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PENS AC OLA, FLOPwIDA,
. FRIDAY MORNING, ' JANUARY 9, 1920
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President Would IVIake Treaty
an Issue to Learn Sentiment
of the People
COMMONER ABHORS DELAY
McAdoo Says Democratic Suc
cess Is Inevitable "If Lead
ership Is Wise"
'son. In a message to the Jackson Day
diners heie tonight said the "clear
and single way" to determine the will
of the American people on the league
of nations 1 to make It an issue at the
next election.
!""" The president's message said nothing
whatever about a third term for him-
self neither did it say even by impli- i
cation or intimation that he would not
be a candidate as had been widely
p forecasted. Most all of the message,
was devotee! to an expression of his
i argument sut to why he considered it
th duty of the United States to Join
' tho league 5f nations convenant and
'why he considered the war was not
: really won until it did.
Another t ttempt to .crush the new
' nations of E urope would be made the
(president said if the United States
held aloof. -'
The president said he had no ob
i jection to interpretations accorapany-
ing the act of ratification but when
i the treaty i3 acted upon. "I must know
!' whether it means we have ratified it
' or rejectetd : t."
The president expressed his atti
tude on reservations as follows, "If
the senate wishes to say what its un
doubted mej.ning of the treaty i3, I
have no objection. There can be no
reasonable objection to interpretations
accompanying the act of ratification
itself. But when the treaty is acted
upon I must know whether it means
we have ratified or rejected it. We can
not rewrite the treaty. We must take
it without changes which alter its
meaning or lave it and then after tho
rest of the world has signed it. we must
face the unthinkable task of making,
another and separate kind of treaty
with Germany." He declared the United
States enjoyid the spiritual leader
ship of the wjrld until the senate of
the United Stites failed to ratify the
treaty by whkh the belligerent nations
sought to affct settements for which
they fought. r He asserted he did not
personally accept the action of the
senate as a decision of the nation as
he believed ar overwhelming majority
of the people Df the United States de
sired ratiflcat on.
Bryan split openly with the presi
dent on the question of whether the
democratic party should make the lea
gue of nations; an issue a.': the next
election.
The president advocated submitting
the question. Bryan conceding the
right of the republican majority in the
senate to diet ite the senate's course,
declared "we riust face the situation
and either obtain such compromises as
may be possibls," or make it an issue
in the election which he objected to
as meaning fourteen months delay and
then success only if the democrats
got two thirds of the senate.
Reviewing the past and suggesting
a program for the future, Bryan said
he ventured tc suggest "Three new
propositions." T hey were: A national
system of roac s, extending In every
state, to ba knonn as a national "peace
way" both as a. utilitarian project for
binding the states together in com
merce and intercourse and as memor
ial for the soldier dead, a national
bulletin, not a newspaper, to present
national issues under bipartisan con
trol; Initiative f nd referendum, which
he declared the democratic party
might well adopt as its "next great
reform.
Ilryan's prepared speech contained
nofflir
;ng bearing on his ambitions to
ward the presid;ntial nomination, but
before reading it he said he had noth
ing to ask and therefore the diners
would not listt-n to him with the
thr.-ght that trey were listening to
a candidate.
Referring to the treaty he made the
fxtfmpcraneous remark that "if I
know the American people they will
never transfer t3 any foreign nation
the right to say when our boys shall
be. drafted."
In a telegram from Wichita Falls.
Texas, William G. McAdoo assailed
the work of the republican congress as
a .'sorry record of dismal failure" and
declared tho success of democracy in
the presidential election this year was
inevitable if leadership was wise,
lision undistortec and sympathy with
the masses preserved.
Republican leadership has demon
strated startling incapacity to deal
with the great problems confronting
America and the world." Mr. JIc
Adoo's message read. Xine months of
republican leadership disclose no con
structive humani :arian or stateman
like act.
IVace defeated, war prolonged and
hundreds of thousands of needless
deaths ir.flicte uipon helpless chil
tiiVn, women and men in Europe a
g'Xxtly toll to exact for partisan poli
tical ends.
