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RESIDENT RECEIVES
COMMISSION S REPORT
dings of Mediation Com
mission Based Upon its In
vestigation of Labor
Unrest
Washington, teb. y. American
. 1 " ir T. c: .1 J
labor treaiea wiiu uumiueuee p,na,
juderstanding by the government
U "eagerly devote its all" to Hhe
Tar. President Wilson was told to
night in a special report by his
Mediation Commision investigation
labor unrest.
At the same time, it urged nation-
Tide publicity campaign to educate
labor to the causes of the war and
American var aims.
"Labor has most at stake in this
war," the report said, "and it will
eagerly devote its all if only it be
treated with confidence and under-
anding, subject neither to indulg
mce nor neglect, but dealt with, as
part of the citizenship of the
tate." .
The Commission also told the
President the government must Jm-
fcediately recognize as a part of the
tational labor policy the principle
that "collective relationship" sbe-
lireen labor and capital is "indispen
sable."
It must at once establish "con-
linous administrative machinery for
pie orderly adjustment of industrial
bsues and the avoidance of. anjat-
Biosphere of contention. . :
It must "as a pre-requisie to the
lest moral industry" eliminate pro-
iteering.
It must adhere to the established
lolicy of the eight hour work day
with, "appropriate overtime .;' pay
ments" to guard against its misuse.
"It must unify direction of labor
dministration for the period of the
Far; and eliminate the "unrelated
lommittees, boards, commissions,
igencies and departments having
fragmentary and conflicting jurisdic-
Iioa over the labor problems, raised
h the war."
Labor, on its part after being "as
sured of sound labor conditions and
5ective means of just redress of
Tievances" must "play square" and
surrender all practices which tend
restrict maximum efficiency."
Lastly, education of labor to the
causes and aims of the war; with
hole hearted appeal for its supr.
tot
These recomendations were urged
necessary to promote the patriot
co-operation of American labor in
w war.
"The causes of Tmrpst smsrcent
Nr own means of correction," says
Je report.
i The elimination to the utmost
fwtica lextent of all nrofiteerine
4nng thft War QD Q nr.ran.iii.its
rc "est moralp nf
--iUOdern laree sralA inrtnstrv
P5 effectually destrnvftH thf
MaHn- x... r "
-u ueiween employer and em-
ion nT Raowledge and co-opeia-
rLU it IS thfiVPf nro -nn 1
U A V., iXVjr tVF-3-
ule 10 COndllPt inflno.rw K-r. ArynTi-nt,
I ia employes as individuals. Some
urm c
- ML CftUaoiiva. 1.
rtn -v-.c x ciaLiuiisiiiy uu-
lr1icn . oicin, ciuu men is iu-
iubaDie. The recognition of
:hnn,rJlclple y ttt government
law . an accepted part of the
v U PV s 4.1 .
""Law. in Koiv, -i 1
for us vitality upon steady
3tZf L lQStead f Waitin
he ...J after grievances come to
kt.M: ,iace there is 'needed the
PJDositi ueiy Ior tne oraeny
Potion "V Vn8?APre. OI
aaces wasie ot aistur-
4 Ti
tablishiL eight hour da is an!
n a Policy of the o
5f thP rl- .s Proved justification
Hiol Ple also in war times.
:5r Tst of course, be made
PLOTTERS
Intrigues Threaten to Demor
alize the Government FaV-
-orable to Allies
VEN12ELOS PLEDGES
- NATION'S SUPPORT
Declares the Plotters Will Be
Frimly Dealt With and
(That the War Will Be
Pursued to Victory
Washington, Feb. 9. A campaign
of ruthless extermination of the Teu
tonic intrigue which threatens demorr
alization of Greece has been inaugu
rated by the Greek government, Pre
mier Venizelos cabled the Greek le
gation here tonight.
Soldiers who mutinied at Lamnia
Friday are to be courtmartialed; andl
a score . of political supporters of the
old Cohstantine regime, including for
mer Premier Stephan Skqulpudis,
have already been ordered banished
irom Athens. '
ThQ Gjreek parliament - has been
summarily adjourned by the govern
ment to leave , the administration a
free-- hand to codo iwiiUtihe JKlmitted-
ly serious situation. it will not be
convened at least for a fortnight, ac
cording to the Venizelos cable. The
cable revealed startling conditions
throughout the nation.
