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WEDNESDAY, FEmiirA/RY 25- 1920
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3.50% Beer
Bill Passes
Jersey House
Edwards-s Measure "To
Guarantee Liberty of
People" Wins, 37-21,
After Bitter Wrangle
Court Arguments
Set for Next Week
Sharp
Praetiee Charged
by Oppouents; State
Po?itioii Strenetliened
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
TREXTOX. X. J? Feb. 24. -
Governor Edwards obtained his first
objective to-day when the Assembly
passed a 3.50 per cent beer bill, 37.
to 21.
This marks the culmination of the
Governor's preliminary efforts to es
tablish what he terms "New Jersey's
privilege to guarantee the liberties
of its people." The passage of the
bill will enable Attorney General
Thomas F. McCran to appear before
the United States Supreme Court
next week and assert that tho state
through its Legislature has ex
pressed itself in regard to its inter
pretation of the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
The bill came up for final passage
in an unexpected manner. There
was general agveement that when
the measure finally came before
either branch it would pass, but a
tentative promise had been made to
representatives of tlie Anti-Saloon
League that they would have another
opportunity to bc heard. A public
hearing had been lixed for nex>
Monday, when the Judiciary commit
tees of the Senate and House were
to sit in joint session.
McCran Causes Change
Attorney General McCran, however,
caused a change in plans. He in
formed leaders of both parties that he
felt he would be much better equipped
if he could appear before the Supreme
Court next week with the afflrmative
action of at least one branch of the
Legislature behind him. The Repub?
licans caucused and the Attorney Gen?
eral told them that the part of wis
dom would be to act immediately.
The result was that the Judiciary
Committee reported favorably the bill
presented by Democratic Leader Bar
rctt m the form of a committee substi
tute, The original Barrett bill pro
vided that beer containing more than -1
per cer.t of alcohol would be considered
mtoxicating. Tho substitute reduced
this percentage to 3.50. The path of tho
bill was marked by pariiamentary
wrangles and the bitterest debate
heard this session. Accusations of un
fair methods and sharp tactics were
trecly made, and Assemblyman Boswell,
of Ocean County, charged that on some
motions numbers were voted who were
not in the room.
Speaker Glover frequently was in
difficulty. The "dry" members were in
t in their demands, and upon one
occasion the Speaker found it neces?
sary to appeal to the sergeant-at-arms
to forer. Assemblyman Warner to take
his seat Points of order and roll calls
obstructed the progress of the measure
for several hours, but when the tinal
vote was taken it was found that there
Were 37 in favor of legalizing the sale
of 3.50 per cent beer nnd 21 opposed.
' Republicans Uolt Leaderuhip
Assemblyman Wallworth, of Cam
d(:.. I i ; the fight. He wanted the
whole subject submitted to a re er
endum. There was argument for and
i against this, and the amendmeni w;is
? ?' i ? . there was more debate on
ion to advance to third read
"tg ui r a suspension of the rules,
? and once more the advocates of 3.50
? won out.
' ? her talk followed on various
? ' ai y moves and several
, the confusion became great.
? ty leader Hershfield made no at
1 tempt t i keep the Republican mem
J^ '? line, and several of them
y that they would not follow his
4
. Mr. Rowland, of Camden, said he
ied that the majority of the
le of Camden were in favor of
ti of beer, but he objected to
ner in which the bill was be
' over. He s.aid it was not the
nl and orderly way to do the
. I, because he felt that the
was violating its promise, he
ould nol favor its passage. Mr. War
Union, insisted that the pass
1 bill was brought about by
perfidy.
Mc Com bs Fa vors
Edwards Boom
Promises to Aid Jersey
Governor in Seeking
Choic e as ISominee
WilMam F. McCombs was asked
yettftrday by Governor Edwards of New
Jersey to manage Vis campaign for the
i'ftinocrrttic nominaHon for President
on ii "wet" platform. He was in
^nf?rcnct with the Governor at
*fn Manh-ttan Club. Tho Governor's
Wothi r, David Edwards, and hia New
J?rsey enmnaign manager, H. Bcsson,
?^ -iobokei?, were with the Governor
?' the club. It is understood that
tiovernor Edwards in a few days will
jormaRy announco his candidacy, and
?nat ho "v i 11 at tho same time puy his
re-"pecti to William J. Brya?, who on
various occasions has assailcd him,
cliarfjing that ho is trying to bury the
i->*mocratic party in the same grave
With John Barleycorn.
It is understood that Governor Ed?
wards will have the activb cooperation
?/ ex-Senator James Smith jr. and
J*mea R. Nugent ard of the Associa
"on Opposed to National Prohibitions,
rnlch lent Edwards a helping hand
?, ,? campaign last fall.
