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SBRUARY 14, 1919 4.50 at a minute's t cord attach- - 4.50 ilks ing ilks 2.25 evening wear plendid wear. tte Crepe 2.00 ed for shades silk for even- es and walsts. ality sateen, ck color, free fitting body, r attached, ams, double ced gussetts. CO jar machine in the reach jachine, fit- bobbin i it makes tic irops auto- good oak et of nickel in or fancy n icicles. I can break op them up, and they y to freeze the cream iceman could bring. jovely said Mrs. ease Ket me some Higgily. unel went out to the eaves of the pen, doing it along camp who wanted to come and maybe bite souso Nurse Jane or Aunt know. gsily ju t picked off le, and cried: 1 away from here, Mr. you with thisin your the fox never said a way. Then the bunny cicles for the Jc vas frozen as hard weet as maple siar. (ORANT VENTS, 13 A train load of being brought back arrived here Wednes- em were ignorant of Germany and did not olution or the former into Holland. it Indigestion United Coal Co., Ltd. KING COAL . B. MATTHEWS 00., LTD. Managers Che Morning Bulletin VOL. IX, No, 252 Was the combined a Week Feby. dined ad 19,530 of the etree: Hon of The Bulletin (Dally and Sernt- Jaitions) for the, week onding 1019. Get out attractive com: vertising rate, TWENTY PAGES EDMONTON, ALBERTA, SATURDAY, F EBRUARY 16, 1919 PY EDITION PRICE FIVE CANIS IN THE LEGISLATURE Liquor Law Will Be Enforced ' To the Utmost in the Province States Attorney General Boyle Declares, However, It Is Impossible to Prevent Entirely Liquor Ped- dling While Distilleries Are Allowed to Operate at Full Blast in Portions of Canada Act to Be Amended Claims Measure Has Reduced d Davidson Urges Government oceasioning something lke ddresses from all ai Islature Friday before the house ad- Journed for the week. No members Of the opposition took part in the bate in. the closing. afternoon, th speaking being contined to.the go ernment benches; Hon. J. R. Boyl Attorney general; D. Morkeburg 0 Innisfail and W. M. Davidson of North Calgary occupying the time. Next Week the house will definitely enter nto she consideration of bills, eatl- tering manner by the attorney xener- ui. He faced the facts squarely and in no uncertain terms plainly:tola the house that it was an impossibility. to entirely prevent illicit lquor peddling in the province while distilleries were allowed to opefate in full blast fn portions of Canada, But he did as. Sure the house that it was the inten- tion of the government to enforce the Uquor law to the utmost-and to this nd they purposed asking the legis, apropriations to carty on the police work with mor effective vigor. there would be certain amendments to the liquor act: submitted with a view of making enforcements easier and more generally satisfactory. Aside from this, however, Hon, Mr. Boyle stated emphatically that the liquor act had tremendously reduced drinking and drunkenness in the province and in'no province were, prohibitory measures etter enforced than in Alberta. Davidson Against: Commission Pian W. N. Davidson, in dealing with the liquor question, sald he tholent it Would be admitted that the nforce- ment of the liquor aot had-been ore etfective than the majority of people expected, though not ag.well as many hoped for. John Barleycorn was making his last stand and the strug- gle, was the most determined of them all. He strongly urged the-govern- ment to abandon the commission plan of operation and bring the pro- Yincial police directly under control bf theattorney- zeneral. . D, Morkeburg protested against the continuation of the war thee sleo- tidn act. a1 voeated the substan- Sar reduction of tire tarite dens ch the farmers had to buy and- tion of the embargo on what ie garmer had to sell, If farming: epnditions for the returned soldier Were to be mnde satisfactory, these Changes were 8 neccesity. Hon. J. R. Boyle *,., Hon. J. R. Boyle, in dealing with the liquor act enforcement, referred to the limited number of provincial police engaged An this work in other provinces. In places lke Ontario. Where facilities were better adapted for. preventing and apprehending crime, the results were not-aa satis- factory apparently as in Alberta. The great aren of Alberta, which has to be patrolled by force of only 148 provincial constables, -was point- ed-out. Here was a total of 258,540 square miles of sparsely settled coun- to cover with: this force; yet in 1918, with each constable responsible for the preservation of order in 1718 square miles of territory, there were 5,553 cases entered for prosscution, 2425 of which weep entered under provinolal statutes. Convictions ob- fained were 4,590, the convictions averaging 31 per constable. The sum Of 70,370 was collected in fines, of which 28,614 was collected, under the lquor act. In the apprehension and