Plottings and counter plottlrigs
fostered by Berlin, and carried on by
the royalists have dangerously un
dermined the public morale. There
is widespread propaganda and intrig
uing to -defeat the effective mobiliza
tion of the nations man power in aid
of the Entente.
Open rioting and incendiary speech
es have aroused the country to high
pitch. Against this situation, Veni
zelos proposes to? meet the issue
squarely, deal with It drastically and
take all responsibility for any meas
ures taken.
"The. Allies can rest assured, Ven
izelos cabled, "that we 'have taken or
will take all the steps necessary
against those who would poison pub
lic opinion and render their Hellinic
nation impotent againsjt the enemy
and deprive us of victory.
The government is back by the ma-
jpority of the people in these meas
ures taken to deaV with those who
would deliver Greece bound hand and
foot to her enemies, in hopes that
such action will restore the old re
gime. "Although ther revolt (at Lamia( has
been effectually suppressed, the gov
ernment is taking drastic steps to pre
vent its recurrence ,and to stamp out
existing intrigues against mobiliza
tion. -
''The seditious movement at Lamnia
has established beyond a doubt the
existence of such a. plotting, and we
find ourselves called upon to deal not
only with those immediately concern
ed, but also with those morally re
sponsible.
(Continued on page ten.)
ttftt
dement
st by
rs in cases of emer-
3r win readily meet this
lf its misuse is euarded,
appropriate overtime pay-
Sled direction
'nistrat
the
of the labor
in of the United States
an
l . lue ncj . .
L'iisho . war snouia Da
Natpri 1 At Psent there is
itees v. . of separate com-
frs juSJ:aimentary ad . eon-
ruoiem0 """,uu over the .labOT
K fni,almmistration is needed.
to determine and
establish the necesary admlnistra.
tive structure."
This last recommendation has al
ready been adopted; President Wil
son recently having appointed Sec
retary of Labor Wilson head of the
"labor administration' 1 The new
United States employment service is
a part of this organization
"6. When assured of sound labor
conditions and effectice means for
the just re-dres of grievances that
may' arise, labor in its turn should
surrender all practices which tend to
restrict maximum efficiency.
7. Uncorrected evils are the
greatest provocative to, extremists'
nropoganda and their correction - it
self would be He best counter pro-
poganda, but there Is need for -more
Laffirmative education. There has
been too little publicity of an educa
tional sort in regard to labor rela
tion to the ' war,,, he purposes - of thB
government ; i and - the methods by
which it Is pursuing tljem s hould bf
brought home ; to the fuller under
standing of . labor. Labor has most
at stake in this wak and it will eag
erly devote" its all if oly it be treated
with confidence and understanding,
subject neither Ho-indulgence nor ne
glect; , but dealt with.; as .a.prat ,of the
.u 1.1- Otnta . '-v -"- t
No New Figures Saturday . f-'j
Give Hope of Less Than C: 5
145 Lost
TUSCANIA, VICTIM OF GERMAN TORPEDO
NEX
STEP IS A PEACE.
IN WALK
Efforts Will Now Be Direct
ed Toward Serbia, Ru
mania and Montenegro V
TALK OF A DRIVE
AGAINST SALONIKA
Will Try, to Force Allies from
The Adriatic Bulgaria
Modifies Her Terms.
Russia Doomed
The First Definite News of
Where Our Troops Are
Entrenched
Washington,, Feb. 9. A separate
peace for Germany and the Central
AlUerxtrfb.-Ballean
lied drive at Salonika restores the
morale of the exhausted Entente Pow
ers in the near East, is threatened, ac
cording to diplomatic officials here to
day.
Germany's influence is gradually
beginning to be felt on , the ' Eastern
and Southeastern front and many mil
itary critics as well' as diplomatic of
ficials, are discounting the near East
in entirely forecasting the develop
ments of the coming 'year.
