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^r0L. LXXVIII No. 26,390
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SUNDAY, FEB?UARY 16, 1919? SEVEN FARTS-SEVENTY PAGES
FIVE CENTS vV?
Wilson Sails From France for Boston;
Urges Congress to Delay League Debate
I Shot, 2 Dead |
Day's Crime in
New York City
Three Major Cases and Many
Burglaries in Brooklyn ;
No Clues to Work On
Murder in Manhattan
Also Cash Register Below
Fulton Street Dead Line
Rifled During the Night
Daring criminals made Brooklyn I
their playground yesterday. One man
was murdered and two others shot.
Safes were cracked, houses burglar?
ised, pedestrians waylaid and beaten
by thugs and merchants held up and
robbed m their stores.
With all their energies d rected
toward apprehending the two bandits
T?ho the day before took $12.000 from
sn Emergency Fleet Corporation pay?
master, the police of the borough were
ill-prepared to coe -with the new out
b$ak of crime.
Meanwhile, the Manhattan authori?
ties, still seeking the second of the
two robbers who staged a daylight
holdup in a Madison Avenue jewelry
?tore Friday, found themselves con?
fronted with an East Side murder mys- I
t?ry and the first burglary to be com?
mitted below the Fulton Street "dead- j
line" in months.
Paymaster Still Held
*Xeil Sheftall, the Emergency Fleet
Cwporation paymaster, who was ar?
rested on a charge of "acting in con
rtrt" with the h ghwaymen who took
tks payroll money, was arraigned yes
?rday ir. the Fifth Avenue Court and
he'd without bail for a hearing Mon?
day. He stoutly denies complicity in
the crime, although admitting he is the
5?me man who was arrested under the
name 0? Charles Tharles on a forgery
charge in 1?09. That charge was dis?
missed.
Brooklyn's re gn of terror was ush?
ered in at 1 o'clock yesterday morn?
ing, when three masked men alighted
from a black taxicab in front of the
?loon at 1002 Thirty-ninth Street and
?ntered the place with drawn revol?
vers. They found Frank Petrozza, part
owner of the saloon, alone behind the
!?r. He was tabulating the night's
receipts, preparatory to closing.
His Loss Is $180
^hile two of the robbers guarded
the front and side doors, the third or?
dered Petrozza away from the cash
register. He r fled this and a drawer
?hind the bar which he forced the
'?'oonkeeper to unlock. Petrozza
plttes his loss at $130 in cash and $50
'orth of jewelry.
After warning him that an outcry on
Kippt would bring them back to kill
M?. the hold-up men calmly walked
"at, got into tr,,: black taxi and were
driven off. Petrozza caught a fleeting
ghmpse of the car as it sped away and
?ys the last three dig ta of the license
number were "073."
A few hour?. later. Patrolman Pope,
? the Liberty Avenue (station, found ?
Or. Harry Balzhiaer's drugstore, atj
?ll? Fulton Street, with the door un- !
'?eked and the lights turned on. En- j
'?ring, be came upon Dr. Balzshiser ly
'"S behind the counter, unconscious and i
deeding from a bullet wound in the
r?.?ht aide of his head.
The druggist said two youths, about!
''Shteen years old each, carne into his:
'tore shortly after midnight and asked i
f*r a bottle of liniment. When he;
'?rued to the ?helf to get it, one of]
toem shot him. While he lay insens- j
JM? on the floor they took $70 from j
">? till and leisurely looted the show- !
?***? of such merchandise as they de
; ?red.
Looking for Cocaine
Dr. Balisshiser's wound is not seri
***? He said the shallow complexion
tR4 general appearance of his assail
"PU leads him to believe they arc drug
^icts and that they picked out a
>>"armacy to rob i nthe hope of obtain
***ocain<? or morphine.
H*rry Banz, a sailor attached to the
^7 Ridge Barrack?, encountered a
?<**j>ad at Washington and Sands
r*5t. Brooklyn, who felled him to the
?dewalk and relieved him of $10. John
??Coven,, who ,ai(1 hp had no home
**? arrest*d near the scene by Do
**'*? Bridgets.
* dejfref. of mystery ?urrounds the
'"?oting of Morris Bienenstock in his
**??, 12% Forty-seventh Street, Brook
**? Policeman Grama, of tho Park
t,!? station, heard the report of ?
