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: # bor one of Dalmatia to Jygosiavia a WEATHER. Fair, ended 2 p.m. today 2:36 p.m. yesterday; low am. today. Full report on page 21. conan tune continued cold tonight; morrow fair and not se cold. Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 26, at to~ » 1, at 8 Clesing New York Stocks, Page 19. No. 27,690. WASHINGTON, D. C.’ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1920—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. ‘The Associated Press is exelusively entitled to the use for republication of ell news dispatches | credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this | paper and also the local news published hereim, | All rights of publication of special | dispatches herein are also reserved. Saturday's Net Circulation, 97,249 Sunday's Net Circulation, 88,488 2 TWO CENTS. WHITE HOUSE DENIES ‘ BY PRESIDENT TO QUIT EUROPE; PREMIERS OPPOSE HIS PROGRA Interpretation of \ Adriatic Note Is | , “Too Sweeping.” STILL OPPOSES ‘ LONDON TREATY) Entente Chiefs May Go Ahead Without U. S. Participation. | i President Wilson, it was learned to- @ay at the White House, did not say in his note to the entente premiers / regarding the Fiume question that the United States would no fonger be able to concern itself in Ewropean af-} Yairs if a Fiume settlememt were made ‘without consulting Ameftica. Officials said the igterpretation of the President's note by the Paris ‘Temps was “too sweeping.” They said the United States would not withdraw from participation in the peace treaty league of natin: if the! and the treaty were ratified by the Benate, but that it would withdraw from any par- ticipation in the Fiume settlement, in- | cluding the policing of the Adriatic. ‘The Temps said President Wilson allowed it to be understood that the | United States would find it impossible | to continue in conference if the allies settle the Adriatic question without | <onsulting the United States. H President Remains Firm. The President's position regar Fiume and the whole Adriatic si tion was said to be unchanged. This position, however, never has been offi- cially outlined and officials declined today to define it. No reply to the President's note has een received, it was said at the State ‘Department. Dispatches from abroad Baid the reply had been dispatched | and that in it the premiers adhered to their ultimatum to Jugoslavia that it-must accept the compromise on the Fiume question or suffer the carrying outof the terms of the original treaty of London. American Fesition Unchanged. ‘ond ‘tue general statement that mited States adhered to the orig- inal preposition of the supreme coun- gil im Paris in allotting Fiume and and Trieste and thé cone caintey aw statement of the A: poe sition regarding the Adriatic iSsue. Since that original position was as- sumed a number of notes have been exchanged between the State Depart- ment and the entente premiers. and thete have been several confer-nces in Washington between former Sec- retary Lansing and the resident am-; bassadors and ministers of Italy and Jugosiavia. It has been reported that the United States was willing to ac cept some amendments of the orig- inal plan. but all of the exchanges have been closely guarded. | Opposed to Treaty ef London. It is understood, ‘however, that the| American position has been ope of! unalterable opposition to the applica-1 tion of the terms of the treaty of! London which would have given Italy jurisdiction over Dalmatia, though not over Flume, and thet all of the notes have indicated the purpose of the American government to adhere as closely as possible to the lines of the original settlement, based, as it was! suyposed to be. upon the principle of self-determination and of ethnological affiliation as set out in President Wil- son's original fourteen points. It is believed this position included ; consenting to the erection of Fiume | into an independent state, or at least | one under the control of the ieague of nations. But there was unqualified | objection to the transfer to Italy of title to Dalmatia or to the long strip of coast of the Adriatic extending! from Fiume to Italian Trieste. | So far as known that is the present | position of the United States, and its notes have indicated that if the en- tente premiers were disposed “to find another solution inconsisteng with this attitude they must provide for the execution of their plans without | any participation on the part of! America.” | ! i Food Question Way Figure. The suggestion that President W son had indieated that this nation would not be disposed to proceed with | its European food relief measures if the allied beads remained obduratej was made in official quarters today Desire of Great Britain, Italy and other nations for American funds to relieve famine in Austria, it was sug- gested. might be a potent factor onjcept the allies’ replies to the President. The principal concession indicated by the President as possibly accept- able, it was stated in diplomatic quarters, has been for creation of a buffer state, and the entente, togeth- er with Italy, it is said, so far have remained in opposition to the buffer state plan. NEX(CAN BANDITS SEE UL. CEN Carranza Troops Are Sent to ciated Press).