Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 17, 1920, Page 1

he&nhdh&m%%nfiielw«e?iflhfin‘ : _ Trieste, Feb. 16. — The “Queen’s Tens of Millions Against Each Other in Their Efforts to Secure Former German Liners—F ‘or One Group of Six 1 Vessels George W. Goethals, Head of the American Ship troversy today White tr great bidding each other for the craft at the ship- At the president tian adop! session being_offc the Callao Commerce Leviatha! America, mond cess Mat, the Inte the v s gor was t Marine's Washington, “Feb. over thirty former German liners occupied goverfment agencies— | in Wi with a decided nega hid e offer 16.—While con- the proposed sale of e House, the senate and the upreme court—presidents shipping _ companies were ~tens of millions against uction. For one group the bidders fought with in_price, until Major Goethals, smmerce Company, dropped out atj which he said was his Franklin, president nal Mercantile Com- he price to $13,100,000. ioner Scott had announced the auction that it was purpose of receiving ction to await approval of commerce committee and nt marine comm -ome of Willlam Ran- s application for an in- » prevent the sale. - While in progress the sen- ated the situation, n requesting that ned but at the con- bidding loday it was the auction would en o'clock tomorrow. me court, As- ook under ad- t's application af- n of counsel that cked legal pow- vessels. He will decision Frida hite House would ¢ the was said the answer. promptiy ive the resolu- ted by the senate Saturday there existed a reported se- tanding with Great Brit- e ultimate disposition of tion was slow in t the morning ups of ships were red but became spirited in oon when_individual vessels The highest group 000 by the TInterna- e for nine uips. ineluding the Leviathan, which | ‘WSt unopnosed. for‘a single nd the record bid shin. was $2.000,000 for by th ican Shin and Companv, doubling in one of e International ne he vessel. Froup bid covered the Georze “Pres’dent An Mereantile Marine, in the sroun of- Mercantile for the he snd Commerce Co., Dropped Out at $13,000,000—P. A. S. Franklin, President of the Internafional Mercantile Co. Raised the Price to $13,100,000—Auction is to Be Con- tinued Today—Final Action on Bids Must Await Action of Senate and House Committees. George Washington. ,Martha Wash- ington, America, ~President ' Grant, Nansemond and the Callao for ser- ice to Hamburg and Bremen. Moore ang McCormack offered $4,500,000 for five' vessels, the Martha Washington, Aeolus, Huron, Prinvess Matoika and | the Pocahontas for service to the Baltic. . For individual ships the high bids were as follows: igation Company; Princess - Matoika, $975,000, Inter al Mercantile Marine; Susquchanna, $650,000,-C. B. Richard Artemis {$750,000, Internatio Mercantile Marine; Amphion, 5.000, C. ‘B. Richard . and _Company; Antigone $800,000 - International -Bureau -of Supplies; Bten $700.000, Oriental Navigation Company Madawaska 000, Oriental Navigation Com- 000, _ginterna- Callao_$2, and Com- { tional Mercantile Mar} 000,000, American = Sh: merce Corporation. After making the $13,100,000 hid for the group of six ships Mr. was asked by Commissioner Scott if he desired to make any statement re- garding the ownership of hs com- pany, to which he replied that Internationd] Mercantile Marine was 99 per cen the Uniteq States. Bids submitteq- by the Internation- al Mercantile Marine o bave heen W 2 of Mr. Franklin, announced tonight. cluded one of $28,000,000 for-the en- tire fleet of t! vessels and one bid of $4000,000 for _the Leviathan. Chajrman Payne said the other com- panies offering bids at that time would have’ the previlege drawing theirs. T encral the made today for individual shi mueh lower than the ones rec January Terms proposed by the bidders for the purchase of the ships offered to- day varied from the regular shipping board terms of 25 per cent. on deliv ery and the remainder in five vears the regues ‘man . Payne yedrs. Conditions made by the bid- jders covered a: nces that- - the shipping board would not compete with the lines into which the ships were put and pavment of the ex- penses of repairing vessels - which had been in the transmort service. Cothmissioner Scott would not bind the board mot to compete with the private lines but declared that hidders would have to trust to government's sense of f: play. At the auction tomorrow the cream of the former German ships will be offered individually including _the |Leviathan, Agamemnon. Mount Ver- non, George Washington, Martha Washington. America, Von Steuben and De Kalb. ON Wt randum. a “It gbes the three President the: it not _insist spect that seribed. the rights of said bottles of analyzed. theatrical France, in ed when tact are necessary on all sidés. newspaper continues: does not_disanprove. prevent Italy from executing the stip- ulations to which they have books valued at $250,000 Harvard university by Evert Jansen Wundell, a member of ithe class '82 and one of the famous 100 and 230 yard sprinters of his day, who died in the American hospital at Neuilly, COMMENT OF PARIS TEMPS LSON’S ADRIATIC STAND —Discussing editorial- iison's note and the re- reply, the Temns today Adriatic question has in a state of suspense President Wilson's memo- nd that “much patience and The without saying that none of allied goveruments wishes 10 give the government of the-United States any motive or pretevt for with- drawing from European affairs. “The cabinets at London and Paris do met cons'der their pronosal of Jan. 20 so unfavorable to the Jugoslavs as Wilson appears {o belieev it 10 be. but, at any rate, if they have undertaken- to_ formulate. a plan it is | because the government of the United ates was no longer taking part in deliberations and because the problem of the Adriatic cannot remain indefinitely in its present state. nt Wilson is irrevocably determined ‘to_rejeet the proposal of Jan, 20, Great Britain and France can- on its adoption. But they have sizned the treat vat London and ey profess to hold for treaties.a re- President Wilson evidently They could hot sub- So the debate is onen, and of evervone remain intact. SEARCHED STEAMER FOR 250 BOTTLES POISONED LIQUOR New York, Feb. 16.