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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22
wM KAHN

The roads are the chief obstacle
nov they are dreadful and No relief
in sight How often these DAYS does
one hear these words or those OF siml.
lar import The point a, what are We
all going TO do ebout IT,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

hbishop Shaw OF Louisiana liz In
Washington 10 participate tn the ceie-
bfaiien Of the golden jubilee Of Card
nal Gibbons.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

The hop, given by the dancing
school. Friday night. VAS pleasant
change in Y routine. being very well
attended The young teachers cleared
neat little sum.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

Mr. aud Mrs psterhurEer have rent.
ea Mrs. f. + MUSES. house aud are
moving M Mrs Osterburger was for.
merb Miss Mas Hobgood Of Tunica.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

Exams are In the past and the pu.
pills ere not sorry oh no The teach.
ors ere stil struggling with the after
mafl Of examination papers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

Assistant high school inspector, ].
Il 'fgudeaH vas here. last Friday, and
examined school Affairs with interest
and sympathy
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

The demand Tor houses In St +. in
increasing, and If Il continues soon
every habitabtc house will be- occupied
II Is wise policy for horse-owners to
tut their property Ia order.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

br Riddle has recently finished
planting goo pecan trees more In his
Young grove Ia the second ward
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

The nes book keeper for NJ. 4 r.
Wolf Is expected this Saturday morn.
Ing,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

The cotton growers decided on a
81 per cent acreage reduction and
urged farmers to hold the 1918 crop
for q fair price.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

A sie.aoe.e0o independent oil eorpo.
ration ID being formed at Shreveport.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Lessons Ia cooking began Thursday

The seheolhook agents begin sing.
Ing al the same time as the red.brds
Several have visited the HI lately.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-02-22

w {. Bates OF baton Rouge. well
known here is dead
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Wilson to Obtain
Independent Surrey
OF German, Damage

PARIS, Jan. Is. - President Wilson
will have before him an Independent
estimate of the actual physical damage
suffered by France and Belgium during
the war when the Peace Congress
reaches the stage of discussing indem-
mites. A survey is being planned and
VIII probably be conducted by more
than two hundred American army Off
GERS.
Many difficulties are presented, for
in many of the devastated regions there
are absolutely no records available
upon which to base an estimate of what
existed there before German guns and
troops ground the towns and villages
into heaps of ruins. The work of visu-
allzlng what pre-war conditions were
and fixing the proper value for the
damage inflicted will probably take
months.
Some observers say the bill Of actual
damages, when computed. will be so
great that the Entente nations probably
Will be more concerned with the ability
OF the German people to foot the bill as
il will stand than with the possibility of
exacting further damages in the nature
OF punitive indemnties and war costs
President Wilson's attitude toward the
question of what ndemnities are to be
exacted from Germany has been made
plain on several occasions.
He believes that damages should be
restricted to restitution, reparation and
restoration, and should not be extende
to financial punishment of the German
peOplc
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Sean1en Planning to
Compel Compensation
For U-Boat Deaths

LONDON, Jan. 15.~-In the absence
of definite policy from the Allies
concerning the manner in which Ger
many shall make compensation for the
dependents Of submarine victims
among seamcn, the executive commit
tee of the international Federation of
Seafarers has evolved plan by which
the officials hope to force the peace
conference to act.
The committee has called an interna-
tional conference in London on Fcbru-
airy "a at which the British delegates
will present resolution providing that
the seamen will not man any ships
going or coming from an enemy coun-
try until the proper compensation is
agreed upon.
j. Havelock Wilson, president of the
International Seamcn's Union, said to
The Associated Press to-day:
ut seems that the British states
men and those of other nations have
been too busy TO think Of the seamen
in preparing for the conference, so we
will take the matter into our own
hands in the hope of emphatically
bringing to the notice of the peace
delegates the necessity for taking care
OF our people.
II have no doubt that the conference
will adopt a resolution providing that
no food shall 20 TO Germany until
these dependents are compensated"
The leaders Of the seaYncn, includ-
ing Andrew Foruseth. Of the United
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Wilson Firm Against
Etaly's Claims Except
10 Trieste and Trent