? *"*r in the Jiouse, and as he start
ttP the front steps to investigate,
^"*J*ari running out. He placed him
W ?trett. Th?j prisoner, who laid
'?*"- Adolph Bookman, of 219 Ctwi
| ' '""-i fctreet, ?vas Sater arraigned ,t
I !n'.''l*!'b'i*h Ci>ur\. and held in $5,00(1
| on ? charge of currying concealed
Continued on paye fourteen
Day's Crime Record
In the Greater City
HpWO MEN were murdered in j
?*? the greater city yesterday,
one on the street in Manhattan,
the other in a Brooklyn saloon.
Four burglaries, netting $2,500, I.
were committed. Two of them J
were "safe-cracking jobs." One j
occurred below the Fulton Street j
"dead-line."
There were three hold-ups, all
in Brooklyn. One of the victims
was shot by robbers in his drug?
store.
Another Brooklyn man was shot
in his own home under mysterious
circumstances.
A night watchman in Tomp- I
kinsville, Staten Island, was shot
during an argument.
No arrests have been made in
the more serious crimes.
The police are still looking for
the two bandits who staged Fri?
day's $12,000 pay-roll robbery
and for one of the pair who the
same day held up a Madison Ave?
nue jewelry shop and got $7,400
in loot.
100,000 Men in
Building Trades
To Quit Monday
Ortler Goes Out as Federal
Mediators Fail to Settle
? the Carpenters' Strike
|
federal mediators failed to bring the i
! striking carpenters and their employers ?
! together yesterday, and in consequence i
, orders went out last night to local j
unions of the thirty building trades to
strike work on all jobs held.by.members .j
of the Building Trades Employers' As- i
sociation of New York on Monday.
About sixty large contracts in various
parts of the country and 100,000 men
are affected.
Henry J. Skeffington. of Boston, and !
i William O. Davidge, of Washington,
! representing Secretary of Labor Will
' ?am B. Wilson, were the Federal media
I tors. They spent most of the afternoon
j in conference with representatives of
; the employers and early last evening
' met with the e\ecutive*council of the
j building trades department of the Amer
i ican Federation of Labor. This confer
; ence lasted half an hour. At its con?
clusion the mediators confessed failure.
"Nothing but a miracle can stop a
strike now," said Mr. Skefiington, "and
neither Davidge nor I are miracle
, workers. We have done everything we
could do and will have to tell the sec?
retary that there is nothing we can
I see that will prevent the strike in
| volving all of the trades the members
I of this association employ. I estimate
I that the number of men that will be
affected is close to 100.000.
Abandon Hope of Settlement
"1 leave for my home to-night, and
I will keep in touch with the situation
I here by 'phone. Mr. Davidge- leaves
; to-morrow morning for Washington to
report to Mr. Wilson. We will proba
? bly be back here Tuesday or Wednes
? day to see if there is anything we can
I do. Just now, however, it looks as
though they would have to fight it
out."
One reason assigned for the failure
of the mediators was the fact that only
four of the strike committee of the ?
employers' association were on hand to
meet them. These were Roland Taylor,
president of the association; Hugh
Getty, C. J. Norman, chairman of the
carpenters' section, and Otto White
necht. The others, it was explained, I
were unable to be present because no?
tice of the intention of the govern?
ment to send mediators was not re?
ceived until late Friday afternoon.
Messrs. Skeffington and Davidge ar?
rived in New York early yesterday
morning and went to the Continental
Hotel, where they conferred with Will?
iam L. Hutcheson, international presi?
dent of the Carpenters, William J.
Bov.cn and William Dobson, of the
Bricklayers and others. At this con?
ference the union men expressed a
! willingness to take up the matetr with
! the employers, but they declared it
I would be useless o go into conference
on any basis other than $0.50 a day ,
I for carpenters.
Firm on $6.50 a Day
"The men will not stand for less," ;
j Hutcheson told them, "and it is of no
use to make an agreement that cannot
! be kept."
After this conference the mediators
wen to the Builders' Kxehunge in
j Thirty-third Street, where they talketl
i with the employer? until nearly 0
i o'clock. Meantime in the Hotel Con
I tinental the executive council of the |
building trades department of the
American Federation of Labor had
been cal1?d to order by John H. Don
lin, its chairman.
