Fiftieth vear-No. 7oi OGDEN CITY, UTAH SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBEfTiI, 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M
DISARMAMENT PLANS BRING JAP PROTEST I
9 Bomb Making Plant In Dublin Raided; One Man Shot I
T STOCK OF H
I Hi BULLETS
9 FOUROIN SHOP
Debate on Irish Policy to Be
Opened on Next
Tuesday
QUESTION LIKELY TO
TEST PREMIER'S CABINET
m j. S. Commission Investigat-
I ing Irish Situation Appeals
3flU to Nation League
i9 i i BLIN Dc(
V mai
during .... . iris i nl g raid
MM a bi. ycli Parnell street.
I . r I tho center o
BBS Largo quantities of arm, nmmnm
Hon, bombs and gelangnlts were
BBJ seized.
BBS Three men were arrested, one ol
v , ,,, , , .., ounded while
BBJr? attempting to escape.
DEB VI I- IRISH POIiH S
JHHffj i,(i)iiN, Dee. 11 Debate on UlS
Bovi rnment Irish pol cj Is cp
BBB to bo opened in the house or commons
BBB by Liberal lenders next Tuesday. An-
BBB nouncement of martial law in s-outh-j
BBB western Ireland, made by Premier i
. Bi Lloyd Georgi
I . erday, was accom panted 1 I nl
BBB - i Hons tbat debate on the subject was
BB w jiot desired, but tt appears probable
rBB tin- IOW6T house of pui Moment may DO I
BBV called upon to decide wii'-tlnr tip ai.-
(BBS inet's plans regarding Ireland are to
gHjBJj be carried luto execution Without th
I acquiescence of the legislative branch
SBM of the government.
WOULD TEST ( I1IM T
liBBa This question, should it come to nl
jBB vote, would test the BtabHtty ol the-
ilo) d Qeo ge .
U AltlloUUM 111'
BjB law In Ireland has been decided on. the I
7?j$JM door to negotiations between the gov
crnment and i he Sinn r- In li " -;
fflHjjfl pletely closed
BBB Comment m this mo: nine's newspa-1
BBJ pers relative to the government's Irish'
policy was, for the most part, re-
Bl strained, and. With the exception of
one journal, the government's propos-
1 . cot
BjBl The fentiye Of the premiers speech
1 1
V on e br a h In oni hand, and t hi
. i 1 in
:j .L repris iis ooxDESi vei
Bl ''Few will iiuestlon the wisdom and
BI propriety of the new policy." said the
BBS lxndon Times, "if the gbvernmi
HBBJ shows a true and settled purpose to
HBBJ encourage the forces making for hon-
B omblo settlement. Martial law under
BBHJ responsible control is preferable to the
Bs existing system of Indiscriminate and
BdjB lawless reprisals-"
M'I'l Al. TO LEAGUE.
MBB WASHINGTON, Iec. 11, Repre-
IBBe sentatlve Mason, Ol Illinois. today
iflHH made public a cablegram sent by him
Dill tn I'aul Hymans, president of the
BB league of nations, appealing for sup-
BH joit of the league In the effort of the
ffSttT commission of the committee of one
I liundn d Im estigating thi Irl i
I'.ijjRm . t ion to send
body to Ireland. Passports issued by
thi state depai tnent lo members of
, d i he 1 o been
jP refused a
jHHB Representative Mason In his cable":
' pr:i m declared that "lu 1 1 pi
BUHBl Instance the league of nations is af
mH forded an extraordinary opportunity to
liraflH jirove to Americans Its freedom from
l$tHj British domination by inducing the'
tiiH; British ivernme I to pel
a to known to America as to fcondi-
;w lions In Ireland."
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H GREAT CA! IFORNiA WATER
PROJECT IS ENDORSED
WM LOS ANGELES. Dec. 11. The Cal-i
Mdl ifornia. Heal Estate association, in an-j
nual convention here Friday endorsed
the Mir-hall Irrigation protect for
turning the Sacramento rlv r into tin
PBB Sin Joaquin valley and unanimously
HH adopted a motion instructlmx the res-!
BH olutions committee to druTt a roSOlU-j
HB lion calling upon the legislature li
H an appropriation of $r,uO,uoo to ob-
. I x on the engineci
F financial features of the plan.
