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VOL. XII. NO. 12
INDICTMEHT OF
MOONEY CASE ASSUMES NEW
COMPLICATIONS—FEDERAL
AGENT TARGET.
Declared By Leader* That Commu-
tation of Sentence Does Not Re-
move False Charge.—Densmore
Charged With Tapping Wires
and Other Unlawful Practices.
(Aifoclatsa rreu Dispatch.)
San Francisco, Nov. 29.—District
Attorney Charles M. Flckert, an-
nounced late today that he will seek
a grand Jury Indictment of J. B.
Densmore, federal director general of
employment and his aides, as a re-
sult of a published report signed by
Densmore, charging an attempted
"frame up" In the case of Mrs. Rena
Mooney and other alleged Irregular-
ities in civil and criminal charges in
Ban Francisco courts.
In a statement Flckert said that he
would ask (or the indictments under
sections of the penal code that pro-
hibit the disclosing of telephonic or
telegraphic Information without prop-
er authority and "the tapping" of tel-
ephone and telegraph wires. In the
report portions of private telephonic
conversations secured by an electrlal
device and by "tapping" were given.
At a meeting today the grand Jury
framed a request to Governor W. D.
Stephens that he direct Densmore to
appear before that body and tell what
he knows of the report A certified
copy of the report was also asked
for. This action predicated on Sec-
retary Wilson's decision to place the
report and the services of Densmore
at the disposal of the governor. Both
th>' secretary and Densmore held that
the governor should conduct any in-
vestigation arising from the report
Washington, Nor. 2#.—Commuta-
tion of the death sentence of Thomas
J. Mooney by Governor Stephens of
California, does not In any way settle
the case from the view point of or-
ganized labor, says a statement Issued
todny by Frank Morrison, secretary
of the American Federation of Labor,
taking the position that charges of
perjury in connection with the con-
viction make a trial Imperative.
Mr. Morrison's statement say#:
"Organized labor will be In full ac-
cord with Governor Stephens' state-
ment that:
" 'It Is. of course, unnecessary to
argue the point that whatever Moon-
ey's character or his past record might'
have been, this particular case must
be determined upon Its merits.'
"In my Judgment, tiowever, the
commutation does not In any way
settle this case.
"It must be recalled that the trade
union movement In urging a new
trial for Mooney, takes the position
that the charges of perjury In connec-
tion with his conviction make a new
trial Imperative. This position Is
identical with that of Superior Court
Judge Griffin, who conducted Mooney's
trial and sentenced him to death. In
a letter to State Attorney General
Webb 011 April 25, last year Judge
Griffin in urging a new trial said that
If the perjury evidence was presented
to him before the case left his hands,
ho would unhesitatingly have granted
a new trial. On Nov. 21, of this year,
Judge Griffin renewed his request In
a letter to Governor Stephens.
"Under these circumstances the
trade union movement has urged that
Mooney be given a new trial. This
U'oBtimicil on l*aee Ttvo.l
mnis hue mi
Unlf Million Citizens of lillo Pre-
served by American Help.—Their
-Gratitude Expressed.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Nov. 29.—Gratitude
to the American people shown by the
people of Lille for food furnished the
French city during Its occupation by
the Germans, Is the subject of a let-
ter written by MaJ. Anthony L. Gey-
elln, the first American officer to
enter Lille after Its evacuation by the
<iermans, to Herbert C. Hoover, chair-
man of the commission for rejief in
Belgium. ^
"It was a wonderful sight," says
the letter, which was made public
today, "to see those happy people
thronging the streets of Lille by the
thousands on the day that Presi-
dent Polncare arrived, and to think
that the men and women and chil-
dren of America were feeding them
and actually saving them from star-
vation for there were 600,000 people
to feed and no food In the town ex-
cept what your commission had
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BOSTON, NEW YORK, NEWPORT
NEWS AND CHARLESTON
LANDING PLACES.
DEMIH PERIOD UIMHSTSfflH
Fight to Ton Months Minimum Time
Required to Return Troops Now In
- France.—Some to Remain For
Longer Period.—Problem of Ships
to lYansport Soldiers Is Solved.
