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"BIG FIVE" TO RULE THE WORLD
PRESIDENT PLANS IN HIS DRAFT
OF PROPOSED LEAGUE OF NATIONS
U. SGreat Britain y
France, Italy and
Japan Selected
as"Big Five"
COUNCIL WOULD
MEETANNUALLY
Other Nations Must
Agree to Keep All
World Covenants
By .Associated Press•
Paris, l ob. 14.—The executive
council of the proposed League
of Nations, as outlined in the
covenant read by President Wil
son to-day, will consist of rep
resentatives of the United
States, Great Britain. France,
Italy and Japan, together with
representatives of four other
states.
ihe council shall meet as
often as is necessary, but at
least once a year at whatever
place may be designated. Any I
matter within the sphere of J
action of the league or affecting
the peace of the world will be
dealt with.
J'lan l'irst Meeting
The President of the United States
shall summon the first meeting of
the body of the delegates and the !
executive council.
The league will have a secretariat '
under the direction of a secretary- j
general who shall appoint the other j
members. The secretary-general j
shall act in that capacity at all ;
meetings.
The representatives of the high i
contracting parties and the officials !
of the league shall have diplomatic '
privileges and immunity. The build
ings occupied by the league or its i
officials shall enjoy extra-territorial
benefits.
Must Give Guarantees
I he admission of states not signa
tory to the covenant shall be with
the assent of not less than two-thirds
of the states represented in the body j
of delegates and shall be limited to
fully self-governing countries.
No state shall be admitted unless \
it gives effective guarantees to ob
serve international obligations and
unless it shall conform to condi
tions prescribed by the league in re
gard to its naval and military forces
and armament.
To ITe.serve Peace
The high contracting parties un
dertake to respect and preserve the i
territorial integrity and political in
dependence of all state's members !
of the league against external ag- 1
gression. In case of anv such ag- '
gression or any threat or danger of !
such aggression the executive coun-i
■ •il shall advise upon the means by i
which the obligations of the mem
bers shall bo fulfilled.
The high contracting parties re- i
serve the right to take any action '
to safeguard the peace of nations in !
the cause of war or threat of war. !
In the case of disputes arising be- i
tween them which diplomacy cannot f
adjust, the high contracting parties '
will not resort to war without sub-'
mitting to arbitration or to an in
quiry by the executive council and
until three months after action by
the arbitrators or the executive
council.
The executive council shall for
mulate plans for the establishment
[Continued oil Pago 21.]
RADEK PLANNED
SOVIET UPRISING
By Associated Press
Copenhagen, Feb. 14.—Papers
and letters found in the home
of Karl Radek, the Russian
Bolshevik emissary, whose arrest
by the Berlin police was an
nounced yesterday, indicated that ;
he was planning a Spartacan up- |
rising in March, not only in Ber- 1
lin, but the entire country, ac- i
cording to Berlin dispatches re
ceived here.
A Bolshevist army was plan
ning to attack the east frontier
at the date fixed for the uprising, !
it is said. Radek is reported to
have disguised himself frequent
ly in a German officer's uniform. |
THE WEATHER
For llarrlxburg and vicinity: Un
settled tills afternoon: probably
rain to-niglit and Saturday:
"armor to-night, with lowest J
t aipirature about 4.*, drgrprs.
I'nr Kuxtern I'rnnxy Ivanla: Prob
ably rain to-nlgbt and Satur
day: warmer tn-nlght In "est
portion; moderate, shifting
"inds, probably Increasing Sat
ii riltty.
Illver
Slight In moderate rises wljl oe
eur in the Susquehanna river
anil its tributaries as n result of
the rnln thnt has fallen and the
higher temperature which has
melted some snow. A stage of
about t.:t feet Is indicated far
llarrlsburg Saturday morning.