—Hugh ¢ jeriticises Premier Lloyd George's plan as | tions. ‘New Note Suggests He Be ‘cellent authority t ' Wilson Note | Disapproves | as fo Adriatic (by the Asso- | the PARIS, February 1 American amba: ered to.the foreign office a memorandum + from President Wilson, according to the Temps, in which the President said he, coud ‘not approve of Premier Lloyd ‘gorgia’s proposed settlement of the Adriatic question which been sub- Mitted to the Jugoslavs. The new paper says that ar identi¢al memoran- dum was delivered to the British fo eign office in London. The Temps says President Wilson al- lowed it to understood that the | be | United States would find it impossible to continue in conference if the allies settle the Adriatic question without con- sulting the United States. Criticined Lloyd George Plan. (| In his memorandum President Wilson communicated to the Jugoslavs by the supreme council January 20. The Presi- | dent examined the plan, but declares he cannot approve of its tenor. He par- ticularly opposes the idea which con- | sists of giving the Jugoslavs the choice between this plan and execution pure and simple of the London pact. In addition, according to the Temps, the President finds the Lloyd George plan too divergent from the memoran- | dum drawn up at London last Decem- | ber. by Premiers Lloyd George and | Clemenceau, with the collaboration of ; the American representative. President's, Ultimatum. | The President gives it to be under- stood that if the allied powers settle the Adriatic problem without consulting the United States government the United States will find it impossible to concern itself in European affairs. The memo- randum was immediately examined by the chiefs Of the allied governments be- fore the French premier left Londeg for Paris this morning. Premier Millerand has called a cab-! inet meeting for Tuesday to hear his account of the London negotia- He will also flake a statement on the diplomatic situation to the senate committee of foreign affairs. Mullerand Explains. (Havas).—Premier Millerand has explained the reported negotiations between France and Jugoslavia last fall, by which, it is said, a com- munity of interest between the two countries would be recognized in the Adriatic, according to London advices to the Journal. it is.aaid members of the supreme allied council are Satisfied with the statement made by the French premier. 5 Premier Nitti of Italy is reported to have ordered the suppression” of the newspaper responsible for the first publication of the reports. Confirmed by Mr. Polk. NEW YORK, February 16.—Frank L. Polk, acting Secretary of State, confirms the Paris dispatches stating that the British and French foreign offices had been notified that Presi- dent Wilson could not approve their plan for the settlement of the Adri- atic question. Mr. Polk. who is visit- ing his mother here, said: “The dispatch is true. It was known at the time in shington, and so reported in the newspapers, that the President was opposed to the proposed settlement.” INTERN EX-KAISER, ALLIES NOW ASK i Sent to Dutch East | Indies. By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, February Jatest allied note to Holland, with re- gard to extradition of the former German emperor, reverses the origi- nal demand for his surrender and only asks his internment, with the suggestion that the former monarch be sent. perhaps. to one of the Dutch islands in the East Indies, known today. ‘The Associated Press learns on ex- the Dutch gov- ernment has already determined to reply with an offer actually to intern Wilhelm at Doorn. Holland would ac- the full responsibility of pre- venting him from endangering the peace of the world, establishing a guard over him anda strict censor- ship. Holland. it is pointed out in diplo- matic quarters, is anxious to meet any request of the allies which is compatible with her own dignity and does not conflict with the nation's laws and traditions of long standing. More than anything else, as far as can [be learned. she desires to bring to a close the issue over the presence of the former emperor, which has been « thorn in her side since the Hohenzol- lerns sought refuge here in 1918. That the ex-ruler is undoubtediy willing to spend the rest of his life in Doorn is the belief jn official circles, where it is also believed that the allies will accept the proposal to place upon | Holland's shoulders the responsibility for keeping him there. They point to {Doorn as being a particularly advan- | tageous place to intern him, as the vil- Rescue W. W. Adams, Mine Official. Wilson Welsh Adams, an American, has been captured by bandits in Zacatecas. Mexico, and is being held for 50,000 pesos ransom, the State Department was advised today. Adams’ home is in Los Angeles, where his wife and child now live. ‘The American embassy at Mexico City has been instructed by the State Department to bring the kidnaping to the attention of the Mexican an- thorities with the request that every step be taken to secure Adams’ lease The American representatives at Saltillo and Monterey. in reporting the incident. said the authorities in Zaca- tecas were endeavoring to learn the whereabouts of Adams and his cap 's and that three columns of Mex ) troops had been sent out The kidnaping occurred at Avalos last Friday and the bandits were re- Ported to have looted the warehouse of the Providencia mine, operated by the Minerales and Metales Company, an American concern. Adams was s#uverintendent of the mine, ree! lage is not near any large city, and the {house which the ex-emperor has bought lis so placed as to be easily guarded, and it is somewhat further from the German frontier than Amerongen, | where the former emperor is now liv- ihe. The note was delivered late last night direct to the Dutch premier by the “British minister at The Hague. The note had not reached the Duteb ; foreign office this morning nor was there any explanation forthcoming as ‘to why it had been delivered to the premier instead of through the regu- lar diplomatic channels. \ Up to noon today no part of the text lof the document had been made pub- illic here. | Radio Messages Disclose Orion in H Distress Off Nova-Scotia. BOSTON. February 16.