(Associated rreu Dispatch )
Washington, Nov. 29.—Boston, New
York, New Port News, Va., and
Charleston, S. C., are the ports the
war department now plans to use for
the return of the army from over-
seas. Even with this wide distribu-
tion of the strain on port facilities
and transportation, however, and with
German ships now Idle In German
harbors employed In the task, careful
estimates show that the last of the
army could not possibly reach the
United States In less than eight
months. Conservative calculations
upon which preparations by the de-
partment probably will be based, fix
ten months as the minimum.
These estimates have been made
wholly on the basis of the physical
difficulties to be overcome and do not
take Into consideration the question
of the retention In Europe for some
time of an American force which
may be agreed upon at the peace
conference. If the return movement,
already In progress Is continued at
full speed, the last division in all
probability could not reach the United
States before October 1919.
Decision to route the troops to their
homes through the four ports men-
tioned Is understood to have been
based on two main considerations.
First, they have been equipped to
handle the transports and the men,
and, second, they are the natural
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TER DIFFICULTY MAY BIO
PATCHED CI'.
gateways to the country, each fed by
an Independent rail system ramtfyiqip >4Ui£&5iL£r causes classified
bock through geographically Impor-
tant section^, of the United States.
By loading the ships as far as possi-
ble with men from the same general
section, It will be possible, army offi-
cers say, to avoid cross carrying and
disruption of norma', traffic In getting
the soldiers from the ships to their
hemes.
In estimating for transport tonnage
available for the movement, officials
have not only looked ahead to the
new ships which will be delivered dur-
ing the demobilization period by the
shipping board, but also upon idle
German ships including two new and
very largo liners reported to have
been completed except for some de-
tails of equipment. Among the known
German steumers Is the Imperator,
almost as large as the Vaterland, now
the Leviathan. The two new German
liners are of approximately the same
size as these craft. Each of these
four could carrly nearly 10,000 men
a trip.
The German vessels, east bound af-
ter unloading American troops, would
curry food supplies to be allotted
to Germany.
WESTERN UNION OFFICE AND
MANY STORES CLOSED FEAR-
ING NTGHT HAII).
TEH MILll Mil
FEARFUL LOSSES IN GERMAN
AND AUSTRIA ARMIES AS
PER GERMAN REPORT.
Nearly 2,000,000 Killed, *4,000,000
Woundrt and 490,000 Made Prison-
ers.—Austria Lost 4,000,000 In
Killed and Wounded.— American
Casualties • Placed at 230,117.
(Associated Prsss Dispatch.)
Loudon, Nov. 29.—Austria-Hun-
gary lost 4,000,000 killed and wounded
during the war. according to an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen.
Eight hundred thousand men were
killed, Including 17.000 officers.
The German losses were placed at
0,330,000 by the Socialist Vorwaerts
of Berlin, on Nov. 20. The newspa-
per's estimate, which was unofficial,
said that up to Oct SI, 1.BS0.000 Ger-
man soldiejs had been killed and the
fate of 260.000 was not known. Four
million soldiers were wounded anil
490.000 were prisoners.
The Brlltsh losses in all theaters
of activity, including killed, wounded
and missing, were officially placed at
3.049^)91 on Nov. 19. Of the total
65H.6G5 were killed, including 87,000
officers.
An official announcement from
London Wednesday said that one mil-
lion men had been killed or were dea l
through various causes, it being ex-
plained that the earlier total of killed
did not Include the men reportel miss-
ing who actually lost their lives, nor
those who died from sickness.
American casualties have been of-
ficially announced as totaling 236,-
117. Of this number 36,154 were
killed and died from wounds. Slight-
ly more than 17,000 deaths were from
( Associated Pics* Dispatch.)
Juarez, Mex., Nov. 29.—The West-
ern Union Telegraph office and many
stores closed here early tonight, fear-
ing an attack by Francisco A ilia's , night, declared that after Peruvians
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
New York, Nov. 23.—The ministry
of foreign affairs of Peru, through
Eduardo Illgglnson, Peruvian consul
general in the United States, issued
here tonight r denial of a recent
statement by the Chilean consul gen-
eral that Peru had apologized for Its
action In withdrawing consular rep-
resentatives from Chile.
