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“ Circulation Books Open to Au? | NO. 21,347—DAILY. + Copyright, 1920; by The Vress Publishing Co, (The ‘New York World). DIPLOMATS BREAK RULES TOAD TREATY Practically Ignore Wilson and Communicate Directly With the Senators. PREMIERS BACK OF IT. Lloyd George and Clemenceau Both Said to Have Cabled About Reservations. By David Lawrence, Special Correspondent of The Evening World. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (Copyright, 1920).—Buropean diplomacy, hitherto steeped in tradition and the sacred- ness of precedent, has taken ad- vantage of the topsy-turvy condition in international affairs to cast off its meticulous regard for the official per- sonality of the President of tte United States to whom Ambassadors are accredited. ‘ Unable to teach Woodrow Wilson, either because of his illness or his stubborn refusal to enter into par- leys with foreign Governments con- cerning a compromise on the treaty before the American Senate, Euro- pean Governments have sought and successfully maintained a line of communication direct from Foreign Offices to the lobbies of the United States Senate. LLOYD GEORGE AND CLEMEN- CEAU BOTH IGNORED WILSON. The true story of what has been generally, known in Washington for many mj ‘ths, but which has been confined to «, pers of surprise and astonishment but no open protest ‘an now ‘be told. The fact that Prim Ministar Lloyd George sent a eable- gram to Viscount which the their latter is said by Senat have shown to one or two udvising them that reserv the peace treaty would be acceptable 8 no less 4 subject. of speculation and interest. than the coincident effort of Premier Clemenceau similarly to in with Senator Lodge ‘ther Republicun leatlers a fow weeks get toueh und ae achnsetts leader Tas him- from mentioning th names of distinguished foreign statesmen who have assured him that servations would be accepted by the Allies, but it is an apen secret that Senator Lodge pount Grey have been in conference and that Mr. Lodge has discussed the treaty with the diplomatic. representatives of other countries, But so has § mocratic le rained any and nator Hitehcook, the der, and in fairness to be said that ed with hav- sq Seni t must they are gene (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) ADVERTISES FOR A SLIM WAITRESS; TAKES LESS ROOM fiee House Owner Als) Finds They Eat Less and Won't Get Flat Fleet. MILWAUKE Feb. 4. IHN } MULANEY, Madison tised ‘WANTED, slender w Asked why “slénder,” John- soh said ihe take up | room e quicker ®n their feet, eat less and don't get flat feet —— THE, WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU ade, Pusiser \\ uiidine, Ou-08 fektian 4000, “NEW YORK, WLDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1920. LAN DEMANDS TO KNOW WHO REAPED I. R. T. PROFITS RBES MORGAN | Cloris, f “Circulation Books Open to au} Entered as Sees Fost Office, -Clase Matter ew York, N. ¥. TO-MORROW’S WEATHER.—Clearing. $ TEMPEST WGI 7 22 PAGES. 8 PRICE TWO CENTS. WAR STILL ON IN WASHINGTON: 9, FACES 4 BILLION DEFICIT Srmy in Peace Times, 1920-1921, | Calls for Far More Millions Than Necessary to Run Government in 1916—New Bond Issue Impending By Martin Green. (Special From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) | WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The war ended fifteen months ago, the army has been demobilized, the United States is actually at peace with all the ment are running the business of the Government on a war basis, with the result that the Nation is headed toward a catastrophe. Unless the Congress comes to realization of the outstanding fact that this Government the United States will soon find itself in a financial pinch. The effect of the wartime orgy of @ expenditure of billions while a patrio- tle people stood back of their Govern- ==) ENVOY FORACTION travagance since 1916, the year pre- ceding our active war preparations. The total