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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

a platform of retrenchment, but he considered the bill to abolish the office spite work" Others, however, dis agreed with MT Ellis.
 In the closing argument for his mo- tion Faulk said, in answering the charge that the bill was the result Of an antagonistic feeling toward the head of the department, said he had always been a "dyed-in- -the-wool pro hibitionist. with no coclle-burrs in his mane, and I went all the way "l1n 'Brooksie.'" He said that he was glad that the prohibition question had been settled.
 This is believed to be the last effort to be made during the 1919 legislature to abolish the office of MT. Wallace The office has been attacked several times in the past, but friends cana to the rescue and held 1t intact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
NEW TARIFF

Australia, New Zealand, rough measure
 cargo, $25 per ton; fine measure cargo.
 s95 per ton; naked steel, $15 per ton;
 packed steel, SIS per ton. Capetown, weight $20 per ton; measure
 ment, S27 per ton. Algoa bay, weight, $2o6o; measurement,
 s27.6O.
 East London, weight, s21.2o; measure ment, $2S.20. Port Nagal, weight, s21S0; measure
 ment $2SS0 Delagoa bay, weight, S22.4o measure ment, S294O
 Beira, weight S2S: measurement, 80. To far eastern ports the rates quoted are s20 per ton, close measurement, and $25 for all other cargoes. They are eff fective February 1. Officials said it had been determined whether cuts would be made in Paclflc coast trade routes, which are the only main lines on which the schedules made up during the last six weeks have not
 been altered. It was said, however, that changes there were not likely unless com
 petitive conditions arise to produce the cutting which has marked the Atlantic operations during the last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
U. S. TO MEET CUT
By Associated Press

 Washington, January 3l-To meet fur iher rate reductions proposed for British vessels the shipping boards division ot operations tonight announced cuts in freight tariffs on cargo carried in Amer ican bottoms from north Atlantic ports of the United States to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Manila and Singa- pore and the usual ports of call. New rates to Australia, New Zealand and African ports effective immediately were ouOted as fOllOWS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
SPITE WORK. SAYS ELLIS

Among the speakers against the Faulk motion was Ellis of Elmore MT Ellis said he had been elected on
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
RAILROADS ID GET
 FUNDS ID OPERATE
Banks May Make Loans, Is One
 Plan Outlined

Washington. March 12.-Railroad executives and government represen- tatives have laid the foundation for the machinery through which loans Of banks and the war finance corpor- ati6n will be available to railroads during the next few months in lieu | Of the funds which congress failed to #pTovide.
 After conferences between num- Der of leading railroad corporation of 1 fcials of the war finance corporation and railroad administration a special finance committee of seven, headed by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, was created yester- day by the railroad executives to CO., operate with government agencies as a clearing house for financial ar rangem ents.
 An important feature of these ar engagements may be the issuance by the railroad administ ra ton of cOvern- ment warrants to railroads for the amount due them on settlements Of last years accounts and other debts. These warrants, virtually certificates of Indebtedness, would not be cashed until congress appropriated funds at , the next session, but would serve as collateral for loans to be arranged by each railroad company individual lY with it's bankers, or in special cases with the war finance corpora ton.
 Although no bankers participated directly in the conferences. they will be consulted informally by the execu tiveS and railroad administration of ficials. A number of prominent bank CTS were here during the day to con fer privately with railroad heads It appears probable that the war i- nance corporation will try to limit it's loans to railroad, corporations with ample credit, without reference to the government agencies to encourage bankers to take up most of the loans required. @&aAt the same time the rail- lish' a large. degree of uniformity in interest rates. This will be facilitat- ed by the potential resources of the war finance corporation. Secretary Glass at a. conference to- day with railroad administration and war. finance corporation officials is eN- pected to emphasize the desire of the treasury to keep railroad securities off the market until after the Victory Liberty Loan, which probably will close May 10. This can be done through negotiating short-term bank loans.
 Details of Financial Needs. s~~ Bringing forward the problem be- fore the conference. Director General Hines outlined as follows the needs of
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
FREE TRADE ADVOCATED
Society of League of Nations Also
 Wants All People Admitted.