Colonel li. l: 1 u hall, father of,
B the project, said it would add SK'.OUO,-
H OOOacres to the cultivated area of the I
HPer) 00
rj add three billion dollars to the assets
I ..I
flBJ of the project would be approximated!
$750,000,000 and 'would mean a gold
mine to the end of time tot Calif or -
BBJ
M 00 '
iNEW MANAGER NAMED FOR
C. B. & Q. WESTERN LINES
OMAHA. Neb-, Dec. 11. W K.
Thlchoff. Omaha, is to succeed George
NVaid Holdredge, who Is to retire Ie-:
rember l ax general manager of the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy lines
mi: of the Missouri river, it was
learned today. Mr. Thiehoff now as-
Istant to Mr. Hold-edge received his
Cb ' railroad operating i p r.-nci .it
Galoaburg, III., about ten years ago.
a J4i oo
JAPANESE SHIP OWNERS
ABANDON MERGER PLANS
TOKIO. Dec. 10. The Asalu Bhim
I 6un announces today thai the pro
i posed amajgamatton "f the Japanese
I " steamship i ornpa nisSj in Ord r to meet
the situation created by the serious
plump in shipping, his been aban-
ALL PEACEFUL
1 1 NOW IN RIVAL
HOBO SOCIETIES
TOLEDO, O , Dec. I !
War clouds which hun
over the camps of two rival
hobo organizations were dis-
pel led today when J Eads
Howe, founder of the Inter
national Brotherhood Wei
fare association, and Gus
IGramer, grand dictator of
the Social Order of Hoboe.?.
shock hanck and agreed 'to
work in harmony togethn
forever for the good of all
hoboes in general." Howe
announced ihe brotherhood
has obtained a nine-room
house for a "heme for
hoboes," and "employment
, bureau." j
FORMER KIKE
GETS WORD 10
. RETURN HOME
Constantine Tells United States
He Feels Like a U. S.
President
LUCERNE, Switzerland, Dec. 11.
(By the Associated Press.) Official
notification of the result of the pleblBr
cl c in Greece and an invitation to re
turn to Athens and re-ascend the
Greek throne Immediately, were re
ctlvcd by former King Constantine
here this morning.
The Greek government notified
Constantine It will have a Grcek
cru'ssr and an escort of warships to
iict;H him and hia family at Venice
on Wednesday.
QUEEN N"T W EMi
Because of tho health of Queen
Sophie plans had been made for Con
stantine and his family to travel by
llie Wil) Ol L I 1 1 1 1 J 1 3 I , li. (L Oil iH.l.l'Ulll
of the arrangements made for his re
turn, his plans have heen changed
and the family will leave Lucerne
on an ordlnarv train probably on Mon
d.iv.
m; BSAGE TO 13IERII
Former King Constantine of tJrecco
In an tp n message to the American
people today says he feels like the
president of the United States inas
much us he has been elected to rule
over Greece by popular vote. He re
iterates his expression of good will
toward the entente and the United
States and thanks the American peo
ple for the sympathy and Impartiality
shown hiin. The massage was dic
tated by many requests and contains
the following introduction.
ELECTED TO OFFICE
' In returning to my country and
reascending the Greek throne, Which
1 was forced by the entente ami the
Intrigues of a political parly to aban
don for three long and trying years.
I I tt-1 more than ever as the president
of the I'nited jjiat'-s hum feel. I. loo,
have been elected by the vote of
the people to the high office I am
about to fill and which I formerly oc
cupied by the single constitutional
right of heredity."
I WO ABE BAllltl D,
Professor Georglos Strait, former
foreign minister and Constantino's
Ohlet adviser during tllfl exIU'. who is
reputed lo be pro-Gcrmun. and Cap
tain Stefan Paparrlgopoulos. com
mandant in the Greek navy and COQa
Btantjne's . i ll de camp, are prohibited
from returning to Greece by the Greek
government in the telegram inviting
Constantine t return.
