Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 20, 1920, Page 1

PLMFflRM Calls For Withdrawal of Executive Powers Which Have Made the President “More Autocratic Than Any Sovereign in the Civilized World”—Declares Peace Has Come and the War-Time Powers Should Come to an End—States It is Dangerous For a People to Acquire the Habit to Power Without Limits, of Bowing as It Leads to Servitude—Must Stop a Multitude of Interferences With the Natural Course of Business—Denounces President Wilson’s Autocratic Defiance of the Senate to Advise Upon the . Covenant of the League of Nations—Calls For Ratifica- tion of Treaty With Senate Amendments “Long Before the Presidential Election” *__Advocates Adopticn of an Executive Budget, Limitation of the Right to Strike, Re- vision of the System of Taxation, and Universal Military Training—Statement. Made on Eve of the New York State Unofficial Republican Convention. New York, Feb. 19.—The opening gun of the republican national cam- paign was fired here tonight in a key- note speech by Elihu Root at the un- official republican state convention in which he outlined the platform upon which he believed the republicans should go to the polls next November. Mr. Root brought the assembled dele- gates 1o their feet cheering time and| again in his denunciations of the dem- ocratic administration and especiaily in his references of what he termed the autocratic conduct of President ‘Wilson. The much-talked of possibility of a vigorous.fight by the women delegates to have a member of their sex included in the “big four” who will represent New York in the national convention in Chicago did not materialize and the Wwomen were apparently satisfied with the appointment o one of their num- ber. Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore of Yonke as one of the alternate dele- gates-at-large. The _principal proposals put forward by Mr. Root were: Decentralization of the executive powers which have made the president utocratic than any - soverign zed world.” fication of the Peace Treaty with Senate amendments “long before the presidential elections.” Reform of the League of Nations covenant by a congress of nations at the call of “a Republican president immediately after March 4, 1921,” to establish “the rule of public right rather than the rule of mere expedi- itigid governmental economy and the | a2 ioption of an executive budget. Limitation of the right to strike at a paint where it conflicts with self- preservation of the community, es- tablishment of a Jabor tribunal with mandates. on of the systpm of taxation involves the tariff.” Americanization and the’elimination of Bolsheviki or Bolsheviki from public offices. y training. address, made at a con- vention called to recommend four i ment, with the liberty of the individ delegates at large to the national con- vention, was regarded as the opening gun of the campaign. It was prepared after informal conferences with the! most distinguished Republitans of the state. “More important than all,” Mr. Root said, “is the necessity that we shall re- | store our Republican form ofygovern- al citizen preserved by limitations updn | official power, and put an end to the dictatorship which we created, in order to carry on the war. By a series of | statues unprecedented in scope and liberality, with singleness of purpose and patriotic devotion worthy of all praise, the American people conferred | upon the President powers broader and more autocratic than were possessed by any sovereign in the civilized world. Our capacity for effort, our fortunes, our liberty of conduet, our lives, were freely placed at the disposal of an Ex- ecutive whose authority was so vast that its limits were imperceptible. The authority was exercised by the Presi- dent, by his heads of departments, his bureau chiefs, his government agents, and his personal agents, to the full, without question, hecause the people of America were ready for any sacri- fice to win the war, “Peace has come, in fact, if not technically; but the war powers of the executive still continue. They should be brought to an end. It is not a sim- ple thing, for new conditions have been created, which should be dealt with at the same time by new statutes adapted to the conditions of peace, and subject to the limitations upon power of our Constitutional system. - “There is a double immediate pur- pose to be served. One to restore the habit of freedom. It is dangerous for a people. to acquire the habit of bow= ing to power without Iimits. soon become