Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 70, 31 January 1919 — Page 1

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IS PASSED BY STATE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY :. ' Beardsley Amendment Adopted by Vote of 44 to 0 No Discussion of Measure Precedes Voting. STRICT PARTY VOTING ? ; INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31. Suffrage for Indiana women received approval of the state senate today when It r adopted by a vote of 44 to 0, the proposed amendment to the constitution, 4 granting women the right of franchlse and barring aliens from that privilege. There was no discussion of the amendment. Heated political arguments on administration amendments to the constitution preceded the suffrage vote. Lieutenant governor Bush ordered Harry E. Negley, president pro tern, to his seat, when the latter Insisted on Interrupting Senator, Cravens, who spoke for the Indefinite postponement of the two amendments., Votes on divided committee reports - were cast strictly on partr lines,. the Democrats favoring minority reports signed by Senators Van Auken and Cravens, recommending , Indefinite postpoement. ; . - Resolutions Considered. The Republicans voted for a , majority report which corrected faulty phraseology, and recommended pas- . sage. Joint resolutions, 20, 21, 22 and 23 were considered. These were a Bpeclal order of business for 10 o'clock and provided respectively: That the legislature may classify counties to come under the registration-law. . ' That the legislature may classify nronertr for tamtlnn. That the governor may veto items In the appropriation bill. That the executive department Bhall operate under a budget system. All four amendments were passed to engrossment. r nnvingr conference. Senate joint resolution 19, providing for the appointment of state superlnof his election and number 13, .makingik.uui-. . -l m . "Kiwi vi -icib vtr-m puyisiuo kuui l appointive, Instead ot elective were " made special order -of busiflesafbr .2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.- ' Number 19 was to have come up today but ome Republican opposition to these two has appeared and majority leaders want another-conference such as was held yesterday to line up - the doubtful ones on the four questions considered today. The committee reports on 20 was unanimous for nassaee. but tha Demo crats opposed the other three in speeches and In voting. On motion of Senator Negley, senate Joint resolution 34 for amending the constitution to provide that every voter shall present a poll tax receipt at the poll and pass a literacytest was a special order of business for 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The amendment was Introduced by Senator Van Auken. Little other business of importance wan transacted. Three bills were Introduced and a few minor measures to engrossment. Repeal of the two-cent passenger fare law is proposed in a bill which Representative Tuthill, of Michigan City, Introduced in the lower bouse of the Indiana legislature today. The legislature has been asked by Governor Goodrich to repeal the law and to place within the jurisdiction of the public service commission the authority to control passenger rates of public carriers after the roads are returned to private control. Eighteen other bills were presented, two were passed on to the senate for its consideration, three were received nuiu iuab uuujr auu vuuiuiiiitrca icyyited eight others, recommending pas- ... sage. The afternoon session was ex pected to be brief, as Speaker hschbach had little business to hand down. Adjournment until Monday afternoon was expected to be taken. (Continued on Page Four.) A. J. Mercer, Former Local Fireman, Killed in Accident Ado J. Mercer, for sixteen years captain of the'East End hose house of the Richmond fire department, wa3 instantly killed Tuesday night In Cincinnati while riding In a touring car. The car crashed into a street car, throwing three of its four occupants to the sidewalk. Mercer's skull was crushed. Besides his career in the fire department, Mercer worked at the old Gaar-Scott plant. He was very well known and liked in Richmond. He leaves a widow, his son Raymond H. Mercer, Mrs. Roy Mason of Columbus, Ohio, and three smaller children at home in Cincinnati. ; Express Company Manager to Address Commercial Club H. B. Calkins, superintendent of the American Railway Express company, of Indianapolis, .will be one of the speakers at the monthly meeting of the Richmond Commercial club on February 10. Mr. Calkins will talk on "BeUer Expressing." . The other speaker has not yet been decided upon.' ? v . At this meeting the final returns , Vom the directors election will be revived. - , - f The committee in charge of the - taal election is composed , of F. J. larding. George Brehm, the Reverend . S." Hill. Dr. W. A. Park, Jesse Bailey ad Del E,,; Brown. t