—Customs offi- clals today vainly searched the United Fruit liner San Matég for 250,bottles ‘poisoned they ed had been hidden on as a decoy by Havana smugglers, act- ing_under the agents drank confiscated liquor. The inspectors, however, found 36 bggtles of whiskey, 10 bottles of cognac ‘and 14 liquor had that they inform- vessel been the belief that revenue hair tonic of which no one claimed ownership and which will be The supposed poisoned liquor was said to be in a certain place on the ship, where nothing was found, and the confiscated liquor was taken from various hiding place: COLLECTION OF PICTURES AND BOOKS LEFT TO HARVARD New York, Feb. 16.—A collection of autographs, pictures and left to August, 1917, it was learn- the appraisal of his estate filed here today. principal groups in the collec- tion were tographs 000 as follows: Pho- playbills . $30,000; and manuscripts $20.000; d;onmu $40.000; daguer- 364, ,000; drawings _ $10,000; 000: pamphiets $7.500. RADICALS PLANNED CONTROL OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY New York, Feb. 16—Through an “interlocking directorate,” including not more than 500 persons, the radi- ca] organizations of the country are attempting to gain_ control of Ameri- can indusiry and destroy the present system of government, John W. Sul- livan, former member of the War La- bor Board, declared here today in an address before a conference of the Na- tional Civic Federation. The meeting, which was presided over hy Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was held for thée |purpose of considering mehods of combatting revolutionary ackiviti and the upholding of American ideals. “For the first time the forces which seek the destruction of the present basiz of our national life have achiev- ed something like unity of purpose,” Mr. Sullivan said. “They have cement- ed this with an exchange of personnel among their various organizations. There is not today so far as can be learned, a single conspiracy against American which js not.in touch with all other conspiracies Investigation wf 125 persons, Sullivan “explained. has shown that they held memberships in 65 organiza- tions, or 41 average of two each. One man_ held 17 memberships. The or- ganizations were divided into 16 groups, he said, and it was shown that the leaders of any one group coufld reach the others through “con- tracts” ranging from hundreds into thousands in number. v 'PHONE SERVICE IMPAIRED BY LACK OF OPERATORS Albany, N. Y. Feb. 16/—An insuf- ficient number of operators, inexperi- enced operators and inadequate equip- ment are responsible for the serious impairment of the New York Tele- phone Company’s services in New York city, according to a report sub- mitted_tonight to the legislature by the public_service commission, second district. Investigation of complaints has been made by the commission since August 1, 1919. Mr. FINDING OF INQUEST INTO RIOTS AT LEXINGTON, KY. Lexington, Ky. Feb. 16.—The . cor- oner's inquest into the mob riots of last Monday today found J. M. Rozers, L. M. King.J. H. Btherington, James Massengale and John Thomas ‘“killed by shots fired by state militia follow- ing orders and by other unknown per- sons.” OBITUARY. William A, Graham. Hartford, Conn., Feb: 16.—William A. Graham, ‘editorial writer on the Hartford Courant, died at his home here tonight. He was born in Salis- bufy, Md., 62 years ago, and was grad- uated from the University of Maryland and began neWspaper work in Bati- more.. ~Later he was a reported on the New York World. He came to the Courant 31 years agoe. He was city editor of the Colrant for 22 years, Black Arrow $700,000; Oriental, Nav- | nuary 20} to payments ove ra_period. of fifteen | the | forces, reful part of the D'Annunzio command. GOVERNOR Providence, he not only vitation but overturning “Since 190: question has of the state,” letter. “The not feol was of the peop supreme_cou | In an pplementin: amendment beoks by a | ever been u: |t say | congressmen. Franklin | t0 80 to a man and tell him that if he did not vote | tack him in { manner _ they the @ lot of weak men. H | owned and controlled in | ACTION OF NEW ENGLAND iGOVERNOl?S ON COAL SHORTAGE Boston, Fel | New Englan These bids in- | shortage was taken at a conference of | New Englang ! house today. { _Tne governors drafted communica- | tions reques | provide »o: colliers urging Dire ading, I'public utilit their regular railfoad adm! Erigla quate. Governors it nt | Rhide Istana i In their m | railroad to supply ticularly weathek, e | condition of age New En “After present time clusT<ly” on “We have marked. “T PAYN Wilson was { membets of Laze of the The letter ence to the the letter ad ical mending his ly in behalf PURCH ‘Washingto: Carranza, is few days en arms and fused to vise tusing to pe Mexico. on an island shipment. to vessel. ARRESTED ed $2,000 bai ruary 24. VIEW OF PROHIBITION ¥ v Believes a Large Majority of the Peo- ple Are Opposed to It. 5 i ) gr 'Perc:vn’llvtv. AClemG.j:! of WéenlnonEt ad sent a letter to Governor Carle E.