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Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29
Entire Range of Territorial
Possessions Scattered Over
World Placed Before Peace
Conference by Delegates
Generally Accepted View Is
That Former Hun Posses
sions Should Not Be Re
turned; Other Problems Up

PARIS, Jan. 2S.-CBy the Associated
Press.)IGermany's colonies occupied
the entire attention of two extended
executive sessions of the supreme
council OF the great powers today, and
the disposition of this small empire.
scattered over the African mainland.
In Asia and throughout the Pacific. is
presenting a territorial question OF
the first magniture.
The hearings given today covered
the entire range of these German col.
onies, as the delegates OF Australia.
New zealand and aJpan presented
their respective interests in the Pa
clfIc groups OF islands, Japan and
China their interests in Kiau Chow
and the German concessions at many
treaty ports, and the French minister
of colonies, NJ. Simon. took up the
African colonies. embracing Togoland.
the Kameruns and German East and
Southwest Africa.
6elaians to Report Next
Gen. Jan Christian SHUTS. the South
African leader, and Gen. Louis Botha.
the South African premier. already
have been heard on the question OF
German East Africa, and now it only
remains to obtain the viewpoint of
the Belgians who are about to present
their ideas of their interests in the
colonies adjacent to Belgian colonies.
II appears to be the generally ac-
cepted views among those having in
tereSts in the matter that Germany's
colonies should not be returned to
her
This in turn has developed another
crucial question, namely whether Ger
man sovereignty over these colonies
should pass to the powers who may
receive them or whether they should
be entrusted TO league OF nations
which would exercise international
control while giving mandate to
such powers as administer the par,
ticular colonies.
Consider Larger Problem
This larger question, affecting the
general administration of the colonies.
was considered by the council today.
as well as the particular interests in
volved, and the discussion win be con-
tinued tomorrow morning
German East Africa is the most inn
portant territorial possession involved.
as il has upward of 1000, 900 mhabi-
tants, Besides being adjacent to the
British South African commonwealth.
il is another link connecting the Bri-
tish in the south and the north. thus
completing the British territorial
chain between Cairo and Cape Col
ony.
German southwest Africa is regard.
ed as less important though the har-
Dor in Walfish bay has some advanJ-
ages,
Belgian interests are believed to be
related to southwest Africa, while the
French interests are toward the Kan
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. - Reflecting
postwar conditions in the steel and
iron industries, directors of the United
States Steel corporation today re-
6uced the extra dividend on the COM
mon shares to I per cent quarterly,
after declaring the regular dividends
Of ia per cent on the preferred and
IL on the common
The rate Of extra dividend in the
previous quarter was : per cent and
for the Is months preceding that
Deriod extra quarterly dividends of
per cent had been disbursei.
The quarterly statement issued in
correction with the announcement of
he lower dividend offered ample eX
Ol7ration for the directors action.
Total earnings, after deducting an os-
innate of $5O,eOO 600 for federal in
come and war excess proS;ts taxes,
were reduced to $50 6S54,165: net in
come fell to $25.4S7.19S and surplus
. S2.997.255.
These figures compare with total
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29
POST WAR CONDITION FORCES
DIVIDEND CUT IN y. S. STEEL

earnings OF $42 .s61.5S9; net income
of So, 2,169.S92 and surplus of $780,
sol in the previous quarter, when
S101 .9S7,S47 was set aside to meet
government requirements.
Earnings Of the last quarter, after
payment OF war taxes ana preferred
dividends, eQualled sass on the COM
mon stock. against virtually 81 in the
preceding quarter and $7.44 in the
final quarter of 1917, Net earnings
for 1918 asgresated S19S.SSA.569.
against 1891 66S 1Sl in 1917 md $685.
625.0S6 in 1916 Final surplus for
1918 totalled $40.SS7,6 sos. against $50
766O21 in 1917 and $S01, 1854 at the
close Of 1916.
Analysis of the last quarterly state,
mcnt shows q steady decline of earn.
mgs from S14405.S1O in October to
s11,57S.SS9 in December
Federal appropriations for 1918
amounted to the huge total OF SEA,
2SS,795. against s17S,6O2,249 oharged
off to the same account in 1917.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29
BRITISH PLAN
TO HOLD MANY
MEN IN ARMY


