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yyKATHEB FORECAST for Kansu
Fair tonight and probably Sunday :
warmer west nd north portions to
night, east portion Sunoay.
The Evening Newspaper
of Kansas
HOME EDITION
TOPEKA, KANSAS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1920 .SIXTEEN PAGES
FIVE CENTS
ALL!
D TROOPS TO INVADE
C0RW1NE IN REPLY
Mayor Says Street Caf Service
1 Not Satisfactory.
If Repairs Are Not Made He
Suggests a 5-Cent Fare.
JUST ONE MORE SPREE BEFORE THE COUNTRY GOES DRY
PEACE PACT IS
NEWBERRY GUILTY
IS JURY VERDICT;
68 ARE CLEARED
CHECKED UP TO
PRES. WILSON
NY IF REBELLION
NOT QUELLED SO
United States Senate Definitely
Sixteen Others Convicted With
Him on Fraud Charge.
Washes Hands of It.
'
GERfflA
ARE
ON
ENTENTE FORCES
CONCENTRATE AT
METZ TO ADVANCE
Gen. Foeh lias Two Armies
Ready for Instant Action.
Second Column Gathers
Straussbnrg, Is Report.
at
SOVIET DISORDERS SPREADING
Armed Workmen -Vow Occupy
and Hold Many Towns.
Berlin Lives in Fear of Return
of Baltic Rebels.
L'nlted Tress Bulletin.)
Eerlia, March 20. The general
strike ends at noon today.
An agreement to this effect was
reached at a conference between rep
resentatives of the labor unions and
A new cabinet will be formed In
which labor will have stronger repre
sentation. London, March 20. Strong allied
forces are being concentrated at Stras
bourg and Metz, a dispatch from
Amsterdam said today.
Th-re were many indications, the
dispatch said, that the allies are pre
paring to invade Germany unless or
der is restored in the near future.
The dispatch quoted advices from
Baden declaring the minister of home
affairs announced the Ebert govern
ment had offered a high reward for
the arrest of Doctor von Kapp and
General- von .JLuett wiz.
L licit to Reorganize Cabinet.
President Ebert plans to reorganize
his entire cabinet when he returns to
Berlin, a semi-official dispatch from
the German capital said today.
Sporadic fighting continues thruout
Germany, the dispatch said. Clashes
between radicals and government
troops were reported especially severe
in the Ruhr industrial district and
near Breslau.
Communist sentiment is growing,
the dispatch said, adding that "the
Independent Socialists now realize
they have loosed forces which are
getting beyond control. The working
classes have passed beyond the influ
ence of even their most radical
leaders."
A Dresden dispatch said that a com
munist republic has been proclaimed
in Vogtland (an old subdivision of the
kingdom of Saxony, now included in
the Circle of Swickau), under direction
of .the radical leader Hoelz.
The presence of Imperial President
Ebert still was uncertain. One Ber
lin dispatch said he was reported to
have arrived secretly in the capital
Thursday night, while another re
ported he was in Stuttgart and will
remain there for the present.
Socialists Aro Split.
A split in the ranks of the Independ
ent Socialists in Berlin was reported
by the Copenhagen correspondent of
the Morning Post. He said the inde
pendent leaders, Daumig, Cohn and
Breitcheid, had gone over to the Com
munists. Karl Kautsky also was re
ported to have deserted the Inde
pendent Socialists for the radicals.
Manv persons were killed at Lelp-
zic when an airplane dropped bombs
in the city during fighting between
radicals and government troops, an
other Copenhagen dispatch asserted.
The governor of Lower Silesia, said
a Stuttgart dispatch to the Daily Man,
bag been arrested for treason. When
naked for a pledge of support to the
Ebert government during the height of
the von Kapp insurrection, he was re
ported to have sent the following mes
sage to Erich Koch, Ebert's minister
of the interior:
"Silesia Is entirely for von Kapp.
Inquiries such as yours are therefore
unnecessary."
Koch immediately ordered his ar
rest. Protest Military Kulc.
to the Times. Eugene Schlffer, vice
chancellor under President Ebert. has
issued a proclamation urging the peo
ple to return to work "in order to pre
vent the complete collapse of the eco
nomic life of the nation."