—The United States Shipping Board steamship !Orion, bound from Hamburg for | St. Jobn, N. B, has been caught fo an ice field in the Barrington Passage, off Nova Scotia, and is in need of as- sistance, according to radio messages intercepted here early today. The last message received said: ae “Need immediate assistance count of ice, Fuel supply ver THREAT” | it became | M Compromise Plan. of Mr. Wilson Is Rejected TEXT OF NOTE IS UNDISCLOSED: Unfavorable Comment Is Expressed By Rome Papers. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 16.—Up to noon today the reply of the allied | supreme council to President Wil- | son's note relative to the proposed A ic compromine had not been dispatched to Washington, it wi learned after a meeting of the council today. ace an a sensa- tional development by the London Press. PARIS, February 16.—Prompt rejec- tion of President Wilson's objections to the compromise a@reement by which England, France and Italy hoped to settle with Jugoslavia ques- tions relative to the future status of the eastern coast of the Adriatic is reported in the Echo de Paris. Premiers Lloyd George of Great Britain and Millerand of France draft- } ed the reply to the American chief executive and insisted Jugoslavia must agree to the compromise, with the alternative of seeing the treaty of London become operative. it said. At the same time the premier's re- ply was sent to Washington. the for- eign minister of Jugoslavia was no- tifled the viewpoint of the British and French governments had not been altered by the seemingly unexpected action of Mr. Wilson. Prenident's Note Undiaclosed. Contents of the Wilson note have not been made public here. He is said, however, to have given intimation the United States would “find it impossi- bie to continue to concern itself on European affairs” if the allies pro- ceeded to settlement of the Adriatic Problem without consulting the United States. it is said the President entered se- rious objections to the ultimatum sent-to the Belgrade government on January 20, and declared it differed from the program framed by Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau, with the assistance of an American repre- sentative, last December. Cristx im Belgrade. While not connected with the situa-} tion resulting from the Wilson note, a cabinet crisis has arisen at Bel- grade. Davidovitch resigned yesterday, an- nouncement stating this step was the séquel of the refusal of Prince Regent Alexander to dissolve the present pro- visional parliament and call for the election of a constituent assembly. It! is probable this situation will still further delay settlement of the Ad- Tiatic problem. Point to Italy’s Aid im War. Mr. Wilson’s charges against Italy are rejected by the two premiers, it is said by the Echo de Paris, which de- clares they asserted that ItaJy threw all her weight into the struggle and fought for high ideals. The number of Italian dead is recalled in one section of the repl: While thus replying to Mr. Wilson, Mr. Lloyd George, acting as president of the conference, wrote M. Trum- bitch. Jugoslav foreign minister, in- maintained their original viewpoint, namely, that Jugoslavia must. accept the compromise agreement, or face the execution of the treaty of London. The greatest discretion is being ob- served as to the contents of the reply to the president and it will not be fade public until after it is received |irstntat him that England and France 16.—The | by the President of the United States. However, another delay’in the Adri- atic settlement as a-consequence of the incident is foreseen in French of- ficial circles. . Net Considered as Ultimatam President Wilson's note on the Adri- aticg question is not considered in| French official circles as an ulti- matum, it was declared today by a foreign office official. On such partial information as was obtainable yesterday the Paris press construed the note as meaning that France and Great Britain must change their attitude on that question or the United States would withdraw from all connection with European affairs. The official view. however, is that, rather than an ultimatum, the note is simply a renewal of direct negotia- tions by the United States. The re- ply of the allies, represented in the press here as a categoric maintenance office officials as merely a continuance of the negotiations. ciated Press).-The premiers have drafted a reply to President Wilson's ‘note on the Adriatic question, which | will be transmitted through the Amer- ican ambassadors at London and Parts, according to a member of Premier Millerand’s staff, who arrived in Paris tonight. Unfavorable Comment in Rome. ROME, February 15.