LONDON, Jan. 15.--ln commenting
upon the conference between Premier
Orlando of Italy and President Wilson
last Friday, pe,sons in touch with the
Italian mission declare the Premier
was surprised at Mr.. Wilson's attitude,
says the Paris correspondent Of "The
Daily Mail"
"President Wilson was firm in his
refusal to recognize Italian claims be-
yond Trieste and Trent" the corre-
spondent writes. at is known that
Foreign Minister Sonnino Of Italy de-
mands an important part Of the Dali
natian coast, as we'll as the Fiume,
While Premier Orlando would be con-
tent to give up the Dalmatian coast if
sure of Fiume. 1t is reported that even
On this point Mr. Wilson was unwilling
to give way.
'While the majority Of the inhabi-
tants of Fiume are Italian, that port is
the natural outlet for the Austrian
Slavs. 1t is therefore claimed that a
few thousand Italians in Fiume are not
to be balanced against the needs for 4
sea outlet for millions of Slavs
at is pointed out that the CONNER
cial necessities of the Jugo-Slavs de-
mand an outlet to the Adriatic, and
that if Italy ignores those necessities
she may incur the enmity of those
populations and create new danger to
The peace of Europe
"lt is supposed that President Will
son does not consider that Fiume, as a
free port in Italian hands, would meet
the needs of the Jugo-Slav hinterland."
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Who'll Be Who i'm World
League, Asks japanese
Idea Must Be Brought Down to
Earth, Declares DIR.
Tx,ox.-o
Iyenaga

The league of nations idea is "yet in
the Clouds" DR.. Toyokichi Iyenaga,
Japanese publicist and director of the
East and West News Bureau. told men,
bers of the National Wholesale Dry
Goods Association, who held their fif-
teenth annual dinner in the Waldorf
Astoria last night. He continued:
ut has to be brought down to earth,
SO that we mortals can see it with the
naked eye. This state of righteousness
in which the scheme is at present
shrouded and, consequently, its ap-
parent impracticability, together with
the hundred difficulties that seem to
confront the novel experiment, are,
believe, the chief cause of objection
raised by certain. American and Jap
al csc -oples.
Before We pronounce adhesion to
the league we want to know its con-
stitution and its machinery of govern
ment. We want to know VINO are to be
members of the league,
The Presidents proposals for
league would be perfectly acceptable to
Japan, said Dr. Iyenaga.
Other speakers were DR.. Stockton
Axson, secretary of the American Red
Cross; the Rev. DR.. I. L. Lansing and
} ohm S. Lawrence, of the Commission
Tor Relief in Belgium. F. A. Patrick
was the postmaster
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Russia Is Likely To Be
FirstParley Question
Ne,0 York Tribune
.SpocinL Cnbte ,Serrica

81 New York Tribune
Special Cable Serrice
DARlS, Jan. 15.-The Tribune
Il was informed by a high au-
thority to-day that the league of
nations would not be the first
subject discussed at the peace
conference, but that it was much
more probable that the congress
would first devote its attention to
the Russian question.
There is every indication that
the conference will be an ex-
tremely prolonged affair.
The correspondent was in
formed, also, that statements APP
pearing in the French press con-
corning the composition Of the
British delegation to the .peace
congress are both premature and
incorrect.
All that has yet been decided
concerning the British delegates
is that, as both Bonar Law and
Lloyd George will have to make
frequent visits to London during
the congress, panel of official
delegates will be constituted from
which deputies to replace absen-
tees will be drawn
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Greece Asks Allies
To Unite Hellenic
Peoples by Treaty
Constantinople as Separate
Entity in World League
Suggested - Epirus and
Ihracc Are Demanded