Berne, March 11.-The internal conference of league of nations so- cietjes in session here today drew up two new resolutions to be addressed to the peace conference in Paris. One favored the participation of all self governing nations in the league and the other was in favor of free trads.
 The question of participation by the Vatican aroused much discussion, Prof. Forel, a Swiss delegate. oppos- ing it on the ground that if the Holy Sec became a nlcm Der, Buddhism and other religious systems would have 10 be admitted. The conference final ly decided, by a vote of 13 to B, to grant the Holy Sec sOmc voice. at least, in tho councils of the league.
 During tho discussion relative to free trade the existing blockade was sharply criticized as an insult to in TcrnationaI rights
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12

the railroads Up to June 30 next.
 For interest and other corporate requirements of the railroad corpora tlons, $166, ,066,762.
 To meet amounts due equipment companies by the railroad admins tration, $183, ,965.
 To pay for indispensable additions and betterm ents, including equip ment ordered by railroad companies 0,O00,000.
 To meet maturites of the raltfo'u corporations, s1OO,04S,965.
 To meet excess of cash requllo- ments to pay current roucheIS o1 the probable receipts up to Malc1i "A' 1919. $101, 100000. a+
 T bring cash balances ln laau ooo federal treasurers up to sooo'Voo, eor which is the normal requirements h'' one month. s4O,OO0.o0o.
 Total, S701, ,697,692. ,u;nf Last night Mir Hines made ,l I0A statement relative to the Worh Ut 'liy :, conference. Tt was hlauo t said Mir Hines. that to large eN 'IiV NteliT it will be necessary for the raiii os1' l corporatiOns to meet tlell ments by obtaining loans II oiA CTS. the resources of the War lllI''.o Iat i corporation 10 Ut lc00i
 | special cases. 4,o oo,,- 1 fo.onca generally. proceeded on the 1 view, that it was highly deslraole to ] de1-ise ways to provide for payment 1 of bills and have the situation met +brouch. financing rather than oy a ~rnrera1 suspersiOn of work, "hlch 1rould have q, deterrent effect upon business generally.
 The director general told the con- ference that he was considering the advisability of having the rallroad q administration issue, under reasonable conditions and Limitations, warrants for amounts due railroad corporal tions, such warrants to be in a form which would serve as collateral TOT railroad corporations desiring to make loans through banks, and such war rants to be taken up by the railroad administration when the congress makes the appropriation needed to meet the situation.
 MT. Eugene Meyer, Jr.. manager director of the War Finance corpora tion assured the director general and the conference that the corpora tion was desirous of doing everything possible to assist in meeting the sit uation, having in mind the interests of the government i'll protecting loans and the legal limits placed upon the corporation.
 "A spirit of hearty cooperation was evidenced by the railroad execu- tivcs. through Mr. Howard Elliott, who appeared as acting chairman of the railroad executives committee, and other railroad corporation of
 fcials. The conferences have not yet been concluded.'
 Those attending the conference were: The Director General, Walker D. Hines; Howard Elliott. chairman Northern Pacific; F.. s. Lovett; presi- dent Union Pacific; Daniel Willard. president Baltimore x Ohio: Samuel
 Pea, president Pennsylvania; Woou- ward Hudson, president BcEton & Maine; Harry Bronner, president Mis- souri Pacific; vice president and gen.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
GIRL SCOUTS TO DRILL.
All Members in This City Will Meet
 at '. w C. \. Tonight

All the girl scout troops of the city will beet at the |. ". C. A. this eve- ming for a military drill under the di- rection of Dwight Skinner. These joint meetings will be held once q month, and 8 different program has been arranged for each meeting.
 The girl scout troops which will be represented are Troop 1 of the South Congregational church, with Miss Ia- gel Fosgato ca ptoir; Troop ?, Center Congregational church, Miss Agnes Johnson, captain; Troop 3, Trinity Methodist church. Miss Emma Pc land, captain; Troop I, St. Mark $ Episcopal church, Miss Elizabeth Harmed, captain; Troops , and 6, Y. w. CA, Miss Ruth Loomis. captain; Troop s, Stanley Memorial church, Miss Hope Schmidt. captain.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
GETTING THE NEWS
 ID A. [. F. FORCES
Y. M, (. A. Has Charge of News.
 paper Delivery Overseas

