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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-21
C0TTRELL SADDLERY TEAM
DEFEATS WOODEN MILLS
Harness Lnda RTcak Up Winning S,r,sr
& OF Ciothirrs in Contest az
Palace tIIeys.

Il GSttreil Saddlery Company dAsNa.cd
sthaT IS. Wooicn Mills tea m last night
at the Palace Alleys. capturing two out
of three games by close margins Tho
defeat leaves The Wooden Mills bg,yIerS
tying with the Richmond Dairy ,.arn
for first place In tho race for the cham
plonship. GotAI ran up the highest
score Tor the winning combination Iast
might with q total OF $50, while C.osbv
carried off high honors with a ,ota! OF
tt5s4 for the losses.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-21
Prep Eleven. to Meet

Chamberlaync and Stuyvesant elcvcn1
Viii battle tomorrow morning ut 10
o'clock on Fitzgerald Field. in what is
expected to be 4 fine exhibition OF prep
FOOTBALL Although the Chamberlayne
eleven Is outweighcd by the Stuyvcsant
team. Coach Gooch expects his grid
warriors 10 give q good account Of
themselves.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-21
Jimmy wilde to Fight sh,-,..

NEW YORK, Nov. 2o.-Jimmv wild.
The English flyweight champion, signed
articles Of agreement here today TO
meet Jack Sharkcy. of this city, in a
Der .; The weight is 10 be lie pounds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
PRESIDENT SEES PERIL AHEAD FOR LEAGUE;
FRANCE NOT WON ON Sc VERAL VITAL POINTS;
WILSON ASKS CONGRESS TO DEFER DEBATE
Wilson Invites Congress Committees
to Examine Draft With Him on Feb. 26

WASHINGToN Feb IPresdent Wilson csbEed to-day
debate
the constitution the League Nations until he had
opportunity article article with members
Members of the House will White
House February after President
land Boston The Presidents dated Paris February
follows:
night the Of the conference charged with
duty of drafting constitution of Nations concluded
work this before leaving the United States
be privilege and duty read plenary session Of the
the Of the articles by the
mtee
which drafted these articles fairly repre-
the world Besides the the United
Britain Italy and Bel
Serbia China, Rumana Poland
Portugal actively participated in the debate and assisted materially
in the drafting Of this constitution.
Each article was passed only after the careful examina
member Of the committee There
be permitted with article by article the
the work of
subject debate Congress- With this in
the White House after arrive
as my engagements permit"
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AT SEA-,
BOSTON BOUND
President, on Board the George
Washington, Arranges
Programme.
FIRST SPEECH AT HUB
Little Ceremony Marks His
Leave Taking From En-
barkation Port.
FIRST SPEECH AT HUB