—Reports from Paris relative to the note President Wilson has sent to the supreme allied council, in which he enters objections to the compromise reached by, the allies regarding the Adriatic question, are printed in the Messaggero, which comments unfavorably upon ‘this “sudden and new intervention. by President Wilson.” The newspaper observes he might have expressed bis point of view before the Italian-Jugo_ slav question reached its present status. Italian Transport Seized. FIUMB, Sunday, February 15.—Two war vessels attached to the forces of Capt. Gabriele d’Annunzio have cap- tured an Italian transport having on board 1,000 regular troops in the Gulf of Luernero, southwest of this city. February 15.— Premier Nitti of Italy took luncheon with King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham palace today. Overcome on Mount Monadnock. DUBLIN. N. H., February _16.— | Charles MacVeagh, jr., of New Work, a graduate student at Princeton and son of the counsel for the United States Steel Corporation, died of ex- posure on Mount Monadnock early yesterday morning during an at- \mpted snowshoe trip to the summit {in company with Charlton Reynders of New York, a senior at Harvard, is; The ministry led by Premier} in their reply! of their attitude by Great Britain aad | France. was described by the foreign, PARIS, February 15 (by the Asso-! lf | PAY RECLASSIFIERS URGE EFFICIENCY ~ PLAN FOR CLERKS |Will Recommend System to Congress in Connection With i Salary Equalization. Equalization of salaries among fed- eral workers here and an efficiency | system which will give the workers better opportunity for advancement and Uncle Sam more for his money | are emerging as main propositions to | be submitted to Congress by the joint | congressional commission. e, reclassi- | fication of salaries in the District; In recomme: “these “*twor‘imijor propositions the reclassification. com- mission, it was learned today, will concentrate largely on. salaries. and, lan integral system which will place | classification on a working bas! Radical innovations, either in salaries or changes in working conditions, are not expected to be included in the re- | port. Equalization of salaries, in line with the measures of the law creating the reclassification commission, perhaps will constitute the great work of the body which is now on its last lap of work toward getting its report to | Congress by March 12. i Figures Made Public. | Figures made public by the commis- | sion last Saturday showed that ste- j nographers, for instance, are receiv- ing an average wage of $1,250. which, plus a bonus of $240, makes an aver- age salary of $1,490. These figures, however, did not show. as will be re- ported to Congress, that in one bureau there are ten stenographers drawing salaries in the neighborhood of $900 a year for practically similar work, and that in one bureau there is a ste- jographer receiving about $600 a year alary. While the $1,490 salary is generally held to be, fair and comparable to salaries paid on the outside, the great question hinges not on what the av- erage is, but on whata sort of super- average ought to be—that is, the ac- tual salary that each stenographer or other worker gets in comparison with all the others doing the same work. Rate in War-Time Bureaus. It has developed that the war-time bureaus, created to take care of emergencies after the United States |declared war on Germany, are paying their workers a generally higher rate of salary than in the older govern- ment establishments. In some cases, it is believed, ste- nographers were brought in’ and [started at much higher salaries than paid to those already in the depart- ment for many years, workers train- ed to the fine point in the work of Uncle Sam. . Thus, although the “average” may show up very nicely as $1,490, the “average” doesn't do a bit of good to the worker who is drawing only $900. What that worker wants is a “super- average,” which will place him on an equality with those other newer sten- lographers who are getting between $500 and $600 a year more for the same sort of work. Basis of Equalization. | This equalization of salaries will be | based upon the 1,700 class specifi tions which will form the great scientific base of reclassification, and which will show the title, duties, qualifications and lines of promotion. |“ Salary recommendations will be at- tached to the class specifications, and will be placed in one line, in all prob- ability, on each specification, show- ing four or more graded “periodic efficiency increases” to take care of meritorious work in the same class. ‘Essentially next to the equalization of salaries a proper efficiency system for carrying on the reclassification develops. The bill to be submitted to Congress in connection with the whole report will take care of this e. big tcaterarded as absolutely essen- tial that a proper system be set up so that the salaries and the promotion of clerks will be carefully worked out ‘as called for by the reclassification Enlargement of the Civil Service Commission to handle the reclassi- fication, measures for carrying out the system of merit promotions and ite proper enforcement for the ad- yancement of the meritorious em- ploye and the elimination of the Ralacker.” will be main points in the efficiency system to be submitted. ‘A “running text” for the report, in order to bring out all these point oe well as to explain clearly just sfactly the “why and wherefore" of reclassification, is being written to aecompany the class specifications a bill. jand (Sump the 1.700 specification: with ‘their attached salary recom- mendations, and the bill, before Con- gress without a word of explana- fion, it is believed, would leave that body somewhat dazed. 