Independent Socialists, the dispatch
said, replied to this by a counter
proclamation declaring the general
BtriKO iiiusi uuiiwiiue at riuicai
l.t the rnvrninwin'i "mil If a rv
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Q.c-.aiormw. m, '
aJi tIS
hawn navs that Admiral Levetzow, a
c.nn h. rrrf t r.-
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r"s,onne d at K le I ll m. -fours!
j .. .v.- ji ...i- ..1 f...
r,i(. i 'v,i. .tment accused them of conspiracy in
defeat the Communists. Scores were
killed or Injured.
t.. Snr-iai rm nrr f . ni c ntrists
aft r a meeting in Stuttgart, have
agreed not to press for the resigna
-tion of Tefense afinlster Noske at this
time, a late dispatch from Stuttgart
said. They asked the defense minis
ter to remain at his post until order
is restored
Berlin Sees iany 'Riots.
Berlin. March 20. Violent dtsor-
ders growing out of attempts by radi-
rax tfl In.lt .tut fl. Rnviiat prtvornment
were- reported from many parts of
Ufrmany. Armed workmen are re-
ported to have captured Essen after
two clay' hard fighting.
More than
(Continued on i'ase Tbree
THE GERMAN SITUATION
Public buildings at Lelpsic have
been bombarded by Ebert's troops in
an effort to dislodge workmen's forces,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch, which declares that over 100
were killed and 200 wounded by the
explosions.
Two thousand persons have been
killed in the fighting attending the re
volts in Germany since last Saturday,
according to another dispatch re
ceived at London.
Amsterdam reports say that the al
lied armies are now giving indications !
of a further advance into "Germany if
quiet is not immediately restored.- A
relief train is now being sent to Leip
sic to bring out of Germany over 200
American and other allied business
men who are in grave danger there.
That the workmen at Essen have
been victorious in two days battles and
are now in possession of the Krupp
works where they have declared a so
viet republic are the contents of a dis
patch received at Paris from Aix-la-Chapelle,
A soviet army of 7.500 has
been reported to have taken charge at
Dusseldorf, ' Mulheim, Oberhausen.
Elberfeld and Kattwig, while Ebert
troops are taking refuge in British
occupied territory.
A dispatch received late this after
noon at London declares that the se
curity police of Gustav Noske are
snooting down all the 'Baltic rebel
troops found in the city. Unter den
Linden is now described as bristling
with bayonets and barbed wire entan
glements. A telegram received at Copenhagen
declares that resumption of railway
traffic is increasingly difficult. Com
munists are terrorizing all workmen
who show a desire to return to their
Jobs. Strike leaders announce that
they Intend to continue the general
walk-out under more stringent rules
than before. It was rumored la dis
patches but unverified that President
Ebert had reached an agreement -with
the workmen and that the strike had
been called off.
Offers of large rewards for the cap
ture of Doctor von Kapp and General
von Leuttwitz have been made by the
Ebert government. Rumors of the
suicide of these two leaders of the
military coup of last week have not
been verified as yet.
It is reported in Berlin dispatches
that Gustav Noske, who had handed
his resignation to President Ebert, had
reconsidered and will now remain in
the Bauer cabinet as minister of pub
lic safety. His resignation had been
demanded early this week by the radi
cals in the German assembly that met
at Stuttgart.
Commnnists in Berlin have captured
five railway stations there and are now
preventing any trains from being
started out of those stations according
to a London dispatch by Exchange
Telegraph.
The entire Ebert government, in
cluding Minister of. Defense Noske.
will leave for Berlin tonight on a spe-
cial train from Stuttgart, according to
a dispatch from the temporary seat of
the German .government. A dispatch
was received there from General von
Seeht at Berlin saying that all was
quiet at the German capital. Presi
dent Ebert has authorized the mobili
zation of the civil militia to assist In
putting down the insurrections in
various pars of the country.
A dispatch from Paris says that on
account of insurrections in the Rhine
Industrial district, the entente has au
thorized German reichewehr troops In
the entire occupied zone to put down
the soviet uprisings.