"The railroad p-oblem bungled and
no promise of a real or permanent so
lution through bills now in conference.
The public :nterc.;t is not protected,
tvhile increased rates, inefficient trans-
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LIDGE HITS
AT SOCIALISTS
Freedom Cannot Be Secured by
Disobediance He Tells Mas-
sachusetts Legislature.
Boston, Jan. S. The need of human-
izing government and industry and?? , pIace and dat? ot opening the
of maintaining obedience to the law!iJ-W cemcrUIc national convention.
of maintaining obedience to the law
was stressed by Governor Coolidge
in his address to the legislature to
day, inaugurating h,is second term.
He urged more effort in production
and economy on thi part of both
j state and individual.
j "The duty that government now
owes to the people," he said, "is to
reduce their burdens by paying off
the obligations that came from the
war rather than imposing additional
burdens for the support of new pro- I . " - T,V. f , , U Vi I """ -ai nog
. t j caned upon to piaying politics with , Island ?rrpsv rravc-iitcn launched, he
J lthe nuestion of ratification." (said, with steam up really to get un-
"Healthful housing, wholesome food,.1 The resoldtjon then referred to the" derway.
sanitary working conditions, reason- enactment of the law giving -the peo- i ' In connection with the launching
able hours, a fair wage for a fair
day's work, opportunity full and free,
justice speedy and impartial, and at
a cost within the reach of ail, are
among the f objects not only to be
sought but made absolutely certain
and secure. Government is not, must
not be, a cold, impersonal machine,
but a human and more human agency,
appealing to the reason, satisfying
the heart, full of mercy, assisting the
good, resisting the wrong, delivering
the weak from any impositions of the
strong.
"We need to change our standards,
not of property but of thought. If
we put all the emphasis on our ma
terial prosperity, that prosperity will
perish and with it will perish our civili
zation. Employer and employed must
find their satisfaction, not in a money
return, but in a service rendered. In
dustry must be humanized, not de
stroyed. .
"There are etrident . voices urging
resistance to the law in the name
of freedom. They are not seeking free
dom even for themselves they have
it; they are seeking to enslave oth
ers. Their works are evil. They know
it. They must bo resisted. The evil
they represent must be, overcome by
jthe good others represent. These ideas
which are wrong, for the most part
imported, must be supplanted by ideas
which are right. This" can be done.
The meaning of America is a power
which cannot be overcome. Prose
cution of the criminal and education of
the ignorant are the remedies.
"It is fundamental that freedom Is
not to be secured by disobedience to
law. Government must govern. To
obey is life, to disobey is death."
DEMOCRATS AR
READY TO TA
Hitchcock Says They Will Meet
Republicans Half Way on
Treaty Compromise.
Washington, Jan. 8. With few ex
ceptions democratic senators are will
ing to meet senate republicans in a
reasonable compromise on the peace ,
treaty. Senator Hitchcock or Nebras
ka, administration leader said today
in a letter to R. M. Washburn, of
Boston, which ho had nlaeed in the
rr . . 1 . r. ! f '"1 1 1
The letter was "a reply to a resolu
tion adopted by the Roosevelt club,
of which Mr. Washburn is vice presi
dent, urging President Wilson and
democratic leaders in congress to
make concessions which would bring
about immediate ratification of the
treaty.
"I beg to assure you," wrote Senator
Hitchcock, "that democratic senators
generally, with probably two or three
exceptions are ready to meet republi
can supporters of the treaty half way
in an honorable compromise of dif
ferences. I beg to say, however, that
so far as can be ascertained there
are not over a dozen or fifteen republi
can senators who have shown any de
sire to take this course. The others
continue to hold with Senator Lodge
that the resolution which he present
ed and which received only 41 votes
represents an irreducible minimum in
treaty ratification so far as they are
concerned.
"On a reasonable compromise of ex
isting differences on reservations I
feel justified in saying that of the 6-j
votes necessary, the democratic sena
tors will be able to furnish more than
two-thirds."