conviction in all other phases of law-breaking and crime the provin- cial police had also set an excellent record. While general charges of non- enforcement were being thrown out, the attorney-general said he wished to. draw attention to the fact that there had been only 23 apprehensions for drunk and disorderly: conduct in the province during the year by the provincial police. There were 16 convictions. This in itself was the best of evidence as to the, enforos- ment of the law. By what process of reasoning does the attorney-general arrive at that conclusion? queried Mra. McKinney, of Glaresholm. When you have poll e arresting people for such a large number of crimes and law violations, replied Mr. Boyle, and these arrests are be. ing made by experienced police of- cers, the majority of whom were members of the former Mounted Po- iloe, and then men find only 28)per- sons in the province appearing as drunk and disorderly during a year, I think t indicates the lessening of the liquor evil. Of course, this. num- ber comprised those outside of the large towns and cities, which afe taken care of by muntotpal police. Shows Ofiicers Active On a basis of 100,000 male adults in the province the 1,700 convictions, however, under the liquor act showed evidence of considerable prosecution on the part of the police officers. Hon. Mr. Boyle explained very / ij clearly wherein the liquor act differed from other statutes of the province which entailed the fixing of fines. In nearly everything lse prior to the passing of the liquor act, the crimes could be classified as either agairist the person or against property. There was a desire on the part of the in- jured party to obtain prosecution and conviction. However, it was radically different with the liquor act. Viola- tions of the act were not exposed be- cause those haying knowledge of the violation were very frequently party to the violation In some way. T must say that-there is a very great deal of camouflige regarding this liquor question, sald Mr. Boyt There are many very respecta men who would healtate to infringe upon any other statute of the prov- ince and yet in some way violate the Hquor act as it stands. I will go 80 far as to say-that 60 per cent. of th adult mate of this province have at some time or another violated the strict letter of the liquor act. Mrs. McKinney Amazed Mrs, McKinney rose. in astonish- ment. Do I understand the Honor- able Attorney-General to say that 60 and Drunkenness Tremendously - Statutes could not wW. M. to Abandon Commission Plan of per cent: of the men tn Alberta vio- lated the liquor. act? ne honorable memb Clareshotm understands me correct: ly, replied Mr. Boyle. Ye went on to explain without mincing miatters. It wasia fect that hundreds of respectable men in the province were. In the habit of having liquor. before the passing of the pro- hibition. act, and these men were de- termined that the new resttiction was not to apply. to them. Therefore. 1 Uquor could not be procured by other methods they attempted to in- uce thelr doctors and drugeists to give and fill prescriptions, for real or imaginary iliness. There was no way for.the pollce to stop this. The doc: tor mighwhave his suspicions, but it was hardly to be expected that he ould make a formal complaint. Th police. wera powerless without som hew agency. of clairvoyancy not y lt; Aiscoyered. Mr. Boyle sald there were in real- ty two liquar:acts. One was the pro- vinclal act a first endorsed, with cer tain amendments which allowed the keeping of m certain limited amount of liquor. This act. was not so dif- ficult to enforce and under its rexu- lations bootl gging was not. partlcu- laiay, flourishiig. Then:there came the federal: order-In-council which made'it unlawful to procure liquor in any form except from doctors and druggists. Every proving had found dimeuity in enforcing these confitct- ing acte. Mr, Boyle read excerpts fram Toronto papers to show that the bootlegging problem was even more acute there. than in Alberta, owing to the near proximity to the source of distillery supply in Quebec. The rall- waya carried this Hquor in spite of themselves. None of the railways wanted to, and employed detectives to suppress the shipments, but it couldn't be stopped. The bootlegrers could afford to hire detectives over ingain. One. diMculty was'to eet men able to detect the traMe and yet be Above agrenting, ure bribes. which -Dootlesgers could well afford to oi - The Sepie only source ot supply, sald Mr. Boy While, the distilieries are makink ft (there will be) liquor brought in, We are catching some of It in every con- eelvable form of disguise as dry bods, canned goode and in parcels but we cannot get it al However, Mr. Boyle mad it plain that he was not excusing. lack of en- forcement; He realized though that