Text of President Wilson's Proposed Plan
to Organize Nations Against Future Wars
Paris, Feb. 14. —At the plenary
session of the preliminary peace
conference this afternoon at 3.30 p.
m., at the Quui d'Orsay, President
j Wilson as chairman of the commis
sion on the League of Nations, will
read and explain the following re
\ port:
COVENANT
| "Preamble—ln order to promote in
ternational co-operation and to secure
international peace and security by the
' acceptance of obligations not to resort
[ to war, by the prescription of open, just
| and honorable relations between na
l tions, by the firm establishment of the
understandings of international law as
! the actual rule of conduct among gov
ernments, and by the maintenance of
i justice and a scrupulous respect for all
J treaty obligations in the dealings of or
, ganized people with one another, the
j powers signatory to this covenant adopt
this constitution of the League of Na
! tions:
Article I
I "The action of the high contracting
parties under the terms of this covenant
shall be effected through the instrumen
tality of a meeting of a body of dele
gates representing the high contract
ing parties, of meetings at more fre
quent intervals of an executive council,
and of a permanent international secre
tariat to be established at the seat of
the league.
Article II
"Meetings of the body of delegates
shall be held at slated intervals and
from time to time us occasion may re
quire for the purpose of dealing with
matters within the sphere of action of
the league. Meetings of the body of
delegates shall be held at the seat of the
league or at such other places as may
be found convenient and shall consist
of representatives of the high contract
ing parties. Each of the high contract
ing parties have one vote, but may have
not more than three representatives.
Article 111
"The executive council shall consist
of representatives of the United States
of America, the British Empire. France.
Italy and Japan, together with repre
sentatives of four other states, members
of the league. The selection of these four
states shall be made by the body of dele
gates on such principles and in such
manner as they think fit. Fending the
appointment of these representatives of
MARKET SQUARE
CHURCH CLOSES
ITS 125 TH YEAR
Special Services to Mark Cen
tury and Quarter of
Active Life
Market Square Presbyterian
Church will celebrate its 125 th an
niversary with special services Sun
day morning. It is planned to have
the services as nearly similar to
those held at the time of the 100 th
anniversary us possible. The same
hymns will be sung and the sermon
will be preached by the pastor, Dr.
(1. E. Hawes. from the tame text
used by Dr. T. H. Robinson twenty
five years ago at the centennial
service.
The church organization will be
exactly 125 years old on Sunday. It
was on February lfi, 1791, that the
organization of the first Presbyterian
congregation of Harrisburg was
completed by the installation of the
ruling elders, Samuel Weir. Moses
Gilmore and Adam Boyd. Services
had been held regularly some time
before this date. The first pastor,
Nathaniel R. Snowden, had been or
dained October 2, 1793.
Many residents of Harrisburg will
recall that in February, 1894, a very
elaborate celebration of the first
hundred years of this church's his
tory was held. This was in the pas
torate of Dr. George B. Stewart. The
proceedings of that occasion were
carefully preserved in a volume of
135 pages. Sunday morning It is
planned to reproduce, as nearly as
possible, the musical program ren
dered by David Crozier on that oc
casion. The same hymns will be
sung which were sung at that time.
Dr. Hawes has chosen for his text
the one used by Dr. T. H. Robinson
as the basis of his wonderful his
toric address. •
At the time of the celebration
there were seventy-nine names on
the roll of persons who had united
between 1827 and 1876. There are
thirty-one of these names still on
the roll of the church. The pastor
has written each of them a personal
letter, expressing the wish that they
may be present. There were 689
other names on the roll in 1894. Of
these 184 remain. The twenty-five
years cover the last five years of Dr.
Htewartis pastorate, all of Dr. J
Ritchie Smith's pastorate, the in
terval when W. D. Cooke served and
the three years of the present pas
tor's work.
THE NEW RIVER "O'RYAV"
In a letter from General McCov to
bis uncle. George F. Ross. 3 South
I ront street, he mentioned having
messed with the officers of his former
command, the One Hundred and Sixtv
fifth Regiment of Infantry, formorlv
the Sixty-ninth Regiment. New York
National Guard, connected rtow with
the Rainbow Division, when at Coli
lenz, on the Rhine. The happv irish
men of the regiment have named the
historic unit "The O'Ryan," General
•McCoy ccnt'""'es.
the other states, representatives of
(blank left for names), shall be mem
bers of the executive council.
