Irwi n ffftfCfliVti Stan taft I
M'Vffl . . .f . T yi I fiL, 1. B L7 L H QL -"Mfc7 JL 4- Vf 4sV Weather locations for Orjdcn and Vicinity:
By oive Lite to 1 hem That Sit Vfl f v w w v v Snow this afternoon and tonight; colder tonight
Pjgsgsijll h the Shadow of Death. FEARLESS INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER with a moderate cold wave; Tuesday fair.
T-No. 292. PriceFhvegehg QGDEN CITT, UTAH, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1919 LAST EDITION 4 P. M.
END OF COAL STRIKE IN SIGHT 1
Ik
I formal Statement Issued
I From White House
H May End Trouble
WASHINGTON. D.o. S Hope for the
1 uttlcmcnt tomorrow afternoon oi the
I "controversy between the miners, the
I operators and the povcrnnunt.' was -x-I
HtMCd in a formal statement lued to-
I fcrjt i"r Wh,tc Hol,s-
! The stntenvnt follow?:
"It is hoped that there will be a setllo-
I meat on Tuesday afternoon of the con-
T Mrcrsy between the miners, the opera
m (0r3 and th. Government through the ac
.' I optancc by the miners m the plan for a
I dfnnli'- 5-itl'in. nt proposed by Iho pr I
dcni, which i.ropowl was submitted
Bl Acting President Lewis r.f the miners
I by Attorney General Palmer Saturday
I nlfhf
9 Secrecy sttl! surrounded the president's
. ,rvl S- r.-t : : 1'iinmltN and oth, r
I officials refused to supplement th.' White
I House statement. It was learned, how
I crer. that the proposal to the miners was
I from the president himself, and was in
I (he form of a memorandum written by
7 GRAND JURY NOT TO MEET.
' JPIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec. 8. The
I federal grand jury. summoned bj
I United Stales District Judge A. 15. An
I derson to investigati alleged v iola
I Uons of the Lever act. and antitrust
I tows by operators, miner.- and coal
dealers in connection with the bitumi
I now coal strik . will not be empan
1 f eTled today. L " Frt Slack, United
I States district attorney, said its con
I replng had been postponed until to-
I morrow.
1 Mr. Slack would not say that the
I I jury would be empanelled at that
I uo'c. It was indicated that the call
I id? of the inquisitors would depend
I upon r.onti d with A toi nej
I General rainier and others who wen
I to arrive fro:n Washington about
I ROOD.
k
Lewis Having Difficulties
jB WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. In
C Saturday j uic- upon the miners' rcp-
rtsentative.-, acceptance of the presldcnl ;
I proposals. John I. L ' ) havj
I I frankly informed A' lorn. ) i.
M I tr of thi diffleultl s h w as hav
I view of the feeling cr imong Hi
I I miners b the injunction proceeding n 1
I the cencral attitude of the pov rnmcnt.
I I Lewis was said to have expressed wlll-
I bigness to attempt i this In
H I il given asjlft jnec from ::oV
) emmcnt officials.
I Mr Talmcr. . .ssislant Attorney .Gen
I crtl Ames, who instructed pi ore. dings
I ifalnst the union officials at Indlanapoli9,
and I. -..,' and William Green sccretai
I of the miners' union, are to nrrh
I Indianapolis today,
there was persistent reporl lodaj thai
' TR Ik-I P"' .-iH.nl- p...p.e-: .. Hi. it lie
HI itinera accept for the present the H pel
HB' nt wage advanc.- pioposed ly Lr J
H fkld nnd that the final adju tmcnl i
HH( wages Hnd v.-ovkln; conditions Ix U
1 Bf commission appointed l: th. presiden:
H I 8ome assurances are said lo have bee l
to the personnel of the commission,
I I the method of obtaining iata und oth i
U I wlnt which arc reported to has. in
Atced the miners to consider their pro.-
pKts under It more favorable than th v
I tth?rv.-l8e would be.
il End of Strike In Sight
PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec 8. Phillip Mur
ray, president of district No. 15. Unit d
. "Ine Workers of America, before depart
'"O today for Indianapolis, said ho bs
BWd the conference would end the coal
pWke,
VS!i!(, ;'; ; e,-. S -The public.
