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VOL. XVII
LITTLE NATIONS TO HELP FORM LEAGH
Government Men Ordered to Seattle to Review Strike
TAX BILL HITS CONSUMERS HARD
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—The con
ference report on the $5,500,000,000
revenue bill, carrying the taxes the
American people must pay during the
taxable years 1912 and 1920, was sub
mitted to the House this afternoon by
Chairman Kitchin, of the Ways and
Means Committee. Taxes are laid
on almost every conceivable article
and the bill will hit the great Amer
ican pocketbook from soda water to
{movies.
Adoption of the conference report
by the House and Senate will mean
that the bill will become a law as soon
as it is signed by the President. Little
difficulty .is expected in obtaining
adoption of the report as it stands.
Starting as a war measure to raise
$3,000,000,000 last May, the bill has
undergone many radical changes in
its ten months’ course through Con
gress. It is reported today as a re
fonstruction measure to raise approx
smately $5,5600,000,000 in 1919, and $4,-
75,000,006 in 1920.
~___ Clothes Tax Eliminated.
Afoong the taxes to which objection
has been brought and which were
elimmated by the conferees were the
taxes on men’s and women's suits
and overcoats; the tax on gasoline;
the tax on tractors and the occupa-l
tional taxes.
The tax on theater {lickets was re- |
duced at the last mintte from 20 to
110 per cent.
| The normal tax on incomes during
11919 is fixed at 12 per cent on incomes
Joxer $4,000, and six per cent on in
) comes under that amount. For each
pucceeding year the taxes are eight
per cent on incomes over $4,000, and
four per cent on smaller incomes. In
' the case of foreigners, only the higher
rates apply. ‘
, The specific exemptions are sl,-
000 for single persons and $2,000 for
married persons, with a S2OO credit
allowed for each dependent. In the,
case of married persons having sep
arate incomes only one $2,000 credit |
is permitted. |
£ ' The surtaxes on incomes above $5,-
0 range from one per cent on in
mes from $5,000 to $6,000 to 15 per
ent on incomes from $30,000 to $34,-
00; 40 per cent on incomes from SB2, -
00 to $84,000; sixty per cent on in
mes between $200,000 to $300,000,
d sixty-five per cent on those over
million. |
) Tax on Corporations.
The normal corporation tax for
‘#l9lß is fixed in the bill at 12 per cent
f the net income and for succeeding
ears at 10 per cent, with a flat
000 exemption. Mutual companies
f all kinds and charitable organiza
ons are exempt.
All corporation tax may be paid in
our installments,
It is from the war profits and excess
rofits taxes that the Congress ex
hects greatest return., These taxes
pply to corporations that made large
wrofits out of the war and are in ad
ition to all other corporation taxes.
here is a specific exemption of $3,000
lus approximately 10 per cent of the
vested capital
. While no accurate estimates are
ade, it is believed the excess profits
ax will raise approximately $2,500,-
100,000,
The taxes for 1918 fali finder three
rackets, ‘The first lavies a tax of
%0 per cent on net income in excess of
20 per cent of the invested capital,
The second puts a 65 per cent tax on
net income above 20 per cent of the
invested capital.
The third bracket is the most com
plicated section of the bill. It is a nut
for cornoration lawvers to crack.
Huge War Profits Hit,
Only those who have mades huge
profits out of the war fall under its
grovislnn,«. It provides that “the sum
¥ which 80 per cent of the 1918
eroflt& minus the average profits of
911, 1912 and 1913, exceeds the tax
pald under the first two brackets,
shall go to the Government as the
war profits tax.”
T}ssp excess profit taxes are res
duced for 1019 |
An exemption of $50,000 i{s granted
in the estate taxes agreed to and es
tates of soldiers dying as result of
war are not taxed. The tax ranges
from 3 per cent on srates from $50,-
000 to $150,000 to 40 per cent on es
tates over $£10,000,000,
Stamp taxes are provided at dif
ferent rates for every conceivable
kind of document including drafts
and checks, other than those payvable
on sight or on demand The usual
rate is 5 cents for every £IOO of value,
Postage rates are returned in the
predant bill to the scale that prevailed
before the war, that is one cent for
posteards and two cents for letters,
Zoning System Abolished. ‘
The second-class postal zoning sys
tem was abolished when the House
vielded. .