By Wireless 10 he Associated PresS.
ON BOARD THE s. s. GEORGE WASHING
TON, Feb. 15.-President Wilson spent
the first day OF his homeward trip in
resting from the strenuous exertions
which marked his last few days in
Paris. Tho President despatched tele-
grams arranging for brief ceremonies
in connection with the speech which
he expects to make in Boston on
February "a.
The transport is heading for the
southern route in fair weather. The
escorting French warships signalled
farewell soon after leaving Brest. and
the United States dreadnought New
Mexico and several destroyers will be
the escort of the George Washington
until the Azores are reached. At the
Azores the ship will be met by numer"
Gus American destroyers and conveyed
home.
Despite the hard work which he will
engage in during his brief stay in the
United States the President already is
planning to begin his return journey
to France Immediately after the ad
journment of Congress.
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Two OF the bridges, at SalIaete, near
the Dutch frontier, weighed 1900. 900
pounds each. 1t is estimated by the
Commission that more than 100, ,00O, 900
pounds of steel will be required to re-
build the bridges in Flanders alone.
The Commission estimates the damage
10 railroad material, tracks, bridges and
other equipment at more than 81, 900, =
900 900.
The Peace Conference Commission on
Reparations continued to-day its exam
nation OF the principles upon which
ests the right to replration. The com
mittee heard Baron van den Heuvel for
Belgium. NJ. Stoyanowitch for Serbia and
Finance Minister Klotz for France.
France Is faced with most formida-
BILE task in reconstructing the Important
coal ana industrial districts CT 'the De-
partment of the Nord and the .rF' dc
Calais, and It will cost $4,000, 900 900
according to a statement made to the
French Senate by Louis Loucheur, Min,
lister of Industrial Reconstruction The
Germans destroyed 161 coal pits The
French, he said, might ba able to pro
duce 5000 tons daily by the end OF
1919 instead OF $4,000 tons, the output
before the war. Repairs will cost more
than s4OO,oOO.OOO and cannot be ac
complished in less than ten years
The factories In the district have M
raw material and the machinery h1,
been destroyed or carried away to Ii,r
many I Lpu.n"u" so3 II would ,l.,
aeverI! .-ais I'D ',.'r" frg..ht cdrs [,
bring bash The machinery.
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The figures show that nearly $50 miles
of railroad tracks were destroyed and
nearly ESQ miles made useless out OF n
total mileage OF approximately 5000
in Belgium. These distractions mostly
were in the Mons coal valley in the
region Of Journal and around Client,
Bruges, Ostend and Courtrai
Seventy per cent OF the destruction
was carried out during the period from
the start OF the Belgian offensive on
September 2s. 1918, and the signing of
the armIstice.
The Germans appropriated 2,614 loco
motives out Of total OF 4,534. or about
81 per cent s,062 passenger coaches,
out of total OF 10.sl2, or 90 per cent,
and s0,56S freight cars, out of total of
94,7S7, or SO per cent
The block signal system in Belgium
was destroyed and replaced by a Ger
man system with which the Belgian loco
motive engineers are not acquainted, 1t
will have to be removed and the Belgian
aystem again installed The commits
sion is not able to make public yet the
number of bridges or stations destroyed
All the bridges leading in and out OF
Ostend and Bruges have been destroyed
and virtually all in West Flanders, as
we'll as those over the Meuse at Liege
Namur. Huy, Dinsnt and Enseremme
Eight bridges over the Ghent Terneuzen
Canal were blown up
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
READY TO DROP
RUSSIAN PLAN
Indications Are Conference
Will Not Be Held on
Prinkipo Island.
NEW SCHEME PROPOSED
Offered by Winston Churchill,
but Americans Are Not
Favorable to 1t.
speci6! Wireless Despatch TO THs sus.
Copp-i1hf 1919. all riohfs reserved.

C0ppT11Af, lsls. db rphb Fes~Veh'
PARIS, Feb. 15.-Indications tonight
are that the Allies are on the verge
Of abandoning the plan for confer
ence OF all the Russian factions on
Prinkipo Island near Constantinople.
The meeting OF the Supreme Council
OF the Peace Conference here to-day
was attended by Col. +. NJ. House. who
iR representing President Wilson and
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, both Of whom
showed pessimism in discussing the
Russian situation.
Interest Is centred in a new plan
presented by Winston Churchill. who
parently the Council, including the
Americans. are not enthusiastic about
it, but they have agreed to take 1t
up Monday.
An effort is being made to show that
The President is not the author OF the
Prinkipo plan. which Col. House and
Gen. Bliss always have opposed. 1t is
insisted now that the President adopted
the suggestion Of Premier Lloyd George,
which strengthens the impression that
the abandonment OF the plan is near
The danger is that the Allies will be left
without any Russian policy
The American mission is flooded with
cable messages and resolutions from
America demanding the withdrawal OF
troops from Russia, and admittedly
this complexities the situation,
PARIS. Feb. l5.-The Supreme Council
at its meeting this afternoon began ex-
animation OF the Russian question, ac-
cording to an official announcement. The
council also heard delegates of the Ad-
ministrative Council OF Lebanon, Asia
Minor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
PACIFIC SHIP WORKERS QUIT.
Metal Men Threaten to Tie Up San
Francisco bay Yards.

can FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-Prospects
Of n general cessation OF shipbuilding in
the San Francisco Bay region doomed
again to-day when the Boiler Makers
Union OF Oakland announced an imme-
diate strike and a small group of strtk-
ing San Francisco boiler makers failed
TO compromise wage difficulties with
employers.
A demand of the employers that the
1000 striking machinists here return to
work and that the whole union cease
taking a Saturday half holiday or face
dismissal from all shipyards and con-
tract shops will become effective Mon
day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
HUGH WALLACE
ENVOY TOPARIS
President Nominates Tacoma
Man as Successor to Am
bassador Sharp.
DECISION MADE AT SEA
Is Also Expected to Name New
Acknowledgement While
on the Voyage.
By Wireless to tire Associated Pres.