Paris. March 12.-Natural- born newspaper readers, the men of tho American expeditionary force in Ger many. Alsace and Lorraine continue in the armistice lull to show the same news appetite which kept Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries busy delivering dailies in the heart of the Argonne forest while the fighting was hottest. More than 60,000 daily newspapers in English are sent from Paris every morning to the Americans in the enemy territory.
 A Y. M. C. A. courier escorts the papers to Metz, unloads them there sleeps in the station to guard them, reloads them on another train the next morning, throws off one-third of them to other ''Y" courierS who meet the train at Treves and escorts the balance on to Coblenz. The troops in Luxembourg, Alsace and Lorraine are served in the same way. Nothing else the !. A[ C. A. distributes at this time is SO eagerly and generally sought as these papers. and as a large percent age of them are the Paris editions of American newspapers, it is possible for the soldiers to get the world news in English language papers almost as soon as the people in Paris. This is in addition to great numbers of pa pers from America, not so fresh, but eagerly read.
 "Getting the news to the A. l.. F. has been a difficult but much appre- ciatod task all through the war" D. k. Metcalf of the library department of the Y. M. c. A, who has the work in charge, said yesterday. Recently we received a telegram saying the men in one division of the army of occupation Were not getting thir pa pers, though We had been sending them regularly. So we are sending them by special convoy wherever pos sible, and are working for still more effective service. In December we distributed 2,360,345 newspapers and 379,000 ma gazines. not counting old magazines and newspapers, which are not counted but handled in sack lots. The Y. M. c. A. will be glad to hear from any division which is not getting it's papers as promptly as 1t should, for we are eager to get the news to the men while if is news.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
No Covenant to Make War.

Article XVI. is the penalizing sec
 ton. Whenever a member of the
 league violates it's covenant not to
 make war under article XII. it is an
 act of war against the other men-
 bcrs and they arc to levy boycott
 against the outlaw nation. There is
 in the covenant no covenant or agree
 met by them to make war. An act
 Of War does not produce q state of
 war unless the nation acted against
 chooses to declare and wage war on
 account of it. The executive council is given the duty of recommending what forces should be furnished by the mem bers of the league to protect the covenants of the league. The members are required to allow mili- tary forces of members of the league. cooperating to protect the covenants, pass age through their territory. Of this article Senator Knox says:
 If any of the high constructing parties breaks it's covenant under ar ticlc XII, then We must fly to arms to protect the covenants. Again he says of if: Whether or not We participate and the amount of our participation in bclligertnt operations is determin- ed not by ourselves but by the ex- ccutiVe council i'll which We have seemingly, at most, but one voice out 1 of nine, no matter what we think Ot ] the controversy, no matter how we view the wisdom Of a war over the ] cause--we are bound to go to war when and in the manner the execu- 1 tive council determines.
 1 Again Senator Knox says the pow 1 CT of the executive council is that of ! recommending what effective military l or naval forces each member of the l league shall contribute to protect the ! covenants of the league not only 1 against league members but non- 1 league members: that is as a practical matter, the power to declare war. ] 1T submit in all fairness that there ! never was a more palpable non-
 sequitur than this I venture to think l that were Senator Knox charged as 1 secretary of state as cOnstruing the ] obligation of the United States under 1 this covenant he would on behalf of 1 the United States summariIy reject such 8. construction.
 ! By what manner Of reasoning can 1 the word 'recommend' be converted ' into a word of direction or command |? 1 Yet upon this interpretation of the l meaning of the words 'recomme end , 1 advise and words of like import as
 they occur in many articles, depends ] of the executive council under the 1 covenant and their supor sovereign 1 character.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
JEWS SAIL FOR EUROPE.
Will Support Claims of Jews in East
 eIn ElITopc

New York, March 12.-Several rep resentatives of the council of the Jewish committee sailed for Paris to- day to attend the peace conference.
 They are to support the position of the Jews of eastern Europe for granting of full civil, political and religious rights in the lands where they are now withheld and for as surance of adequate guarantees to safeguard these rights
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
IRISH SOCIETY GROWING.

