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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
SOuABBLEs GALORE
ON WAITING LIST IN
THE GGTH CONGRESS
It Appears Peace Conference
Needed at Washington to
Calm Agitated Solons; Both
Houses Scene of Strife.

Washington, March 17-So many in
ternal tempests have been stirred up
for the seth congress in advance of its
meeting that it appeared today as
though the first days of the session
would need the services of the peace
conference.
"The political rows" which are agi-
tating both the solons here and those
who are to come, are:
IA contest between Repre-
sentative Mann, Illinois, and Rep
resentative Lonsworth for control
of tho Republican organization.
2--Champ Clark, former speaker,
(backed, of course, by large
number of Democrats,) and an
anti. Clark faction, determined to
beat him for tho Democratic
leadership of the next house.
"a contest between senate
Progressives and Republican
"ReguIars" for control Of tho or
uanization of that body.
A contest against Boise PEN
rose, chairman of tho senate fl
nance committee, being supported
by Progressives.
Anti Mann forces said today they
have an organization of 60 which will
insurge against Mann's leadership
without ceasing.
In the fight against Clark, Repre-
sentative Lever, South Carolina, has
now Joined openly. Clark is being at
tackled on the ground he has not sup
ported the Wilson administration
staunchly enough.
The Penrose fight and the fight on
ancient rules in the senate, led by
Progressives, are quiet but plans will
soon be made for opening active hos
tilities.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
WHITE SEES GRAVE
PERIL IN SITUATION
At PARIS CONCLAvE
Says Last Weeks Events Plain
ly Indicate World Drift to
Choas; Find Boche Unable to
Pay War Costs.
By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
(CopYriRht 1Q1Q hN The Wheeler SYN.

By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
Copyright, 1919, by The Wheeler SYM
dicate, Inc.)
Paris, March .16.-Four apparently
unrelated yet important facts hap
pened last week In France which
indicated plainly the world drift to
chaos. First. the committee to find
ways and means of raising Germany's
war debt have discovered that Ger
many today has no means of paying
for reparation and actual damages, to
say nothing of indemnities and war
costs. The committee not caring to
make this report to the peace comrnis-
sion asked for more definite instruc-
tions to gain time. Then the commits
sion demanded an immediate report
and the committee is trying to conceal
it's embarrassment In diplomatic Ian
guage.
Item Number Two-Loyd George,
who, during his December campaign,
promised that Germany should pay to
the last farthing, now declares in pub
lie that Germany is giving every sign
of going to pieces.
Item Three-The Daily Mall an
nounces that the Principos conference
with the Russian governments has
definitely been abandoned.
Item Four-The United States is be-
ing blamed for preventing settlement
of the Polish question by blocking an
international ruling in the peace con-
ference providing that rail and water
rates through any country shall be the
same for shippers, as they are to home
shippers. We take this ground, claim
ing that such a ruling would give the
leage of nations the right to inquire
| into American transcontnental rates.
This position of course is based upon
shivering fear of the senate.
UNITED STATE LOSING PRESTIGE.
Now the relation of these four items
| Is found in the Bolshevist menace. II
| Germany goes to pieces and does not
| pay her war debt, France cannot meet
her obligations and England and
| France, having won the war and see
| ing the loser sneak out Of paying for
| the damage done. will argue that Ger
many's method of avoiding payment of
her foreign debt points the way to a
method of cancelling the whole war
debt at home. Now If America, fear
| ing the senate, blocks sensible set
| tlement of Polish rights to the harbOr
of Dantzig, under the same rates that
Germans have, Europe will begin to
resent American domination greatly.
America is the worlds creditor and
naturally soon will be hated by the
rest of the world, and in 1t will be
easy to repudiate the debt to America
as Russia has done and as Germany
soon may do. France is in the midst
of a three days financial debate In
which, for the first time, the French
people will learn that their government
faces grave situation financially.
France has imposed little taxes on the
rich during the war, but has bought
bonds upon paper currency. depending
upon the defeated Germans to pay the
bonds, as well as the damage done to
France property.
OWN PANIC POSSIBLE.
| Now when 1t becomes known that
| Americans are blocking peace prog
ress, fearing q recationary senate lead
\
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
SOME OF NON PARTISAN
LEAGUE LEGISLATION TO
BE VOTED ON BY PEOPLE
Leaders Agree to Submit Contested
Laws 20 Referendum-Seek to
Clear League Record.