By Wireless to tire Associated Prsss.
ON BOARD THE S. S. GEORGE WASH
INuroN, Feb. 15.-President Wilson has
nominated Hugh c. Wallace OF Ia
coma, Wash. Ambassador to France,
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation OF william Graves Sharp.
This was the frst official act OF the
President on his homeward Journey.
1t is expected that the President will
select a successor to Thomas w.
Gregory in the Attorney-Generalship
Of the United States before the George
Washington reaches home waters.
wAsHINcroN, Feb 15,-The wireless
despatch tonight from the George WASH
ington was the first public intimauon
that Hugh c. Wallace had been selected
by President Wilson as Ambassador to
France. 1t Is understood that officials
knew the appointment was probable. but
Mr.. wallaces name never was men,
toned during all Of the speculation as
to Amba ssador Sharp's successor. In
some quarters It had been accepted as
certain that Vance Mccormick, formerly
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, would be named.
Mr.. wallace, who spends much OF his
time here, is a close friend OF President
Wilson and often has participated In
confidential conferences at the White
House. Soon after this country en-
te, ed the war he was sent to London b!
the President on n personal mission. ant
II Is known that the President has th'
utmost confidence in his judgment ant
ability in handling important and deli
cate matters.
Except as member Of the Demo
cratic National Committee and an activ'
worker in a number OF Presidential cam
paigns Mr.. Wallace has not taken al
active hand in politics The only public
Office he ever held was Receiver OF Pub
lie Moneys for Utah by appointment o.
President Cleveland, 1886. He was 1
delegate at large from the State O.
Washington to the Baltimore onventioI
which nomina ted President Wilson, ant
since has been one OF the President'
most ardent supporters.
Mr., Wallace, a native of Lexington
No, celebrated his fifty-sixth birthda!
this week. His wife is daughter o
the late chief Justice Melville w. Fulle
of the Supreme Court, and for nuurbe
of years they have maintained nome
hero and In Tacoma, WASH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
OMSK GOVERNMENT
TO MOVE EASTWARD
Reports Mention VIadiUostok
or Chita as Future Seat.

VLAnIvosroK, Feb. IL (delayed) --
There is a persistent rumor that the
Omsk Government contemplates moving
to the eastward and will establish it's
seat either at Chita or Vladivostok.
While this rumor lacks confirmation, 1t
Is pointed out as possible substantial
ton that British Commissioner Elliott
and French Commissioner Regnault are
en- route to Vladivostok.
M. Oustrougoff. Minister OF CommunI-
cations In the Omsk Government, also
is coming. for the alleged purpose OF
assisting in the railway conferences
which. despite the strong representa-
tions OF the Government officials in favor
or Omsk, will le hold here after ratin-
cation Of the general plan of cooperation
by the Peace Conference,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16

OMsK, Feb. 10 (delsyed) The readi-
ness of the Russian Soviet Government
to send delegates to the Princes Islands
conference Is an attempt to repeat the
Brest-Litovsk conference with the Cen
trail Powers. according to statement
issued by the Foreign Ministry OF the
Omsk Government The statement says
that the Bolsheviki again offer TO
sell the country for the benefit Of
themselves"
There has been no official statement
as to the attitude OF the Omsk Govern
ment concerning the meeting. but an
official reply probably will be made in
few days. Socialist and non-Social-
ist leaders and representatives OF the
cooperative associations are preparing a
protest against the meeting
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
Thanks Smoke Fund
After Long Delay

pRIVATE A. MARTIN Of Com
pany H, Thirteenth Marines,
explains that he has been in
hospital. "Am just out and now
in a casual company bound for
the States. Despite the anti
cigarette league we boys who
have been wounded do really get
good out of a smoke. received
package of tobacco through
THE SUN Tobacco Fund in
July. while at the front and beg
pardon for delaying the ac-
acknowledgement till now."
Several more letters from SOL
diers in hospital who have shared
the cheer of the smoke fund may
be read on page /, section 4.
WARNING! THE SUN To-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
tion or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
New York Suggested
as Capital Of League