^Evldencos are multiplylng that Gov
Continued on next paga
Berlin Is Hopeless
OfSeparate Peace
LONDON, Feb. 24?The Ger?
man press, according to a wire
less dispatch from Berlin, is is
suing a warning against regarding
the latest motions in the United
States Senate as effovts to cancel
the Treaty of Versailles. The
warning declares that although
the motions may show the Senate
to be desirous to be independent
of the Versailles treaty and may
add to, the confusion already ex
isting among the Allied and as
sociated governments, they by no
means propose a separate peace.
Erzberger Quits
Post Under Fire
Smuggled Private Funds
to Switzerland, Witness
in Lihel Suit Testifies
< BERLIN, Feb. 24 (By The Associated
Press). Mathias Erzberger, Minister
ol Finance, voluntarily resigned from
the Cabinet to-day.
Erzberger's resignation came as a
climax to a day of scnsational testi
mony in his libel suit against Dr. Karl
Helfferich, former Minister of tho
< freasury. The nature of this testi
mony, il was considered, left Erzberger
no other choice than to rclinquish his
, portfolio.
According \o the testimony of State's
'? Attorney Messerschmidt, which was
given with the utmost reserve and cau
tion, Erzberger smuggled large amounts i
j of his private funds to Switzerland. '
Previous testimony adduced from Dr. I
Helfterich involved Erzberger in numer- j
ous questionable transactions in con- I
nection with the issuance of impo'rt
end export permits, and otherwise mis
, using his official' position and influence
> tn the furtherance of ventures in which '
Erzberger was alleged to be intercsted.
The official statement announcing
Erzberger's retirement from the Oabi
, net. bases his action. on his desire to
have an investigation concerning his
' mcomp tax, without refercr.ee to or in I
I consideration of his official position.
The resignation was tendered to Presi- I
: dent Ebert, who ordered an investiga- \
\ tion of tho income tax incident con- !
| ducted with all possible promptness.
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Lahor Mobilizes
For Ballot Fight\
Gompers Calls on Central
Vnions to Name Com
mittees for Campaign
j WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.?Central
, Labor union3 over the country were
renuested to-day by the American Fed
| eration of Labor's political campaign
j committee to meet March 22 to select
! local committees of five to conduct
| in their communitiea labor's campaign j
"to elect its friends and defeat its
? enemies."
"Labor must make this campaign |
| memorable," said the request. "It j
| must strain its every fiber to achieve \
] success. Your organization has a place |
j in the ranks; it has a responsibility to
j meet which must be met. In order
: that there may be nation-wide action :
j at the earliest possible moment, labor's j
| national non-partisan campaign com- !
mittee requests that every " central
| body call a meeting to be held on
March 22, 1920, at which a committee ?
of live of your able and devoted mem- j
bers should be appointed.
"Your committee will inanage the
local non-partisan political campaign in !
your district in accord with the na
tional committee."
The request was signed by Samuel
Gompers, Frank Morrison and James
O'Conncll, composing the cxecutive
: committee of the general committee.
The call to the central bodies bore
| this slogan:
. "Stand faithfully by our friends and
' elaet them. Oppose our enemies and j
I defeat them, whether they be candi
dates for Pre'sident, for Congress or j
other offices; whether cxecutive, legis- j
lative or judicial."
Wilson's Note on Way
To the Allied Premiers
Publication of Enlire Adriatic
Correspondence Expected
Late This Week
From The Trihunc's Washington Hureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.?Tho Ameri?
can note replying to the explanation
made by the Allied Premiers on their
I action in modifying the original agree
j ment for distribution of territory in
{ the Adriatic is now on the cables, it
] was said offlcially to-day.
The document was approved early
this morning by the President and dis
patched to the code room of the State
| Department, where experts reduced the
correspondence to official code for dis
I patch. The note is being sent to both
j Ambassador Davis at London and Am
I bassador Wallace at Paris, with in
! structions to deliver it immediately to
j the British and French Foreign offices.
Although the government has not re
ccded from its position that publica
i tion of the note will not be authorized
until delivered to the British and
I French Foreign offices, it was offlcially
} said to-day that offorts are being made
for simultaneous releaso of all the
Adriatic correspondence in this country
and abroad. It is expected in official
I circles that tho notes will be given to
j the press late this week.
Charges Peonage at Bedford
Girl Says Keformatory 'Farmed
Out' Sister a* Servant
A charge of peonage was directed at
the State Keformatory for Women at
i Bedford yesterday when K. Henry,
j Rosenberg, counsel for Mollio Schlen
| ger, who is seeking the release of her
' sister, Kose White, on a writ of habeas
corpus, said that the girl had been
"farmed out" to work as a servant in
the County Hospital at Eastview, N. Y.
The application was heard by Justice
Platt at White Plains, who reserved
decision.
Accor.dinV to Mr. Rosenberg's state?
ment, Rose White had been compelled to
pay to the Bedford Reformatory two
thirds of hor $20 wages the first month,
one-half the secona month and one
third the third month.