The consummation of a separate
peace between the Central Powers
and Ukraine has removed the greatest
stumbling block in the path of the
Teutonic powers. Rumania, caught
between the vise, must eventually
meet the Austrian terms, while Ser
bia and Montenegro, unless succored
soon, must accept what Austria and
Bulgaria sees fit to give them or lose
everything.
Greece, ostensibly an Allied factor,
is lukewarm in her war preparations
and diplomatic difficulties may be ad
ded to military obstacles General Guil-
laume must- overcome. Should the
Teuton find- strength enough for a
concerted drive against the Salonika
front and Greece fail to respond whole
heartedly, the Salonika forces would
face a serious situation,' officials de
clare. Additional proof that Germany con
templates a drive which will force the
Allies from the Adriatic is . the latest
move of Bulgaria. In a recent inter
view, the text of which was receiv
ed in Washington today, the Bulga
rian king shows an inclination to of
fer piore acceptable terras to Serbia
and Rumania, Bulgaria's chief ene
mies than those previously offered.
Bulgaria today would be content
with "a peace which established the
status quo at the beginning of the sec
ond Balkan war, despite the fact that
she holds much more territory than
she then clajmed. -
"Bulgaria places herself today on
the basis of the treaty which her for
mer Allies (Serbia, Rumania, Monte
negro and Greece) and now her chief
enemies- have- signed and which they
have - taken oaths to observe' King
Ferdinand states referring to the
treaty at the conclusion of the "first
Balkan war, which gave Bulgaria one
third of Macedonia. . . '.'.- -
Under this treaty Bulgaria would
be forced to evacuate that part of
Dobrudja south of the Danube, ccu
pied by Bulgaria in the present' war.
Its restoration, together with a slice
of Moldavia in Russian Bessarabia,
which is deported to have been offer
ed the Rumanians by Germany in com
pensation for Transylvanian territory
claimed now would undoubtedly be
powerful bait for the helpless Ruma
nian nation. -
Rumanian officials, now in the Unit
ed States, who served in the Balkan
wars and who know the Rumanian
ruler . intimately, are much concerned
over the possibility of this tempting
offer being accepted by King Ferdi
nand. . Russian officials, on the other hand,
are inclined to believe that Ukraine,
will- not protest" the cession of Molda
via" to Rumania' recognizing its added
Rumanian nationality and institutions.
The, BoIahet4& r jle&eited. oaiallsides,
London, Feb. 9. definite location
of the American expeditionary force
in" France was left "to the Germans
themselves.
A- brief official announcement by
the Berlin foreign office today declar
ed that "American prisoners were
taken" at Xivry. This is a small
French town . located about eight
miles east and a bit south of Ht.
Mihiel and only 15 miles from . the
nearest point of -German territory.
Hitherto t e sector held by the
Americans was characterized hy
United States officials vaguely as
"northwest of Toul this might have
meant either that portion of the Al
lied line? running from St. "Mihiel
-east to Point Musspn-sbr that part
wmcn swerves at ST. 'Mttijel and run
noQhwaraojgaVti
01 VALUE
Thawing Snow and Ice Cause
Streams to Go on a
Rampage
mansmementhoei wu wwsai
fixes'-the American sector . na.ii Vf dynamite was used to- blow but.
St. Mihiel -part of it at least.
ARGENTINA
IN CLUTCH
OF
WAD
STRKE
Tracks Dynamited and Much
Munitions and Foodstuffs
Destroyed
Buenos Aires,. Feb. 9. Argentina
is in the clutch of another nation
wide railroad strike tonight.
Strikers have dynamited tracks
and burned great quantities of food
stuffs and munitions.
Troops are mobilizing to quell the
disorders. The strikers have declar
ed; their intention to resist, and
heavy casualties are feared when
they clash with the soldiers.
The outbreak came almost with
out warning. Its suddenness caught
the authorities unprepared. Rail
roads have been blown up and explo
sives were ablaze before anything
untoward was anticipated.
In the outskirts of Buenos Aires
the strikers were particularly active,
wenty-five carloads of wheat and
tation was paralyzed throughout the
Military forces were disadvanta
geous to cope with the situation.
