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Copyright Inter@tiona.l Film Service.
Captain Hugo Sundstedt and the seaplane in which he expects to e¢ross the ocean in twenty
two hours
BY JUSTIN H. FORREST,
Staff Correspondent I. N. S.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—President
Wilson's stay in Washington prob
ably will be the busiest in his busy
career and administration leaders are
wondering how it is going to be hu
manly pessible for him to accomplish
all that is laid out for him to do.
First, of course, will be the task
of setting Congress and the public
right on the great matter of the
League of Nations. He is expected to
arrive here Wednesday, the 26th,
and will talk the whole covenant
over that night at dinner with mem
bers of the Senate foreign relations
committee and the Heuse foreign af
fairs committee
Barlier in the day he is pledged to
march with a body of returning Dis
trict troops as part of a celebration
of welcome for both the President
and the troops.
Revenue Bill Ready.
The revenue hill is waiting for his
signature, and he is expected to give
some time to that, as well as the other
measures of smaller importance, and
he has made it a custom to read
every bill before appending his sig
nature.
Then there are vacancies to be fill
ed-—chief of which is that of Attor
ney General to succeed W. T. Greg
ory, who has resigned, to take effect
March 4. A great question has arisen
over the appointment, New England
wants it, not now, for the first time
“wince the Civil war, being represent
ed in the cabinet. But New England
generally objects to“the office going
Massachusetts, so that in the event
. 'f; is too serious an argument it
fs « #sible it may go to Senator
“Lowib \nf Ilinois, who seems to be the
sgeconal choice of ‘most of the New
Fngland, States, if their “favorite
song” |l<}'nnt land it
That A' Palmer Mitche), alien prop-
Arty (-us!',nlhu\, would Jeave his work
there, which is even more important
during reconstriletion times, for Greg
ory's post is dounted, and Sherman
8. Whipple, of Boston, it is not be
lieved, hws the backing of Senator
elect Walsh
McCormick’s Successor,
Then there must be a new Demo
crutic chariman designated to sue
ceed Vance McCormick. Homer S,
Cummings, acting chairman. is de
clared to be the choice of the com
mittee, but friends of James Guffey,
of Pennsylvania, deglare he has the
presidential O, K. Committee mem
bers insist, however, Cummings will
be picked, so there may be friction
there, . ‘
No successor ever has been numed
for Interstate Commerce Commis
sioner Harlan and that must be set
tled,
~ The President iz pledged to attend
4 conference of Ciovernors and Mavs
org esVled by Secretary of Labor
Wilson to discuss the labor and re
employment questions and this will
take much of his timeé. Ie has let it
be known, too, that_he is keenly in
[» terested in this work and expects
Full International News Service
Captain Hugo Sundstedt, a Swed
ish aviator, has designed and con
structed a seaplane wiitli which he
hopes to cross the ocean in twenty
two hours, thereby taking to himself
a little prize of SIIO,OOO should he
be successful in his undertaking.
The captain is no noviece in the
fiying business, having made a sus
tained flight of 1,200 miles from a lit
tle .town called Buc, near Paris, to
Stockholm, in a Farman biplane,
The time for this trip was thirteen
hours and twenty minutes.
The seaplane's upper wings spar
a distance of 100 feet and the lower
spans 71 1-2 feet. Between the
wings is the cabin with four seats—
fwo-in front and two in the rear.
Between the planes are two six-cyl
inder Liberty motors. They will
‘furnlnh 440-horsepower and will run
together throughout the flight. Her
total lifting capadity is 1,637 square
feetl, rudder area twenty-two square
feet, estimated speed more than 80
miles an hour and weighs 10,000
pounds. She will carry two tons of
gasoline,
Happiness, Health
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And P ity All
And Prosperity
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- By His Color Scheme
~ (By International News Service.)