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GOOD MORN1NO:
Wh?n you need efflolent help ttlephone
your advortlsement to tho Good Mornlnc
I Glrl of Th? New Tork T>lbune. Beekman
3006.?A*yt. *
Wife Gets
Check Signed
By Arnstein
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Fanny Brice Faces Quiz
on Draft for $13,000
Dated Feb. 16; Alias
Used by Alleged Plotter
Fugitive Believed
Hidiug Near City
Fifth Safety Deposit
Box Held Jointly by
the Couple Is Located
Fannie Brice, actrcss wife of Jules
W. Arnstein, alleged to possess the
"master mind" that perfected the plot
to loot Wall Street of $5,000,000 worth
of sccurilies, will bc questioned to-day
by Assistant District Attorney John T.
Dooling and asked to explain how she
gained possession of a check for $13,
000 dated February 16 and signed by
her husband, when she had declared
in the District Attorney's office on Feb?
ruary 17 that Arnstein had left her on
the afternoon of February 12 and she
had not scen him or comnuinicatird with
him after that date,
The check was signed J. W. Arnold,
the name Arnstein has used almost
entircly since his arrest in 1912 on a
wire-tapping charge and the one under
which hc has been living with his wife
in an cxpensively furnished eight-room
apartment at 1 West Eighty-third
Street.
$13,000 Check Unpaid
According to statements made yes- j
terday at the District Attorney's office,
Mrs. Arnstein, when she called there
on February 17 to tell what she know of
her husband's financial affairs, insistea
that when he left her on February 12 j
he had no bank accounts, was practi
cally penniless and that the only cash !
he had was about $50 a week, which he !
derived from various forms of gam-1
bling. Sho also declared that she had
not the slightest idea where he had'
gone or when he might be expected I
to return.
Despite these statements, according!
to the District Attorney's office, Mrs.
Arnstein went to the Colonial Bank on ;
February 20, where she carries a per-1
sonal account for household expenses,
and presented her husband's check
drawn in her favor on the Pacific Bank
in the amount of $Di.000.
Bofore this chcek could be put
through payment on it was stopped by :
an injunction issued by Federal Judge
Augustus N. Hand, in connection with
the involuntary petition in bankruptcy >
fllecl against Arnstein by the National
Surety Company, the conccrn which
claims it was forccd to make good the
losses suffered by various banks and
brokerage houses in Wall Street as a;
result of bond robberies alleged to have :
been engineered by Arnstein.
The National Security Company
claims that Arnstein has $16,000 in the
Paciiic Bank, and that this account is
only one of many held in Arnstein's
name or under the haif dozen aliases
he is alleged to have used.
Fruits of Robberies
In nn affidavit accompanying its ap- j
plication for an involuntary petition in
bankruptcy against Arnstein the secu-'
rity company alleges that all these \
funds are the fruits of bond robberies.
This affidavit, signed by William A.
Thompson, vice-president of the Na?
tional Security Company, states that on
February 18 Joseph Gluck, a forrner
Wall Street messenger now under ar
rest, admitted thefts of more than
$1,000,000 in securities and specifically ;
identified as part of the proceeds o'f ;
the stolen property the $16,000 now on
deposit in the Pacific Bank in the name
of J. W. Arnold.
"The petitioner is informed and be- i
heves," the affidavit continues, "that i
more stolen property and proceeds have j
been transferred to various other crim- !
inal associates of the alleged bankrupt.
The petitioner is informed and believes !
that certain of these criminal associ- I
ates are about to leave the State of
New York, and are, in fact, about to
leave the country, and it is therefore
necessary to take action before the
property can be removed from the ;'ur
isdiction of the court."
The names of the "criminal asso?
ciates of the alleged bankrupt" are said
to be known to both the Federal au
thorities and the city police. It was
said last night that several of them
probably would be taken into custody
to-day. That they have not been ar
rested before is said to be due to the
fact that they are under close police
surveillance in tho hope that their
ntovements will disclose the where
ubouts of Arnstein.
The application for permission to
cpen safe deposit boxes held in Mrs.
Arnstein's name and to examine the
Continued on next jiage
Lodge vs. McAdoo
In 'Canned9Debate
Republican Club to Hean
Rival Slatesmen in
Phonographic Wrangle
Political campaign mothods may be
revolutionized by an cxperiment the
Central Republican Club, of the 19th
Assembly District, has scheduled for
to-night in its clubrooms, 23 West
121th Street. The organization has ar
ranged a debate on the league of na
tions, the high cost of living and other
pressing national issues and has an?
nounced the foHowing star partici
pants:
United States Senators Lodge and
Harding, Republicans; William G. Mc?
Adoo and Attorney General Palmer, i
Democrats. The debaters, however, will '
not ajipear in the' flesh. Their voices
only will be present, phonograph rec
ords being the medium by which their
words will be reeled off.