Cablegrams received from the
foreign office In Lima, Mr. Hlgglnson
stated, announced that Its severance
of commercial relations • with Chile
was prompted not only by attacks In
Chilean cities against Peruvian na-
tionals but by torclble detention of Its
consul at Iqulque aboard a ship
where he was prevented from com-
municating with hla government.
The messages, branded as untrue
the claim of the Chilean consul gen-
eral Carlos Castro Ruiz, that recogni-
tion of the Peruvian envoy at Iqulque
had been withdrawn by Chile because
he forwarded to Lima accounts af
antijPeruvIan demonstrations, in
Chile, "which never occurred," and
that the Peruvian authorities had ad-
mitted the falsity of these reports.
Summarizing the situation as re-
gards its citizens and consuls in
Chile, (he Lima authorities in cable-
grams received by Mr. Higginson to-
comniand which is somewhere be-
tween Villa Ahuinada, eighty-three
miles south of here, and the border.
The garrison troops here are prepared
for an attack although the military
officers Insist that none will be made
at this point. They insist that Villa
has retired to the hills west of Villa
Ahumada with the loot he secured In
his raid Sunday on Villa Ahumada.
Ilumors of fighting between the
federal forces under the personal com-
mand of General Francisco Murgula
and the Villa forces near Villa Ahu-
mada were in circulation here late
today hut coulj not bo confirmed as
all rails and telegraphic communica-
tion has been cut by the Villa band.
Socialists Arrested.
(Associate Press Dispatch.)
Chicago, Nov. 29.—William Btoss
Lloyd, socialist candidate for United
States senator In Illinois at the last
election, Louis Wade, his chauffeur
and George Koop, a local socialist
leader, were frrested today while dis-
tributing literature at a downtown
street corner after a crowd had made
had been insulted by mobs and their
property destroyed in Antofogasta,
lisagua and Iqulque, the Peruvian
consul at Iqulque was assaulted while
on-his way to the residence of the
chief of police to protest against mis-
treatment of hla countrymen. He
was "violently placed In a carriage,
gagged and taken aboard a vessel In
the harbor, the messages slated, and
soldiers placed him under guard."
The marine governor of Iqulque,
the cablegrams added, later notified
the consul that he would not be
allowed %o land and he was held
"strictly incommunicado," Upon be-
ing advised of these facts, It was
stated, Peru decided to recall its
representatives from Chilean ports.
To Peace Congress.
Buenos Aires, Nov. 29.—It is re-
ported in diplomatic circles here that
the Peruvian and Bolivian govern-
ments have definitely decided to re-
quest the peace congress to take the
Tacna and Arlca controversy under
consideration with a view to final dis-
position of thj< (UjU'stjifo.
ENGLISH WAR LORD FORE-
CASTS <jOMING PEACE DE-
MANDS ON ENEMY.
HUE HOSE EIEE HEUS WIRED WETSRll BOIIIIEEII
Indemnities to Limit of Ability to
Fay—Denial of Full' Citizenship.
Personal Punishment of Those Re-
sponsible for War and Act* Out-
side Pale of International Taw.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
London, Nov. 2S.—David Lloyd
George, the British prime minister, In
a speech at New Castle today, said the
victory of the entente alltes had been
due to the ceaseless valor of their men
and that it would be a lesson to any-
body who In the future thought that
they, as the Prussian war lords hoped,
"could overlook this little Island In
their reckoning."
"We are now aproachlng the peace
conference," the premier continued.
"The price of victory is not vengeance
nor retribution. It is prevention. First
of all what about those people whom
we have received without question for
years to our shores; to whom we give
equal rights with our own sons and
daughters and who abused that hospt-
tality to betray the land, to plot
against security, to spy upon It and
to gain such information as enabled
the Prussian war lords to Inflict not
punishment, but damage and Injury
on the land that had received them as
guests? Never again."
Mr. Lloyd George said the Interests
of security and fair play demanded
that it should be made perfectly clear
that the people who acted in this way
merited punishment for the damage
they had Inflicted.
The second question was the ques-
tion of Indemnities, the premier
added. In every court of Justice
throughout the world the party which
lost has had to bear the cost of the
litigation. When Germany defeated
France she established the principle,
and there was no doubt that the prin-
ciple was the right one. Germany
must pay the cost of the war up to
the limit of her capacity.