PARIS, Feb. 15.-Specu!ation
already is at work as to the
seat Of the secretariat Of the new
League of Nations, provided for
by Article V. New York has been
suggested so that President Will
son could direct the first admin
istrative work, but its distance
from the other capitals seems an
insuperable obstacle.
The Hague as a seat meets
with opposition from the French
press, which is not satisfied with
Hollands role in the war. Brus-
sells seems the most acceptable
proposal yet made, in the eyes Of
the French press.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
GERMANS DENY BEING BEATEN.
sharp French Retort to Iusfnu-

AMSTERDAM, Feb. ia note con-
tanning an insinuation that the occupa-
ton of German territory was not due
to military superiority was handed In
recently to the Allied Armistice Com
mission BY the German delegates. ac-
cording to the Cologne Zeituno, and Is
said to have drawn q very sharp retoft
on behalf of Marshal Foch at the meet
ing of the Armistice Commission on
February 7.
A French General, acting under In
structions from Marshal Foch, the
newspaper adds. refused to make an
answer to the note and said 1t would be
examined only If It was presented In
more courteous form. Gen. Won Ham,
'nIerstein, the leading German military
delegate, postponed a statement in the
matter until the receipt OF instructions
from the German Government
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
BELGIUM'S RAIL
DAMAGE BILLION
Commission Put This Estimate
on Destruction Of Lines
and Bridges.
FOE RUINED 600 MILES
Supreme Council Names Spe-
cial Commission to Adjudge
Belgian Losses.
FOE RUINED 900 MILES

PARIs. Feb. 16.-The Supreme Coun
ell to-day appointed a special commit
tee to study the claims of Belgium for
an indemnity. The American mem
oers of the committee are Charles H.
Haskins and Col. 8. D. Embicll.
The Belgian commission which is in
vestigating the damage done by the
Germans to railroads in occupied ter
ritory, while IT has not yet finished its
work, is in a position to give interest
ing figures relative to the destruction
caused by the Germans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
New Foes for BoIsheviki.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l5.-Official des-
patches received to-day at the State De-
partment said representatives OF Lithua-
MIA and slovania (Esthonia at the re-
cent conferences AT Stockholm agreed
to take speedy measures toward the
formation OF common military front
against the Russian Bolshevlkl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
ENGLAND's BILL $1,25O,O00, 900.
Committee Tells Actual Damage
Done by Germany.
Special Gable Despatch to TIE Sun.
Copvyioht. 1913; oil rights re,errcd.

CoDprigHt' lsl5' uN V0"S Tosertcd.
LONDON, Feb. 15.--The actual damage
sustained by Great Britain from Ger
many's aggressions. II is learned from
an authoritative source. has been as
sessed by the British PREPARATION Com
mittee at s1.250. 100000.
This represents vessels torpedoed and
by Zeppelins. alrplanes and
German cruisers. The vessels lost prob
ALLY will We maus UP In kind.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16
Covenant Falls Far Short
Of Results President
Hoped For.
VIEWS 1T AS A STARTER
Though Admittedly Weak
Makes Great Change in
American Policies.
STRAIN SHOWS ON WILSON
His Face Deeply Furrowed as
Consequence Of Mental and
Physical Fatigue.
SHOWS ON WILSON
ny LAURENCE HILLS.
stdr Correspondent Of THE SUN