subservient, and then character essential to freedom de- generates. The other is to stop a mul- titude of interferences, iil-judged although well-meant, with the natural course of business through whieh alone (Continued on Page T7.) CONFERENCE OF BOARD OF FARM ORGAIZATIONS Washinzton. Feb. 18—Back of every i cnmmndx exist “movements U » the country vest concern,” Victor Murdock, chatrman | of the federal trade commission. today | told the annua! conference of the na- tional board of farm organizations. Explaining to the delegates. repfe- senting more than thirty agricliltural bodies, the work of the federal trade commissicn. Mr. Murdock said it was ‘economic_eye” of the government certain.the facts regarding these in order the public he work of the has “heen al- Mr. Murdock, { n was about | Turiher than that he not alaborate his st atement. Almost the first act of the confer- ay was to revive plans ional farmers’ congres: ttee was appeinted to tak matter in hand. with i communicate at the earliest possible moment h similar orzanizations In foreign countries. Charles S. Barrett. National Farmers' union, who presided as chairman of the conference, said that “the farmer is not content or sat- isfied.” Argwers to the recent questionnaire sent out by the postoffice department, he said. came nearer to revealing the truth about agriculture than anvthing that has reeeived equal publicity -t the city press ‘“The renlies of the farmers” said Mr. Barreti. “reveal deep dissatisfac- tion with the treatment that has been accorded agriculture and resentment at the wide spread of prices received by the farmers ané those naid by con- sumers; “The farmers and their wives in.an- swering these questionnaires faithful- ly- reflected hoth a condition and a state of mind which do not speak well for the future, either of agriculture or the enduring nrosperity of this nation. | “The farmers. at least the organized farmers. from now on will poo! therr efforts at cwnloring what in the past has been forbldden ground. They will emplov trained research workers to investigate conditions affecting azri- culture. With trained research. nub- lNeity and legal talent. farmers need no lonzer be impotent in dealing with the questions of distribufion and. finance.” president of the SHIPPING BOARD'S NEW PROFIT-SHARING CONTRACT ‘Washington, Feh. 19 —Virtual agreement as to the terms of new profit-sharing contract to be adovted by the shipping bourd for operation of its vessels has been reached ‘by members of the board and represen- tatives of the" shipping associations. Under the new agreement as out- lined today operators of shipping board vessels would be paid a per- centage of the net profits rather than remuneration on the hasis of gross earnings. Tinal details of the con- tract are being worked out. No first class phonograph is asham- ed of its record. NEW YPRK REPUBLIC PARTY LEADERS SELECTED New York, Feh. Senators James W. W William_ M. Calder. Coionel Boyce Thompson of Yonkers and Na- | than L. Miller of Syracuse were fi iy selected by the republican parts leaders tonight as the men bo tbe re ommended to the convention tomorrow er was selected ihu Root, previcusly one of the “big four” tonight, when withdrew in or- der to devote his time to the eommit- | tee which is to plan the organization of an international court of justice un- der the covenant of the league of na- tions. The alternate delegates-at-large selected include Tiepresentative Thomas B. Dunn of Rochester, John L. O'Brien of Plattsburgh, Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore of Yon! W. ical leader. Party leaders declared tonight that the convention would not instruct the delegation to support any particular | candidate, \ PREDICTS SOCIALISTS .WiLL CONTROL U. 5. GOVERNMENT | Aibany, N. Y., Feb. 19.—Morris Hill- quit, socialist leader, today predicted that control of the Utfited States gov- ernment ; would Dass peacefully into the hands of the socialist party when it enrolis the working ¢ ¥ sued a warning, - however, th: is not impossible the people of this country will be compelled to supplement their political action with a little shooting™ if the profiteering class revolts after the ma)onty of the people are ready to introduce ‘substantial reforms” by “legal, constitutional methods. Testifying before the assembly judi- ciary committee at the trial of the five suspended socialist assemblymen charged with disioyalty, Mr. Hillquit denied that the socialist party intend- ed to promote its programme by oth- er than: “legislative action, parliamen tary action, dnd in a peaceful way. But whiie he asserted the party wasg not plotting bloody revolution to achieve its aims, Mr. Hillquist warn- ed history has shown that “when the privileged minority is about to lose its [f)rivfleges, it becomes desperate and rys to destroy reform or lawful rev- oultionary movements by force.” “In that case it will be up Zo the majority of the people to defend their rights against such iawless, power- tul minoritiés and in a case of that kind it ‘mgy come to shooting,” he continued. MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT A CANDIDATE FOR SENATE Chicago, Feb. 19.