‘ LONDON, Jan. 23 (by mail).—
Kemp Prosser, the famous English
color specialist, has been condyct
} ing some interesting experiments
In health colors which he hopes the
i British Government will adopt for
decorating houses during the re
‘ construction period. He maintains
that the adoption of his color
schemes will make the British pub
~lle both healthier and happier,
Interviewed in his two “health
rooms," one with walls of sunlight
- vellow and ‘the ceiling sky blue,
with blue net curtains at the win
dows, Mr. Prosser declared that his .
purpose is to bring oeutdoors inside,
“I am doing away with my pic
tures,” he said. “Instead I am in
stalling these bowls of fruit, as
you see, on pedestals against the
background of the sunlight walls,
These embroidered cushions on the
chairs aid in earrying out my pur
pose with their flower designe.”
Then the color specialist led the
way to the other room, in which the
dominating color was apple blos
som pink. »
. "“This is the normal, color,” sald
Mr. Prosser, “because | have found
that 99 people of 100 are happiest
in rooms of this shade.”
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to get results—just as he got rm-ult.'
in France,
~ And, of course, there will be a joint
‘wesison of Congress, according to gen
eral belief, which will mean a speech
‘which it will take time to prepare,
‘uml conferences innumerable to de
cide the question of the date of the
special session, which certainly will
have to be called. And it is believed
‘h:- will be on his way back to France
by March Sat the latest. It will be
iu busy ten days.
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By J. H. THOMAS,
!Member of Parliament and General
| Secretary of the National Union
of Railway Men.
(Written Especially for Universal
Service.)
LONDON, ‘Feb. 17.—" You ask me
| does Britain face a Bolshevik peril?
T answer, Yes; if by Bolshevism vou
mean organized revolt to tear down
the structure of society and build up
a tyranny of the proletariat, Britain
faces a certain danger which will be
overcome unquestionably But if you
| misuse the term and include in Bol
| shevism all the vresent unrest of la
bor and the radicalism of certain
leaders who adopt Holshevist methods
to gain indusirial ends, | think the
Government can not help bhut agree
with me that there is a very pressing
danger, and the chief danger factor is
that unless a remedy is found for the
arrest it will speedily assume the
most dangerous form of Russian mad
ness. .
While the Government and all loval
citizens yiew Bolshevism as a danger
to the state, what about the profiteer
who has taken advantage of the sit
uation to exploit labor? Is he not
equally an enemy of the state? At
this_moment there are 1,000,000 men
and women out of employment and
the labor profiteers,. have offered
wages considerably lower than the
unemployment pay they are now re
ceiving
Yet these unemployed are intelli
gent; they read the report of the
chairman of the Moypole Dairy Com
pany showing a 225 per cent dividend
to the stockholders; they read about
the 26 per cent earnings on the total
subscribed capital of the Lancashire
Cotton Mills, where for two years the
operatives have hu{n earning less
than ever before,
Are these facts incentives to Bol
shevism? 1 frankly admit that labor
makes its mistakes. One great mis
take is the belief that the country is
flooded with weatth, A few years ago
the working classes were told It was
impossible to concede a few millions
of old age pensions and other social
reforms. Yet money poured lavishly
during the war
{ Thus there has arisen a misconcep
tion that there is unlimited wealth,
not considering the unlimited debts
that are piling up
It was by following this error that
{ the Russians fell into the abyss of
RBolsheviam, Bolsheyvist agitators here
!say that normal woges in Russia now
;m man times greater than those
Lelsewhers Put they do not disclose
{the fact that the spending power of
I those wuges I 8 lower than it has ever
lhmnn hefore
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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1919
Peace Is Sought by Atlanta Workers
SEATTLE STRIKE CALLED OFF
BOLOHEVITS
AL BEATEN
INaiPYARD
AGITATION
SEATTLE, Feb. 17-—~The Bolshev
ists of the Northwest have been de
feated. Cooler heads have prevailed
in the councils of the shipyard work
ers with the result that the strike
of the metal trades workers has been
called off. Announcement of the end
ing of the strike was sent out to
workers last night by union leaders,
and it is expected that by the end
of this week all work Wil be re
sumed in the Todd, Foundation, Skin
ner and Eddy Seattle Dry Dock and
Censtruction and other large piants
here,
The men struck on January 21,
following stormy union sessions in
which Bolshevism and Mooney talk
predominated, for a dollar a day in
crease in wages. They return to
work this morning, that is. as many
of them as are still in Seattle return
te work, at the old scuale.
