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Show 1 Editorial and Telegraphic Section News of the World for Busy Readers TREMONTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1919. TREATY OF PEACE TO 6E SIGNED A Modest Request ANARCHIST PLOT TO IN APRIL SEIZE GOVERNMENT IT 6ETY M HAVt t DRAFT WILL BE READY OF MONTH, DECLARES BY END German Are Summoned to Paris, they Will be Invited to :' Sign the Treaty Without Any Discussion. When - London. Preniier Lloyd George and yorelgn Secretary Balfo'ur have sent word to their colleagues here that the jieace conference has nearly complet ed its work. Ue Evening News says it understands. The draft of the peace treaty already has been finished and. will be signed before the end of March, When the Germans are summoned to Paris, the News adds, the treaty will be read to them and they will be invited to sign it. There will be no discussion with a. view to alterations f the principal articles of the treaty. If it is thought necessary, questions involving the adjustment of details will be referred to a special commis sion. The decisions of the various boun dary commissions of the peace eon-:erence are being framed in accordance with the instructions of the su preme council for speedy action by the conference and it is expected that all ine reports win De completed Dy tne end of the week. The commissions liave been told that when they could not agree they should submit the reports' of various viewpoints, leaving Jt to the council to make a decision, The American members, it is re ported, have been coldly judicial and without favoritism, thereby incurring criticisms from partisan .'laimants al most daily. The decision of the council to limit Germany to a volunteer twelve-yea- r army is regarded by the Americans as likely to lead to consideration by the League of Nations, when it takos up the subiect of the limitations of nma tments; of the policy of a general prohibition of conscription armies in ait nations. This is on the theory that the great expense of regular long-terarmies will be such as to automatically keep down militarism. . -- . FAVORS COVENANT.. . Mall matter' seized Washington. since the signing of the armistice has disclosed that the I. W. W., anarchists, radical socialists and others are "perfecting an amalgamation," which has for its object the overthrow of the American government through a "bloody revolution" and the establishment of a Bolshevik republic, according to a memorandum sent to the senate propaganda committee by Solicitor Lamar of the postoffice department. The memorandum was made public Monday by the committee, and Chairman Overman said it would be read into the record. Declaring that in Bolshevism the radical elements of the country had for the first time "found a common cause upon which they can unite," Mr. Lainar said his Information showed that propaganda against the government .was being conducted with great regularity and that the magnitude could be measured bythe "bold and outspoken statements" found In the literature. Accompanying his memorandum were several hundred excerpts from mail matter showing the trend of the propaganda. These will be made public later. Particular reference was made by the solicitor to the activity of the dissatisfied foreign element of the country, but he said perhaps the I. W. W. was the most active In the dissemination of the propaganda because It "has at Its command a large field force known as recruiting agents, subscription agents, etc., who work unceasingly lu the ' furtherance of the 'cause.' . " GERMAN ARMY LIMIT FIXED. Allied War Council Sets 100,000 Men as Maximum. Paris. Definite steps, to put Ger many forever beyond the hope of ob taining military domination over the world were taken Monday by the su preme war council, with Clemenceau presiding, Lloyd George present and Secretary Lansing and Colonel House representing the United States. The kaiser's great armies are to be reduced to a mere police force and other steps severer than have been contemplated were provided for. The German government must accept them or take the consequences. , As a result of the discussion it was agreed to fix the strength at 100,000, less than half the original figure recommended under the terms as laid down by the allies. Germany must raise this force by.' voluntary enlistment. . ; RUSSIANS TURN CANNIBALS. Human Flesh Sold to Starving People of Revolution Torn Country. Washington. Chaotic conditions in Will Keep Some Drafted Men. Ttussia, particularly in" Petrograd and Retention within the Washington. rein were .described Moscow, reports of about 200,000 men, obtained army ceived by the state department. The through the drafts and by transfer depths to which the country had been from the national guard, is planned by was said by the war plunged by Bolshevikl rule department in building up a the advices to be indicated in a.report military establishment of from Moscow saying that human flesh temporary the nation. This was definitely made famine-strickeliad been sold to the known Saturday by General March, population by Chinese soldiers, who chief of staff. Inter were arrested. A. 0. STANLEY Radio Phone Used by Daniels. Washington. Secretary Daniels on Tuesday talked by radio telephone with Ensign Harry Fagenwater