Bismarck, N. D., March 17.-Non-
Partisan league leaders today
agreed to submit some Of the leg
islation passed at the recent ses-
sion Of the general assembly to
referendum vote. The purpose,
they declared, was not to defeat
the measures, but to clear the rec
ord Of the league.
Attorney General William Lab
gar, Auditor Curl r. kositxy and
Treasurer Obert Olson, league
leaders, declared they favored cir
cuIatins petitions asking for a ref
ersndum on the judicial redistrict-
ina bill and tho bill putting school,
penal and charitable institutions
under 4 commission Of five. These,
they asserted, were not part Of the
league program.
Governor Lynn Frazier and 9TH
er league leaders said they did not
favor referendum vote on the state
bank bill, as the law, now in oper1
alton, would be delayed pending
the special election Of 10000 votes
of the referendum elections.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
JAPANESE VOLCANO HURlS
LAVA ON NEARBY TOWNS

Tokyo, March 16.-Asama- Yama, a
volcano on Pondo island 80 miles
northwest of Toxic, became active
yesterday. Eruption had been expect
ed for two weeks following rumblings
and a flow of hot mud.
with tremendous roar the vol
cano exploded yesterday, showering
lava rocks three inches thick over
many nearby towns. Flames leaped
hundreds of feet into the air and
dense smoke darkened a wide radius
No loss of life Is reported. Damage
to crops was heavy, according to ad-
vices from Kanazawa. One rock the
size of freight car fell in that city
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17


WANTS EAnIs TIASc'
An early peace Is desired ny Fesi-
dent wilson, ~ was stated anu ne
hoids that inclusion Oh the ieasu ue III
the pact is Vltai 10 america. nc was
SAID TO De especlaiy surpriseu
Pichon IN view OF tne Iact INA. 'ne
FRENCH along with the otners' sisneu
the pienary resoiution IN january ioi
the ieague's inclusion.
The president planned 10 attend TINS
afternoons meeting OF the supreme
war council, and those close 10 MN
believed that q re-statement OF MS po-
sition might be forthcoming.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
SEEK OAKLAND YOUTH AS
vI0LAT0R OF MANN LAW

Oakland, Cal. March 17-Charging
Mann act violation, police are today
seeking Leon Barker, 1S-year- old son
of Henry Barker, local hotel man. The
quest follows confession, police say
by Doris Wagner. 16, of Oakland, that
she accompanied the missing youth to
Reno and lived as his wife. Barker has
been sought for several days by his
father. No trace had been found until
Miss Wagner, with whom the youth
had kept company, was interviewed.
To the police the girl stated that
they went to Reno by Sacramento.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
German Reds, Spurred by Gov
ernment's Weakening Power,
Schedule Establishment of
Soviet Regime Next Month";. 4
CABINETS POSITION NOW
SERIOUSLY THREATENED
Spartacans Readily Evade Eb-
ert's Military Net and Con-
stant Reinforcements Added
to Ranks; Deny Reported
Atrocities.

Copenhagen, March 17-John
Won Arnin, former commander Of
the German armies in Flanders,
was clubhed to death by mob
of infuriated peasants in Asch,
Bohemia It was reported in dis.
patches received here today.
The murder Of Won Arnim fol-
lowed his firing shots at peasants
who trespassed on his grounds.
Afterwards the peasants pillaged
the castle.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
SOLON'S QUERY ABOUT
CONTROLLERS STATUS
ROUSES GLASS WRATH

Washington, March 17.-Repre.
sentative McF'adden today drew the
fire of Secretary Glass over the
Pennsylvanian's query as to how
John Shelton Williams was being
retained as controller Of the cur
rency. Glass even returned McFad-
denis letter, saying he did not care
to retain it for his files"
Glass explained privately that he
was authorized by law to make a
continuing appointment in the case,
but in his reply to McFadden, he
declared that he felt under no obli-
cation to respond to an extensively
impertinent and deliberately me-
dacious communication
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
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FAVOR GENERAL STRIKE,
DEMAND MOONEY FREED
AT DETROIT CoNCLAvE

Detroit, Mich, March 17.--About
10000 men roared out their demand
for the release of Thomas Mooney
at a meeting here last night. ad-
dressed by Max Eastman. In one
voice they also indorsed a call for
general strike Of workers in the
United States on July I. East
man was applauded when he de
nounced espionage and deplored
the falling of Debs.
Scores OF girls and women cir
culated through the crowd selling
red badges and were themselves
decked ont In flaming colors.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17