—Mrs, Carrie Chapman Catt will not be a candidate for the senate seat occupied by James 'W. Wadsworth, Jr,, of New York, as sugzested by Mary G. Kilbreth, presi- dent of the Anti-Suffrage association, at Washington. Mrs, Catt declared today that she had devoted her life to a cause and “have accomplished a good perhaps without running fof office, and so I never shall.” R THE NOVENBER ELE[}TIUN» They } suggested as ! rs ‘and Charles | Anderson, prominent negro nolit- | Gondensed Teiegrams Paris quodd the dollar 14 frs, 35¢, compared with 14 frs., 40c, at previous close, Bar silver was quoitd at $1.30 an ounce in New York compared with 8¢d in London. Foundations of Strasbourg cathedral are being moved and new toundations will be built. Forty thousand cases of influenza are repported in Vienna, and the death rate is very high. Dr. Milenke Ves: h, minister of Jugo-Siavia, was asked to form a new ! cabinet at Belgrade. SyStematic vandalism and robbery in cemeteries in Viennu has' led to de- mands for police protection. Copper imports the United States in 1919 fell off by more than | thirty million pounds compared with 1918. Boston Symphony Orchestra players will join musicians’ union because an increase in wages asked by them was rejected. Fhoinentelt eat) Abats lpsed nuain yesterday, neither sade making any ef- ifort to bring up the subject for senate consideration. | | 1 | ! i | Pre-Lenten carnival festivity in { Buenos Aires was effectively dampen- ed by a strike of taxicab chauffeurs and cab drivers. B G suspected of robberies | lin railroad yards at Providence, total- ing about $200,000 were arrested, but released on bail. | William Gibbs McAdoo anmounced that he would not permit his name to i be used on presidential primary.ballots yin‘the various states. In a letter to Gov Sproul, of Penn- sylvania, Representative Edmonds urg- {ed the purchase of Hog Island by the| “state of Pennsylvania. General William K. Mickbe, adjutant of the United Confederatg Veterans, died at Mobile. He was 7¢ years old and born at Columbia, S. C. Republican j2aders in forced a further del. in consideration of the Thompson bills designed 1o give New York city cheaper milk. The body of an unidentified man was found in a burning shed in the rear of ’a meat shop at Rochester, N. Y. Blood was. still fwwm from wounds. doving, oo the senate General March #sstified before a| house committee that Persident Wil- son sent American troops into Siberia jagainst the advice of General Tasker | Bliss. Fire destroyed the three story Ocean n at Sheepshead Bay, famous in years gone by as the Sheepshead Bay | Club, headquarters of the racing fra- ternity. | Ini | i Franklin K. Lane, who retims on | March 1 as secretary of the interior, laccepted the national chairmanship of | thie ation Army’'s secornd home ser- | i vice appeal . | Work of restoring the Church of St. | Gervais, Paris, which w X by a “big ber sheil on Good Friday, {1918, k:lling 54 persons, will commence | on March 1. | Reported in Washington that unless ;l)i" newspapers of this country take | i steps to curtail the waste of newsprint, jcongress will dnn) them second-class 1 as delegates-at-large to the republi- | can national convention in June. Mr. M { reorganization of govern yington on a-business b: resent,” according to Governor 'Frank | ;u. Lowden ot Illino { A pack of tweive wolves invaded the western end of Duluth and a party of trappers and scores of men “lying-out” succeeded in killing one, wounding an- lother and u‘flhplng a lhird | New York city was flatly aligned | } against rural districts when | ers appearcd before the leg: mundln"’ a repeal of the dayi |ing law for New York state. | Hugh M. Caldwell, ‘attorney ‘and| former arm: and James Dun- | {can, secret e Seattle Central | { Labor Council, at Seattle, will run for | mayor in the c&ty election March 2. Because of labor troubles at Galves- | ton