AVIATION SHOW
ON IN CHICAGO
Many Aces Including: Iticken
backer With Famous Plane
at Exhibition.
Chicago, Jan. 8. Latest types of air
planes and flying equipment and dis
plays showing the progress of avia
tion were exhibited today at the first
Western Aeronautical show. Exhibits
were entered by the navy, the signal
corps, aerial mail service, and airplane
manufacturers.
The famous 5pad, in which Captain
Eddie Kickcnhacker brought down 2
German opponents was one of the cen
ters of attraction.
Democrats Adopt Resolutions
Endorsing Treaty of Ver
sailles and Wilson.
DENOUNCE G. O. P. LEADER !
Assert Republicans Have Earn
ed United States the Con
tempt of the World.
Washington. Jan. S. San Francisco,
and Monday, June 2S were selected to
day by democratic national committee
resolutions endorsing the treaty of
Versailles .and denouncing as unputri-
otic me attitude of senators who
woulci defeat it directlv or
nullifvinc:
r2v h t "naniniously adopt- meeting of the Kiwanis club yesterdav)S to Kiea- a port in Livonia, to dis
eu ioaay the democratic national .ihnt. the "r:itv of ShPrman" -ni ho charge its radicals for transportation
committee in session here.
The "arrogant" republican leader
ship' of the senate was denounced as
having earned the "contempt of the '
world," by throttlin
the treaty for
i fvnn m r- V r . -. ,1 i .
pie the right to elect their United
Statea senators by popular vote" and
the party had "enfranchised the worn -
i-u anu ior me nrst'time gave labor
the fair showing to which it was en-
titled." .
Peace is Delayed
as a result or the mismanagement i
of republican leaders in
ine senate
"conditions
the resolution continues.
are unsettle, a definite proclama-
tion of the end of the war is delay-
ea. It declares that had the treaty
been ratified, "with reasonable
promptness, the world would now be
engaged in the fruitful work of 're
construction." "We" join," said the resolutions, "the .!
demand for the pulpits of the country i
iand of its agricultural interests, of!
labor and of the great business in-j -dustrial
and commercial organizations 1
of America that the senate quit play- state University Senior Talks at
ing politics with this sacred question i -rr; rMr7, n-, Vllue of
and give to thet -world the word that! "J-'iirJS eo cn vaiUC OI
America is ready at to at least make! GainGCVil3 School.
a trial for universal peacs. We re-j
pudiate the inferential suggestion that . II. R. DeSilva, son of J. II. DeSilva
having joined our associates in a war j of Pensacola wa-3 a gtist at the Ki-
that is now leading them to cha.03
we are to withdraw and leave them to
a merciless fate in oraer that Wo might
maintain a so-called traditional state
of 'isolation,' " that we surrendered
when we went to the defense of our
rights and to the aid of struggling
humanity.
"If this is to be our attitude, then
the 50,000 Americans who now sleep
in France, gave -up their lives in vain
and the 2,000,000 more who willingly
offered their lives for the cause that
called us there, have a right to ask
for what were they summoned to the
colors."
Reviewing . the legislative record of
the two Wilson administrations and
the manner in which the war wad won,
the resolutions also expressed gratiii
cation that the president wn regain
ing healthlater a break down "due
largely to his efforts for world peace."
The resolutions were adapted at
the committee's quadrennial meeting
to select a time and place for the
1920 convention. The choice will be
made late today with the race between
Kansas City and San Francisco and
with th3 supporters of the latt-jr
claiming they have enough votes
pledged to insure beyond question the
selection of their city.
Concerning the peace treaty, the
ointlon saiu:
"We afirm our approval of the
treaty of Versailles and we condemn
as unwise and unpatriotic the attitude
of those senators who would defo.it
its ratification, either directly or by
overwhelming it with reservations that
are intended to, and will have the t-f- j
jfect of nullifying it
j "The failure of the senate republi
can leaders to offer or to permit con
sideration of interpretative resolutions
that would preserve the general pur
pose of the treaty and to so permit
its ratification condemns them to the
criticism of the nation and to '.he
contempt of the world."
