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Union Chiefs Agree to Submit
President’s Proposal to
, Their Locals.
Maintenance of Way and Shop Labor
ers’ Strike Is Indefinitely Post
poned—Rail Organizations
to Sift Offer.
Washington, Feb. 17.~The railroad
unions of the United States agreed to
submit to their organizations the pro
posal from President Wilson that all
their wage grievances be immediately
taken under consideration by a com
mittee of experts to be appointed by
the president at once pending creat‘ion
of wage adjustment machinery as pro
vided in the railroad bill now before
COngress.
Thus the immediate prospect of a
general strike is averted. The only
strike order actually issued was that
of the maintenance of way employees,
set for Tuesday, and this was indefi
nitely postponed later in the day by
the officers of that brotherhood.
The president’s proposals, which will
be submitted to a conference of repre
sentatives of all the railroad organiza
tions—ls of them—at a meeting to
be called in Washington February 23,
as stated by the president in lis ad
dress to the railroad.committee, are
as follows:
“1. In the event that in connection
with the return to private control pro
vision shall be made by law for ma
chinery for dealing with railroad wage
matters I shall promptly use my influ
ence, and so far as such law confers
power upon me I shall promptly exer
cise that power to bring about the
earliest practicable organization of
the machinery thus provided. :
“2. In the event that no such pro
vision is made by law for dealing with
these matters, T shall employ the influ
ence of the executive to get the rail
road companies and the railroad em
ployees to join promptly in the crea
tion of a, tribunal to take up these
problems and carry them to a conclu
sion, :
-“3. T shall at once constitute a com
mittee of experts to take the data al
ready available in the various records
of the United States railroad adminis
tration, including the records of the
Lane commission and of the board of
railroad wages and working conditions,
and to analyze the same so as to de
velop, in the shortest possible time,
the facts bearing upon a just and rea
sonable basis of wages for the various
classes of railroad employees, with due
regard to all factors reasonably bear
ing upon the problem, and specifically
to the factors of the average of wage
paid for similar cr analogous labor for
other industries in this country, the
cost of living and a fair living wage,
S 0 as to get the problems in shape for
the earliest possible final disposi
tion.” - : :
Before the postponement of the
maintenance men’s strike was an
nounced President Wilson and Direc
tor General- Hines had concentrated
their attention upon preventing the
strike of the 300,000 maintenance of
way emplovees.
Earlier in the day, when it became
known that the officers of the main
tenance organization had refused to
join with the 14 other unions in the
agreement to submiy the president’s
proposals to the joint union confer
ence, February 23, President Wilson
and Director Hines both sent tele
grams to A. E. Barker, president of
the Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employees at Detroit, and Mr.
Hines also sent a letter, ’
+ President Wilson’s telegram prac
tically demanded that the strike be
called off, but contained no threats.
It was reported, howgver, that the gov
ernment will ‘resort to extreme means
to prevent the strike, if necessary, and
perhaps invoke the injunction as was
done in the coal strike,
TWO GREEK TRAITORS GUILTY
Colonel Metaxas Gets Death and Gen
eral Doumanis Life Sentence for
High Treason.
London, Febh. 17.—A Central News
dispatch from Athens reports the con
clusion of the trial of members of
the former Greek general staff, who
had been accused of acting in behalf
of German interests during the war.
Colonel Metaxas, chief assistant to the
staff, was convicted of high treason
for surrendering Fort Rupel to the
Bulgarians, and was condemned to
‘death. General Doumanis was sen
‘tenced to penal servitude for life, the
digpatch says. Two others were ac
quitted.
‘Engineer Killed in Kentucky Wreck.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 16.—ILouis
ville & Nashville pasenger train was
derailed near Pleasant View, Ky., and
Engineer C. K. Higdon of Knoxville
was killed and Fireman T. H. Delaney
was injured seriously.
Posse Wounds Flint Man,
Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 17.