cost of the Government in that year was $1,048,000,000. For the fiscal year ending June 30 the war establishment alone wifl cost $1,704,000,000, almost $700,000,000. more than the total cost of Government in 1916. And for the fisoal year ending A . June 30, 1921, the war estatiishment | Lersner Leaves Paris Saying asks for an appropriation of $1,208,- a yar 901,505, although the army has been He Refused to Forward reduced to 280,000 men. In 1916 the! Allied List. war establishment cost $164,000,000. | —-— This instance is set forth here for the purpose of bringing to the atten- | tion of the reader at the outset con- | crete proof that our Government is |!" «ris, has been relieved still thinking in billions, An armed | fice force of 280,000 asks, through the War Dejfhrtment, for sufficient funds for the maintenance of a military orders to tranamit establishment embracing an army of |the expected Allied note on extradi- 2,000,000 soldiers. | tion “demands There is a measure of encourage- ment for taxpayers in the fact that Representative F, W, Mondell, the Re- publican floor leader, and other influ- ential Republicans in the House have just agreed to drop the universal mili- BERLI Lersner, head of the German Mission Baron von Lersner, it is stated, had received explicit to his Government. PARIS, Feb. 4. head of the German Peace Delegation here, Kurt von Lersner, has returned to Premier Mill- list containing the names tary training: feature from the Mille | apc niel ioe SHS Orne 1 Bt tary Bil at a saving of $700,000,000 | by the Allies, whieh was nail cad letae to him last night, and has With 4,000,000 young ormed the Premier that he has re- men recently ful! of |S!8Red and is leaving for Berlin by the first train. disch rged from the service and grounded in military) , subject to the cull of the Gov- |, [mediately after receiving the list ernment, universal military training | @8t night, Baron Lersner ad- at a cost sure to reach $1,000,000,000 | 278Sed the following letter to Pre- |per annum in a year or two should be | ™ a : jan unthinkable proposition in a na-| TOUT Bxeellency he jtion withfn reaching distance of un- : d to me a notc 4 |bearable taxation, There are fair} he names of Germans whose ox- prospects that the item will be elim-| {Tdition is demanded by the Al- inated in the House. But— led Powers, Senator James W. Wadsworth jr.| _ “T remind Your F ot New York is the ‘wet nurse” of my constantly {universal military training, He is| tions that no G Chairman of the Senate Committee on | Military Affairs. If his past acts and| utterances are reliable guides he will! vou tran: containing cellency of repeated declaru rrman functionary would be disposed to be in any way whatever instrumental in the realization of the demand for their extradition. world, but the Congress and the departments and bureaus of the Govern-| | must get back on a peace basis at once, as a measure of self-preservation, | #¥!4n instructed Corporation Counsel | |ers to make good their saturnalia of extravagance. Perhaps we can sub- | Poena some of the more prominent of —_- Feb. 4.—Baron Kurt von] Office staffs considerably and econo- of that of-| HYLAN ASKS NAMES: (OF PROFIT REAPERS ON SUBWAY STOCKS Wants to Know Stockholders Who Shared in 187 1-2 Per | Cent. Disbursements. |HEDLEY HAS 50 SHARES. I. R. T. President Says Public | Should Pay Fare Adequate to Assure Service. Just before Frank Hedley, Prest- dent of the Interborough, took the stand at to-day’s traction investiga- tion by the Board of Estimate, Mayor | | Burr to furnish him with a complete | list cot! the; eeptkotaern Whol Save reaped a profit of 187 1-2 per cent. on the original subway investment | “I refer,” said the Mayor, “to those who collected as high as 20 per cent. on their investments in certain years | and who are now coming forward like beggars and asking the strap-hang- them and ask them jf they will kind- |ty go down in thelr. jeans’ it ott |into @ fund to help along the Inter- President Hedley, asked by Mr.