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PRESIDENT WILSON
HUD DM DIFFER
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Nebraskan’s Attitude May
Speed Pact Compromise.
Lodge Says President Has
Closed Door to Agreement
4 WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson's decision that the League of
Nations issue should be placed be
fore the voters as a “solemn referen
dum,” and William J. Bryan’s con
tention that the Democratic party
eannot go before the country on the
Question, but should accept such
’eompromises "as may be possible”
are the twin surprises of the con
clave of party chieftains which found
its climax in the annual Jackson day
* dinner Thursday night.
The president’s message to the par
ty, written from the sick room in
the White House and read to the
diners, made no mention of a third
term for himself and no announce
ment of an impending retirement to
private life, as many had predicted
it would.
Mr. Bryan's speech, taking definite
Issue with the President’s decision
’on the great question, was accom
panied by a statement that he was
not speaking as a candidate for the
presidential nomination. Many of the
diners freely said that portion was a
distinct surprise to them.
kov the rank and file of the
Democratic party as well as the lead
ers throughout the country are
studying the opposite announcements
of the two national leaders and are
attempting to assess their effect on
the party’s fortunes at the nominat
ing convention which will be held
•in San Francisco, June 28, and at the
polls next November.
Compromise Wot Impossible
Many political observers feel it Is
yet too early to accurately estimate
the position In which the cleavage
between the president and the fore
most Democrat in private life leaves
the party. They feel the situation
must settle down a little, that stock
must be taken and that the opinions
of the rank and file must be sounded.
Whether the position of the two
men, now definitely announced,
means a fight in the national con
"* vention reminiscent of the spectac
ular battle in Baltimore in 1912, when
Mr. Bryan forced the president’s
nomination and reversed the tradi
tional practice of the party conven
tions in giving a nomination to a
candidate who commanded a major
ity vote, none of the party leaders
Ss willing to predict for publication.
Sentiment among the Democratic
leaders at the Jackson day dinner as
expressed In their speeches seemed
to be divided between support of the
♦president’s decision and Mr. Bryan’s
position, whije some of the men who
are in the list/of nominating pos
sibilities did not touch on the sub
ject at all.
Mr. Bryan, in his fight for a quick
compromise, apparently stands alone.
With the possible exception of form
er Ambassador Gerard, the other
speakers at both banquets welcomed
the idea of making the treaty the
big 1920 issue.
Mr. Bryan spoke first at the >v ash
ington hotel banquet, early in the
. evening, making his set speech. He
arrived at the Willard banquet hall
after midnight, and listened to sev
eral addresses. Then, abandoning
his prepared speech, he took the floor
and startled the sleepy crowd,
wearied by five hours of oratory, in
to great excitement by his out and
out opposition to Wilson’s message,
which had been praised, applauded
and commended 1’ evening. After
a few preliminary formalities Mr.
Bryan suddenly shouted: “If I just
wanted to please you I would stop
* here and let this end as a love feas*.
But I’ve passed the age of soliciting
your favor.”
He declared the treaty Mr. Wilson
brought back from Paris was “bet
ter than anybody had a right to ex
pect,” lauded the president highly,
told of his own efforts for unquali
fied ratification, and then said;
“I believe that having sto<M oy
the president and having failed, we
* ghould take the best we can get.”
This blunt declaration startled tn=
crowd.
In one end of the hall a confusion
of shouting arose, men yelling:
“Stand by the president” and “Bry
an, stand by Wilson.” Mr. Bryan
nodded grimly, thrust out his jaw
and waited for - order to be restored,
then continued:
t “Where would the party be in a
campaign demanding that a minori
r ty of the senate shall say what shall
be done with this treaty. We can’t
» go before the country on the propo
sition that a minority of the senate
has a right to dictate on what terms
, a treaty shall be ratified.” The
1 Democrats, he said, could not justify
postponing peace 14 months longer,
until a new congress could take of
fice, and could not justify gambling
on electing a two-thirds majority in
the senate, pledged to unqualified
ratification.
“Who’s going to gamble with
stakes so great?” he demanded.