"Meetings of the council shall be held
from time to time as occasion may re
quire and at least once a year at wliat
j ever place may be decided on, or failing
i any such decision, at the seat of the
| league, and any matter within the
sphere of action of the league or affect
ing the peace of the world may be dealt
with at such meetings.
"Invitations shall l>e sent to any
power to attend a meeting of the council
at which such matters directly affecting
its interests are to be discussed and no
j decision taken at any meeting will be
binding on such powers unless so in
j vited.
Article IV
"AU matters of procedure at meet
' ings of the body of delegates or the
j executive council including the ap
t polntment of committees to investigate
particular matters shall he regulated
I by the body of delegates or the execu
tive council and may be decided by a
] majority of the states represented at
! the meeting.
"The first meeting of the body of
I delegates and of thy executive council
| shall be summoned by the President
! of the United Stateh of America.
Article V
I "The permanent secretariat of the
I league shall be established at (blank).
I which shall constitute the seat of the
' league. The secretariat shall comprise
; such secretaries and staff as may be
required, under the general direction
and control of a secretary-general of
jthe league, who shall be chosen bv the
| executive council; the secretariat shall
; lie appointed by the secretary-general
j subject to confirmation by the executive
I council.
i "The secretary-general shall act in
i 'hat capacity at all meetings of the
• body of delegates, or of the executive
j council.
! "The expenses .of the secretariat
shall be borne by the states members
of the league in accordance with the
; apportionment of the expenses of the
international bureau of the Universal
Postal Union.
Article VI
"Representatives of the high con
tracting parties and officials of the
league when engaged in the business
of the league shall enjoy diplomatic
privileges and immunities, and the
buildings occupied by the league or its
'
KREIN, CAVELL
PLOTTER, TAKEN
BY FRENCHMEN
By Associated Press
Paris. Feb. 14.—French rnili
• tary authorities now hold, on a
; charge of dealing with the ene
my. a man named lvrein, who is
i alleged to have played a leading
• role in the tragedy which cost
Miss Edith Cavell her life.
Police Inspector Cholet reports
that Krein was in jail at St.
Quentin at the beginning of the
war. He was released by the
j Germans and went to the man
sion of Prince and Princess Croy
in Belgium, where he denounced
the Prince and Princess as liav
j ing ( aided French prisoners of
war to escape. As a result the
Princess was condemned to ten
years' imprisonment at hard la
i bor.
Krein is said to have gone to
Brussels, where he went into Miss
Cavell's hospital service and
helped to "work up", the case
' against her.
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POLICE CASES ARE
RIGIDLY PROBED,
SOLICITOR SAYS
I
All Evidence in His Hands
Gone Into Fully; Public
Looks to Mayor
City Solicitor John E. Fox to-day
t emphatically denied the report that
| he had "steered a safe course around
I the city scandal" at the police hear
| ings before Council yesterday of Of-
I ticers Theodore A. Magnelli and Ed- ]
ward E. Sclimehl, suspended by i
Mayor Keister because it Is alleged
: they accepted graft to the extent!
of 30 cents, and Victor H. Bihl, for |
| misconduct jn trying to stir up a :
| light at the police station.
"I went fully and completely in- !
to the complaints as made by the i
Mayor," said Solicitor Pox. "I in
continued 011 age 10.] '
HI! HO! DAN CUPID DONS
KHAKI PANTS FOR CHANGE
The Old How and Arrow Is Dropped For the (inn at Old
St. Valentine's Suggestion
What struck America on this Val
entine Day'.'
Hardly a sign of the familiar and
grotesque cartoons which were wont
to shocks enrage and embitter the re
cipient. no matter how keen his
sense of humor.
Xix on the heart stuff, too, ex
cepting for the soldier boy who fig
ures in the king row of nearly all
designs, like this: "My heart is
true to the boy in blue," or "'kittle
boy blue, whose lover are you?"
As for poor old, wornout Dan
Cupid with his bow and arrow,
.officials or by representatives attend
ing its meetings shall enjoy the bene
! fits of extra-territoriality.