|_ ition of Millikén® of Mednie In raply fo, the i Decided objection to recognitic ter's invitation for_Vermont to join Maine and other states in opposing Rhode Island’s fight against the fed- eral prohibition’ amendment in which Rhode Island . will be . successful in against prohibition, cured a mapority of the (1919) for the eighteenth amendment} to the federal constitution,” but I do; mont 'in opposition to the constitution { of Rhode Island. On the other hand,} i1.hope that‘Rhode Island will be suc- | cessful. in her efforts to.free the Unit- od States from the operation of the eighteenth amendment, believe, opposed by unléss declared unconstitutional by the trouble to us interview tonight { Clement declared that the prohibition | United States. “The Anti-Saloon League had unlim- | ited funds behind them. I do not mean | that ! ward the bringing of more coal into| more s of ‘with- | portation to this di Mds{l"flfl"' Daniels whether it w modify a recent order gi York _public ew York for southern New entirely on railroad shipments, which were characterized as entirely inade- Milliken _of Maine, Clement of d Bartlett of New Hamp- shire were present. | ping Board the go facilitie: inder the present stress of and i ships provided for coal transportal ) at the present time did not appear to be sufficient. ships for. this give relief to what is growing.into a the Coolidge said that the problem at the al transportation we know o have any\heatless days under the pres et circumstances, velopments make such a course neces. sary I shall not favor any such plan. ASK THE RETENTION OF Washington, Feb. committee to retain Chairman Payne of the shipping board in his present position temporarily. been nominated to succeed Secretary to take Mr. Payne from the board now “cannot help but lead tp delay and disorganization.” “We expressfno views with refer- is perfecting an efficient an organization. efficient administration.” NEPHEW OF CARRANZA TO tavo Salinas, City for the United States within a tiate, for the purchase for Mexico of advices received today. from the Mexi- can capital. A previous mission of the same character was in New York when British officials re- President Carranza retaliated by re. British citizens desirous A consignment of arms purchased abroad is said to have been collected —_— for Tis appearance at the court Feb-: He came to Hartford to-, day and was arrested by Marshal Timothy A. McCarthy, on a | placed charge of violating the war time pro- | faiifn hibition law by spirits last December. Korfiaske fus-| Reprs Le Fi has been: at Fiume, to the regular Italian ing to remain longed a OF VERMONT'S - ropean Police Adriatic Not Consulted. - R. I, Feb. 16—Govern- refuses to ‘accept the in- expresses the hope that e et to the allied goyernments. 2, Vermont has voted whenever the been’ before the people say: oyernor Clement'’s Anti-Saloon League se- legislature draw from participation in affairs, it was said officially at- the allied premiers witho rranted in placing Ver-|ly would not concern iself with questions invalved, incluging the licing of the Adriatic, of Jugo Slovia. The next step of the which i I | a large majority le of the country: and, in official quarters that States might cease its the =t Buropean musy inevitably bring 1. in Boston Governor | anxious s the letter, was “put on the atute corrupt methods as have | sed in legislation in the ary of” self-determination. The facts which influenced the they bought votes of | American note were as follows: What they did do was supreme council in Paris a s of ‘the Adr! 5 {upon, which to become effectiy favorably they would at- s Home distriet. In this ohtained the support of and the Jug Slav government sented Under Secretary Polk, a party to the arrangement. After the withdrawal b. 16.—Action looking to- @ to relieve the pres c and while the Adriatic issue wis d. governors at the state|a subject of discussion betwe=n don of the entente premiers, ng the ship) George, Clemenceau and Nut ps for g hoard to coal trans. out participation by Anferica and some ‘of thé nav: the shortage, General to the Jugo Slav of this w title to coast’ of the Adriatic and there were other substantial government. tor priority in gland ies m be loaded in order. ~ The effect of the 1 ration’s order, the - yeassthat southern forced tb depend agree in understanding. nature of & od of proc matum or @ threat but Coolidze of ~Massachu- | beinz expected to ratify a trea: confirmed boundary adjustment which it already had Governor Holcomb | represented. by ate fuel admin n out consultation or adyice from by State Fuel Adminis-| Washington government, hough emo; were 1ot adequate| w England with coal, par- that the number of | slump the foréign exchange situation accompanying restrictions as to commercial bills of They purpose, urged more n order to being the grea gland has expe conference brokers. Governor seemed to be almost ex- e of transportation. cited all the addition- " he re- should empty space under their decks additional contracts for cargo for do not think w celled in a number of instances, steamship men added. Unless new de- ary and first weeks of Februa as yet unavailable, customs of asserted, buf insurance brokers of a falling off marine chandise. E ON SHIPPING BOARD e Reports received by 16. — President | for ¢ 5 fieials of steamship organizations al- asked today by virtually 5 s kel o ™ qonrtually | so_show a decline in exports. Exchange conditions were not Mr. Payne has port has been delayed by the weather conditions of the past Weeks. interior department. of the senators said that are reasonably filled, warehouse policies of Judge Payne,” ded, “but we dodiel!e\'e he econom- ing through the was added that there available. cellation of cargo space has from western manufacturing packing concerns for goods yet shipped. PROTEST ABOLITION OF e is still We are recom- temporary retention sole- of what we believe to be | ASE ARMS IN EUROPE m, Feb. 16.