PRES. TOWNLEY TO LEAVE
N. DAKOTA NON-PARTISANS
FARGO, N. D., Dec. 11. Chris Le
vang, state senator, in an address at
a farmers' meeting at Lung'jr.n. .. D ,
list night, asserted that A C. Tovn
ley. president of the National Non
partisan league, would "retire-' from
league activities in North Dakota and
would devote hii time to organizing
farmers in state outside of North Da
kota. Townley is still president of the
league.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC DROPS
400 WORKERS AT TUCSON
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 11. Three
hundred thirty-one employes of tho
Southern Pacific railroad shops hero
were laid off Friday. Eighlv -eight
were laid off Ieconiber 6 Union of
ficials said a protest had heen framed
to the interstate commerce commis
sion. The reduction in forces came on
the customary five-day notice. Three
of tho unions affected held special
meetings last, night, at which protests
were voiced.
THE TO PICK
UP MING
EXPERTS HER
Harvard University Economic
i Research Bureau Announces
Its Views
WHOLESALE PRICES
TOPPLE 35 PER CENT
But Cost of Livina Drops Oniy
10 Per Cent, Says One
Authority Bj IOIIN V HIM,
Piraiiclnl Pclltor, iron Trade Review.
Termination of the present trade
slump In Aorll is predicted by the
Harvard university economic research
'.ureau and other leading business
forecasters Slbwlj oeaslng credit oo'n-
! ditions. rapid price declines and ab
sorption of surplus stocks of goods In
many lines bear oat this prediction.
All danger of a panic has passed.
k i i ro revtv
I Most authorities arrree that real re-
Viyal is unlikely until war Inflation,
:ls squeesed out of prlcea This hasj
I already happened in a number of com.
modltles. They should recover first. !
I Many others, however, are still tool
' high to attract buy1"
LIVING ( OSTS,
Although wholesale prices have fall-
en around 35 per cent from the peak.
! the cost of living Is down less than
10 per cent This is due to high
I rents, high coal prices and the reluc
tance to lake losses or pass on whole
sale reductions to the public. rteal
' price cuts have been greeted by amaz
ing purchasing power and large pent
up demand.
t Mil I; I ONE ST1 DIEIt
Business generally continues in an
ascertain mood. A fjkmef undertone ,
appeared in a few lines last week.
! however. Holiday buying has helped'
I retail trade. Print cloth sales are re
i ported the largest in weeks. Hide buy
ing recently tcajc tho first spurt In
mnnths Woolens and silks are mov
ing better
sr Mil is PLAN.
I Sentiment among merchants to i
place orders mo.e liberally for spring!
Is spreading. St Louis stores have!
announced their Intention of going
into the market. An e arly Easter, (
cheaper ruw materials, better credit j
conditions and the desire to prevent
further unemployment are their rea-
I .ions for buying.
l l Itsi FACTORS
Smaller hunk clearings and rising
business failures remind that read
just metit is proceeding Pradslreet's
reports that November Insolvencies
were ins., with liabilities of $39,751,
000. This total of losses was a new
high record tor November.
IMU SI Rl 1L ONDITIONS.
I The credit clearing house iayn there
Is less buying at present and greater
1 Indebtedness than In 1018 or 1918.
It bases Its reports on Information
from many business houses. A survey
, by the National Industrial conference
board In 4 6 slates shows spreading In
dustrial depression, but no serious un-
I employment yet.
in i R i ER
Larger export sales, unfavorable
foreign crop reports and hope of fin
ancial aid from congress have caused
wheat to advance L'8 cents a bushel
from Us recent low point. October
exports of wheat of 3S.ooO.000 l.u-
i shcis were the la-gent in history.
ol ion LOW.
Cotton at around 1G cents a pound
Is believed at rock bottom. It has
dropped from above 40 cents since
! summer Poor demand for cotton
gOodS has caused three-fourths of rhe
English cotton Industry to cut from
a 4 8 to a 24-hour weekly working
I basts.
Southern planters meeting this
week are discussing curtailment of
acreage. Former attempts to cut
planting have always failed.