Article VII
I "Admission to the league of slates
; not signatories to the covenant and not
named in the protocol hereto as states
i to be invited to adhere to the covenant
J requires the assent of not less than
! two-thirds of the states represented in
l the body of delegates, and shall be
j limited to fully self-governing countries
| including dominions and colonies,
j "No state shall be admitted to the
| league unless it is able to give effec
tive guarantees of its sincere Intention
j to observe its international obligations,
and unless it shall conform to such
I principles as may be prescribed bv
i the league in regard to its naval and
j military forces and armament. •
Article VIII
! "The high contracting parties rec
| ognize the principle that the main
j tenance of peace will require the re
; ductlon of national armaments to the
lowest point consistent with national
| safety and the enforcemen by com
! mon action of international obliga
, tions, having special regard to the
i geographical situation and circum
j stances of each state: and the execu
tive council shall formulate plans for
j effecting such reduction. The execu
tive council shall also determine for
] the consideration and action of the
I several governments what military
I equipment and armament is fair and
reasonable in proportion to the scale
i of forces laid down, in the program
of disarmament; and these limits,
i when adopted, shall not be exceeded
j without permission of the executive
i council.
"The high contracting parties agree
' that the manufacture by private en
j terprlse of munitions and implements
of war lends itself to grave objec
tions, and direct the executive coun
cil to advise how the evil effects at
■ tendant upon such manufacture can
be prevented, due regard being had
to the necessities of those countries
I which are not able to manufacture
• for themselves the munitions and im
j plements of war necessarj- for their
i safety.
| "The high contracting parties un
dertake in no way to conceal from
each other the condition of such of
their industries as are capable of be-
I 1 ing adapted to war-like purposes or
the scale of their armaments, and
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ALL ROOMS OF
PENN-HARRIS ARE
NEARLY READY
j Interior Decorators Have Big
Task About Finished;
Stores to Open
"Penn-Harris Coffee Room" will
be the identification of the Third
• street restaurant of the'big
j which is now in process of being
j completed, with prospects that it
I will be ready for the public within
j two weeks. The last ten days have
| seen almost as much activity in the
j huge hostelry as when the forces
i were beating all records to have the
hotel ready for the public on the
day assigned.
I To-day saw the full bloom of some
jof the lessee*—Belsingcr, optician,
I nnd Forry, haberdasher. The Gor-
I pas drug store tvill swing open to-
I morrow. The Klaus Company, of
Heading and other cities, will be on
the job March 1.
"Every bedroom is finished now,"
announced Manager Horace Belaud
Wiggins, "except twelve on (lie sec
ond floor. When the Coffee room
is finished it -will be popular and
take the place of the present grill
room, which will then be vacated
for the painters. It was a herculean
task to get the Penn-Harris ready
on the day set. and, you might say
that Harrisburg has not seen this
place in all its glory." '
louiigo Redecorated
1 ragedy echoed to-dav in the
construction of this great 'home for
Harnsburgers. The lounge was be
ing redecorated after being painted
by the forces of .Max Phillips a
ramous decorator, of Detroit. Mr
Phillips spent much time here over
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HITIjOCK GOES TO PARIS
Paris, Feb. 14.—The Belgian pre
mier has left this city, according to
a Havas dispatch from Brussels
which adds that Brand Whitlock'
the American minister to Belgium'
has been summoned to Paris by
President Wilson to discuss import
ant financial questions.
plugging at a red heart; heigho!
He's a benchwarmer this year, and,
as one critic observes: "Seems as
though the fair sex is too much in
terested in Industry and eurning
good money to trifle with the St.
Valentine pleasantry."
Some cards of the old "knocking"
variety with darts for Germans und
slackers got to town, but they, were
not popular. "Present arms" was
probably the hot stuff legend which
dented thousands of valentines
which were sent to heroes of the
war.
WILSONS LEAVE
PARIS TONIGHT
FOR TRIP HOME
Parly Will Include Anibassa-J
dor Francis, White House
Staff and Troops
LANSING MEN TO STAY
Plenary Session of Peace Con
ference Meets in Fam
ous Room
HEARINGS GRANTED ALL
Congress of Paris to End
About June 1, Author
ity Declares
By Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 14.—Preparations have
been completed for the homeward
voyage of the presidential party,
which will leave Paris to-night for
Brest on a special train and sail to
morrow on the liner George Wash
ington, on which it came to France.