—Colonel Gus- nephew of President expected to leave Mexico ‘Washington, against the Eeb. route to Europe to nego- ammunition, a¢cording to | cultural committee. ket commissioner, interrupted at Colonel Salinas’ passport. and Morris, repubicans, rmit vise of passports of of visiting by M. C. Gaulke, secretary of in the Baltic sea, waiting association. Mexico on a Norwegian Arrangements ' were made by committee to receive further = tests tonight from Minneapolis, FOR VIOLATION LIMIT DAILY 4 1d be limif il to the federal officials|Pases ‘Sunday. pa esentative republican, Deputy | nois. 100 selling , distilled | second class privil nished $1,000 bond to Commissioner | duced a bill to prohibit_ Corbett to a) u. ppear in court February | weod pulp and print . years 2 ' Substance of Note | on Adriatic Question| No Threat Made to wmfi; Two- tempt to Discredit Washington, Feb. 16—Reports of the long. continued, investigation of the | Johnson of+New York to.be solicitor aircraft production ' programme were | of internal revenue. presented today in the house from the special Sea, Because ‘Washington, Feb. 16, (By The A. P a settlement of the Adriatic guestion on lines repugnant to those agreed upon in the treaty of Versailles and not reconcilable with the principles embodied in the fourteen points of President Wilson was expressed by the United States in the recent note The note was not a threat fo with- BEuropean ‘White House, but said that this coun- try ‘could not be a party to the dis- position of Fiume as agreed upon Ly t consult- ing the United States and consequent- if the settle- { meft were enforced on the government i ‘Washington government waits on the reply of the | allied premiers to the American note. The interesting suggestion was made United lief work, which the -allies have been this country should eontinue, to keep down unrest, if a modification of -the peace treaty were put intc ef- fect which the United States would regard as contrary to the principle of partment of state in framing the new December 9, last, at a meeting of the i ttlement | tic question was agreed aquired . acceptance by both tae Italian basis of this in brief was the creation of a buffer state of Fiume and adja- cent territory, and America, as repre- from FEurope of tlie American peace commissioners, principals a meeting was held in Lon- Liloyd and an entirely new plan was drawn up With- { warded in the shap of an ultimatum the recognition of much, of the eastern | and Dalmatie ditions to Italian claims which did not principle with the original elared to be wrong. And furthermore, |it was recalled that this latest move s | had been made by the premiers with- i and Governor Beeckman of | country would be bound to .abide by the results should it ratify the treaty. FOREIGN EXCHANGE CAUSES A HEAVY SLUMP IN EXPORTS New York, Feb. 1. — A ‘material in exports has resulted from with lading, according to statements made today by steamship men and marine insurance Steamships, which previous- ly were departing with full cargoes, have heen compelled to clear with ward bound vessels have been’ can- Official details as to_the volume of exports for the latter half of Janu- cials in the demand for insurance on outgoing mer- entirely responsible for the slump and it was pointed out that many thous- ands of tons of cargo intended for ex- ‘While bonded and free warehouses said_with merchandise for export, the stocks on hand are mainly those pass- nited States from| one foreign country to another and it space In several instances can- come| U. S. GRAIN CORPORATION 16, — Protests bill of Senafor Gronna, republican, North Dakota, to abolish the United States Grain Corperation were made today to the senate agri- Don Livingston, South Dakota mar- said grain prices broke soon after the bill's introduc- tion, and, although Senators Gronna Nebraska, stated that the federal wheat guaran- tee would not be ‘affected, expressed fear that it would be unfavorable to growers. Similar objections were made North Dakota Co-operative Elevaton luth and other western grain interests. . OF THE VOLSTEAD ACT WOULD _Hartford, Conn., Feb. 16. — John Kornaske ‘of Meriden, was arrested two weeks ago for violation of the Vostead enforcement act and furnish- | Papers NEWSPAPERS TO 16 PAGES Wakhington, Feb. 16,—Daily news- to gixteen ' 10 48 pages | nder a bill introds today by Rep- pages would be Il P the | Waste” the e | wards. 