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The Washington times., 1919-01-19
cLEMENcEAUSAYs
LEAGUEB.sURE

/. PARIS, Jan" 1o.-Prenier. Clemsn-
cesu. after being proposed a. presi-
dent OF the peace conference, replied !:
d you would not expect me to keen
silent after what the two eminent
Statesmen who have just spoken have
fafd. i cannot help expressing my
great. my profound gratitude TO the
illustrous President OF the United
States, to the Prime Minister of
Great Britain. and 20 Baron Sonnine
for, the words that I have Just heard
frpm their lips,
President Wilson has special au-
thority to say that this 10 the, first
time in fact that the world has ever
seen assembled together q delegation
of all the viyilized nations OF the
earth.
:. II said. in the chamber O few. days
ago, and wish 10 rep<st here. sue
cess is not possible unlesg .yeeremain
firmly united. I'VE have come together
as. friends. We must leave this hall
as friends. That. gentlemen is the
Arst thought that comes 10 me All
else must be subordinsted' TO the ne
cessity of a closer and closer union
among the nations who have taken
nece ssity of remaining friends. Tor
the league Of nations is here It Is
for yourself, IL is for you TO make it
live. and TO make itSlive'we must have
il really in our hearts.
i LAS I told President Wilson q few
days ago. there is no sacrifice that
am not willing to make in order to
accomplish this. and don't doubt
that you all have the same sentiment.
THE platform OF this conferences
has been laid down by President viii
son. ,-..
.'It Is no longer the peace OF more
or less vast territory; no longer the
peace of continents II Is the peace
OF nations that is to be made. This
program is sufficient in itself. There
h no superfluous word. Let US Try
20 act swiftly and We'll"
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WHAT ENVOYSDI
AT FIRST SESSION

First: Call for submis-
sion of memoranda by all
the powers on the re-
sponsibility of the authors
of the war.
Second: Call for memo
randa on responsibility
for crimes committed dur
ing the war.
Third: Suggestions for
legislation regarding in
ternational labor. .. a.
Fourth: Decision that
Society of Nations should
be the first business of the
next meeting.
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PRESIDENT NAMES
TIGER .T0PRES|DE
Continued from First Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
and President Poincare began his
speech. Two hundred correspondents,
diplomats, and dignitaries stood on
tiptoe in an adjoining room to hear
and see what they could at that dis
tsnce- Premier Lloyd George entered
in the midst of the French Presidents
address He slipped quietly to his
place.
During the translation Of Poincare's
speech President Wilson leaned for
ward. listening intently. At the con-
clusion. Poincare first shook hands
with Wilson. Then he shook hands
with all the others, passing around
the hall ,..
Wilson then proposed Clemenceau
n permanent. chairman.
After the address, the business of
organization was taken up. All the
nations in the conference were given
places on the credentials committee
An powers were asked to submit
memoranda bearing on the respon-
ability of crimes committed during
the war. Memoranda were also re-
qpested touching on international
labor conditions. Powers with limit
ed interests were asked to send
memoranda on questions of territory.
are particularly concerned.
fClemenceau- at 4.:30 proposed the
league of nations for consideration at
the next meeting. The first sitting
adjourned at 4:31. -. 49,.
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two advisers. will contribute to ex-
pedite and facilitate. e- e., ,.s.s
You will naturally strive to secure
the material and moral means OF Ssh
sistence for all those people who arc
constituted or Reconstructed into
states; for those who wish to unite
themselves to their neighborhood: for
those who divide>themselves into sepa-
rate units; for those who reorgantze
themselves to- their neighbors; for
those who divide; themselves accord
ing to their regained traditions, and.
lastly, for all those whose freedom
you have already sanctioned, rare
about to sanction. You will not cali
them into existence only to sentence
them to death h--imnhediately. You
would like your work in this. as. in
all other matters, to be fruitful and
lasting. ri 80 xsss: 80
while thus introducing into the
world as much harmony as possible,
you will. in conformity with the four,
teenth of President Wilson'S PROPOSE
tions, unanimously adopted by the al
lied powers, establish general
League of Nations, which will be SUI
prenle guarantee against any fresh
assault upon the right Of peoples
Will Exclsde Meme.
You need not intend this interna-
t.onal association to be directed
against anybody in future. It:win not
Of set purpose shut out anybody but
having been organized by the nations
that have sacrificed themselves in de-
fense of right. IT will receive from
them its statutes and fundamental
rights. Ii will lay down conditions
20 which its present or, future men,
hsar CO odh L..
;ts essential aim 20 prevent as tar as
possible the renewal of war. II wifi,
| above all, seek TO gain respect for the
peace which you will have establish
ed and VIII find il the less difficult
to maintain in proportion as this
peace will in itself imply greater read
tiles of justice and safer guarantees
of stability. - q:
by establishing this new order of
things, you will meet the aspirations
OF humanity, which after the frightful
convulsions OF their blood-stained
years, ardentIy wishes to feel itself
protected by a union OF free people
against the ever possible revival OF
primitive savaSery. -.
Ended In Oblivion.
An immortal glory will attach to
the name or the nations and the men
who have desired to. cooperate in this
grand work in faith and brotherhood.
and who have taken pains to elimi-
nate from the future peace, causes OF
disturbance and instability. {,
This very day. forty-eight years
ago. on the 18th OF January. 1871, the
German empire was proclaimed by an
army of invasion in the chateau at
Versailles. It was celebrated by the
| theft Of two French provinces. 1t was
| thus violated from its origin and by
| the fault OF its founders, born in in
| justice, il has ended in oblivion You
are assembled in order TO repair the
evil that has been done and to pre-
vent a recurrence of il. You hold in
| your hands the future of the world
Il leave YOU. gentlemen, to your
grave deliberations and declare. the
| conference of Paris open" -.
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TO BOOST SOCIAL HYGIENE.

Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
written governors of all States asking
them to assist in the national cant
paign for promotion of social hygiene.
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PO|NCARE BOOSTS
LEAGUE Of NATIONS
Continued from First Page.)

NCOHllHueu from FIRST PaSc.D
gates arc assembled here may acquit
themselves OF any share in the crime
which has resulted in so unprecedent-
4 disaster. What gives you au-
thority to establish peace of JUS
ticc is the fact that none of the peo-
lie of whom you are the delegates
rs had had any part in injustice.
Humanity can place confidence in
you because you are not among those
who have outraged the rights of hu-
Ianity.
There is no need OF further infor-
nation or for special inquiries intI
the origin of the drama which has
just shaken the world. The truth.
bathed in blood, has already escaped
from the imperial archives. The pre-
mcditated character of the trap is to-
day clearly proved
I'm the hope Of Conquering, first, the
hcgcmOny of Europe. and next the
mastery of the world. the central en-
Pires. bound together by a secret plot
found the most ahominable pretext for
trying to crush Serbia and force tn cir
they disowned the most solemn un-
dcrtakinEs. in order to crush Belgium
and force their way into the hear. of
france. These are the two unforgot-
able outragcS which opened the way
Z" aggression. The combined efforts
%; Great Britain, France. and Russia
broke themselves against that man.
made arrogance
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PARIS. Jan. 19.-President Wilson
at the opening of the: peace confer
ence, in proposing Premier Clemen-
ceau as permanent chairman. said:
'Mr. Chairman. 1t gives me great
pleasure to propose as permanent
chairman of the conference, Mr..
Clemenceau, the president of the
council. 1 would do this as a mat
ter of custom. i would do this as a
tribute to the French republic. But
than that. / wish to do il as a trib-
ute to the man. France deserves
the precedence, not only because we
are meeting in her capital and be-
cause she has undergone some of the
most tragical suffering of the war.
but also because her capital. her
ancient. and beautiful capital, has. so
often been the center of conferences
of this sort, on which the fortunes of
large parts of the world turned.
"It is a very delightful thought
that the history of the world which
has so often center-a mere will now
be crowned by the achievements of
this conference. Because in assense,
this is the supreme conference of the
history of mankind.
Fortunes of AL Involved.
more nations are represented here
than were ever represented in such a
conference before. The fortunes of all
peoples are involvd. A great war is
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Pcrishcd by Sword.