DEMPSEY PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Fight Champ and Manager Give Bond
tor $2,000 and $1,000.
20.
Ran TTranclern Pal fa -oi
Jack
Dempsey. world's heavyweight
.
Kearns, pleaded not guilty today be
fore Judge Robert S. Bean in the
United States district cort when ar
raigned on charges of conspiracy to
evade the selective draft act. Their
.
I V rt "miliary
hearing was set for
Aoril 3.
The two appeared later before
Francis Krull. United States commis-
, , , . . . "V.-. J,
'loner, and furnished bonds. Tempse
for $2,000 and Kearns for, 11, 000.
They were indicted by the federal
1 sxand 1urv February Zi. one Indict
Preparing false claim of dependency
for Dempsey and a second charged
' Dempsey with evasion of the draft
j act. ,
AIXEX SPEAKS TWICE TODAY.
Before Donglos County Convention at
Lawrence, Insurance Writers Here
Governor Allen went to Lawrence
today to talk before the Douglas
J iT
co"nty.
Republican convention.
will return to Topeka this evening.
.,,. were on th. -r.vrnor's
program today. i-ouowinpr nis spe on
i imubim wumy iveyu-uwiw
arternoon. me governor win iaiK o-
fore the insurance writers' convention
here tonight.
PATTEN GIVES IMPROVEMENTS
Railway Head Tells of Work
- to Start This Spring.
Tftpeka Getting Better Service
Than Most Cities.
Mayor H. J. Corwine today informed
the new state, court of industrial rela
tions that in his opinion if the repairs
promised by the Topeka Railway
company when the 6-centJ fare order
was made are, not made, that the 6
cent fare should be restored.
Mayor Corwine's letter was in re
DlX to a Query from the industrial
court asking if the street car service
is satisfactory. Mayor Corwino replied
that it is not and that aside from re
pairing the crossings at Eighth and
Sixth avenues on Kansas avenue only
a few minor repairs have been made.
"If the street car company does not
intend to make the promised improve
ments, the logical thing to do would
be to reduce the fare to 5 cents," Cor
wine said.
"The railway company has made
improvements on Kansas avenue at
Sixth and Eighth avenues," he said,
"and taken care of flat wheels and
made slight improvements in service.
Outside of this, it has not fulfilled its
promises.
Promised Improvements.
"Improvements promised when the
6-cent fare was granted include:
Improved crossings, especially at Eighth
street and Ninth street on Kansas &resue:
also at intersection of Seventh and Jackson
streets.
Keep tracks in repair, particularly West
Sixth street, West Kigbtb street and
fourth street; also Clay street between
Tenth and Twelfth streets; also Oakland
line.
More cars at regular schedule. Extra
service at busy periods of the day and on
holidays.
Remove all ears with flat wheels. Exam
ine all cars for same.
Fenders to be kept in a respectable con
dition. Safety sonea to be marked permanently.
Not less than fifteen-minute service on
any line.
Wire screens on left hand side of cars.
Cars kept in a clean and sanitary con
dition. "In my opinion, if Manager Albert
Patten cannot make the repairs," said
the- mayor, "be. should say so."
"Service Good" Patten.
Patten today went Into a detailed
explanation of the reasons why the
improvements ordered by tha public
utilities commission when the 6-cent
fare was granted last June have not
been completed. Early winter, in
ability to obtain materials owing to
embargoes by the United States Rail
road administration and various other
reasons were advanced by Patten to
explain the Inaction. Ha declared that
service in Topeka is as good or better
than in other cities the same size.
Earnings Low.
He pointed out that the company
has spent 960.000 for the purchase or
eight new safety cars and safety equip
ment and appliances to ptaced-on
the old cars now in operation. . The
gross increase in the earnings of the
Topeka company for the month of
February was only 4 per cent more
than the same month a year ago. he
said. Records showed a decrease of
16 per cent in rides. -The Increases in
gross earnings in other cities where
the Illinois Traction company operates
ranged from 10 to 50 per cent. The
increase here, be said, should have
been, about 48 per cent, in view of the
advanced fare.