unless Canada went dry, provincial Prohibition could not be an entire muc- cess, Habits of iquor drinking were Ufelong with many: the Hqucr would he: obtained if st was manufactured, prevent crime, Policemen could: only hunt down and) punish those who violated the law. The most rigid laws against murder id noteprevent murder. Policemen could not stand over every man and see'that he didn t take a drink. A tribute to the work of. the pro- yincial police was expressed by Mr. Boyle, He claimed thelr duties had Been almost endless, details of which work he reviewed, and they had given a vallant, account of themselves in the great service they rendered dur- ng the intiuenza epidemic. What amountiof drinking was there through the drug stores? The forney general took this . popular charke by the Horns. While t seemed to be a common impression that there was an, enormous lot of iliclt arink- ing through the drugkists, he said tha Tecords showed a marvellons change for the better as compared with the open .Uar period. In the old days It Was-a matter of fact that more than one bar in the,'larcer cities took in over 1,000 a Gay from-the sale of drink. This' was at a time when the price of whiskey over the bar was less than. the wholesale price of the pres- ent. Yet Initio month did the sale of iguor to the dtugxists of the entire province amount to more than 2,000 arday within the last few months. Eyen -allowing for the epidemic, the average, therefore, was leas for the Whole province than would run two barain the open-bar days. e Decreased We cthav tot micceeded ax well as many, of us would have lked in cnr- tailing the Ifquor trafic, went on Mr, Boyle, but tt 1s clear that the con- sumption of spirituous liquor has been tremendously decreased in the pro- vinee under the Mauor act as en- forced. Tam quite convinced that even with the bootleggers included there 1s Mot more than 25 per cent of the Wquor being consumed toda; there was before the act. Derance Inw, has had a great effect But we can't cure the disease of whiskey drinking any more than we can, cure the morphine habit by legis: lation. There are those unfortun- tes who must haye liquor and there jourd be protected and given treat- ent, which is impossible without a pfdger sanitariam. the liquor act had banished the treating. syntem, the syntem under which so many men fell victims of bar-room conviviality in the old times. Herein ft Wiad been a real blessing. However, it was.a fact to be faced that many a person .voted for the liquor act with the fnitention of protecting jhis neighbor and not himself. And these name parties were not willing to go Into witness box and swear jthe nelghbor had fallen by the way: Mr. Boyle referred to the Alberta Police Commission. He belleved this good work in organization and in at- Lam. personally in. favor of en- forcing the liquor act as ntrictly as human Ingenuity can devine, sald Mr. Boyle, but it is clear: that this house will have to- vote more money for the work Jf we are to make the pollee as effective as it should be Deteotive Question An explanation was given of the recent statement by Secretary Coone of the Social Service League in Ed- monton, On the appeal of Mr. Coone from Geant commission lad done exceptionally Attorney-General Tells of Work by the Police During 1918 - -+ The following statistics regarding the Alberta pollce work in the pro- vince during 1918 were given by Hon. 3,8, Boyle, atiorney general, in the iegisiagure Friday, Mr. Boyle said in pi Tet ls probably not realized by the average Albertan the tremendous amount of territory included Jn the province of Alberta and the tremen- 'dous task involved In adequately po llcing the province with the number of officers ft present on the provin- elal police force. The area of the province of Al- Derta is 253,540 square miles. Alberta Is twice the size of Great Britain and Ireland, considerably larger than Ger- many, larger than Austria-Hungary ind a 87,800 square miles larger than the combined states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode island, Massachusetts, Connectlout, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The number of constables at pres- ent available for policing this vast territory is 148, thus showing. as a matter of division that. each police officer s responsible for the preserva ton of peace throughout 1713 square miles of territory. Throughout the year 1918 the ac- tivity of this comparatively small force Is reflected in the number of eases entered by them for prosecu- tion: the number being 5883, 2425 of which were cases entered under pro- Vincial statutes Of the number: of cases entered for prosecution, 4590 conyletions were obtained, and 2219 of these were convictions under pro- incial statutes, the convictions aver Aging 1 per constable of the Alberta police force. : 70,870.75 wan collected 28,614.00 of which was collected un- der the Mquor act, the approximate number of cases prosecuted under thi jact being 1700. Crime Statistics Statistica relative to crime for the province of Alberta in the year 1918: Offenses against. the total number of cases entered for th year was 746, which resulted in 574 convicttons. 