COL GEORGE HARVEY
HOLDS CONFERENCE
WITH SEN. HARDING
MARION, O., Dec. 11. Sugges
tions for a new American foreign
policy, Including the formation of
an association of nations, were
heard by President-elect Harding
today from Colonel George Har
vey, who v, .is one of his idosest
,.ii r ,n formulating his cam
paign policies toward the Ver
1 sallies' league
Before 'r. Hardens makes his
decision OS to whether the I'lilt. it
States should enter the Versalljl B'
league on any terms, he will tulle
wllb those who favor going In
without reservations .is well as
the latter class, while Herbert
Hoover, who will be here tomor
row, was a leader of the pro
I league group
FORMER 'CEMENT KING' OF
WEST COAST GOES BROKE
I SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11. Wil
li, i in J. Dlngee, once known as tho
; "cement king." and former owner of
the Oakland waterworks, today has
on file a bankrhptey petition which
states that he has liabilities of $821,
96C and that his assets comprise a
$1&0 wardrobe and a cemetery lot
where the late Mrs. Dlngeo Is burled
Dlngee caused .i sensation eighteen
months ago when he brought bribery
charges against a justice of the Cali
fornia supreme court. His dealings
jin ii in' nt were In California, Washlng-
ton ami Pi nnsylvenigy
JAP SOCIALISTS
FIND AUDIENCE
IS MOSTLY COPS
TOKIO, Dec. 10. (B
the Associated Press) The
first attempt to hold a mass
meeting of Socialists repre
senting all parts of Japa'i
was bioken up by the police,
today. Five hundred at
tended but of these about
hall were plain clothes
policemen. In addition, 200
policemen in uniform werp
present. An officer ordered
the crowd to disperse and it,
obeyed, the Socialists sing
ing revolutionary songs.
Reports were in circulation
that the Socialists had mo'
privately and inaugurated
the Socialist league of
Japan.
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VILLAGES II
FlATfli
Two Hundred Reported Killed
and 15,000 Made Homeless
by Disaster
ROME, Dec, 11. All the villages in
the Tepelenl district, southern Albania,
have been destroyed by a violent earth
quake, according to an Avlona mes
sage to the Tempo today. Two hun
dred persons are reported killed, while
1.1.000 have been made homeless.
The town of Tepelenl Itself was CORI
Pletel) razed. The message report3
the shocks are continuing.
BUENpS AIRES, Dec. 11. Earth
quake tremors were distinctly felt In
some parts of Argentina shortly after
midnight this morning, and reports
from points as far south as Patagonia
show the shock was perceptible,
It Is possible tho tremors were a
result of a terrlfly, earthquake in
south' in Honduras, but the distance,
between Argentina and Honduras
would seem to Indicate that the shocks
felt In this country were of a more
j local origin.
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FARMER-LAEORERS MAY
ABSORB SMALL PARTIES
CHICAGO. Dec. 11 The national
committee of the Farmer-Labor party
opened a three-day meeting Friday
by redrafting the party's constitution
so that It would be possible to ab
sorb numerous smaller political or
ganizations. Questions of policy and
tho future plans of tho party will be
taken up today and Monday.
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G. M. C. TRUCK PLANT HAS
HALF FORCE BACK AGAIN
PONTIACi Mich., Dec. 11. The
Generul Motors truck plant here has
resumed operations after a period of
four weeks idleness. About half tho
workers are employed on a production
schedule calling for 40o machines for
the balance of this month. According
to W L- Day, manager, normal opera
tions may be expected soon after the
row year.
SO. AMERICAN LABORERS
WON'T HANDLE LiQUORS
I VALPARAISO. Chllo. Dec. 10.
.Resolutions have been passed by the
labor federation at Arlca placing on
record the refusal of Its members to
load r unload all classes of alcoholic
beverages excepting liquors from for
eign countries consigned to residents
of liolivlu. The labor councils In the
nitrate fields have taken similar action.
U. S. LEASES MINNEAPOLIS
HOSPITAL FOR WOUNDED
I MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 11. Asbury
hospital, on of the largest In the city,
will be b ased within sixty days to tho
United States government for fie
yearu for the rehabilitation of dis
abled service nu n, the hospital hoard
of trustees announced Friday. The
government, It Is said, will pay ap
proximately $100,000 a year for tho
use of the hospital.