The resolution said that when the
democrats came into power in 1913
they, found "the nation in a condition of
comparative industrial and commer
cial depression," and with "the bank
ing system in the bands of a few men
at" whose will panics periodically oc
curred." It was added that "these and other
ills had existed for 16 years under
republican rule without any relief."
To remedy this condition," the
resolutions continued, "the democratic
administration entered upon a vigor
ous constructive program," adding
that establishment of the federal re
serve banking system, "entitles the
party to the everlasting gratitude of
the country, while the farm loan bank
ing system gave to our agricultural in
terests the relief long demanded by
them."
SHIP PASSENGERS
ARE FLU VICTIMS
Buenos Aires, Jan. S. The French
steamer Malte from Havre and Vigo
with passengers and cargo for Rio
Janeiro and this port, arrived here
yesterday afternoon with five passen
gers dead, seven dangerously ill and
a large number of others suffering
from attack of influenza which broke
out in violent form a few days ago.
The disease is reported to bo the
most dangerous form of influenza
cerebral, pneumonic and intestinal.
-V.
STEEL STRIKE HAS
BEEN CALLED OFF
Pittsburg, Jan. 8. The strike
which began September 22 and
in the beginning involved 360,
000 men, was officially called
eff here tonight .by the union's
national committee after an all
clay meeting.
Will Be First Time, a Southern
Yard Has Sent a Shirlntn
IV? n 1 e c?
Water ICCaay lor bea.
"
Capt. Frank Crenshaw, assistant
general manaerer of the lpncnl.i hi-
K,,,1.i;.t , , - .1 n..
that the "City of Sherman
launched at 3:33 o'clock next Tuesday
afternoon. Mr. Crenshaw said the
launching will be a remarkable event
because it will be the first time a
i southern yard has launched a vessel
. : u. .11 t, 1 - 1,. 1 .
the Community Service, inc.. is arran-
MOg
Mng for a community sing. John Fren-
I kle will act as songleadcr and a chorus
s Doing pjrangcu oy -ir. .oernainy.
! Community service representative in
Penacoli.
The launching will be public and ar-
in. nan; i 1 11 uu3 ur.iiiuic ty zt:o
jjie first fuuy completed ship ever
iaunched from a southern yard go into
, lne Water
mm.
)F U. OF F. WORS
wanis luncheon yesterday and spoke
brief ly of t!-o work or the university
of Florida, -wbers ifi s- a - member of
the senior class. T. Li. Grant, chair
man of the public affairs committee
spoke at some length on the charges of
profiteering that are being made a
gainst the retail merchants. He denied
these charge3 to be true in most cases.
In addition to Mr. DeSilva several
other visitors were present and spoke.
J. B. Mattlnglj', representative of
tho United Typothetae of America a
guest of Victor Little, told of the work
of th Typothetae in installing cost
accounting systems in printing offices.
Mr. Mattingly said that the printing
trade is third in the United States in
point of invested capital. He is en
gaged in putting cost accounting sys
tems into effect in Pensacola offices.
F. C. Williams, district representa
tive of Community Service, Inc., spoke
briefly on the work his organization
is doing. He believes cities in which
the people spend their leisure time is
constructive thought and recreation
have better citizens.
In his talk, Mr. DeSilva told of the
excellent faculty at the. state university,
of is opportunities for growth and of
the financial backing it has. He
urged that more west Florida boys go
to U. of F., because, he said, "it is
your school, you help pay for Its up
keep and you should be Interested In
it."
A resolution introduced by Chair
man Gant of the Public Affairs com-
mittee, addressed to congress and urg
ing the immediate passage of the
Davey anti-sedition bill or other simi
lar legislation, was adopted without
a dissenting vote. H. J. Copeland of
Birmingham was a guest of the club
and was introduced by Sec. Burke. J.