and. New Orleans, an embargo was | {announced by the Morgan and all | southbound coastwise freight origin- jating at points outside of New York. | i Situation in southern Russia report- ed so uncertain that the allied officialg are fearful of a general boishevik mpH, more from internal dissen- swn than from entrance of red torces. The greatest sinpls " producing cads=i es of fire,” in the United states are electriciy and electrical appliances, says Charles F. Lumm, chief of the| acturarial bureau of the national boar of underwriters. Abolishment of the nine sub-trea® urigs, the offices of 13 state surveyors general, and two assay offices. is pro- posed. in the legislative appropriation | bill, reported by the house appxopnml tions committee. Navy department was notified five men lost their lives in the sinking of a naval water barge off the Cuban coast and two others died in the-cap- sizing of a dory from the U. 8. S. Hov- ey at Harwich, Eng. B t The Chinese government has accept- ed the loan stipulations of bankers of Great Britain, France, Ufited States and Japan, on the condition that China receive a.substantial advance before the Chinese New Year. Under pelagic sealing treaty between the United States and Canada, the lat- ter received scalskins reprpesenting 15 per cent’ contribution of the gross number of seals taken on the Russian island in the Bering sea, within terri- tory of Alaska. ] i1 { bill, | nancial needs was Leaders Clum It to Be. De- structive of the Employes’ Constitutional ~ Privileges and Liberties. ‘Washington, Feb. = 19.—Organized railroag workers and union labor -in general, holding the re-drafted rail- road reorganization bill to be de- structive of the employes’ constitu- ‘tional privileges and liberties tonight galled on congress to defeat the measure in its entirety. Representatives of the fifteen rail- road unions gt the close of an all day conference, ‘attended by President. Gompers and Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor, made public a memorial to congress embodying this declaration: “The pending bill deprives citizens employed upon railways of the in- violate right to enjoy gains of their own industry. The returns to capital are fixed upon an arbitrary basis, the rate which the public must pay and wages which labor must rece! accommodate themselves to- this basis fixed for capital. This act makes the public and labor subservient to, capi- tal. For these reasons herein set forth and many others, we request and respectfully w that the bill be defeated in its entiget; During the all R conference in- formation was given out that letters of, protest against the wage provis-] ns of the bill would be sent to President Wilson ‘and Director Gen- eral H.nes. Later it was decided to make the first fight in congress, and intimations were given that if defeat- ed therémthe workers then would car- ry the battle to the White House, hoping that the president might veto the legislation. The memorial, addressed to the people of the United States as well as the two houses of congress. de- clares that the bill in enunciating a principle for basing the financial re- turn of investors subverts the prin- of American government. This ion, the memorial holds would | constitute “an abandonment of gov ernmentg for the common good the e: tablishment of government for pri- vate interest - special privilege and class benefits/ Provisions of the measure for ar- hitration of disputes are attacked be- cause of the manner in which the i special arbitration boards would be constituted and because of the way in which they would operate. The ar- bitration boards, inctuding the per- manent federal board of nine mem- bers, might be so composed. the me- . as to eliminate labor Procedure _of these beards as set forth in the. bill, the memorial states. would estroy all discipline and lead to chaos.” While fhe labor representatives were in Session, Director General Hines in conference with a committee of leading railroad executives recei ed a pledge of their cooperati the establishment of a comi experts to gather data bearing on the wage problem. The eXecutives = ex- pressed a desire that solution of the ' wage problem be expedited and Mr. Hines said that the time and .method of constituting the committee of ex- perts would be recommended to the a conference with the railroad union officials could be held. sting at least one aspect ok fight to be made on the re- the hous v, democrat, Ken- e today a statement of refusing to join in ap- the conference compromise