Louis C. Martin of Flint, Mich., who
escaped from jail here while a Flint
officer waited to take him to Michigan,
was -probably fatally ' wounded jn an
encounter with a posse.
Wellesley Girls Quarantined.
Welleslev, Mass., Feb, 14.—The 1.600
undergraduates of Wellesley college
are under quarantine restrictions be
cause of influenza. The girls may not
ro to their homes or leave the town,
but are attending classes as usual.
Drink Question in Parliament.
London, Feh. 13.—The drink ques
tion was briefly discussed in both
houses of parliument. Earl Curzon
told the lords that the bill on this sub
ject to be introduced would contain
provisions for shorter hours of sale.
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U. S. Agents Make Important Ar
rests at Paterson, N. J.
Radicals of the Worst Type, All
. Armed, Are Taken in Raid on
Headquarters. ;
Paterson, N. J., Feb. 18.—Twenty
nine radicals, said by secret service
agents to include the most dangerous
terrorists in the United States—mem
bers of the notorious L’Era Nuova
group, whose creed is assassination
and violence by individuals without
waiting for “mass action”—were cap
tured by 100 agents of the department
of justice in a raid on red headquar
ters here. Every man seized was
armed. : ;
All official records of the I. W. W.
for ‘the district east of Chicago were
seized in the home of Andre Graziano,
anarchist. In this house, federal
agents said, E. F. Doree, Philadelphia,
secretary of the I. W. W., was in hid
ing. He is under indictment in Chi
cago.
Ledgers, rosters and statements of
financial ramifications covering all
‘transactions in Chicago, New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, New Bedford,
Rochester and elsewhere, were seized.
The most important capture, federal
onicials said, was that of Ludivcio M.
Caminetta, editor of the Italian anar
chist magazine La Jacquerie (the Mas
sacre). Caminetta is a disciple of En
rico Malatesta, who founded the L'Era
Nouva group 25 years ago. Bresci, the
assassin of King Humbert of Italy,
belohgs to this coterie.;
SLAIN FOR DEFENDING YANK
Governor Perrigault of Province of
Chiriqui Assassinated After He
; Befriended American.
Panama, Feb. 14.—Governor Perri
gault of the province of Chiriqui,
which lies along the Costa Rican fron
tier was assassinated, according to ad
vices received in this city. No further
letails are as yet known. It is said
that Govérnor Perrigault had befriend
ed W. G. Chase, an American, in liti
gation over land and that this led to
his assassination. Governor Perrigault
was Paraman consul general in New
York ¢ity for a number of years.
WILL ASK 5 PER CENT BEER
Congressman Vare of Pennsylvania
Plans Volstead Act Change
at Ne)_;é Session.
Washington, ¥eb. 14.—The first
definite declaratién of an effort to
amend the Volstead act, which Hmits
the alcoholic content of beverages to
one-half of 1 per cent, was made in
the house by Representativé Vare
(Rep.) of Pennsylvania, who an
nounced that at the next session of
congress he would introduce a bill
providing for sale of 5 per cent beer.
NEW SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
John Barton Payne of Chicago Named
by President Wilson to Succeed
Franklin K. Lane. - :
Washington, Feb. 14.—John Barton
Payne of Chicago will be President
Wilson’s new secretary of the interior,
succeeding Franklin K. Lane. Mr.
Payne has served as chairman of the
shipping board since last August.
Italy Sells 40 Warships. !
Rome, Feb. 17.—Rear Admiral Sec
chi, minister of marine, in an inter
view vrith the correspondent of La Tri
buna, said Italy, since the armistice,
had sold 40 warships and expected to
sell 93 other craft.
Agree on Budget Plan,
wWashington, Feb, 17T.—Agreement on
a national budget measure was an
nounced by Senator Medill McCormick
of Ilinois on behalf of himself and
the other members of the senate subs
committee. :
Bandits Loot Bank of $50,000.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 16.—Four ban
dits entered the Blaine State bank at
Blaine, Pottawatomie county, and took
between $40,000 and $50,000 in Liberty
pbonds and $2,000 in cash, according to
a report received here.
