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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
Democratic Chairman of For
eign Relations Committee
Describes 1t as the Greatest
Document Ever Produced,
OTHER SENATORS WANT
TIME TO EXAMINE IT
Centering of Power in Five
Great Powers Believed by
Hitchcock To Be Highly
Important FEATURE

Washington, Feb. 14.--Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of
the senate foreign relations commit
tee, in formal statement tonight said
the proposed constitution of the
league of nations impressed him very
favorably" He declared that it was
mot the monster that those who have
attacked the plan predicted" nor was
1t the helpless sewing circle that one
sneering critic predicted it might be-"
Aside from Senator Hitchcock, SEN
ators declined to make formal COM
ment on the league constitution until
they had had more time in which to
study 1t and most of them were most
guarded In their observations in cloak
room and office discussion. The plan
was read with the greatest interest,
however, and there was evidence that
there would be free discussion in the
senate beginning within day or two.
Senator Hitchcock said control of
the executive council, TO which would
be entrusted the real power of the
league, would always be IN the hands
of the United States, Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan. This ele-
ment of permanency and strength in
the executive council he said. is "a
highly important feature"
Sudden War Prevented.
I'm some respects" said the sena-
tor, "the covenants which nations
made when they Join the league, re-
semble existing arbitration or peace
treaties. They agree never to go to
war without submitting differences to
arbitration, the arbitrators to be
agreed upon or to an examination by
the executive council, and not even
then for three months after the
decision. This pledge guarantees
against sudden war and assures a
cooling off time.
Another important covenant is the
agreement to make reductions of ma
tional armaments to the lowest pos
sible point consistent with national
safety as the executive council shall
determine and recommend.
German colonies and dependent
territories are to be under league
guardianship, one member. however.
being made the mandatory to carry
out the league policy.
while this draft of the constitu-
ton if not final, it constitutes. in my
opinion, the greatest international
document ever produced. The ma
tions that enter into this league get
an enormous benefit from It's protec-
ton and secure permanent relief
from enormous expenditures for war"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
Special Leased Wire)


| be assured in the maintenance of
| peace upon terms of honor and of in
| ternational obligations.
Unanimity Significant.
"The compulson of that task was
| constantly upon us, and at no point
was there shown the slightest desire
to do anything but suggest the best
means to accomplish that great OBJ
| ject. There is very great signifi-
cance, therefore, in the fact that the
result was reached unanimously.
Fourteen nations We're represent
ed among them all of those powers
which for convenience we have called
the great powers, and among the rest
a representation of the greater variety
of circumstances and interests. So
that ! think we are justified in saying
that the significance of the result.
| therefore, has the deepest of all
meanins, the union of Wills in a COM
mon purpose, a union of wills which
cannot be resisted, and which | dare
say no nation will run the risk of at
| tempting to resist
Now. as to the character of the
f.. document. While Il has consumed
ssome time to read this document. |
F., think you will see at once that II is
very simple, and in nothing so sim
| pie as in the structure which it sug-
gests for a league of nations-a body
of delegates, an executive council and
a permanent secretariat.
| when it came TO the question of
determining the character of the rep
rcsentation in the body of delegates
we were all aware of a feeling which
is current throughout the world.
"Inasmuch as | am stating it in the
presence of the official representatives
of the various governments here pres
ent, including myself, | may say that
there is universal feeling that the
world cannot rest satisfied with mere
| ly official guidance. There has reach
ed us through many channels the feel
ing that if the deliberating body of
the league of nations was merely to
| be a body of officials representing the
various governments, the peoples of
the world would not be sure that
some of the mistakes which pre-occu-
! >-~~~--Ie~~o-~~~~
| Continued IN Page Two.)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15