' Wtte most concerned, still were in the
t0flay as to the Kovernmeflr's
i "t move to settle the bituminous
J miners' strike Not a hint of the
jj : wre of the proposals had been made
Wjllc either by the miners, or by offl
' al. but comfort was taken In the
j ytment by Attorney-General Palmer
I H ni?ht that he was quite sure the
j K of the strike was In Bight The
'lfcTiimfnl Was mad(1 bv Mr- Palmer
l before he boarded a train for In
'KS"01'8 whero todav lie will
HC f.Wllh JudR, A' B- Anderson of
t' - federal .Unrict . .iu-t relative to
i . injunction proceedings iuvolving
a union officials
itlie?ulat,on as t0 tlie niethod for set
KJ 5 s,rlke- wllith proposed
KWy by President Wilson, was
Wmirfd dlfflcult because while, Fuel
S trator (rfleld reiterated
i;f cn0uld be no Increase in the price
Lt7,t0 ,ne Public and said he hnd
j0 llher ,,ed one incb froni his Position
it,Jn t V'"1' h Ibe Wilkes
it wal fl ,0 ,hf' b,'lief an advance
'nt s laiR''r than the fourteen per
Un !"sgsted by Dr. Garfield had
Propose,.
l1 and Strikero to Decide,
a j tcess or failure 0f i he presb i Qt'e
Germans are Growing Bolder
Story Told by Captain
Chamberlain Causes
Court Martial
j
I WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 Sentence of
dismissal Imposed by a naval court mar-
tial on Captain Edmund Georpe I'hamber-
lain, an aviator in the marine rorps on
charges growing out Of his sensational
; claims of having defeated a vastly super
j ior force of German airships on the west
fern front, was approved today by Secre
J tar Daniels.
j The case goes to President Wilson for
I final decision.
Chamberlain is a native of San Antonio,
i Texas His case became one of unusual
j interest to the service and officials of the
I navy department and marine corps were
sent overseas to investigate every point
Chamberlain's Sensational Story
Chamberlain claimed that on July 29.
( 1918. on a trip over the Dritish front ho
; had fought with twelve German planes.
I destroyed five of them, damaged two
, others and sweeping earthward with a
'damaged machine scattered a detaehm! it
, of German soldiers. He said that after
landing -he took a German prisoner ty
pretending Mini compass was a bomb
nr.d then carried a wounded French offi
cer back to safety.
Denial of the exploit by British forces
led to an investigation
Chamberlain eontended that the British
flyera would not corroborate his story
because admission thnt an Amelean offi
cer had used a British machine would
have resulted In their arrest. Wltneaaej 1
in Chamberlain's behalf testified that he j
had landed In a British plane on the date
mentioned In his official report.
Returns for Review of Case
After a the court martial at London.
Chamberlain was returned (o this conn
(try. and pending review of his case re
mained under arrest, being confined in'
the Dlrlict of Columbia
The case attracted widespread at ten
Hon due to the public! t) which Chamber-
lain'? story received and his recommenda
tion for both the congressional Medal of
Honor and the Victoria Cross of England. 1
He attended Princeton and the University I
of Texas.
plan win not be determined until
Tuesday when the court and strike
lead etfl will consider it In the mean
time there has been uo let-up in ef
forts to conserve the scant supply of
coal in the nation's bins and drastic
curtailment of industrial operations
and l rain BCtteduTea were bein? con
tinued. The coal strike also promised to
come in for additional attention ironi
congress Chairman Kenyon of the
senate labor committee, called a meet
ing of his committee for today to con
sider suggestions for, settling the
trouble by congressional action- V res
olution calling on the government to
take over and operate the mines dur
ing the emergency and another propos
ing an investication of the entire
-Mike situation are pending.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 8. De
spile the agreement in Washington be
tween government ofliclalr, and offi
cers of the Fnited Mine Workers,
I nited State.T- government attorneys
here have taken no steps toward halt
ing the lnvesi igatlon by the federal
grand jurv of alleged violation of the
Lever act and anti-trust laws by oper
ators and miner sf i to begin in in
dianapolie ii ;
It was staled at the district attor
ney's office ihat the investigation
would proceed as planned. Subpoe
naed have been served on a number
of witn. . ies, including miners, operat
ors and coal dealers. Government at
torneys assert the investigation, which
is to be nation-wide, is being pushed,
not merely to bring relief in the pres
ent crisis, but to prosecute all viola
lion of federal statutes bj miners, op
erators or dealers.