LONDON, Jan 2S.-(By the Associ-
ated Press.)-A special meeting of the
cabinet held today was attended by
Winston Spencer Churchill, Sir Eric
Geddes, Sir Robert Stevenson Horne,
the new labor minister, and Generals
Sir Henry Wilson and Sir William
Robertson. Urgent questions regard
ing demObilization were discussed.
II is understood the conference con-
cluded there was no prospect for
months TO come of voluntary enlist
ment OF sufficient men for the army
OF occupation and salvage of property
in the war zones, for properly garri-
soning India, Gibraltar anu the crown
colonies, TO insure safety of the United
Kingdom and safeguard results of the
victory in Palestine, MesopOtamia and
Turkey, and that hence it would be
necessary to adopt some system of Sc
lection, and place the men retained as
nearly as possible in the same position
as they would be in civil life with re-
gard to pay and other conditions.
1t is considered that for the pur-
poses stated about 100000 men
would be required which means,
roughly, three out of every four men
will be demobilized and the fourth
retained ito finish the job" The idea
is to release the men who have al
ready given the most service to the
country Probably some stipulated
date viii be fixed and the men who
joined the service previous to that will
be demobiliZed. The pay of the men
retained will be largely increased, and
4 new scheme of leave introduced.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29
BURLESON BRANDED
AS TRANSCRESSOR
a. Revlew leased VIC

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 2S.-
PRONUNCIATION of new long distance
telephone rates by Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson was declared by attor-
neys for the Indiana public service
commission to he a defiant attempt
on the part of certain federal sub
Ordinates to tTansgress the war powers
vested in the president" in their argu-
ment today in federal district court
on the commissions petition for an
injunction against the rates. Argu-
ments were not completed today and
the hearing viii continue tomorrow.
The defense led by Charles NJ. Bra
celine. Of Washington. solicitor for the
-ostoffice department, is based on
he contention that the federal court
has no jurisdiction in such . case. The
petitioners contend that the power 20
fix telephone rates comes within the
provision Of The statutes reserving to
states the right TO exercise police
powers within their borders
Representatives of eight other cen
trail states are attending the hearing
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tEg REVIEW LfdStu NIEJ
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - Reduc-
tions C nearly IS per cent in trans
Atlantic freight rates on cotton car
ried in American bottoms effective
Immediately were announced today
by the shipping boards division of
operations. Sweeping decreases were
made yesterday in rates on general
freight to meet cuts by British ship
owners and some shipping board Off
cials regarded tOday's announcement
as presaging a rate war between the
new American merchant marine and
British shipping interests.
Requests for the cut in rates on
cotton we're made By southern sena-
tors and representative in confer
ence with shipping board officials and
the announcement first came from
the capitol. The effecr on the price
Of cotton on the New York and New
Orleans exchanges was electric, the
price on the old contract months ad-
yancing SO bale-the limit of fluc-
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29