Paris, Feb l4.-President Wilson
was the central figure of the plenary
peace conference today waen he read
the covenant establishing a league of
pations. There was added interest in
the session as 1t was the last gather
ing of the delegates prior to the presi-
dents departure, as well as being the
occasion of presenting the document
with which his name was identified
Il have very great pleasure" said
President Wilson as he began, in
presenting the report of the commits
sion which has framed the conSttu-
ton of a league of nations. am par
ticularly happy to be able to say it is
q unanimous report, signed by the
representatives of all the powers on
the committee"
President Wilson spoke earnestly
but without oratorical effect.
''The best report | can make the
president continued 'is to read the
document itself"
Thereupon he read from printed
sheet the constitution of the league,
while the assembly followed his read
ing with the closest attention.
The results said the president, EN-
bodied the judgment of fourteen ma
tions represented on the commission,
ana these fourteen nations were n rep
resentative group of the conference
Itself.
Union Of Common Purpo Cs.
This Is a union of will in a common
purpose" the president proceeded.
at is union which cannot he resist
ed, and | dare say. one which no Ia
ton will attempt to resist
The president pointed ont that the
document was no 'straightiacket," 1t
was elastic, and not a vehicle Of
might. he said 1t was yet to be de-
veloped, and as yet care should be
taken as to the clothes put on it.,
While elastic yet it was definite.
1T is definite" continued President
wilson "as guarantee of peace. 1t
Is definite as guarantee against ag-
gression 1t is definite against re-
newal of such a cataclysm as has just
shaken civilization"
The president spoke with special
emphasis, as he referred to the wrongs
committed against helpless peoples,
"Thcre Is one especially notable fea-
ture in this document he said, I'VE
are done with annexation of helpless
peoples, at times accomplished in the
past for the purpose of exploiting
these peoples In this document we
recognize that these helpless commun-
tiles are first to be helped and devel-
oped and that their own interests and
well-being shall come before any ma
terial ADVANTAGE to the mandatory en-
trusted with their case"
Too often in the past, the president
added, the world had seen the lands
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
SALT LAKE WOMAN
fNHERlTS FORTUNE

Salt Lake City. Feb. 14.-Mrs. John
j. Broughall, wife of a mining engi-
neer of this city. has been advised
that she is an heiress to millions, ac-
cording to word received by her from
London lawyers.
The letter from the lawyers recites
that William Masterson, bachelor,
recently died in London and left large
real estate holdings in both London
and New York. When young man
Masterson was assisted by Mrs.
Broughall's father, engaged in the
lumber industry in Michigan, who also
started Masterson in the same bust
ness upon which the latter built his
fortune. Mrs. Broughall will receive
one-third of the estate.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
WILSON ACCEPTS
RESIGNATION Of
WILLIAM c. SHARP
10y soranse JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE

I1T "Of NTFu 1OuHHNI sTtCFNI IEN'tU "THtT
Washington, Feb. 14.--President
Wilson has accepted the resignation
of william Graves sharp, ambassador
to France. to- take effect when a sue
cessor qualities. This was revealed by
correspondence between the president
and the ambassador made public to-
night at the White House without
comment.
There was no information in Off
cial circles tonight as to whom the
president had in mind for he Paris
post out at the time the resignation
of Vance Mccormick as chairman OF
the democratic national committee
was made known by the Associated
Press last month it was said unoffi-
cially that Mr.. Mccormick would be-
come ambassador to France.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15

New York and New Jersey authori-
ties have failed to clear up the mys-
terry surrounding the death of a
young woman whose body was found
in a cleft in the Palisades overlook
ing the Hudson. They are satisfied
she was AZeele Packwood, daughter
of George II. PackwoOd, a wealthy
real estate man of Tampa, Fla. Miss
Packwood had been an ardent work
er for the Woman's Motor corps of
New York. They have been unable,
however, to verify the report that
she was the secret bride of a Major
Fenton, who was killed in France.
Grief over his death was supposed
to have caused her to commit sui
eide.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
RUMANIAN REVOLT
DOUBTED IN LONDON