166 acquittais, leaving 32 canes still awaiting trial, The offenses are more thoroughly summarized as follows: Murder 11' cases were entered dur- ing the year resulting in four convic- tions, four acquittals and three cases still awaiting trial. and four awaiting trial Mansiauchter Three cases entered; one acquittal and 2 cases awaiting trial. Shooting with intent and wounding 11 cases entered: three convictions, three acaitittals and five cases awalt- ing: trial. Ansaults, and other offenses the 731 casex entered; 56 Snvict(ons, 146: acquittals and'T cas- still pending. 5 Theft and. other offenses convictions, 348 acquittals.. and tases awaiting trial. Offenses. against public order, re- Hielon anf morals 591 cases. entered: 491 convictions, 74 acquittals and 11 canes still pending. Amone offences against public or- der, religion and morals itmay be noted that there are but. 23'drank and disorderly cares entered; ,16 convic tlons and 7 acquittals. Offenses against Dominion. acts : 105 cases entered: 672 convictions; 28 a quittals and 7 cases still pending. Offenses against incial atnt- ntes Thers were 2425 caxes entered. resulting in 2199 convictions; 216 canes were dismissed or withdrawn, Jeaving 10 still awalting trial. Total number of conyictions under the Alberta T.lquor Act procured: by Provincial police. 784. Returns from cities and towns make total convictions imder: the Alberta Liquor Ast over 1700. ee the attorney general arranged to have two detectives brought to Edmonton from an agency in Chicago recom: mended by Mr. Coone. Unfortunately about the time the men started work. in Edmonton, under, th supervision of Mr, Coone, and in possession of: his information, the attorney general was called east to a conference. It was learned later that these two men had sllpped away and evidently got noth- ing more than a considerable slice of expense money. The agency. office, one bf the most reliable on the con- tinent, Mr. Boyle pointed out, when: notified of the affair, said the pair had become alarmed and also affected with the Influenza and had left Edmonton. It appeared to be a case of wrong men on an assignment. And this matter of obtaining investigators was no small problem, went on Mr. Boyle. Special men engaged by his department to investigate the Mquor traffic. found a great deal of llicit trafficking, but these men could not be brought into the witness box. Their usefulness as investigators: would be gone If such occurred. Moreover, had to work in pairs in order to mc- cumulate legal proof and bootleggers, While not timid of individuals, ap- peared to be exceedingly cautious of palra where there would be two men's evidence against one. The only way to successfully cope with the Investi- gating work was to secute new relays. of detectives quite frequently. Special tora In this connection it was the in- tention of the government to ask amendments to the liquor act during the present session to permit the use ecial operators in the appre- jon of Iquor traftlckers It is the intention of the govern- ment to make Alberta dry If possible and at least as dry as is practical. This province has as little drinking as any province In Canada, for they are all having their trouble with Iquor, but we intend to enforce the law with every means in our power. The arguments of A. F. Ewing res-/ pecting natural resources were als answered by Mr. Boyle. He pointed out that the federal government was not so sensitive on figures as. Mr. Ewing imagined. When the Western governments conferred with Ottawa Tegarding these resources they took along very complete statistics rela tive to the valuations of assets and of allenated lands, which had been gathered and compiled by officials of the prairie provinces. The federal government, as it proved, were not impressed with the data. Moreover, ublic men of the East did not mit the argument of truateeship, a moral position which Mr. Boyle agreed with Mr. Ewing was right, however, But thus far no federal government had accepted that view. While in the East the Westerners were told in effect that the Canadian East had bought the land from the Hudson s Bdy. Company. Along the same line it was Impossible to nettle with tho East on the basis of a valuation of HHeague. stat (Continued on Page Two) REPORT ON NATIONS LEAGUE IS; UNANIMOUS Presented to. Peace Confer- ence by Wilson on Behalf .of Commission NO STRAIT - JACKET Document Elastic But Defi- nite, and Should