Since the seizure and deportation
by the Government of the alien agi
tators who kept Seattle’'s union in un
rest, cooler consideration of work
ing conditions has been had. The
men are beginning to recognize the
motives of the foreign agitators and
tc refuse to support them in their
universal strikesdemands,
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Battle With Striking |
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Miners Is Imminent. ?
(By International News Service.)
PEKIN, ILL., l-‘c-g. 17.—Sheriff Rab
ert Clay, with a pßsse of armed dep
uties, fs today guarding the Grove
land mines near here, prepared to
“shoot it out” with striking miners,
lead by an alleged Bolsheviki, who
are said to have threatened to burn
the mine unless miners who refusea
to strike %P immediately discharged. |
The trotble at the mine grows out
of a strike of surface workers last!
Thursday. One man who refused to
Join the strikers was severely beaten.
Sunday the strikers are alleged to
have sent word to the mine that lhl‘,\"
would attack with rifles today if the
men at work were not discharged. ‘
Sheriff Clay swore in fifteen depu
ties and is going to the mine pre
pared to give battle to the sirikers. i
“l expeet these strikers and their
Bolshevik leader to make an attack
today,” said Sheriff Clay today, after
an all-night vigil at the mines, “They
said théy wonld come, and | expect
them 1o make good. We will shoot it
out.” |
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Strikers’ Pickets and |
Mounted Police Clash.
(By International News Servics.)
LAWRENCE, MASS., [Feb 17.—
Nine arrests as the result of frequent
clashes between the strikers' pickets
and the mounted police marked the
opening of the third week of the tex
tile strike today. No one was seri
ously hurt during the several encoun -
ters which took place at the gates of
most of the mills, |
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U. 8. to Launch First »
|
Seagoing Tug Today‘
(Ir International News Service.)
BUFFALO, N, Y, Feb. 17.—The
fist sen-going tug for the United
States navy will be launched this
aftdrnoon at the Ferguson Steel and
Iron Company's shipyard, Addresses
will be made by Mayor Puek and by |
the president of the Chamber of Com
merce, The Buffalo, for that is the
name which will be given this tug, is
the first tug to be launched hy any
contractor anywhere on the contract
of 24 given out by the United States
navy. The tug is 105 feet long and of |
modern design,
R. M. Roper Pays High
For Short Auto Ride
R. M. Roper, No. 12 Pierce street, was
waiting for the last car Sunday morning
at 1 o'clock at MeCall's cromsing, out
Fort MocPherson wauy Three strangere
came by in an automebile and offered him
n ride, he“vays. and he soeeptod 1
“At Whiteball and Peters street they
turned off into a dark place and.told me
to shell aut,” he told the peliee 9 ulu.i
up l)'.! and a watch. Then they told me
to ght out and beat it | did.”
WILL AWAIT
[E DIRECT
URDERS OF
LEOFL
| The whang of the saw, the rat-a
--| tat-tat of the hamnmer and the scrape
1 of the bricklayer's trowel continued t
. make musical sounds around buiid-
Lings in process of construction here
}Monda_\, despite dispatches from New
York Saturday stating that a general
‘utrlke of the building trades workers
throughout the country would become
lemuve Moanday merning. The union
leaders of the Luilding Trades «'oun-'
cil were withholding action awaiting
more definite information from the!
Building Trades Department of the
American Federation of Labor, hesi
tating to call a strike here without
i positive orders.
l At an executive session of the
Building Trades Cougeil Sunday, at
tended by representatives of all the
fourteen afliliated organlzations and
the executive board of the Atlanta
Federation of Trades, the local situa
tion in the building industry was
thoroughly discussed and the full
moral and financial support of the
| council was pledged to the electrical
i\ workers' organization, first of the lo
j cal labor organizations to clash with
the building trades employers, It was
indicated that no action looking to
ward a general walkout would he
taken until it became apparent that
the electrical workers' difficulties
could be settled in no other way, or
until positive instructions had heen
received from the American Federa
tion of Labor.
.+ Want to Avoid Strike.
