The Tomahawk., 1919-09-04
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News Events
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In a conference at the White House
at Washington unprecedented In Amer
1can history, President Wilson dis
cussed the peace treaty with the SEN
ate foreign relations committee, an
swered questions put by senators and
gave out a stenographic transcript of
the proceedings to the public. Max
ing a plea for ratification of the treaty
that the world might be turned wholly
back to a peace basis, the president
said he saw no reasonable objection to
the senate expressing Its interpreta-
tion of the League Of Nations cove
nant as long as those interpretations
did not actually become part of the
act of ratification.
The president has not the power to
declare peace by proclamation, nor
could he consent in any circumstances
to take such a course prior to tho rati'
fication of a formal treaty of peace by
the senate. President Wilson so
wrote Senator Fall in answer to one
of the 20 written questions the senatos
presented at the White House confer.
ence at Washington.
Favorable report on amendments to
the food control act imposing $5,OOO
fine and Imprisonment for two years
for profiteering was ordered by the
house agriculture committee at Wash
ington.
Repeal of the daylight saving act
has been accomplished The senate at
Washington voted to sustain the house
In passing the repeal measure over
President Wilson's veto. The vote was
81 to 10.
A resolution directing the federal
trade commission to Investigate the
high cost of shoes and determine the
cause for increased prices was adopt
ed by the house Mt Washington.
Advices reaching Washington reveal
that American Intervention in Mexico
Is the all-absorbing topic in Mexico
City and that Its possibility is admit
ted In official circles there.
The railroad administration at
Washington, was notified that the
strike of shopmen was at an end and
vas asked to take up wage demands
Immediately.
Personal
Alva s. Chisholm, forty-eight, assist.
ant to the president of the American
Steel and Wire company and a we'll
known figure in the steel world, died
from heart failure at Cleveland, O.
General Pershing spent part Of
Tuesday In Venice. In the evening he
left Venice for tour Of the battle
fields and the liberated regions.
William III. Glare Of Joliet, Ill.,, was
nominated by President Wilson at
Washington to be collector of customs
for the port Of Chicago to succeed Riv.
ers McNeill. who died recently.
Foreign
., An explosion from an undetermined
cause occurred aboard the American
steamship Mohegan, which was dis
charging its cargo at Rio Janeiro. The
vessel and the cargo were damaged
$25O.OOO.
Armas Herman Saastamoinen, the
a~lo icko
land, presented his credentials to
President Wilson at Washington.
The japanese transport Shijiki Maru
struck a rock and foundered south of
Sanerashima, according to Nagasaki
DISPATCH. One hundred and ten of
those who were on board are reported
missing.
Roumanian military authorities are
preparing for an offensive east Of the
Dniester river for the purpose of join
ing forces with General Denikine's
army in southern Russia, according to
the Echo de Paris.
Anxiety Is felt at Paris over the lack
Of news Of the arrival Of the giant air
plane Goliath at Dakar. The airplane
was last reported Saturday morning
August 16, passing over Portetine. sc
miles from Dnkar.
An Omsk dispatch says two thou
sand bolsheviki and Magyars who had
escaped from prison camps ut Kras
noyarsk were surprised by Siberian
troops, 200 being killed and the rest
with the exception Of GO, being cap
tured.
Militarizaticn Of German police, con
trnry to the terms OF the treaty ol
peace, has already begun, accordin,
to Information reaching the American
authorities Mt Coblenz. In the city o.