Patten declared the public utilities
commission at the time the increased
"T, """"
company
earnings nder the 6-cent fare to pay
Tor the repair wotk promised.
Work This Summer. .
The general manager gave aesur-
no hntt'PVPr f riat tViA rpnairsi will hA
(made this summer. Tha oavinar work
begun last summer will soon be re
sumed on Lake and Branner streets,
on the Oakland line, he said, and the
repairs at the corner of Seventh and
Jackson streets will then be made.
Use AVIre Screens.
Patten said considerable repairs had
been made on the West Sixth and
West Eighth street lines. The. wire
screens, he said, will be put on the
cars as Boon as the weather is warm
enough to have the windows open. He
declared fenders are kept in good
shape and that two men are employed
who do nothing but repair and replace
fenders.
Safety zone lines were repainted
several times last fall, he said, but in
manv cases were completely obliter
ated by automobiles runnjng across.
them before the paint had time to dry. ,
, ' . ,, . .n
intimated that steps may tie taiten
. i.. .11.4 w,Iba InaH nv rIa tfrir ty in
h. event tnose now oemg inea oui
ln Kansas city ana otner ciues prove
suecessful.
Bay New Equipment.
The layout of $60,000 for safety
I appliances and new cars," said Patten,,
'is purely voluntary and wag never or-
dered by the utilities commission. I
think this fact and the repairs which
we are now undertaking should be
amDle evidence of our good faith and
efforts to give our patrons value re-
ceived." -
Patten's Answer. ' from the local life underwriters asso
S?.1?. ,e2ninS thC:aUOn- Allen Speak, Tonight.
Tbe company has
no intention of erad -
I - anw maMlramant ,11 D An hv tUf Mmmja.
sion that if is able to comply with. 'J'be
commission found and stated In its opin-
ion in 101s case tnoi lue company, m mc
date of the o-cent rare oraer. juiy a, l'.uif.
was "without funds with which to make
menta and It ws evidently the -intent of
the commission to allow the comnin?
1 anrh time as was necessarv to " earn tbe
' mosey under tbe 6-cent fare with which to
i .11, bo ImnMwmantR In lrji nronertv ma
seice . -
I Tptrards the soecifle contentions ad-
vum etl uj I lie . . a ruc-.i - me
-ommipgion, it n stated that tbe utrret
intersection., at Eighth avenue and Ninth
street on Kansas arenne have txen pot
in ftnt class condition.
At Seventh and
(Continued on rase .Threat
jlMSA I
IDORE IS AT HEAD
Topekan Elected President
Kansas Life Insurance Ass'n.
Four Hundred Underwriters
Here Governor Tonight.
Organization 'of the Life Insurance
Association Of Kansas was consummat
ed at a meeting this morning in repre
sentative hall at the state house. Four
hundred Kansas life insurance men
were attending the convention.
George Godfrey Moore Of Topeka
was elected president. William Hor
ley. of Topeka. president of the To
peka Life .Underwriters' association,
was chosen secretary. Other officers
elected were: H. W. Stanler, Wichita,
treasurer; J. E. Smith. Hutchinson,
first vice president; Oscar L. Hill.
Wichita, second vice president; Guy
Glasscock, Hutchinson, third vice
president. '
Morning Speeches.
William Horley, temporary chair
man, presided at the convention which
opened y.t 9 o'clock this morning. Or
ganization of a state association and
the need for such an association were
discussed by H. W. Stanley, of Wich
ita, R. L. Hershberger of Emporia, J.
E. Smith of Hutchinson and E. A. Tir
,rill of Topeka.
George Godfrey Moore
The subject, "How and Where to
1 , Y , .... .1 ; . . . . J i . t .
t.
fmnna,. Tnnala Uia Ua1, Chna-
cratt, Topeka; John McUlung, Man
Ihattan; R. C. Ellis, Topeka. "How
, to Sell Life Insurance" was handled
, by L. L. Adams, of Kansas City. Mo.
The Right Rev. James Wise of To-
peka spoke on "Why the Public Be-
lieyes in Life Insurance.