Make War Impossible PARIB, Feb, 14. At the session of the Peace Conference at which was submitted the report of the commis- Sion on the constitution of the League of Nations, President Wilson sai 7 have very great pleasure in pre- senting the report of the commission which has framed the constitution of us of Nations, Tam particularly happeeto,be able to say it Is a unani- mous report signed by the representa. fives of all the powers on the com- mission, Preaident Wilson. spoke carnestly but without oratorical effect. phe beat report I can make, the president continued, is to read the document intselt. Thereupon he read from a printed sheet the constitution of the League of Nationa, while the assembly fol- lowed his reading with the closest attention. lt; Unton of Will Manifest The reading continued fot 35 min- utes without interruption or applause. Aa he closed the president laid aside the document and spoke of what had been accomplished, The deliberations of the commission had been most in- structive, and throughout the pro- ceedings there was an undertone of enthusiasm in the great work being accomplished, he said. The results, said President Wilson, represented the judgment of 14 na- tions represented on the commission, and these 14 nations were a repre- entative group of the conference it- elf. There ia a union of will in.a com- mon purpose, the president pro- ceeded. 2 Ws anton which cannot be re: alsted, and I dare eay, one which no nation: wi attemipt to resist. The president pointed out that the document wat no straight-jacket it was elagtic, end not a vehicle of might, he sata, Tt waa: yet tobe developed and as yet care should be taken as to the clothes put-on It While elastic, yet it was definite. Tt Is definite, continued President a te Teena ke kb sp gression. It iu definite against a re- newal of mich cataclyam'es tras Just shaken civilisation. The presodent emphasis as he referred to the wrongs committed against helpless peoples. There ia one especially notable featiire inthis document, he sald. We are Gone with annexation of helpless peoples, at times accom plished in-rtepast for the purpose of expjloiting these peoples. In this doe- umignt we recognize that these help- Yess communities are first to be helped and developed and that their own tnter sts and well-being shall come: Before any material addition to the mandatory entrusted with thelr case. Too often in the past, the president added, the world had seen the landa of. the helpless communities priated for political purposes. 20, he sald, while this Is a practical document, it Is above alle human document. It ts practical and at the same time It 1s designed to purify, to rectify, to clevat President Wilson closed his address at 4:30, having read and epoken Just one hour. BRITISH PLAN ADOPTED AT CONFERENCE Armistice Renewed Contin- gent on Germany Fulfill ing Original Text THE TERMS OF PEACE Drafts to Be Submitted to Germany Until Treaty Ts Signed PARIS, Feb. 14 (Special cable from John W, Dafoc). At the plenary of the conference held today proposals for the league of nations were sub- mitted for a first reading. The pro- posal will now be open to world-wide discussion and t will be further con- sidered at op n meetings to be held immediately upon the return of Pre ident Wilson from Washington. The final difficulty which had to be met in completing the draft of the league of nations arose from France's deeprooted skepticism about the vf- fectiveness of the proposed league as guarantee of the security of her eastern frontier. Just as Great Brit- ain was not prepared to forego her Imayal protection on the chance that the league will provide an efficient Substitute, so France is reluctant to Accept the risk of sudden attack by a still, powerful and revengeful Ger- many by imposing Implicit reliance in the assurances of protection by the league. France wants a'strong strat- egic frontier or some underwriting of engagements of the league by her present allies, or the creation of something akin to a permanent stand- Ing army made up of national armies subject in emergency to orders, from a military executly representing the cue. . Proposals Thi Inj It Is said that themaintenance?of. a force of this charac has been suggested. With France's view that after her experience. she should not be asked to take chances there 1s a sgeneral agreement, but none of. these proposals have been regarded ais practicable. It is expected that some formula. will be agreed-upon at the sitting of the league of nations com- mittee today which will meet in some measure the view of France. This will probably take the form of dec- laration sufficiently explicit. as to make t plain that all subscribers to he league, and, in particular, the great powers, have a special obliga tion to come to the rescue of