Some see in the innovation the be?
ginning of the end of the spellbinder
and the mass meeting. It will be much
simpler, they point out, for John Voter
to sit at home and put a William Jen
nings Bryan or a Charles Evans Hughes
disc on the old phonograph than to
6ally forth to Madison Square Garden
to hear them in pcrson.
And then, one can alwaya shut it off
and put on Bert Williams or 6ome
body.
Soviet Presses
For Recognition
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 24.?
"Knowing that n group of mer
chants and manufacturers of dif
ferent countriea is eager to rc
sume trade connections with Rus?
sia, Maxim Litvinoff (Soviet rep
rescntative now in Copenhagen)
is endeavoring to exercise press
urc upon these circles, making the
resumption of trade contingent
upon the recognition of Soviet
Russia by the countries in ques?
tion," says the "Berlingske Ti
dendc" to-day.
"It is not impossible," con
tinues the newspaper, "that Great
Britain eventually, under the
pressure of commercial and in
dustrial intcrests, will concludo
peace."
ays Arouses
Wood Leaders,
Clasli Averted
R?>port That Chairman Sent
Woi-d to Idaho Favoring
Unaiistructed Delegation
Preoipitates Near-Break
A clash between the managers of the
Leonard Wood campaign and Chairman
Will II. Hays of the Republican Na?
tional Committee threatencd yesterday
when Representative Norman J. Gould,
the Wood Eastern manager, said that
advices from Idaho indicated that I
Chairman Hays had sent the word
along the line that delegates from that
state lo the Chicago convention would
better go uninstructed.
_ A delegate to the Idaho Renubiican!
State Convention, a Wood man in his!
sympathies, wrote Chairman Could for!
advice. He said that at the state con-;
vention held on February 12 John W :
Hart, the national committoeman from'
Idaho, had told him that he had re-'
turned recently from a trip to New
Xork, where he had seen ' Chairman i
Hays, and that it. was the wish of Mr
Hays that the delegates from Idaho go
to the ( hicago convention uninstructed.
When Mr. Gculd was askcd yesterday
what interpretation he placed upon the!
advice from the Idaho inquirer he said:
I reaUy have no definite idea as to
what the letter means. Chairman Havs
some time ag0 stated in unmistakable
terms that he ccnsidered that as chair?
man of the National Committee it was
his busicss to elect, and not select, the!
candidates Republicans everywhere
accepted that declaration as a clean
cut announcement of his policv nnd it
commended itself to the judgment of all.
Surprised at Letter
"In view of that policy, I am sur
prised that any one should have re
eeived from him advice or suggestion
or inference which would lead a na?
tional committeeman to sav that it is
Mr. Hayss wish that delegates should
go to the Chicago convention unin?
structed. It is the first time that I
have heard of any suggestion of that
kind conung from Chairman Hays"
VVliat is is the policy of the* Wood
managers with reference to obtain
>ng support?" Mr. Could was asked
The Wood men want all th? support
lor their cnndidate that they can get
but irom the beginning we have re
lrained 1rom canvassing a state where
tiere was an unmistakable popular
choice for some one other than Xlen
eral A\ ood, In New Eampshire, Coi- in
stance, all eight delegates are pledged
to General Wood, and in other states
where there is no reason for our stay
mg out we have gone in and done the
best we could to win delegates.
"If thor,^ is such a policy, either de
iinod or understood, that the National
Committee desires delegations to go to
(.hicago uninstructed, it is new to us.
"It would seem to be in line with
the declared policy of Harry M. Daugh?
erty, of Columbus, manager for Senator
Harding, who last week based his hope
ot landing the nomination for Senator
Harding on the result of a round-table
conference. I have here the words of
Mr. Daugherty, which, in the light of
our advices from Idaho, may possess
unusual significance.
Attitude of Harding Men
"Mr. Daugherty said: 'I don't ex
pect Senator Harding to be nominated
on the flrst, second or third or even
the fourth ballots, but I think we can
well afford to take our chances when
at about eleven minutes after 'J o'clock
on Friday morning at the convention
nfteen or twenty men, somewhat weary,
are sittiiig around a table, and when
some one will say, "Well, who shall we
nominate?" Atthat time Senator Hard
nig's frienda can Kuggest him, and can
ariord to abide by the result. I don't
know but what 1 rnight suggest him
myself.'
"My interpretation of that statement
by Senator Harding's manager is that
Continued on pagc three
Allies Warn
Bolsheviki to
End Horrors
No Recognition Until Civ
ilized Methods Prevail,
Supreme Council Says,
Defining Russian Policy
Missioii of Inquiry
Plan Is Approved
Border States Told They
Must Accept Responsi?
bility for War on 'Reds'
LONDON, Feb. 24 (By Tho Asso
ciatcd Press).?The Allies will decline
to deal with Soviet Russia "until they j
havo arrived at the conviction that the '
Bolshcvist horrors have come to an
end," it was announced after a mect
ing of the Allied Supreme Council to- j
day.