PARIS, Jan. Is (By The Associated
Press. .)-Greece has laid before the
peace conference memorandum
signed by Premier Venizelos setting
forth the situation of Greece and her
claims in the settlement of the war.
The memorandum says that the Hell
lenic nation consists of 8,256OOO per-
sons, of whom 55 per cent live in the
kingdom of Greece and the remainder
outside its limits. Half a million
Greeks in America are included in the
figures submitted.
Wishing to reunitc the Greek popu-
lation in the Balkans. Asia Minor and
the islands adjacent to the kingdom
Greece asks, first, Northern Epirus
which contains 10000 Greeks, against
$4,000 Albanians. 1t says that "the for
mer, besides being in the majority, also
possess higher form of civilization" "
Thrace Is Demanded
AS second demand Greece asks for
Thrace, without Constantinople Thrace,
according to the memorandum, is peo-
Piled largely by Greeks.
Since Constantlnople, according to
the twelfth point Of President Wilson'S
programme cannot remain under Turk
ish rule" the memorandum declares,
"the natural solution would be to award
Constantinople to Greece and to estab-
lish international guarantees for the
freedom of the straits"
1t is pointed out that the principal
native element of the population of
Constantinople is Greek, being numeri-
cally greater than "all the other nation
alities put together. except the Turks" :"
"But if a society of nations be estab-
lished immediately the memorandum
continues, "Constantinople might, in
consequence of great international in
tcrests connected with the possession
of the straits, be formed as separate
entity by the society Of nations, which
would nominate its governor for GER
tain fixed periods"
The third territorial claim made by
Greece is for parts of vilayets in Asia
Minor. These have a population, it is
said, of 1,1S8,000 Greeks, against 1.042,-
600 Mahometans and are claimed to be
both geographically and historically
integral parts of Greece"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16

enfo, ced without the aid of common
world police force.
Diplomatists, watching the move
ment of the two ideas as they come
INTO bearing before the conference.
seem impressed with the view that
both are moving toward common
ground which, for example, might pro
vide that the nations could reserve for
each individual case their decision
whether they would utilize armed
force or avail themselves of other
means.
Finds Favor in Europe
There is reason to believe that such
an arrangement would meet with the
support of some of the European
statesmen, and there is nothing to in
dlcate that it would be rejected by the
American representatives
This is the feature of the situation
as it exists to-day. The plans are be-
ing rapidly put into shape in informal
conferences and are working toward q
position where the peace conference in
tull session can discuss them thor
oughly and then probably name com
mittee or commission from among it's
membership to produce the framework
IN writing, with the assistance of the
technical advisers.
The programme commonly agreed
upon calls for primary consideration
of the forming of a league of nations,
and the congress will work on this to
the exclusion of all other subjects.
Those European statesmen who now
appear friendly to the purpose of put
ting the league of nations question to
the fore have repeatedly expressed the
view that the formation of the league
and the making Of peace are joint prob
lens which cannot be disassociated.
Urgent Need Realized
The effort thus seems to be to bend
all energies to the laying Of the foun-
datlons of the league, SO that the con-
ference may proceed to the actual max
ing of the peace treaty in the early
spring, even, indeed, if it be only
preliminary one which will dispose of
the pressing question of demobiliza-
tion and the return of the warning
countries as nearly as possible to the
economic conditions of peace. This is
recognized by all the statesmen at the
conference as of the utmost necessity
and is not view confined to the Euro
peans alone.
The sponsors for the league of ma
tions plans contemplate the broadening
out of the functions OF the proposed
league as the preliminary discussions
proceed, their assumption being that
these will range far into the subjects
of raw material and finance, proceed
ing on the theory that the financial or
economic domination of smaller ma
tions by the larger is no less danger
than armed domination. The financial
programme of the league, as viewed in
these quarters, will be to consider
whether the league itself should lend
its aid financially and economically to
the small independent states which are
rising out of the war.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
British Army Ciues
Trainload OF Food
To STARRING Vienna