Led by Marshall's band, insurance
men paraded Kansas avenue today be-
fore going to lunch at the Masonic
temple. The luncheon was compli-
i mentary to the visiting insurance men
' "'uC lw "
GOV. Hen
uot. nemy j . Aiia win aum c."3 tuc
insurance men on. "Life Insurance
From the Standpoint of a Business
Man.
George Godfrey Moore.- newly elect
ed president, will act as toastmaster.
The state insurance department will
be represented by Col. Frank L.
Travis, suoerintendent of insurance.
wno wm give them. "A word from
. - j . . .
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. The PrsrAm for the convention fol-
.
- Morata.
Adftress or welcome. Mayor Her pert J.
i.orwtne.
"Th N-e'l of a State Ai'soct-Uon,"' Will
(Coatiuued rage Three;
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sTAe
Weafnef
SPRING IS OFFICIAIXT HEBE.
Vsnrs
Predicts. . talr and
Weather Sunday.
Warmer
WEATHER FORECAST FOK KANSAS:
Fair tonight nd probably Sunday; warm
er weal and nortb portions touigUt and east
portion Sunday.
Nn nriATR TfirMHiir rcn mat fa nroiovr nn. i
hour shipments nortb and west against a
temperature of 32 decrees: east and south
runrtAoi r tux alai. v : r hit
Monday; probably rain Tufsnay or W ednes
day; generally fair thereafter; nearly nor
mal temperatures. "
. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES:
7 o'clock 3211 o'clock. 49
8 o'clock 3412 o'clock 62
9 o'clock 431 1 o'clock. . . . . .54
10 o'clock 4612 o'clock 55
Today is officially the first day of
spring.
Sunday should be a beautiful eprlng
day, says S. D. Flora, state meteor
ologist. There may be a few clouds
but sunshine will prevail most of the
ua). xciipmi.ijics will uunuiiun lu
rise tomorrow. From a temperature
of about 34 degrees tomorrow morn-
ing. Flora predicts a rise to between
50 and 60 in the afternoon. His opin-
ion is that there is m chance for rain. I suiclde by drowning. The frozen con
No prec pitation has occurred in the dj , prevented thoro
last twenty-four hours west of the (.t.M
however,
between Pittsburgh and Boston.
The
storm that passed thru Kansas a few
days ago is operating in eastern states
now.
Skies were clear this morning from
Kansas west to the Pacific coast and
north to the Canadian border.
No zero weather was reported. The
lowest ten.perature on the weather
map was 12 above zero at Winnipeg,
irnntlnneo n Page Twe.l
MASONS BUY TWO LOTS
Additional Space for New Scottish Rite
Building Purchase Price $12,000.
Purchase of the first two lots south
of the Masonic property at Tenth and
Van Buren streets, authorized Friday
night at a special meeting of the Scot-
tish Rite bodies, was completed tnis
morning, according to J B. Doncyson,
secretary of the Scottish Rite bodies.
The purchase price was about 1 2.000.
A house and barn now located on the
property were included. These struc
These struc-
tures will be sold and moved away.
The additional space will enable the
contemplated Masonic temple to be
set further back from the street than
previously was possible. The building,
which is to be about 0 feet ' high.'
hoiiid h ter hxrir rnm th. tr-d. (
should be set back from the street in 1 convention or the Kansas State Music .
ttMtWtovSn?? i1,"- 1 , - H,,'
said. The thirty or forty-foot stace in Higher rates for- music lessons will.
front will nermrt the workne oui ot h" one o( tne Prlnclnal eublects for
. LvSiLfi I f .out,01 1 discussion at the convention, expressed
a symbolical entrance and a drive for . on the profrrarn as follows: "Does the j
motor cars. Vv.ia-t uvin -v. a v. fn-VAa.A
GALES SPREAD PRAIRIE FIRE.
Greeley and Kearny County Pastures
Are -Burned off.