The Trammel amendment to give
Jischarged fighters and nurses one
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Full International News Service
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‘She Jesse James
Poker Giame When
By International News Service.)
WINK, COLO,, Feb. 6,~Arm-
S ed with a big revolver, Mrs.
Olive Smith held up her
husband and six other men with
whom he was playing poker, took
all their mouney and left them lined §
up against the wall with orders to )
“stay there for five minutes.”
The hold-up was prompted by
Smtih’s loss of S6OO in the game.
Mrs. Smith got the money back,
§ with interest. Authorities have re
fused to issue a warrant for her
or attempt to obtain return of the |
money. » %
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Britons Slow to Join ;
! New Post-War Army
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb, 6.—There ig no rush
on the part of the British to join the !
“Post-War” army. Most of the re-‘
leruits are youths who Have just
{ reached 18. In the main they are |
{ boys who were employed in munition
‘factories and are out of work. |
I Evidence on all.sides indicates that |
more than four years of war has
been sufficient for most Englishmen.
Officials now are considering a scheme
whereby younger men than formerly
comprised the standing army shall be
tempted to enroll by increased pay
Plans contemplate a large armed
force for several years at least,
.
Senate Declines to
sge
Rap British Embargo
‘&By International News Service.)
YASHINGTON, Feb, 6.—The Senate
refused this afternoon to go on record
'as denouncing the British embargo as a
| “violation of President Wilson's fhira
peace point,” caliing for the elimination
of economic barriers,
Without a roll call, it adopted an
amendment by Senator King' which
struck the section criticising the Brit
ish action from the Weeks resolution,
The resolution calls on the Secretary of
State to inform the Senate what steps
had been taken to secure a modification
or suspension of the embargo.
.
Glass Cables Wilson
| . 277!
| News of Big Tax Bill
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-—Secretary
' of the Treasury Glass Thursday aft
[ern(mn cabled President Wilson the
' principal provisions of the great rev
enue bill reported to the House. Sec
'retary Glass asked in his cable |
whether he should forward the bill to |
ll‘au‘xs for the President's sign:nuro,[
' when it is passed, or hold it for the
|l'x'o‘*siclvnt's return,
It is believed by Treasury Depart
ment officials that the bill, as report
el by the conferees, will be passed
by both Houses of Congress soon,
| ol i taditios
ayye . .
Millionaire Miller Is
. oge
2 Convicted Of Sedition
| PORTLAND, OREG., Feb. 6.—Hen
'r,v Albers, former millionaire head of
Albers Brothers Milling Company,
faces a long term of imprisonment in
' a Federal prison and a heavy fine as
the result of being convicted of sedi
| tion in a Federal court,
| Found guilty on two counts of an
!indi('mmnt of seven, Albers may be
| sentenced to forty years’' servitude
and ordered to pay a fine totaling
$20,000 if the maximum penalty is
l imposed.
| Albers turned ashen as the verdict
was read., His attorneys gave notice
} of appeal.
Now Comes Angeles
. .
| To Stir Up Mexico
l EL PASO, TEXAS, Feb. 6.—Declar
ling his intention to head an armed
inmwmwnt to restore the constitution
of 1857 and dispose of the present
‘.\valv:m Government and nullify thei
alleged obnoxious constitution of
Quertaro, General Felipe Angeles, |
leader of the United Reform party,
' had published here a long proclama
tion calling all Mexicang together to |
reorganize the Government before
foreign powers intervene, '
He says Mexicans have no nsnnr—‘
ance that the Wilsonian doctrine
which recognizes Mexicans' rights 1o |
fight their own battles, although some
| Americans may be guided thereby,
will not be reversed by the American |
people under another administration
! BT AR e
Husband Says Wife
] , .
| Beat Him With Poker
| _A. B, Gifford in a suit for divorce
filed Thursday by Attorney A. M. Brand
| set out that Mrs. Lyda Gifford, beat hiy
with a poker when he was unable to
supply her with an extensive wardrobe
she desired.
Gifford sald he was... continually
abused by his wife because he was not
rich, and that his lack of wealth
prompted her to hurl smoothing irons
and other weapons at him and to at
tempt to knock him in the head with a
chair,
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Grain of Corn in Throat
.