APPROPRIATION
SOUGHT TO AID
Grain PROGRAM
Food Administration Presents
Proposed Legislation to En-
able Government to Garry
Out Guarantee to Farmers
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WASHINGTON, Jar. 2S-An ad-
ministration bill appropriating S1.25O,-
100000 TO enable the government to
carry out its guarantee to the farmer
of price of 1920 q bushel for the
1919 wheat crop was transmitted to
the chairman of the senate and house
agriculture committees today by the
food administration.
The measure. which was drawn by
officials of the food administration
and the department of agriculture,
was described by some senators as an
omnibus measure which would permit
the president to continue the food ad-
ministration in operation and to exer-
else all of the powers conferred upon
him by the food control act
Senator Gore Opposes Bill
Senator Gore, chairman of the SEN
would not introduce the measure in
the senate.
at is broader than I ghink is neces-
sary,' he declared. = may take it as
a basis for another bill which l may
introduce"
Under the bill as drawn, govern
ment authority to control grain deal
ers, millers and elevators ''by license
or other like powers" would be con-
tinued and the president would be
authorized to create any agency or
agencies" 10 buy the 1918 and 1919
wheat crops, wheat products and
ether foodstuffs and feeds" at the
guaranteed prices, regulate export and
import CT wheat; require preferential
railroad service rs long as the rail-
roads are under goVez.AleEt control,
control grain exchanges and prohibit
trading upon them 'at such time or
times as may be deemed desirable
or proper to meet market conditions
and competitive prices of foreign
grown wheat and ito prescribe such
rules and regulations as may be deem
ed necessary to protect the govern
ment Of the United States for paying
the guaranteed prices aforesaid for
any wheat other than that covered by
proclamations."
Could Sell at Loss
In addition, the president, through
the agency he would designate could
also sell either domestically or by ex-
port wheat, wheat products or by-pro-
OuCtS al d R1OAAt VI 1OSS dS III luS
judgment of such agency may be nee
essary. He also could lease, buy or
requisition storage space and pre-
scribe the terms TO be paid for it
In transmitting the measure to the
committee chairmen, William A GlaS-
gov, jr., chief counsel for the food
administration, wrote that the legis-
lation was requested in order to main
tain the guarantees TO the farmers and
to save the treasury of the United
States from loss if that be possible.
Thus far there has been no esti-
mate as to what the cost to the gov
ernment of maintaining the 1918
prices would be- Officials have said
that it depended largely upon Euro
pean needs, the amount of stocks in
Argentina, Australia and Canada and
whether or not Russia would have
available supplies for export
Large Wheat Demand
The department of agriculture has
estimated that the total import wheat
requirements for Europe, including
Germany and Austria, would likely ex-
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Former Resident of Bisbee De
clares Humanitarian Organ
ization Justified Itself Many
Times Over in Good Work
American Morale and Spirit in
Battle Superb. Says Man
Who Saw Yanks; to Dis
play Trophies of Battle

After a year and three months OF
service in the behalf of humanity as a
member of the executive staff of the
American Red Cross society in
France, William H Bropny, formerly
general manager of the Phelps Dodge
Mercantile company, reached Bisbee
yesterday. II is his intention to re-
main in this state for two months, at
tending 10 private interests with
which of necessity he has lost touch
during his absence. Otherwise, his
future plans are underlined at present.
He was accompanied here by Mrs
BToDby, whom he Joined recently in
California.
A liberal education in the inner
meaning OF the war and particularly
the part played in it by the Ameri-
can Red ross and its 5000 workers in
various departments, may be OBJ
tained from brief conversation with
Major Brophy, for that was his rank
in the organization The human
touch which is lacking in the average
news recount of the dofngs of cur
men abroad is supplied by the re-
turned Bisbee man 4 trained OBJ
server Of men and incidents, Major
BTophy talks interestingly Of what he
saw The personal note is almost en-
tirely lacking.
Red Cross Justified.
THE American Red Cross would
have justified all of the work and all
of the money given so freely by the
people of the United States in any
one OF three ways" said Major Bro
ply in the course of the conversa-
tion In the first place, it afforded
relief and sustenance to the civilian
population Of France during the early
spring drive when hundreds of thou
sands OF people were driven almost
without warning from their homes in
the valley OF the SOmme. II was then
that the Red Cross took hold, dis
tributed food, afforded shelter and
Oversaw the proper distribution of
civilians who otherwise would have
suffered augmented ills. The French
government was in no position to do
more than keep its men at the front
supplied with necessities and keep
their morale at the highest possible
pitch. In this effort they were aided
BY the Red Cross, for with the knowl-
Cu-C u at NllC <1IltrlAIcA4S NElC Ldhlli5
care of their families and the suffer
ing was being alleviated, the French
soldiers fought better than otherwise
would have been possible.
In the second place, the organiza-
tion justified itself by the rushing of
food to Italy Immediately after the
disastrous defeat of the Piave. Ger
man propaganda had undermined the
morale of the Italian people Italians
had been told so often that the Amer
leans were four-flUshing and were in
the war only for what could be made
from it. that these lies were believed.
4 corps of trained workers under the
leadership of Maj. Gen. GraysOn Muir
ply, American commissioner to
France. rushed two trainlOads of food
from France to Italy. There is a mass
OF red tape. even in war, but thi:
T.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29
PEASANTS REVOLT