France Af she 1s again wantonly attacked. Adopted. The middie course, favored by the British, has been. adopted in: relation fhe renewal of the armistice. in period, contingent upon filment-of the original terms and that there shail thereafter be submitted with the least possibie delay a draft Of the essential terms of peace as they will apply to Germany. The acceptance by German of these will mean the extension of the armistice until the signing of the definite treaty anda mitigation of the severity of th Dlockade. This course will to some extent set going the criticism that the peace conference has been putting in second. place the real business of the gathering, the imposition of peace ferms on Germany. It In certain that one of the preliminary terms of peace to which Germany must subscribe will definitely limit the extent of Ger lmany's military power, thus. enabling the Entente Powers to carry out pro- grams of partial-reduction in fight- ing strength pending the signing of peace. There has been a tentative agreement. between the Allied -and German representatives nv to furnish- Ing food for Germany, but this ar- rangement is conditional on the ac- ceptance of the terms to be submit ted. k Germany wants immediately 30,000 (Continued on Page Two) FULL TEXT OF CONSTITUTION OF PROPOSED PARIS, Feb. 14. Following is the full text of the conptitution of the pro- posed league of nations which was submitted to the peace conference to- day by President Wilson and which remains open for further considera- tion. i Covenant Preamble In order to promote international co-operation and to secure interna- tlonal peace and security by the ac- ceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honorable relations between nations by the firm establishment of the understandings of international Jaw, thevactual rule of conduct among governments and by the maintenance 02 Justice and a scrupulous respeot for alt treaty obligations In'the dealings of organized peoples with one another, the powers signatory to this covenant: adopt this constitution of the league of nations: Article T. Article The action of the high contracting parties under the terms of this cov- enant shall be affected through the in- strumentality of a meeting of a body of delegates representing the high contracting parties, of meeting at more frequent intervals of an exe tive council; and of permanent in- ternational secretariat to be estab- Ushed at the seat of the league. Article IL Meetings of the body of delegates mhall be held at stated from time to time as occ: quire for the purpose of atter in the sphere of action of the Meetings of the bodies of di legates shall be held at the seat of the league or at such other place as may be found convenient and shall consist of representatives of the high con- tracting parties. Each of the high contracting parties shall have one vote but may have not more than three re- Presentatives, Article IIT. The executive council shill con- sist of representatives of the United of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and'Japan together with Tepresentatives. of four other states. members of the league. The selection of these four states shall be made by the body of delogates on such prin- ciples and in such manner as they think fit Pending the appointment these representatives of the other ates, representatives of (blank left for names) shall be members of tho executive council, fectings of the council shall be held from time to time as occasion may require, and at least once year at whatever place may be decided on, SOCIETY OF NATIONS or failing any such decision, at the seat of the league, and any matter within the sphere of action of the league, or affecting peace of tho world may be dealt with at such meetings. Invitations shall be sent to any power to attend a meeting of the council at which such matters directly Affecting Its Interests are to be dis cussed and no decision taken at any meeting will be binding on such pow- ers unless 0 invited. Article IV. All matters of procedure at meet- Ings of the body of delegates or the executive council, including the ap- pointment of committees to investi- gate particular matters shall be regu. lated by the body of delegates or the executive council and may be decided by a majority of the states represented at the meeting, The first meeting of the body of delegates and of the executive coun- cll shall be summoned by the presi- dent of the United States of America, Articte V. The permanent secretariat of the league aball be established at (blank) which shall constitute the seat of the Teague. The secretariat shall com- rise such secretaries and staf as may Be required under the enerat direc tion and control of a secretary-general of the league, who shall be chosen by the executive council; the secretariat