Kills Boy 4 Years Old
. __HARINGTON, NEBR., Feb. 6,
| While feeding corn to chickens a kerne)
kicked by a rooster into the mouth of
| Nels Owen Bottolfson, 4 years old,
lodsnd in the child's wind pipe. Efforts
to dislodge it failed and the child died.
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(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 6—Reports reach
ing here today indicate that the syn
dicate of “sure-thing” swindlers oper
ating in Florida resort cities have
gathered in close to $3,000,000 since
early winter.
The campaign to smash the syndi
cate, lJaunched here recently, is today
nation-wide in scope, with reports of
new victims reaching the Federal au
thorities in Chicago daily.
James A. Low, Chicago real estate
operator, is the latest victim to
“squeal.” Low met two members of
the syndicate in New Orleans, and,
tfter winning a few small bets by the
wire-tapping system, was being
groomed for a “killing of at least
$100,000” when he met E. J. Walton, a
friend. Walton, on hearing of the
plan, explained the swindlers’ system
to Low, who pocketed his $61,000 and
hurried to Chicago to tell the au
thorfties his experience.
W. F. Collinsg, of Washington
Courthouse, Ohio, is expecied mn Chi
cago today to tell how he was in
auced to bet $50,000 on a “phoney”
horse race and how his 13-year-old
niece stopped a draft for $30,000
drawn by Colilins on his bank, thereby
saving Ceollins from running his total
losses up to SBO,OOO. ‘
Colling’ story, told to a private de- |
tective agency, started the Federal in
vestigation, which resulted in the ar
-lest of seven suspects imn an isolated
gambling palace on the Lake Ander
son highway in Florida. f
Arrest of the Chicago agent of the
wire tappers syndicate was promised '
by Chicago police today. \
The duty of the Chicago agent is‘
w provide detailed statements of the
firancial condition and gullibility of
tourists leaving this city for South
€rn winter resorts.
.
Medical Leaders to |
e
’ Plan Fight on Flu
Health officers and prominent physn—\
cians from all parts of the State will at
tend the meecting called by the State
Board of Heaith to be held at the Demp- |
sey Hotel, Macon, February 10, when the
influenza epidemic in all its aspects will
ve thoroughly disgcussed Interesting sta
tistics will be presented by county and
city health officer howing the results
gained from the use of the vaeccine recent
ly introduced to check the spread of the
disease,
Telegrams received by Dr. T. F. Aber
crombYie, secretary of the State Board,
from 94 out of 119 counties report a de
crease im the number of new cases, 17
showing no change and 8 reporting slight
increases. This is a marked improvement
over conditions as reported 156 days ago.
Johnson Is Blocked in
Move to Recall Troops
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 6.—Senator
Johnson was blocked in attempting to
gte consideration for his resolution on
the withdrawal of American troops
from Russia in the Senate this after
noon when Senator King, of Utah, made
an objection and hig point of order was
sustained by the Viece President.
Immediately after the flurry over the
Johnson resolution had subsided Elihu
Root the head of President Wilson's
commissgion to Russia, shortly after the
first revolution, appeared on the floor,
shaking hands with Republican Sena
tors Later he held a discussion with
Senator Johnson
.
War Labor Board Tries
. . .
To Adjust Silk Strike
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb 6.—Representa
tives of the national war labor board
conferred with representatives of the
Paterson, N. J., Employvers’ Associa
tion and the 30,000 striking employees
in an effort to settle the controversy
The strikers are demanding a 48-hour
week and increased pay Hoard mem
bers expressed the opinion that the dis
pute would be settled within the next
few days
.
Ship Men to Lgnore
. .
Mediation Board Rule
MOBILE, ALA. IPeb, 6.-—Shippers,
agents and stevedores of Pensacola,
Fla.,, have agreed not to abide by the
decigion of the United States labor
mediation here regarding the work
ing of white and colored stevedores,
The employers say that they will em
ploy whom they please and any num
ber.
MORE TROOPS ARRIVE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6-—Forty-five
officers and forty men from the
American expeditionary forces arriv
ed here Thursday on the steamship
Tivives. All of the returning fight
erg had been either gassed or wound
ed in action
HIT BY AUTOMOBILE; DYING.