'A general explanation of conditions found in the government service here, and what is proposed to correct them and why, is necessary, it is realized, and willbe contained in the runnii text of “story.” The equalization o salaries will be the primary point. ‘ THE OPTIMIST. NIGHT SCHOOL FUND REPORT TOMORROW The second deficiency appropriation bill, carrying about $26,000 for the use of the night schools in the District of Columbia, has practically been com- pleted by the Senate appropriation subcommittee and will be reported to the full committee tomorrow. : It was said at the Capitol today that a provision had been inserted in the bill which would legalize the ac- ceptance and payment for teaching in the night schools from February 14 until the bill becomes a law. The District officials have been afraid that they would have to close down the night schools because this bill was not put through by February 15. The House bill carried the $26,000 for the night schools, and as it is practically certain to stay in the bill in the Senate, senators today ex- pressed the opinion that the night schools should continue to operate because of the Volay.te wxteinge dhe bil through. (GRP OF THE COLD WAVE TO LOOSEN TONIGHT fi Moderated Temperature Promised for Washington by the Fore- caster—Conditions Elsewhere. The cold wave's grip will loosen to- night, according to the weather fore- caster, and moderation will continue during tomorrow. While Washington shivered at times below 20 degrees above zero during the past forty-eight hours, mild breezes were preparing to sweep up the Ohio valley and the upper lake region. These breezes, according to the weather man, will cause a moderation in temperatures tonight, and will con tinue to moderate in those districts and in the east gulf and middle At- lantic states tomorrow. Near-Freesing on Gulf Coast. Near freezing temperatures were registered along the gulf coast as far west as the Mississippi river this !morning, according to reports re {ceived here. The freezes were con- ‘verted into killing frosts ir northern Florida and Georgia. The snap was not as severe as previous ones, according to weather bureau, officials, but it was accom- panied by high winds, which added to the general discomfort. ' New York Hit by Blizzard. NEW YORK, February 16.—Railroad communication’ with points west of Syracuse on the New York Central was virtually suspended today because of the worst blizzard of the winter in the region from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. Through trains from west of Buffalo due early today will not arrive in New York before nightfall at the earliest, it was said at the railroad headquarters. The last through train to reach New York was the Empire State express shortly before midnight last night. The Twentieth Century Limited, the De- troiter and the Wolverine, due in New York this morning, were reported stalled between Syracuse and Buffalo and } Were marked “no report” on the bulle- tin boards. ‘Temperatures as low as 10 degrees be- low zero were reported from the lower lakes region, with heavy snow between Buffalo and Detroit. Engines on the stalled trains are frozen and passengers are suffering because of lack pf heat. Cleveland Reports Traffie Delayed. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 16.— With the thermometer registering one degree below zero this morning and a thirty-five-mile wind piling snow In deep drifts, westbound passenger and freight traffic on the New York Cen- tral lines was badly delayed, accord- ing to company officials. Heavy snows east of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Erie, Pa., delayed all passenger and freight trains from the east from eight to ten hours and crippled telephone and telegraph service. Pennsylvania Railroad Company of- ficials report all trains delayed xty-Five Engines Freeze Up. COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 16.— Traffic over the Pennsylvania railroad lines through Columbus had been re- stored practically to normal early this forenoon after a tie-up of several hours, said by railroad officials to have been due to sixty-three engines freez- ing up owing to cold weather. Of- ficials denicd the trouble had been caused by a strike of shopmen in the round house last night, as was first teported. Extra crews, they stated, had been [2s to work early today thawing out the frozen engines and service was being rapidly restored. Heavy Snowdrifts at Buff: BUFFALO, N. Y., February 16.— Railroad trains and electric car 8: tems were tod: slowly breaking through the snowdrifts piled up yes- terday, when a six-inch fall of snow | | 'LANSING'S PLACE TO BE FILLED THIS WEEK, IS INTIMATED tioned, Was Close to Former Secretary. | Speculation as to Mr. Lansing’s suc- cessor continues to involve the names of Frank L. Polk, who is secretary ad interim by virtue of his office as under- secretary of the State Department; Secretary of War Baker, John W. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain, and Hugh |C. Wallace, ampessador to France. Although Mr. Polk was among those Most ofteri nientioned there was nothing to indicat -chamge from his-known determination to return to orihte life and the practice of law. The specula- tion brought forth the suggestion that perhaps the President might transfer he did recently in transferring David F. Houston from the Department of Agri- jculture to the Treasury Department. L May Come This Week. Official intimation is given that Mr. Lansing’s successor might be ap- pointed before the end of the week, ‘even though it was said there was ino hurry about it,” as Mr. Polk can serve as Secretary ad interim for a period of thirty days. Mr. Polk was called to his home in New York city Saturday night by a case of illness Mm his family, but will {return here tonight. Breckinridge Long, third assistant secretary of state, was in charge of affairs at the State Department. Mr. Baker Makes No Comment. Secretary Baker returned today from a short visit. to his home in Ohio and was at his desk in the War Department today. While in Cleve- his views regarding the rupture be- tween the President and Mr. Lan- sing, former Secretary of State. He declined positively to make any com- ment on the situation and he main- tained that attitude after his arrival in this city this morning. Mr. Baker is in a peculiar situation. The President has high regard for him and has given many evidences of special confidence in his wisdom and judgment. In fact the President’s esteem of his War Secretary is so great that it is reported that he is considering his transfer to the head of the Department of State. At the same time Mr. Baker had closer official refations with Mr. Lansing, while the latter was conduct- ing our foreign relations during the President's illness, than any other member of the cabinet. That was due mainly to the fact that since the sign. ing of the armistice all military o) erations in Europe, Siberia and other foreign countries were governed en- tirely by the policies of the President as expressed by the Secretary of State. Mr. Lansing and Mr. Baker were of frequent occurrence, and sometimes daily. Mr. Baker made no secret whatever of the fact that all foreign military movements were governed by the wishes of the Secretary of State. Statements to that effect were made to newspaper men when inquiries were made about the return of the American forces from Europe, including those in northern Russia, and those operating in eastern Siberia, as well as to the pos- ducting plebiscites in Silesia and else- where. Mr. Lansing Consults Mr. Baker. Moreover Mr. Baker tg gene: credited with being one of the mem | bers of the cabinet referred to by Mr. Lansing in his letter of resignation as having been consulted regarding the holding of informal conferences of the cabinet on interdepartmental affairs during the President's illness ‘and agreeing with him as to their At any rate, Mr. Baker's! White | advisability. regular attendance at the House meetings is accepted as an in- dieation of his When Mr. Lansing received the Presi- dent's note inquiring if he had called the cabinet together, Mr. Lansing consulted Mr. Baker and others re- garding the character of his response to the inquiry. hTat Mr. Baker was (Continued on Page 2, Column 4 was suspended for more than twenty- four hours. One of the worst features of the storm was that it came on the heels of a thaw. Slush soon turned to ice and switches and signal systems were crippled. The railroads today advertised for 1,000 extra men to help clear yards, Vice President Marshall's letter on the democratic platform was placed in the Senate record today by Senator ‘Thomas, democrat, Colorado, who said Was accompanied by a fifty-eight- mile-an-hour gale und temperature near the zero mark. Trains from east, west and south were many hours late and many had been canceled. Trafic on interurban electric lines he did so “because it is so sensible, so statesmanlike, so in accord with old- fashioned democracy, and so different from some of the programs that have been outtine@ . forthe democratic party.” ‘the democrats with the blue prints of Baker, One of Four Men-| ir. Baker to the State Department, as‘ land Saturday night he was asked for | In consequence conferences between | sible use of American troops in con-| approval of them. | the | PUT INTO SENATE RECORD. | PLATFORM MODELS PRESIDENT TO TELL ROUSE DEMOCRATS SENATORS THERE I ON CAPITOL HILL NO SHIP SALE PACT Marshall for Conservatives 'Reply to Brandegee Resolu- and Bryan for Radicals tion to Be Emphatic. Furnish Blueprints. White House States. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Democratic politicians at the Capitol copmmocratie politicians at the Ca. SHIPPING BOARD HOLDING ast forty-eight hours ave furnished | aE ene the ice pets of PUBLIC AUCTION FOR BIDS {two party platforms, one suggested by President Wilson will inform the Senate emphatically that there is “ne |basis” for the report of a secret agree- | ment between the shipping board and William J. Bryan and the other by Vice 7 : ; : President Marshall. One is said to be Justice Bailey to Give Decision the proposed 1920 model of democracy. = ¥ - with atrenm lines and all new-fanglea Ftiday in Suit to Stop Sale of dudads and the other a : Cleveland drawings. conserv: Former German Liners. with Indiana trimmings of t cricks, Voorhees, Holman, Turpie ping Honrd was requested Specifications of the two competing de- y by the Senate to defer sale of signa will be found in another column. ernian Guage lab erkice SIAL aoe Importance dttaches to the platfo ies of th two eminent demo- submitted until some definite ‘erats from the fact that Mr. Marshall / Senate action ix taken on the subject. is prominently. suggested as poseie Adoption of the resolution which chairman of the committee on res = tions of the national convention, in be- | 2" offered by Senator McKellar came half of the conservative democrats, after it had been modified by the while Mr. Bryan is said to entertain 10 | democratic lender, Senator Hitchcock, {sort of doubt that he himself will domi- |nate the resolutions committee. to meet objections that it constituted i Mr. Marshall's Statement. ;# Teflection on the board. | Still more importance, however, is ac-| Senator Hitchcock sald he aympa- jeredited to a very significant statement |thized with the “amwindom of selling \by Vice President Marshall in his letter A lon the subject—a statement which poll- | ucts ships im thene precipitate wayay ticlans construed as carefully stucied | but believed one reason why the bids and potent with meaning. jwere “alarmingly low” was because coon Fae tne Eee eee tna, vies (ee wax doubt whether the United ‘President, “has not deemed it expedi- | States could establish a clear title te ent to express his opinion as to what the property. the peace treay the issues will be.” and ne) th eee | was ratified, he aie proceeded to announc what in is opinion the platform should designate led which some authorities believed as the issues. He set forth the views wot permit the libeling of the ves- \as his own and invited Indiana demo- | geig if they were taken into Eu crats, if they share them, to express | ve the same by sending him as a dele- | DOFts. |gate at large to the national conven- |tion, where he proposes to do all in |his power to have them incorporated jin the platform. Old-Lime Democrats Plensed. Vice | eresident | Marshalls oc ues, |the British interests for the sale of the in calling acl = z litive declaration of principles from| thirty former German passenger |the source whence an announcement | liner: was announced today a — might reasonably be expected is said to! the White House. have pleased the old-line democrats in’ The President's message will be in | ;Congress, who felt it was high time | reply to the resolution of Senator ' “é i i tion rega |the conmtry und exhorting the faith-| by the Senate last Saturday. ful along his own radical lines. ea |""Whether his letter is a prelude to| Receives Bids Despite Protests. subsequent announcement that he is! Despite protests voiced in the Sén= in the ring for the democratic nomi-| ate and elsewhere, and court proceed= nation for President is the subject of | ings designed to stay the action, the |speculation, with opinions both ways! Shipping Board today received bide — ‘expressed. The general belief is that| for the ships. . \Mr. Marshall's attitude toward the | “When the ships first were offered by |nomination could be summed up in! groups in the services in which the \the possible thought by him, “Well.’ Board had planned originally to @p- why not?” crate them, no bids were recet Rallying Point Furnished. but spirited bidding develop: At any rate. democrats said today,|f0r individual vessels or selected the Vice President's words should 8TUups to run in specified services. have the effect of drawing attention ice Bailey Reserves Decision. of the country to the fact that there! ~* : ae jis still some one in high public posi- a ae blading as in progress tion who can speak in behalf of old-| these deve sea Se py fashioned democracy, minus radical , Associate Justice A iembellishments. He is regarded as trict Supreme Court took under ad- ‘having set up a standard around | Visement a decision on the applica- which democrats of his turn of mind | tion of William Randolph Hearst of 3 e i New York for an injunction to stop ‘ean rally for the time being. whether | - ofeecion to ae for not he be chosen as its standard the sale of the vessels. s bearer for the campaign. a decision Friday. Mr. Marshall's closest friends thin Chairman Payne in Court. that he will feel that he has per-/ Chairman Payne of the Shipping formed good service for his party in| poard, was unable to conduct the auc- opine, cha cee oat pring®! tion, as he had been summoned to ap- ition or mot. No one feels inclined fo) res the proceedings brought by foreclose possible benefits accruing to’ MT MEATS | 1. auction, Mr. Scott bimifby saying outright! thal this Us\ eal: emorandum from Chairman h as he really expects to do. /Tead @ memoran \2Scod work” was the sententious| Payne. which said the highest bide Botan would have to be approved by the i House merchant marine committee mee and that acceptance of any bids would H Bryan Get hi Stars- Gepend upon the outcome of the f in the distriet Mr. Bryan, it was said by democratic junction proceedings politicians, has more than a full/ court. os <4 |month’s start of the other faction In| The momorandum said these pres | promoting his personal views on the ceedings were expected to be conclud- cinching up his lines |ed within two or three . but that ifor the big