
judgment Property rights he said
would be aflqcted and laboring men
would ha'/iV some privileges taken
away and be Injured most-
Ardent spirits were declared re
sponsible for much misery by Mr.
Showalter, Union, second speaker
for the resolution. The proposition
to be considered is whether the
licensed liquor traffic is injurious to
the public welfare said he.
Tells of Trade Unionists
Many trade unionists and many
returning soldiers will be found
against the amendment, said Mr.
Fowler, of Lackawanna. He de
clared the American and State Fed
erations of are against the
amendment and that people had no
trouble getting "red stuff" in "dry"
states. The reason Jails are empty
! in the prohibition states is because
low bail is accepted, he contended.
He also said that in recent months
"much conversation" had been
taken out of liquor and that It
should be let go at that.
Men in the industries have a
right to come to Harrlsburg and
voice opposition to the amendment
Just as much as the prohibitionists,
insisted Mr. Fowler -who also said
former crusaders against the cig
aret years ago were out collecting
.funds to buy cigarets for soldiers
last year. He closed by saying that,
oven if he was to be a pallbearer,
he Would vote against the resolu
tion.
Mr. Wallace, Lawrence, said he
was going to be "a joyous pallbear
er" and said that Mr. Fowler did
not have an exclusive right to speak
for labor, because Lawrence had a
big labor vote.
No Favor For Booze
'.'Labor in Pennsylvania is not in
favor of booze," asserted Mr. Wal
lace. "Why. the only way a labor-
InK man can lose compensation is by
being under the Influence of liquor
when hurt. Labor is not efficient
when mixed with alcohol. Labor in
this state is clean and efficient, and
I'm proud of it." Mr. Wallace ar-
gued that thi ktb'f adlirp/htnptl
facturing concerns had demonstrate#
that efficiency gnd we jc not
Hafrisbut-fc rail road At en,' all ior
ganlzed. petitioned Congress. 1,600
strong, for .th'e parage ,ef the
amendment 'said Bafarenoe
counttan. ' •
Arguments by the liquor people
, now contradict those of the last
I legislative session, suld Mr. Wallace.
, Arguments that looked good somo
! months ago, he said, are "hohsense
| now."
| The speaker assailed a pamphlet
by I). Clarence Glbboney, of Phils 1
| delphia. When a referendum was
i asked a few years ago it was denied
and prohibition was said to be tbe
remedy. "Now they don't want na
tional prohibition," said he. "They
say It is a state matter."
Men who vote against the meas
ure to-day will be sorry ten years
from now that they ever did it.
Senators in Hc/srs
During the arguments most of the
I Senators came into the House aud
i people flocked from Capitol offlces
into the hull, tilling the galleries
and the lobbies.
William Davis. Cambria, made the
plea that the desires of soldiers
should be considered. Many of them
arc out of the country and must, not
be ignored. Mr. Davis charged in
consistency by advocates of the
measure and said that big state rei -
enucs were being wiped out without
anything being done to replace it.
"Why should we follow the ex
ample of the South?" asked the
Cambria oounty t man.
Mr. Jordan, Lawrence, one of the
minister members of tl)e House,
made the concluding address, speak
ing for the resolution, tie asked thht
when the vote is over all members
would stand shoulder to shoulder for
all other good legislation. The Gov
ernor, he said,, had declared for
ratification and members should vote
to uphold him. "My county is over
whelmingly industrial, overwhelm
ingly dry," said he. "Don't tell me
labor has no Ideals. Don't tell me
the laboring man has ideals lower
than a lawyer or a doctor^"
Mr. Gordon said men were putting
money not Into booze but automo
biles, "arid I'd rather ride in an
automobile than in the most beauti
ful patrol wagon," he remarked. The
speaker said a vote for ratification is
"good politics" and pleaded with the
"wets" to "look into the future," He
asked if Pennsylvania in this time
is going to turn its back on the spirit
Of 1776 and 1863.