Senate Refuses to Act.
Washington. Feb. 16.—Recommenda
tions that no action be taken toward
preventing shipping board plans for
the sale of 30 former German ships
were made to the senate by the com
merce committee, :
EAGLE RIVER REVIEW, EAGLE RIVER, WIS.
Secretary of Treasury Reports
U. S. Finances in Excellent
Condition. ‘
Last Remaining Floating Indebtedness
of the Government Will Be Re
deemed - Monday—Reconstruc
' tion Work Satisfactory.
Washington, Feb. 14.—Announcing
that the last remaining floating in
debtedness of the government would
be redeemed Monday, Secretary Hous
ton said the position of the-treasury
was “very bright,” and theat govern
ment officials saw nothing in the pres
ent financial situation which they
would regard as extremely grave.
Only about $60,000,000 of short-term
certificates requiring to be refunded
at maturity remain to be redeemed.
Outstanding tax certificates, issued in
anticipation of income and profits tax
installment dates for the purpose of
relieving the quervterly strain on the
banks, amount to $2,935,949,500, but in
no instance exceed the estimated
amount of taxes, and accordingly the
funds will have to be provided to meet
them. .
Secretary Houston did not mini
mize the “pains and difficulties” still to
be” encountered in the process of re
construction, but declined to enforce
the pessimistic views of some public
men who have forecast a crash in the
international financial fabric.
_ “People lose sight of the many ways
in which we have been assisting Eu
rope since the armistice,” Mr. Houston
said. “In addition to government loans
we have furnished them $700,000,000
worth of surplus army supplies, SIOO,-
000,000 for food relief, probably $400,-
000,000 in private #ans to foreign
bankers, and a considerable amount of
accrued interest on the government
loans, so that the total probably would
reach $4,000,000,000. In addition, Eu
rope has been selling securities here.”
Mr. Houston said all reports from
Europe indicated that “reconstruction
was going on while they were talking
about it,” eciting the rebuilding of
French railroads and bridges as a no
table example of what has been ac
complished. :
As to the domestic situation, he
pointed out that approximately sl,-
000,000,000 would be spent this year
and next in road building ufider ar
rangements made while he was sec
retary of agriculture, and that build
ing permits, always a good index to
business conditions, indicated that the
country was rapidly making up the
shortage of houses caused by the ces
sation of construction during the war.
MISSING GIRL IS FOUND
Anna Marie Winter, Who Was Taken
From Father’'s Farm in lowa, Dis
covered With Aunt in East.
Chicago, Feb. 14—Following a_six
months’ pursuit by Pinkerton detec
tives over more than ten states, Anna
Marie Winter, six, who was taken
away from her home at Ottumwa,. la.,
on October 14, was found living with
her aunt, Miss Ella Buchanan, on a
farm at Center Barnstead, N. H. War
rants for the arrest of Miss Buchanan,
Miss Helen Maurine Winter, sister of
the ‘child, William- Gregordy, chauf
feur for Miss Buchanan, were obtain
ed. The Winter child is the daughter
of Nicholas Winter, a wealthy farmer.
She was intrusted to the care of Miss
Buchanan affer the death of her moth
er and for two yvears lived with Miss
Buchanan and Helen Winter, who lis
wenty-two years old. ‘ .
FIRST CAPTURE BY YANKS
Two Michigan Men Lead in the Tak
ing of German Prisoners
October 27, 1917. .
Washington, Feb. 14.—The first Ger
man prisoner taken by American
forces was captured by Adam Blazi
kowski and John Cochanski of Iron
wood, Mich., Representative James of
Michigan was informed by Adjutant
General Harrig. .The men were mem
bers of Company C, Eighteenth infan
try.