in a navy flying boat en route from Washington to Hampton Roads. Communication fvas established at a distance of mora than 150 miles, by far the longest trans mission or radio teiepnone signals with an airplane in flight ever achieved. - n ' New York's Budget Heavy. Albany, N. Y. It will cost New York State approximately $90,000,000 -- the largest amount In the history of I the commonwealth to administer its nffuirs during the next fiscal year. J Approximately $20,000,000 of this total will be for construction work to help take care of the unemployed. Unemployed Will Not Parade. Buffalo, N. Y There were no In- jdlcatlons Tuesday that an attempt would be made to hold the parade of unemployed for which the city authorities refused to Issue a permit. n j I 1 for four years gov ernor of Kentucky, and before that a member of cbngress for ten years, was elected to succeed the late Ollie James In the United States senate. His term began March 4. Senator Stanley won .wide prominence several years ago as chairman of a special committee of the house to Investigate the steel A. O. Stanley, trust L OBBYISTS E UPROAR IN HOUSE CHARGE MADE THAT LOBBYING IS GOING ON IN SPITE OF STRINGENT RULES. House Takes a Whirl at Overtime Effort to Pass the Dern Inheritance Tax Bill Over the Governor's Work, But Night Session Proves Veto Proves Unavailing in Rather Unprofitable Because of Wrangling. the Senate. - Salt Lake City. The house passed Salt Lake City. The part-tim- e school bill became effective ou March nine bills before noon on March 10, 11, when Governor Bamberger signed the day of the legislative session, and when it reconvened House Bill No. 43. ' The part-tim- e school act compels at 2 o'clock quickly passed the conparents and guardians of all children current resolution by Senator Elizabetween 16 and 18 years of age to see beth J. Hayward, authorizing the gov that the minors attend school at least ernor to appoint a committee of five 144 hours per year, not less than four to study and formulate a plan to hours a week, between 8 a. m. and commemorate American Irrigation. e From then until adjournment at 4 6 p. in. These school hours are considered part of the working hours o'clock there was continual "scrapof all minor children as provided in ping" and a number of oratorical fifty-sevent- h to-b- ST II ED PRICES SCHEME OF BOARD NORMAL LEVELS OF PRICES-ANWAGES SOUGHT BY THE U. S COMMERCE COMMITTEE. GERMANS REFUSE TO GIVE P SHIPS USE OF HUN SHIPPING ON A RENTAL BASIS DENIED THE BIG POWERS. Purpose of Board is to Bring About Demand is Made for a Definite Assurance of Ample Supply of Foodthe Operation of Laws of Supply stuffs for Teutons Before and Demand Interferred With Ships Are Released. by Process of War. Washington. Completion of the personnel of the industrial board of the department of commerce, together with the plans of the board for hastening the return of prices and wages to a normal level, was announced Sunday through the council of national de fense. ..-Associated with George N. Peek of Moline, 111., a former member of the war industries board,, as chairman of the new organization, are Samuel T, Bush of Columbus, O. ; Anthony Cami- nettl, commissioner of immigration Thomas K. Glenn of Atlanta, Ga. George R. James of Memphis, Tenn. ; T. C. Powell of Cincinnati and William M. Ritter of West Virginia. . To Fix Price Levels. , The chief purpose of the new board It was announced, is to bring about the operation of the laws of supply and de mand, interfered with by the process of war. To this end conferences will be held with , representatives of the chiefs of industries "to decide on prices to be offered to the nation as the gov ernmentally approved judgment on a price scale low enough to encourage buying and the resumption of normal actlvlties.": "As soon as a stable and wholesome scale of prices is achieved," said the announcement, "the cost of living will have so far been reduced as to create automatically reductions In the price of labor without interfering with American standards and ideals for the treatment and living conditions of la bor and thus the last inflating element will have been withdrawn from prices. It is believed that industries will agree that the cost of living must be substantially - reduced before labor should be asked to accept lower wages, and thus industry should stand the first shock of readjustment." . GET TASTE OF OWN MEDICINE Red Terror in Germany Takes Huge " ... Toll of Life. London. Many were and killed bounded In serious fighting which oe- cured at Halle, Germany, on Saturday, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Central News. Spartacans are said to have drowhed many students and officers in the river there, and It Is reported that there was a general pillage In the parts of the city where the fighting took place. Government troops eventually gained the mastery, It Is said. Gas Barred From Farms. Washington. Poisonous gas developed In war cannot be used to clear American farms of Insects and rodent aw has decided pests, Secretary after Investigation. Experience showed that while pests were killed; there was danger of the gns spreading and destroying livestock and persons living near by, lit case the wind should carry the fumesi' ' : I SCHOO LS PART-TIM- E 8IGNS