II. Cross introduced T. L. Ockan of
the main office of the Van Blerck
motor company. Mr. Ockan spoke of
the many uses to which gasoline mo
tors have been put and said he be
lieved in time they would supplant
steam in many industries.
tin SHERMAN
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F IS
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order to give every one a fair opportunity to take advantage
of the saving the special offer on subscriptions has been
extended to January 15.
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Effective Jan. 1G, 1920.
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effect.
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TkTOT
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Transport Buford With Its Car
go of Radicals Believed to
. Be Nearing Kiel Canal.
REDS MUST CROSS LIVONIA
Parlor Bolsheviki Must Buy Lib
erty Bonds to Use as Secur
ity in Bailing Friends.
Washington, Jan. 8. The "soviet"
ark Buford with its cargo of 249 radi- i
cal aliens, is about to enter the Kiel
canal accoi's to official dispatches
, received here today. While still re-
j fusing to disclose the destination of
Jthe ship, officials said "a very good
Euess might be ventured since passage
i through the canal has become known."
' It Was believed fYir Rnfnnl -n.-r.nlr1
across ine country into soviet Hussia.
So far as has been made known,
negotiations for the transportation of
the radicals across one of the Baltic
provinces adjacent to Russia have not
been completed and the government
will await the outcome of the Buford's
voyage before deporting any more rad
icals to Russia.
Soviet Ark Nears Kiel.
Xew York, Jan. S. The army trans
port Buford now known as "Soviet
Ark. No. 1," which left here Decem
ber 21 carrying Emma Goldman, Alex-
7:.. " "" VwJL'JT"..:.
"Z"? u "uu5", 1 :
o tA. v 4 n.r. 1 rn n i-i licit; luua) iu
be approaching the Kiel canal. The
last wireless message from the ship
gave her position on January 6 as
near the Atlantic end of the English
channel. It is known that prior to
sailing the Buford's captain secured
special information as to the ap
proaches to the famous German wa
terway leading from the North sea
into the Baltic.
The wireless gave no Information of
the ship other than its position which
leads army officials here to believe all
is well on board.
Bolsheviki Must Buy Bonds.
New York., Jan. 8. "Parlor bolshe
viki" who are raising a fund to assist
comrades held on deportation proceed
ings will have to invest it in Liberty
bonds, in order to get their friends
A
SOVIETS
out on bail. The authorities at Ellis ; fti"iy cmiuren wno.na.vo suiterea General Denikine has suffered a con
Island announced offers of cash bailffrom stammering were declared cured j siderable disaster for nut . onlv h iv
bad been refused since the island had
no facilities "Tor 'Handling- large sum,
A surety company has refused to
supply bonds even against adequate
cash security on the ground that it
did not care to aid enemies of the
country. The immigration authori
ties, however, will accept Liberty
bonds and release reds on bail as soon ,
as their preliminary hearings by in
spectors are completed.
POTATO SYRUP
PROVES POPULAR
Government Plans Further Ex
periments For Develop
ment. Washington, Jan. 8. Use of the
sweet potato for the production of ta
ble syrup, starch, and other commodi
ties may be of "great value to the
south," in utilizing old crop and cull
potatoes, Carl L. Alsberg, chief of the
bureau of chemistry of the department
of agriculture today told the house
agriculture committee. Congress later
may be requested to grant a special
appropriation to enable the bureau to
conduct experiments with the sweet
potato he said. ,
Dr. Alsberg appeared to ask that
congress renew an appripriation of
$12,00, for the year, beginning next
July, so the bureau may continue its
work of developing methods of manu
facture of table syrup and improv
ing methods of syrup manufacture
from new agriculture sources.
Fifty barrels of the syrup made of
potatoes, under government supervi
sion in south Georgia, was placed on
sale recently at the Xew Orleans mo
lasses exchange without any adver
tising that it was "government made."
"It brought ten cents a gallon more
than any other syrup sold there,"
said Dr. Alsberg. "The manufacture
costs only a little more brains and a
little more pains than that of other
syrup."