This time the party will be reduced,
the large staff of state department
employes and numerous experts who
came over with Mr. Wilson' remain
ing in Paris.
The party will comprise President
and Mrs. Wilson; David 11. Francis,
ambassador to Russia: White House
employes, secret service men, the
three hundred soldiers who have
formed the guard around the Murat
residence; Congressman George
White, of Ohio, and P. D. Norton,
of North Dakota, and representa
tives of three news associations. It
will number 319 persons.
Troops Coming Too
Not only will every cabin and
stateroom be occupied, but the vast
hold will be filled with several
thousand American soldiers who
have seen service in France and who
are going home to demobilization
camps.
Thp agreement on the constitution
for a Society of Nations by the com
mission which has been framing the
plan was effected on President Wil
son's lucky day—the thirteenth—
and there are just twice thirteen ar
ticles in the document.
The plenary session of the Peace
conference to be held in the famous
Clock room of the foreign office this
afternoon may mark the conclusion
of the first and possibly the most
important phase of the work of the
world's greatest international gath
ering.
The view taken by many dele
gates early in the conference was
that nearly every important subject
to be adjusted depended for satis
factory settlement upon the Society
of Nations, which the conference
pledged itself at the outset to organ
ize. Thus it became the custom to
give a patient hearing to everybody
who came to Paris to present the
claims of oppressed and dissatisfied
peoples and then refer the claims
for justice to the Society of Nations
to he created.
To Prepare Mass of Material
While the project of a Society of
Nations is under consideration by
the various governments represented
at the conference, preliminary to the
final vote, the conference, through
its commissions, is expected to pre
pare a great mass of material relat
ing to the many subjects that will
make up the docket of the society.
As soon as the conference has re
lieved itself of this burden it is ex
pected to adjourn sine die. A high
ly competent authority has said the
date of adjournment would be about
Jun? i-
VICTORY LOAN
TO FIND CITY
WELL PREPARED
Six Millions Likely to Be liar
risburg's Quota in Next
Campaign
Optimism is the sentiment of the
officials of ttie Harrisburg district
liberty Loan organization, as they
contemplate the prospects of float
ing the Fifth Liberty Loun, sched
uled for about April 1. With rea
sonable terms for the bond buyers,
Donald McCormick, chairman of the
Harrisburg district, announced this
morning there will be no trouble
selling the district's quota.
The Peace issue probably will be
about $10,000,000,000, he said. Four
billions of it likely will be in the
form of short-term issues and will
be taken up by the banks. Six bil
lions. it is thought, will be the
amount to be subscribed by the peo
ple.
If the loan is for six billions. Ilar
risburg's quota will be approximate
ly $0,000,000, and the quota for the
district, comprising Harrisburg,'Dau
phin. Perry and Juniata counties,
$10,000,000. Those were the quotas
for the Fourth Loan, which was for
$6,000,000,000.
The same organization # whieh
floated the previous loans so suc
cessfully will bundle the last loan,,
Mr. McCormick said.
"Banks ajready are getting into
splendid shape for the loun." said
Mr. McCormick. "They are,buying
heavily of the short-term certitl
catos, which are issued twice a
ntonth and which are exchangeable
for the bonds of the next loan."
Mr. McCormick said the officials
of the organization do not feur that
the ending of the war und cessation
of high war-time wages and shut
down of many war industries will
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LONG TIME LOANS
SUGGESTED AS AID
TO HOMEBUILDERS
Problems of Labor
Men Are Cited
as Important
Recommending the establishment
of a Federal fund, to be enhanced
by state appropriations, to enable
workers to borrow at long-time
rates enough to provide homes for
themselves and thereby raise the
standards of citizenship, Joseph G.
I,eland, 3rd. vice-president of thei
United States Housing Corporation,
declared at the Chamber of Com
merce luncheon in the Penn-Harris
to-day that a housing board should
be established at Washington to fos ;
ter a universal housing plan.
He declared the Housing Corpora
tion during the war prepared much
valuable data that could be devoted
toward making the plan feasible.