"But I must use one word of warn-
ing," said Mr. Lloyd George. "We
have to consider the question of Ger-
many's capacity. Whatever happens
Germany is not to be allowed to pay
her indemnity by dumping cheap
goods on us. That Is one principle
we are laying down. She must not
be allowed to pay for her wanton
damage and devastation by dumping
cheap goojls and wrecking our Indus-
tries.
"There Is a third and last point.
Is no one to be made responsible for
the war7 Somebody has been re-
sponbile for a war that lias taken the
lives of millions of the best young men
of Europe. Is not any one to be made
responsible for that? If not all I can
say is that if that is the case there
is one Justice for the poor wretched
criminal and another for kings and
emperors."
Mr. Lloyd George declared that
(Continued on Pace Two.)
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REVISED TO IPPU
II
SENATE COMMITTEE DESIGNS TO
RAISE 6 BILLIONS IN 1010,
AND FOUR IN 1020.
Expected to Be Hard Fight to Pauie
Measure During Next Session.—
Held That Failure to Do So Would
Mean Present Tax Rates lo Go
Over and That Not Enough.
SOLDIERS MX AT 11
Federal Employment Bureau to Have
Agencies In AU Cities and Towns
lo Get Jobs for Soldiers.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Nov. 21).—To aid re-
turning soldiers to secure Jobs, the
federal employment service is to
establish agencies in every city and
town over the country. Instructions
to immediately proceed with the
work of setting up these organiza-
tions were sent to regional directors
of the service today by Nathan A.
Smyth, assistant director general.
The service had previously decided
to have an agent at each demobili-
zation camp to direct men to Jobs
but these additional agencies were
decided upon the assumption that
most of the returning soldiers will
desire Jobs In the home towns.
The city and town agencies will
keep the camp directors informed of
vancancles in their cities and in that
way many of the soldiers will know
before leaving camp that fa place
awaits them In industry, trade or
agriculture at home.
(Assoclatsd Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Nov. 29.—The senate
finance committee tonight completed
revision of the war revenue bill, de-
signed to raise six billion dollars in
taxes in 1919 and about four billions
in 1920. The measure is virtually re-
written to meet changed conditions
attending the end of the war, and
now goes to the printer and will bo
reported to the senate next week,
probably on Thursday.
Senate debate, Senator Simmons
said tonight, may begin the follow-
ing Saturday or Monday.
With republicans lined up solidly
in opposition to inclusion of 1920
tax rates In the bill. It was conceded
in all quarters that discussion In the
senate will delay passage of the
measure and many senators express-
ed doubt that it can be enacted be-
fore March I, the date of the ending
of this, the final session of the Sixty-
fifth congress.
In view of the expected delay, sen-
ate leaders and treasury department
officials alike are concerned over the
question of collecting taxes next year
and It is now admitted that unless
the new law Is enacted before Jan. 1,
collection must be made under the
present revenue bill, the yield from
which Is only about four billions of
dollars. Several expedients Including
adoption of emergency legislation, In-
corporating some of the features of
the pending bill, are under considera-
tion.
Senator Simmons said tonight he
doubted whether the republicans
would file a minority report attack-
ing the 1920 tax program and added
that they might content themselves
with making vigorous opposition to
that proposal on the floor of the
senate.
In completing the bill today the
finance committeo adopted an amend-
ment establishing new second class
postage rates, effective when the
revenue bill becomes a law. It pro-
vides for repeal of the present grad-
uated zone rates on newspapers, ma-
gazines, and other periodicals and
substitutes a rate of one cent per
pound within an area of 200 miles
from mailing points, and 1 1-2 cents
a p«>und outside that area.
The committee also adopted anoth-
er amendment for restoration on
July 1, 1919, of the two cents an
ounce rate on letters and one cent on
post cards.
Some senators believe the second
class postal rate amendment will be
vigorously opposed by publishers,
[ who have disapproved any zone sys-
t tem of postal rates as unjust and
discriminatory. Long debate on the
subject in the senate now is antici-
pated.
Another amendment adopted today
and expected to cause much debate
Imposes a tax of ten percent on
products of child labor which are
transported In interstate commerce.
The amendment is deslgnd toetaoin
The amendment is designed to ac-
complish tho purposes of the law, re-
cently declared unconstitutional by
the supreme court, under which
products of child labor were barred
from interstate commerce.