They were garrisoned in localities
far -from the center of the disorder.
The quick destruction " ..of railroad
tracks in all parts of the country pre
vented . mobilization of the -troops.
They will be sent against the
strikers as soon a s transportation
can be provided, v The- situation was
'characterized by government officials
tonight as grave. Drastic govern
ment action is -expected.
Results of-.: an extended strike
would be far reaching. During the
recent general strike when transpor
tation was )arlyzed throughout the
country, many localities were con
fronted with - actual starvation
through cutting off of their supplies.
LORD READING HERE
AS WAR: AMBASSADOR
' An Atlantic Port. Feb.- 9. Lord
Reading.new high commissioner from
Great Britain . to the United States,
arrived here today The former
Chief Justice succeeds British Ambas
sador Spring-Rice; He expects" to go
to Washington immediately.
will eventually submit to German
terms, regardless "of how humiliating
because there 4s no other alternative,
Russian officials believe. , -
Ultimate dismemberment of Russia
and after that the demise of the Bol
shevik, -will be the outcome of Rus
sia's. anarchistic debauch-diplomatic
officials , ; predict. They "are exceed
ingly pessimistic over recent" events
and admit that disintegration is - the
only ycaj toeiiminate-Bolslievkism.
Wheeling, W. Va., Feb, 9. With
the Ohio river gorged for a distance
of forty miles from Duck Hill, Ohio,
to - here and a rise of eight feet of
water in the last few hours, Wheel
ing tonight is threatened with the
worst flood in its history. -
All small streams are running wild
with heavy ice and water.
' Great alarm was caused- tonight
when government officials sounded
warnings that Wheeling tiT'and'-wouId
be flooded within 24 hours by a ter
rific gorge ' bearing down from
Brownsville, Pa. The Brownsville
gorge tore loose late thjs ; afternoon,
sweeping out many coai uppies. -
wneeang's rasmenaoie residence
gorge at Wheeling ' Creek. Several
gorges have stuck in the. Ohio riverJ
here and -government officials : say
they will continue to pile up and
block the river, increasing danger of
floods. River men, anxious over the
situation, refuse to hazard a predic
tion. ' '
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad is
sending all trains to and' from Pitts
burg over the Pennsylvania Lines.
Its bridge was damaged here late to
day when the piers were swept out
by the heavy rush of ice and water.
Latest reports from up the Ohio
river state that the, gorge there star
ted moving down stream.
At Rosiclaire, Ills., $50,000 worth
of smal vessels " were reported, to
have been sunk when a gorge broke
in the Ohio there.
IK
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OF
SPEEDS HP RECRUITING
A Rush to the Colors is the
Answer of the Amer
icans New, York, Feb. 9. Americans man
hood rushed to the . colors today in
answer to Germany's sinking of the
transport Tuscania.
Increases in enlistments ranged all
the way; from 20 per cent .up Ho 500 i
per cent. . . .. "
Chicago led the country with five
ttimes the usual applications, while
lumber jackg in the Northeon Minne
sota woods, flocked to:the 20thEngin
eering headquarters to avange'the
losses suffered . by : that orgahizatioh.
Denve rreported enlistments dou
bled, i; .v "
Boston was next with a 50 per cent
increase in 'marine corps enlistments.
Recruiting of lumber jacks fromHhe
Northern Minnesota 1 woods for the
20th i Engineers showed ar gain of 250
per cent. This jump was plainly, due
to desire for revenge, for the losses
the 20th suffered in the attack on the
Tuscania, which was largely recruit
ed from this section. -
Marine recruiting officers, reported
an increase of 20 per cent in the"
small towns of Oregon... Loggers .ih
that State are - not . enlisting, having
been convinced by the Loyal Legion
of Lumber Men that ; they are doing
mote to avenge the . 20th engineers by
getting out spruce - for 1 airplanes and
fir for ships. : ;
At Eureka," California, several lu n
ber jacks quit their pobs whenHhev
heard the uscania had been .torpedoed
and traveled , 300 miles to San Fran
cisco to join the engineers to '. avenge
the lumber jacks lost on the trans1-
port '.' . r;v
Columbus, - Ohio, enlistments In
creased '33 per cent, .while i Detroit
slioisred a-15 sex cent .gala; .-r7"
AM
ERICAN
t
CHECKING UP NAMES
A GIGANTIC
"MM
Names of Survivors Must-:Befe!