VIENNA, Jan. 2S (By the Associ.
ated Press).-A peasant revolution
has broken out over the length and
breadth Of Rumania, according to dis
patches from Budapest. A stimuli.
taneous rising occurred in all the vii.
lages at n fixed hour on Saturday
when well-armed homecoming sol
diors. heading the Insurgents, forced
their way into the various towns, re-
Sulting in sanguinary encounters with
he regular troops.
In Bucharest, the dispatches say,
here was fighting all day long Sun
7ay, the regulars employing machine
Gun fire Many were killed or wound
ed. Social revolutionists Joined in the
movement
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29
Wire CONTROL
TO END after
PRESENT YEAR
is HOUSE Plan
Postoffice Committee Pro-
poses Bill Concluding Gov
ernment Operation Decem-
Der 81; Burleson Objects
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-Govern-
ment control of telephone and tele-
graph properties would end next De-
cember 81, under n resolution ordered
favorably reported today by the houss
postoffice committee by vote of ten
to eight. Chairman Moon announced
that ne would present the measure to-
morrow and ask for a rule to give it
right of way The resolution made no
mention of cable properties and that
phase Of the service was discussed at
the meeting of the committee. Mem
bers later expressed varying opinions
as TO the effect of the legislation on
federal control of those properties
which was assumed by presidential
proclamation last November under the
authority in the original wire control
resolution passed by congress last
July 16.
Differ on Cables
Chairman Moon said the new legis-
laticn would not affect the original
law insofar as it applied to cable
properties. control of which would
have TO be relinQuished with the issu-
Ait5 VI t-AS tACGNS VI PSdCG anu 4lS Idll-
fication. Other members expressed a
different view, based upon the fact
that the cable properties were con-
trolled by the telegraph companies.
They thought control of the cables
would be automatically extended.
There were several other committee
men who believed the question would
have to be settled in the courts.
As introduced by Chairman Moon,
the resolution authorized the post
master general to negotiate contracts
for the purchase of telephone COM
panies and to have an appraisement
made of the telegraph properties, but
these provisions were stricken by the
committee. Mr.. Burleson and other
proponents of the legislation insisted
that the purpose was to extend the
period of control and to bring about
government ownership.
Final Vote
On the final vote as announced by
the committee, three democrats joined
with seven republicans to end the pc
riod of control on December 81 and
seven democrats and one prohibition
ist opposed il, as they desired exten-
sion for a longer period. The vote
follows;
For: republicans -Steenerson. Min
neSota; Madden, Illinois; Grist. Penn
sylvania; Copley. Illinois; Paige,
Massachusetts; woodward, West Vir-
ginia; Ramsey, Iowa..
Democrats-Belt of Georgia; Hol-
land. Virginia; Black. Texas-S. To-
tai. 10
Against: democrats-Moon, Tennes-
see; Sterling. Pennsylvania; Oliver,
New York; Rouse, Kentucky; Black
mon, Alabama; Reakes. Michigan and
Ayers, Kansas.
ProhibitioniSt-Ran California
4. Total, S.
Mr.. Burleson favored a longer pc
riod of government control than next
December ?, a date suggested while
he was before the committee. He
said: The danger" would be that
congress would have been in session
but a month and declared that he re-
garded the question as one of the
greatest Importance because manufac-
turers and others must have proper
service" in order to develop their
business. The postmaster general de-
clared that if he wished to insure gov
ernment ownership he would turn
back the systems at once. but added
that he thought the interest of the
- Do
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NOGALES, Ariz., Jan. 2S.-"Avia-
tion Lieutenant O'Neilr' reported kill
ed today near Chatillon-sur-Seine is
believed by R. l. O'Neill of Nogales
to have been his son, 1t. Ralph
O'Neill. Mr.. O'Neill said he had re-
ceived a letter several days ago from
his son, who wrote he was stationed
near Chatilon-sur-Seine.
Lieutenant O'Neill entered the army
nearly q, year and a half ago, when
less than 20 years of age. He went
10 France about a year ago and was
officially credited with the destruc-
ton Of five German airplanes.
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LOYAL RUSSIANS vcToRs.
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CBy Review Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - Loyal
Russians operating under the direc-
tion of the government at Omsk, have
recapture1 Poltava, in European Rus
sia and the capture of Kharkov is i'm
minent, according to information
reaching the state department today
from Stockholm.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29
AVIATOR KILLED
nv Revfew Lensed Wirel