KNOXVILLE, TENN., Feb, 6--C,
C. Hedges, assistant city ticket agent
of the Southern Railway here, was
run over and fatally injured Thurs
day by an automobile driven by
Houston Karnes, a young business
man ‘ L“l
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Henry M.
White, Thomas Barker and E. P.
Marsh, commissioners of the Depart
ment of Labor, have been directed to
proceed to Seattle, Wash,, to confer
with labor leaders with a view to ter
minating the serious strike there, it
was announced here late this after
noon.
Hugh L. Kerwin, head of the di
vision of conciliation, Department of
Labor, was in conference here with
Director General Piez, in an effort to
clear the strike situation as it affects
shipbuilding in Washington.
City-Wide Walkout
Called in Seattle
(By Internaticnal News Service.)
SEATTLE, WASH., Feb, 6.—Amer
ica’'s first city-wide general strike
was called here at 10 o'clock this
morning in the name of organized
labor, although the walkout has not
been sanctioned by xut%onal officers
lot the trades involved ™ !
| The walkout is in sympathy with
] 25,500 metal tradesmen who struck at
| Seattle shipyards because of dissat
{ isfaction over the Macy board wage
jaward. In addition to the metal
| tradesmen already out, labor leaders
Isaid 30,000 other workers left th(-ir‘
{ jobs today. With between 0,000 and
| 60,000 union werkers idle, thousands
jof others have been thrown out of
! work by the closing of indusiries,
i Early today the Street Carmen's
Union voted to strike, and at 10 a. m.
all traction company cars were taken
to the barns. Jitney drivers also
quit,
It is practically certain, barring
unforeseen disturbances, that Seat
tle’s municipal electrie plant will hu|
l operated. This assures street and
| home lights.
! Schools will remain open, the strike
| committee having exempted school
{ janitors and engineers. Telephone
!up»r:llm‘s were not called out.
| _ At a meeting of the Seattle Central
y Labor Council last cvening an at
| tempt was made by the radical ele
ment to get sanction for a program
involving the seizure of all industries
{and their operation by the workmen.
| The conservative element voted the
resolution down.
Strike officials declare they have
received no ofer of a compromise
from Charles I'ioz, director general of
the Emergency IFleet Corporation.
}Brmsh Strike Situation
‘B ing M Seri
| becoming ore »erious
i By EARLE C. REEVES, !
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
| LONDON, Feb 6 (1:10°p, m.).—
The strike situation became much
mbre serious this afternocn and traf
| sic on the London and Southwestern
i}{uih\'fly is paralyzed.
| The strike has spread to the main
line of the London and Brighton rail
| way, and the Great Western Railway,
| Continuous conferences on the labor
situation are being held by members
of the government and Premier Lloyd
George is Keeping in teuch with things
by telephone from Paris. It was re- |
| ported that a decision has bvvnl
| reached to fight the Bolshevik ele
|nn nt,
| The press is clamoring for decis
|sive action to put an end to the
lHlvikuH.
The confusion in the streets,
|lm.uszht about by the unusual numbvr'
inf vehicles employed to take the place
lof subway trains and tram cars, wm«“
increased today by thick fog which
turned midday into the darkness of |
night. ‘
It was announced the bus men were
ordered to return to work, (Hhm'i
unions are pressing them to remain |
:mIL however, and help bring city and
| suburban traffic to an absolute stand
| still,
| The efforts of the extremists to
ilning about a general strike of engi
[ neers at Manchester ended in fail
lure,
| Hundreds of pretty chorus girls,
unable to get home because of the
car strike, have temporarily become
waitresses in prominent hotels nnrl‘
restaurants, doing this work in pay
ment for board and room.