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Forecast.
East Texas: Saturday, generally
fair except probably unsettled ne*r
the coast; continue cool; Sunday,
generally fair, not much change In
temperature.
West Texas: Saturday and Sun-
day, generally fair not much change
in temperature.
Commission Superfluous.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Tallahassee, Fla,, Nov. 29.—Con-
tending that under the present sys-
tem of government control of rail-
roads ai^d telegraphs, the state rail-
road concussion Is not necessary,
Governor Catts In a special message
to the Flprida legislature today rec-
ommended the temperoray abolish-
ment of the commission.
San Anfonlo, Atlanta and Baltimore
lo Have Permanent Army
Motor Bepair Shops.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Nov. 29,—Army motor
repair shops at Baltimore, Md.; San
Antonio, Tex.: and Atlanta, Ga., are
to be retained as permanent estab-
lishments when the army has been
reduced to Its peace time basis. The
other repair places, such as those at
El Paso, Tex., Rochester N. Y., and
other cities, will be closed as soon as
practicable.
COM1TROLLER STICKS TO LAW
REGARDING EXECUTION
OF CONTRACTS.
Hold That Millions of Dollars In
Contracts Invalid Due to Iioone
Methods of Making.—Comptroller
Refuses to Pay Estimates As Agree-
ments Made By War Detriment.
(Aaaoctated Prcsa Dispatch.)
Washington, Nov. 29.—The govern-
ment's maturing program for can-
celling big war orders with the
minimum of disturbance to business
conditions was thrown Into confusion
today by a decision of Comptroller
Warwick, of the treasury, that thous-
ands of orders placed by telegram,
telephone or mall are not legally
binding, and that consequently they
may not be recognized through the
negotiation of terminating contracts
without special legislation by con-
gress. Officials estimated thnt
hundred of millions of dollars in
contracts are Involved.
At the same time Secretary Baker
announced that the war department
will direct Its own cancelling of con-
tracts "in a spirit of fairness and
hopefulness to all concerned."
Attorney General Gregory will be
asked to pass on this apparent con-
flict between the law, as strictly
Interpreted by Comptroller Warwick,
whose authority grows out of his
supervision of payments from the
treasury and the desire of the war
department to terminate contracts—
both those backed up by formally
signed documents and those under-
taken on Informal agreements—by
making some sort of a lump sum
payment to the contractor.
If legislation is found to be neces-
sary, It is said that an attempt will
be made to rush It through congresj
immediately to avoid holding up the
government's great Industrial de-
mobilization and readjustment plans.
Secretary Baker has proposed a
form of terminating contract—a sup-
plemental agreement—by which the
government would be released by tho
contractor from the original contract
and in turn pay tho contractor for
"expenses incurred" In carrying out
the agreement and additional allow-
ance for profit limited lo ten per
cent of the cost of the unfinished
articles of hand. The war depart-
ment had further proposed to pay the
manufacturer Immediately 75 per
cent of the minimum due on this
basis as determined by a contracting
office of the goverrftnent and the
balance after the time had been
allowed for careful determination of
the final amount.
This method, Secretary Baker said
would give plants which have de-
voted themselves heartily to govern-
ment work, some capital to finance
their reconversion to peace time pro-
(Contianed on Pug* Two.)
TEXAS LOSES ALL FXCHPT AT
SAN A NTONIO—HOSPITALS
TO REMAIN.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Nov. 29.—The sixteen
so-called tent camps originally con-
structed as training ccnters for na-
tional guard divisions Will be aban-
doned as soon as practicable, General
March, chief of staff, announced to-
day in a war department circular. No
additional tents or supplies will be
sent to these camps, nor will any fur-
ther construction be undertaken at
them not absolutely necessary lor the
troops now there or to be sent there
after for demobilization.
The only execeptlon will be the base
hospitals at the ctjmps, which the cir-
cular directs be maintained.
The camps are:
Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C.,
Wadsworth, Spartanbrg, S. C.; Han-
cock, Augusta, Ga.; McClelland, An-
nlston. Ala.; Sevelr. Greenville, S. C.;
Wheeler, Macon, G.a; MacArthur,
Waco, Tex.; Logan, Houston, Tex.;
Cody, Dcmlng, N. M.; Fort Sill, Okla.:
Howie, Fort Worth, Tex.; Sheridan,
Montgomery, Ala.; Shelby, Hattles-
burg. Miss.; Beauregard. Alexandria,
La.; Kearny, Linda, Vista, Cal.; Fre-
mont, Palo Alo, Cal.