1e- de- ze- The was st the for- The ad- route. ter, de- the this | 2ined fi- and out- the are told of- held bad few lost. men and un- pay. the the pro Du-} on to - Was Discla service. gation partisanship that marked the ‘endeav- or of the two majority members of the sub-committee to capitalize . for petty political purposes, and unjustified attAck upon men-whe did heir best to help in the war-and’ do whatever work they were called up- “a Riot of Waste” i)’ 5 committee inquiring into war expenditures. Representatives Frear and : Magee,| gonian meat output for 1920. the two republicans of the sub-com- 3 S A TRT R L T e R Rl tion, characterized ‘the aviation pro- { manding gtamrz"ne»in’tha’r—mvu— ‘a -riot of | and threaten another tie-up of harbor and Representative Lea, the democratic membr of ‘the sub-commit- tee, declared in his report: that the re- publican members had sacrificed facts for sensationalism in an effort to dis- credit the government. Both reports contain thousands~of They differ entirely in the cial duties, purpose.” Beside Mr. Ryan, tacks his assistant, William C. Pot- ter, Colonel Edward A. Deeds, preceded Mr. Ryan in aircraft produc- tion, and Secretary Baker as, Tespom- sible head of the aircraft production programmy gramme as “an appalling record of orders and counter-orders, ignorance ‘waste -and extrava- construction of estedness ‘is _true, I and dickerings, in , former a record of achievement of shipping Am- erfcan airplanes abroad and performance of the aircraft produc- tion generally. A prominent part of bath Teports is given to the controversy over the con- nection of John D. Rya rector of aircraft production, with the government-built railroad, which, it has been charged, redounded to the benefit of the Chic go, Milwaukee and St. Paul froad of which Mr. Ryan is a director. ming any attempts to de-| termine motives, the majority reporg on that point says: “If Mr, Ryan's statement of disinter- he has been most unfortunate in handling a public mat- ter that in the judgment.of your com- mittee covered a flimsy effort to pro- mote large private business interests and was accompanied by blundering explanatiops from beginning to end.” In contras the ai- the minority report by Representative Lea says: = “The evidence shows that' Mr. Ryan practically abandoned his own busi- ness affairs and devoted himself un- remittingly to the service of his offi- Without directly charging| it, the report of the majority insinu- ates that Ryan used his power s, head of aircraft to cause selection of the Lake Crescent route for the benefit of the Milwaukee railroad.. The pur- Dose to construct a railroad from Lake Pleasant, connecting with the Milwau- kee at some point on éts line, was de- termined several weeks Ryan was connected with thé aircraft The Lake Crescent route was selected over the opposition-of the waukee road up to the moment the ldecision was made. contended for the surveyed extension of*its own route which served its in- tepests far better_ than-the "The latost Ametican note was in the | Foui, [ The Lake ‘Creacent test. aguinst thi S Q. ”rrw?;"' 7 flw ment could have selected pofiited out that if persisted In this would leave the United States in the position of eaty which lines beyond re- before t t - describes the & g . Hog ‘.:n'nu Root celebrated his 75th birth- | laland launched its 86th ship, the’ Commack, a 7,825 ton cargo car- rier. asile Stoica was appointed Ru- Ty commigsioner o the Cotton consumption during January amounted to 501,725 bales; the census bureau announced. % 3 President Wilson nominated Wayne The British government has com- pleted the purchase of the whole Pata- New York harbor workers are de- traftic. William H. Sheldon, professor of philosophy at Dartmouth cojlege, has been elected professor of philosophy at Yale, Norwegian cabinet decided to ask the consent of parliament for Norwe- gians' participation in the league of nations. Brooklyn Ral Transit system is threatened with a strike tie-up unless Federal. Receiver Garrison agrees to demfands of union. Reports from Avila, 50 miles north- west of Madrid, tell of rioting among the strikers, Shots fired by gendarnies wounded many rioters. Sir Edward Coopar, lord mayor of London, suggested the formation of a trade union of mayors with a view to reducing working hours. . Eighty vessels with a total net ton- nage of 99,340 were built in Canada during the last year and sent overseas ‘without being registered. Owing to the amount of illness among the pupils, the state normal school at Westfield, Mass., was closed by Principal C. A. Brodeur. . A- memorial to the 400,000 soidiers Kkilled in the defense of Verdun will be erected by three nations, France Eng- land and the United States. Rega, capital of, Letvia, is negotiat- ing for a loan of several million dollars from an American banking concern, ‘with chy' property. as security. Mr. Mil- The Milwaukee resent sl ‘ern- to serve its the majority at.