To it ?.he car.c of the Carpenters
wan presented by William L. Hutche?
son. a member of the board. William
J. Bowen and William Dobson, of the
| Bricklayers, presented the case of
; their mnn and Frank P. Feeney, of
, the elevator constructors who also are
i on strike, told of the efforts to bring
! peace. At the Bio?? of this diicus
? ?ion it was voted to recommend that
! all building trade? wtrike in support,
of the men now out.
Directed Again?. 850 Contractor?
'\'r,t- announcement of thi? vote wax.
made by Mr. H?tch?-On while the me?
diators '//ere ?till In ?e??ion with the
i employer?,
''The executive council of the build?
ing trade? department of the American
1 Federation of Labor passed a reiolu
Crmtinued on paffe eight
27th Due Here
March 11 to 13
On Six Ships
New York's Gallant Division
to Sail From Brest for!
Home Early Next Month
10,900 on the Leviathan
Preparations for Parade Are
Begun by Order of Baker;
Demobilization April 1
New York Tribune,
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. -The 27th
Division, New York's lighting National
Guardsmen, will leave Brest March 2,
?'i and 1, on six large troopships the
Leviathan, the Mauritania, the
cruisers Harrisburg and Louisville;,
the Agamemnon and the Pannonia
General Pershing advised the War De?
partment to-day.
Embarkation officials of the army
and navy to-day established the capac?
ity and voyage time of the six ves?
sels as follows:
Leviathan, 10.900 troops, 8 days.
Mauretania, 5,160 troops, 7 days.
Harrisburg, 2,260 troops, 8 days.
Agamemnon 2,218 troops, 8 days.
Louisville, 2,000 troops, 8 days.
Pannonia, 1,500 troops, 10 days.
It will be ^con that the British ship:-?
the Mauretania and the Pannonia -
are capable of the greatest and the
least speed but ; 11 arc sufficiently fast
I o bring the 27th Division men home
by the middle of March.
Officials of the operations division
of lhe general staff, in charge of the
demobilization of troops, informed
The Tribune to-day that plans have
been perfected for landing the New
York troops at Clamp Mills, with Camp
Merritt in reserve for any of the
division if sccomoriations at Mills are
inadequate. At these two rest camps,
the troops will go through the disin?
fecting process, which will require a
period of not more than a week for
the entire division.
To Demobilize at Upton
From Camps Mills and Merritt the
division will be sent into the City of
New York for the demonstrations, and
| at the close of the parade all troops
I will entrain for Camp Upton. Demob
i ilization officials estimate that ten days
I will be required at Upton to muster the
division out of the service, so that the
: troops will probably be out by April 1.
Secretary of War Baker declared to?
day that he would witness the parade
"if I am available." The War Secre?
tary is preparing to visit France, and
: his departure for Europe may be taken
Continued on page twelve
White House in Paris
Closed Until March 13
New York Tribune
S]teeial Cable Service
.'Copyright, 1D19. New York Tribune In,;j
"PARIS, Fob. 15.?There is no
-* longer any White House in
Paris. The President's baggage
vas packed and dispatched with
him yesterday. The telephone
operators, guards and special staff
of servants at the Mural Mansion
will remain unemployed until
March 13, when the President is
expected to return to France.
Investigation
Of Williams'?
Acts Is Asked
Controller Is Accused in
House of Misusing His
Power as U. S. Official
WASHINGTON, Feb. l?. Repre?
sentative McFadden, of Pennsylvapia,
Republican, introduced a resolution in
the House to-day directing Speaker
Clark to appoint a special committee
to inquire into the official conduct
of John Skelton Williams, controller
of the currency, and announced that
! he would offer a bill abolishing the
| controller's office, similar to the
? measure introduced in the Senate by
i Senator Weeks .of Massachusetts.
"There are all sorts of rumors re?
garding this office," Mr. McFadden
| said. "I call attention to the fact
| that rumors arc floating around that
I the controller of the currency has
i used information obtained in his of
? ficial capacity for speculations in
! stocks.-'
The McFadden resolution. which
would direct, inquiry into Mr. Will
iams's official relationship with a num
i ber of other government officials, and,
specifically, as to whether he "J^n^-uriY
I private banking connections 'w fian
; ner;ships or is otherwise interested in
i banking or brokerage concerns in Rich
! mond, Va., and Baltimore."