Action against the miners and op
erators charging conspiracy to limit
the production of coal will be sought
under both the Lever act and antl I rust
acts According to tovernmeut attor
neys, they have evidence that the op
erators have conspired with the min
ers illegally and have formed a eornbi
nation to limit the production of coal
LINCOLN, Neb.. Dee g, Regardless
of the government's latest move to
end the bituminous coal miners' strike,
work ol enrolling Nebraskans called
by Governor Samuel It McKehie lo
volunteer to dig coal in adjoining
states, continued today
Adjutant-General H P. Paul, chair-
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8e No decision on the constitutionality of the wartime prohibition and
the Volstead enforcement act was rendered today by the supreme court and there was no indica
tion when a decision would be handed down.
'man of a state committee inch arge of
enlisting volunteers, reported a small
number of men experienced in steam
shovel work already had been sent
into the Kansas coal Fields, that a few,
more were ready to go and that names
j of additional recruits had been sent in
I by county who are assisting in the
I movement.
Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas
would be advised by telegraph regard
ling the new recruits, the adjutant-general
said.
I PITTSBURG. Ivan.. Dec 8 Facing
Mting winter -v!nd. volunteers in the strip
coal pits of Kansas began to tho second
week of their coal digging today. Re
vised figures showed twenty-eight ears
, billed out yesterday, making sixty for
I the week.
ATRIAL
Newberry and Leaders
in Campaign in
Legal Battle
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Dec 8.
Truman II Newberry. I'nited States
senator from Michigan, and seventeen
of his principal carjpaign leaders ap
'peared in federal court here today to
plead to indictments charging fraud
and corruption in senator's nomi
i nation and election in 1918.
Immediately after their arraign
ment began a legal battle that is ex
ipected to continue over at least two
months. Among the first moves of
i the defense attorneys, it was expect
ed would be expected the filing of
charges against a number of promi
I nent men included in the list of 145
indicted, and pleas for separato
j trials.
While practically all of the respond
ents who had been arraigned up today
(stood mute, Mr. Newberry announced
before leaving Washington that his
I plea would be "not guilty."
FIRE IN A VESSEL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 Fire
which brok.' out last night in the main
bunkers of the Norwegian tank
steamer Terrier, which arrived here
Friday from Seattle, still was burn
ing tonight. The tlrst was thought
by the police to have resulted from the
i placing of a fin1 bomb in the vessel'Si
bold. In connection with recent water
front labor troubles here.
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LEAD ADVANCES
MOW YORK, Dec. 8. The Ameri
can Smelting and Refining company
today advanced lead from 6.75 to 6 9"
I cents a pound.
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COLDEST DAY IN BUTTE.
BUTTE, Mont.. Dec 8 Today
ii the coldesi December day In
the history of Butte The temper
-- alure showed u minimum of 22
- degrees below zero. The coldesi
previous December day was De-
-- t ember 30. 1919. when the temper-
- ature waa B minimum of 19 below
Bero Continued cold is predict-
d. The fuel situation is critical
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AVIATOR REACHES JAVA. v
T
-- lata VIA, .1- i. Saturday, Dec.
6. Captain Ross Smith, the auh-
- trullan aviator who is attempting
to fly from Englaud to Australia
for a prize ! Lln.uOu, arrived at
4 Kilidjattl, West Java, this after-
I noon.
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STARTS FOR SINGAPORE.
BANKOK, Slam. Tuesday, Dec
i-f Lieutenant L'tienne Poulet, f
1 competing with. Captain Ross
4 Siniih in the England-Australia !
4- air rat e, started for Singapore
today, two hours after the Austra
linn Jefl fur the samf city.
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President Prepares
Letter to Sen. Fall
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. President Wil
son today prepared a letter on the Mex
ican situation for transmission to Senator
Fall, Republican. New' Mexico The sen
ator is ono of the committee of two ap
pointed to confer with the president on
the resolution before the senate foreign
relations, committee requesting that dl
plotnaic relations with Mexico be severed.
This announcement was made at the
White House soon after the foreign re
lations committee had adjourned to a Wait
a communication from the president he
fore giving further consideration to tnc ,
resolution which was Introduced by Sea-
a tor Fall last week.
WASHINGTON Dec. 8. President
Wilson would bf "gravely concerned
to see any such resolution pass the
congress," he wrote Senator Fall today
in referring to the Fall resolution re
questing the president to sever dlplo
matic relations with the Carranza gov
ernment.
"It would constitute a reversal of
our constitutional practice which
might lead to very grave confusion in
regard to the guidance of our foreign
affairs," he wrote
The president expressed confidence
that he had the support of every com
petent constitutional authority :n the
statement that the direction of the
government's foreign affairs was as
Igned by the constitution to the chief
Kecutive and to him alone.