Cabled to Washington an
Checked from the Roll.
Need of Ships
7? .
Washington, Febl 9. The statK
At 10:20 o'clock tonight the statte
tical bureau of the War Department i m
had received the names of 2,000 Amejr( .y j
ican soldiers saved from uie-torpeuo-;!
ed Tuscania. ' , '""Vif
Another cablegram was expected too, b
FOR AN 0 NS V
Position is Favorable for Pro-
... , , '
tection Against Any Hin-
. denburg Drive
GERMAN DISCONTENT
ONLY QUIETED DOWN
Labor Disturbances Are Not
Believed to Be Over, But
Ready to Break Out
Again Any Time . .
' New York, Feb9.-The . location of
thiAneriM
tenches -iSong e-"'"Fc1iL frtStf has
been revealed this' weejfcby the CeA
man war office at which 'would be a
central position for , an offensive
against the German salient at St.
Miehiel having the capture of Metz
as its principal objective.
The American training camp is di
rectly to the south of this position.
By taking over the French entrench
ments' at Xivry General Pershing is
at least able to'protecjtHhe1 only ex:
posed flank - of his training ground
against a German attack. Any at
tempt by von Hindenburg -to safeguard
Metz through" shoving '.the French
lines further - back-would how meet
with resistance from the American j
army . . -
That the German general staff will;
try so , dangerous - an undertaking is j
improbable. : Failure Would likely
cause too much discomfort at home,
for the German people realize the na-1
tion cannot longer suffer large cas
ualties on questionable advantages.
The strikes within Germany quiet
ed down during the past week because
of threats by the government to - deal
with the strikers by process, of" mar
tial law. This means the arrogant
spirit of militarism which, caused the
strikes in the first instance was in
voked Ho a still mor6 intolerable de
gree of the . purpose of overawing the
protesting workmen. ' ,
The discontent among the -German
people,- therefore, has not been exter
niinated, because the masses have
beei ; forced to return to work. In
stead of this, a new reason for anger
at; the government's" imperialism has
been given to the people. Under . these
conditions, disturbances may break
out anew at any time. If the Ger
man . delegates return from Brest
Li tovsk . confessing--they have failed to
make peace with Russia because of
he Kaiser's imperialistic terms, new
and more serious strikea in Hhe Cen
tral. Empires .are -probable. . .
1 Berlin's . announcement that a sep
arate 'peace' has been signed by the
Central Powers with the. new Ukraine
republic' cannot; be accepted at its face
value. The. Ukraine . republic '.sent two
sets of peace delegates to Brest-Lit-ovsk,
orie representing the. bpurgoise
parliament' and "the other, representing
the "Ukraine Bolsheviki, It is with
bburgoise representatives that the
peaceagreement has been sighed.
; Endorsement ' apparently, has been
withheld by the . Ukraine Bolshevik!,
wha are acting ' in concert with Leon
Trotsky and ' the Bolsheviki r govern
ment f ati.Petrjqgrad. .If- oppositldn of
the Bolsheviki becomes .active in Uk
raineit will be jmpossible for the
Central; Powers to obtain 'any benefit
from Hhe peace treaty. . In this case
the . large' Ukrainian suppoy of food
stuffs Vhich. the .Teutons., are so- eager
to control will continue to vbe with-,
held from ; Germany ' and Austria-liun-gary.
..' t ' '.
vThe Bblsheyiki 'are .:ioiwTthe only
hope of the Allies HhatHhes.e proTis-
ions .will not be used to strengthen the
clean up tn. numDer : oi survwi:
giving the War Department definite
4
There are still 177 American sqjdiers
as survivors up to tnia time. Aiysvi
compiling 1,100 the survivors anfl;-
their addresses, publication of the list ; ;
was discontinued for the the night.. A j
The war zone today gave up the
names of hundreds of American sol-,
diers saved from the torpedoed Tus f ,
cania. ' t'
But. as the War Department's .sta-y
tistical bureau worked to compile' j
them that worried homes In tha
country might be assured of their-
to extend hope 'that less; than ;
United States soldiers had been lout.