|ered they belonged o the same family. who pro- evidence of self-interest and ings as on improper practices.’” In detail the majority report takes up the alleged waste and extravagance in the early aircraft appropriations, the alleged failure of the DeHaviland planes, the alleged failure to ge ficient American planes to the battle front, the spruce production project in the northwest, millions of alleged wastes cost-plus contracts, and unsustained spruce Thirteen ve Lo ive many specific charges of igefféciency and squandering of millions of dollars. In turn Representative Leals minor- ity report replies to the majority find- ttemperate, biased and vi- tuperative, an exaggeration -of ,alleged; mistakes and misstatements,” a “grat. uitous reflection upon men who faith- fully served the government during the war” and a “repetition of defamatory charges admittedly evidence.” Answering the charge of the minor- ity report that only 213 planes been shipped to the front up to the armistice and that these were De Hav- ilands, dangerous and known,as “fly- ing coffins,” the minority report quot- ed Brigadier General M. A. Patrick, director of construction and forestry operations of the American expedi- tionary forces, as saying that no larg- er percentage of De Havilands came down in flames than other types. Mr. Lea asserted that only 33 De Havilands out of 417 sent over enemy lines were By | had The greater part of the majority re- port was taken up with an indictment of conditions in the Where - thirty thousand soldiers were assigned .for civilian duty under Col- onel Disque, a former warden of the Michigan penitenttiary. It was charg- ed that Disque illegally spent $4,500,000 f government funds in 1918 when he ‘farmed out” 20,000 soldiers to cost- plus operators, the government pay- ing_contractors, who charged a 7 per cent. cost-plus profit on the soldiers' Secretary Baker was with direct responsibility “for this un- precedented practice. ging railways were saidto’ started, none of which was before ‘the war ended, and $8,325,194, the majority asserting that some roads took a round-about course in_order to touch summer resorts” There were not enough skilled log- gers in the country to earry out the government’s spruce production pro- gramme, said the minority report, de- tending the use of soldiers. Statements by John D. Ryan. John D. Ryan topight issued the following statement: “T have not.seen the report, nor have T been apprised of its contents. I am, however, familiar, 5o is the pub- lic, with the character of {he investi- forests chd) log- been leted cost conducted and the bias and do. = | fluence of | a report based upon an investigation | ord “'whic] + he “The chairman of the sub-committee having, as shown by his record in.con. gress, assumed a position assertion of American -righ the pre-war period, and baving. voted| . against the declaration. of - war ‘wi Germany, ¢annot n ublic opinion by submitting I am' sure, r one|so thoroughly -discredited as the the unwarranted ‘the |ship Wiliam H. Webb. Samuel H. Fisher of New York has _elected a member. ‘of the Yale ration to succeed Harry G. Day, who' resigned Dbecause of ill health. Jackson, Barnett, reputedsto be the richeést. Indian, has given $1,500,000 to to charity and the donations have been {approved by federal Indian officials. i+ Oliver Lodge, who visitsd Wash- o last week, said he had met Sen- ‘Henry Cabot Lodge and discov- Sixteen tourists were killed and 21 others injujred when a motor bus fell into. a' river: while ' proceeding from | Taggia ‘to Triora, near San Remo, Italy. Associated boards of trade of BritiSh | Golumbia requested the ‘dominion go: ‘ernment sto -take -immediate. action .to prevent Japanese ownership of land in Canada. - A virtual = agreement between the government and labor leaders of all except one railroad union, was reach- ed for settlement of wages and other risputes. Revised - Kenyon-Kendrick bill pro- Viding for regulation of meat industry was unanimously .ordered favorably reported -by the senate agricultural committee. United States shipping board steam- which was afire at sea on her maiden voyage was towed into Red Hook flats from the New Jersey coast. The business profits tax probably will not be renewed in Canada because of representations from various quarters that it tends to handicap business and industrial enterprises. . Funeral services were held in the Church of Notre Dame de Grace, Paris, for Gaby Deslys. Thousands attended. It is reported her fortune was left to the city of Marseilles. An agreement with the Ame ternational _ Shipbuilding Co. reached by the shipzing board, by ‘which the latter takes title to the land of the Hog lsland shipyard. Two men wers killed by an explosion in the plant of the Diamond Powder Co., at Detroit, Mich. . One workman lost an arm and many were jn a dazed condition long after the blast. Attorney General Palmer is to be the guest and Charles B. Hughes will pre- side at a meefing of the New York County Lawyers’ Association, at the [Holel “Astor, New York, Feb. 27. The Yale Corporation h: E“;fi”fl;d the appointment of Frank E. Spauld- ing, wuperintendent . of schools in Cleveland, to be professor of school administratien at Yale Univers‘!ty A real. bottle of champagne will be broken over the bow of.the steamship Chapplaqua, to be launched at Shoot- er’s Island by the Standard Shipbunld- ing Corporation, Later part 'of this ‘month. * ‘ Fifty-one witnesSes Were summoned to testify at’ the tr{al of Joseph Cal- laiux, former French Premiey, charg- ed with intrigning to bring about pre- mature, dishonorable meace with Ger- many. R Rear Admiral Secchi, minister of marine' of Italy, said Italy, since the armistice, had sold 40 war ships and expected to sell 93 other craft as eoon as mime-sweeping. .operations . were. completed. 