"lf, after long Vicissitudes. those
who wished to reign by the sword
have perished by the sword. they have
but themselves TO blame. They have
been destroyed by their own blind
ness. What could be more significant
than the shameful bargains they at
tempted to offer to Great Britain and
France at the end of July. 1914. when
To Great Britain they suggested, al
low us to attach France on land and
W" Will not enter the channel and
when they instructed their ambassa-
Tor to France to say: We will only
'cccpt Il declaration of neutrality on
T"ur part if you surrender to us
"riey Toul, and Eerdun.' 1t is in the
Ight of these facts. gentlemen. that
I'll the conclusions you VIII have to
!raw from tn" war will take shape
Your nations entered the war sue
'eSSlVely, but came. one and all, to
he help of threatened right.
Like Germany. Great Britain and
france had guaranteed the independ
encr Of Belgium. Germany sought to
rush Belgium, Great Britain and
france both swore to save her. Thus
from the very beginning Of hostil,ticS
anne into conflict the two IDEAS
which for fifty months were to strug-
gle for the dominion Of the world
! the idea of sovereign force which
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
FARMERS
PROFIT BY WAR

PHILADELPHIA, Sept s.-The Bre-
ton peasants have been greatly bene.
nted by the war, says a eopyrIEhted
oispateh from Paris to the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger. There are no
mlddlemen to run up prices and hotel
keepers and visitors must buy direct
OF the peasant, who, In many cases,
ooes not care to sell, and would not
dream of walking to his customers,
he sells, on his farm, his milk at 6
cents q pint. his eggs at. 0 cents each,
butter at $3.50 a pound, and potatoes
at cents a pound. etc.
Saroines are sold by fishermen at a
penny each. Meat, however. is cheap
er than in Paris, veal and mutton
being 90 cents a pound.
But the peasant must be made
friendly by frequent visits before he
VIII consent to sell animal food.
a small farmer who pays a rental
OF $40 a year boasts that he made a
clear proft of $4,000 last year.
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METROPOLITAN.

With what complete success pic
tUresQue splendor Of setting can
be combined with perfectly acted
romantic drama before the cam
era is forcefUlly demonstrated at
CrandalTs Metropolitan Theater this
week, where the chief feature of an
extraordinary bill is The Perfect
Lover" the first individual starring
vehicle for Eugene O'Brien.
The Perfect Lover" is a colorful
photoplay Of inCense-laden life in the
fashionable studios of a modern me-
trOpo1is, leavened with idyIlic scenes
Of the simple pursuits OF simple folk
dwelling in a beautiful pastoral
countryside. A youthful painter. by
the excellence Of his portrait of a
modest little country miss. attracts
the attention of a blase young ma
tron upon whom the conventionalities
Of her social life are beginning to
pail. Taken UP as her prOtege, the
young artist soon becomes the lion
Of the hour among a certain set Of
seekers after new thrills. In time.
however, he rebels at the artificiRlity
OF the daily routine imposed upon him
and returns to the unpretentious
scene Of his first triumph. There ne
Is no longer the vogue. His work is
not sought and Fate plays a mean
hand in his future that lends the pic
ture one Of the most surprising as
well as one Of the most powerful cII-
MAKES the screen has revealed.
The production is one that marks
the highest point OF artistic attain
ment achieved in silent drama.
OF the cast little need be said other
than 70 recite the names Of the prin-
cipal players. Mr.. O'Brien more than
tuIhlls the predictions Of those who
toretold that he would be a sensation
IN the part. AS the three society but
The Washington times., 1919-09-08