shall be appointed by the secrotary- Keneral, mubject to confirmation by the, executive council. phe secretary-general shall act in that capacity at all meetings of the body 0 council. shall be borne by the states-members of the league In accordance with the apportionment of the expenses of the International bureau of the universal postal union, Article VI. Representatives of the high co tracting parties and of those of t raged in the business shall enjoy diplomatic priviloges and immunity, and the buildings occupied by the league or ts officials or by representatives: a tending its meetings shall enjoin the benefits of extra-territoriallty, Article VII. Admission to the league of stat not signatories to the covenant, an not named in the protocol. hereto states to be Invited to adhere to ti covenant, requires the assent of not (Continuea on Page Twenty), i delegates or of the executive * The expenses of the secretariat : LONDON, Feb. 14. (British Wire- leas Service.) With reference to the terms of the armistice to be presented to Germany, the Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail says that when these terms are ready the Allies will give notice to Germany, not in a threat- ening sense, but in order to provide for the protection of new conditions, With reference to the renewal of the armistice, the correspondent states, it is understood that Marshal Foch has been given definite verbal instructions by the Supreme -War Council to deal on his own authority with any situation, created by the Germans, which demands inetant ac- tlon, He will require a strict ob- servance of the demand already made for the evacuation of German Poland by all German troops, thus removing the menace to Poland, This form x part of a general Foch Empowered By Supreme War Council To Deal at Once With Any Emergency Arriving Allies Commander Will See That Demand Made for Evacuation of German Poland by German Troops Is Carried out Marshal Foch Said to Be Satisfied with General Line of Terms to Be Embodied in Subsequent Renewal of Armistice undertaking by the Germans not to take aggressive action against the Poles, but their recent behavior hax been just the opposite, and Field Marshal Von Hindenbure has moved his troops to Kolberg, in Pomerania, With the general line of the terms to be embodied in the subsequent re- newal of the armistice, Marshal Foch ts completely satisfied, The drafting of them fs left open to a committes of eight, set up last Monday. Drafting will proceed on Foch's return from Treves, and, it Is anticl- pated, will be completed at the end of next week. It will be ratified by the war council, The terms will Imit the size of the German army and the amount of military stores which may be maintained; and they will state where the army corps are to be ata- tloned. All kinds of excitement: in the gas situation are bilied to occur next week and a triangular clash of interests that will result in a fireworks display be- side which, in comparison.on Domin- fon Day celebration, would be a tame affair. To begin with, Vice-President Mc- Auley, of the gas company, had an- other session with the -utilities com- mittee. The upshoot of chi discus- ston was that the company's repre- sentative got down to brass tacks and put up the following proposition to the city: That the gas company up to 50 a ton for steel pips The. difference between 50 and the market price the company will pay but will recoup itself by sle- ducting: the amount from the gross win pay fe committee favorable ear to this proposal and may lay. t-before the council. Matter of Freight Rates Mr. McAuley again brought up tho matter of the increased tariff which the feddral government had laid upon steel pipe, amounting to 16 a ton. He est mated that if this excess duty were to be taken off there would by a saving of- 110,000. The mayor said that this matter would be taken up by the city im- mediately, and he was as good as his BIGGEST VOLCANO IN THE WORLD IN ERUPTION Lava in Greatest Quantities Seen in Forty Years Flows from Kilauca HONOLULU, Feb. 14. Lava in the t quantities observed in forty years is flowing from Kilauca, the larg st -active volcano in the world. The tava is pouring over all sided of the central firepit walls onto the old crater floor. Scientists sald they ex- pected the Inke of lava. to subside wihtin a month. The old crater floor of Kitanea yoleano has an area of about.four square miles, Tho central firepit s about 2,000 feet in diameter. Several times recently lava has poured over the constantly crumbling edges of the central firepit walls, submerging the 01d crater floor which in active times is a black plain: Sclentists testa two yent ed. the temperature of th 20,000 degrees Fahrenheit. These telts were. made by Professor T. A Jagear, chief of the volcano