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SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2s, L920
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THE WEATHER
Fair and warmer to-?lay; to-morrow
fair; gentle west winde.
Fall Report on iMmt Va**
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-?,? rl.VTll?Jn Greater New York ?ml I THREE CENTS
TWO CJEWT? f w,thln commotin? dintanc? | Kl?iewh*r?
Allies Agree to Wilson's Proposal on Adriatic Issue;
Deny They Planned to Ignore America in Settlement
Lawver Will
UrgeAriisteiti
To Surrender
Fall?n, After Conference
With Dooling, Agrees
to Accept $100,000
Bail Offer of Swann
Fugitive May Give
Self Up by Monday
Widespread Man - Hunt
to Continue; Detectives
Declare Arrest Is Near
Following a conference between
.ssistant District Attorney John T.
Dooling .?I'u! William J. Fall?n that
?ai-tea for more, than an hour last
night, Mr. Fall?n said that he would
immediately pet into touch with
Jules W. Arnstein, for whom he is
attorney, ami advise him to surren
der himself to the authorities and
take advantage of the $100,000 bail
;.on<i which District Attorney Swann
has agreed to accept.
Arnstein is wanted in connection
the conspiracy to loot Wall
Street of $5,000,000 in bonds' and
? securities. The police allege
his was the "master mind" that
perfi cted the plot, and that he is the
one who engineered many of the re
? ? ? '???>???'? thefts in the financial dis
tricl He ha? been missing since
? 'ebruary .12.
spaper men la?t night Fall?n
'*-. ? : thai '.il hope of getting the
District Attorney to accept bail for
Ar: steil in a sum less than $100,000
* ?en abandoned and that-it had ?
decided t? accept'" Mr. Swann'a
Will Advise Surrender
\i the District Attorney's office it is
? ntly expected that Arnstein will
self up not later than Monday
j
-.Yh*i Fall?n emerged i'rom Mr. Dool
.: .' *:: ' ?? after ?asi night's conference,
.: "Since my talk with Mr. Dooi
Wednesday night, when I offered
to produce Arnstein at once if a bail
: i i 0 000 vas accepted, and at
he said that no amount
under $100,000 would be considered by
D Attorney Swann, I have had
?ttli or no opportunity to take this
matter up with Mrs. Arnstein or any
< e interested in my client's de
fe, .
.? - been so busy with the Fritz
* trial now going on in the Bronx
that ; have not had a chance to take up
the Arnstein case. Following the talk
I have just had with Mr. Dooling I can
state that it is my intention to advise
n '.i return and .surrender him
?seli to the jurisdiction of the court
under th< 5100,000 bail arrangement wo
ha *e agi eed upon/'
To t! is statement Mr Dooling
sdded: "Mr. Fall?n expects to produce
'*"'? e. n o n Monda y m o r n i n g.
?'... ? wb? her, in ur,ing the word
"return" he liad meant to indicate that
\rw tein wa not in New York, Fallen
replied: "1 merely mean that he will
return to the court. At this moment I
don'i know where he is."
The lawyer admitted that lie would
be in direct communication with
Arnstein within a few minutes after
leaving the Criminal Court Building
and would then advise him to sur?
render. That Arnstein will hasten to
follow this advice is not doubted by the
authorities.
Detectives who have been on the
fugitive's trail day and night for more
than a week said last nicht that they
believed he was in New York and said
that his arrest might be announced at
any hour, if he is arrested, instead
of heir*; nine rule red by his attorney,
the belief is that District Attorney.
Swann will ask that his bail be lixed
Bt not less than $200,000,
M? Dooling, after talking to Fallen
lasi iiight, said he did not believe
Arnttein was in New York, but thought
he was not very far away. He said he
'' d not think he was as far away as
Detroit or Toledo, cities where the
fugitive is reported to have been
recently in hiding.
Messengers to Testify
Saul S. Myers, attorney for the Na?
tional Surety Company, which has
filed an involuntary petition in bank?
ruptcy against Arnstein, will continue
"is examination of witnesses before
Federal Commissioner in Bankruptcy
Alexander Gilchrist at 10 o'clock this
morning in the hope of discovering
whether the fugitive has any assets.
The National Surety Company asserts
?t has had to make good for heavy
losses sustained by banks and broker
?'Ce houses in the financial district as a
result of thefts alleged to have been
Planned by Arnstein.
_ Joseph and Irving Cluck, former
?".aM Street messengers, now under
arrest in connection with bond thefts,
will bo among the witnesses to be ex?
amined to-day by Mr. Myers. It is
aj-tid to be the confession of Joseph
Cluck that first involved Arnstein in
the bond conspiracy.