Republican and Democrat leaders
of the committee agreed that it would
be improper to act on the Fall reso
lution until some word came from the
president.
Senators jRlll and Hitchcock, who
conferred with the president Friday.
I told the committee they were with
out information when the president
might communicate with the commit
tee. Senator Fall read from his con
fidential memorandum submitted last
Friday nt the president's request fol
lowing the While House conference.
This contained a request that the
president send a letter either to Sen
ator Fall, Senator Hitchcock or to
Chairman Lodge before the meeting
today.
Senator Hitchcock said his recollec
tion of the conference was that the
president had not indicated that he
would pass Judgment on the resolution
and no request for a letter from the
president was made except possibly
by intimation from Senator Pall.
Senator Fall does not plan to make
public his Information on Mexican af
fairs until the president's communica
tion is received.
The committee discussed the Mexi
can situation for an hour giving par
ticular attention to the Carranza oil
decress, which members said had
stopped drilling for new wells. Th
CHICAGO, Dec 8- Hundreds of -fl
passenger trains were withdraws
from service on the railroads of i
the country today, mostly in the
middle west, south and south-
west, in accordance with instruo-
tlons issued last week by the rail-
road administration, and hun-
dreds ii other trains had been
ordei. d annulled on next Wednes-
day. chiefly In the east, as a re-
Blllt of the coal miners' strike.
In New England alone orders
4- were 0U1 cancelling nearly three
hundred trains on Wednesday, 4
dozens are to be discontinued in
Pennsylvania and even Canadian
railroads have felt the coal short-
age to such an extent that thirty
five additional passenger trains 4,
were taken off, Including the
v- crack transcontinental limited of
the Canadian Pacific. The reduc- -f
tlon of passenger service in the
United States since the strike be-
gun, Novi-mber 1. amounts to ap-
proximately one-third of the total
and In Canada a saving of 324,000 4-j
i rain miles per month has been I
effected.
Measures to Conserve Fuel. 4
Measures to conserve fuel sup-
plies went ahead today In nearly
every part of the country despite I
the meeting at Indianapolis to- J
4 morrow of Attorney-General Pf-.l 4
mer and oiher officials of the de 1
- partment of justice with heads of
4 the united Mine Workers of Am- 4
erica,. In an effort to bring a set- 4
tlement of the strike
4 4- ;4 4. 4 4 4 4;4( 4 4
Jenkins' case was not discussed.
S. QStora said they had been in
formed by the state department that
, Carranza had sent troops inlo the!
Tampico district to enforce the de
creep American oil operators argue
t that land they already acquired ihev
I have the right to drill wells without
obtaining new permits and in thi'' they
have been supported by the state de
partment Mexico contends thai
while the Americans own the land, the
government owns the oil beneath it.
and can regulate new drillings
When the president s letter was re
ceiver), Senator Lodge, chalramn of the
foreign relations committee, called
Senators Fall and Brandegee. Republi
can, Connecticut, of the committee.
I into conference and in a few minutes
announced that no further action on
j the Mexican situation would be taken
b the committee.
j "We wanted to help," Senator Lodge
said, "but now the entire Mexican sit -
uation goes to the president. The re
sponsibility is upon his shoulders I i I
I It rest there."
It was expected Senator Fall would,
i make public during the day the evi-j
dence upon which he based his r BOlu
tlon requesting ihe severance of diplo
I matte relations
President's Letter to Fall.
The president's letter to Senator
;Fall follows:
I "Thank you very much for your kind
promptness in complying with my re
; quest that you send me a copy ol the
I memorandum report of the subcom
mittee on M xican atiairs of the com
Imittee on fereign relations. I shall
j examine it with the greatest interest
and care. What you told me of the in
vestigation on Friday last, prepares
me to find in it matter of the greatest
importance.
"You ask an indication of my desire
with regard to the pending resolution
j to which you and Senator Hitchcock
'called my attention on Friday and I
am glad to reply with the utmost
frankness that I should be gravely
concerned to see any such resolution
pass the congress. It would cons'i
tute a reversal of our constitutional
practice which might lead to rery
grave confusion in regard to the guid
ance of our foreign affairs I am con
i fident that I am supported by every
competent constitutional author!' In
the -tatement thnt the Initiative in di
recting the relations of our govern
ment with lor. iL-n governments is a.
signed by the constitution to the ex
ecutive, and to the executive only.