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Mi l T6 PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 Acting
Secretary Davis of the slate depart
ment had a conference with President
Wilson today at the White House. No
announcement was made, but it was
reported thsl the disagreement he
tween the live great powers regarding
the disposition of former Herman ca
bles was one of the subjects discussed
HUGE con
Oil BASEBALL
IS UNDER if
Judge K. M. Landis to Be
Given Powers of a Czar
Over Game
NATIONAL AGREEMENT
WILL BE FORMULATED
Restoration of Draft System
Likely to Be One Result
of Meet
. NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Commit
tees representing the major and minor
leagues, with Judge Landis In tht
I chair, convened here today n sched
uled time to draw up a new national
, agreement to govern professional base-
ball.
It was announced that the confer
ence would he held heh'.nd clo.-ed
doors and the neonates placed guaids
i before the entrance to the chambers.
At the same hour representatives
of the National Association of Minor
. Leagues also went into separate ses-
sion at the same hotel.
NEW YORK. Dec. 11. The greatest
convention of baseball interests ever
assembled In this country, Involving a
program for complete rc-organlzation
I of th" sport's government, got under
way here today. The formulation of
most important problems for settle
ment. The sessions will continue for sev
eral days, under the presidency of
i Judge K. M Landis, newly appointed
i head of the sport Some important
deal1 involving exchange of major
league playCrs vero expected to 'bo
1 made during the gathering.
i i in I R4 I Its' BEGUN
l.'v rtts that Jed up to tho necessity
! of adopting a new national agreement
; had their beginning about two years
, ago. when the National association "f
professional baseball leagues, the or
ganization of minor leagues, broke
away from the national agreement be
cause of a controversy relative to
draft provisions.
Then there arose from various quar
ters n demand for a re-organization of
I the national commission. The com
mission had been composed of the
i residents of th" National and Ameri
can league with August Herrmann,
president of the Cincinnati club, of the
i National league, as chairman.
The organisations Interested are
I represented in the present convention
as follows:
National league: August Herr
mann. Cincinnati; Harney Dreyfus-.
Pittsburgh, and Charles H. Ebbets.
Brooklyn.
American league: James C. Dunn,
Cleveland; Thomas Shiho. Philadel
phia, and Frank Navln. Detroit.
National association! Michael IT
Sexton, president. Thomas J Hlckey.
! president of the American association;
J. D. Martin, president of the South
ern association: J. W. Morris presi
dent of the Texas league, lo-olge II
Malnes, president of the Mlchigan
Ontarlo league, and W. n. Walsh,
president of the South Atlantic league.
m isuuv ipa i n
In addition, .lohn A Heyuler, presi
dent of the National league. Pan
Johnson, president of tho merlcan
league, and Secretary John H. Farrell,
Of the National association, are acting
in an advisory capacity without vole.
George Wharton Pepper, of Philadel
phia, and John Conway Toole, of New
York, are legal advisers-
Tho new national agreement which
the committees propose to draw up
will repluce the ono adopted in 1903.
It Is generally expected that It will
take the form of two parts: One be
tween the National and American
'leagues that will apply to questions
1 involving solely major league matters
and the other between the major and
minor leagues than will apply to ques
tions Involving the Interests of these,
two divisions.
IDEAS IRE sin GHT
Club owners and players hae been
.Invited to present Ideas The new
agreement, In the opinion of baseball
, men here, is certain to contain a pro
vision for the restoration of the draft
system. Such a provision Is likely to
meet with serious opposition from
'some minor leagues and It Is not un
i likely that it would result in some of
the minor leagues refusing to become
a party to the new agreement
i W in n i he proposed new agreement,
which is expected to Include numerous
I radical changes, finally is in shape for
acceptance- by the committees, It will
i " submitted by them to their respec
tive organizations for ratification
LANDIS LIKE CZAR
I The now agreement. In addition to
I outlining the duties and powers of
Judge Landis, will confer upon him
an official title, which probably will
I be director of baseball. He undoubt
edly will have more power and iiuthor
ii than has been possessed by any in
' dividual or commission In tho history
Of baseball.
As director of baseball It Is the gon
eral belief that Judge I-undis will
In ad a hoard of control, the members
.of which will sit with him merely in
ni advisory capacity. Hut tho Judge's
decision In all mailers will bo final
Th'-. judge's contract runs for seven
years and fixes his annual salary ut
f.OO with additional funds for cx
I penses and an office In Chicago.
IDOW (.1 ARDEP
CHICAGO. Doc. 11. Mrs. Jake
I Damon, widow of the UiSh slain Ok
lahoma millionaire, has returned to
her lionrv here, it became known her-j
today. Her daughter, Olive Belle Ha
I mon. returned a It h her.