Th& capture was made on the night
of October 27-28, 1917, in the vicinity
of Bures, in the province of Meurthe
and Moselle. The prisoner was a com
pany mail carrier and was on his way
back to his company when wounded
and captured. .
Writer and Explorer Dies.
New York, Feb. 16.—Julius Cham
bers, newspaper man, short story writ
er, explorer and playwright, died of
pneumonia. He -was born in Belle
fontaine, 0., in 1847.
Kolchak Death Confirmed.
London. Feb. 16—News of the exe
cution of Admiral Kolchak, former
head of the all-Russian government,
has been officially confirmed. " He and
pne of his ministers, M. Popeliayeyv,
were shot at Irkutsk February 7.
Booze Bandits Kill Marshal.
Liberal, Mo., Feb. 16.—Three men at
fempting to steal whisky from a ware
gouse near here early in the morning
shot and killed W. E. Gowdy, marshal
of Liberal, who was on guard at the
warehouse. The bandits escaped.
Peret French Deputies’ Head.
Paris, Feb. 14.—Raoul Peret was
plected president of the chamber of
Jeputies by 372 of the 425 votes cast.
M. Peret succeeds Paul Deschanel,
who was recently elected president of
the republic. 5
Six Thousand Miners Get Raise.
Ironwood, Mich., Feb. 14.—Announce
ment was made of an increase in
wages of approximately 10 per cent
to mining employees of the Gogebic
tange. The increase will affect about
3,000 miners g
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as secretary of state.
Acquittal Paid One Newberry Aid,
It Is Charged.
Witness, Former Mayor of Flint, Says
He Escaped Prison by Political
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Grand Rapids, Mich,, Feb. 14.—a
term popularized during the war best
describes the character of the main
evidence introduced by the govern
ment in its election conspiracy case
against United States Senator Truman
H. Newberry and 122 political aids.
The term is: High explosive. :
And the reaction of the defense to
his testimony might be said to be
reminiscent of shell shock. .
A former mayor of Flint swore that
one Newberry defendant, in the pres
ence of others, promised to “fix” the
Michigan supreme court so that an as
sault and robbery verdict against him
would be reversed, provided he car
ried his district for Newberry in the
1018 primary.
And this former mayor explained
that, desirous of being on the safe
side, he carried his district for New
berry and was given freedom from a
sentence of from two to fifteen years
through action of the state supreme
court in reversing the verdict against
him. ;
William H. McGeighan, mayor of
Flint in 1914 and 1915, handed out
the TNT-laden testimony. Tk~ man
he charged with promising to fix the
supreme court is Richard H. Fletcher,
Michigan commissioner -of labor.
And the men he says were present
when the promise was made are: Paul
H. King, general manager of the New
berry campaign; Fred W. Castator,
Detroit. alderman and leader in labor
circles, and Fred A. Henry, a subordi
nate of Commissioner Fletcher.
U. S. BLUEJACKETS IN ODESSA
Bolshevik General Threatens to Fire
- on British Warships Unless
They Leave. .
Constantinople, Feb. 16.—General
Üborevitch, twenty-eight-year-old bol
shevik commander at Odessa, has
threatened that he will open fire on the
British warships there within three
days if they remain in the harbor, ac
cording to a message from Rear Ad
miral A. McCully, commanding tbe
United States naval forces there.
Rear Admiral McCully: sent an of
ficer ashore in an attempt to get
Americans believed to be still in
Odessa. These included Jacob T. Ru
bin of the Union bank of Milwaukee
and three other men, named Barnet,
Young and Tate, the latter a former
soldier. Rubin did not care to leave.
The others were not found. A’list of
the Americans was given to General
Üborevitch, who promised that they
would- not be molested.
DEATH IN SOUTHERN STORM
Part of Ceorgia Swept by Gale—Plan
tations Wrecked and Entire Fam
ily Reported Killed.