Judging from yesterdays irst-day
Rttendances at Loew's Columbia and
Palace theaters, where Doug holds
forth all this week, there are dern
few Washingtonians who don't enjoy
Fairbanks films. And OF those huge
audiences, none seemed anything but
highly pleased over this first of the
Big Four releases. So what can a
poor reviewer do except faithfully
chronicle that Fairbanks has put
over what appears to be the biggest
success Of his brilliant film career.
The picture opens in New York
Doug Is young man about town Of
mysterious ancestry. He worries over
not knowing who or what he is, and
TO keep from too much brain
troubling. he has developed into Q
thorough excitement-hound. In his
rooms are fre and police alarms
The introduction shows him rescu-
ing a swarm OF tenement dwellers
from q roaring FIRE; then he raids the
underworld and foils a considerable
collection Of white sIavers, rescuing
the fair girl from the villains clutches
curse EN-. All Of which is accom-
pliEhed in true Fairbanks style-you
know
Then New York gets tame, and he
tie excitement until villa arouses his
displezsure, whereat he captures that
redOubtable gentleman, and gives him
q most uncomfortable bath in a mud
hole And there endeth our hero's ca
reeF on this continent
For IL develops he's the heir to the
throne Of one Of those dramatically
convenient mythical kingdoms some
where in Europe" In this particular
kingdom of Alaine, there's much afoot,
with more Villains of the suave Euro
pean type than Douglas ever hood
winked before.
He arrives there just as the traitors
are putting over q grand coup d'etat,
and does he foil them? Well, dear
reader, dearest reader-you know
Fairbanks. He defeats a whole
blinkety-blank army. be8ts up a few
personal enemies, and, finally walks
downstairs into a fade-out hand in
hand with the heroine, who, Of course,
is none other than Margery Daw.
And that brings US to the cast,
which is quite. There's Frank Cam
peau, without whose black-hearted
villaining no Fairbanks film is COM
plete: there's Margery Daw, as we've
mentioned, who has fallen in love
with Doug is so many of his pictures
Jhat she must crave change By now,
and a host Of other actors ranging
from leads to a million or two Of ex-
tras that create a most tremendous
series of mob scenes.
The picture does not have novelty |
to commend it. It is a Fairbanks fea- |
tUre through and through, with the |
usual array of Fairbanks stunts. But |
who wants novelty as long as Doug |
can entertain as delightfully."- as he |
does with all his well-known old /
hokum? But the picture is big
easily the biggest he has ever done. |
and the settings are superb. As for |
speed-we must remark that there is
so much OF this desirable quality that
it seems to have been so overdone At
times that the picture is hard to fol-
low here and there.
But, nevertheless, you'll like II bet
ter than you've ever liked any of
Doug's films heretofore.
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RnL.HH.

Record attendance still marks the
showing Of Daddy Long LeGs," with
Mary PlekfOrd a. the little waif Of
fortune, Judy Abbott, which started
its second week at Polls Theater yes
tsrday.
Daddy Long Legs" is the love
story Of an orphan, who started life
a. founding dropped into an ash.
can, then spent the years OF child.
hood in the eheaFIeBs atmosphere OF
home for orphans, and Ia finally sent
70 college through the ministFations
OF an unknown benefactoF.
she has never seen this man, but
her impression OF him is that he is
very tail, hehce she gives him the en-.
Gearing name Of Daddy Long Legs.
HoW he meets her as she Is taking
the part OF Juliet in the commence
ment day exercises at college, and
tails in love with her. only to hear
that another man, or, rather, boy. 10
In love with her is all prsttily told
with = simplicity that makes for Q
truly great picture,
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RIALTO.

Yesterday saw the premier show.
ing in Washington Of Constance
TaImadge's hrst release under the
banner OF the First National Ex-
hibitor's Circuit, "a fempeFamentai
Wife" which is booked for pFesenta-
tion the entire week At NooFe'S
Rialto Theater.
Miss TslmadGe plays the role Of
Billie Billings, pretty, wealthy, and
AFFLICTED with an unreasonable 3eai-
Gus disposition. Her frst hanee 70
over Eeaious in his attempts to make
life bearabls for q blonde steuog-
rapher in his office. Miss Billings
discovers this fact and after return
ing his ring becomes strongly deter
mined to marray only q man who Is
averse to all women. She fnds this
person in Senator Newton OF Nevada,
rather timid bachelor. But the
wiIes of the capricious Billie are too
strong for the Senator. He falls q
victim OF her charming self. Then
follows q series of unusual incidents
in which Billie, . Bulgarian Count
and the Senator figure, together with
the Senator's private secretary, Who
happens to be q female.
The Senator firmly refuses to dFe
his stenogFapher and Billie runs
away with the Count. This is almost
the last straw for the Senator. until
the FesourcefuI Billie engineers q
stunt that sent scores Of wealthy
tourists scampeFinE out Of their early
morning slUGnbeFs and the Senator on
a run that exceeded anything he had
ever accomplished in his political
campaigns.
The story and scenes are laid in
and around Washington and many
beautiful camera shots are shown OF
the exterioFs and interiors Of the
homes Of this city's social elect.
Selected subsidiary features com.
pIete the bill. with the added attrac-
tion OF the Rialto Symphony orches.
ira
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KNICKERROCKER.

