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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
13 VESSELS SAIL
 WITH 75OO TROOPS
sy Associated Pres.

Washington, January l1.-BrlnSlnS home 75W men, 10 transports, the battle ships Louisiana and New Hampshire and the hospital ship Mercy have sailed from French ports The transports, the war department announced today. are the Pueblo, Wilhelmina, General Goethals. Hampden. Ice King, Surname. Sierra. Godestoer, West Gate and Dekalb.
 The battleships are due at Newport News January 2l. The transports will arrive at New York as follows:
 Pueblo and Wilhelmina, January r; Hampden and General Goethals. January |21 Ice King. January 4; Mercy, Jan uary 20; Dekalb, January l9; Suriname. January 22; Sierra. Jancary ao. Dates of arrival of the Godestoer and West Gate were not given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
PROBABLE PROCEDURE


 Paris. January 1.-The plan of proce- t1ure for the beginning of the peace con- ference proceedings. so far as can be as- certained, is as follows:
 On Sunday afternoon there will be held the last meeting of the supreme war council whose first business will be the question of the renewal of the armistice, for which the German delegates have been summoned to Treves on January 14 The Germans have not fulfilled several of the armistce conditions notably those concerning the delivery of railroad stocks Consequently, Marshal Foch has notified Matthias Erzburger of the German dele gation that he would not renew the ar mistice automatically.
 The council will next pass upon the in troductory memorandum, which will be submitted to the allied delegations, the members of the conference set forth the object of their work and the order of it. The subject of the league of nations and of President Wilson's 14 points figure in the very beginning of the document.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
GOVERNMENT TAKES HAND
 R,t AssaclaAed Rresa

Washington. January 1.-The gov ernment stepped in in effort to end the tie-up of shipping in New York harbor. caused by the strike of marine workers on demands which the boat owners refused to arbtrate.
 At the request of President Wilson and with the assurance of the war and navy departments. the railroad admin istration and the shipping board that they would abide by whatever decision was made, the war labor board agreed to take up the case anew, despite the attitude of the employers. Arrange ments were begun immediately for a hearing Monday in New York and an official request was transmitted to the strikers that they return to work pend ing a decision.
 Much discussion was caused by the possibility of the owners refusing to accept the good offices of the war labor board. Officials declined to say what would happen in such case. but it was believed the tugs and lighters would be put under government opera : ton rather than permit further stop page of traffic.
 President Wilson's cablegram also entrusted to the war labor board the important task of stabilizing labor conditions generally and preventing industrial dislocation and warfar,," :" which it has been feare might result from unemployment during the period of industrial and military demoLiljza- tiotL
 An appeal to President Wilson to enforce resumption of traffic in New York harbor pending settlement of strike questions was made today by Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, who cabled the President that a large proportion of the strikers are employees of the railroad administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
COLORED COMICS HERE NEXT SUNDAY

The Age-Herald family of comic characters will return next Sunday and the children of Alabama are eager to welcome again their old friends.
 .sThe Captain and the kids,' drawn by Rudolph DirIks.
 Doe Yak and Little Yutch.7 drawn hy sidney smith.
 ..Mama's Angel ChilJ." by "Penny~ Ross. the man who has made Ethel starring famous.
 ..fsobby Make Relieve" by Frank king. ir another of the happy fam fly who with And warn, welcome whenever he can appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
FRANCE ID REFUSE
 ANY DEALINGS WITH
 bOLSHEV|K REGIME
Foreign Minister Refuses British Proposition Sug- gesting Admission of Rus
 sian Reds to Conference
By Associated Press

Paris, June 1.-The British gov
 ernment recently submitted to
 France proposition involving an
 effort to obtain truce in Russia,
 which, if successful. would have led
 to the admission of delegates of
 the Russian soviet government to
 the peace conference, according to a
 statement made today by Stepltn
 Jichon, the French foreign nfiDIs-
 ter.
 The foreign minister declared In his statement the opposition of the French government to any plan which would give the present bolsheviki regime in Russia any recognition whatever The "crimnal regime of the bolsheviki, he insists, does not entitle them to recognition as d regular government and France was resolved to continue treating the soviet organization as ar a,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
FLAG BEARER AT
 LYNCHiNG SUICIDES
cy Asseclated Press

St Louis, January ll.--Wesiey Beaver of Collinsvile. who. according to wit nesses, carried an American flag at the head of the mob on the night of April 4, l91S when Robert Paul l'rager ~Aa lynched on suspcioy of being ,ser'n~~ spy, killed himself tcn;sE' t,i ColliIisvins with revolver. t',ase- never denlns the charge that he carried the flag and had been Respondent since his indict-3 ment and acquittal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
COMMITTEEMEN ANNOUNCED y Rv AssociafAd Press

Madrid, January 1.-The government today made public the names of the members of the committee which it has appointed to study the question of Spain's entry into a league of nations The members include Antonio Maura, for mer premier; General Weyler former Minister of Finance Besada, former Min ister of War De La Cierva, former Min ister of Public Works Cambo, former Minister of Finance Alba, the Marquis Dc Alhucemas, former premier, and Senor GasSet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
21 SURVIVORS OF
 FRENCH TUG LAND
By Associated Pres.