Macon, Ga., Feb, 14.—One whole
family of white persons and a ten
vear-old negro girl were Kkilled and a
woman seriously injured, and con
siderable property damaged by the
storm which swept portions of South
Georgia. The damage was greatest in
Irwin and Mitchell counties, where the
storm assumed the proportions of a
tornado, cutting a path approximately
200. yards wide through certain por
tions.
Tries to Wed Seventh Wife.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 17.—With
six living wives and about to marry
another, Marion H. Hayes, twenty
four, was arrested here charged with
polygamy. All his wives are living in
‘Alabama. :
Wilson’s Mentality Keen.
Philadelphia, Feb: 17. President
Wilson’s mentality is keen, was the
declaration of Dr. Francis X. Dercum,
the eminent nerve specialist who for
six months has been treating the pres
ident. -
Denmark Wins Schleswig.
Copenhagen, Feb. 14.—Denmark won
an overwhelming victory in the .pleb
iscite held in the province of Schles
wig. The final figures show that Dan
ish adherents cast 75,023 votes while
the Germans polled but 25,087.
American Steamer Aground.
London, Feb. 14 —The American
steamship West Aleta is aground off
Tershelling island in the North sea, a
wireless report received here said. The
West Aleta sailed from San Francisco
January 6 for Hamburg. :
LANGING RESIGNS
Secretary of State Quits and
President Accepts His
Resignation.
POLK IS AD INTERIM. HEAD
Wilson Charges Lansing With Assum
ing Prerogatives of the Chief Exec
utive During the Past Four
Months of President’s
iiness. :
Washington, Feb. 16.—Robert Lan
sing resigned on Friday night as sec
retary of state.
Mr. Lansing left office because he
was charged by President Wilson with
assuming the prerogatives of the pres
ident during the period or the latter’s
illness in the past four monihs by call
ing and presiding over meetings of the
cabinet. :
His resignation, tendered in a letter
under date of February 12, was ac
cepted by the president Friday and be
came effective at once. Under-Secre
tary of State Frank Polk is the ad
interim head of the state department
and may be named as Mr. Lansing’'s
successor. :
The state department on Friday
night issued a formal statement an
nouncing the resignation of Secretary
Lansing and giving the correspondence
which passed between the president
and his chief aid leading up to the
breaking of relations. =
The correspondence follows:
Wilson to Lansing.
“The White House, Feb. T.
“My dear Mr. Secretary: Is it true,
as I have been told, that during my ill
ness you have frequently called the
heads of the executive departments of
the government into conference? If
it is I feel it my duty to call your at
tention to considerations which I do
not care to dwell upon until 1 learn
from yourself that this is the fact.
Under our constitutional law and prac
tice, as developed hitherto, no one but
tne president has the right to summon
the heads of the executive depart
ments into conference, and no one but
the president and the congress has the
right to ask their views or the views
of any one of themw on any public ques
tion. .
“I take this matter up with you be
cause in the development of every con
stitutional system custom and prece
dent are of the most serious conse
quence, and I think we will all agree
in desiring not to lead in any wrong
direction. I have therefore taken the
liberty of writing to ask you this
question. 5
“Cordially and sincerely yours, .
“WOODROW WILSON.”
: .Lansing to Wilson,
“The Secretary of State, Washington,
Feb. 9. = ; : ;
“My Dear Mr. President: It is true
that frequently during your- illness I
requested the heads of the ‘executive
departments of the government to meeft
for informal conference, 5 :
" “Shortly after you were taken ill in
October certain members of the cab
inet, of which I was one, felt that. in
view of the fact that we were denied
communication with you, it was wise
for us to confer informally together on
interdepartmental matters and matters
as to which action could not be post
poned until your medical advisers per
mitted you to pass upoa them.
“Accordingly I, as the ranking mem
ber, requested the members of the cab
inet to assemble for such informal con
ference, and in view of the mutual ben
efit derived the practice was continued.