He also took Issue with Senator
Pomerene, a previous speaker who
advised against committing the par
* ty to a pledge of government own
ersnip of railroads. Mr. Bryon
dterged the railroads v ere about to
evtißolidate into the greatest mo
nopoly in history.
At 2:30 a. in., Mr. Bryan finished,
while some yelled: “Go on, tell us
some more.” Afterward part of the
crowd swarmed around him, shaking
/ tils hand, while scores flocked out,
4 some being loud in thier denuncia
tion of the Nebraskan. •
Wilson Talks to Glass
About His Successor
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Pres
ident Wilson today summoned Sec
< retary Glass to the White House
for a conference at which it was
understood a successor to Mr. Glass
•was to be discussed. An appoint
ment is expected soon, so Mr. Glass
can take his seat in the senate, to
which he was appointed to succeed
the late Senator Martin, of Virginia.
Mr. Glass is known to favor the
election of Assistant Secretary Lef
flngwell to succeed him, and other
administration officials have urged
Mr, L effing well’s appointment.
FIRSTWILLY-NICKY
SERIES SMISEU
SCIEMIIS FOR POST
: He Promises to Guard Rus
sia’s Rear So That Nobody
Shall Hamper Action To
ward Far East
: (Copyright, 1919, The Chicago Daily
News Foreign Service.)
As announced last week, the Chi
-1 cago Daily News’ staff correspond-
I ent, Isaac Don Levine, who recently
1 returned to this country from soviet
| Russia, brought back from Moscow
I copies of seventy-three letters wrlt
i ten by William 11. of Russia. The
kaiser wrote in English, the lan
guage usually spoken by the Russian
imperial family. This is a complete
series, extending from the time the
czar succeeded his father on the
throne of the Romanoffs in the fall
of 1894 to the outbreak of the great
war in 1914. The series which is of
extraordinary interest, has been ful
ly authenticated both in Moscow and
by the investigation of experts in
London. The letters will be printed
in full in The Semi-Weekly Journal.
They will begin today with the let
ter of condolence written by the
kaiser to Nicholas on the death of
his father Czar Alexander in which
the writer lauds the “monarchical
instinct” of the German people.
When Czar Alexander Died.
“Neues Palas (Potsdam) Nov. 8,
1994.
“My Dear Nicky: The heavy and
responsible task for which Provi
dence had destined you has come
upon you with the suddenness of a
surprise, through the unexpected anl
untimely death of your hear la
mented father. These lines are to
express my fullest and warmest
sympathy with you and yoir Alix
and your poor distressed mother. I
can well understand the feelings
which must have agitated your heart
in witnessing the ebbing away of the
life of your father, as his illness and
sudden passing away was «c very
like my own dear papa’s, with whoso
character and kind geniality the late
czar had so many liknesses. My
prayers to God for you ad your
happiness are unceasing. May heaven
comfort you in your grief urd give
you strength for your heavy duties,
and may a long and peaceful reign
give you the opportunity of looking
after the welfare of your subjects.
“The sympathy and real grief at
the so untimely end of your la
mented father in my country wi’l
have shown you how strong the
monarchical instinct is and how Ger
many feels for you and your sub
jects. As formerly, you will always
find me the same in undim’.nishe 1
friendship and love to you. What
our political ideals are we both
know perfectly, and I have nothing
to add to our last, conversation in
Berlin. I can chly repeat the ex
pression of absolute trust in you and
the assurance that I shall always
cultivate the old relations of mutual
friendship with your house, in which
I was reared by my grandfather, and
soma examples of which I was so
glad to give your dear papa in these
last six months of his reign, and
Which I am happy to hear were fully
appreciated by him.
Could Not Attend Funeral
“I would have come myself to
pray with you at the funeral, but I
have so much to do with administra
tion at home that it is impossible.
Henry will be the bearer of my mes
sages; Gen. von Plessen, command
ant of my headquarters, Lieut.-Col.
von Moltke, my aide de camp, and
Gen. von Villaume, your old friend,
will accompany him on board his
ship to Cronstadt. At the same time
by land Col. von Saussin of the
Kaiser Alexander Guard grenadier
regiment will report himself to you
as the new chief of the regiment.