Mrs Hummi's apartment is guarded
I by tw o detectives.
Here's a picture ol fount) At-tor:i'-
I!. H. Lrown. who -nv his
efforts to SOll lit:- myStCTiOHS
death of Jake l.. liauton have been i
hampered bj powerful Influences,
R.B. BROWN.
BILL TO SAVE
MILLION A DAY
COMES UP SOON
Johnson Immigration Measure
Is First to Be Taken Up
in House
WASI 1 1 NGT'N, Dec 11. 1 mler a
special rule reported out today I.) the
' rules committee, tho Volstend resolu
j tlon repealing most of the wartime
1 laws would be given right of way in
the house after the Johnson immi
gration bill is disposed of Debate
on the resolution would be limited to
two hours.
Tho rules committee also reported
out a rule giving the Reavls bill for
consolidation of government executive
departments right of way after the
Volstead measure is acted upon Rep
rt illative P.cavls told the commltteo
that the consolidations proposed
I would result in a saving to the gov
! e rnment of $1,000,000 a day.
A resolution requesting President
Wilson to appoint un Aim rican repn -i
sentatlve lo meet with the league of
nations commission considering dls
I armament was presented and advo
cated in the senate today by Senatoi
MWalsh, Democrat. Montana.
The house voted unanimously today
' to curtail Its t'hrlstmas recess in or
! der to take up the annual approprla
I tion bills without delay. On motion
j of Representative Mondell. the Re
1 publican leader, the house agreed to
1 adjourn on Thursday, December 23,
and reassemble the following Monday
Instead of adjourning for two weeks
j as heretofore.
on
TRADE CONFERENCE
VOTES TO ORGANIZE
$1UU,UUU.ITU0 UUKP.
CHICAGO. Dec. 11. The for
eign trade conference In session
here voted today to proceed at
once with the organization of a
foreign trade corporation, capital
ized at 1100,000,000, under the
vlslons of the Edge act.
A committee of thirty, headed
by John McHugh. of New Fork,
was named to proceed with the1
work and a subscription list was
immediately started to finance the
1 underwriting.
r, n
CONGRESS LIKELY
TO SHORTEN ITS
XMAS VACATION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. Con
gress, or at least the house, may
forego most of its Christmas re
I cess this year so as to expcdllo Its
! work. Members of the house
-i. ei lng committee said today that
it was the intention now to ad
journ on Thursday, December -o.
and resume work the follov. ing
Monday and lo adjourn the Thurs
day hefore New Year's day and
return the following Monday.
DROP IN TEMPERATURE
IS EXPECTED SHORTLY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11 Weather
predictions for the week beginning
I Monday are:
I'ppcr Mississippi and lower Mis
souri valleys: Unsettled with probably
I rain or snow and moderate tempera
ture tirst half. Latter half generally
fair and colder. Period of much qold1
er weather probable toward end of
week.
Northern Rocky mountain and plat
eau regions: Generally fair. The
temperature will he moderate first
half and much lower second half of
week.
Southern Rocky mountain and plat
eau regions: Generally fair and nor
mal temperature, but considers hi
I collier latter half of week mi east
slope of the Rocky mountain.
Pacific slates- Normal tempera -j
lure, unsettled and occasioned r-unx.
OPIUI TRADE I
NEW TOPIC AT I
GENEVA MEET I
Committee Proposes to Briny
About Disarmament by j
Three Stages M
PLAN PROPAGANDA TO
MOULD YOUNG MINDS
Holland Accepts Invitation to
Send Troops to Vilna j
During Election m
GENEl V. De. t i (Bj the I
-ax-latrxl PreBS.) Japan can- j
not reduce her armaments a-
long as the I'nited Staters Ifl in-
creasing in-r Vlsoouui Klkujlro f
ihii of the Japanese delegation
de tared at a meeting of the armament-
committee thi- afternoon, I
. in n tin- question f di-annn- '
men I WAS under dl-i ussion.