which he attacked as con- “financial favers’ on the iers that force r 0.000,000, and 2dd to the cost of living generally With Representative Si Tennessee, who also d proving would crat, v. will lmd the floor fight on the in which most of the democrats are expected to be supported by a few republicans. Proponents of the measure, however, were confident that the compromise bill will be ap- proved by the house before adjourn- ment Saturday. The “financial favors” Mr. Barkley charged, were to be attri work of “high salaried railsoad security holder camped on the doorsteps for more than a year.” the financial . in th connection, Mr. declared “it is almost.incon- Lle that congress could be i duced to adopt such a course” refer- ring n’n’)(’ul'lrl\' to the provision that rz vielding six per cent. on the boolk Vallh’-‘ of the roads. with any excess carnings. be " divided between agents” who “have of congress provisions the carriers ‘and the government so | as to create a lines. “jackpot” to ald weak In his statement. the representative revealed t forees on railroad legistation expect congress soon to be asked for an ap- propriation of $600,000.000 to wind up the affairs of the rallrcad adminls- tration. -In this connection, he said, that ‘an exact statement of these fi- cxpected to be given the house Saturday. Kantucky at the con- MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN CAUCUS WITH LABOR Washington, Feb. 19.—Charges by/ Representative Sanders, Indiana, that members of ocongress had been called into ‘“caucus” to be called by union labor on the railroad reorganization bill almost broke up an informal conference tonight between congressmen friendly to labor, and la- bor leaders. Mr. Sanders said he had received an invitation to attend -a ‘“cauc in the house office building and found in- stead an . asseembly at which labor leaders were prepared to present their commands to the legislators. “I charge that this meeting was called to.defeat the railroad bill,” he shouted, “in order to foist govern- | ment ownership upon the country.” Mr. Sanders bitterly arraigned President Gompers of the Amferican Tederation of Labor, who was seated nearby, for- having “unjustly and in- scriminately insulted the present congress.” Turning about to face the murmurs of disappropriation which had arisen at his unexpected remark, Mr. Sand- ers shook a belligerent rurcflnger in the air at the labor leaders as he said: “Yo can’t have your own way about everything.” Immediately Representaflve_ Mead, democrat; of New York, arose and declared “ths man who will say this increased | uted to the ! of | republican, of | Government to Fight to the Finish For Its Legal Right to Proceed With the Sale of the Vessels. Washington, Feb. 19.—Prospects of a legal battle to complicate the con- troversy -over Shipping Board efforts to dispose of thirty former German passenger liners loomed large today when Associate Justice Bailey in the district supreme court granted a tem- porary injunction against the sale on a taxpayer application filed by Will- jam Randolph Hearst. John Barton Payne, chairman of the board, an- nounced that he would recomm:;dna.z- eal proceedings and also an '0) 0 xx‘)eauu‘e Mr. Hearst to furnish bond against loss of the ships laid idle. He indicated that the government would fight to the finish or its legal right to _proceed with the sale. Simultaneously, ce Chairman Ste- vens of the board, in disagreement with his colleagues as to the wisdom of the sale, continued his testimony before the senate commerce commit- tee. Still another . difference of opinion connected with thsé ships was developed at the hearing. John D. York, a marine engineer of Chicago, contending that the Leviathan, larg- st of the fleet, could be reconditioned for passenger service only in the yard where she was built in Germany, while. R. L. Hague, engineer for the ! board, said the work could be done in American_yards. Chairman Jones of the committee announced that the question of formu- lating recommendations for this sen- ate on this question and also of fram- ing legislation that might be deemed necessary would be taken up tomor- {row in executive session. = Charles H. Potter, of ew York, president of the United States Steam- ip Operators’ association, described to the committee how government built ships were operated by private companies. “We get $350 a month per ves- sel, and one and one half per cent of| freight revenue,” 3Mr. Pot- , “with thé Shiping Board fur- nishing the freight. These tenms are | being changed, however. will get omiy $200 a. vessel hereafter, and rustle the freight themselves.” Potter expre d the opinion that the shipping board tonnage was only about “30 per cent. efficient,” advocat- ing scrapping much of the wood ton- age. On the nine wood vessels as- igned to his concern, he said, the op- eration resuited in a loss. Operators are not allowed to make “and this results in oc- | | 'when a British or Norw sel cuts under the rate we have to wait -for authority from Washington to meet competition.” - A MEXICAN REVIEW oF THE JENKINS CASE ‘Washington, Feb, 19.