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(J "4 "Baptist Doc" Clifford, . Clifford is one of three Y. M. C. A. workers overseas who won the coveted Croix de Guerre. He stuck to the marines through thick and thin. He rescued a colonel and made himself so solid with the men that they took off his "Y" buttons and put on the buttons and insignia of their corps. RAIL MAN ASKS FIXED RETURNS

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Prompt Return to Private Ownership Advocated by Head of Security Owners. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. "Jan. 31. S. Davles Warfield, president " of the National Asociation of, Owners of Railroad Securities, gave the senate interstate commerce committee today the security holders'lew'drtrfe'talWbad uroblem. Ho urged that the roads be returned to private operation as early as practicable with legislation insuring a return on property investments, saying "the results of federal control and operation thus far obtained can not give comfort to. the advocates of government ownership." Mr. Warfield, who said he represented thirty million persons owning or interested in railroad securities, proposed a comprehensive plan for administering railroads under government control, profit-sharing among employes; creation of a federal corporation to assist in financing railroads and re-routing of traffic; arbitration of labor disputes; control of security Isues by the Interstate commerce cnimlslon and the retention of state commissions. Hc opposed the plan far creating a department of railroads with a cabinet officer at its head. Four Best Pictures Chosen by Art Association Jury Four pictures, one of which will receive the Mary T. R. Foulke Purchase Fund Prize were selected Thursday afternoon by the jury chosen by the Board of the Richmond Art associa tion. . The jury was composed of J. E. Bundy, Miss Erailie Maue, Mrs. J. E. Cathell, Mrs. Paul Comstock and Mrs. Arthur Charles. The picture selected were "St. Louis Cathedral" by Robert Grafton, "Okah and Akah" by Victor Higgans. "Mary Stuart" by Olive Rush and "Provincetown Wharf" by Louise E. Zaring. The three pictures which received honorable mention were: "The Broken Field" by Francis Brown, "Garden is a Lovesome Thing" by Maude Kaufman Eggmeyer. and "The Coming Shower" by Frank J. Glrardin. The four pictures selected for the prize will be voted upon by the art student body . of the Richmond high high school, the student body of the high school and the art association. Nat Goodwin, Actor, Is Dead in New York (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 31 Nat C. .Goodwin, the actor, died at a hotei here early today after a brief illness. He came to New York last Monday from Baltimore, .where be had been playing. Death was due to a general breakdown in health, following an operation for the removal of his right eye, several months ago. Born at Boston, Mas3., July 25, 18S7, Goodwin was a familiar figure on the American stage for many years.' He made his first appearance in 1874, and subsequently played leading roles in many successful plays, both . in the United States and England. Brussels May Take Over Transportation System (By Associated Press) PARIS, Thursday, Jan. 30. Premier Cooreman, of the Belgian cabinet, declared today that unless the tramway strike in ' Brusels was promptly settled, he would ask the council of ministers to take steps to requisition the material, rolling stock and personnel. This was the means adopted by the French government to settle the transportation strike in Paris last weir.