London, Feb. 14.-Reports of re-
belion in Rumania have been current
for nearly a month with varying de-
tails, but all have emanated from
German or Austrian sources and
have not been confirmed by advices
from disinterested points. The Ru-
manian legation here knows nothing
of any outbreak and does not attach
any importance to reports received
yesterday from Berlin.
The legation. however. says that it
has known for many months that
German and Russian Bolshevistsy and
amply supplied with money, have
been working Rumania trying to
bring about anarchy and the deposit
ton of the dynasty.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
(By Morning Journs

farls' ten, Ia resIsoei.C Nli9'i. =
speech at tne peace co.ilele le,ioe a.
the readlng OF the urait ol 'ie Leaso NV
OF Nauons' lolioWs'
Mr CHAIRMAN: nave the IlolioI ~,
ana assume IL very great PrlNIlese
OF reporting IN the name Oh tlle coill-
mission constituted Wy Inns cum iSe ~,
on the forinulalloh ol 9laii Ior "
league OF natlohs' am happy "
say that IL is unanimous report
unanimous report from the fepl e
sentatlVeS OF fourteen hatloHs-tlie
United States, Great Brltaln: France
Italy, japan, Belgium, brazil, emma
CZeeho-SloVakla, Gfeece' foIallu'
fortugai' RuH'ania ana iserpla'
Il thlnk u VIII pe serNlceapie anu
interesting II /, with your perm 'ssloh'
read u document as the ohIy re-
port We nave 10 MAKE;
president wilson theh reaa tne
draft. When ne reached artlele ~
ana mad READ throush the secoIlu
paragraph the presioeNt pauSeo anu
SAID;
Explains Use OF torce.
! pause 10 polht OUT lhat i@tils- MS
conception might arise IN conhect'on
with one of the sentences nave lust
read--f any party shali refuse ta
comply, the couhcll shall propoSe
measures necessary TO give erect TO
the recommendations.
case III point. purely ny puthu-
teal case is this-Suppose there IS IN
the possession or particular power
a piece OF territory, or some other
substantial thing In dispute, TO Whlch
it is claimed that II is not entitieu,
Suppose that the matter IS submitted
to the executive council Tor recon-
mendations to the settlement OF the
dispute, diplomacy having talled, ana
supnose that the declSlon Is IN IaNor
of the party Wnlch claims tile SUI ~.
ject matter of dispute, as against me
party which has the subject matter
in dispute.
Then, If the party IN possession
of the subject matter IN dispute mere
ly sits still and does nothing, 1t mas
accepted the decision OF the couilcii'
in the sense that 1t makes no resist
ance; but something must pc zone "
see that it surrenders the SUBJECT mat
ter in dispute.
"ln such n case, the only case CON
templated, 1t is provided that the eN-
ecutive council may then cohsluer
what steps viii be necessary 10 ophse
the party against Whom Juugineht en-
has been given to comply with me
decisions OF the councli,
After having read Articles Mn,
President Wilson also stopped ana
said:
Let me say that before belng EN-
bodied III this document TINS was m mtne
subject matter OF very carelul us
cussion by representatives of the flVe
greater parties, and that thelr unan-
imous conclusion is the matter en-
bodied in this article.
No Serious Differcnces.
After having read the entire docu-
nnnt President Wilson continued as
follows:
at gives me pleasure 10 aud 10 lhls
formal reading OF the result OF our
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
WIRELESS CONTROLLED
T0RPEO0ES SUCCESS

Washington, Feb. 14.-Army and
naval experts have reported the de-
vice of John Hays Hammond. Jr., for
radio control of surface craft to be
sent laden with explosives against
enemy ships, success and predict
similar results with submerged craft
showing above water only wire an
tennae.
Results of tests were made public
today in connection with the fortifi-
cation bill which carries $417.000 for
construction OF nexperimental SUBJ
merged boat.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
ENGLAND IS FREEING
ENEMIES IN EMPIRE

London, Feb. IA (Reuters), In the
house of commons today Edward
Shortt, home secretary, stated that
the general repatriation of allen
enemies in the United Kingdom was
being carried out as far as shipping
permitted. over 5000 had been re-
patriated since the armistice. At the
present time 1S.600 enemy civilians
are intesned in the United Kingdom
Winston Spencer Churchill stated
that a committee was considering the
question of enabling the relatives to
visit graves In France and Flanders.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
ARMED FORCE IS KEPT IN
BACKGROUND IN SOCIETY
0F NATIONS CONSTITUTION
BUT It IS THERE WILSON
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS POWER
TO DISCUSS ALL PROBLEMS BUT
APPEAL LIES TO LARGER BODY

Document Not Staghacke but Vehicle Of Life, Is General
Most of Its Terms but Definite in Its Effort to Guarantee
Peace; President Declares That Constitution Will GLaran
tee the World Against Any Future Wars; Furthermore 1t
Is Not League to Enforce Peace Only but One Which May
Be Used for Cooperation in Any international Enterprise.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
THE WEATHER
FORECAST.