James Aubrey's latest camera
farce convulsed capacity audiences at
CrandalTs Knickerboeker TheateE
yesterday, where Il was shown, as
the secondary feature of the bill,
under the Illuminating title Of "Yaps
and Yokels." II will ever be g mys-
terry to the layman how farceuFs OF
the cinema survive the ordeals
through which they pass in pursuit
Of the nimble laugh. Mr.. Aubrey In
''Yaps and Yokeis," for example, per-
mits himself the pleasure Of being
shot through a hay-kaler. The
leisurely manner in which he makes
his first appearance from under the
speeding waters Of a swiftly flowing
stream, where he has been sleeping
on the bed OF the river" only adds
to the bafflement Of the modern
playgoer.
Another OF the bills subsidiaries
was the new issue OF the pieturizsd
current events.
The KnickerbockeF's chief photo
play attraction for yesterday and to-
day is "The Perfect Lover" first
starring vehicle for Eugene o'BFieu,
a complete review Of which will be
found in connection with the Metro.
politsn Theater.
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MILLIONAIRE,
KIDNAPPED BY
ETHER TRICK.
HELD | WEEK

CLEVELAND, Sept. s.-Beaten.
dragged, and kidnapped by two
strangers; robbed of S2,40O and a
gold watch; kept in a dark cellar
more than q week, and finally led
blhdfolded by a boy q half mile be-
fore given his liberty, was the ex-
Perience Of w. K. MarCelius, sixty
five years oli, muld-milionaire, Of
AEhtabula, according TO the report
he made to the police.
Mr.. Marcellus inherited $4,000, 900
from an uncle, who died in Paris at
the outbreak of the world war.
Attacked By Two Men.
At about ia the evening. q week
ago Thursday, Mr., MarcellUs, leaving
Union Station, was attacked by two
men. They struck him on the head,
drew Q sack over his head and made
him inhale ether or chloroform. A
third was waiting as driver OF q ma
chine nearby. After a long ride, he
added. he was thrust from the auto
mobile down steep cellar steps and
locked underground.
"In the same compartment I was
confined in for . week was another
man OF about twenty-five years old
his ehce siashed from ear 20 mouth
az th ugh by q knife" he said. 'on
the Sr side Of the partition was
a W. p about middle age, judging
from hsfsrepeated cries for release.
The only one who came TO pay any
attention 20 uS three prisoners was
a boy fourteen years old, who brought
Us soup"
Lead CORveFnati0R.
Early in the morning OF the day Of
his release Mr.. Msrcellus said he
overheard loud conversation, ending
with:
"wslI. ven let Charles take him
out today."
Then two men descended TO a. . /
compartment, blindfolded the mil
nonaire prisoner and gave him over
70 the boy, Charles.
with the boy leading he stun |
bled along uphill, a distance that
must have been . half mile" said the |
aged man.
Then the boy suddenly took the |
eloth from my face As he ran away |
the boy cried cut, Now, you 60 your
way and III 90, mine"
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
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At The Resorts
CHESAPEAKE REACH.

With an immense Sunday crowd on
the boardwalk, Chesapeake Beach.
the nearby bay resort, yesterday
started upon the last week OF its
season. The resort closes next Sun
day night.
Free dancing was one Of the most
popular attractions yesterday. All Of
the amuSements were running full
blast.
Fishing and ershbing remain ex.
ceilent, and bathing still is being en-
goyed by hyadreds every DAY. Boat
ing aud canoeing are added attFac-
tion.
Extra trains will be operated next
Saturday and Sunday to handle the
big crowds that are expected for the
grand closing.
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PALACE AND COLUMBIA.

Some persons don't like Fairbanks
in those WeStern-Mexiean pictures:
TO them we say 90 see His Majesty
the American" Some don't like him
in those pictures where he disports
in q big city; to them we say go see
H. NJ. the A" Some don't like him
in pictures OF Graustarkian romance
and all that; to them we say ditto.
Some don't like him at all; to them
we say, DON'T see His Majesty the
American" because it's a typicalIy
Fairbanksian riot Of speed, with the
added virtue (or otherwise, Just as
you look at it) OF having every type
OF photoplRy for which the genial
Doug is famous all rolled into one
gigantic orgy OF hair-raisiug Fair
banks athletics, in which the villains,
in large groups, always get by far
the worst Of things.
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
sTEAsIER cHARLEs MACALEsrER

That the series Of forty-mile moon
hsht trips now being made by the
steamer Charles Macalester are popu-
lar 10 attssted by the eveF-increaslnE
crowds OF exeursionists- that board
the boat nightly. These are being
maze daily except Sunday, the boat
leaving Its wharves At the foot OF
seventh street and returning at a
reasonably early hour, The MacaIes-
yer also Is continuing its twiee-daily,
non.