Upward of 4000 members of the
army service corps (transport work
la-r:«) refused to go on duty, claiming
that civilians should do the mechan
fcal repairs,
“Wa are not going to have anarchy
and disorder in this country any more
than we are going to have Prussian
militarism,” said The Daily Kxpress
jcommenting on the strike situation,
| “The government intends to take
slrong action against unreasonable
and unauthorized strikes and it will
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Most recent of the many innovations under the auspices of the Mavor’s committee of women
on national defense, in New Yorle of which Mrs. William Randolph Hearst is chairman, in behalf
of the wounded or returned soldiers. is the daily two-hour ride through the interesting sections ,
of the city. Each day one of the big Fifth avenue buses is pack ed with the boys, and for tw”
hours they are4lriven through the city, including trips along Riverside Drive, Central Pgik,
ete., giving the fighters a great opportunity to fill their lungs with good fresh air and at the
same time having pointed out to them the most interesting features of the ecity.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb 6.—The
groundwork for a sweeping investi
gation of Bolshevik propaganda in
the United States was laid 4t a con
ference today of members of the Sen
ate propaganda investigating com
mittee, The investigation, it was de
elded, shall be nation-wide in scope
and will seek to establish:
1. Whether the Russian propaganda
has as its alm the overthrow of the
Government «f the United States and |
the establishment of a sovie* form of
government here, or is aimed princi
pally to secure the removal of Amer
ican and Allied troops from Russia,
2. Whether the propagandists are
maintained with Bolshevik funds or
have inaugurated their efforts on their
own inijtiative out of zeal for tle
soviets,
3. How the payments, If Bolshevik
funds are supporting the pre paganda,
are made,
4. Whether there are any connec
tions between the I, W. W, and the
present Boishevik Government of
Russia, |
Major E. Lowrey Humes, counsgel
for the committee, announced today
ufter a conference with Attorney Gen
eral Gregory, that the Department of
Justice is ready to give. fullest co
operation in the exposure of Bol
shevik propaganda methods,
It will be necessary to lay some of
the evidence in the Department of
Justice files before the committee in
secret session, since prosecutions,
which have been inaugurated on the
strength of the information secured,
have not been completed,
A letter from BSecretary of War
Baker to Senator Overman gives the
committee full permission to inspect
the files of the military intelligence
division of the War Department, \
lssued Daliy and Eutered as Second-Class Matter sy
the PostofMice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
She Kissed Him and
Hugged Him and He
P
~ Said It Was Grand
} NEW YORK, Feb., 86-—Roy A.
“Luuk. wealthy manufacturer of
‘ mustard and spices who is being
- sued for a separation by Louise
Lusk told Supreme Court Justice
Delhanty that he had been “hyp
notized into a state of affinity wi‘h
her,” but had never married her.
“She came into my father's store
at Albany, I, and asked me to
drive her to her home,” Lusk de
clared, “Before we reached our
destination she began to hug and
kiss me,”
“What was your attitude?” asked
Judge Delehanty.
“l thought it was grand,” the
witness replied,
“She was the first woman who
had showed affection for me.”
“He promised to marry me,” in
terrupted the plaintiff. *“We en
terred into an agreement to live to
gether and traveled all over to
gether”
“It's an odd ecase,” sald Judge
Delehanty, "and took it under ad
visement,
Colonel Logan Cleared
.
On Charge of Laxity
By BERT FORD. g
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCUPATION IN GERMANY,
Feb, b-~(I3y Courier to Nancy.)—A
number of Ameriean ariay officers
have just been transferred., Colonel
Fdward L. Logan, of Boston, has been
reinstated as commander of the 101st
infantry, having been acquitted on
charges of laxity In enforcing the
anti-fraternizing order on German
soil Colonel Frank M. Hume, of
Maine, resumes command of the 100th
Infuntry. He had recently bheen trang
ferred to the Twenty-Sixth division
in a shake-up, The men of their
commands are rejoicing over the re
turn of their old eommunders, |
(R ETRI
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
~ and the South
MOBILE, ALA., Feb. 6.—Mobile will
retain her franchise in the Southern
League, it was positively stated here
this afternoon, The Mobile Kntarj,
Club, which bhad made no move tol
prevent Macon getting the {r:mrhiso'
from this city, was asked by Mayor |
George K. Crawford and President W,
H. Reynolds, of the Mobile Chamber
of Commerce, to put up the purchase
money, The Rotarians pledged the
money to buy the club from Dr. I, 'l‘.l
Inge and his three associates, and
will operate it during the coming sea- '
gon
A committee was sent here from
Macon to purchase the !rum'llhae,l
which was valued at more than $lO,-
000, and it was belleved to be almost
a certainty that Mobilg would yield
the franchise to the Georgia city, The
Macon representatives arrived thln‘
morning and held a lengthy confers
cnce with the present owners of the
club,
‘ Mobile has always been a W@:lk‘
member of the Southern League, due
to poor teams, which resulted from
the lack of sufficient money to purs
chase good players., .