The decision of the Supreme Council,
it was recognized, precludea diplomatic
relations between the. Allied govern
ments and the Moscow administration
in the immediate future.
The council expressed itself as
pleased that the International Labor
Bureau had decided to send a delega
tion to Russia to study conditions, but
it stated its belief that supervision of
the delegatfon should be under the
council of tne league of nations, feiving
the investigators greater au'thority.
The council, it, was stated, decided
tho Allies could not, accept the re?
sponsibility of advising the border
states to continue war against the Bol?
sheviki, which course by such states
might be injurious to their interests.
If the Bolsheviki attack within the
territory of the border states, however,
the Allies promise "every possibje sup
port."
Text of Council's Statement
Tho official statement of tho council's
conclusions follows:
"If the communities which border
the frontiers of Soviet Russia and
whose independence or de facto au
tonomy^they have recognized were to
approach them and ask for advice as
to what attitude they should take with
regard to Soviet Russia, the Allied
governments would reply that they
cannot accept the responsibility of ad?
vising them to continue war, which
may bc injurious to their own in?
terests. Still less would tlvay advise
them to adopt a policy of aggression
toward Russia. If, however, Sovb't
Russia attacks them inside their legit
lmatc frontiers, tho Allies will give
them every possible support.
"The Allies cannot enter into diplo?
matic relations with the Soviet gov?
ernment, in view of their past experi
ences, until they have arrived at the
conviction that the Bolshevik horrors
have come to an end and that the gov?
ernment at Moscow is ready to conform
its methods and diplomatic conduct to
those of all civilized governments."
League Investigation Approved
"The British and Swiss governments
were both compellcd to expel repre
sentatives of the Soviet government
trom their respective countries be?
cause they had abused their privileges.
Commerce between Russia and the rest
of Europe, which is so essential for the
improvement of economic conditions
not only in Russia, but in the rest of
the world, will be encouraged to the
utmost degree possible without relaxa
tion of the attitude described abovo.
"Furthermore, the Allies agreo in
the belief that it is highlv desirable
to obtain impartial and authoritative
information regarding the conditions
now prevailing in Russia. They have
therefore, noted with satisfact^on the
proposal before the international labor
bureau, which is a branch of the league
of nations, to send a commission of in?
vestigation to Russia to examine into
the facts. They think, however, that
this inquiry would be invested with
even greater authority and with supe
rior chances of success if it were made
on the initiative and conducted under
tho supervision of the council of th"
league of nations itself, and they in
vite that body to tako action in this
direction."
After the Supreme Council had fin?
ished its conclusions with regard to
Russia, it again took up the Turkish
qucstions, hearing the report of the
Smyrna Commission. Premier Veni
zelos, of Greece, was then summoned
to discuss the report with the council.
Allies Hesitate
On Soviet Peace
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune'a Enropean }iureau
Copyrlght, IOl'D, N'owj York Tribuno Inc.
LOXDOX, Feb. 24.?Like a crowd of
schoolboys the leaders of the Allied
powers have dipped their "feet in the'
Bolshevik pond, but thev have not yet!
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Continued on page five
Hylan Toasted in Palm Beach
For 'Clearins N. Y. of Snow'
Special Dlspatcfi to The Tribune
PALM BEACH, Feb. 24.?The birth?
day anniversary of the Father of His
Country, and the annual plunge of'the
Mayor of New York into the whirl of
Palm Beach society, were celebrated
jointly with a dinner and ball at the
Royal Poinciana last night and until
sun-up this morning.
There was a jaz:: band that appar
ently had never heard of union hours.
Tropical foliage and biossonis deco
rated the rooms. There was a crowd
so dense that whatever longing might
have risen in Mr. Hylan's bosom for
the B. R. T. rush hour must have been
stilled.
In the ccnter of the famous garden
grill of the hotel, at a table banked
high with fiowers and decorated with
flags, the Mayor oecupied the seat of
honor amid 8 group of fellow-Brook
lynites whose guest he was.
Hears Poem Read in His Honor
He beamed on the glitter and color.
of the biggest crowd of the season and
east down his eyes and blushed becom
ingly when one of his hosts, Alfrc-d
Feltman, rose at the height of the fes
tivities and read a poem inspired by,
dedicated to and dealing with John F.
Hylan. ^
His honor was flailed as he "of the
sky blue eyes and the sunshine hair"
r.mid applause which drowned out
several verses of the poem, but there
were plenty more.
"Yet, he has proved his sincereness
by his* shrewdness" was another line
that was acclaimed with cheers by
the Hylans' dinner companions.