GENEVA, Dec. 11. (By the ASBO-
! ciated Press.) Disarmament in three H
stages Is the substance of the recom- H
' mendation the committee on arma- H
1 mcnts of the league of nations assem-
bly will make to the assembly as the jH
result of its deliberations.
i The first ."tag-- would be marked bv J
Ian agreement among the powers to
i make no further Increases in arma-
Th second stage of the recommend-
e,i procedure Is a gradual reduction in H
armaments. H
The third stage would bo that "'
! general complete dlsarmamen . 1 ep IH
' insofar as arms were needed for pOllCl IM
purposes. M. Doret, delegate frODQ
Haiti, succeeded in securing the adop-
tion by the committee this morning of H
an amendment providing that iht IH
nl the league Inaugurate a Mj
propaganda campaign for "disarma- ?HH1
I mcnt minds," as he put it, meaning HHj
i the preparation of the younger gen- jHHj
oration for the new order of things HH
I by proper education in the schools. H
OPIUM TRAFFIC TOPIC
Committee of the- assembly of the HHj
j league of nations were called into HHe
, session this morning, and tho meeting HHj
of the assembly was deferred until jHH
j 4 o'clock today. It was anticipated HH
tn.ii w ni-n ine assemniy met Decision h
i would be reached as to the manner HH
I of choosing rtn- four elective members H
1 of the council of the league. H
It has beeh decided by the com mis-
' slon on technical organizations lo H
send the United States a special in- MH
vitallon to name a member of the uv
tern itlohal advisory committee, which HHj
am i : . i j 1 1 , quest 1 o n B
qarry out provisions relating to tin HH
opium traffic, which were embodied
I in the Versailles' HHj
I U ( I AIM l I I i; I
Members of the international court H
committee have found what they hope
; to be a solution of tho jurisdiction
problem that will satisfy those who
have objected to this feature of tho H
I proposed International court. They
have inserted a clause in the pro- HH
j posed plan which would provide that BB
State which is desirous of an ar- HH
rangt mcnt bj which an offended na- H
. tion may cite an offender before tho HH
tribunal may signify ta acccptancu HH
f of the provision for obligatory Juris- HH
! diction. The clause would further
stipulate that this obligatory Jurlsdn -
lion would become reciprocally bind-
ing upon all those natiuns which sig-
alt) their acceptance.
This is far from meeting the on-
glnal demands of some" states, but
hope is expressed that the cxamQji
furnished by the first nations tu ac- BHj
oept the Clause will be a moral foreo BHV
Strong enough to obligate others tu
follow a similar course.
HOJLL Mi i i EP1 s
acceptanci bj Holland
Of the Invitation Of the league of na-
Hons to contribute a portion of the BHj
i military for..- in ieni bj thi lea ;w H
' to the Vilna district, for the plebla
cite there was announced today, The
aqppetance is sunjoct to the passage
ot , in.- i mtch fl
j parliament. HjH
Poland has ?ent a note to Iho couu-
cil Of the leaguo renuesting that tin BHj
I fortress and fortified .one of Qondo SBJ
. h. . xcluded from the VilnS plebiscite BVJ
i RILE TO REM 1.
SANTIAOO. Chile. Dec. 10 Chili .HSj
will maintain her membership in the HH
leaguo of nations, in conformity with oHwJ
the well defined pollcv under which jH
,she entered it. '"although recognising IWH
at the same time as do the other na- BjsH
tions which form the league the high
motives which have served as a basi? BHj
for the proposals formulated by Ar- MHV
gentlna in the assembly." said a state
Iment issued by the ministry of foreign BBJ
BB
The announcement followed an an- BBs
nouncement of the foreign relations BBJ
coiumltices of the senate and the BBS
chamber of deputies with Foreign Mln- Bl
tlster Aldumate and President-elect BBJ
Alessandrl nt which the retirement of BBJ
;the Argentine delegation from the as- BBJ
isembly of the league was dlscusa i BB1
oo BBJ
NEW BOARD STEAMSHIP
FOR PACIFIC LAUNCHED I
NEWPORT NEWS. v.i., Dec. 11. Vfl
I The Silver State, one of the slxtc 911 BJ
big combination freight and passenger
llnei building tor the shipping board B
I was launched here todav. The V0S8 1 B
I is Sflj feet long and 73 feet broad
and will be otieiated bv the Pacific BB
.Mail Steamship ompauy. B
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