“T can assare you that it never for
a moment entered my mind that T was
acting unconstitutionally or contrary to
yvour wishes, and there certainly was
no intention on my part to assume
powers and exercise functions which
under the constitution are exclusively
confided to the president.
“During these troublous times, when
many difficult and vexatious questions
have arisen and when in the circum
stances I have been deprived of your
guidance and direction, it has been my
constant endeavor to carry out your
policies as I understood them and to
act in all matters as I believed you
would wish me to act. If, however, you
think that I have falled In my loyalty
to you and if you no longer have confi
dence in me and prefer to have another
conduct our foreign affairs, I am, of
course, ready, Mr. President, to relieve
you of any embarrassment by placing
my resignation in your hands.
“l am, as aiways, faithfully yours,
“ROBERT LANSING.”
Wilson to Lansing:
“The White House, Feb. 11, 1920.
“My Dear Mr. Secretary: I am very
much disappointed by your letter of
Feb. 9 in reply to mine asking about
the so-called cabinet meetings.
“You kindly explain the motives of
those meetings and I find nothing in
CONDENSATIONS -
Growers in the French Riviera, who
ship millions of boxes of cut flowers
annually, have learned that they keep
fresh much longer if placed in cold
storage a day or two before shipping.
At the request of the French gov
ernment three women and one man
have gone overseas to teach the
French people how to can and dry
food. They will especially instruet
the teachers of French agricultural
schools.
Important coal mires. are located in
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Ac
cording to official statistics, Nova Sco
tia is the largest coal-producing prov
ince in Canada, the annual output ex
ceeding that of all the other provinces
combined. The coal is bituminous and
practically all of it is switable for
coking. :
"When all efforts to get a life line
aboard a steamship wrecked on the
coast of Newfoundland had failed, the
end of a line was given to a dog on
the ship, who fought his way through
the breakers to the shore and so was
instrumental in saving 92 lives,
your letter which justities your as
sumption of presidential authority mn
such a matter. You say you ‘felt that,
in view of the faet that you were de
nied communication with me, it was
wise to confer informally together on
inter-departmental matters and mat
ters as to which action could not be
postponed until my medical advisers
permitted me’ to be seen and consult
ed, but I have to remind you, Mr. Sec
retary, that no action could be taken
without me by the cahinet, and there
fore there could have been no dis
advantage in awaiting action with re
gard to matters concerning which ac
tion could not have been taken with
out me.
“This affair, Mr. Secretary, only
deepens a feeling that was growing
upon me. While we were still in Paris
I relt, and have felt increasingly ever
since, that you acceptedl my guidance
and direction on question with regard
to which I had to instruct you only
with inereasing reluctance, and since
my return to Washington I have been
struck by the number of matters in
which you have apparently tried .to
forestall my judgment by formulating
aetion and merely asking my‘approval
when it was impossible for me to form
an independent judgment because 1
had not had an opportunity to examine
the circumstances with any degree of
independence.
“I, therefore, feel that I must
frankly take advantage of your kind
‘suggestion that if I should prefer to
have another conduct our foreign
affairs you are ready to relieve me
of any embarrassment by placing your
resignation in my hands, for I must
say that it would relieve me of em
barrassment, Mr. Secretary, the em
barrassment of feeling your reluctance
and divergence of judgment, if you
would give your present office up, and
afford me an opportunity to select
some one whose mind would more will
ingly go along with mine.
“T need not tell you with what re
luctance I take advantage of your sug
gestion, or that I do so with the kind
liest feeling. In matters of transcend
ent importance like this the only wise
course is a course of perfect -candor,
where personal feeling is as much as
-possible left out of the reckoning.
Very sincerely. yours, :
“WOODROW_ WILSON.”
: ;ansing to Wilson.
“The secretary of state, February
12, 1920. - : .