Departing from rhapsodies on the
Mayor's physical and mental attrac
tions, the epic declared that the rail?
roads clidn't like the .Mayor and con?
tinued:
"The city has been cleared of snow
a n d i c e,
'"Without. Mayor Hylan telling us
twice."
Lyrical Boom for Reelection
The verses concluded with the hope
1 that the guest of honor might be
1 elected Mayor of New York again.
i When the thunders of applause had
: died away Mr. Hylan rose and said he
I thi.nked his friends for their good
! wishes. He added that he was not a
: candidate to succeed himself.
?- Those at the Mayor's table included
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. O'Brien, Mr. and
: Mrs. Alfred Feltman, Mr. and Mrs.
i Charles Schaei'er, Mr. and Mrs. John
, Weir. Mrs. Irma Welz, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry C. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. John
Scholl, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shatzkin,
Mr . Moller, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Deusch and Frank Deuscb.
Unions Demand Wilson
Veto Railroad Measure;
Tfareaten Court Attaek
Lodge to Make Senate Pass
Peace Treaty or Reject It
Senator Serves Notice That Re Will Keep Covenant
Before Body Until Final Decision; Democrats
Evewly Split Upon Reservations
From The Tribtme'a Washington Tiurrau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.?Senator
Lodge, majority leader in the peace
treaty fight, served formal notice in
the Senate to-day that he will keep the
treaty before the Senate continuously,
after consideration of the pact is re?
sumed on Thursday, until it either has
been ratified or rejected.
"I desire simply to make a state?
ment," said Mr. Lodge in the Senate to
day. "I understood yesterday that the
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hitchcock)
was not to be here to-day, ani i as
sented, therefore, to the Senator from
South Dakota bringing up his bill (re
lating to the retirement of classificd
service employees).
"I also, so far as I have power, gave
assent to taking up the dyestuffs bill
to-morrow, because that is an emerg
ency measurc which ought to pass. 1
dislike cxtrcmcly to have any delay in
regard to the treaty. I hope that'the
bill for the retirement of employees in
the classificd civil service will be dis?
posed of to-day in some way, and the
dyestuffs bill will have to be disposed
of to-morrow.
Lodge States Intention
"I now give notice that I shall call
up the treaty on Thursday, and 1 shall
ask the Senate to continue to consider
it until a flnal disposition is made of
if- I shall have to yield for confer?
ence reports, of course, but otherwise
1 shall ask the Senate to continue the
consideration -.'' the treaty until some
disposition is made of it."
Senator Hitchcock returned to his
desk to-day, and was asked to call a
conference of the Democratic Senatprs
to decide whether the Democrats will
accept the Lodge reservations.
Ratification of tho treaty depends
Lady Astor
ins
I In First Speech
' Supports Liquor Control in
Maiden Eft'ort, Gaining
Crowd's Cheers and Con
1 gratulations of Members
| LONDON, Feb. 24 (By The Associated
! Press).?Lady Astor made her maiden
I speech in Parliament to-night during
the course of an intcresting debate on
' the subject of liquor control.
i Sir John Rees, Unionist. for East
Nottingham, in a brilliant and witty
speech urged the removal of the exist
, ing war restrictions on the liquor
trade.
"I know that strong forces are ar
rayed against me," he said, "and that
there is a rod in pickle for me, but I
shall be prepared to kiss the rod."
Lady Astor supported control of the
liquor traffic, for which she pleaded
strongly in the intcrests of the chil?
dren.
"I am aware," she said, "that this
country does not desire prohibition,
and J am not working for that. I am
certain that the country is ripe for
drastic drink reforms, and I want to
: see that the drink submarine does not
I torpedo the Prime Minister and that he
is master in his own house."
Cheers and laughter greeted this
; sally. Vigorously attacking Rees and
his supporters and accusing thim of
i constantly kicking during the past
[years against the drink control board
she exclaimed amid cheers: "What did'
they do during the great. war? Had
they not a pretty record ?"
l.ady Astor concluded with a fervent
appeal for reform, saying: "Drink
promises everyt.hing, but gives noth?
ing, and I beg the House not to look
upon me as either a crank or a.lunatic,
because I am only trying to speak for
thousands of women and children who
cannot speak for thcmselves."
Lady Astor began by saying the
world would not forget that it was the
fighting men of Devon who sent the
first woman to the British Parliament.
"It is for the first woman member,"
she went on, "to show a like course, and,
like Drake, I take my courage in both
hands to address the House on this
vexed question. Do we want the wel
fare of the community or the pros
perity of the drink trade? Do we want
national efficiency or national in
efflciency? Are we going to try for a
better world or slip back to the old
world before HTTT?
"I could talk for hours on the moral
gains by the war restrictions." (Cheers
and cries ol "Go on.")
Lady Astor was warmly cheered on
resumin? her seat, the members crowd
ing round and congratulating her.