Local labor leaders are fully alive
to thel seriousness of the situation and
express the desire to avoid, ilf por..si-l
ble, a state of géneral industrial war
fare. They assert, however, that if
employers are determined up&n a pol
icy of refusing to renew agreements
as fast as they expire with the build
ing trades labor organizations, the
“battle royal” will begin in earnest
and the united strength of the Amer- |
ican labor movement will be called
into play in self-defense,
The agreement of the International |
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
expireda January 28 and the refusal |
of electrical contractors to renew it
precipitated a general walkout of thatl
craft shortly after that date. The
agreements of the other building|
trades crafts expire within the next
30 %0 60 days and the guestion of their
renewal remaing in doubt,
Madiators Fail,
Late dispatches from New York
Saturday night said that efforts of
Federal medlators in the New York
sftuation had failed, but that the la
bor men had sgreed to submit their'
contentions to the national war labor
bourd. The employers’ attitude on
the question of arbitration remained
in doubt. The situation in New York
apparently dominates the situation
all over the country, since the fight in
that city is between the national or
gunizations of hoth sides in the bulld
ing trades. 1t is believed that if a so- |
lution of the trouble in New York is
arrived at, its effects will be felt hope
as well
Returning, Sunday morning from
New York.fi'- T. Flagler, of the Flag.
ier Construction Company, declined
10 make a statement on charges of
labor leaders that Bullding Trades
Employers’ Associution was prevent.
ing the electrical contractors frmn'
signing a rvenewal of their closed
shop agreement with the electrical
workers, He said that his trip to
New York had nothing to do with la
bor matters, and that he would prefer
getting In touch with the local situa
tion before making a statement.
Sincerity at Test,
The importance of the outcome of
the elash between the building trades
employers and workers Is stiesged by
local building trades unjon leaders,
who declare that the sincerfty of
American employers in preserving the
industrinl peace made partially ef
tective by the war i 8 now about to be
tested. The union men feel that the
natlon faces an industrial crisis, in
which cool-headedness and mutual
understanding between the employers
Issued Daliy and Eutered as Second (lass Matter
(he PostoMoe at Atianta Under Act of March 3, 1878
House Committee to Air
Charges of Neglect and
Mistreatment of Soldiers
. By J. BART CAMPBELL, j
Staff Correspondent of th, I. N. 8.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 17.-~Appear
ance of Governor Allen, of Kansas,
before ihe House rules committee to
day or tomorrow is expected to bring
to a focus charges of neglect and ill
treatment of American doughboys,
which have been flying about the
Hous2 rince it took up the much @is
puted army appropriation bills last
week .
tongressional probe of Governor
Allen’s charges that an American di
vision, which incloded Kansas troops,
suffered cruelly in the Argonne fight
ing from lack of artillery and aircraft
and medical support, was provided in
the resolution sponsored by Repre
sentative Campbell, Republican, of
Kansas, which is before the rules
committec .
Officers to Testify,
Governor Allen promised to back tp
his charges by not only appearing in
person before the committce, but dy
having several army officers who
tought in the Argonne give testimmony
in support of them. When Secrotary
Baker and General M::#‘h recently
appeared before the cofimittee they
described the charges as “exagger
ated.”
Another resolution, fathered by
Representative Siegel, Rvpuhlh-:uk of
New York. which provided for a
sweeping conzfaessional probe of the
army eonditions which Republican
Representatives have referred to in
attacks on the War Department and
the general staffl during consideration
Inclemen tweather did not deter the
resolution of 6,500 Atlantans to attend
the concert and community sing in the
Auditorium Sunday afternoor The en
tire seating capacity of the house was
taxed, and the volume of melody aris
ing vied with the howl of the wind for
supremacy
The sing was conducted under the
auspices of the War Camp Community
service and was led by Hen Potter
song-leader for this distriet
Dake Frank sang ‘“The Land of New
Beginning and Mrs. Hlma Youhg sand
“Til We Meet Again
An interesting feature of the program
wias the entertaMmment provided by an
athletic trio, led by J. . Weaver, ¥, M
C, A. director of Station 15 His as- |
sistants were Thomas Bryan and Dunn
Finney, of the Forty-fifth Infantry .\'
Mack Sennett comed “Whose Baby
ind “*The Secrte Code a 4 myster 0
brought the entertainment to s lose
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England May Cantinue
Bread and Meat Control
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 26 (by mall),-—The
bread subsidy and Government meat
control make it certain that there
will be some measure ~f food direc
tion in England unti) September, at
least, and possibly longer. The bread
subsidy amounts to $250.000.000 ap
nually and may increase. The price
of a four-pound loaf of breagl is now
18 cents, but without the -AK\“l\ the
ame loaf would cost 32 eents, since
American wheat is used in part. The|
«übsid was brought forward as a|
war measure to keep down discon-|
tent, and is expected to continue un
til industry is normal and wages have
been readjusted
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Boy Breaks Arm Trying |
g .