Further, the committee would be
charged to inquire "what connections
. any or all of these have had in the
j last year with the purchase or sales of
I stocks in the International Mercantile
I Marine. Russian bonds or othei
| stocks."
Naval Siles Also involved
Investigation is also propsed of Mr
i Williams's conduct as Director of Fi
? nance and Purchase of the railroad ad
j ministration and of any connection he
might have had with acquisition oi
! sites for naval operations.
Mr. McFadden, who is a banker, rear
| to the House a letter from the Com
' missioner of Banking in Pennsylvania
Continued ou page six
Promises He
Will Justify
Each Article
Foreign RelationsCommittee
of Both Houses to Dine
at White House Feb. 26
Lodge Calls Draft "Simple"
Virtually All Statesmen
A?ree New Plan Means
End of Monroe Doetrine
By Carter Field
Ne,V> York Tribune
, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. ? Urging
i that there he no debate on Congress on
the proposed league of nations until
his return to this country, President
Wilson to-night promised in a cable
message to go over the draft of the
constitution for the league section by
section with the members of the For
I eign Relations committees of the two
? linn ics on his return.
The members of the two committees
have been invited to a dinner at the
j White ?louse on the night of February
; 2?i, at which time the President prom?
ises-to give "good and sufficient" rea?
sons for the "phraseology and sub?
stance of each article."
'File table message was sent through
Secretary Tumulty to every member
j of the Foreign Relations Committee of
the Senate and the Foreign Affairs
Committee of the House. It was dated
' Paris, February 14, and read as fol?
lows:
"Last nighl the committee of the
conference charged with the duty
of drafting a constitution for a
J league cf r.rtumf *'onclT>ded its wOT?c,
and this afternoon, before leaving
for the United States, it is to be my
privilege and duty to read to a ple
; ' nary session of the conference the
| ; text of the twenty-six articles agreed
? '-. upon by the committee.
Represents Entire World
"The committee which drafted
these articles was fairly representa?
tive of the world. Besides the rep
' resentatives of the United States,
Great Britain, France, Italy and
Japan, representatives of Belgium,
Serbia, China, Greece, Rumania,
1 ('/.echo-Slovakia, Poland Brazil and
! Portugal actively participated in the
Continued on page three
U. S. Against War-Cost Levy on Foe
By Frederick Moore
tCopyright, 1?19, New York Tribune Inc.)
PARIS, Feb. 14.?It was learned to-night (Friday, that
the American Peace Commission will continue to
maintain that the war costs shall not be imposed upon Ger?
many.
Mr. Wilson has apparently expressed fear of driving
GeiM^pty to Bolshevism.
.....
Trade Ban on
Bulgaria and
Turkey Lifted
Supreme Eeonomie Council
Reopens Dardanelles and
Clears Way to Black Sea
New York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.?The United
States War Trade Board announced to?
day a complete lifting of all restric?
tions on trade between this country
nnd Bulgaria nnd the Turkish Empire,
i'nd the formal opening of the Dardan?
elles.
The announcement, it was explained,
follows a decision reached to-day by
the Supreme Economic Council in
Paris, in the membership of which the
War Trade Board is represented by
Vanee C. McGormick.
"This action," says a statement is?
sued by the board, "marks by far the
most extensive opening of territory to
trade since the signing of the armis?
tice. It is taken in accordance with the
desire of the War Trade Board to open
increased fields for our commerce, with
the purpose of restoring trade condi?
tions more nearly approaching nromal."
Brings Relief to Armenia
It is declared by officials of the board
that arrangements will be made by the
associated governments to insure that
the resumption of trade now announced
will not lessen the effectiveness of the
present blockade of the Central Powers.
To-day's decision of the Supreme Eco?
nomic Council, it is explained, by open?
ing up the Dardanelles, and conse?
quently Rumania and all the ports of
the Black Sea, to trade with the United
States, will serve as a measure of re?
lief to Armenia and South Russia.