1 Record Humbet of' Fixes

Reported in January Sixty-eight calls were received by the Richmond fire department for the month of January, which is according to Chief Miller, by far the record for any one month during the history of the department. Thirty-eight, received during last November, is the next high record. Damage sustained during the sixtyeight calls is only slightly over ?600. Flue fires, due to the cold weather and big fires, made the vast majority of the calls. While a dry roof helped the fires during most of the month, snow or rain probably -wouldn't have prevented many of them, according to Chief Miller. When - property owners put new roofs on their houses, the chief recommends that as many as posible fire proof roofs be laid, to supplant the present shingle ones. This precaution will prevent more than half the present fires, Bays the chief. PROMPT RELIEF TO BE SENT TO BALKAN PEOPLE Red Cross Sends Commission to Aid Starving Serbia and Greece in Greatest Need. (By Associated Press) PARIS, Thursday, Jan.. , 30. To meet the immediate needs of war stricken Balkan countries where there probably is greater distress than in any other part of Europe except Poland, the American Red Cross,' after a conference here between Henry P. Davison, chairman of the war council of the American Red Cross and the American Red Cress Commission for Europe has dispatched toward the Balkans commissions recruited by Lieut. Col. Henry W, Anderson 'of Richmond, Va. Col. Anderson ' will have with him staffs that worked during hostilities In France and Italy, and ill be able to draw upon accumulat ed supplies until the allied powers are able to organize relief measures on an extensive scale. It is hoped to save thousands of lives - before the next harvest. - , For north' Serbia 70 workers will operate under Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Farnam of Yale university. The personnel for south - Serbia numbers 24 workers commanded by Major J. F. Carew. - Transportation in north Serbia is most difficult and in some regions impossible. In south Serbia the supply of foodstuffs and clothing ia very low. :?'? -:".'.';: . - The Greek commission under -com maftd of -Meat CoL Edward S." Capips of Princeton university, : is at work. There are,75. men engaged there. The program .which will be followed, is based on an anticipated supply of 150 tons of necessities weekly on the Greek ships that have been assigned to the use of the American Red Cross. SENATORS OPPOSE COLONIES PLAN (By Associated Pjess) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Republicans of the seriate today sharply attacked the plan for, dealing with German colonies and occupied territories of Turkey in Asia, which it was announced in Paris yesterday had been proposed by President Wilson and accepted in principle by the supreme council. Senator Lodge, republican leader, declared the report of the plan, which be said would commit the United States to co-operate in maintaining order in the occupied territory was "absolutely unbelievable" and Senator Knox of Pennsylvania asserted that the proposed obligation would involve a "stupendous and preposterous undertaking." BRITISH TRANSPORT LANDS WITH TROOPS NEW YORK, Jan. 31. The British transport Mirinekhada arrived here torday with 2,736 troops from France. A majority of these -men are of the 83rd division, including companies, A. B, C, D. I, K, L and M, and the field "and staff of the headquarters company, of the 323th infantry. These troops are national army men from Ohio and West Virginia. Casual company No. 222. of Alabama, comprising 2 officers and 67 men was aboard. Airplane Hangars Are Destroyed by Fire (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Jan. 31. Two hangars each containing six aeroplanes were destroyed in a fire which was. sweeping the naval aviation station at Rockaway point today. New York city firemen from several stations were fighting the flame which threatened efght other hangars. " ' Armored Auto Patrols Michigan-Ohio Border (By Associated Press) LANSING, Mich., Jan. 31. An armored automobile will hereafter patrol highways crossing the Ohio-Michigan boundary as a result of : numerous pistol fights within the last few weeks between whiskey runners and members of the state constabulary charged with enforcing the prohibition law. Since the federal prohibition amendment was ratified whiskey runners between Toledo and Michigan cities have doubled, their efforts, according to Colonel Roy CVandercook, of the constabulary. Many, automobiles transporting liquor, he "says, have been found to be carrying experienced gunmen.