To Swing on Trucki
Charles Brannon, 12, of No. 741
Woodward avenue, son of Pollceman
. H. Brannon, Monday was recover
ing from injuries received Sunday
atternoon when he was suld 1o nave
attempted to swing on a passing m"-l
trick 1n Savannah avenue. The bhoy'
irm was caught in the_chain drive]|
on the gide of the car and broken.!
He was taken to GCrady Hospital, |
where the browen arm wa ot |
|
ind workers Is necessary The pre
valling sentiment it the Buildin 1
Trades Councl! vesterda w that
the general strike weapon shou 'n:
used anl Liter other ean ) ( ¢ [
ment had been exhuusted hat no
hesitancy should be i ayved if t
intention of the employer ) e roy |
the Tabor untons is made eviden ‘
AFTERNOON
EDITION
of the army bill, also is before the
committee, W*He there is not suffi
cient time left for such an investiga
tion, l'.em'i;‘sfl on®he Campbell-Siegel
resclutions by committee before the
present Congress ends at noon on
March 4 may develop some of the
sensations which the Republicans
have threatened when the truth is
revealed respecting™ certain army
conditions which they have so often
alleged. / 3
; Point of Order Up.
The rules committee will probubiy
also be culbn;d on today to pass upon
the point order raised by Repre
sentative Humphreys, Democrat, of
Mississippi, against the provision in
the army bill for a temporary army
of 28,579 oflh(';rs and 509,909 enlisted
men to replace the American expedi
tionary forces, on the ground that it
is “nmew legislation” and is out of
place in an appropriaiion bill.
Pussage of the bill today is consid
ercd unlikely by both sides, especially
as the House has an agreement o
take up the unanimous consent cal
endar at 4 o'clock this afternoon for
five hours. If the measure is finally
disposed of by the middle of the w.»ek,
the administration leaders in thel
House admitted that they would con
sider themselves fortunate,
That both the navy and army bills
have ;the roughest kind of a road
ahead of them in the Senate, the ad
ministration leaders also conceded, if
only because of the legislative jam
Congress has now h’n. two weeks to
dispose of,
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'wo negroes are dead and fifteen |
others are in the Fulton County jadl |
as the result of a raid on a crap!
game by County Policemen O, S,
Head and C. L. Cates in the West I
ern and Atlantic vards Sunday night. |
The dead are Warren Kdwards and |
Hénry Landers, section hands \\.xh’
fifteen other negroes, they were en |
guged Nn a lively game tn a box « H"
when the loud conversation .un.nx-nll
the attention of the passing police !
men, who, approaching nearer, beheld |
the gmme in progress Just as they
ordered the negroes to surrender one
of the crowd fired upon Cate His
face was burned with powder A
battie followed and when the two ne
Eroes attempted to jump from the car)
they were shot and Killed by the of
ficers The other surrendered. The
poiicemen held them in the box ca
and summoned ISsistance Later
they were ull brought to the county
inil, where they are held, charged with |
gambling ;
Soldier, Ti |
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oldier, Tired of |
L.f ' . |
;, Drinks Poison;
11e, Urinks roison; !