—An extensived review of the chargesbrought against} AVilliam O. Jenkins. by of the state of Puebla, | containeq in a statement Mitchell, attorney general state, pubiished pers, copies of which have reached the state department. While all the r(pormd accusations of conspirac th the bandits who kid napped e e agent, inciting rebellion in Mexico, furnishing W is to the rebels and others, are re..w ed, some phases of the case as pre- | sented by Mitchell are new. Among other things, the Puebla of ficial asserted that Jenkins was in the United States a month before he was Kkidnapped, where he “belonged to a group interventionists, who reside in the metropolis Mexico needed to vindicate itself, asserted, “and it now has d,” by means of the in- ga in Puebla which would he added, ‘that there was nc | such kidnapping, but everything was plot planned in the United States | by wicked persons.” “In the event that justice is meted out to Jenkins, as it must necessarily Meyico, b}z Jutio of the | P crimes, all of which will entail a long imprisonment.” the incident of two letters from Jen- kins to his wife which were seized in the postoffice’at the time of the Kid- i napping. Mitchell said that when it | finally was determined to send the Jetters to the foreign affairs depart- ment under hi own seal and that of the American embassy, G. Woodward, { “who cal him £ Tepresentative of the American embas sought to secure them in such a way as “may be interpreted as briber; One letter, bandits and | pursuit b, would endanger J authorities life, Mitch- given to Wood- | warq on agreement to surrender it on demand. When , the demand was made, the embassy complied, he said, addipg: “But great was our surprise not the same as that of which record had been taken in the initial proceed- ‘ngs.” 15,000 OHIO COAL MINERS VOTE TO STRIKE APRIL 1 Bridgeport, Ohio, Feb. 19.—Delegates representing 15,000 eastern Ohio coal miners, in special convention at Bel- ldire today voted to strike April 1, unless operators accepted their terms for division of the 14 per cent. wage increase. The miners demand that leaders be granted one cent a ton yhich the ma- chine men are now getting. The con- roversy will be taken up at the scale convention at Bellaire next month and the official strike order will be issued at that time if operators have not made the change. The mresent wage scale will expire March 31. { MEXICANS HAVE RELEASED WILLIAM WELSH ADAMS Los Angeles, Cal!f Feb. 19.—Will- iam Welsh Adams, American mine su- perintendent,’ reported kidnapped in Zacatecas. Mexico, February 13, has been released according to messages which- his wife said tonight she had réceived from the American Metals Company offices in New York and Mexico and the American consul at Monterey Mexico. cluding Mr. Sanders, jumped to their feet and turmoil reigned until = the chairman had called the meeting to order. Representative Mead consent- Operators | | the authorities ; in Mexico City pa- Most of the stateggent is devoted to when we observed that the letter was; Rome Corres; Which President Wilson ident Has Replied to the of Finality. l Buenos Aires, Feb. 19.~--A summary of the main points in thc allied reply to President . Wilson’s Adriatic note, cabled by the Rome correspondent of Nacion, discloses that President Wilson threatened to withdraw his signature from the British-French- American treaty establishing security for France, to which the allies reply that such action would destroy abso- lutely the “new French policy,” for which President Wilson invited pro- tection. The fundamental points of the re- ply to President Wilson, according to the correspondent, are: First—the allies answer the accu- sation of having prepared a conven- tion for the annexation of Fiume to Italy, which .pre-supposes bad faith on the part of Italy, by saying that President son is unable to dem- onstrate this. Second—the Italian petition for the establishment ‘of territorial