STRONG NAVY TO BE MAINTAINED STATES DANIELS

U. S. Will Not Build Against Any Nation, But for Own Protection. (By Associated Press) , ; ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Jan. 31. In presenting committees today to the last class of reserve officers trained at the United States naval academy during the war. Secretary. Daniels predicted that " there will be.no time of recession of interest in the navy." " "Not in your day," the naval secretary told the young officers, "will there be any reduction of naval power. We are now on the last stretch of building the three year program of naval construction which was authorized three years ago." Secretary Daniels said he had no doubt that congress would authorize the recommendation of President Wilson for another three year program of construction. In building ships under that program, he said, types of vessels would be constructed which would "keep our navy abreast of any In the world." ' Must Help Police World. "We shall not build against any nation," the secretary continued, "because we have faith that the league of peace will bering about such friendship and understanding among all nations as will ultimately cause a reduction in armament and a consequent decrease of expenditures for naval strength. We, shall not build against any nation but so long as this republic needs a navy, we must nave one, for our own protection and to preserve the peace of the world, that will be powerful, strong and modern. "It would be a siu for America, rich and powerful, to be beholden to any other country for naval protection. We must in whatever sort of world police shall be needed in the new order, contribute as many units and as much strength as any other nation. We must remember always that the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine Is our responsibility and duty." 'Mr. Daniels said it was the plan of the navy department after the treaty of peace is signed, to maintain a trained and efficient ; naval reserve force which will be ready for instant mobilization in event of an emergency. NOISY GREETING GIVEN RETURNED . ,01110 SOLDIERS (By Associated Press) ' CLEVELAND,' Jan. 31 The 331st Vegiment of the 83rd division just back from France, as accorded one of the noisiest welcomes in the city's history, upon its arrival here this morning for a four hour stay. The troops (Ohioans) are cn rout to Camp Sherman, Ohio, where they will be demobilized. Red Cros3 workers supplied the men with apples, oranges, doughnuts, cigarettes and flowers. After an address of welcome by Major Davis, the mayor's ' committee, scores of patriotic, civic and fraternal organizations and four bands, escorted the soldiers through the gaily bedecked business district to Gray's Armory, where open-house to the families and sweethearts of the 11 officers and the 1,113 men was held. Business was suspended during the parade. The troops" left for Camp Sherman this afternoon. RUSS REFUSE TO MEET BOLSHEVIKI (By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. 31. The peace conference so far has had two replies to its invitatioa to the various Russian governments for a conference at the Princes islands. In one of these the government of north Russia formally refuses to meet with the Bolsheviki. The Omsk government under admiral Kolchak. while less categoric in its reply, expresses strong reserve. Nothing official In connection with the invitation has been received from the Russian soviet government j Police Charge Crowd of Glasgow Strikers (By Associated Press) GLASGOW, Jan. 31 Several persons were injured here today when the police charged a crowd of strikers with their tatons. The mounted police were called out and a number of arrests were made. THREE NEGRO BOYS CONFESS ROBBERY Thomas Farley, Frank Carter and Chester Arnold: three negro boys who. the police say, have confessed robbing the American Shoe Shining parlor at 621 West Main street, Wednesday night, will be arraigned In circuit court tomorrow morning. Farley was arrested about 2:15 a.m. Thursday, according to Chief Gormon, and after examining him all day Thursday, a confession was secured from him. He implicated the other two and after another rigid examination, they also confessed. ' - Another nego boy, who took part in the robbery, according to the three under arrest, has not yet been caught. He is known, however, and will probably be arrested in the next day or so. The amount of money taken from the boys, which they say is all they secured, Is about $100. George Salas, the owner of the place, claimed a loss of about $500 cash.

AUTHORS. FROM ALL' OVER WORLD TO HONOR' MEMORY OF. LOWELL

- NEW YORK. Jan. ,31. John Galsworthy, famous English author, is en route to America in the van 'of a distinguished delegation who are to attend a: four-day international celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of, James Russell Lowell, beginning February 19. The celebration, another step in the direction of Anglo-American unity, will be under the auspices of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. . An announcement by that institution says the intention is to bring together the largest and most representative assemblage of American and British men and women of letters that has ever' been gathered. Arrangements for the celebration are in charge of a committee of the academy consisting of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler,. Augustus Thomas and Hamlin Garland, Prof. William H. Sloan, chancellor of the academy, ana Robert Underwood Johnson, its permanent secretary. Among the British publicists and men of letters to whom invitations have been extended are ex-Premier Herbert Asquith, Viscount Grey, Lord Bryce Robert Bridges, Rudyard Kipling, Augustus Birrell, James M. Barrie, Conan Doyle, Sir Henry Newbolt. Gilbert Chesterton, Gilbert Murray, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Arthur Quiller BOLSHEVIK ARMY FACES HUNS IN EASHRIISSIA Situation Reported to be Serious by Germans Poles Send Protest to Soviet.. (By Associated Press) - BASEL; Thursday. Jan. 30. The General Anzelger's. Berlin correspondent says the.situation in East Prussia is very serious. Several Bolshevist divisions are facing the eighth army and seventy thousand are facing the tenth army. The dispatch adds that it is feared the German forces will be insufficient to effectively, resist. The Bolsheviki are concentrating a considerable number of troops in the territory betwen the Vologda railway and the line of the Vaga river, apparently with the object of either surrounding -the allied column in this sector or, by cutting through, to isolate the troops. ' ,;' . A- ; ' The-Polish government., has sent a stjongprolest: ta; 'the Russian soviet government In consequence of the arrest, of the Polish legation at Moscow p.nd a Polish prisoners' relief committee which is in Russia. It was stated by the soviet government that these arrests were reprisals for the assassination of members of a Bolshevist Red " Cross mission in Poland. The Polish government has repudiated responsibility for the assassinations, mut has appointed an investigation committee. , Germans Take City. Advices from the West Prussian border, where German troops have been dispatched against the Poles, report that the German force that had been assigned to occupy the town of Klumsee, which is the railway junction between Thorn and Graudenz, was forced to take the place by storm after Polish irregulars had refused to negotiate. An automobile containing ' a German lieutenant and four men had preceded the troops for the purpose of finding quarters for them, the account states, were entering the city hall when they were fired on by a Polish band and disarmed. The Germans succeeded in escaping in disguise. Later when, the. main body of troops neared Kulmsee, it too was fired on by the Poles. The Germans tried to isduce the Poles to surrender the towns, but the latter refused and the city, the advices declare, had to be bombarded by artillery and stormed. The Poles are said to have suffered considerable losses in killed and wounded, while the Germans had no casualties. - Martial law has been proclaimed in f.he town. It was found by the Germans, the account asserts, that 300 rifles had been distributed among the civilian population by Polish agitators. AGREE ON RELIEF BILL FOR SOLDIERS (By Associated Press) OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 31 Senate! and house leaders have agreed on a j bill to appropriate $500,000 for the relief and care of returned soldiers and saildrs. ; Its passage today was expected and the money would be made available immediately. A joint commission of members of the house and senate will go to Montana, Idaho and Oregon to attempt to coordinate pending bills in those states so that the soldiers' relief committees of the four states can co-oper ate in carrying out the work intended, i Unemployed Set at Street Cleaning in Chicago (By Associated Prss) ' CHICAGO, Jan. 31. Nearly 4,000 men were cleaning Chicago streets and alleys today and the commissioner of public work3 of this city announced that any able-bodied men can have work for the asking. The pay schedule is $4.50 a day. 20 HURT IN EXPLOSION NYACK, N. Y Jan. 31. Three persons were reported missing and - 20 others bad been removed to a hospital within a short time after explosions wrecked the plant of the Aniline products corporation here today.