Norfolk, Va, January 11.-The coast guard cutter Gresham today landed here 2l survivors of the French tug Khan Sirr, eight survivors of a barge in tow of the tug and brought in the barge as salvage. The tug, en route with its tow from New York to French port sank in a gale January 8, about 200 miles off the Bermudas.
 The Gresham sighted the rapidly sink ing vessel which had lost both rudder and propellor, after it had been at the mercy of a driving northwest storm F hours The crew already had taken to the life boats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
BIG BATTLE AT HAGEN
 Rv A4snria4ed Prsxx

London. January 1f.-According to from Hagen, Westphalia. heavy lighting has occurred there between two companies of volunteers about to en- tratt for the eastern provinces of Ger many and local police troops, The lo- cal troops were opposed to military ac- ton against the Poles, in which the volunteers were on their way to tako part. The outcome of the fighting is not given,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
HINES HOLDS SAME VIEWS AS M ADOO
 REGARDING ROADS
Newly Appointed Director General to Advocate Five Year Extension or Early
 Release of Roads
By Associated Press

Washington, January 1.-The
 policies Of Walker ID. Hines, newly
 appointed director general of rail-
 roads, will be advocatiou of five
 year continuation of government
 control or early relinauishment of
 the roads to private control unless
 Congress promptly enacts remedial
 Legislation.
 MT McAdoo's policies are my poli- cies, and l intend to carry them out through the existing railroad organi' cations" he telegraphed today to re- gional directors immediately after an nouncement of his appointment which was made by President Wilson by cable on recommendation of Mir. McAdoo. The new director general also declared for "a square deal for labor" fair treat ment of railway owners and patrons and- closer understanding between the public and the government on railroad questions.
 Before the Senate interstate com : merce committee, which is conducting hearings on railroad legislation, MT. Hines probably next week will make an effort to show the governments diff faculties in supervising the railways with the control period limited to 2l months. As assistant director general, he advised Mir. McAdoo during the formulation of the recommendation for five-year extension of federal manage ment, and many other policies of the railroad administration have been de- veloped on his recommendation. He was called in as Mr. McAdoo's principa, assistant imm ediately after the govern ment took charge of the railways in the final days of 1917.
 FIRST OFFICIAL ACT Mr Hines first official act today was to delegate the railroad administra- tions case in the New York marine workers strike to the war labor board for settlement. In a statement he pledged himself to square deal for labor with not only ungrudging but a sincere and cordial recognition of its partnership In the railroad enterprise" Later he dis cussed his policies with callers. The idea of combining the several hundred private lines into a few federal con- cerns has been considered by MT. Hines, but he said the questions relating to | that subject were so numerous and per picking it was confusing to try even to list them He believes, however, IL will be an advantage to have the rail- road problem discussed during the next presidential campaign, passing this on the feeling that sentiment of the na- tion is not sufficiently crystallized to | permit Congress to enact Legislation that would be satisfactory.
 l The director general said he favored discussion and testing of federal con | trol over a period that would give | 6ad inf a inn n a a r. | CT which Congress would be able to act with greater safety. While he ad- 1 vocated immediate return of the rail- roads to their owners, if the extension | is not granted he pointed to the pos | sible labor difficulties and financial
 problems of the roads as argument 1 against this plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
I7 AVIATORS ARE DECORATED FO R
 DEEDS OF HEROISM
Rx ASsaniafnd Prfss

CobIcns. Friday, January IO.-Scv- entcen American aviators were dec orated here today for deeds of hero ism, some of which were performed during the fighting around Chateau Thierry in July. The French army authorities took advantage of the opportunity tO bestOw the medals which they had awarded. The re- cipients were from the Twelfth, Ninety-fourth and Ninety-first aero squadrons.
 One of these decorated was Lieut.. H. BreretOn of Washington. D. (. He distinguished himself at Chateau Thierry on July 10 by n successful flight toward soissons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
SPARTACANS DEFEATED
 Ry AsSaciatrd Pres,

Paris. January t.--(Havas. )--The latest advices received here from Ser lin report the complete defeat of the Sparatcans. The workers in the arms and munitions factories who were com sidered partisans of Dr. Liebknecht have expressed a desire that the she'd ding of blood be brought to an end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
VISIT DELAYED
By Associated Press