The announcement, It was learned
at the department, does not mean that
the sites have been definitely rejected
as possible locations for permanent
military posts. On the contrary, at
least two of them are known to be un-
der consideration In this connection.
HEADED BY PRESIDENT WID-
SON WITH LANSING, HOUSE,
WHITE AND BLISS.
THE PRESIDENT'S PURPOSE
Will Help Shape the Broud Principle*
of Treaty But Will Leave Details to
Minor Itepresentu lives. — General
Bliss' Name Added at Last Moment
No Date Given for Departure.
(Assoclatsd Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Nov. 29.—The repres-
entatives of the Cnlted States at the
peace conference will be:
President Wilson.
Robert I>anslng, secretary of state.
Henry White, former ambassador
to Franc0 and Italy.
E. M. House.
General Tnsker II. Jills, represen-
tative of the American nrmy with
the supremo war council at Versail-
les.
This announcement was made to-
night at the White House. In the
absence of any official explanation it
was assumed that the president goes
as president of the United States,
and that Secretary Iiunslng, Mr.
White and Colonel House and pos-
sibly also General Bliss, will be dele-
gates with ambassadorial rank.
It was recalled that the president's
announcement that he would go to
France "for the purpose of taking
part in the discussion and settlement
of the main features of the treaty of
peace," said that It was not likely
that he could remain throughout the
sessions of the peace conference and
that he would be "accompanied by
delegates who will sit as the repre-
sentatives of the United State*
throughout the conference."
The White House announcement
tonight follows:
"It was announced at the execu-
tive offices tonight that the repre-
sentatives of the United States at th*
peace conferences would be:
"The president himself, the secre-
tary of state, the Hon. Henry White,
recently ambassador to France, Mr.
Edward M. House, and Gen. Tasker
H. Bliss.
"it was explained that It had not
been possible to announce these ap-
pointments before because the num-
ber of representatives each of the
chief belligerents was to send had
until a day or two ago been under
discussion."
White House officials would add
nothing to the formal statement, and
mo one professing to bo In the con-
fidence of the president would talk.
There was only one surprise In the
statement—the appearance of the
name of General Tiliss as one of the
representatives. Tt had been taken
for granted that the general military
representative of the United States on
the supreme war council, would tnke
part In the discussions at Versailles,
but the general Idea had been he
would be attached to the delegation
In a military capaelty Just as Admiral
Benson probably would bp present as
spokesman for tho naval In the great
naval problems to be solved.
Only yesterday callers at the White,
House gained the distinct Impression
tfhnt ther<> would be but three ac-
credited delegates of full rank. Tt
wns suggested tonight thnt the name
of General Bliss probably was added
at the last moment upon receipt of
Information that the allied powers
would include a military man among
their rfpresentatlon.
The premiers of Great Britain,
France and Italy are expected to at-
tend the peace conference as repre-
sentatives of their governments but,
like tho president, may not remain
throughout the conferences. The
general understanding here Is that
present plans are to have the confer-
ence first agree to the broad prin-
ciples of the treaty and leave the
working out of details to further sit-
tings.
This would enable the president
and the entente premiers to return
speedily to the capitals of their re-
spective countries go as to give their
personal attention to affairs of state.
Secretary I.ansing, who heads the
delegation proper, became secretary
of state In June 1915, when William
Jennings Bryan resigned rather than
sign a note to Gerrfiany in the
Lusitania case which he thought
might lead to war. Luring the three
and a half years that have followed
.Mr. Lansing has conducted many dif-
ficult negotiations for the country as
a neutral and as a belligerent and
his name appears on all the historic
documents telling tlie story of Amer-
ica's entry Into the war as well as
those answering Germany's peace
pleas which preceded the downfall of
the central alliance. At the time of
his appointment he was counsellor of
the Btate department, after a career
as an international lawyer which had
established his reputation at one of
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Williams, E. K. Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 30, 1918, newspaper, November 30, 1918; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth470024/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.