VIENNA, Jtn. ID (Tuesday). "A small
body of British troops arrived here to-
day as convoy of trainoad of food
stuffs, present from the British army
In Italy to the women and children of
Vienna. Great crowds followed the
convoy through the streets, giving the
men cordial welcome, but one devoid
o. any especial enthusiasm.
The British officer in command cx-
planned to the burgomaster that the
supplies were sent in recognition of
the fact that Austria had treated her
british prisoners with consideration
in contrast with the inhuman treat
ment given them by the Germans.
Three additional tranloads are to
follow the first, to alleviate the needs
Of the women and children until regu-
lar shipments begin coming in.
The burgomaster told the British
commander that the food had arrived at
an opportune moment, as the situation
vas reaching IL crisis throu h the fac.
that Vienna had not enough flour TO
last more than the next four days.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Melendez Leads Party to
Victory in San Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, Jan. 15.-Carlos
Melendez, leader of the National Demo
cratic party. was elected President of
the Republic in the elections which
terminated yesterday. Dr. Alfredo
Quinones Molena, of this city, was
elected Vice President. Don Carlos and
Or, Molena received approximately no.
600 votes each, the greatest number
ever cast for a candidate in the his
tory of the country.
There was complete order during the
elections, while throughout the Repub-
lie tranquility prevailed.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
President May Visit
England to Inspect
&. 5. Fl0tilla Base

PARIS, Jan. is. - President Wilson
may visit England on his way back to
the United States next month, but it
will not be to confer with statesmen
there. He has hoped to be able to sail
from British port, probably Queens
town, and have an opportunity to in
spect the base of the American hotilla.
which did SO much work in the anti
submarine warfare
Mr.. Wilson, if he visits England, might
stop for a few hours at Oxford to re-
celve an honorary degree, which that
university wishes to confer on him.
lie would not necessarily visit London.
If, when the President starts home
ward, he should feel it necessary to re-
turn later to Europe he might postpone
his visit to Oxford, but if there is anv
doubt about his coming back to the
peace congress, he might 90 to Oxford
to receive his degree.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
T,cO League Of Nations
Plans Differ Only on
Enforcement Methods

PARIS, JAM b. With the resump-
tlon to-day Of the meetings preliminary
20 the peace conference 1t ia apparent
that the movement TO create "a league
Of nations IL being carried on BY two
forces having the same object, but diff
fersnR as 10 she means for making cf-
fectiye the decisions OF tbs proposed
world society. One Of these rcprcgenta
the contention that the decisions Of the
league must be backed by itg combined
physical forces, while the other repre-
Aenss the yiew that Its andines can be
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
u. s. Officials TaLk
Orer Spending Sum
Asked BY President

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Represent-
atives of the State and Treasury de-
partments and the Food Admnistra-
.ion appeared to-day before the Sem
ate appropriations Committee in ex-
ecutlve session to explain the manner
in which it is proposed to expend the
$100,0o0,0Oo President Wilson has
asked Congress to appropriate for
food relief in the countries of Europe
outside of Germany.
The committee had before it the re-
lief bill passed by the House early in
the week. which provides that some of
the 1und also may be used for aiding
the distressed civilian population in
countries of the Near East, formerly
under domination of the Turks.
Disposition of the resolution was
deferred, with the prospect that hear
ings would be continued several days.
No information. in addition to that
already given the House, was pre-
sented to the Senate committee to-
day, according to Acting Secretary of
State Polk. Judge Glasgow, counsel
for the food administration. pre-
sented MANY cablegrams from Herbert
Z. Hoover outlining famine condi-
tions in various parts of Europe, and
was closely questioned by many COM
mittee members.
An amendment advocated by Re-
publicans Upon which action was post
poned would stipulatc that there must
be cooperation by England, France
and italy III the relief work. Another
minority amendment would require
detailed statements Of expenditures.
The first food relief for Poland to
go forwar,! from the United States in
four and onehalf years will be taken
soon from New York by the American
steamer Westward Ho, which is load
ing 7,OO0-ton cargo, costing S2,225,-
900, paid for by contributions from
this country
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Reds Burn and PiIlage
Riga; March on Mitau