“My Dear Mr. President: I ‘wish to
thank you sincerely for your ecandid
letter of the 11th, in whick you state
that my resignation would be accept
able to you. since it relieves me of
the responsibility for action which T
have been contemplating and which I
can now take without hesitation, as it
meets your swishes. ; ;
“l have the honor, therefore, to
tencder you my resignation as secretary
of state, the same to take effect at
your convenience.
“Ever since January, 1919, T have
been conscious of the fact that you
no longer were disposed to welcome
my advice in matters pertaining to the
negotiations in Paris, to om foreign
service, or to international affairs in
general. Holding the views, I would
if T had consulted my personal inclina
tion alone, have resigned as secretary
of staté and as a commissioner to
negotiate peace.
“] felt, however, that such a step
might have been misinterpreted both
at home and abroad, and that it was
my duty to cause you no embarrass
ment in carrying forward the great
task in which you were then engaged.
Possibly, 1 erred in this, but if I did
it was with the best of motives.
“] think, Mf. President, in accord
ance with the frankness which has
marked this correspondence and for
which 1 am grateful to:you, that I
cannot permit to pass unchallenged
the imputation that ip calling into in
formal conference the heads of the
executive departments I sought to
usurp.your presidential authority.
“T had no such intention, no such
thought. I further believe that fthe
conferences were proper and necessary
in the circumstances, and that I would
have been derelict in my duty if I had
failed to act as I did. -
“] need hardly add that I leave
the office of secretary of state with
only good will toward you, Mr. Presi
dent, and with a sense of profound re
lief. :
“Forgetting our differences and re
membering only your many kindnesses
in the past, I have the honor to be,
Mr. President, :
" “ROBERT LANSING.”
Wilson to Lansing.
“The White House, Feb, 13, 1920.
“My Dear Mr. Secretary: Allow me
to acknowledge with appreciation your
letter of February 12. It now being
evident, Mr. Secretary, that we have
both of us felt the embarrassment of
our recent relations with each other,
I feel it my duty to accept your resig
nation, to take effect at once; at the
same time adding that I hope that the
future holds for you many successes
of the most gratifying sort. My best
wishes will always follow you, and it
will be a matter of gratification to me
always to remember our delightful per
sonal relations,
“WOODROW WILSON.”
The legal maximum hours in Aus
trian factories are eleven a day. Work
carried on in excess of eleven hours is
regarded as overtime, and must be re
ported to the industrial authorities.
Safety is the leading feature of &
new motor omnibus which cannot be
started while the entrance door is
open, while the door cannot be opened
while the vehicle is in motion.
Many additional sugar mills are be
ing erected in the Philippines, espe
cially in Negros, where the milling ca
pacity will be practically doubled.
Scientists have found. that various
kinds of tar, lacquer, paint that will
stand high temperatures and several
other products can be obtained from
the “blackboy” tree of western Aus
tralia.
Said a little girl in the Pittsfield
(Mass.) library: “Mother liked ‘The
Four Horses' and she says she wants
the same author’s new bhook. It’s
something about a Mare.”
Under a new scale recently put inte
effect by the United States rallway
administiration, the- women employe¢
as coach cleaners are paid at & rat¢
of 45 cents an hour. :
Wilson Did Not Threaten to Quit
European Affairs.
NOTE REFERS ONLY TO FIUME
President Insists Settlement of the
Adriatic Problem Be in Acgordance
With Agreement—ls Firm
Against London Treaty. %
Washington, Feb. 17.—President
Wilson, it was learned at the White
House, did not say in his note to the
entente premiers regarding the Fiume
question that the United States “would
no Jlonger be able to concern itself in
European affairs” if a Fiume settle
ment were made without consulting
America.
| Officials said #he interpretation of
ithe president’s note by the Paris
'Temps was “too sweeping.” They,
gaid the United States would not with
'draw from participation in the peace
:treaty and the League of Nations if
‘the treaty were ratified by the senate,
‘but that it would withdraw from" any
participation in the Fiume settlement,
including the policing of the -Adriatic.