Tribune, Kan., March 20. Prairie
fires have added to the losses suffered
by the farmers of Greeley county In
that practically all thepastures have
been burned off and si vast mmntitv
Of Vlttla fctatH far nnnr rf.atrnva Tlio
of cattle feed is now destroyed
have been 8ta?tVMralw fromiPraOTXS ' TO ASK
, rw. .-.T .
arks from Santa Fe trains. ! Forty -Two In Lansing Before Parole
nres
by spark
t a ,k. i... j i
er this winter the bnffalo grass is like Dra wcii..
tinder. The fires have spread rapidly) Forty-two prisoners at Lansing will
in the high winds that have swept the ' ask release from the penitentiary next
county this week. So fast have the ! week when the parole board meets,
flames traveled that in some instances ; Five of the forty-two are serving sen
cattle were killed before Jhe farmers . tences for crimes against women,
could rescue them. I All of the candidates for parole have
Fires that were fifty miles In width
have been report-d. some of them
...a.aj ut.c.cu "'
and are now burnina In Kearnv coun-
ty. going in the direction of Lakin and fenses ranging from chicken stealing noiiticians and a few soured Democratic I of the cathedral are urged to be prea
Garden City. to manslaughter. I senators., Jent.
HER FISTjS CLEW
Body of Girl Found lu Sand of
Lake Shore,"
Was Thought To Be Remains of
' Missing1 Heiress.
Chicago, March 20. A clenched fist.
sticKing up
thru the frozen sand on
tha kdk jn inmA A u
010 r . Mccormick, millionaire, gave
Chicago another death mystery today.
j Park Policeman Michael Rice, dis
covered the protruding; hand and with
the help of eeVeral detectives dug; up
the body of a brown haired and brown
eyed 23-year-old cirl.
Belief that she might be Jeanne de
Kay, the missing heiress, was dispelled
when friends of Miss de Kay viewed
the body and declared It was not hers.
Condition of the body indicated it
had been in the lake for several weeks, j
The garments were frozen fast and the
j inclosing sand had hardened it so that
jt was necessary to break it away with
shovels j
The body was cia(1 m heliotrope !
aist. black skirt, hieh heeled lace I
v,- j ham '
. , ,, ,;., ,h lr., mIV,irt ,
ICE AT $10 IN TOPEKA
No Change in Price Here This Sum'
mcr. Dealers Say.
Chicago, March 20. Effective at)
once ice will melt two dollars a ton
in .price here. Officers of the Con
sumers' company stated oday that
better facilities for increasing the out
put of ice made it possible for the re
duction. Local ice manufacturers said todav4
, there will be no change in the price
of Ice In Topeka. It was pointed out
that Chicago consumers have been
paying $13 a ton for Ice, whereas in
Topeka it has been only 110. The
decrease of 2 a ton will still leave the
chicago market $1 a ton higher than
.,n -Topeka
i
Milvin TClflHPP Tfl PITY
muuiu i-nuui-iiu iuwiei
Increased Rates for Lessons Slay Bo
Result of Convention.
Five hundred music tMoh.ru will
' com to Topeka April 7 to 10 for the
convention of the Kansas State Music
of tuition rates for music lessons?" A ; lblr JSif'JL v,??i?l0nJ i r" committee, headed by Senator Wat-
questionnaire has been sent out by a"v'uD PIAIX DFAI.KB-4ibr. 80n- Republican. Indiana, now is
Frank A. Beach of Emponja, president ! ou!t the aenate and the p'n-ald'ent mnat awaiting a conference with counsel
of the association, and the sentihient continue as partnera in the matter of pea-e- for Newberry and Ford regarding pro
of leading teachers of the state is said i making. The eonatltnrton aa to that, cedure in the senate investigation of
to be for an increase in rates. I The country la weary of pseudo peace. It the charges.
-The music teachers' convention of deadiorka Whether Senator Newberry, in view
originally was scheduled for Febru-1 '.fTa- V.'lli11.? SrA -I'l-..!?'" of his conviction, will continue his
I ""J. but was postponed because of the.one of tht important tr-ate In the Idutles In the senate pending a final
influenza epidemic. world's hiatorr. Americana did not fail to. decision of his case by the courts, is
'
served a sufficient time In prison to
permit them to appear before the state
. '
board, 'inev were eonvletert or mead-
ea guilty to an manner or penal or-
State of Peace 'With Germany
Resolution Comes Up Tuesday.