| Burr what economies, if any, ne had | | effected since he became Mr. Shonts's | successor, replied that he had reduced | mized in the purchasing department. | Asked !f he reduced his own salary, | Mr. Hedley repiied it had been raised and his duties increased. | Turning to the Rapid Transit Con- struction Company, a subway con- | struction concern owned by the Inter- borough, Mr. Hedley explained that | it had done $10,000,000 worth of work, most of which was of a ardous na- ture, and that the Interborough had specially fitted men for the work. He olaseed the third tracking of the elc- vated lines as dangerous work. Asked why the Interborough not have its own construction < aia! q pany do this work, the witness replied | that the Interborough’s construction concern then had its hands full Mr. Burr wanted to know why Mr jillespie had been awarded a contract |for third tracking when foundation work and not stecl structure work | was his spec Mr. Hedley > plied that T. A has assoc with him in the w & Tric and Terry & Tench who, he suid are among the best steel structur concerns in the country | Mr. Burr contended that this con- tract, which provided that the con- tractors receive cost plus 15 per was made without the knowledg the Public Service Commission and that the Public Service Commissica! Mrs. Morgan and Eldest Daughter Who Met Death With Her in Fire BREAK IN STERLING. BRINGS BIG DROP Pounds Decline to $3.49—|DROP IN EXCHANGE I of | Liberties, 1 eign exchan MRS. WILLIAM ‘ FORBES MORGAN. tie STOCK PRICES, iberty Bonds Sell Under | TO 90, But Recover. is, particularly 1 bee 1 fe demora for BARBARA MORGAN COST, SAYS BANKER} REDUCE LIVING | | Further heavy liquidation oceurred | Cut in Exports Will Throw More on the stock market to-day and new! Goods on U.S, Markets, Declares 1 levols for the 3 were touched’ Perey R. Johnston. | wll the 1 The di rease jn the | cline boran nine and ¢ en te Silat pin ) Exchitnge was tinued t without n uplion | i : sien ace \ probability here to-day Juntil 1.30 in the ufternoon, when by re ! Johnst President sharp rec ries were made tn many of the Chemical National Bank stoc At 21°. M. sale r the day Tt will cut down our exports, had react 464,009 shares, and $17,- | folinston said. “This |} 968,000 worth of & quantities of American local und ina mark hall probability, result in prices fight for universal military training | I should be in- must have known about the details. | Rania ati dine | unless the taxpayers of the State of| Strumental in it were I to forward Comptroller Craig charged that the | ‘i Tiisouah aut cetiall © Semie Gt Anes aaah e ite | New York, who furnish the backbone| © the German Government the |Interborough violated its contract] is ine within the last few months, ‘The | of the national income tax receipts] note of Your Excellency, I there- | with the city when it failed to obey | then suddenly bounded t growth exportation was too | and are about to be mulcted for a] fore send it back herewith, @ provision that deficits on the ws that England had stor n and too great to maintain | State income tax besides, send the “I have made it known to my | cumulative and carried forw | ped the importation of cotton, Other | al exchange conditions,” | Senator some news from home. Government that I cannot remain “Didn't directors know of this] ¢ n exchange, also at new low + WASTE TO CONTINUE FOR PO-| in office and that I shall leave | eondition when they lhevela, recovered in sympathy, I ’ | H LITICAL PURPOSES, Paris by the next train,” passing out divider eed roe tated WOMAN’S AUTO | T inbility of the War Depart- The list of Germans accused | holders BS ic Manmutartite aA Maan) ates hi| LICENSE REVOKED, rooivs that the war is| of violations of the laws of war | Comptr was pas stasme ks over infects every branch of the Gov-| contains 896 names. Eng!and de- |“You know Sea ie all pect etry imehia are one jernment. What