battle at the San Francisco | in any event checks received with the Jconvention. During that time demo- | bids would be returned by Saturday if crats have remained silent, but chafing | the sales were not consummated. under their silence and the restraint ae ois ee imposed upon them every condi-| 3 nit . - \iWon which Vice President Marshall so - Commit mtones oo eae ae frankly stated, the silence in a quar-|0t the sale would be arranged to, ter toward which every good demo-|the convenience of the board and the crat was bending his gaze prayerfully, | Prospective purchasers and that al as the Mussulman toward Mecca. at|Ships sold must be operated under the eventide. American flag. : Democrats expect from now on a] Among the shipping men present more positive stand by other demo-| were P. A. S. Franklin of the Inte lerats of prominence. since Mr. Mar-|national Mercantile Marine, George We shall has taken the first step and said | ethals. the American Ship and Com- ‘Come on in: the water is fine.” Company: A Moore of the It is | merce ’ not presumed that he will be chided as| Moore and McCormack Company, anid Deronde of the Oriental Navi- invading the prerogative of another | Philip |higher up in the p as he takes | gation Company. pains to express his opinions as his!” The first vessels offered were the very own and set forth for the pur-| Black Arrow, the Amphion and tbe | pose of announcing his candidacy as| Philippines. composing the group of ja delegate at large to the convention | the Black sea service. [from his own state. where he is the! Qne bid for one of the Black sea jranking democrat by title. | fect was received. It was $700,000 t Watehing Other Statem: for the Black Arrow and was made by | At the same time democrats are the Oriental Navigation Company with ‘platform and ! aw: i i \the understanding that the v awaiting with keen interest, now that | the lacie Mr. Marshall has ‘broken the silence | would be retained in the Black @ea which has hung over the higher titular | Service v Bids Are Made. P. A. S. Franklin, president of the | International Mercantile Marine. 6 | fered a conditional bid of $14,050,000 for nine vessels for service to the United Kingdom and northern Euro- pean ports. councils, for some expression from the quarter which Mr. Marshall challeng- ed. They fully expect that it will be forthcoming, assuming as they do jthat recent events forecast a resump- |tion of activity along political lines, tas well as in public and foreign af. | fairs. - : Politicians declare that until den-| The vessels covered by the bid were jnite statements come or are authoriz- | {he Leviethan, George Washington. jed from the highest source, the three | America, President tran Princo ee | most active figures in democratic pol- | Antigone. F ita litics militant will be Vice President | toika and Gallao. The offer was con- Marshall, William Jennings Bryan | ditional upon an agreement by the and Gov. Cox of Ohio, if Champ Clark | Shipping Board not to enter into cam- should decide to run for the senator-| petition with these vessels in this ship and not aspire to the presidential | Service nomination. | oore and McCormack _ offered $4,500,000 for five vessels for the ee ———— | PRESIDENT’S CONDITION SATISFIES DR. DERCUM Dr. Francis X. Dercum of Phila- delphia visitea the President Sat- urday, it was learned at the White House today, and found the patient “much improved.” Dr. Dercum told Rear Admiral Grayson, the President's physician, that he was well satisfied with the President's condition. . Sharp bidding on these six vessel# PARIS DAMAGE ESTIMATED. ae ae | followed between Gen. Goethals and Forty Million Francs Wanted to: en areageaey peers ane: wp 00, and $200. jum: ; Pay for Destruction by Germans. | South American service, and the Mun- jon Steamship Line a conditional bid, approximating $3,880,250, for the same vessels, the Martha Wasuingto: Aeolus, Huron, Princess Matoika ai the Pocahontas. jeorge W. Goethals. American Ship and Commerce Corporation, offered | $10,000,000 for six vessels for the Hamburg and Bremen service, the bid | being quickly raised to $10,500,000 By President Franklin of the Interna tional Mercantile Marine. The vessel@ lare the George Washington, Marthe | Washington, America, President Gram Nansemond ‘and Callao. 3 Bidding Is Spirited. Franklin's bid reaching $11,600,001 eA s | Commissioner Scott announced the PARIS, February 15.—Forty million; top offers received by the board in | francs have been advanced as compen-| the proposals offered a week ago, @! ‘ = is city | Of Which were rejected. Among the sation for damages done in this city | of which were tejected. | Leviat! | $4,000,000; for the Mount Vern | $250,000; for the Nansemond. $900, |for the George Washington, $3.059, 000; Martha Washington, $2,181 Von Steuben, $727,620; America, 300,000; President’ Grant, 3 Susquehanna, $600,000; Antigone, $i 200,000, and Artemis, $1,000,000. Finally Reach $13,000,000. : Mr, Franklig, and Gen. Goethals | by German airplane bombs and shells from the enemy’s long-range guns. Injury to property as a result of the explosions of munition plants at Rue Tolbiac and Corneuve was also figured in with the sum advanced. All but six houses damaged by bombardments | have been repaired. ‘The pre-war value of property was taken as a basis in the calculation.of compensation to be awarded.