Whereas to your regiment of hussars
I have given your name, of which
they will be immensely proud. In
the first named guard regiment the
person of the late czar was always
highly venerated and last Monday
j the whole corps of its officers and
the four colors of the reginal joined
their prayers with mine at the chapel
of the Russian embassy at Berlin.
Now, dearest Nicky, good-by. God
bless and protect you and dear Alix
and give you happiness in your new
. married life. That is the warm wish
'of your most affectionate and de
voted friend and cousin.’
“WILLIAM.”
(Nicholas 11. succeeded as czar by
the death of his father, Alexander
ill, Nov. 1, 1894. Henry was Prince
Henry of Prussia, the kaiser’s broth
;r, who frequently acted as personal
representative of the kaiser. The
custom of giving honorary command
of regiments to crowned heads of
foreign lands was universal among
i monarchs for centuries. This is
I one of the few letters signed “Wil-
I Ham” instead of “Willy.”)
Kaiser Suggests an Ambassador
“Potsdam, Jan. 5, 1895. My dear
i Nicky: Your kind letter which Knor
-1 ring brought to me involved very in
' teresting but very sad news. I am
I very thankful for your explanation
I and fully understand the motives
i which prompt you to decide about
; Count Schouvaloff. In the same
i time I can assure you that I am
; deeply grieved at losing excellent
Paul, who was the only ambassador
at Berlin with whom I was on really
intimate terms and who was an “ami
intime” to me as far as a non-Ger
man could claim such name. I will
miss him very much indeed. He
fully deserves the eulogies you gave
him in your rescript and the near
and intimate relations of our courts
■ and people could not have been bet-
(Continued on Page 8, Column 6)
Offers All Wool Suit for $25.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. —Mr. James D.
Bell, head of the Bell Tailors, Adams
at Green St., Chicago, 111., said to
be the largest made-to-measure
clothing establishment in the world,
recently stated that his firm is now
able to quote prices on spring and
summer suits 35 per cent below what
others ask. To prove his point he
showed the writer a very attractive
piece of all wool cassimere for
which they ask only $25 a suit,
made to Individual measure, where
as the same fabric is now being of
fered by others at $35 to S4O per
suit. Even larger savings are of
fered on their higher-priced suits.
Every reader of The Journal should
write Mr. Bell for his price list and
a free copy of his style book No.
490, which contains large cloth sam
ples of many beautiful patterns.—
(Advt.)
Oriental Mystery
WWF JmF ▼ Z/ANG
The mystery in the slaying of
three members of the Chinese
Educational Mission to this coun
try in Washington, D. C.» about a
year ago, may be solved sooon.
Ziang Sun Wan, a Chinese student
of New York, who visited the
members of the mission in Wash
ington is now on trial charged
with the murder.
ACTION HASTENED
ON PEACE TREATY,
LAWRENCE SAYS
BY DAVID LAWMNCB
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Its an
ill wind that blows no good, and
surveying the situation created by
the expressed difference of opinion
between President Wilson and Wil
liam Jennings Bryan on making the
treaty a campaign issue, there is no
doubt that the effect has been to
hasten rather than retard efforts
toward a ratification of the pact.
Several things have combined to
give a stimulus in Washington to the
movement for ratification. One is
the news from abroad telling of the
exchange of ratificatios between the
allies and Germany and the estab
lishment of the League of Nations.
Far from being a document that
now can be revised and reframed to
meet the wishes of American sena
tors, it now is a choice between
American participation or isolation
and more than two-thirds of the
membership of the senators favors
our joining the partnership that. is
to govern the peace of the world.
The fact that the United States is
outside for th© time being whilst
other nations are going ahead with
the job of operating th© peace treaty
has brought a certain reaction. No
body is wholly pleased with what
has happened, not even the “Battal
ion of Death,” as the senators have
been called who favor the absolute
rejection of the league can look
with satisfaction on the uncertainty
that has arisen abroad concerning
the true Intent of America in foreign
policy. * - ...