Newark, N. j., March 17.-Strlking
street car workers voted today on a
proposal submitted by the war labor
board for settlement of their contro-
versy with the traction company. 1t
was expected this vote would end the
strike which tied up trolley travel in
northern New Jersey. A federal medi-
ator win referee the question of rec
ognition of the amalgamated union,
which is one of the demands of the
strikers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
ADDS FIRE TO FIGHT.
BY ROBERT J. BENDER

Washington, March 17.-Apparent
disagreement between President Will
son and Foreign Minister Pinchon as
to whether the league of nations COW
enant could be embodied in the first
peace treaty completed with Germany,
added fire to the league fight here to-
day.
Administration officials were OBJ
viously confused at the situation aris-
ing in Paris. 1t had been the view
here that the first or preliminary
treaty" with Germany would be vir-
tual extension of the armistice, not
subject to ratification by the senate
and therefore not necessarily contain
ing the league covenant. United Press
dispatches today, however, indicate
that the preliminary treaty will be
subject to senate ratification and will
cover most of the peace treaty ar
ticles, including those for reparation
and indemnities and for arranging
boundaries.
FIGHT TO FINISH.
In view of this, the president will
certainly carry his fight to finish
for embodiment Of the league in the
first treaty.
Obstacles in the path of this fight
involve the calling of meeting OF
neutrals on March 20-just five days
before the preliminary treaty with
Germany Is now scheduled to be ready
for neutral views on the league aues-
ton. Also, the increasing demands
for an early peace in all the allied
countries and the growing seriousness
of the situation in Germany, as dis
closed by United Press dispatch from
Berlin today, indicate there might be
little enthusiasm for another attempt
by the president to prolong compile
tion of the treaty by insisting upon in
| lection of the league covenant.
RIlED AT COLLEAGUES.
The presidents predicament led to
/ star chamber" discussions in some
quarters of his probable disappoint-
/
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
SEVEN KNOWN DEAD IN OKLAHOMA STORMS
Scores Injured Tremendous Property Loss in Wake of Tor
nado Series That Swept the State From Southeast
Northwest Rain Deluge Damages Kansas Towns


Oklahoma City, Okla, March II
Seven persons are dead ana
scores injured, some of whom may
die, following the series Of torna-
does that swept Oklahoma from
southwest to northwest Saturday
night. Property damage is esti-
mated to run into six figures. Z.
o. Foust and his wife at Hinton,
Okla, were killed, several others
were hurt and damage estimates
are high in the thousands. Nine
residence and 20 barn buildings
were demolished.
Dipping at scattered points all
across Kingfisher county, the tor
nado Killed three outright and Sc
verely injured several more.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
TO ASK PASSPORT
Irish Parliament Seeks British
Permit for Delegates to
Attend Conference.

Dublin. March 1.-THE Irish parlia-
ment. which will convene again in a
few days, will ask the British govern
ment to provide safe conduct for Its
delegates--Professor Edward de Va
lera. Arthur Griffith and Count Plum
kett to attend the peace conference, it
was announced today. A number Of
members who recently were released
from English prisons will attend par
lament for the first time.
In asking safe conduct. for its dele
gates the Irish parliament will take
the same action that any independent
country would. If the Irish wished to
recognize British authorities, they
would ask merely for passports,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
"PRINCESS PATS" HOME
AFTER 4 YEARS OF WAR

Halifax, N. S.. March 17.-Princess
Patricia's own regiment, the "Prin-
cess Pats arrived here today aboard
the transport Carmania from England,
after having served four years in the
war.
The Princess Pats" were the first
Canadian troops to fight on French
soil. Only eight of the original bat
TALON returned, 1t was said.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
WIRING AP0L L0GIES FROM
SLAVS FOR FLAG INSULT

Spalato, March 17.--As a result of
the incident of March s when the
Jugo- -Slavs compelled an Italian war
ship to haul down It's flag. British and
American destroyers arrived here to-
day and required the Jugo-Sl to
apologize to the Italian commander.
The apologies were made ABOARD an
Italian destroyer, in the presence of
allied officers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
BY FRANK ]. TAYLOR.