PARIS, Monday, Jan. 27.-Aviation
Lieutenant O'Nein of the American
army. was killed today near Chatil-
lon-sur-Seine, when his machine co.,
lapsed at a height of 700 feet
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WEATHER

Wednesday and Thurs
day partly cloudy;
warmer east portion.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-29

Copper ......$2S.O0
Lead. spot. Jan. .$6.65
Spelter Jan. .S6.65
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-22

Some Kicks.
sand you say the mule kicked you,
Eam?'
"'Deed he did. boss"
"How far did he kick you?"
watcher mean, boss?"
slow far were you from him after
he kicked your"
Does you mean how fur was I
from him after he kicked me de first
Or de las time, ossY-Yonkers
Statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-22
Jersey Man Has Red,
White, Blue Goldfish

Jersey City, N. J.-Introducing
Miss Liberty" a new red, white
and blue goldfish, Frank He'd
den, a member of the Hudson
County Aquarium society, ross
ed a Chinese Moor-black gold
fish with a fish that had a red
scaled Japanese and a brown
transparent-scaled Japanese for
parents. The result Is a fish
with a red body, white fms and
sides, and a blue streak on Its
back.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-29
MEDALS FROM
HUN CANNON
FOR WORK ERS

Medals made from captured Ger
man cannon will be given to al
WORKERS during the Victory Loan
was the announcement made yestet-
dav bv Campaign Manager r. II.
Moulton of the Southern California
state Central Liberty Loan commit
tee. Mr.. Moulton announced that ne
had lust received the following tele-
gram from Washington:
Treasury Department Will award
medals made from captured German
cannon to all workers during the VIC
tory Loan drive. The medal will be
. ahcut the size of a half-dollar and
will contain a reproduction of the
Treasury on one side and certflca-
tion of loan partlclpatlon on the oIH-
er. Space will be left for engraY-
ing name Of recipient.
This war soUH Henir wall be treas
rured relic by every Victory Loan
worker and will show his service ana
unselfisE particiDation IN the war &C,
tivities. All committee chairnen OF
the Liberty loan organization are nc"
sending their requests for medals 10
the Headquarters at the Merchants
National Bank building, Los Angeles.
Plans are now being rushed Tor a
spectacular opening Of the Victory
Loan campaign on April p, and many
communities are already announcing
plans through which they expect TO
secure a large percentage OF their
subscriptions during the first week
of the campaign.
Headquarters are being flooded
with offers Of assistance by residents
of Southern California and Los An
geles and it is expected that the same
patriotic enthusiasm will be shown
this time as in formed campaigns.
In a wire received Yesterday from
Publicity Director Frank +. wilson,
AT Washihngton. announcement was
made a.. May A as Liberty Loan Sun
dav and it IS expected that all re
lieious organizations will upon thai
date throw their influence and pres.
tige behind the campaigners.