TAKE TREATY TO THE VOTERS
League of Nations Xow Sure To
Be Campaign Issue.
Twenty-One Democrats Bolted,
Voting for Ratification.
(United Press Bulletin.)
Washington, March 20. President
Wilson will continue to participate in
the settlement of international ques
tions growing out of the war despite
the senate's rejection of the peace
treaty, it was learned today.
Washington, March 20. The treaty
is now up to President Wilson.
The senate washed its hands of the
pact last night when by a vote of 49
to 35 it refused to ratify it and then,
47 to 37, voted to send it back to
President Wilson With word that it
could not be ratified.
The question today was "what will
Wilson do about it?"
He can send it back to the senate.
In that case. Senator Lodge and other
Republican leaders, as well as many
Democrats, declared that no action
whatever would be taken until the is
sue of treaty or no treaty had been
fought out and decided in the cam
paign. He can go to the American people
In "a solemn referendum" as he said
in his letter to the Jackson day dinner,
on the question of ratification, as an
issue In the national campaign of
1920.
He can drop the treaty and begin
negotiations with Germany for re
storation of a state of peace.
ViU Go To Voters.
The general expectation among sen
ators is that he will take the second
course and ask the Democratic party
to make the treaty the paramount Is
sue in tha campaign. Whatever Wil
son does about the treaty, it was gen
erally agreed here today that the
country faces another long siege of
treaty oratory, with the difference
that instead of being In -the senate it
will be delivered from every stump
in the land. - -
Borah. Johnson. Reed and Poindex-
ter are now "beating Wilson to it. as
one of them said on his way from the
senate chamber to board a train for a
speaking tour against the league. By
that he meant that the senate "ir-
reconcilables" having again killed the
treaty in the senate, are going to try
to get the country a ear before Wilson
can. i
In the Democratic ranks. Bryan is
opposed to Wilson on the question of
reservations. That light may make
the 1920 Democratic convention a well
remembered affair.
In the G. O. P., Johnson is running
tor president on an anti-treaty, anti
league platform, while TjOdge. Will
(Coatiuued on Vugrn Three
COMMENT ON TREATY
What the Newspapers of the Na
tion Have to Say Regarding the
Failure of the Senate to Ratify
Treaty of Versailles.
St. Louis Times The pious histor
ian of the future, in writing of Ameri
ca's deliverance from the gravest dan
ger that ever threatened its destiny as
the political light of the world, will
puzzle over the queer alignment of
forces that encompassed the treaty's
i defeat and write: "The Lord hard-
ened the heart of Woodrow Wilson
There must be no resurrection of the
scheme. The irreconcilables alwavi
have been right and time has been
rapidly vindicating their course.
Comment of New York morning
newspapers upon the ,enatP,.g defeat
of the peace treaty was as follows:
WORLD Tbe (Vtmmnndins' nrcRlltra. thn
UUtered BWny anfJ the country. "ftr al! tts
' superb nrhieverai-ntn, standa hofore the
j rrVe.'0"" dlKredlte1 ,n1 wUbout "
TIMES Mr. Lnrtce mlcht at anv time
hare secured ratification wltb reaervatlnna
auffi'-lent for evry reasonable purpose, I
rpservanona dot novinufliy iDTennen ai ang
per thrusts. He has been beaten at his
own game, a fanat rteppicahle deadly game,
and upon him as leader nf the Kemiblli-an
majority tbe actual reaponalnillty falia aod
will rvat.
TRIBUNE Tbe treaty's defeat la
trngedy hoae poignancy la Intenaifled by
tn eordidrfrFa of the final acene. Tbe
country beholds th prealdrnt wreefct
creat unriprtaklnz for no better maaon
country beholos th prealdrnt wrecking a
than
, Jauw; Iw could not noconstltutloaaUy
. n"."'" T7'.. ... a ...