Special Rates
If Paid by i&n. 15, 1320.
One month' 55
Three months S1.S5
Six months $3.25
One year $6.50
ITUAT
WON ALIENS
LEAVE AMERICA
Inter-Racial Committee Chair
man Says Foreign Born
Laborers Are Leaving
1 New York; Jan. 8,-Xearlv 1.000.000 I frm n n";hvlk point of view,
foreiun-bom laborers have left the ' accor3msr to British war office report
United States for Europe since the ar-land there are few signs indicating,
mistiee was signed and 1.000,000 more any likely Improvement. There ar
will depart as soon as passport reuni- jtvyo especially menacing developments. ;
lations are made less strict, according'.1" the f5rst Place General DenikineV
to ft statement issued here by the (army has been cut in two through tha
Inter-Racial council of which General . bolshevik push to the sea of Pzov at,
Coleman du Pont is chairman. (Taganrog, and its flanks have been,
Tens or thousands of aliens are re-lhrust back. leaving a large gap. In.
ported to be giving up their jobs rre- ac3dit5on there comes a. claim from the
paratory to returning to their home .'bolsheviki of the capture further East
lands, it was said, and many of these !of the town of Krasnvodsk, on th
"as the result of racial prejudices will j Caspian sea. and while this is not
take back with them stories about 1 confirmed, its is generally accepted
America which will make this country 1 33 true-
less attractive to immigrants." j The capture of this important port
"The independence that has been Krasnovodsk. it is pointed out, creates
granted the countries of Europe," it j the grave possibility that the reds
was stated, "and the fact that 30.000,- ! may overrun northern Persia and oc-
000 persons, women largely, are draw-
ing aid from their governments in the
form of jiensions, are factors which
detract from the incentive heretofore
I existing for foreigners to seek
their
fortunes in the United States."
A nationwide educational movement
among 30 nationalities in this country,'
having for its purpose the endeavor to j
"adjust the foreign-born to American i
i life-" nas been undertaken by the
councu wnien nas neia numerous con-
ferenees with leading representatives
of each race. More than 400 industrial
and financial organizations of the
! country are said to be interested in
the council which advocates "a lib
eral attitude on the part of the public
toward immigration" as a result of the
reported unskilled labor shortage.
BUFFALO SCHOOL
CURES STAMMER
Buffalo, X. Y.. Jan. S. Seventy of
j today at the close of the first course
f stammerers conducted by the ex-
today at the close of the first course
tension department of the board of
education. ine otiier ten children's
oiauiiitci uao Utv II liliniJiU.ru. A IIXS
course covered one hour daily for ten i
days.
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NTENNIA
Files Answer to Members - of I
State Commission Alleging
Violation of Constitution
Tallahassee, Jan. 8. In the eae of
the state, ex rel the attorney general,
against John B. Jones and others, re
spondents, trie relator by John b
Beard. Van a Swearingen. attorney j
general, and I). S. Stuart Gillis, assist-
ant attorney general, attorneys, today
demurred to the answer of the respon
dents because:
I. Said answers are insufficient in
law and set up no valid title to the
rights, privileges, power and franchises
now enjoyed and exercised by said re
spondents, because
(a) The rights, powers and fran
chises heretofore anil now being en
joyed and exercised by respondents
are those of officers of the state of
Florida, and because
(b) The act under which the re-
J spondents "claim to exercise and enjoy
such rights, powers, privileges anu
franchises, is unconstitutional and
void in
(1) That it is in violation of section
27 of article 3 of the constitution.
(2) That it is in violation of section
13 of article 4 of the constitution.
(3) That it is in violation of section
7 of article 10 of the constitution.
Counsel for relator in addition filed
their brief in support or their conten
tions as above urged.
The respondents are given five days
in which to file any brief they may
desire to file, after which the matter
will be considered by the court.
tr lomiirpcr ia sustained the next
J l I'lV. w- ...... . -u - 1
1 I V. icetmnio hv thfl '
Step WUU1U IMC isjuoui'-
court of a writ of ouster against the
respondents.