BERLIN, Jan. 13 (By The Associated
Press Riga is now completely in the
hands of the Russian Red Army, ac-
cording to Mitau dispatch to the
"Vossische Zeitung" Bolshevik forces
have advanced from Dvinsk and occu-
pied the station at Neugut, thirty one
miles from Mitau.
Mitau is overhowing with refugees.
German soldiers, the last persons leav-
ing Riga, report that the city is burn
ing in several places and that the Rus
slams and Let's are numbering and
~lundering
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Ray Sfar,r11rd Baker as
n Peace Ne,vs Mentor,
Not to Displace Creel
NeW York Tribune
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.--The selec-
tion of Ray Stannard Baker as inter
mediary between the President and
American correspondents at the peace
conferences found little general appro-
baton here to-day.
The selection of Mr.. Baker is not be-
lleved to have any bearing on the rela-
ton between George Creel and the
President nv. Creel has had a good
deal to do with the European propa
ganda since the arrival Of the American
delegation, and it is believed that for
some time he will continue to advise
regarding matters of publicity. The
Baker selection is not considered in any
way displacement of Creel.
The plan, as announced, is for Presi-
dent Wilson or some member of the
American mission to communicate to
Mr.. Baker such details of the proceed
ings as are not embraced in the COM
muniques and which the President de-
sircs to make public, Mr.. Baker con-
veying the information to the CORE
spondents. The correspondents will not
have original contact with the source
Of information.
Ray Stannard Baker. magazine
editor and newspaper writer since 1892,
became attached to the Committee on
Public Information after the United
States entered the war. He was the
managing editor of the Mcclure Syn
dicate some years ago, and later as
sociate editor Of "McClure's Magazine" !"
From 1906 until 1915 he was one Of the
editors of "The American Magazine"
He was born at Lansing, Mich, April
II. 1870, son of Major Joseph STAN
nard Baker and Alice Potter Baker
He took a partial law course and COM
pleted his literary studies at the Uni
versity of Michigan. From 1892 until
1897 he was a reporter and sub editor
on "The Chicago Record" from which
he went to McClure's Syndicate. He
is the author of several books under
his own name and OF several under the
pen name of "David Grayson." Some
of these are Boys Book Of Inven
tions," "Our New Prosperity" "Seen
in Germany" Second Boys Book of
Inventions" "Following the Color
Line" "New Ideals in Healing" "The
Spiritual Unrest" and "Adventures in
Contentment."
Mr.. Baker also has contributed much
to English and American magazines.
His home is at Amherst, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Corea Appeals to Wilson
To Obtain IndeDendo,,c.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Resolutions
protesting against the annexation of
Gorea by Japan, and asking President
wilson and the American peace dele
gates to apply the principle of self
determination to that country. have
been sent by the new Corea Association
to the President and members of the
Foreign Relations Committee of Con-
grcSS.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Entente P0fUers to End
Control of Industries

DARIS, Jan. 15.-The Tribune
n correspondent has learned
from hitherto reliable sources that
the Entente powers have no inten-
ton of continuing government
control of industries in their re-
spective countries.
am also informed that they
have further decided against in
ternational control of raw materi-
ais, for the reason that raw ma
terials are so plentiful that such
control is unnecessary.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Wilson TO Be Receiued
BY Chamber OF IDENTITIES

PARIS, Jan. 15.-Thc Chamber of
Deputies has decided to receive Presi
dent Wilson at a formal meeting.
The ceremony will be preceded bv a
reception to President and Mrs. Wilson
and the Members of Parliament in the
rooms Of the President of the Cham
Der. The date has not heen fixed
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
British and French Lift
Barriers on PQrIcy Ne,r,

LONDON, Jan. 15.--The British For
clgn Office announced to-day that the
government does not intend to exercise
any censorship over press messages
during the peace conference. 1t states
that 1t also has received q similar as
surancc from the French government
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Finnish Mission Coming Here

HELINGFORS, Finland, Jan. 15.-A
Finnish commercial mission will leave
here on January 20 for France. Eng
land and the United States. The mis-
sion will discuss commercial relations
with Finland.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16

States, expect that the February con-
ference viii adopt a universal wage
scale. The leaders hope that this ques-
ton will not be taken up by the peace
conference or that wages will not be
mentioned in the peace treaty.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Food Supply NolU Is Big
Problem Throughout Europe

rant to call for the prompt appropria-
tion of the money asked.