if the country faces| mands 97 for trial, France and | to arise, so w: was driving license of Mrs. A. ©, Mile | icit of ‘rom $2,000,000,000 to} Belgium 334 each, Italy 29, Poland | ing with the ere y : rh sallawed jh Sea ania di ork hac wea | $4,000,000,000, which must be taken| 57, Roumonia 41 and Serbia 4, | partners 1 your afta peas ‘ by Commissioner of Motor| up by a bond issue or the imposition! The names of Germans comrrised | that nulative ¢ would Hal t Vehicles 1 Trenton on complaint of additional taxes? The machinery| in the first list, against whom | jooked after? if ni] of Pol ‘ George ©. 1 vad of government is smothered under u| charges are preferred by all the Mr. Hed ars ; ' at Hinhland Ves mie ¢ lomnsnlaploner mountain of tax-eating appurte- | Allied nations, are included inthe | 1 hee vail, | § es a reat Fotos nances and tax-eating officehoiders.! above figures. OPE, ay wi d i seri ‘These must be preserved for political! Hugh C. Wallace | Senate , ecg Tai : hoe (oreaa | purposes, and the only way to pre- | Ambuss attended (Continued on Second Page.) nd ar rth 41-4 Liberty }ier waa ¢ ar thre serve them is by continuing the war | Amb adorns, but ’ low $9 r th flest en ihe eveninn (at. Nav | in Washington |had no statemen n_orde to 5 Lai) Vg failed to stop when A trolley Only a few years ago the prospect | ing it ex 4 C n ' tos TY of a deficit w ugh to inspire] An official communique w Y t r 1 D y pul to court] |the country a smen with Led an t ed Ger r pit | dismay and appreh day | 9,30 a ‘ “4 . : t : © BELL-ANS AFTER MEALA end ove jthe certainty of Treasury defic 1 song pits 18 Ox; Ain 7 ey ‘ Re sne GOUD DIGE “fly yf $3,900,000,000 the end of the : , tre nd tik \ 4 I Cana —- | ei ‘i : we nt ’ } bd b a | Won FAUKANT | (Continued on Eighth Page.) Franc 1 ed uM 1 | ‘i, aria az0:| ———— | satisfaction concerning punish whieh to f ae) D lost 43 Marine pr a] cr ne fun Fae, ees Oainad, Sare | (Racing Entries on tment of the gullly persons as she is to mwdilications, fell off 81-3, | dat “Ficus World Bide adr, A ) . | Morgan j | Secretary Explains the Situation 'SAYS U. S. CAN'T ee | BROKER'S WIFE MEETS DEATH WITH TWO DAUGHTERS IN FIRE Mrs. W. Forbes Morgan Perishes in Vain Effort to Rescue Her Chil- dren From Flame-Swept Home— Husband and Son Away. Mrs. Edith Hall Morgan, forty-one years old; Miss Barbara Morgan, fourteen, and Eileen Morgan, ten, wife and daughters of William Forbes broker, lost their lives in a fire in their home, No. 52 West Ota Street, early to-day, It than two hours before Mr. Morgan could be located to establish their identity. $ Mrs, was more Morgan apparently perished 'WILSON CONFERS |while trying to save her two daugh- ters, who were usleep on the top flour WITH TUMULTY of the three-story building, Mrs. ON TREATY FIGHT} Morgun siept on either the second or third floor, und when she was wakened by the fire and smoke her. Mrs. Morgun’s body was found in the rourn ovcupled by the children, Eileon was found dead in the bathroom, where sho collupsed while either try+ ing to open a window to give an alarm or preparing to jump. Barbara wus found at the stairway landing on the fourth floor. Knowing there wero three Morgan ehtldron, Battalion Chet“ Rawin” ay Quinn had his nen still searching the house when Mr. Morgan arrived and explained that the third, Wiliam Forbes 3d, twelve years old, was tw school at Highland, N. ¥., and that ne other persons had been in the house, Major Eckford C. DeKay, formerly military secretary to Gov, Whitman; and New Instructions to Party | Leaders Are Expected. ‘TON, WASHIN ‘ob, 4. RESIDENT WILSON and P Seeretury Tumulty to-day bad w long talk about the treaty situation. Mr, Tumulty gave the President a full report on the outlook in the new treaty + fight Now instructions to Wilson's supporters in the Senate may re- sult. RUN ‘DRY’ LINERS who had been to the Charity Ball, in the 46-50 West ‘ . A jps | had reached J ps Impossible to Compete With Ships | Saris Serving Drinks, Payne Is St Quoted. flumes in the Morgan home next door. t MANY AROUSED IN FASHION- WASHINGTON, Feb, 4.