Working for Compromise
The situation in the senate re
solves itself info this:
Democrats are even more active
than before in trying to get a com
promise. Many Republicans are
working harmoniously with them to
reach an agreement on the reserva
tions. No new found reverence for
th©, views of William Jennings Bryan
is responsible for the attitude of the
Democrats, but most of them feel he
hit the nail on the head in his Jack
son day speech, and that he sized
up public opinion accurately.
As for the letter written by Pres
ident Wilson, his friends still insist
that it is not up to the president to
take the initiative in the compro
mise process, and that he would stul
tify himself before foreign govern
ments if, after signing a contract
with them, he openly receded from
his position before the senate acted.
They declare that whenever an Amer
ican program of reservations is
adopted, it will become the duty of
the president to argue in favor of
acceptance of those reservations, and
that he must clearly demonstrate to
foreign governments that he kept his
own pledge in working for the un
qualified adoption of the peace treaty.
All the allies now have ratified
without reservations, and Mr. Wilson
must go before them with a plea
for changes, because while the pre
amble of the treaty is going to be
modified to eliminate the necessity of
a formal exchange of notes between
the allies and America on the reser
vations, the United States govern
ment will be obliged to obtain, never
theless, the acquiesence of the
powers.
Mr. Wilson will be required,
through the secretary of state, to
plead for reservations or interpreta
tions adopted by the senate. If
these constitute in effect a rejection
of the treaty, the allies would re
fuse to exchange ratifications with
the United States. The changes
that now are being discussed in the
compromise conversations’ and de
signed to make it possible for for
eign powers to accept l America's
signature without debate. The pres
ident heretofore has said that when
the reservations are adopted by the
senate, he must know whether the
senate has ratified or rejected the
treaty. It is possible for him not to
decide that question himself but to
put it squarely before the European
powers.
Wilson to Pass It On
One thing is clear; Mr. Wilson will
not, be a party to the compromise
negotiations, but once a compromise
is effected and the treaty is adopted
by the senate with reservations sat
isfactory to two-thirds of the mem
bership of the senate, it is an open
secret, in fact an excelent bet, that
Mr. Wilson will pass the document
on to the European powers. For it
is they who now say whether the
United States has satisfied the con
ditions upon which membership in
the league is based. If they want
America to join and can afford to
give the United States special in
terpretations of treaty clauses and
in some cases an implied exemption
from obligation, then it is their
business to say.
So far as President Wilson is con
cerned, the ratification of the peace
treaty by the European powers and
the setting up of the council of the
League of Nations has, in a sense,
diminished his own discretionary
powers over the future action of the
senate and made the task one en
tirely for the senate of the United
States.
Democrats and Republicans at last
are becoming conscious of their new
responsibility and the progress to
ward compromise not only is pro
ducing hopefulness on Capitol Hill,
but significantly enough it provokes
no at the White House.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1920.
PAR-CLEUHMICE Os
CHECKS IffITOBY,
RESERVMEAD SAYS
Governor M. B. Wellborn, in
Reply to Country Associa
tion, Says Public Interest
Demands This Practice
Declaring that the par-clearing of
checks through the federal reserve
banks is mandatory under the fed
eral reserve act, and quoting figures
to show that almost a third of the
non-par-clearing banks in the United
States are located In the Sixth fed
eral reserve district, M. B. Well
born, governor of the Sixth Federal
Reserve bank in Atlanta, on Mon
day issued a statement relative!' to
the opposition shown Sy the Geor
gia Country Bankers’ association to
the par clearance order recently is
sued by the federal reserve officials.
According to Mr. Wellborn, there
are 30,260 banks in the United
States. Os these 26,315 are on the
par list; that is, they clear all
checks at par without making ex
change charges. There are 3,945
banks in the United States not on
the par list and of this number 1,168
are located In the Sixth federal re
serve district. In the other eleven
federal reserve districts there 'are
2,777 banks not on the par list. This
shows, according to Mr. Wellbore's
figures, that 29.6 per cent of the
non-par-clearance banks of the coun
try are in the Sixth federal reserve
district. His statement on the sub
ject follows:
Mr. Wellborn’s Statement
“The question of par-clearing of
checks through the federal reserve
banks is one of the mandatory pro
visions of the federal reserve act,
as enacted by the congress of the
United States by an almost unani
mous vote. Since the beginning of
operations of the federal reserve sys
tem it has been the endeavor to im
press upon the non-member state
banks the wisdom and necessity of
a central agency in each district
through which checks could be col
lected at par, and at present 26,315-
banks, out of a total of 30,260 na
tional and state banks in the Unitec?