MEASURE WHICH REQUIRES YOUTHS TO TAKE CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONS . - - .' - Establishment of Bolshevist Government is Object of I. W. W., Socialist nd Radical Anarchists, Declares Solicitor Lamar. , But Suggests Some Amendments That Would Preserve Monroe Doctrine. William Jennings Washington. iBryan issued a statement here March 10, indorsing the league of nations, but suggesting amendments to the pro posed constitution which, among other things would preserve specifically the Monroe doctrine,' enlarge the proportionate voting power of the United States and make it clear- that each member nation might decide for itself whether it would support decrees of the league's general council. ' Dry Towns Join Wet Column. Boston. Returns from eleven towns that voted Tuesday on the question of (Issuing liquor licenses show that eight jchnnged from dry to wet. Two of the nun h Wevmonth find Ilinirlihlti. have ibeen no license places for more than jn quarter of a century. I OVERTHROW OF THE REPUBLIC THROUGH BLOODY REVOLUTION PLANNED BY REDS. BRITISH PREMIER. BRYAN 3i GOVERNOR FAVORS Channel Tube to be Reality. The decades-old- " dream of a tumid connecting England and France Is to become a reality at last. Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer announced in the house, of commons Monday that the government was considering immediate Inception, of the construction of the tunnel and proposed to employ demobilized soldiers In the work. Loudon. cross-chann- Paris. It was announced here ou March 7 that Germany had refused the proposition for the use of her mer-chaships by the allies, made to her delegates t Spa, the armistice commission's headquarters. Is made by The the Germans that they will release the German shipping desired in return for a definltfassurance that enough food will be sent into Germany to enable the government to withstand the Bol shevik movement. When the allied commission went to Spa it was believed that the release of the ships was merely a question of days. It was proposed to the Ger mans t lilt in return for the use of the ships ;i rental be paid, this to be entered lo their credit against their food counter-propositio- n ! account. The Germans, however, replied that this would be inadequate and that there must be a guarantee of a steady, No uninterrupted supply of food. country was in position to supply this food, under the German conditions, so the question of credit remains un- settled. The disagreement over the ships be gan in January, when the armistice commission of the allies and the Ger and the Germans mans met explained they had not realized that the ships would be required under the armistice terms for food carrying be cause of the action of the American congress in declaring that none of tho $100,000,000 appropriation for food should go to supply Germany. If the German proposal is agreed to. the active agent in the food supply must he the United States. any federal or state law governing hours of employment. The morning session of the senate on March 11 was spent in discussing Stevens', bill licensing drugless healers, otherwise known as the chiropractor bill. The bill was amended so as to eliminate that feature which provided that drugless healers who have been and are practicing in the state should be licensed without any showing of educational qualifications, and passed on final reading. Representative Cardon's house bill, known as the "blue sky law," was passed on final reading by the senate on March 11. . Senator Hayward's bill placing the administration of the child labor law in the hands of the industrial commission, Instead of the juvenile court, was passed on final reading by the senate on March 1. Senator Sanford's bill permitting cities of the first class to do improvement work costing not more than $6000 without contracts was passed on final ' : ' reading two house Newman's Representative bills providing for a disbursing officer for the national guard and providing that staff officers of the guards shall be men of military experience, so the state may participate in federal military aid funds, were passed on final reading by the senate. The members of the lower house on March 11, for the first time tried holding night sessions, but the scheme did not .result in a material gain, as the greater portion of the night session was spent In wrangling. The house killed the Croft bill amending the laws relating to eminent domain, at the night session on March -- 11- - The Hinckley prohibition amendment bill, which had caused more discussion perhaps than any other house measure, was tabled, Representative Hinckley declaring the house action to be a "low down trick," in his opinion. Several bills were passed by the house on March 11. The Dern bill designating the state highway system which will receive the benefit of the road bond issue, was passed and returned to the senate in practically the same condition as it reached the house from the upper body. This measure therefore goes to the governor. The senate measure passed was SenOther Anarchists Bomb Allied Camp. ator Southwick's bill relating to the Archangel. The Bolsheviki took ad of degrees by the University vantage on Saturday of the first clear conferring of Utah. day with the thermometer