The Vote
The vote Was as follows:
For the Amendment—Allum, Arm
strong, Bamhart, Bechtold, Beckley,
Bell, Benchoff, Bennett, Bidelspach
er, Blgler, Bolard, Bower, Bowman,
Brooks, Hueher, Bungard, Campbell,
Ratlin. (Mutton, Goldsmith, Collier,
Colville, Comerer, Cook, Corbin, Cox,
Crum, A. 13. Curry. D. F. Davis, J.
T. Davis, Day, Dewey, Diehm, Eph
raim, Kinney, Fitzgibbon, Foster, A.
R. B. Fox, I, M. Fox, Franklin, Gans,
Goodnough, Graham, Grlest, Grif
fith, W. J. Hamilton, Hampson, Bar
er, Harvey, Helt, Hoffman, Hollings
j worth, Horne, Huntington, Jennings,
Jordan, Kennedy, Kinsman, Kooser,
Kunkel, J.anifls. Mugill, Maller.v,
Marshall, Martin. McCurdy, Mc-
McGeary, McKay, McKim, Mc
-1 Vibar, A. D. Miller. D. D. Miller. Mil
lin, Morgan, North, Norton, Patter
-1 son. Phillips, Pidgeon. Pike. Qulgley.
C. A. Reber, H. F. Reber, Rhoads,
Rorke, Scott, C. A. Schaffer, Shellen
berger, Showalter, Snyder, Stark,
Statler, Stevnson, Stott, SweJtzer,
i L'lsh, Vickermam .£5. T. Yt'alker, J.
A. Walker, R. L. Wallace. W. 'T.
Wallace, Wells, Whltetnan,' Willert,
Williams, Woner, Wood, Woodruff,
Zook, Speaker Spangler—tlO.
•• Against the Amendment—Alex
ander, Aran, Bardi, Baldrldge, Ben
ntnger. Blanck, Brady, Brcndle. Bris
lln, Clements, Conner. Crawford,
Crockett, Curran. Richard Curry,
Wlirtam Davis, Dawson, Di LemiiVo.
Dllsheimef, Dithrich, Donneley,
Drinkhouse, Dunn, Ehrhardt. J. T.
pvans, S. J. Evans, Flynn, Fowler,
Geary, Glass, Gohring, Halites,
Haldenian, Jaeon, Hamilton, Heffer
nan, Hess, Heyburn, Hickernell,
Hough, Hutchinson. Ingham, Jones,
Kantner, T. 8. Krause, William
Krause. Jfriigh, . Laltsrty , Laule**,
Levis, McCallum," Mangan, Marcus-
McCaig, Melntyre, Mehring, Michel,
Albert Millar, C. G. Miller, 13. I. Mil
ler, Milner, Murphy, Ncarv, Palmer.
Perry, Powell. .Rumf&YJi Riefacr.
Rinn. Robertson, Ro'tbenberg'er,
Ruddy, Barig, A. C. Svliaoffer, ill -
ing, Shunk, Simpson, Slpclair, F. 1.
Smith. So del. Sowers, Bpi*owlp, -Stadt
lander, Steedle, Sterling, Sullivan.
Todd, Trach, Wagner., Wettach,
Wlllson, Wynne, Zanders, Zimmer
man—93,
Absent or not voting—Golder, E.
ft. Smith, Snowden and West —4.
. Those who hied statements ex
plaining votes were Hess, Mangan.
Simpson and Sterling, All of them
voted "no."
liills Reported Dot
The law and order committee last
evening reported out two bills deal
ing with the liquor question. The
first by Senator Shantz. Lehigh, pro
vides that liquor license fees be paid
monthly, instead of yearly as is now
the case. This measure would pro
tect the liquor dealers from loss of
fees paid in advance in case the
state should go dry on July 1. The
second bill, of which Senator Whit
ten. Allegheny, is the author, pro
vides that should the state go dry,
all fees for licenses paid in advance,
shall be refunded. __
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