It follows the already announced re?
opening of trade with Mesopotamia,
Syria and Palestine, south of the line
from Alexandretta to Aleppo, and com
- pletes provision for a resumption of
trading with the entire territory em?
braced within the boundaries of the
Turkish Empire as it existed August 1
j 1914.
No Word on Regulations
"In accordance with this new author?
ization," the board states, "applications
will now be favorably considered for
licenses to export or import all com?
modities to consignees or from con?
signors in this newly opened territory.
"The War Trade Board has received
! no official advices as to what the im
| port, regulations into this territory, if
any, will be. Prospective exporters
! should, therefore, communicate with
their customers abroad before making
shipments in order that the importer
may comply with anv import regula?
tions that may be in effect."
-?
Wilson Names Wallace
As Successor to Sharp
ON BOARD THE U. S. S. GEORGE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (By Wireless
to The Associated Press).? President
Wilson has nominated Hugh C. Wal?
lace, of Seattle, Ambassador to France,
to lili the vacancy caused by the resig
ration of William Graves Sharp.
? Taft Says League Plan
Exceeded Expectations
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 15.?
Former President Taft
spoke to a crowd at the union sta?
tion here on his arrival from the
East with the party touring the
country in the interest of the
league of nations.
Commenting on the draft of the
constitution of the league present?
ed to the peace conference in Paris
yesterday Mr. Taft said:
"It is a real league of nations.
It is not all that I wished, but
comes near it. It is a great deal
better than I hoped. It contains
within its terms provisions for its
! own growth. Indeed, the exigen
j cies of the European situation in
j the sphere of the league will prob?
ably require additional and more
stringent provi.-ions in some re?
spects than appear in the present
plan, but on the whole I am quite
gratified over the unanimous
agreement on the subject.
"There should be no doubt of its
approval by the Senate when it is
embodied in th? treaty."
Chief Executive
Plans Speaking
Tour in East
Will Deliver Address in!
Massachusetts Capital
and One Other Cityl
BREST, Feb. 15.?President Wilson
left Brest on his return to the United
States on board the United States ship
George Washington shortly after 11
o'clock this morning. The George
Washington weighed anchor at 11:15
o'clock.
When the President left it was an?
nounced that die would land in Boston
on February 25, where be was expected
to make an address which would cover
the work performed at the peace con?
ference.
It was said that it was most prob?
able that the President would make an?
other speech before finally returning to
Washington. ?
Mr. Wilson arrived in Brest from
Paris at 10:30 o'clock and went direct
to the dock, where he embarked on a
French gunboat which took him and his
party to the George Washington.
In a farewell message to the French
people before leaving Brest President
Wilson said:
"1 cannot lave France without ex?
pressing my profound sense, of the
great hospitality of the French people
and the French government. They have
received and treated me as I most de?
sired to be treated, as a friend, a
friend alike in spirit and in purpose.
I am happy to say that I am to return
to assist with all my heart in complet?
ing the just settlements which the
peace conference is seeking, and I shall
carry with me during my absence very
happy memories of th etwo months 1
have spent here.
"I have been privileged to see here
| at first hand what my sympathies have
i already conceived the sufferings and
i problems of France?and every day has
| deepened my interest in the solution of
! the grave questions upon whose proper
? solution the future prosprity of France
and her associates and the whole world
? depend. May I not leave my warm and
effectionate farewell greetings?"
The President'was received at the
Brest Arsenal by Admiral. Moreau, of
the French navy; General Helmick, the
military commander of Brest; Charles
M. Schwab and civil officiais. There
was no ceremony except for handshak?
ing and a salute of twenty-one guns,
which thundered forth as soon as the
. President embarked.
Mrs. Wilson Gets Bouquet
When the President alighted from
1 the train he was smiling. He shook
i hands with Admiral Moreau, General
Helmick, Admiral Halstead and Mr.
! Schwab. The President talked for a
i few minutes with Mr. Schwab. Mrs.
i Wilson smiled as she followed the
; President and received from Georges
I Leygues, French Minister of Marine, a
I handsome bouquet of flowers. Mrs. Jo
i sephine Lewis, of Cincinnati, presented I
| the President with a bouquet of violets,
i which he accepted with a bow.