Denver, Colo, Feb. 14.-New Mex
Sco. Saturday fair. Sunday partly
cloudy: little change IN temperature,
Arizona: Saturday fair east, partly
cloudy west portion; slightly warmer;
Saturday cloudy.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
President Wilson Reads Constitution to
PLenary Session OfInter-AlHed Council
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO CONSIST
OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM FIVE
GREAT POWERS NOW IN COUNCIL

Four Other States May Be Admitted Later On Agreement of
Five Charter Members; Compulsory Arbitration Provided
For; International Army Plan Not Included but Each State
Will Be Called Upon for Men in Case of Necessity Colonies
Taken From Germany To Be Governed Under Mandatory
Plan, the Mandatory Power to Report to the Executive
Council
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-15
Not a Company Operating
Strong Enough to Continue
Three Months Unless There
IS Change, MCCIuSky Says.
CONGRESS URGED TO
AID EXPORT TRADING
Government Aid for Industry
Which Will Permit Long
Time Credits Endorsed at
Recent Conference.
tey MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wIssl

Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 14.-The cop
per industry in the United states is
facing the gravest crisis in its history
the market is dead, prices are falling
and there is not a company operating
strong enough financially to continue
work for more than three months un-
less there is a big change in condi-
tons. These form a summary of con-
dltlons in the copper industry as an
nounced here tonight by II. S. McClus-
KY, member of the executive board of
the international Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers. who has just
returned from a conference with the
department of labor at Washington
AT the conference were representa-
yves from the copper camps of Ari-
zona, Utah and Montana, the labor
department was finance corporation,
United States bureau OF mines and
the American Federation of Labor.
The Remedy.
The remedy for the situation was
presented in resolution adopted at
the conference urging the department
of labor to continue its conferences
with employers to bring about har-
mony in the copper camps and ask
ing congress to pass such legislation
authorizing government aid for Amer
icanican industries as will furnish the
necessary long time credits to facli-
tate the resumption of export trade.
In his statement on the condition
of the copper business, MIR. McClusky
said
There now exists an unsold cop
per stock of 100000 pounds, repre-
senting $4,000 600 tied up in copper
by private interests, produced on a
wage scale based on a 26 cents a
pound price and none of 1t can be
marketed at anywhere near that fig
ure. There also is a stock of copper
on hand in England, France and Italy,
while large amounts of scrap metals
are for sale resulting from the can
collation. of munitions contracts. For
eign held copper is being marketed
under government control and the
foreign governments are discouraging
and some of them prohibiting copper
Importation,
Business Cut Off
I'm the domestic market cancella-
ton of munitiOn contracts has cut off
business. Readiustment to peace
conditions will take some time and a
gap in the business is the result.
Pricesare Telling and buyers lack
courage to purchase.
For every cent less than 26 cent?
in the selling price of copper, the pro-
ducers will lose $l0,000,000, and a
very serious factor, apart from the
fact that practically no sales have
been made for ninety days and there
are none in sight.
About 2,500,000,0O0 pounds were
produced in 1918, as against a yearly
pre-war production of 1900 900, 600
pounds, Normal consumption before
the was about 125,O00,000 pounds a
month. The normal sales may be re-
covered, but we can hardly expect the
sales to warrnt the production of
200, ,000,000 pounds monthly"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-30
TOMS HUNT