The Housing Corporation has pre
pared a rider for a bill which it is
hoped will pass Congress before
March 4, providing that through the
Secretary of Labor, the data of the
Housing Corporation should be made
available to the public, and that an
investigation of the Corporation's
methods be made so that the es
tablishment of the Federal fund can
be made possible at the next ses
sion of Congress.
Ol' Local Interest
Mr. Leland was introduced by
Horace J. McFarland, chairman of
the newly-organized housing com
mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce. Mr. McFarland has been
holding an important position on
the housing committee at Washing
ton. He declared that those present
should instruct their Congressmen
to support the rider read by Air. Le
land.
Air. Leland began his address by
declaring that 1,000 years have
passed, except for time, since the
war began. A new world is taking
shape, and those who do not adjust
themselves to it will be left way be
hind. He declared our policy at
present was not one of reconstruc
tion. but rather of readjustment.
When he went to Washington, he
said, production was way behind and
full production was not scheduled to
pome until April of this year. Alan
ufacturers guaranteed to increase
production if the labor could be se
cured Hnd kept on the job. Labor
could not be kept on the job, how
over, for there was no place to put
them. All along the Camden shore,
where shipbuilding was carried cn
extensively, the expansion was tre
mendous, unl lucre was no place
for the worker-- to live, he said.
The greatest trouble was with
skilled mechanics, who insisted on
adequate housing facilities.
Slabilixlnx Condition*
"It was one problem, therefore, to
stabilize conditions by securing
housing," said Air. Leland, who pro
ceeded to tell how money was secured
from Congress to carry on the work
Their first plun wlien hearing that
housing was needed, was to open a
registration bureau and to get resi
dents of the localities to throw open
their houses to boraders. In this
way,' more than 150 localities had
their houses to borders. In this
without the expense of building
houses.
He told about how the Perth Am
boy transportation was furnished to
carry the workmen back and forth
from Asbury Park, forty miles away,
where there was plenty of housing.
The expense of commuting was large
(Contiiiqcd on Page" 16)
HEIR APPARENT
TO MILLIONS IS
ON MISSING LIST
Sailor Boy Who Claims Loan
Shark's Millions Has
Merry Chase
The course of new-found heirs
rarely runs smooth. Take the case
of Daniel IT. Tolman, 18, a $3O a
month "gob" at the Great Lakes
naval training station who, two
weeks ago, learned that he may be
the missing heir to the $6,300,000
fortune left by a grandfather, Dan
iel IT. Tolman, known in Harrisburg
and a score of cities as the "king
of loan sharks."
Hushed to Philadelphia by lawy
ers, taken in charge by the Hcd
Cross, then "kidnaped" to New
York, only to reappear again in Chi
cago—that's been the 1 exciting ca
reer of the sailor heir-apparent.
These facts came tp light yester
day in following news received here
from Chicago that the young man
reappeared at the Great Lakes sta
tion and asked for a twenty-day fur
lough-so that he may go to New
York, where the greater part of the
Tolman estate is, and be present at
the court proceedings at which the
estate will be probated.
The youth's request, coupled with
that of the surrogate court of New
York, won the furlough for him and
[Continued on Page 12.]
Germany Prepares
to Raise Loan in U. S.
When Peace Is Signed
Geneva, Feb. 14.—The T,ausanne
Gazette says Germany is preparing
to raise a large loan in the United
States as soon as peace is signed.
The dispatch adds that the money
Is to bo used to pay for expected raw
materials from allied countries. t J
Welfare Work
High spots in to-day's session
of the Pennsylvania Conference
on Social Welfure included:
Discussion of legislation to
remedy present housing condi
tions in the state.
Discussion of the problems of
dependent and neglected chil
dren and of "Insurance as a
State Contribution to Public Wel
fare." t
Address by Joseph G. T.eland,
3rd, on "Housing."