The president’s position regarding
Fiume and the whole Adriatic situa
tion was said to be unchanged. This
position, however, never has been of
ficially outlined, and officials declined
to define-it. =
~ No reply to the president’s note has
been received, it was said at the state
department. Dispatches from abroad
said the reply had been dispatched,
and that in it the premiers adhered to
their ultimatum to Jugo-Slavia that it
imust‘accept the compromise on the
Fiume question or suffer the carrying
~out of the terms of the original treaty
of London,
Might Affect Relief Work.
The suggestion that President Wil
‘son had indicated that the United
States- would not be disposed to pro
ceed with its European food relief
measures if the allies remained ob
durate was made in some official quar
ters. Desire of Great Britain, Italy
and other nations for American funds
to relieve famine in Austria and other
countries, it was suggested, might in--
fluence the allies’ replies to the presi
dent. . :
The prinelpal concession indicated
by the president as possibly accepta
ble, it was said in diplomatic quarters,
has been the creation of a buffer state
and the entente premiers so far have
opposed it.
Beyond the general statement that
the United States adhered to the orig
inal proposition of the supreme coun
cil in Paris allotting Fiume and the
_coast of Dalmatia to Jugo-Slavia and
Trieste- and the adjacent country to
Italy, there never has been any offi
cial statement of the American posi
tion regarding the Adriatic issue.
- Against Treaty of London. ’
It has been reported that the United
States was willing to accept some
amendments of the original plan, but
all of the exchanges have been closely
guarded. wE
_ It is understood, however, that the
American position has been one of un
alterable opposition to the application
of the terms of the treaty of London,
which would have given Italy jurisdic
tion over Dalmatia, though not over
Fiume, and that all of the notes have
indicated the purpose of the American
government to adhere as closely as
possible to the lines of the eriginal
settlement, based as it was supposed
to be, upon the principle of self-deter
mination and of ethnological affiliation
as set out in President Wilson’s orig
iual 14 points. .
It is believed this position included
consenting to the erection of Fiumue
into an independent state, or at least
one under the control of the League of
Nations. But there was unqualified
objection to the transfer to Italy of
title to Dalmatia or to_the long strip
of coast of the Adriatic extending
from Fiumg to Italian Trieste.
So -far as known that is the present
position of the United States, and its
notes have indicated that if the en
tente premiers were disposed to find
another solution inconsistent with this
attitude they.must provide for the exe
cution of their plans without any par
ticipation on the part of America.
Not an Ultimatum.
Paris, Feb. 17.—President Wilson’'s
note on the Adriatic question is not
considered in French official circles as.
an ultimatum, it was declared by a
foreign office official, ;
On such partial information as was
obtainable yesterday the Paris press
construed the note as meaning that
France and Great Britain must change
their attitude on that guestion or the
United States would withdraw from
all connection with European affairs.
The official view, however, is that,
rather than an ultimatum, the note is
simply a renewal of direct negotiations
by the United States. The reply of
the allies, represented in the press
here as a categoric maintenance of
their attitude by Great Britain and
France, was described by the foreign
office official as merely a continuance
of the negotiations. .
Air Crash Kills “Movie” Actor.
Naptes, Feb. 17—Signor Polidor, an
actor and writer, was killed in an air
plane crash hére while making a mo
tion picture film. -
Lays Giant Egg.
Salem, Mass.—This is a brief story
about a long subject. Mrs. Etta M.
Upton’s hen laid an egg six and three
fourths inches in circumference and
eight inches long.
; Just a Temporary Stay.
After the death of his wife Uncle
wWill went to live with his brother, and
his little niece was overheard explain
ing it to her little playmate: “You
gee. Betty, Uncle Will’s wife just died,
an’ he’s come to live with us till he
finds another cne.”