The return of Hon. Jules M. Bur
gnieres, which was not filed yesterday,
was received by the court this morn
ing. '
LODGE SCATHES
WILSON MESSAGE
Washington, Jan. 8. Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts, republican senate
leader, declared in a statement tonight
he feared Presjdent Wilson's Jackson
day message made impossible the
hope "that in the senate we might
have come together and ratified the
treaty, protected by the principles set
forth in the fourteen reservations."
HERRIMANN HAS
QUIT BASEBALL
Cincinnati. Jan. 8. August ITerrl
mann, for more than 16 years chair
man of the national baseball com
mission, resigned today.
BEARD
ONCE
m
British War Office Reports
Denekine's Army Has Been
Cut in Two by Red Forces
MAY ENTER NORTH PERSIA
Occupation of Teheran by Bol
sheviki Would Give Reds
Control Vast Oil Supplies
London, Jan. 8. The situation
Russia is about as bad as could b
1 eupy Teheran, which probably would
mean the establishment of bolshevik
rule in Persia. The taking of Krasno-
: vodsk permits the reds not only to
control large part of the important
i Krasnovodsk-Merv railroad, but gives
them e access to the Caspian,
There seems little then to prevent
them from gaining control of th
Caspian from the more or less in-
effective volunteer fleet. Once in poa-
sesion 01 tms sea there remains only
I a small British force and the poorly
organized Persian forces between tha
reds and the occupation of Teherau
and northern I'ersia, through which
would exist the possibility of their
obtaining control of the whole coun
try. Barku with Its important oil sup
plies on the western coast of the Cas
pian, seems likely also to fall into
bolshevik hands and its occupation
would provide a base for further oper
ations against the rear of Denikine'
ha'd pressed right .wing.
jt .the bolshevik reports are true
.-.1 n r,. ,
'the reds se
cation betw
een the left and right
wings, but they have captured largo
quantities of war material, in.duditis
much
that was sent to him by lha
allies.
There is a little hope held out heie
that, deprived of these supplies, the
Denikine forces can hope to make a
resistance that would prove effective
against the overwhelming red armies.
CHAUMONT "GANG"
METHODS ROASTED
American Lives Were Needless
ly Sacrificed on Armis
tice Day.
Washington. Jan. 8. Lives of
j American troops were needlessly sac-
rmeed on armistice morninc hfrans
in ! American high command at Chau-
moni U!a ,lot specifically revoke prev
iously issueu orders to attack, Briga
dier Qeneral Sherburne, of Boston, to
day told the house sub committee.
.Sherburne strongly condemned
methods of what he termed the "Gen
eral staff gang' at Chaumont. !!
declared corps, division and brigads
commanders stood in such "piteou
fear' 'of the Chaumont staff, that
they did not dare in most cases, re
voke attack orders on their own au
thority. FREIGHT TIE UP
IN NEW ORLEANS
Due to Strike Embargo Is Placed
on All Shipments Ex
cept Cotton.
Xew Orleans, Jan. 8. Aiv embargo
on export freight shipments with tha
exception of cotton was in effect her
today as a result of the strike of un
ion freight handlers.
The embargo was asked by railroad
officials when it became evident there
would be mo immediate settlement
of the strike of freight handlers who
insisted they were "being unfairly
treated by the railroad administration,
and that an Increase from 40 to 50
cents an hour in their salary granted
by the national adjustment commis
sion was being held back. About 2,000
men arejout.
The freight handlers are affiliated
with the longshoremen's union. Union
men were assured in messages re
ceived from the railroad administra
tion that their case was being consid
ered and that it would be to the best
interests of all concerned for them to
return to work.
SOVEREIGNTY FOR
FIUME PREDICTED
Buenos Aires, Jan. 8. Great Britain,
France and the United States, con
ceding the Italian character of Fiuma,
will grant Fiume complete sovereign
ty under the league of nations, pre
serving only customs of the union with
Jugo-Slavia, according to the news
paper Lanacion.