States, have joined the collection
system Instituted by the federal re
serve. These banks do approximately
85 per cent of the commercial busi
ness and do not charge for paying
checks. In the district known as the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
district, all national banks and 490
state at present remit -.at par
for checks sent them by the'FedefiO
Reserve Bank of Atlanta or its
branches, leaving in the district
1,168 state banks that do not remit
at par, out of a total of 3,945 non
member banks in the entire United
States not on the par list.
Public Interest Demands It
>r Under the law federal reserve
banks are not permitted to pay ex
change charges for the collection of
bank checks and drafts payable upon
presentation—and in compliance
with the law federal reserve banks
must receive on ,deposit, at par,
checks and drafts, payable upon
presentation, drawn on any bank in
the United States, whether a mem
ber of the federal reserve system or
not. So that state banks not mem
bers of the federal reserve system
have no tenable grounds for refus
ing to pay checks on them by their
customers, at par, when sent them
by the federal reserve bank. All
national banks and the state hanks
that have joined the federal reserve
system remit at par for all checks
drawn on them and any loss of profit
for performing this service for their
customers has not caused the banks
to pass dividends. The public,
speaking through congress, has de
cided that checks must be collected
at par, the business Interests de
mand it and the customers of banks
have a right that their checks shall
be paid at par whether presented at
the bank window or through the
mail. The bank’s depositors are en
titled to the service for the reason
that they keep their funds in the
bank, which item is the main earn
ing power of a bank.
“In a recent statement by the
Country Bankers’ Association of
Georgia it was claimed that if the
law of congress prevails and the
state banks not members of the fed
eral reserve system have to remit
at par it will entail loss of a million
dollars to the country bankers of the
state. If this is true, the general
business and agricultural interests
of the state will be the gainer, and
the earlier the law is complied with
the better. For a bank to charge ex
change for paying its own custom
ers’ checks sent them through the
mail is a burden and an unnecessary
toll on commerce.
Oppose Changes
"‘“The Farmers’ Educational and
Co-operative Union of America; the
National Grange of the United
States, representing more than a
million farmers; the national asso
ciations of hardware merchants, gro
cery merchants, retail dry goods
merchants, credit men, and various
other organized bodiet; of the com
mercial, agricultural and industrial
interests of the nation are on record
before congress as opposed to any
change in the federal reserve act
with reference to exchange charges
on bank checks.”
“In order that banks may not in
cur any expense in remitting for
checks drawn upon them by their
customers and payable upon pres
entation, the Federal Reserve bank
of Atlanta, in sending them such
items, will:
“1. Enclose in each letter a stamp
ed envelope for return remittance.
"2. Permit the bank to send us cur
rency, at our expense, in payment of
letter enclosing items to them.
"3. Or permit banks to open with
us a noinmember clearing account
and send to us for credit, at par,
items drawn on any of the 25,000
and more banks in the United States,
shown on our par list.
“4. Or will accept in payment
therfor, usual bank draft.
“The federal reserve system, while
viewed primarily as a financial bul
wark, was instituted to promote the
commercial, industrial and agricul
tural affairs of the nation, and the
federal reserve banks are required
to give the service provided by law.’j
Minister to Denmark
Accused of Trying to
Aid Lenine and Trotzky
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Norman Eapgood
Norman Hapgood, United States
minister to Denmark, is on his way
to this country on leave of absence,
according to Secretary of State Lan
sing. This contradicts statements by
Colonel George Harvey in the cur
rent issue of Harvey’s Weekly. Col
onel Harvey wrote: “He is coming
back to explain, if he can do so, his
own activities as a plenipotentiary
of Messrs. Lenine and Trotzky and
to tell to what extent and by what
authority he has misused the Amer
ican legation at Copenhagen as a
trading post for the Soviet govern
ment.”