>SopSiish'' 1919 ny ohileo fress.'
Berlin, March 13.-tBy Courier to
Paris. .)-German radicals heartened by
the failure of the government to COM
pletely stamp out the Spartacan up
rising, are planning to proclaim estab-
lishment of a soviet government next
month.
While the cabinet continues to strug-
gle with the Spartacans and tries to
untanrle the apparently homeless food
and industrial and political problems.
all radical elements are uniting in per
fecting their revolutionary program
They are confident they will win from
the exhausted government. Even gov
eminent officials are beginning to ad-
NIT the cabinets position is seriously
threatened despite the optimistic re-
ports given out by the official press
bureau. and the semi official Wolff
agency. Conservative members of the
foreign office. supporters of War Min
lister Noske and Others are speculating
as to the endurance of the Ebert
Scheidemam government.
REDS EvApe NET.
Although the government has bv no
means suffered military defeat. it's
troops have not succeeded in surround :
ing the Spartacans. who have escaped
from various nets AMI have retreated
into the suburbs. where they are re-
sistinr desperately and cIeverly. The
government SO far has been unable
to muster enough troops to capture
the Spartacaps and at the same time
effectively guard the large Berlin area,
The newspapers are filled with appeals
for volunteers, but responses are negli-
rible.
It has become evident that large
numbers of the Spartacans who es-
caped from Berlin are stirring up fur
ther trouble in outlying districts. Their
hatred has been famed by Noske's
order to execute all who resist the
government. The radicals regard this
as n sign of weakness and final des-
peration ON the part OF the govern.
ment. They emphatically DENY atroci
ties attributed to them by the govern
ment. declaring such stories are being
used in an effort to win the peoples
support of Noske's harshness.
SLAMS cp,mINA,e
iney du. nc. u.ouo.es ,. so'
'apeu es a~,,a,.n % hmt sa~ tbesa infreansn, t
occurrences have been capitalized b,
the government press bureau and the
Wolff agency. The people, following
their usual custom, believe or disbe
lieye these stories according to the fac,
tion with which they are in sympathy
Regardless of any claims which ma,
be made by government agencies, Ger
many is rapidly becoming converted t,
soyietism, as the result of radical pro
papanda and agitation. At the begin
ming of this year the vast majority o
Germans was strongly opposed to tn
soyiets on the ground that such or
ranizations signified Bolshevism. IT
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
PUBLIC TO BE JUDGE AT
LOWELL-LODGE TALKFEST

Boston, March 1.-THE public will
be the Judge in the debate on the
league of nations between Senator
Lodge and DR.. Lowell, of Harvard,
here Wednesday evening, it was
learned today. There will be no Off
cial judges, it was stated
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
sAvAR,AN DIET 70 MEET.

Berne, March 1.-THE Bavarian diet
was scheduled to meet today to dis
cuss socialization of Bavaria, proposed
by the Socialists, it was announced in
a dispatch from Munich.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
RAIN ON RAMPAGE.

Kansas City, Mo-. March H.
Thousands of dollars worth OF
damage to farm lands and small
towns was the result, it was be-
lieved today, of unprecedented
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
JERSEY CAR STRIKERS
CONSIDER PROPOSALS
OF WAR LABOR BOARD

Newark, N. j., March 17.-Ths
New Jersey trolley strike will end
tomorrow morning at 4 o'clock.
Union car mon 1900 strong OF
the Essex division this afternoon
voted unanimously to accept the
terms Of q truce, granting concss-
sions TO the mon.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
RoMANoNEs TO sEE WILSON.

Madrid. March 17.-Premier Ro-
manones will go to Paris shortly to
confer with President Wilson, it was
announced today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
GALE SWEEPS IOWA.

Clinton, Iowa, March 17-Thou-
sands of dollars worth Of damage
was created by a tornado which
swept across the west end of Clin-
ton county at o'clock Saturday
night. At Lowden the roof of a
grain elevator was torn off and a
dance hall blown down. Near
Toronto barns were destroyed and
farm houses damaged. No loss Of
life or personal injuries are re-
mort ed
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17

Many families were forced to
flee from their homes. Flood
warnings were sent out today from
Wichita, Lawrence and Bonner
Springs, where further danger was
anticipated.
Two cloudbursts caused at least
100000 damage to business houses
at Atchison. Kan. Nearly mile
OF Santa Fe railroad tracks was
washed out near Richland. Kan,
and traffic on the Missouri Pacific
was interrupted by inundated
roads. ~
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-17
MAY DEMAND MORE.