SLUM AREAS TO
HAVE NO PLACE
IN HOUSING CODE
Noted Speakers Address So
cial Welfare Conference
on Civic Problems
Prevention of duplication of pres
ent slum areas in the future develop
ment of the cities was the theme of
the housing session of the Pennsyl
vania Conference on Social Welfare,
held in the Penn-Hurris hotel this
afternoon. Proposed legislation which
is designed to met the present con
ditions and remedy them, was dis
cussed. A plan which met with favor
included the establishment of a state
bureau of bousing to supervise Hie
cities, boroughs and townships which
do not have housing codes. Housing
legislation in the cilies which is now
in force will not be changed if it
meets the need.
The housing conference was open
ed following an address by Joseph
G. Leland. vice-president of the
United States Housing Corporation,
before the Chamber of Commerce
and (he Conference on Social Wel
fare in joint session. A. B. Farquhar,
York, president of the Pennsylvania
Housing and Town Planning Asso
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** SENATE ACTION MUST AWAII j|j
* Paris—The plan for the creation oi the 1 4*
Ll Nations which President Wilson will take wi< Q
* * the United States will not be in condition to ]
<V* *r*
action by the United States Senate until the .
* |J peace is confirmed. ■
' J SHIPPING BOARD PAYMASTERS ROBBED .j
i New York—Two assistant paymasters of
L | States Shipping Board were held up and robbed c f $l2 000 Jjj
•f* jji the heart of Brooklyn to-day, according to a report * ►
' X ceived at police headquarters. > ,
Iz
J* Copenhagen—The program of the new German gov- J
eminent, which has just been published at Berlin, in- • ►
X eludes equal rights for men and women, the improve- ,
ment of the educational system, conscription along dem . *P
kt #
| cratic lines to establish a peoples' army, ratifying
jijU maxirrfum prices of food and necessaries of life, ca e .f
4* wounded and the families of those killed during V '. £
|tf ■
ju the socialization of all industries ripe for such treatment, *jr
t / .
f V <•.' / - j+
T MAY CALL BIG SYMPARTHY STRIKE
4* New York—The execute council of the building <s■>
X trades department of the* A merit tnn 'fed mi X
T meets here to-morrow to take action on calling oF strike 4*
4* of thirty crafts it represents in'.symp'athjh with the X
X Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoineTu, announce *f
4* jp
|* last night it? members on Monday would r : *
strike against the Building Trades Employer
-4 tion. Representatives of the Carpenters and Employer 4*
X Asosciation at a meeting yesterday failed to agree on a X
T wage scale, and the former announced that at the expira- T
p tion of a truce lasting the remainder of this week' the 4
f* .
Jm union would again walk out. The carpenters demand a X
X wage increase of on edollar a day. A sympathetic . ril;c <#
4* of members of .the "basic trade" unions already litis been X
called in sympathy with the carpenters.
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| MARRIAGE LICENSES t
T A"e Saunders, Steclton, and Kya Wells, Hurrlsbura. . 4
EBERT OUTLINES
POLICIES OF NEW
HUN GOVERNMENT
Commission Already Work
ing on Problem of Disarm
anient For Germany
TO HAVE DEFENSE ARMV
Large Part of Teuton Gold
Has Gone to Entente
Countries
FOOD PROBLEM LOOMS
Von Bernstorff Not to Go to
Paris as a Peace
Delegate
By Associated Press,
Weimar, Feb. 14.—Count vor
| Bernstorff will not so to the Peace
1 Conference as a German delegate.
| Germany plans, for the time be
i ing, at least, a people's army on
] the basis of general conscription.
1 Germany will announce within a
few days her intension to carry >at
complete disarmament and de
mobilisation. A commission tan.if
i up of the Center. Democrrt'c and
j Socialist parties now is discuss vl
j details of the new government IT
| gtant.
These points were made by Fried
j rich Ebert. the new President of
I Germany, in an informal talk with
j foreign newspapermen yesterday.
Working on Disarmament
| 'The question of disarmament was
' first raised, since reports from the
| Peace Conference in Paris indicate
: tlhut it is occupying a large place m
discussions there. President Et>,rt
| astonished fhis hearers by declaring
■ that a commission was already
working on the problem.
He said Germany in future vas
going to have only an army of de
fense. It was at the very end of
litis talk that he admitted that tins
J guard will be raised by consertp
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