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John Galsworthy. Couch, Edmund Gosse, John W, MacKail, Alfred Noyes and D. G. Hogarth. Many distinguished scholars of Canada have been invited, and acceptances are being received daily. t ; Wayne County Husbands Got Most of Divorces During War Times Changes made by the war in Wayne county are reflected in the records of the clerk of court for the year 1918 as compared with 1917. The clerk's report of the last year was filed Friday morning. Only 359 marriage licenses were tai:en out during the year, against 430 for 1917. On the other hand, divorces decreased from 126 to 86, a greater relative decrease than the number of marriages. While during normal times the wife brings usually about three-fourths the actions for divorce, last year divorces brought by husbands were in the majority. Whether wives think more highly of husbands who may be called away to join the colors, or whether husbands feel more dependent under the same circumstances, court' house attaches couldn't say. It was noticeable that actions for cruelty declined from 40 to 17. Criminal cases filed were less than half the 1917 record in 1918, 111 against 242. The proportion of convictions was about the same. Arrests for felonies . made in 1918 numbered 82, of which 27 were convicted. Arrests for felonies in 1917 were 131, of which 49 were convicted. For misdemeanor, only 22 persons were arrested in 1918 against 1$2 fif the former year. , ,v"h ' .. , Fifty-five persons were granted citizenship in 1918 as against 23 in 1917, probably a direct result of the campaign for Americanism during the war. . ARMY OF 500,000 MEN IS DECIDED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. An army of 500,000 men was unanimously decided upon today by the house military committee as the basis of determining the appropriation for army pay for the year beginning next July. The committee members said the number was expected to be the average force during the year. This Month Hold Record Since January, 1880 January 1919 was the warmest in this county since 1880, according to records here. The average temperature for this city during the past month was 40. The highest mark was reached Jan. 22 when the mercury climbed up to 57, and the lowest was on the third day of the new year when the temperature was 2. Had it not been for the first week I of January, when the temperature ! was near zero, this month would prob ably hold the record, but.January 1880 was about as warm as this month. That year the months following January were very mild, but no forecast for" February has been made. However no cold weather is within sight yet. State Franchise League Head to Speak Here Mrs. Richard Edwards, of Peru, state president of the Women's Franchise League, will speak at a Franchise League tea to be given in the art gallery at the Richmond high school on Saturday, February 15, from 3:30 to 6 o'clock. The 400 members of the county league and friends of the movement are to be guests. Pictures of Indiana artists will be on display in the gallery at that time. THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Somewhat colder tonight. j Today's Temperature Noon 43 Yesterday. ; Maximum 46 Minimum .......... ...21 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Saturday;' General Conditions The weather changes have been, slight during the last several days and temperatures are above normal generally. The great cold wave over Alaska is becoming intense and is affecting. British Columbia and McKenzIe valley. It Is 65 below at Tanana.