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CONTINUED on Page Two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-17

from his holiday in Paris just in time. Let him order forthwith that there shall be no smoking in the Young Womens Christian association. Eng fish. Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Establish ed. or Nonconformist. married or sin- gle, black or white, bond or free; and any first infraction of this order should be punished by internment on Salis- bury plain or the Isle of Man, sec- ond infraction by personal expiation, in the Tower of the offense; let tho young smoking Christian women Sit in solemn silence in a dull
 dark dock,
 In pestilential prison with a lifelong
 lock
 Awaiting the sensation of short sharp
 shock
 From a cheap and chippy chopper on a
 big black block.
 The British public is surely in no humor now to lose the war by futile division of opinion. All for one ana one for all---thats the ticket, and tha only one,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-17

1 M1{H 7 ASHINGTON, February 1s. l W\V (SpeciaL)-"Kiaochow Chi- ma, seized by Germany in | 1897. captured from the Germans by Japan when the latter ente-
 re the world war in 1914, and now controlled by Japan undtr a treaty of 1915 which the Chinese declare nuga- tory. promises to furnish at the peace | table a sort of test case for the ad- the two oriental powers," states bulletin-- of the National Geographic society.
 Following the murder of two Ger man missionaries in 1897, Germany employed her retaliatory seizure of kiaochow was means of obtaining an indemnity and 99-year lease on | Tsingtau and the bay of Kiaochow. She gave the name of Kiaochow to the en- tire German concession, which is not to be confused with the nearby city of kthe same slame, not within the German zone. The oppression includes '~he German built city of Tsingtau. outlS- | i.i7 ~"N iio, ohN tuC Udys HUH 1 narrow outlet into the Yellow sea on | the west coast of the province of Shan- l tung.
 'Tsingtau illustrates aptly Ger l manys per-war methods of getting | foreign foothold in anticipation of her dream of world domination. The l setting of this effort lay in a province
 conspicuous in Chinese history for l 1000 years and revealing traces of pre-
 Chinese inhabitants. For Shantung
 was the birthplace and teaching field
 both of Confucius and Mencius. There
 also the boxer movement first was di- ! rected against foreigners.
 "But the harbor of Kiaochow, appa- | rently, interested the Germans more
 than history. It is considered one of the | best along the Chinese coast and to have a stronger natural defense than Port Arthur.
 l Back of the city rise hills as high
 as 1000 feet and range 600 feet high
 dominates the harbor. This range was
 utilized by the Germans for forts where l they mounted powerful Krupp guns, commanding every point of land and | sea approach. When the Germans
 completed their defenses Tsingtau was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-17
KIAOCHOW IN DISPUTE

considered one of the most strongly fortified ports on the globe.
 "All this protection was not to be afforded fishing village and a none too busy harbor Natives were per suaded to move and the lessors built a typical German city on the site of Tsingtau. They also renamed the city, calling 1t Ching-tao. but the older name clung to it.
 Streets were laid out and given German names. German banks. Ger man industries. including breweries, and German hotels were established. No other Npostoffice than the German one was permitter to handle foreign mail.
 Germany obtained not only indemni- ties and the 193 square miles of area and bay described, but mining and railway concessions. Shantung has fertile, well cultivated lands. coal fields, deposits of iron, gold and other metals, and small diamonds are found. A railway was built to Chinanfu, con- nected with important inland lines.
 Perhaps these commercial advan- tages were incidental Said Theodor Springman in Deutschland und der Orient;' With the help of Turkey. h. dia and China may be conquered. Hay ing conquered these. Germany should civilize and Germanize the world, and the German languaue would become a world language
 Anyway, Germany was reluctant to relinquish her holdings. Japan bonn barded Tsingtau for more than two months, from land and sea, and mot until the Qualifications were practi- cally demolished did the garrison ca. pitulate, November z. 1914.
 Farther back in Shantung, des- criptive name meaning Eastern Hiiis,' is Mount Tashan, most revered of the five sacred mountains of the old em- pire, rising to height of 5100 feet. Born at Kinfau, near there, Confucius is said to have tried to reach it's top in vain, and temple stands now where he is thought to have halted. Kinfau, after 25oo years is populated largely by Confucius' direct descendants, thousands of whom bear his name, but none of whom ever attained a place of prominence in Chinese his tory"