contiguity with Fiume is a very small thing compared with the cession of Dalma#- tia, which the whole world is wble to prove by meérely examining the map of Europe. Third—the allies observe that the project of President Wilson, which comprehends the creation of a bufier Fourth—The strip of territory nec- essary to establish the contiguity of Fiume with Italy hag not sufficient value to justify procrastination in re-establishing the peace of Europe. Fifth—Italy entered the war in- spired by ideals at a moment at least as critical as that when the United States entered. She suffered sacri- blood afd money incompara- ing to withdraw his \signature from the treaty of Verss tablished the sec y o v injures the very new French | poliey for which he iny | tion.” He not only destro of his first and m {but anpihilates it he shows: that engagsments contract- {ed in accord: Wlth \this policy can be destroyed Tightly In drawing up the note. La cion’s correspondent savs, the Briti delegates prepared the technical form ? collaboration . with the Ttalians, hile the political sense of the doc ument is that of the French dele- | mates, who expressed themselves in erms of great sympathy for Italy. ed protec- the value | PRESIDENT WILSON REPLIES, TO ENTENTE PREMIERS’ NOTE Washington, b. 19 (By the A. P.). —President Wilson today prepared and sent to the state department a reply to the entente premiers’ note on under- the Adriatic question. He is an government with a de- gree of finality. Although the president dictated his communication in less than two hours it probably will not be put on the ca- gles before tomorrow night or Satur- ay. The original draft as prenared by Mr. Wilson was sent to retary Polk for h id as be,” the statement said, “the sen- | he was the head of the American mis- tence must be a heavy ome since we|sion when the A 1 have an_ accumulation of grave| is therefore h all the preliminary negotiations. After Mr. Polk “has completed his examination of the document and it has be put in the usual diplomatic { form, it nrobably will be returned to the Whito House for final ann be- fore it is despatched to Amtassador Davis at London for presentation to the premi The presidentels understood to have adhered to the nosition taken in note of Feb, 10. in which he informed the allies that if thev were to nroceed to a settlement of the Adriatic aues- tion without the participation of the American - zovernment, might be created where States might have to eonsider whether it could hecome a party to the treaty of Versailles and the Franco-American pact. ‘While coneiliatory, the premiers re- ply to this original note was a tative. Mr. Wilson in his a understood to have met this : point by point and is believed to have again called attention' to the principle of self-determirztion as enunciated in his fourteen noints and-his other dec- larations during the war which were and B } i basis for.peace. Although it makes clear Am the nosition it took when the original Adriatic agreement was made at Par the president’s note is not recarded as the final chapter in tne negotiations. The premiers in their renly to the original communicaticn are sald to have left the way onen for agreement along the llmes previnusly accepted. by the Upited States and with the receint of the American note it will be for them to decide whether the ultimatum previously sent to Jugo Skivia. em- hoding the settlement to which the i that the | United States did not subscribe, will stand. MAY AGREE TO PUBLICATION ADRIATIC NOTE AND REPLY TLondon, Feb. 19.—It is considered more likely tonight that the supreme council will agree to the publication of President Wilson's Adriatic note and the allied reply, although wheth- er here or at W&uhm;ton has not yef been decided. ‘he newspaper pres- sure in England, France and United States for publication of the documents, in order to suppress er- roneous reperts and rumors consid- ered harmful, whs discussed in the meeting was surreptitiously called is|{ed to withdraw his assertion insofar | council today, but, so far as has been a liar” 2 A A dozen congressmen present, in- as it might have been construed te include Mr. Sanders. ascertained a deflrute decigion was not reached. | tsate, has been rejected by the Jugo- slavs, and the allied nations have i been unable to insist upon it. v more gerious than those of the ! United States. Sixth—the president, in threaten- |: accepted by the central powers as the | ican government has not chanzed | the | Buenos Aires La Nacion Cables That President Wilson Threatened to Withdraw His Sig- nature From the British-French-American Treaty Estab- Action Would Destroy the “New French Policy” For Entente Premiers’ Note—He is Understood to Have Restated His Position With a Degree The council continued its discus- sion of the Russian situation this af- térnoon, but adjourned further con- sideration until the return of the French preraier, M. Millerand, Mon- day. TO TURN GRAND TRUNK OVER TO CANADIAN GOWI' London, Feb. 19 (Canadian Press).