CRISIS OVER DISPOSITION OF COLONIES HAS PASSED Agreement Reached by Powers Provides for Independence or Protectorate of ColoniesWilson Prevails.

WILL POLICE TURKEY (By Associated Press) ' PARIS, Jan. 31 The crisis in ' the peace negotiations over the disposition to be made of Germany's colonies seems to have passed, momentarily at least. It is too early to say that President Wilson's view has prevailed in its entirety, but In American quarters there is confidence that a compromise plan, which bas been accepted in principle, will be worked out with details which will be acceptable to the American viewpoint. ' v When the supreme council of the peace conference meets today it will have before it the very plain statement made by President Wilson at Wednesday's late session. ' So particular was Mr. Wilson to have an exact record of what he had said, that soon after entering the meeting, . be summoned one of his personal stenographers and kept him at his side during the session. - ' . What he said did not appear In the official communication, nor has it been disclosed with any official auLUUlll UUL 11 llldl Lit? BldLCU LUH.L 1 1was a very clear reaffirmation of the principles for which the president has previously contended. In ; phrases -stripped of diplomatic niceties, it is understood, Mr. Wilson told the members of the supreme council he would not be a party to a division of Germany's colonial possessions among the powers which now hold them and then become party to a league of nations which in effect, would guarantee their title. There are inferences that the president even referred to a peace of "loot." v-;-. -a: -7 ' Force Definition of Aims The net result of the past two days of discussion on the colonial question, in the opinion of many here, has been to clear the atmosphere generally and to force a clear definition of aims on all sides. - ; ' .. : . The agreement reached by the allied council of ten on the colonial question, says a Havas agency statement today, provides that territories which are sufficiently civilizedto give expression of their wishes as to the form of their government will be permitted to set up such government under the auspices of the league of nations, obtaining either national independence of living under a protectorate of one or the other of the great powers. Arabia and Mesopotamia are considered to be examples of this class. In case of peoples' insufficiently developed for self-government, the statement explains, the league shall choose the power most suitable to govern, under certain puarantees to be fixed, either by the peace conference or the league. Provisionally the African and far eastern colonies shall be left as they are no, in control of the powers now occupying them. - Troops to Turkey. As regards Asiatic Turkey, the statement adds, the four great powers are once and the council of ten has asked tbo Versailles war council to submit a report os to the best trops available for the occupation of this Turkish area. . 1 ..' The only government that was continuing to make formal objection yesterday afternoon to the compromise plan of administering the German colonies was the Australian government, says the Paris edition of ' the Daily Mail today. Her delegates were de clared to regard the ownership of New Guinea as vital to the existence of Australia. Premier Clemenceau, however, the newspaper adds, promised Australia his full support In safeguarding her position. - . . ? . , There is no . possibility now, the Daily Mail declares, of Australia continuing her Independent opposition to the plan. Australia Objects. One result of the attitude taken by naiy in yesieraay s uiscuseion, me Daily Mail states, was - the decision that the mandatory system of administration should only be applied to non-European territories. ' Thus th fate of the Adriatic coast, the Balkan Austrian lands and the French territorial claims against Germany, which : include, it should be noted, the Sa valley, adds the newspaper, remains for independent consideration. .The military representatives of the supremo'"1 war council in accordance j with instructions by the council.' are i taking steps to, secure an early meetIns to arrange plans for the distribu tion of the entente and American forces, if the latter should be necessary, within the Turkish empire. Fresh Atrocities Reported. " Fresh reports of maladministration of the Armenian and. other, subject races by local Turkish governors and the refusal by the Porte to apply. the necessary corrective measures are understood to have been, the reason for the action of the council yesterday in taking measures toward supplying military forces for . the purpose- of maintaining orderin the Turkish area. The military representative, ol the council expect to be able to bold 4 a meeting within a day o'r two. lleanproceed immediately to gather material for the consideration of the council's military chiefs.