—Sale of the at the outbruak of the war was forced| At the time Mr, De Kay gent in an on Shipping Board by the operation | tlarm from the hall, Policeman John of the National Prohibition law, Chair-| Massey of the Mercer Street Station man Payne is understood to have told| had seen the fire and pulled a stregt President Wiison box. When firemen arrived, the ten- Mr. Payne 1 said to have written the | anty in the Hampshire were filling the President that the Goverument could| oorsigors, am not operate liners on which intoxicants J ong them Judge Hand his apartment Nos. w not sold in competition with pri-| “Ad other prominent persons, but vately owned ships on which wine and| they did not have to lewve the build. other liquors were served, ing It iy further deciured Mr, Payne told] Chester Dale, his wife and his step- the President the board did not objeot to the proposal to Include in the bill of sales in each case a clause giving son, Murray Thompson, live in No, 54, next door to the Morgun home. They sought safety over the roofs the Government @ right to requisition | ona were found on top of thelr house the liners, In the event af & national). poiceman Massey, who had te heralds 4 veasel of 10,360 dead-] escort (hem ali the way to No, 6 welght tons, one of the seta rman | Pefore he found un open seutile, Ga iiners, hag been sold to Charles C, A.| thts last roof they dll had a narrow Fitsen of tho American International] escape from death, as it rose to a Hureau of Supplies, New York. Officials] peak and wus covered with sleet, of the Shipping Boant refuse to an-| ‘The Morgan home is a three-story nounce the purchase pric building of brown stone of a type > — fashionable in the 70's, Battalion Wilson Ents on Portico tn WASHINGTON, Feb, 4.— hall and wind storm, Pres ite on the south portico of the White House In hig wheel-chalr to-day THREE AMERICAN RELIEF WORKERS SLAIN IN SYRIA Murdered by Brigands While Con- voying Supplies Near Mali, * WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 HE murder of three Ameri- Chiof Quinn and his men fought their way through the three stories with. out finding any one. On the top floor they discoveted that a rear addition == had b n built whove the third story and could not be seen from the street, On this floor the bodies were dis- wvered, Th had started from the veating plant in the rear of the base. ment. MORGAN GAVE HIS ADDRESS AS NO. 176 EAST 70TH STREET. Morgan, who is a Major on the vernor Smith, had been to rity ball, He had returned to his home at No, 176 East 70th Stregt, flames can relief workers in Syria | about 1.30, at which address he was was reported to-day to the | found a his partner, Philip W State Department. The Amerie } Livermore of Morgan, Livermore & cans were part of a convoy for | Co, No. 71 Bro.dway, and No, 80 American relief supplies and were | East 42d Street, had been communi. killed by brigands on Feb, 1 near |cated with, Mr, and Mrs, Morgan E} Mall, north of Aleppo. hud maintained separate Lomes for Names of the Americans were | some tim not 4 en in the dispatch He was taken to the Mercer Street ‘The relief expedition was under | Station, where the bodies lay covered the auspices of the American |in a small, dark room, By the light of Committee for the Relief of the |a small police lantern he made the Near East, t headquarters of | identification, which are in New York Besides the delay in sending the Official notification of the kill- wiarm, the firen found the frout ing Americans was given | doors of the Morgan home so strong ui uraud, French High- | they had difficulty in breaking them Commissioner at Beirut, to Ameris sone Fl sna was tupaceien Gano can Vice-Cousul McCutcheon’ at dwelling Beirut Mrs, William Forbes Morgam ir, first thoughts were of the children.) | | GB Sed oS nS 2 re ne: nee = ee cee ae