Over 100 applications for member ship in the New Britain branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom were acted favorably upon at the meeting of the organization last night Off, cerS for the ensuing year were chosen, and they will be installed in office at the next regular meeting, March 20. At that time the new charter for the local branch will he ready for in- spection.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12

eral Counsel Great Northern, {no name GiveD H. Walters chairman At lantlc Coast Line: Charles r. Perkins, president Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; F. D. Underwood, president Erie; w. P. Williams. chairman Wa bash, also vice president Delaware X Hudson; w. k. Vanderbilt Jr., presi- dent New York Central; W. H. Harris. vice president, New York Central; Charles A. Peabody. president Illi- nois Central; F. G. Buckland, presi- dent New York New Haven X Hart ford; Agnew T. Dice. president Phila- delph1a & Reading; William IT. Fon~ leE' president Chicago & Northwest efn' L.. l.. Johnson. president Norfolk " western; representative and coun- sel of Seaboard Air Line: Henry
 Nhulahder, president St Louis-San francisco: r Charles E. Schaff, receiver
 Nlssour1, Kansas & Texas; Franklin ,,, grown, chairman, and Frederick w. scott and James N. Wallace, ,iliailce advisory committee; Eugene 1heSer' Jr., managing director war riidilce corporation; Clifford NJ.
 leonard and Angus w Mclean. di- le0'ors war finance corporation; Fair AaA Harrison, president Southern; <Alhred D. Thom, general counsel southern.
 After the general conference the
 fa4lroad executives themselves met
 "iiu adopted these resolutions: |. That it is the sense of this coh1erence of railroad executives that
 the railroad companies will in the present financial emergency. cO-oDer-
 ofi
 way With tho railroad administration
 in it's efforts to provide for financial feQ'nfenents pending an appropria- tlon by congress to relieve the situa- tion,
 That while the problems to be met are largely matters between the ! lldlFldual roads, the railroad admins Tauon, the war finance corporation, dhd the bankers, it is deemed wise to nave the general subject supervised on pehalf of the railroad companies. p} q central com mmittec, with power to consider the questions involved and to give such aid and cooperation and to mako such suggestions as may be
 possible, to the individual roads. to
 the director general, to the war f. nance corporation and to the bankers, It being understood that such com
 mlttee is not to have power to com-
 init any individual company without it's assent.
 B. That the chair be, and hereby IS, authorized and requested to ap-
 point such committee. to- consist of
 seven members, of which Howard El- liott, the chairman of this meeting, shall be ex-officio chairman.
 The chair thereupon appointed the following committed: Howard FL llott, Albert H. Harris, Robert s. LoVett. Samuel Req, Henry Ruhland- CT, Henry Walters, Daniel Willard, Alfred r. Thom, counsel George M. Shrlver, in charge of accounts and F.. c. Buckland. secretary.
 This resolution was presented to Director General Hines who held 8 brief conference with the mem bers of the newly named committee. and ex- pressed his qualification over the atti- tude adopted by the executives, add ing that he was very happy to have the committee to cooperate with the railroad administration. 4 further meeting will be held Thursday be- tween the director general and the members of the committee of eNecu- tiVeS named today
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
TAFT HITS .M
 ADDRESS Q NIL
|. s, Armies Not to Bel
 Into Action, Ez-ppesident ]