HARDWICK GETS
DELAY IN HEARING
OF MARTENS’ CASE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The sen
ate’s investigation of Russian propa
ganda was broadened today when
Senator Moses, chairman of the prob
ing committee, announced a large
number of new subpenas would be
issued immediately. It was learned
th© committee had struck “some
trails that lead into queer places,”
in the words of one member. Some
financiers anay be involved, accord-
refused... to let
his name be used in connection with
this prediction.
Hearing of Ludwig C. A. K. Mar
tens, self-styled “ambassador” of the
Russian soviet republic, was deferred
today at request of former Senator
Thomas Hardwick, Georgia, chief
counsel for Martens. Mr. Hardwick
said all of Martens’ counsel wish an
opportunity to confer. Senator Moses
said Martens probably will appear
Wednesday or Thursday.
The subcommittee in > executive
session decided to ask the seriate
today for authority to employ coun
sel. Senator Moses said he expects
to ask the department of justice to
detail a lawyer to assist the com
mittee.
COAL MINERS TO
ACCEPT AWARD
OF COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—Bitumin
ous coal miners will accept unre
servedly any decision made by the
President’s coal commission in set
tlement of the coal strike, John L.
Lewis, acting president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, de
clared at the opening today of the
first public hearings of the commis
sion. Mr. Lewis added that the
miners’ representatives would as
sist the commission’s inquiry.
Liquor Dealers Again
Lose Appeal Against
Prohibition Statute
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The su
preme court today denied permiss
sion for the New Jersey Retail Li
quor Dealers’ association to bring
original proceedings in the supreme
court to test the constitutionality of
the national prohibition amendme±it
and enjoin its enforcement in New
Jersey. The court held .’t had no
jurisdiction.
Wood Alcohol Claims
2 Victims in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 12—Joe
Vining, asistant manager of a local
theater, and Ben Hunt were reported
/lying early today from the effects
of drinking wood alcohol.
Police are searching for the
source, since the men were stricken
Sunday in different parts of the
city. In both cases th© men had
taken very little of the mixture when
they were overcome by the poison.
These are the first cases here since
Christmas week when two persons
were poisoned by the “blind death.’’
Last Soldiers in Brest
Arrive at New York
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. —The last
contingent of troops quartered at
the military camp at Brest, arrived
here today on the transport George
Washington. She brought 237 of
ficers, war workers and civilians, and
615 troops.
Rail Demand Refused
ROME, Jan. 10.—(Delayed.)—The
government announced tonight the
demands of the railway unions were
"unacceptable.” There was every in
dication the unions will carry out
their threat to strike.
I MCILIM PEIN
CRITICISM BEFORE
WILSOH WLHL
Parliament of Capital and
Labor Proposed as Per
manent Institution in Bill
Going to Senate
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Pres
ident Wilson’s second industrial con
ference reassembled today after a
several weeks’ recess, prepared to
| consider the mass of suggestions and
proposals for stabilization of the na
i tion’s industrial situation. These ac
cumulated during the holiday ad-
I journed and came in response to a
request to the public for construc
; tive criticism of the conference’s
tentative plan made public December
29.
The plan for settling industrial
disputes favored by the .conference
i provided a national conciliation trib
■ unal at Washington and regional
; boards of inquiry and adjustment,
i Some of its suggestions have been
i adversely criticized by officials of
the American Federation of Labor
and representatives of other union
labor organizations.
A parliament of industry to assist
congress in dealing with problems
of capital and labor is to be pro
posed in a bill now being drafted, and
shortly to be introduced in the sen
ate, it was learned today.
The plan was conceived some time
ago but held up pending the out
come of the first and second indus
trial conferences called by President
Wilson. It will be presented as soon
as details can be worked out.
Following the Canadian idea, the
bill will call for a general indus
trial parliament to draw up a code
for indtistry. This is to be the basis
for future legislation recommended
to congress by the industrial body.