above the Although It met with considerable freezing point by attempting to bomb the Masters bill authorizopposition, on the American Vaga the positions from an airplane. The machine was ing counties to levy a small tax for the the first one observed to bear the new establishment of county law libraries, finally weathered the gale and was red army Identification mark, a red star. The bombs fell with- sent merrily on Its way to the senate. out causing any damage. AT THE CAPITOL. PRESIDENT EBERT Salt Lake City. The Income tax bill for educational purposes was passed by the house at the session of March 8. This bill was prepared by a special school revenue committee which the house appointed to solve the school tax question so that the less populous sections of the state would not be taxed In greater amounts than the more populous sections. The proposal to redistrict the legislative districts of the state was killed by the house on March 8. Unanimous consent was given the appropriations committee on March 8 to Introduce two appropriation bills. an npproriation for the Thy provide some Ilntchtown claims state to buy and to reimburse 'the school fund, which will suffer a loss, through the sale of Irrigation bonds, the constitution providing that the school fund cannot be made to suffer a loss. Under n suspension of the rules Senator Stringhum Introduced a bill amending the present budget law so us to provide that the legislature may not New portrait of Frledrlch Ebert, consider bills carrying appropriation during the first thirty days of the seswho has been elected the first presiof the German republio by the sion unless the budget has been acted dent upon by both houses before that time national assembly at Weimar. imI brickbats were thrown at state offi cials, members of the legislature and others who happened to come within range of the house "barrage." Lobbyists and lobbying came in for two stiff rounds in the house during the afternoon. Speaker Richards opened the first round by announcing that lobbyists were becoming too bold, that they had invaded the sacred sanctuary of the house floor and were "button-holing- " members at their desks. A house rule prohibits lobbying at all times on the floor of the chamber, and it was ordered that this rule be rigidly enforced. An effort to pass the Dern Inher itance tax bill over the governor's opposition in the senate on March 10, failed. The roll call on the question showed not only a lack of the consti tutional majority, but a- majority against the passage, the vote being eight for passage and ten against. The new motor vehicle license law was signed by the governor on March 10. Motorcycles are taxed $3; the re maining pleasure car rates are : Vehicles not exceeding and $5 ; between $15; all steam cars, $10; all electric ears, $10, commercial trucks from $10 to $75. The Dern bill, relating to banking business, and the amendment measure was passed on final reading by the senate, after it had been "denatur-izecl.- " As presented the bill made it a felony for any officer or director of a bank to borrow from the bank more than 15 per cent of the amount of Its capital stock and surplus. This portion was stricken out. Senator Clyde's bill imposing a graz ing license upon transient stock from outside states was considered on sec ond reading and then under suspension of the rules was passed on final reading. The tax is designed to pro tect the summer range of Utah from transient stock. An effort to introduce in the senate a substitute bill designed to meet the Objections of the governor by providing a separate scale of taxes for collateral heirs was defeated, but finally Senator Dern was permitted to introduce the bill as originally presented to the senate without any scale of taxes. - LEGISLATIVE NOTES. In the senate on March 7, Senator Chez's bill, providing that elective county officers, except county com missioners, shall be elected for four- year terras Instead of two, was amend ed and passed on second reading. The bill was amended to provide for a two- year term election in 1920 and a four-yea- r tenn election )u 1922 and every four years thereafter. March 7 was the last day upon which bills sent to the governor lor action-tbe nctcl upon and returned to the legislature before its adjournment. All bills sent to him later, under the law, he may hold In his possession and act upon at his leisure after the legisla ture adjourns. The senate amended the house road bond bill to Increase the bond Issue for state toads- - from ?3,000,0'W to $4,000,000 and to reducft the amount that must be expended in each county from $75,000 to $25,000. It o!so aided a clause' requiring that all work costing more than $25,000 and not done by cmvict labor must be donn under eont.lict let to the lowest bidder. In preparation for the grand "clean up" at the finish of the legislature, the senate on March 7 named a sifting committee to go through senate bills pending and weed out the unimportant measures that must be sacrificed In the closing hours of the legislature to clear the road for more Important legislation. Legislative Investigation of the defunct Merchants' bnnk at Salt Lake Is under way. This fact was brought out '" when the committee on corporations la nubmltted n report. the lion |