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TREMAN Ess RADIO PRESS REPORT January 31, 1919. Washington. Soc. Novy Daniols discussod with shipping board of plans of building about Conmonwoclth Drydock Boston, c. groat joint neval morchant marino ropair xix station. Albany, N.Y. Senator Jomos T. Welkor, Now York, introduced in logislaturo today baseball bill providing municipclitics thomsolvos botwoon whothor Sunday basc- ball would be pormissable. Smith favors bill which last year was un- supported by Govornor Vhitman. Boston Goorgo Storllings, lanagor of tho Boston Notional Leaguo Club, announced that he roccivod a letter from Honk Gowdy who is oversoas, stating that ho hopes to got rolcaso soon so ho con GO to psring troiningo Philadolphia Pro secution closod the caso in the trinl of lineor Thomes B. Smi th who is chergod with misdcemor with offico conspiracy to violato tho law prohibiting offico holdors from porticipoting in politics. It is oxpoctod that the conclusion of the trinl will and in two or throo days. Now York Bound Siborionway from Franco by way of Now York and San FRANCISCO thirtoon membors of the Third Fronch Flying Squedron arrivod aboard tho stoamor "Wost Goloto" Contingont Commander Sergeant Domarost Goorges, tho saw servico on virtuolly ovory battlofront sorving in the Artillory and Infentry eir sorvices. DES MOINES, Iowa Thomps, Foirwoothor owner Des Moines Club Wostom LoaGuo, is reported und.or consideration a.s Prosidont of this lecgue to succood FRENCH PRESS FROM LYONS. Tho Fronc sculptor Goorgo Dubois finished a molo monument commomorating the Lusitcnio. It was proposed for tho scono of tho tragody and would be the first monument flonting upon the opon soas. It reprosents ono kmooling upon a pioco of wrockago, cnothor holding a baby with outstrotchod arms appocling to the invisible rescuors. It is to bo OI bronzo fiftcen foot high nd anchorablo en floot off the Irish Const. Tho momument is to be a fireship nightly and high English and Fronch porsonalitics approvo the plon and nevigators doclare it to bo procticoble, tho Amoricans aro oxpected to bo the most interosted oving to the groat nu ber who woro drowned on the Lusitanic. President Wilson is having a difficult timo vith his colloques ovor the porploring colonial quost ions but ho groduclly is hoving his way. Wilson insists that a mandetory or trustoeship must bo appliod in en oquitable mennor so that tho peoplo in conquored areas will not bo victinized by longthly argu- monts favoring diffcront schomos of administration but Wilson with a surprising emount of historical cate at his tonçue tip has boon able to convinco his colloagues that a now arrongement, if mado, must not pormit abuso of past history. During the Thursday session iustralia and New SEALINI arguod amphatically for the possession of the Pacific Islends but Vilson diroctly quostion dd Lloy Goorge if ho supportod the departure and thother it would conflict automiticully vi th the Lennuo of Nationa. Yostorday's decision rogarding the intornat ionalization of the Gordons possessions is admittod hore to be a triurph of Vilson's diplomacy and considoring the novolty of the concop tion from the Europoan point of viow it is thought fair to say that the accoptance of Wilson's loadorship ovon among thoso originzlly most strongly opposod was dono with good grace.