The Rees motion was talked out. In
the course of the subsequent debate
Lady Astor was warmly complimented
by both Sir Donald MacLean and the
Right Hon. Herbert A. Fishcr, of the
War Ministry, for her courageous and
brilliant speech.
Troops Quell Tokio Riot
Due to^niffrage Debate
Police Fight Legislators; Big
Xlrowda Try to Break
Into Building
TOKIO, Feb. 14 cDelayed).- The de?
bate in the lower house of the Diet to
day on universal suffrage broke up in
violent scenes. The opposition at
tacked the government for opposing
the measure and the President wa3
obliged to intervene. ?
The police fought members of the
House in the lobby and crow'ds out
side attempted to break into the build?
ing. They were held back by tho
police and military. Demonstrations
continued throughout the city till late
to-njyht.
upwn acceptance of these reservations
without change by the Democrats. The
"irreconcilable'' onponents of the pact
are prepated to defeat all cfforts to
modify the; reservations, as they de?
feated an effort, made by Senator Lodge
last Saturday to change the reserva
tion on withdrawal.
The Democrats in the Senate have
accepted Saturday's vote as an indica
tion that the other thirteen Lodge
reservations will be readonted by the
Senate without change also, and they
are facing a situation where they must
either vote for ratification with the
i Lodge reservations ? or vote to defeat
ratification.
! Senator Hitchcock has not yet callpd
I the conference, and a formal petition
;requesting him to convene the caucus
! is being circulated among the Demo
; crats.
The Democratic Senators are nearly
I cvcnly divided on the question of ac
' ceptance of the Lodge reservations in
order to secure ratification, Senator
Hitchcock said to-day, but there are
! not enough Democrats who are willing
| as yet to vote for the Lodge program
! to get the treaty ratitied.
Democrats Seek a Policy
The plan of the Senators behind the
1 move for a Democratic caucus is to
have the Democrats either decide to
I vote for ratification on the best possi
' ble terms or to reaffirm their demand
i that the Republicans accept the bi
| partisan conference or the Taft reser
I vation on Article X.
Senator Lodge and Senator Hitchcock
both agree that there is no hope for
ratification unless the Democrats ac?
cept the original Lodge reservation on
Article X, since fully haif of the Re?
publicans are prepared to vote against
the treaty if the reservation is modi
fied.
Dalrymple, at
^Revolf Scene,
Faces Arrest
Libel Charged Against U. S.
"Dry" Agent; Offieials of
Iron County Are Ready
to Use Foroe if Resisted
IRON RIVER, Mich., Feb. 24.- Major
A. V. Dalrymple, prohibition enforce
ment officer, and his assistants arrived
from Chicago to-night to clear up
alleged violations of the prohibition
law, but took no immediate action.
There was no excitement.
Local oft'icers did not meet the Fed?
eral offieials, who went to a hotel while
a crowd of curious citizens looked on.
Before the arrival of Major Dalrymple
and his party, a warrant for the prohi?
bition director's arrest was issued on a
chage of circulating malicious libel.
The warrant was sworn to by State's
Attorney Martin McDonough as a per- I
sonal matter between himself and Dal?
rymple. The warrant it was expectcd,
would be served sometime to-night.
It was planned to take Major >DaI
rymple before a police magistrate ar- '
raign and release him on his own
; recognizance, and try him before a jury
j on Wednesday.
Unless Federal officers, who are with
' the major, attempt to arrest the
state's attorney, none of them will be
i molested. If, however. such arrests
are attempted the agents of Major*
' Dalrymple will be locked up, it is
i said, the county authorities planning
I to use whatever force is necessary to
! accomplish their purpose.
Warrants Are Withheld
CHAMPION, Mich., Feb. 24.?Denied
| warrants for the arrest of offieials of
j Iron County, Mich., whom he charges
i with conspiracy to obstruct the pro
: hibition law, Major A. V. Dalrymple,
j with a force of thirty-live men, passed
i through Champion to-night en route to
; Iron River with the avowed intention
of making the arrests without warrants
j and recovering eleven barrels of wine :
taken from Federal offieials last week.
I At Negaunee, Mich., Lieutenant A. A.
Downing, commanding the Michigan
I state constabulary in the upper penin
sula, with a- haif troop of his men,
' joined Major Dalrymple and his party
i of sixteen Federal officers. Five addi
i tional state troopers at Caspian, Mich.,
have orders to proceed to Iron River
to-night to join the party in the morn?
ing.
The men whose arrest Major Dal?
rymple seeks are Martin McDonough,
state's attorney of Iron County, five
deputy sheriifs, the chief and captain
of police of Iron River village, and
three citizens.
Troops Carry Side Arms
Neither Major Dalrymple nor Lieu?
tenant Downing anticipated any resist
ance at Iron River. The state troopers
left their rifles in barracks and, like
the Federal agents, carried only side
arms.