Tentative plans call for one hun
dred labor members to be chosen
by unions and other groups of em
ployes, one hundred representatives
of capital to include business and
probably professional men. A third
group probably will b© added to rep
resent the public composed of fifty
or one hundred members. This part
of the plan has not been worked
out definitely, it was said.
“Criticism of the proposal as be
ing too unwieldy is anticipated,” the
author of the bill said today. “But
it is based on the theory that the
industrial congress will be a melt
ing pot of all ideas and viewpoints
represented, legislation to be recom
mended to congress can be formed.”
The bill itself will call on the
president to call an industrial parlia
ment as described It is then ex
pected that the parliament will make
itself a permanent body. Drafting
a code of principles relating to rec
ognition of collective bargaining, liv
ing wages and peacfeEttfle settlement
of disputes is the first task the or
ganization would have, according to
present plans.
It is also contemplated that a body
similar to the war labor board—to
be the executive body to carry out
principles approved by the congress
and enacted into law—shall be set
up.
Newberry Indictments
Sustained by Court in
Dismissing Demurrer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 12.
Validity of indictments against Sen
ator Newberry apd 134 others
charged with violating the election
laws in the 1918 senatorial election,
was upheld by Federal Judge Ses
sions here today in dismissing a
demmurer filed by connsei for the
indicted men.
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Enver Pasha, Turkish minister
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ONLY CIVIL WAR
MOTHER IN STATE
HONORED BY U.D.C.
BY DAM H. MA BILL
ATHENS, Ga., Jan 12.—1 n recog
nition of her fealty to the flag under
which her son fought, and because
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WON TO ISSUE
CULL FOO MEETING
OF THE_NATIOS
U. S. Will Not participate in
Session —Democrats Talk
Over Situation at Midnight
Session —Outlook Bright
WASHINGTON, Jan. . 12.—Prcsi
dent Wilson today will issue a for
mal call for the first meeting of the
League of Nations next Friday, it \
was said at' the state department.
The United States will not partic
ipate in the session.
President Wilson is to Issue the
call, despite the fact this country
is not a member of the league, be
cause it was agreed when the peac<
treaty. was being drafted, that he
should perform that duty. 1
“The treaty situation looks bet
ter than it has in months,” it was
stated today at the White House.
There was no disposition to be con
cerned at the meeting of senators
last nigfit at Senator Owen’s resi«
dence.
The meeting was not considered
a breaking away from the president’s
leadership.
Another week of Individual con
ferences between senators in an ef
fort to break the deadlock on the
peace treaty opened today with lead
ers of several groups hopeful that
some definite headway would oe
made within a few days.
Democratic leaders said Democrat
ic senators were not yet “pledged” to
support any definite program of com
promise reservations. Senator Hitcn
cock, the administration leader, id
hopeful, however, a set of compro
mise reservations will be evolved
soon which will secure general Dem
ocratic approval and also be accept
able to President Wilson and to >
enough Republicans to insure ratifi
cation.
Democratic senators who attended
a conference last night at the home
of Senator Owen, Democrat, Okla
homa, at which compromise sugges
tions were considered, said a num
ber of points still were unsettled
and that the conference would be
continued. They said the conference
was in harmony with the president's
views of accepting reservations
which were interpretative, but not
destructive.
Senator Lodge, the Republican
leader, expects this week to confer
with many senators, including lead
ers of the “mild reservation” Re
publican group and Democratic lead
ers. So far, however, according t 0
the Republican 10Ade?s, th* -negofV
tions for a compromise have not
'reached a an
A number of Democratic senators
received telegrams today from Wil
liam J. Bryan urging ratification of
the treaty so the United States could
enter the League of Nations by the
time the league council holds its first
meeting next Friday.
BRUSSELS MAY BE
CAPITAL OF LEAGUE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Because
the United States did not join the
entente powers and Japan in the
conclusion of peace Saturday in
Paris, the seat of the League of Na
tions may go to Brussels, Belgium,
instead of Geneva. Switzerland, cs
provided in the original convenant.
President Wilson was responsible for
the selection of Geneva in the first
place, the French and British pre- 1
miers yielding to his suggestion,
though personally they preferred J
Brussels because it was far more
conveniently situated with regard to
Paris and Londo... 1 •