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Food Department Wins 1
v .
In Condemnation Suit
The Etate pure food department was
Wednesday upheld by the Federal Court
at Columbus in its condemnation of a
large lot of decomposed ecanned meat
and fish consigned to Ben T. Brooks, a
Columbus merchant, The condemned
koods were ordered destroyed by the
court ‘
There were two shipments Involved lni
the controversy, one heing a constgne
mont of 800 cases of potted meat fro
Cincinnati and the other around 13
tubs of fish from Bayport, Mich,
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VIENNA, Feb. 6—The importa
city of Linz, in Upper Austria, has
been devastated by hunger riots. A ‘;5:
vices from there said that the dams.
age amounts to millions of kroner,
S
New Government g;%
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Formed at Bremen %
(By International News M;b
AMSTERDAM, ;Feb. 6—~A mnew
government has been establish r;;
Bremen, including five mfinWj w:
cialists. Bremen has been the W"?’;
of hard fighting between the Spas 4":"
cides and Government troopse "f":i‘;‘_j
Pope Plans Peace
Letter, Is Report . :fl'?,"%f'
(By International News Ls
ROME, Feb. 6.—Pope Benedict X¥§
is about to issue an encyclical letter
ic i e
dealing with peace, upoehl&. _the
League of Nations, it was learned tos
day, t
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Four Small Nations
To Aid League Plan 5
.(By International News Service) =
PARIS, ¥eb, 6—Tepresentatived oF
Greece, Poland, Roumania and ¢
s Czecho-Slovaks will be associated hflsfl
the future deliberations of the comis
mission working out the details “f’
the League of Nations, according *‘
lullir-ml announcement Thursday tfiaf"
ernoon. : g
Tue text of the gommunique w‘l
lows 4
“The commission of the aoe!‘ty “?
nations hel dits third meeting m-f
\\A‘l‘bl‘l} at 8:30. Appreciable pl’ol‘l’ud
was realized. It was unanimously re
solved, in conformiiy withs the decls
Sviun of the conference at the Qual
|@’Orsay, that representatives of Rous
{mania, Greece, Poland and ' the
Czecho-Slovaks be associated in the
deliberations
“In the second and third meetings
| the committee practically realized the
| foundations of its task, It dlscum ,
!x!u articles aiming at the forma ‘
of and basis of the soclety of nations
as well as interests which must he
safeguarded Though decision cons
cerning each article is provisional
several important difficulties have
have solved and general accord
redched on the principles lnsph‘h\g
‘he whole project. Consequently
8 permitted to hope that the examiis
nation of the other articles will be
carried on rapidly.”
Wilson Urges Speed 4
On’'League Plan§
(By International News S co.)
PARIS, Keb, 6.—Progress in the
creation of a League of Nations 18
not so rapid as President Wilson ¥
the other members of the Am o
commission desire, it was rn %
from an authoritative source today, i
Despite the official announcemeng§
that a preamble to the constitutl n
and two articles had been agreed on
[(he President is desirous of
speed. g
The apprewension of President Wil«
son arises from the fact that unless
greater progress is made he may
have to depart for Washington before
the full text of the League of Na=
tions is agreed on. But the President
will not do this unless all of his pers
suasive powers, are insufficient
' bring the representatives of the other
nations around to the American vi r,
k point, -
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President Is Expected 4
| 1 W
Back Home Feb, 24 "
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 6 -—Presid t
Wilson will be on his way back to
I Paris within one month from the timé
he comes back to America, about Fel g‘
ruary 24, unless an effective | 1€
of Nations s soundly established %
the meantime, 4
I This was learned from an authors
itative source today with more b
talls of his probable plans w 2
America, Administration offl ot
it be understood, however, that th 6
President’'s future course is | R
centered on what he considi "@‘y M
topmost importance in world sla~
tion just now, the League of Natio)
Should the President land h,
York February 24, us is now col _“‘ "
plated, he will probably deliver there
the first of a series of addrosses he in
to make in different parts of the
country, taking the people into his
confidence and explaining for .
first time his own interpretation @
the peace terms and what may be
expected of the peace conference, Tme
mediately ufter delivering this adds
he will return to Washington &M
very likely nddress a joint &
the retiring Congress and mel ,hl -
: e -7y Pl
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