5 i Steamship Oscar 11, of Scandi- nlfl-l_n‘-m:rimn “line, wltfi’ 256 pas: sengers abeard, bound from Copen- ‘en, went:..aground ' in ' Ambrose | Channel. ‘She was refloated and re- poprted in'no danger. Italian steamship Patria, of the Fa- bre-line, arriving at New York from Marseilles with 2,099 passengers, was in wages | n posal for suck trial at Leipsic is patiblé with article 228 of the treaty. cedure of tkat court. After stating that the allies of Jan. 25, the reply says: “The powers observe, imposed cn her by articles 228 which she signed. They such measure or fc m as they may man government's declaration they are prepared to open befo: court at Leipsic penal proce without delay, surroundad complete guarantees and not by the avplication of all jud procedure or fore the supreme court at the irtention to demand. government itself propos ately to institute in this mani compatible with article 228 neace treaty and is expressly pre 1S CONSENT T0 TRIAL " (F GERMANS T LEP Claim Germany’s Proposal of Trial at ; tive to Extradition is Expressly Provided For at the End of the First Paragraph of Article 228—The Powers Re- Y serve to Themselves the Right to Decide Whether the & Procedure by Germany Would Assure Justice to the Ac- cused or Would Permit Their Escape From the Just Punishment of Their Crimes. London, Feb. 16—The allied reply to tie trea the German note of Jan. 25, proposing 25 an a’ternative to. extradition that parsons accused by the allies be tried at Leipsic states that Germany’s pro- The allies, the note says, will abstain from ntervention in the pro- carefully considered the German note in the first place, that Germany declanes herself unable to carry out the @bligations reserve to themselves the power to employ in judge suitable the rights accorded to them in this event by the treaty. “The allies note, however, the Ger- the rhost aftected previous decisions German civil or miljtary tribunals be- Leipsic, against all Germans whose extradition the aed and associated nowers have “The prosecution which the German immedi- for at the end of its first paragraph. “Faithfu; to the letter and spirit of Leipsic as an Alterna- - the allies will abstain from n i any way in_the pro= ot the prosecution and the ver- 1 craer to leave to the German yment complete and entire re= spensibility. They reserve to tirems selves the right to decide by the re= sults as to the good faith of Germany, the recogrition by her of the crimes she has committed and her sincerg de- sire to.associate herself with their punishment. g “The§ see whether the German r government., who have declared them- { selves unable to arrest the accused mamed in the .above list to deliver them for trial to the allies, are actu- ally” determined to judge them them« seives. “At the same time the allies. In the uance of truth and justice, have Ged to entrust to a mixed inter- allied commission the task of colleet~ i Dlishing and communicating to v details of the charges brought against each of those whose guilt shall have been established by their investieations. “Finally, the allies would formally emphasize that procedure before & jurisdiction such as s proposed ean in no way annul the provisions of ar~ ticles 228 to 230 of the treaty. 3 “The powers reserve to themselves the right to decide whether the pro posed procedure by Germany which, according to her, would assure to the accused all guarantees of fustice, does not. in effect, bring abaut their escape from the just punishment of thefr ciimes. Tn this event the allies would ex efl;;ss\ lh:lr = hto thelr full ex- tent by submitting the cases to owr tribunal” bt x com- peace have to 230 | that | re the | edings ents, of ner “is ovided VIGOROUS DEBATE IN The opening gun in the new of the fight was fired by the t irreconcilable foes, mick, republican, ' Illinois, assailing many pro leaders -not to consent to eompromise. mise and declared that “child’ obstinacy” alone stood of ratification. Drawn into the debate démocrats already »-had ‘abani their previous stand and had were “demanding nothing sho; complete democratic surrender. Once it got uhder way, the The subject technically under sideration, a motion by ‘Lodge of Massachusetts, to the republican reservation on drawal, was not mentioned un moving for the change. ACTION OF STATES TO UPH: Boston, Feb.116,—A majority states wl hold= its constitutionality, day. of the plan and the names plan lsave Maine, land, now ‘pending in the ment unconstitutional, It was | tion of Rhode Tsland. CHARGED WITH PURCHASI New York, Feb. 16.—The tr! having in his possession more Leavitt, ~who prosecution, _testified. ernment. ‘was adjourned until tomorrow. LOAN OF 5000,000 POUNDS A | Great PBritain, France, the the disbanding of the soldiers. SENATE ON TREATV% RAILROAD LEGISLATION Washington, Feb. 15.—Laying aside| its legislative business, the senate by | Senators McCor- | reopening the discussion with a speech bitterly ions of the doc- ument -and _counselling the republican further | He was followed by Senator Me-| Cumber, republican, North Dakota, a| lea_\dur among the treaty's republican Ifrlends, who flayed the heads of bog varties for their failure to compro- in the way by charges of the North Dakota senator, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, democratic leader, asserted that compromise, but that the republicans speedily revived the whole scale of issues which the senate had debated from May to November of last year. Senator in the day when Mr. Lodge took the | floor to explain briefly his reasons for PROHIBITORY AMENDMENT ch, ratified the prohibitory| amendment will Join in action to up- [ Governor Carl E. Milliken, of Maine,i said to- . The course of actign has been decided upon, he said, but the details of states which will support it will not be announced for several days. Governor Milliken's - statement was | made after his arrival here from New