The President spent just fifteen min- 1
| utes at the quay. He passed along the j
i line of those assembled to greet him |
: and shook hi'scds with each one. Reach- j
ing the end of Nie line, he beckoned to
Mrs. Wilson to come. He descended the
stairs to the deck of the gunboat and
] then assisted Mrs. Wilson to descend.
After exchanging greetings the Pres
? ident stood on the gunboat and waved
to the crowds on the dock and those
! assembled on the embankments high
i above the quay. The mistiness of the
; weather hid the gunboat from sight
soon after it. left the dock, but the
: President continued to wave his hat
and smile as the boat, headed across a
1 calm sea toward the George Washing
! ton.
Americans in Party
The President was accompanied on
! board the gunboat by Ambassador and
| Mme: Jusserand and by Representa
I tivea Helvering, White and Norton,
who have been in France for several
i months. David R. Francis, the Ameri
: can Ambassador to Russia, and his son
and daughter also were members of
the party.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. American As?
sistant Secretary of the Navy, arrived
shortly before the President boarded
the George Washington and was taken
aboard the liner on special naval craft.
From the railroad siding to the dock
Continued on last page
President's
Place Taken
By Col. House
Peace Conference Takes
Up Russian Issue and
War Indemnity Claims
Society of Nations
Faces Long Delay
French to Press "World
Police" Amendment;
Also Will Ask Changes
\._,_
President. Wilson sailed from Brest.
for Boston yesterday at 11:15
a. m. He is due to arrive Febru?
ary 24.
Before sailing he issued a ferewell
message to the French people,
expressing thanks for their hos?
pitality.
In a cable message to Congress
the President requostrd^that de?
bate on the league of nations
plan be postponed until after his
arrival. He invited the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Sen?
ate and the Foreign Affairs Com?
mittee of the House to dine with
him at the White House February
26, when he will go over the
league of nations plan with both
committees.
It is thought by observers in Paris
that many months must elapse
before the executive council of
the league of nations can assem?
ble.
Full reports of the plenary session
of the peace conference yester?
day indicated that the draft of
the league of nations plan will
not be acepted by some nations
without efforts to amen it.
Leon Bourgeois for France empha?
sized the danger of disarmament
and the ned of an international
army to enforce the league's de?
cisions.
The Supreme Economic Council or?
dered all trade restrictions re?
moved on commerce with Turkey
! and Bulgaria, formally opening
the Dardanelles. The order was
promulgated in the United States
by the War Trade Board.
League Differences I
Abated to Give WiUon
His '"Day of Triumph"*
By Frederick Moore
New York Tribiwe
Xnrrinl C.nhU brn'o
, , . . . Sew "i'r.ik Tribune Inc.)
PARIS, Feb. 15. - It is generally
feared that it will be many month?-,
before the executive council of the
league of nations assembles. Yet the
intention was evidently to let Mr. Wil?
son have a triumphant day yesterday
worthy of the achievement, which
Great Britain especially is determined
shall be successful.
The commission's report on the con?
stitution of the league of nations was
unanimous, but the French are not
satisfied with the security the league
affords, and other nations desire rec?
tification of frontiers and other settle?
ments before final approval.
Just two months to a day after his
arrival on French soil, systematically
and relentlessly and with a fixed defi?
nite idea. Mr. Wilson succeeded in
bringing about a covenant of nations.
On the one hand, he pleaded and ad?
vised with men who were said to favor
the idea; on the other, he pitilessly
opposed, warned and even threatened
those who opposed or who he thought,
v ere opposed to the idea which to him
took precedence over the drawing up
I of the terms of peace.
After the .^peaking yesterday at the
peace conference the drafting commit?
tee labored far into the morning con?
cluding the final phraseology. Seventy
delegates to the inter-allied conference
-in the famous clock room were
there and every seat was occupied.
The special guests included Mrs. Wil?
son, who was'inconscpicuously seated,
in the alcove.
Only an ear delicately attuned per?
ceived the hint of reserve in the speech
of Leon Bourgeois for France, when he
made the statement that he would later
have most important considerations to
offer. These were no heavier than
gossamer and did not obscure the
brilliance of Mr. Wilson's triumph.
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Place at Peace Table:
Russian Issue Is Up
PARIS. Feb. 15. The Supreme Coun?
cil, at its meeting this afternoon be?
gan examination of the Russian Ques?
tion, according to an official an