There was once little boy
named Tom. One day his father
game him hunting spear, and his
father and his fathers friend went
out hunting for wild boar. Toms
father told him to stay at home,
because he would be in the way.
Tom said he would. Then they set
off after the wild boar. After a
little bit Tom set off with his spear
for the woods. 1t was not long
when Tom turned round and saw
bear. Then he knelt and pointed
his spear toward the bear. The
bear came on. Tom Jagged part of
the front of the bears body. The
bear was ready to hug Tom to
death, when a dog came leaping
out of the woods with ten little
puppies. She had been left behind
with her puppies. She bounced on
the bears back and slung the bear
of Tom. Then some wood choppers
came along and chopped the bears
head off-Richard Webb, Warner
school. grade 4B.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-30
Libertvs Goddess in Bronze

one sees when coming into the
beautiful harbor of New York.
NJ. Frederic Bartholdi was born
in Alsace, in 1884, and died in Paris
in 1904, famous as sculptor.
One time, when he could not work
| in Paris, on account of trouble in
The government, he visited Amer
lea, and it was when he arrived in
the harbor of New York city that
he thought of this wonderful statue
as a flaming welcome to the Land
of Liberty. He then returned to
France, and was helped by his
people with the money, so that,
after working upon it for twenty
years, he saw finished, the finest
work of his life.
Larger than Famous Rhodes Statue
The Americans made the pedes-
tai on which the statue stands.
The figure of the Goddess herself is
ISL feet high, or about forty feet
higher than the tower Of the Reid
Memorial church. This measure is
taken from the heel to the top of
the torch held in her appraised hand.
One finger nail measures Is by 10
inches, Can you think of a finger
vail as big as that?
In this torch there Is always light
kept there by the lighthouse serv-
ice of the Government-in fact,
it is really great lighthouse, too.
Even the famous old statue at
Rhodes, which was so big and so
high that people called it one Of
the seven wonders of the world,
was smaller than our Lady OF Lib
erty, for it was supposed to have
been only los feet high.
The statue weighs 225 tons, and
forty people can stand comfortably
in the head of it, while. twelve can
stand in the torch. There are 400
steps from the bottom of the ped
estal to the top of the torch. The
cost Of this great figure which is
all made of bronze, Is about $780,
00o and the cost Of the entire
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-30

If there is one thing that all re-
turning soldiers hail with delight,
it is the sight of the Goddess OF
Liberty. We have heard many re-
marks they have made about their
JOY at seeing her again, such as:
When l saw the Lady again |
wanted to jump overheard and
swim to her, just to show her how
glad | was to see her again. and
IF the Goddess of Liberty ever
sees me again, she'll have to turn
around"
Ofcourse the reason they say
this, is because the Goddess of Lib
erty is the first sight the returning
soldiers see, that makes them
think they are really getting home
again. But the Goddess of Liberty
is great deal more than just a
wonderful, welcoming sight. 1t is a
beautifully made statue that per
fectly expresses what it's maker
wanted it to express. and that is
more than some statues do And
this is what it stands for, and the
message it sends out to people:
Here is freedom, and wherever
freedom is, people can live happily
and grow splendidly." The name
of this statue is. Liberty Enlight-
ening the World"
A smaller copy of this statue is
in Bordeaux, France, in park
there; and a very, very tiny copy of
it is in the lobby of the Y NJ c. A.,
right here in Richmond, where you
all have probably seen it.
Dedicated to U. S. in 1886.
The Goddess of Liberty was
made by Frederic Bartholdi. and
was given to the United States by
the French Government in COM
of the hundredth an
Of the Declaration of
1t was unveiled
and dedicated by President Cleve-
land, on October %, 1886. 1t is
erected on a little island, called
Bedloe's, one of the first islands
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-30
Joe and the Cakes

Years ago there lived a bad boy,
whose name was Joseph. They nic} Il
named him 10 One day his mahseY
said to him, 10, take this box Of
cakes to the baker to be sugared
on top" Now 10 liked cakes and
80 he ate them all. When he got
to the bakery, he gave the empty
box to the baker and told him to
sugar them on top. When the baker
took the box out to the other men,
Joe spied another box of cakes,
which were already sugared. He
sneaked out with it.
But when the baker found out
that his box of cakes were gone,
and when father found out that Joe
had eaten the first box of cakes,
sad, sad, was the ending of what
Joe thought would have been a
happy story.
The End.
George G. Snider, age II.