By Associated FFess
 Paris, January u.-(Havas.) )-President Wilson's visit to the devastated regions of France has been postponed until the first meeting of chiefs of the associated governments
 The President, according to present plans, it is said. will not leave Paris be- fore Tuesday.
 According to the Libre Belgique, Presi- dent Poincare will accompany President wilson on his visit to Belgium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
ARGENTINE STRIKE OFFICIALLY ENDED
 BUT DISORDER IS
 BEING CONTINUED
Trops Turn Machine Guns on Strikers, Who Attack Buenos Aires Postoffice.
 City in Hands of Un-
 shackled Anarchists
NO CHANGE IN
 GENERAL STRIKE
3v AsSnciatsd Prrss

Buenos Aires. January 1t.-Thc settlement reached this afternoon ends only the strike of the Nasca iron workers and the sympathy strike. There is no change in con Jitions with regard to the general strike declared by the nnarchistic federation or the port strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
WILL INFLUENCE ATTITUDE
By Associated Press

 Paris, January 1.-The French attitude on the question of d league of nations, t is understood. Will be inspired to great extent by the report of Senator Leon Bourgeois. who has long been q stu dent of tie question, and who will be the French member on the league of na- tions committee.
 Concernins the Russian question, the French delegates arc said to he in unal-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
EIGHT-HOUR QUESTION

While the war labor board will have to settle questions of both wages and the eighthour day, it is the latter which will cause the chief difficulty. In announcing it's inability to effect a settlement. the board stated that it was the demand for an eight-hour day to which the boat owners refused to agree that prevented settlement.
 While the strikers offer a united body with which the board may deal the employers side included several parties. Besides the four government epartments--army, navy, railroad ad- ministration and shipping board--the war labor board had also to listen 10 the pleas of private boat owners.
 The government parties to the con troversy announced today that they were willing to submit to arbitration by the board. The private boat owners alone have failed thus far to indicate whether they will acquesce to the re- quest of President Wilson and argue their side before the board but IL was reported tonight that they would take their men back to work pending a final settlement
 Shorslv before midnight annouucc- ments were made by officials of various railroads that their ferry lines would resume operation early tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
BURST MEETING MONDAY

On Monday the, first preliminary meet ing of the plenipotentiaries appointed by tie great powers will be held to settle the questions of procedure and the mes sages to be addressed to the other states
 The president and general secretary of the conference will also be elected.
 According to the forecast of Marcel Hutin in the Echo de Paris the meeting will be adjourned on Monday until Jan aary 20 when President Poincare will welcome the members of the conference in the name of France. On the same day the vice presidents will be selected They will be the premiers of the great pow CTS, Several assistant secretaries will also be appointed
 : It is understood the sitlings of the council proper will be held on Tuesdays
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
PIGEONS STATEMENT

The statement which is over the sig nature of the foreign minister reads as follows:
 "On January ,, 1919, the British em bassy sent me a British proposition, which also was sent to Rome, Wash ington and Tollio, suggesting the send ing of a message to the government of the soviets at Moscow. to the govern ments of General Kolchak at Omsk, General Denikine at Ekaterinodar and Nicholas Tschaikowsky at Archangel, and also to all the other governments constituted by the different Russian nationalities
 This message would invite all these governments. and all Russian parties completely to cease hostilities, violence and reprisals, and establish peace both among each other and with the neigh boring states. This truce would be re- quested for the duration of the peace conference, one of the ends of which is to re-establish peace in Russia and the neighboring countries and bring the desired succor to the suffering pop ulations.
 Tn case the various Russian govern ments. including that of sovets, should comply with this invitation, they would be permitted to send delegates to the Deaee conference
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
ADMIT OTHER NATIoNALITIEs

"It may be added that aside from the bolshevikl the allies can perfectly well admit the different Russian nationalitics to present their claims. As regards the dangers with which the menace of the red armies threaten them. we should not cease to supply arms and monoy and even military support compatible with our aims.
 "Method and patience combined, to- gether with the iulpossibiity that any regime can last without a regular organ ization for maintaining. provisioning, transport. order, credit, etc, will in the end overcome Russian internal anarchy. It may be prolonged for certain time. but it can in no case possibly triumph indefinitely. and we shall continue resoutely to refuse it any recognition and to treat it as an enemy
 tSignedl S PiCHON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
POINCARE TO ATTEND