Only one of the two houses of con
gress is associated with the president
i by the constitution in an advisory ca
pacity and the advice of the senate is
prov ided for only when soucht by the
president in regard to explicit agree
ments with foreign governments and
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Hundreds of Trains
Are Withdrawn From
Service In the East
I y
4 Many hundred thousand work-
ere wen- Idle today on account of
closing of non-essential industries
4 From which coal has been with-
held by regional committees and 4
the curtailment of business hours
4 in many cities. 4
4 Shipment By Volunteers.
4- further shipments of coal mln-
4 ed b volunteers In Kansas and
4 .Missouri, under protection of 4
4- tr.iops, were made today to points
- in those states where the short-
age woS the most acme.
Digging of coal by volunteers 4
also was expected to begin today
in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri.
-- Montana and in Oklahoma where
4 martial law prevails in the coal
4 districts. Governor Robertson has
4- begun a crusade against agitators
4 and several men have been ar-
rested charged with attempting to 4
4 prevent miners from returning to 4
4 work. 4
4- Cold Wave in Rockies. 4
A cold wave, accompanied by
4 snow, prevailed today in tne 4
4- Rocky mountain region, making 4
4- the distribution of the limited 4-4-
coal supply difficult. 4
4 Reports from all parts of the 4
4- central competitive field say that
4- the miners are in readiness to go
4- to work and the production of 4
4 coal can begin the moment the 4
4 strike is settled. 4
4 In Chicago, stores, with the WC- 4
4 ceptlon of groceries and a few 4-4-
others dealing in foods, are to 4
4 open today ai noon and close at 4
4 6 p. m. 4
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the appointment of the diplomatic rep
resentatives who are to speak for this
government ai foreign capitals. The
only safe course, I ajn confident . is to
adhere to the prescribed method of thr
constitution. We might go very far 1
afield if we departed from it- J
, "I am very much obliged to you for
.having given me" the opportunity to
express this opinion.
Very truly yours.
"WOODROW WILSON.
"HON ALBERT B FALL.
"United States Senate "
OF Ml
English Scientist Finds
Secret Transmutation
of Matter
PARIS. Dec. S. (Havas.) Sir Er
'nest Rutherford, since 1907 L:.ng
worthy professor and director of
physical laboratories ai the University
of Manchester. England, has solved
the riddle of transmutation of matter,
the secret sought by the ancient al
chemists, according to the Matin.
Sir Ernest Rutherford is one of the
best known physicists in the world.
He has devoted much attention in re
cent years to radio activity.
D'AnnuDzio Plans I
j to Fly to the
United States
F1UME. Sunday. Dec. 7. Captain.
Gabriele d Annunzio plans to fl) to the
United Stales after the Fiunie situa-:
, tion has been adjusted, he told the
Associated Press today.
"I yearn to reach America on wine-. '
he said. "I will fly to America across
the Pacific and land on your fair Pa
cific coast. W hen my task in Fiume
'is done and when Fiume is a part of
Italy's realm, 1 am going to Tokio
through the clouds Then 1 will look
across that vast expanse of the Pa
cific, lift myself trom this earth and i
start toward your land, your free
America, stepping from island to
island. It Is unfavorable weather now,
but it will be favorable in February
and I will do it then. '
POET'S FUNDS EXHAUSTED.
ROME. Sunday, Dec. 7. Major Glur-j
iati, chief of the cabinet of Gabriele,
d'Annunzlo. accompanied by Com
mander Rizzo of the d'Annunzlo naval
forces, arrived here today from Fiume
lt is reported they are the bearers ol
d'Annuuzio's suggestions for a solu-
,'tlon of the Fiume and Zara questions.
It is rumored that d'Annunzio's fundi-
'are exhausted There is speculation j
In Rome as to how he will pa his
troops.
NO NEW EXPEDITIONS.
ROME. Sunday, Dec. 7. The Pop- I
ulo Romano today says that Gabriele!
d'Annunzio has assured the Italian
government that he will not undertake
new expeditions or go beyond the,
armistice line.
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Foreign Exchange
Makes New Low
Records Daily
i
new YORK, Dec 8. Foreign ex
change rates which have been luakim;
new low records almost dally for the j
i last few weeks, added another today
when franc checks were quoted at the,
rate of 10.82 for the American dollar '
j or less than half of their pre-war j
! value. Lire checks also dropped to. a
new low level, being quoted at 12.81!
for the dollar. Demand bills for the
pound sterling brought $3. 85 as com
pared with $4,865 in normal times.