Owing to the fact that the entire V
list of survivors : must be sent HhrJ
government, oetofe an accurate . ;
J1 Lilt; ueiiii uin t3 .u-uo ncc mrj.vi -V
country today looked for their boys
in the list- of saved.
The gigantic task of compiling over i
2.000 names may be realized in ' that
anames reached. hem1&ycWe;Hlie
WATe sent i.tb'.Tf!t8tica;nteiii
whire they had. to'" be ' cnecaed .Utr
with the ships ro'erJid then checkj ;
edr again for - addresses : i ?
Confusion still exists v in the ' off!; '
rial fiCTires. of the Americans losti"
The London admirajtv pi aces -ejfif4
timate aoDroximatelv the sanf8as I
firvre compiled originally oy theJi'
United Press 145 but the War Dfi- - W
partment reports , state that only iJS,
ar missing. . l.
The total pf soldiers, nassengerjtf
and o.rftw lost WUT nrobablv f.rl;
around 200. according to latest re :
ports. Pcourrng of the coast of Iri
end Scotland thus far have faJJ
ed to brine to lht added survivow
cared for in small fishermen's homisf
and villages reached by the early calf-' '
vaf8. , ,. . . - -t?l
The Tuscania sinkinr. has araln't
vived the demand for faster shin on-,
struct'on in this country. All officials"
tonight were centering on the camt d
pair ji mvi Oro (kb -
"The number of men that we can
place and maintain in Fmnce will de ;- it
Dend on the number of shins availably
for their transportflt'on and their sup-
pli?R' Secretary Bker declared, f ' ;
"For that reason I want to ask the
friends and families of the men In. '
our National Army to lend Hhejr su- f
"nort in avwv wav trr- th ..oTifnnitie" !
. . . " r--'Y
jioara t na j. me necessary iaoor may
'l:
be enrolled in the United States shtb- : If
yard volunteers. They are doing 1
work of vital importance to thedp- t )
fens of the nat'on. and hte men'w
enroll in thr ship yards are. . node- V i1
takinr a patriotic service as; gretXisft,
nv tbflt. can be performed behind the . p
firing line." - ' '-i.. H
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
PASSES THE CRISIS
.. .
m.
New York, )Vh I -r Colonel Hbotf' f
vlt continued Mr narrovement all'
daya bulletin on"lri.t condition issu34: ,c
a 9 o'clock tcnijrJ..t t Ifoosevelt'.H
pital stated. ' !
'Colonel RoJievelt pessed a ..cflioi-'v
ftHabie day,'.' the builetin stated V
Tmnerature 9 2-or rtilse 80.' D .
Martin visited Colon V Eoosevelt" 3,
Miss Jose?h:nc Pii yker.' Colonel
Ri-csevelt's serretiirv.VTeft the hospital .
after the bullet i . hnd. been - l&saed -and
said notatn further' legardtng Wsf
crrditton wo I'd be -ixf-TL out tonlgW,
Colonel- Roosevelt's' condition Is:i-. .
Improved that h'ei-cafter : It wlll
necessary to watch his progress "day
by day" Instead bf'Mhpur HjyhonT,'
his physicians annoimcedHonlght.
For three - weeks,, . .however - it will,
be necessary for him to be ahsolute
ly quiet, receiving. no ? visitors and
erting himself not atall."' The crit '
waa passed today. The dangeroixs -condition
' of the abcess in his earr his , -'.
been , relieved. ' ' . ; ?tr
So many flower hiive ,been,'sentfo.
?osevelt. Hospital, that they are dfs-
- Heavy. Artillery. - ili?
Paris, Feb. 9.-Heavy artillerylnr
in i the Champaigne.'Tegion and , along
the right bank of the Meuse waa ap
nounced by the French :1 War officeHo-;
economic positIohof'the;CeirtralrPdw:; night " There' were rfo Infaatry, ac
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