3 ay
He May Recover
Tired of life at Georde C. M
Daniel, a goldier of Camp Jesup, Sui
day afternoon drank a quantity or |
laudanum while seated on a bench in
the Terminal Station waiting room
an effort to kil Inself He wa
taken to the Grady He tal in an u
consclious condition, later be re
moved to the hospital at Fort Mol'her |
son
A brief note, hastil rihbled on a
sheet of paper torn from a little men
orandum book was found | i ‘
poc ke It read
“I'm throug) with f 1 an't |
stand it Notity My H C Mcbha !
el No 120 Kast Franklin ireet |
Riehmond, Va {
A worker i 1 he Red (‘ros iiteen |
at the Terminal, who saw Mcbaniel i
raise a bottle of ligquid to nout
and swallow Its conter rushed to |
his e and wmimoned he ambu
lance
in | pockets was a letter, appa l
rentl from his mother, and a pocket
. tion of the New Testument The
letter asked him to “read the Bible !
il be & good bo There also were |
. 1l kodak pletures of nurses 1
When pi and arouseds him fron
tupor b able to mutier but
1 few words herentl
1 e e he Lok thimy o
I wanted n i irge und the ‘
Fhysleians il the believed he
would recover
NO. 169
’ (By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb., 17.—TheCigats
man Government has decided to ne
cept the terms of the Allies' armise
tice conditions « A
j Thes Weimar correspondent of The
Politiken wires his paper, under date
of Surday. 620 o'clock P, fl?‘t the
agreement sto accept the conditions
Was reached at a conference of party
’Nrnh rs
Marshal Foech had informed the
German . armistice commission that
the armigtice would expire at % o'ciock
Monday morning and that the last
Pour for signing would be & o'clock
Sunday evening., He declared if the
armistice was not signed that T
would leave Treyos and it would he
longer be in foree
Russ Problem
T ain 1 dapia
Up Again in Paris.
By ROBERT J. PREW,
(By International News Service.)
PARIS Feb 17~The supreme
council of thereat powers again
took up the Russian question at this
morning’s session The council de
bated the Idea of Winston Spencef
Churehill, who was heard at Sat
urday’'s meeting, of asking all parties
n Russia to cease hostilities and the
ppointment of a commission to take
evidenece from each organized group,
The suggestion is to invest the com
mission with full powers of arbitra
tion
Bolsheviki Are Ignored,
The new plan does not provide a
meeting of the Bolgheviki and the
other governments who declined the
nvitation to attend the general con
ference at Princes lsland.
Before his departure for America
President Wilson expressed concern
wer the conference’s inability to
take any practical measures to re
store Russia He enjoined the
American delezation to the peace
conference to operate cordially in any
workable scheme in that _direction
Lioyd George Is Anxious,
Premier Lloyd George, of Great
Britain, also is extremely anxbous to
olve the problem, in view of the
unsettled labor conditions in Eng
ind and the leanings toward Bol
shevism of cert:in lubor leaders.
Premier Borden of Canada: in a
W end speceh, urged the delegates
to the peace conference to speed up
their d werations He declared that
over three months had elapsed sinde
the armistice, and that the soldiers
belleve that much time has been
wasted and are amazed at the des
liherate methods emploved
Germany Protests
. N 1 ¢
Surrender of Ships.
(By International News Service.)
hIRNEKE Kb 17 The German
Government ha irotested to Here.,
Fehrenbach, former president of the
German Relchstog Izainst the sirs
o wrn 1 merchant ships to
1 AL chrenhach also I 8 urged
to re the plan to have the ships
manned Germuan crews under Ale
o i tion
ilB . '
British Premier Calls
Conference on Labor.
(Exclusive Cahle by the International
News Servies and The London
Daily Express.)
LONDON, Fi 17« Premier Lord
George has decided to eall a national
ONEress f representatives of eme
ove nd labor to deal with the
{ ositaation and review the ens
tire cau i the rest among the
working ¢l ‘ The congress will
form o permanent assembly
Labor leader e uhanimously in
favor of the Premie proposition,
I q 1 hiive wn done before ™
hey sa ;
» . 4
Sir Wilfred Laurier
.
Is Reported Dying
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Febh, 11.~Blr
| former Premier of
('a I frered a paratytio
roke S 4 dving His condi.
ion ok a turn for the worse this
o ng