-Mr. McDonough announced at Iron
River that he had received a tel?
egram from Attorney General Palmer
regretting that a "misunderstand
ing had arisen" over the enforce
mtnt of prohibition laws at Iron
River and expressing the hope that
the difficulties woiild be straightened
out. Mr. McDonough was advised by
the Attorney General to get' in touch
with District Attorney Walker at Grand
Rapids in an effort to settle the mat?
ter.
Both H. B. Hatch, United States
commissioner at Marquette, and Dis?
trict Attorney Walker, at Grand Rap?
ids, to-day refused to issue the war
Continued on next page
Memorial Will Be Sent to
President. To-day Ask
ing He Withhold Ap
proval for Brief of Men
Financial Seclions
Assailed by Labor
Legislation Is Held Lnf air
to Taxpayers and Added
Burden on Government
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-1.?Rail?
road labor decided to-night to ask
President Wilson to veto the rail?
road reorganization bill:
In a memorial to be submittod,
; probably late to-morrow, the repve
; sentatives of the 2,000,000 union
i workers will request the President
j to withhold his sign^fcure from the
: measure until th/py can present a
i brief of their reasons why it should
: not have Executive approval. An
nouncement of the union decision
! was made by B. M. Jewell, act ing
president of the railway employees'
department, American Federation
j of Labor, who, with E. J. Manion,
president of the order of Railroad
1 Telegraphers, and Timothy Shea,
aeting president of the Brotherhoo-I
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, will draft the communication.
Plan Finish Figbt
Knowledge of the Presidont's in
tention to have Attorney General
Palmer pass on the validity of the
reorganization measure did not deter
the union leaders from their deter
: mined course of action. Their claims
; of inequity against the legislation
; Avere explained to be aside from any
i question of the validity of the bill,
' and they therefore purposed to carry
j the opposition through to the finish.'
The next step in the union program,
which will not be developed definitcly
unless the bill is approved, is to test
: the constitutionality of the law. Vaii
| ous methods of bringing this about
! were suggested, but all will be held in
i abeyance pending the Pi-esident'a sck
tion.
Decision Reacbed Suddenly
Decision of the union offieials tt
present their views to Mr. Wilson was
reached suddenly. There had been, in
1 sistent clamoring for~such action by
? many of tlie local committee men.
called here to discuss the President's
! wage settlement proposal. The course
was not decided on, however, it was
: said, until it appeared no other plan
: would be generally accepted by the
i rank and file. The sentiment among
j the chairmen appeared almost unani
I mous in favor of formal prosentation
of the case to the President.
Labor provisions of the bill admit
! tedly will be the most bitterly assailed
| by the unions, but the plan also cori
! templates attack on the financial sec
I tions, which labor holds to be "unfair
! to the taxpayers and a burden on the.
government." The dividend pro.vision
of the law also will come in for con
denmation, it was indicated.
Would Exclude Public
As a result of tho decision to ask
for Presidential veto. consideration. of
the proposal for settlement of the coi -
troversy suhmitted by the President
and Director General Hines will be
largely perfunctory at to-morrow'?
meetings of the labor representatives. .
Many of the d(degates and some of the
general chairmen planned to-night to
leave Washington immediateiy.
There remains for considerat io::,
however, the Question as to whethcr
the unions will join in the selection of
a commission of experts to begin gath-'
cring of data on wages and working
conditions for submission to the
tribunal created by the railroad bill.
This question reopens the whole cate
gory of objections to the bill tnd, it
was asserted, could be construed as
meaning the unions would accept that
portion of the legislation. The unions'
attitude on the tipartite wage hand
ling machinery was declared to be one
of unalterable opposition. They pre
fer to deal directly with the railrpad
corporations rather than have the pub?
lic as a third party engaged in the con
troversy, it was explained.
Interunion controversies also were
rumored to-day about union meeting
places. Several of the mdividual
groups which had entered into the
agreement of all iifteen organizations
tc stand together in the wage right
were described as "getting nervou*"
about their obligations under the affili
ated arrangement. Put developmente
to-night indicated these differencei?
would be patched up and the, solidarity
of railroad labor maintained.
President Wilson was asked to-dar
by George P. Hampton, managing d'<
rector of the Farmers' N'ational Coum.
| cil, to veto the railroad bill on th<
"grounds of public policy.'' .
Wilson Will Sign
Is Ca'pitaVs View
Believed President Will
Folloiv Advice of Hines
in Approving Measure
From Thr Tribune'.* Washinyton Bureau
WASHINGTON', Feb. 24.?President
| Wilson will not veto the Cummins
! Esch railroad bill, in the opinion of
' many persons who are close to th?
Administration. Thev have no dl
rect Informatlon from the White Houbh
but their conciusion is based on these"
two iacts:
Diree-cc-n General Walker D. Hines.
the railroad administration ,j?s a
whole and the Interstate Coslfnerc*