New York, March 12.-Speakn1 a dinner of the Economic club last night, ex-President William HA ard Taft contradicted the expresSs opinions of Senator Philander
 Knox of Pennsylvania on the leagu& of nations constitution and declareu@ emphatically that the Pennsylvanian4 was entirely incorrect. It had oeenS charged by Senator Knox that the9 United States would be required to- send it's military forces wherever de- Ci1cd upon by the supreme council of the league. Mr. Taft denied the truth of this contention. Other speakers were pr. Henry Van Dyke and Henry Morgenthau. President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard university was un- able to attend.
 Mr. Taft said in part
 My friend, Senator Knox has presented q formida ble indictment against the proposed covenant of the league of nations A number of his colleagues seem to have accepted his views as to it's meaning. He says that it is unconditional that it turns over to the executive council of the league the power to declare and mako war for us, to fix our armament and 10 involve us as a mandatory in all sorts of duties in the management of backward peoples. He says that it thus transfers the sovereignty of this nation to the governing body of the league, which he asserts the executive council to be.
 When Senator knox's attack upon the covenant is analysed, it will be seen to rest on an assumption that the executive council is given execu- tive powers which are unwarranted by the text of the covenant The whole function of the executive coun- cil is to be the medium through which the league members are to exchange views, the advisory board to consider all matters arising in the field of the leagues possible action and to ad- wise the members Gs to what they ought by joint action to do.
 The council makes few, if any, orders binding on the members of the league. Where the executive conn., cil acts as a mcdiating and inquiring body to settle differences not arbi- trated, it's unanimous recommenda- ton of a settlement must satisfy the nation seeking relief, if the defend ant nation complies with the recom- mendation. All other obligations of the United States under the 1eague are to be found in the covenants of 1 the league, and not in any action of the executive council. When this is l understood clearly the whole struc- 1 ture of Senator Knox's indictment 1 falls.
 The executive council is a most 1 necessary and useful body for CO., ordinating the activities of the league, l for initiating consideration by the ! members of the league of their proper i, joint and individual action, and for 1 keeping all advised of the progress of ] events in the field of the league iuris- 1 diction.
 Senator KnoXs treatm ent of article XVI. is a fair illustration of the req sons he advances for ascribing to the executive council super sovereign
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-08-21
FOR NORMAL
STUDENTS SHOULD Be
:. MADE H0MnIKE
Some Foreetfulness ON Part Of
Some Who Have Made
+ =. 0@.-.
OIeTS' L. !

What is not intended as forgetful-
ness on the part of occupants of
some homes that have offered rooms
for. rent for normal students, pend
ing the erection of the new dormi-
tory, but some Of the rooms were not
as orderly as they might have been
when call was made for inspection
by a prospective normal student, a1d
in this connection President Deputy
Of the normal says:
Ill having rooms which can be
rented by student should look its
pfetsiest, as it will be the first time
several students have lived away
fromi home. They need not bsselab-
orate. but comfortable, as the stu
dents are sons and daughters Of q
good class of people and entitled to
attractive and. wholesome quarters:
II s,i1f cannot be secured the attend.
.ancs will suffer and BemidN cannot
afford toSlose the opportunity before
It,"
This timely admonition, made in
most reticent manner, was prompt
ed by prospective students already
commencing to arrive for the first
fall term of the first school year.
which opens next week Tuesday, and
the demand for suitable rooms is
brisk.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-08-21
TO ASK PROTECTION
FROM FOREST FIRES

St. Paul, Aug. 21.-The Minnesota
legislature, which will convene on
September 8 for a special session,
will be asked to provide more ade-
quate relief from forest fires, it is
announced. -
A conference between w. T. Cox,
state forester, and William L. Hall,
from the Federal forestry depart
,ment, was held at the state capitol.
Hall has visited other Western
states and he told the state forester
that government Investigations have
shown that adequate forces Of rang
ers and wardens are necessary to
patrol timber areas.
Hail declared that the state
should greatly increase it's fire pro-
lection.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-08-21
PRESIDENT UNABLE
TO DECLARE PEACE
(By United Press. }

Washington, Aug. 21.-Replying
to series OF written questions, sub
mitted by Senator Falls of New
Mexico, President Wilson today de-
clared that in his judgment he has
not the power to proclaim a state Of
peace before ratification of the
treaty by the senate.
The president also said that re-
nunciation of territory rights by.
Germany does not convey title to tho
allies, but does put the disposition
Of the territory in their names.
Senator Falls questions were sub
mitted at the White House confer
ence between the president and the
senate foreign relations committee.