— The shareholders of the Grand Trunk railway system, after much discussion today, agreed to the proposal to turn over the system. both in Canada and the United States, to the Canadian government, the proposition being laid before the steckholders by Sir Albert Smithers, chairman of the board of | directors. A dozen dissenters held a meeting later and adopted a resolu- tion protesting against the terms ac- cepted. Under the terms offered by the gov- ernment the latter agrees to assume the debentures of the company and also an issue of 4 per cent. “guaran- teed stock,” the holders of this stock to receive in exchange 4 per cent. non- votinz ceriificates. The common stock and the several preferred issues of the i company are to he nurchased by the ment at a price to be fixed by i The holders xwill receive ta 4 per cent. non-voting certifi- redeemable at par at any time after ten years. DECISION ON OVERTIME AFFECTS 2,000,030 EMPLOYES Jersey, City J, Feb. 19.—Two | million L"mfln\vs ‘of thefnited States Raiircad- Administration would® he en- titled to overtime averazing $100 each if a suit against Director General | Walke Hines begun here today, is | successiul, according to I. F. Golden- counsel for thé” plaintiff, Joseph ieluchowski, a deck hand on a a Railroad tug. Plelu- ims overtime amounting to §394 for the period between January 1 and September 1, 1918, during which he worked twelve hours a day, “under the exingencies of war.” It is contend- d tl she should have received time nd a half for the overtime over eight hours,” under the Adamson aet. Coun- cel for Director General Hines assert- ed that the employes had accepted a honus in lieu of overtime. Decision was reserved. \ | MEXICAN CITIZEN SHOT BY AMERICAN SOLDIER Washington, Feb. 19.—Colonel Gon- | zalo de la Mata, Mexican consul at Sun Antonic, Texas, has reported to his government the shooting of a Mep- lcan citizen by an American soldier under circumstances that -the Mexi- cans v parallel the Wallace case at Tampico, according to official advices from the Mexican capital which state h the foreign office will'despaton a of protest to the United States. Emilio Ramirez, a Mexican, wearing a military cape, was alleged to have been halted by Sergeant George Bul- who 2 d him if he was in the did not reply and was arted away, according Details of the shot when he to the consul's report. affair have not reached Washington. CORNFIELD LIGHTSHIP CARRIED FROM MOORINGS Saybrook Point, Conn., Cornfield lightship carried from vher moorings late yesterday by an ice ch swent out of the Connecti- cut rider. The vessel was taken in tow today by the lighthouse tender Tulip and was taken into New London for repair: Feb. 19— steamer Whitney Is caught ,in “the ice off Fisher’s Islana. FRANCE FREE FROM " SPIRIT OF CONQUEST Paris, Feb. 19 (HHavas) —Premfer Millerand today outlined to the foreizn affairs commission of the sepate tWe various qu ns discussed by the supreme couneil in londen, cspecially ntenance-of the suls Constantinonle. He explained the position ‘taken hy Frahce concern- ing Syria and Silicia, which he de= clared was entirely free ' from any spirit of conquest. ¥ MAN DROWNED IN TANK OF OIL IN WORCESTER " Feb. 19.—Joseph 1d. an accountant wire mill of the Worcester, M: ; W. Labrie, 44 years at the Quinsigamond American Steel and Wire company, was drowned today in a big tank cofi- ing thcusands of zallons of oil. He :hnpnd on a nicce of ice and tumbled \"‘f(‘re hf‘.v cour 14 reach Berlivy, Wi svd'\esda national the {ndw-’\'r‘nl states will confer on the situation Thursd: OBITUARY Dr. Edward D. Hall. Meriden, Feb. 1 Hall, 69, promi physician ‘of Meriden, died th.s afternoon after a few days' illness of spneumonia. He was a graduate of Harvard and stud- ied in Berlin and Paris. He hill practiced in this city since 1591 ang for many years had been state med- ical examiner of the Royal Arcanumn. He leaves a widow and two stepchil- dren, a brother, Dr. Andrew I} of Brockton, Mass, ‘and a sister, Mrs. Nathan Pratt of North Middleboro, Mass.