When that stage is reached President poncare will attend for the purpose Of delivering the welcome of France to the delegates and Georges Clemenceau, the French premier, then will be chosen per- manent chairman of the conference, ln accordance with the general view of the delegates and the usual practice of se- lecting the chairman from the country entertaining an international gathering.
 Aside from the meetings of the supreme council and the inter-allied conference, interest centers in the inter-allied relief committee, which held it's first meeting today after the arrival of the Earl of Reading, representing Great Britain This is the organization of which Her bert C. Hoover is director general, and today's meeting was for the purpose of securing the cooperation of all the allies in the extensive relief plans.
 Vance Mccormick and Bernard M Baruch arrived today and are bringing the results of their experience as the heads of the United States war trade board and war industries board to the various activities of the American dele gation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
FIRST MEETING OF SUPREME COUNCIL
 WILL BE HELD IN
 PARIS DURING DAY
Meeting Will Bring Together President Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando, With For
 eign Ministers
By Associated Press

Paris, January 1.-The first meeting of the supreme inter allied council since the Ameri- can delegation arrived in Paris Is expected to be held at the French foreign office tomor- TOW.
 This will bring together President Will son and the preniers of the three other principal powers David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Vittorio Orlando, who will probably be accompanied by their foreign ministers, Balfour, Pichon and Sonnino. It is understood Colonel House also will attend with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing, as he had served as the Presidents representa- tive on the council until the President arrived here.
 This supreme council is distinct from the inter-allied conference, as the su- preme council is confined to the Presi- dent and premiers, whereas the inter- allied conference is made up of the full delega tions of five members of the great powers and lesser number from other powers. For this reason the full Ameri- can delegation will not attend the meet ing Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
CANNOT APPROVE

While rendering full homage to the generous spirit of universal reconclia- tion with which the British government was inspired in making this proposition, the French government is unable to give it's approval to such a suggestion.
 ''The criminal regime of the bolshevilN, which does not represent in any degree that of a democratic government or fur nish any possibility whatever of devel~ oring into a government cannot claim to be recognized as a regular gov ernment. If the allies were weak or i'm prudent enough to act thus they would give the lie, in the first place. to the prin- ciples of justice and right which consti- tute their force and honor and would give to the bolshevik propaganda in the outside world a power and extension to which they would run the risk of being the first victims. The French govern
 ment, so far as 1t is concerned, will make no contract with crime.
 By agreeing to recognize the bolsevik government we should give the lie to the poIicy--which the allies have not ceased to sustain in agreement-of furnishing at all accessible points of Russia all the aid and succor possible to give to the healthy. honest, faithful elements of Rus sia in order to help them escape from the bloody and disorderly tyranny of the bolsheviki and to reconstitute regular government by themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
TO PERFECT PROGRAMME

The purpose of the meeting is to ar range preliminary programme for Mon day, when the other nations will be rep resented and full delegations will be pres ent. The matter of representation at Mondays meeting of the inter-allied con- ference have been the subjects of in formal discussion among the various na- tional representatives, but so far no of fieial announcement has been made.
 The arrival of the Japanese and Chin csc delegations has brought to the front the possibility of the assertion by the former of the right to represent the lat ter and it may be that this will be one of the questions considered tomorrow.
 It is expected the inter-allied confer ence will assemble early Monday, though the exact time and duration of the ses- sions have not yet been finally fixed Sessions, more or less formal will likely last several days, with M. Clemenceau as temporary presiding officer, pending the arrival of belated delegations and the launching of the conference in its full membership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12

tContinued on I'asc T,vol
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-28
FAMILY DEAD
BERESFORD SOLDIER LOSES FA-
THEIR AND TWO BROTHERS.

Sioux Falls, Jan. 28.-The home
coming of Tillman Nelson, one of the
first of the Beresford soldiers to re-
turn from France, was not a happy
one. His father and two brothers
had died during his absence. He did
not know Of the death of his father
and one brother until he reached
Camp Funston, where he was mus
tered out, and was not aware that
the second brother had died until he
reached his home. Young Nelson
was accompanied home by Paul l..
Peterson. The two had been allow
ed to remain together throughout
their military service. Their COM
pany was expecting orders to go to
the battle lines when the armistice
was signed.
They report an unusual incident
which has never been alluded to in
the newspapers. This was the fact
that the transport on which they sail
ed for France, according to Nelson,
was commanded by a German spy
who tried to destroy the boat. The
food provided the soldiers was first
found to be bad and after some of
the men had exhibited symptoms of
being poisoned it was replaced with
better food. Later the stokers went
on a strike and it was impossible to
keep up steam enough for the boat to
keep up with the others of the con-
voy. The soldiers volunteered to
take the places of the stokers and all
appeared to be well once more, when
finally the machinery broke down.
When nearing England they were
attacked by a German submarine and
had a narrow escape from being
sunk. A floating mine also came
near hitting their boat. The two
soldiers say that they afterward
heard that the captain was arrested
in England. was tried by courtmar-
tial and ordered shot, the sentence
being carried out by a firing squad