StGr Correspondent Of THE Sun.
Copyright. 1919; all rights ressrred.
PARIS, Feb. 15.-President Wilson
gave the impression to those with
whom he talked here and In Brest
before he sailed for Boston to-day
that he has no illusions in regard to
tho League Of Nations covenant
which is now before the Peace Con-
gress, and indeed before the whole
world for discussion and criticism.
lie does not believe that the league
In Its finished form is IN accom-
plishsd fact, or that It's path in the
future will not be beset with perilA
The President gives the impression
Of q man suffering from considerable
mental and physical weariness When
he read the covenant Of the League
Of Nations to the plenAry session Of
the Peace Congress yesterday he was
quite different from the fresh, vigor-
GUS man who landed at Brest in De-
cember; his face has become heavily
furrowed and there are tired limos
everywhere
ToIeration Plank Rejected.
There Is the highest authority for
saying that the President is not en-
tirely satisfied with the league GOV.
enant as 1t stands, but he regards It
as the best obtainable at this time
1t Is known that he Is disappointed
greatly by the failure of the league
to guarantee religious tolerance. He
made a hard fight for this, but the
discussion revealed so many racial
antipathies that 1t was seen to be
useless to press the point.
The President also admitted to his
friends that he has been unable in
all these weeks to change the French
viewpoint. Premier Clemenceau re-
mains unconvinced that the league
will afford France sufficient protec.
ton and security. While the position
of nation outside OF the league
would be intolerable, France could
hold up and possibly defeat the
league plan. although President VIII
son is of the opinion that eventually
she will accept II.
France Alone in Non-acceptance,
France appears 70 be the only one
of the five Powers which does not
accept the constitution Of the league
as announced yesterday. Article XVI
measures TO be taken in case the
| covenant should be broken) Is the
crux of the league, but even the Presl.
dent admits that this rests only on
the good faith of the nations. This
must necessarily be the case so long
as no superstate or superforce is
created, but good faith, the Pres-
dent believes. will be amply sufficient.
Weak as this Article XVI. has been
made, nevertheless 1t means n revolu.
| tionary change in American policy II
ratified. The isolation to which the
United States has clung so tena.
ciously would become thing Of the
past and America would take n
prominent place IN the world alliance,
taking an effective interest in the
troubles of other continents to a de.
gree never before known. Even In
tercourse between her citizens and
those Of the covenant breaker would
be stopped automatically.
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The article. however, although even
weaker than was supposed concern
ing the use Of military force and in
leaving the members unpledged even
to consider the recommendat tlon of
the council, follows Gen. Jan Smuts's
plan. although It falls behind 1t in
the length of the moratorium or sus-
pension OF action required. The Pres
ident fought hard for this but was
compelled to compromise on three
months from the time the decision
Is rendered.
This and the elimination Of com
pulsory arbitration have given rise
here already to many misgivings as
to the effectiveness of the league as
war deterrent II any tremendous
crisis actually arose. The President
feels, and many here agree with him.
that the league, II successful, un.
douhtcdly would be strengthened,
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Continued on Second Page.
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Monroe Doctrine in Balance.

Conttrued on Seventh Paos
New Britain herald., 1919-07-10

dertaken by the Elks War Relief conl- mission, each hospital being equipped at a cost of $6000 They were oper- ated during the remainder of the peri cd of the war under the joint name of the Elks and the universities designat- ed, and made wonderful records for efficiency.
 Vocational Training.
 The attention of the Elks War Re- lief commission was next directed to an opportunity to aid disabled sol diers, sailors and marines by cooper ating as a, private agency with the fed erl board for vocational education, in the vocational training and re-educa- ton pf the wounded war heroes. This work was entirely @ new ven- ture. Nothing of the kind had ever before been undertaken following any war. Heretofore disa abled soldiers had been granted a pittance of a pen- sion on which they could barely live. and in their old age were put in a soldiers home to ponder over the in- gratitude of the country for which they had fought,
 Quite by accident it was discovered by Belgian gentleman who was car- ing for some wounded soldiers that the men became interested in working with some tools he had in his house, and that this work stimulated their interest in life and hastened their re- covery, in addition to making them adopts in the use of various tools &C., cording to their fancy or in conform ity with their particular physical de- feCts.
 This was the start of vocational training for disabled war veterans. It