observa- tory, who had spent five years mak- ing observations there, To plunge his pyrometric devices into the ewirling, dolling lava, Professor Jaggar and his. assistant scrambled down into the central pit and out on to the hot, barely solld crust of lava for a hun- dred yards. The crust on which they walked xank into the molten lake shortly after they returned. SIBERIAN FORCE IS RETURNING TO CANADA IN SPRING WINNIPEG, Feb, 14. The Chnadian Siberian Expediti- onary Force ix coming home in. the spring; according to. an Ottawa despatch to the Fre Press from the Ottawa corres. pondent. This declaration wag reached by the government here with the approyal of the imperial. authorities, who foot the bill of the expedition, the despatch adds, The expedition, which comprises 4000 men, was arrange for when 15 seemed that the Bolahovikt might extend their limit to the Pacific. a PRES. WILSON BOUND HOMEWARD TODAY i BREST, Feb. 14, (By the A. P.) Arrangements were compl ted this af- ternoon for the departure of President Wilson tomorrow. The steamer George Washington moved tnto the outer har bor this afternoon and all on board were awaiting the arrival of the Pree- ident. 4 2 Se SE AY AY Hh 5 ae ape Be oe ae ae ae me He He ae eee here Gas Co. Makes a New Offer; Would Take Excess Price of Pipe from City s Share of Gross Profits Meanwhile Eastern Shareholders Wire That Management Does Not Represent Them and Want Action Suspended Until Their Agent Can Get Here word. After the meeting he gant the following telegram addressed to J. M- Douglas, MP., HA. Mackie, M.P., ani W. A, Griesbach, M.P., House of Com- mons, Ottawa: Proposed construction of pipe and distributing system for natural gas supply for Hdmonton depends now apparently on the price company will have to pay for pipe. There ls a duty cf sixteen dollars per ton-on this class of pipe which would amount to ap- proxim tsiy three hundred. thousand dollars. In glew of enormous amount of work which would be furnished if company ghabled to proceed this year what would be your advice as to pros- Deets of Having duty remitted if city should make such application after making ironclad. agreement with company to start work at once and to whom should representations be made by elty and what. would you: rise that such representations should con- tain? The increase of plpe over pre vious estimate of company fs more than the duty and apparently company will require some such concession be- fore we will be able to compel work belng carried forward this year. Joseph A. Clarke Mayor. Message From The East Simultaneously with the dispatch of this message the following telegram was received: His Worship the Mayor Edmonton, Alta, Parties In east forming majority af shareholders of Northern Alberta Natural Gas Developments: company Limited and who have advanced prac- Ucally all money invested in above company: have beer informed of diffi- culties between city and present man- agement of company and we have decided to take action. I am secre- tury and instructed for these share- holders to inform you that present management does not represent us and these shareholders are sending Mr. Starr as thelr representative to Edmonton, and would ask you:to-take, no action until Mr. Starr's arrival some time during the week commeno- Ing the seventeenth instant, G. . McWhinney. When Mr. Starr and Mr. McAuley meet, with Mayor Clarke as the Ter- ium Quid, and an uncommonly Myvely tx. at that, there will, aa has already been intimated, something, doing. STRIKERS RAID DEPARTMENT STORES, BERLIN Clear Out Shoppers and Compel Olerks to Quit Their Jobs BERLIN, Feb. 14 (Associated Press). The big department stores in Berlin, whose packing nd delivery forces ate on strike, attempted to re- main open Thursday but were forced to close by the strikers, The shops were entered by the strikers who dis- persed the shoppers und induced the clerks to join the walkout. Virtually ever shop in Leipzigerstrasse Ix closed and late this afternoon the strikers were parading the downtown streets and holding open alr meetings. No untoward incidents have been re- ported, PROF. ELLIOTTiTAKES POST WITH UNITED GRAIN GROWERS LTD. CALGARY. Alta, Feb, 14. Profes- sor W. J. Eliott of Olds agricultural achool, has accepted a position with the United Grain Growers, Ltd., as h ad of the livestock department. TEN PERSONS KILLED DURING FIGHTS IN HAGEN, Feb. is. There hat been yiolent fight- ing at Breslau, where the sol- diers have been attempting to prevent strikers from releas- ing imprisoned Spartacans. Ten p rson have beon killed, * PERRR ERIE RH ERAS ae BFLFAST WORKERS REJECT FMPLOYERS PROPOSALS BELFAST, Ireland, Feb. 14 : The workers today, dy ballot, resected thi SER proposals of the employers by more than 2000 majority : 4 2
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