York, where he had conferred with Charles E. Hughes, who will be coun- sel in the proposed action. Prior this conference, it was said that the under consideration was with other states, be- come a_defendant :jointly with United States in the suit of Rhode Is- supreme vourt, to have the eighteenth amend: stood that Governor Milliken took with him to New York corpespondence on the subject with 33 governors, only one of .whom, agreed with the. posi- BACON FOR SPECULATION Louis Leavitt, a Brooklyn manufac- wurer, charged with profiteering . in reac! 3 o c also was engaged two million pounds of bacon punchased i C0Mpleting the draft of its reply from the government for alleged spec- uation, was. opened today before Fed- eral Judge Chatfield in Brooklyn. is alleged to have purchased the bacon at 28 5-8 cents a pound, refused several offers of 32 and 35 cents a pound for the bacon, Franklin L. Rogers, a: witness for the | d. ‘He also ‘s that he had_receivéd ‘$40,000 in com- missions from Leavitt for “inside in- formation” on purchases from the gov- Following Rogers’ testimony. the case STERLING TO CHINA « Peking, Friday, Feb. 13.—( “Th A. P.)—The foreign relations g,ym“f tee have notified the forelgn-office that States. and Japan are ared cause a oan of 5,000,000 :ou‘egds et Ing to be issued by a group of banks, to ‘be secured by the salt-and other vevenues, it was announced today. It will be conditional on negotistions between North and South China being resumed aAd the disbanding of unnec- troops. The four governments| er, to arrange’at on will supervise the funds andlfor 37 aileged radical — REACH AGREEMENT ON ‘Washinzton, Feb. 16.—Final agree~ ment on railroad reorganization legis« unanimous consent took up the treaty | lation was reached late today by the q of Versailles again today and re- | house and senate conferees who plans 3 sumed in all its vigor the ratification | ned tc have the report ready for their debate interrupted last November. signatures tomorrow so it coul be 1\ phase presented to the house the following reaty’s | day. : Aside from textual changes, the gen~ eral features of the compromise Bil follow the lines agreed upon recently by the conferces with the exception of the labor - provision, which ~was |/ modified so as to provide for a federal | appeal board appointed by the presi~ | dext and; consisting of nine members 2 equally divided between the emploves, employers and the public. As prewi- ously agreed upon this board was ul have consisted of five members, } The new labor' provision amounts ( virtually to a redrafting of the earfler | agreement*and’ results directly, ac= | cording to Senator Cummins of Tdahe, chairman of the senate conferees, from | developments incident to the strike of' maintenance of way emploves, which was called off before the men walked | out. Senator Cummins said he Jaid ' the draft of the new provision before : Director General Hines yesterda$'and " * the revised section was said ,tg con-| form in vrinciple with the - L generals views. o R o ACTION TAKEN BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS Chicago, Feb. 16—The u Woman Voter? today cdndgfigflgsm—“ 4 ator James W. Wardsworth, Jr., of New York, for “misrepresenting his state and party” in working against suffrage. Appreciation was extended to the women of New York in their de- termination to :send to the Unitéd States senate a, “modern-minded sen~ ator, capable ‘of comprehending the great American principles of freedom and democracy,” to replace Mr. Wads= | ‘worth. A _The eague today took a stand for & singe staridard of morals when it ae= " cepted the report of its social hygiene | committee, of which Dr. Valeria. Park« er, of Hartford, Conn,, is president, Among .recommendations for come | mercialized vice were; Punishment of frequenters of dis~ orderly houses. . olition of segregated, ected { vice ‘districts. Wik Heavy penalties for pandering. _Laws to protect minors and defec= tives and providing mental examina~ tion' af all children and to care for de fective “ones. A law was urged to make the legal B0 of consent at cast 18 vears and to rovide por protection fq Well as {he girl g SUPREME COUNCIL LISTENS TO PREMIER VENIZELOS s play the the the doned* offered Tt of debate T c con- modify with- til late OLD of the the to to the under- London, Feb. 16.—The supreme coun« cil spent today in listening to the claims made Premier Venizelos off Greece for his country in the setties ment of the Turkish peace freaty and in further discussing the Turkish y Deace terms, but without conclusions. The council NG ial of in the letter of President Wilson ceon- cerning the Adriatic situation. It is stated authoritatively that the forecase of the allied reply publisha {ed in France should be {aken with reserve. It also stated ther report from nee that Wilsen anno that the e Lo id | States'was ccasidered in'the settlé=d Sweeping. The council will finall reply to President AVy and it will be immediat: ‘Washington. ~ The eouncil is cabling, to the United States government the reports on its deliberations or dex in which it considers the United States is interested. —_— g DEMAND HEARINGS AT ONCE FOR ALLECED REDS ' Youngstown, O., Ieb. 15 g that “in Russia men migit be held n jail without ~eharees < ' lodged against them, but i cannot he donerin Mahoning county.” Judiges W. S, An- derson and David C. Je of com- mon pleas court -tods. ‘Woodside, United & United for' Hearfngs |+ held la the ceunty jail here.