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BOSTON PORT-Wbat next?,. Will tbe
president at onre more to negotiate a sepa-
rate trenty with Oermany or will be bold
the whole matter lo abeyance until neit
fail to become a camnniicn isaue? Rome-
do tbelr bit in tbe war. What will be said
K A. inH
I CHICAOO JOt RNAL Senator Lodge
' and bla treaty rlnnera have euryeeded In
keeping the Tnlted States at war with Oer-
many for yet another Benson. Ldjre is In
no amall degree reapooalbie for the re
actionary plot which has Jnst failed in
Germany and for the bloodahed now pre
vailing is that eountry. If Bolsbertam fol.
Iowa reaction, he will be repnalpie for
tbnr.
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION We are left
In the attitude of baring turned tail aod
' fed from a situation whl-h we, more than
I t.,l.. .lw.. Tha ..IKI1.
wmrr unnm. "rrr iniirq
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Jury Deliberated Since Fire
O'CIock Thursday Evening.
TWO YEARS AT LEAVENWORTH
Sentence Passed by Federal
Judge at 2 O'CIock Today.
Senate Must Act Before Michi
gan Man Loses His Seat.
Grand Rapids, Mich., March 10.-
Truman H. Newberry, United States
senator from Michigan, was found,
guilty of fraud in obtaining his elec'
tion in 1918 by a Jury In United State
district court here today.
The Jury reported at 11:20 o'clock
after deliberating since 5 p. m. Thurs
day. The Jurors found that Newberry
conspired with his associates to cause
the expenditure during the campaign
of a sum of money in excess of th
amount allowed under the federal cor
rupt practices act.
Sixteen otriers were found guiltv
with Senator Newberry. They were all
leading defendants.
Sen.
Truman
' H
Newberry
Just before Judge Sessions pro
nounced sentence, attorneys for the
defense moved for a stay of Judgment
and also for a new trial.
The motions were denied.
Sentences were pronounced upon the
convicted men this afternoon as fol
lows: Senator Newberry, two years in
Leavenworth and $10,000 fine.
Frederick Cody, two years in Leav
enworth and $10,000 fine.
Paul King, two years In Leaven
worth and $10,000 fine.
Charles A .Floyd, two years in Leav
enworth and $5,000 fine.
William J. Mickel, two years.
Allan A. Templeton, one year and
six months.
Roger M. Andrews, one year and
six months.
Milton Oakman, one year and six
months.
Ricfiard H. Fletcher, one year and
three months.
James F. McGregor, one year and
three months.
Fred Henry, one year and three
months.
Hannibal Hopkins, one vear and nn.
I day.
E. V. Chilson, one year and one day.
John S. Newberry, fined $10,000,
Harry O. Turner fined $2,000.
B. Frank Emery, fined $-'.000.
George S. Ladd, fined $1,000.
Judge Sessions overruled motion foe
a new trial pending an appeal.
jury stood 8 to 4.
Immediately after sentence Is passed
a motion will be made for a new trial,
defense attorneys announced.
The Jury's first ballot was on tha'
question of whether there was a con
spiracy. It stood eight In favor, to
four against. Within a few minutes
the vote was unanimous, according to
Juror reports.
senator Newberry sat as If in a riaz
when his name, the first to be read
was followed by the word "guilty."
Mrs. Newberry, sitting M his side, pat
ted his hand unconsciously. His son.
on the other side, put his arm around
his father's shoulders and blinked to
keep back the tears.
Won't Invalidate His Scat.
Washington, March 20. Conviction
of Senator Newberry by the Grand
1 "V'M Jury ooes not invanoaie nis seal
todaV HetwiMCbInTir,eddorJ.rain
"e WI", b'nUl.''i0 re,a'n
?. they declared, until the senate
itself acts on the charges filed by hia
opponent. Henry Ford,
a anhnmrniHaa nf th. i
a matter for his own discretion, sena
tors said.
SPEAKS AT GRACE CATHEDRtU
Coartenay Darner of Chicago to Ap
pear at Episcopal Church.
Courtenay Barber of- Chicago.' who)
jis in Topeka. today to attend the ln
I surance convention, is active in thev
I Episcopal church in Chicago. Hi
work has been among men partlcu
i larly and he has been persuaded te
make a ten-minute address at Grace
'Cfithedrni a,,n.lv nnrnlnir
All men