German marks, worth 23 and 24 cents
before the war, sold today for 2.09
ceuts eacU.
I
Hague Tribunal Will I
Decide on Indemnity i;j m
for Scapa Fleet ,
PARIS, Dec 8 The allies have con- I
sented to modify some of the t:-rmr. of
the protocol putting the peace treaty
into effect to which Germany has
made objection.
The clause providing for indemnity
ior the destruction of the German
fleet at Scapa Flow has been modified
so as to refer to The Hague tribunal
, the question whether the delivery of fl
the tonnage demanded will cripple M tjfl
Germany, it' is understood. , I 1
The understanding also is that other j zfl
features o! the protocol most objec
tionable to the Germans have been
eliminated. It is expected that the
German plenipotentiaries will sign the
protocol without much further delay. U
The final paragraph of the protocol,
providing th.v even after the peace 1,1 I
treaty has gone into ffect the allies f
might use military measures of eoer- , J
cion to ensure the execution ol th i
treaty's terms, has been eliminated en- il
tirely, as also has the clause rebtlns , ' fH
to the evacuation of the Baltic prov- J
Inces by German troops. J
Germans Are Determined.
LONDON, Dec. Gustav Noskc, - I
German minister of defenre. declares f
he win r commend thai his goveru 1 M
' nient refuse to sign the protocol ;i" the V
peace treaty, no ruaitcr what the con- ( k I
sequencer, according to the Berlin ' t I
j correspondent of the Daily Mail. NoskO ' ift I
I was careful to say he was giving his ip I
personal v iews, but it is said his state- r I
ment agreed with intentions ascribed 'rl
to other members ui the German cabi
net. vAll
I He said he had "lost all confidence . I
in the pledges of the allies." ii 1 k M
i Demands for dock and harbor mate- 1
rial in reparation for the sinking of the i '-I
interntu tiermau Meet at Scapa Flow
and the provision empowering the aV ' lM
lies to enforce the peace treaty were
described by the German minister as fc
"the two straws which have broken i
the back of German endurance." The 1
fact that failure by the United Slates ! ' LI
to ratify the treaty may mean larger .
; representations fiam the other allies
!on commissions by ihe pact, he said,
j was further reason for Germany to n
, Bist I j
"If the absence of the United States
representatives means there will be ( jf
more Frenchmen and Englishmen on
the commissions," Noske asserted, "it
would be injurious to German inter
ests." j 9
JUDGE COMMITS SUICIDE.
i BUDAPEST, Sunday. Dec. 7 M. ' , l
Kovacs, the judge who has been in
ivesligaling the murder of Count Tis
za, former Hungarian premier, com
mitted suicide today by Jumping from
the third floor window of the court
house.
Kov acs had been accused by the ex
treme Socialists of suppressing evi
dence to show that former Premier
Friedrichs had knowledge that the
murder was inteuded.
The imputation of responsibility to
Germany for the sinking of the Scapa
Flow fleet is left In the protocol.
It was expected that a note setting
forth the allied position would bi
handed today to Baron von Lersner,
head of the German mission.
Andrew Bonar Law, the government
I spokesman, declared in the house of com
I mons today, that there waa little reason I
to doubt that the negotlafons procecdin-,-
between the allies and associated poweis
i and Germany with reference to the im
I mediate ratification of th peace tra'y
I would have a satisfactory result,
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POET DENIES EXPEDITION. 4
4 FIUME. Sunday. Dec. 7. (By 4
4 the Associated Press.) Gabriele 4
4 d'Annunzlo assured the corre- 4
4 spondent today that he was not 4
14 preparing an expedition against 4
I 4 Spalato or Laibach. He gave his 4
4 word of honor that this statement 4
4 was true. 4
4
' 4 D'Annunzlo was credited In 4
1 4 London dispatches from Dalma- 4
4 tian sources on Saturday with 4
,4 having arranged an ambitious 4
4 scheme for an attack on Spalato. 4
4 It was also declared that ef- 4
I 4 forts were being made to encour- 4
4 age uprisings in Montenegro and 4
4 Albania and that the Bulgarians 4
4 were being urged to attack the 4
4 Jugo-Slavs. It was suggested that 4
4 the project was not entirely d'An- 4
4 nunzio's plan had the support of 4
4 his adherents in Italy. 4
4 Laibach is the capital of Car- 4
4 nlola in Jugo-Slavia 4
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