William J. Fall?n and his partner,
Eugene F. McGee, wero both served
with Federal subpoenas as they were
'???leg Dooling'? office la.-t night, and
?re expected to appear before Commis?
sioner Gilchrist to-day to tell what they
?now of Arnstein's financial affairs.
'I he examination of Fannie Brice,
?ho was tho first witness called in the
bankruptcy proceedings, will be con
*?nued on Monday at 2 o'clock. Miss
?rice informed Commissioner Gilchrist
?hat her work on the stage prevented
*ier from getting to bed before 8 o'clock
*i the morning, and that It would be
impossible for her to attend any ata
j won held before noon.
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Flyer Makes New Record;
Falls 5 Miles; Lands Safe
i??ajor Schroeder, Up 36,020 Feet, Becomes Uncon?
scious and Loses Control of Plane; Recov?
ers in Time to Right Machine
DAYTON, Ohio. Feb. 27.?An air?
plane carrying: Major R. W. Schroeder,
{chief test pilot at McCook Field, to
J day fell more than five miles after
j reaching an altitude of 36,020 feet, said
j to be C.020 feet higher than the world's
; record.
To-night the major is in a hospital,
I suffering from shock and temporary
| partial blindness. Instruments on the
i machine indicate that it fell more than
j five miles in two minutes. While still
i ?,000 feet above the ground the air
j plane righted and glided to a graceful
| landing. When the 'plane settled at
: tendants who rushed toward it found
i Major Schroeder sitting erect in the
j machine, apparently lifeless.
For a brief time residents of Dayton
j were sure a r-iomet had appeared in the
sky. They had mistaken the trail of
vapor escaping from tho machine as it
? sped downward fer a "stranger in the
j heavens."
Thousands of persons gazed sky
? ward watching the 'plane, which had
j ascended two hours before, plunge
I downward.
The- exhaust gas from the airplane,
j freezing In the frigid temperature,
j caused a cloudlike formation resem
j bling the tail of a comet to hang below
! the clouds. Inasmuch as the airplane
| was not visible, speculation varied as
I to what it was. ?Some witnesses in
j clined to the belief that a strange body
Jack Dempsey
Is Indicted as
Draft Evader
Federal Grand Jury Bill
Includes Kearns; Arrest
of Both Ordered and
May Take Place To-day
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. ?7.?Federal
bench warrants were issued here this
afternoon for tho arrest of Jack Demp?
sey, champion pugilist, and h;,3 man?
ager. Jack Kearns. following the return
; <->f indictments by the Federal grand
j jury charging them with conspiring to
defeat the operation of the military
draft law, and Dempsey with the direct
offense of evading military service dur?
ing the war. Bonds on each indictment
were fixed by the court at $1,000.
The indictments were placed on the
secret lile pending the arrest of the
accused. It is understood that Demp?
sey and Kearns are to leave Los An
g? les for this city to-day. In that event
they will be arrested tipon their arrival
to-morrow. Should they remain in Los
Angeles, telegraphic warrants will be
' dispatched there for their arrest in the
1 southern city.
The penalty in the event of convic
| tion on the indictment charging both
? defendants with conspiracy may be two
| years' imprisonment and a fino of
$2,000 for each. Under the indictment
| which charges Dempsey alone with
I draft evasion the penalty mav be one
1 year or less in jail. Tho latter offense
I is a misdemeanor, while the former is
j a felony.
The case against Dempsey and Kearns
j whs based on the declaration of the
I prizefighter's divorced wife, Mrs. Max
j inc Dempsey, who, it is said, charged
that Dempsey had intimidated her into
ligning an affidavit corroborating his
| statements before the draft board in
seeking military exemption, that she
was dependent upon him for support.
She said later that at the time she had
been supporting him.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.?Jack
Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey,
said to-day he was waiting to hoar
from his attorney in San Francisco bo
fere making any move concerning the
indictments. He said he hoped it
could be arranged for himself and
Dempsey to surrender to Federal
officials here.
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? Robin and Frog Usher
In Spring at Winsted
i/ero Weather and Blanket of
Snow Mean Nothing to
Connecticut Town
Spring is here. Winsted, Conn., says
so.
Despite zero weather and a heavy
blanket of snow, the respected first
' i-obin of the season has done his duty.
j For more years than most newspaper?
men remember the venerable bird has
I risked chilblains and pneumonia and
l appeared February 27. He did it again
? this year, bulletins from Winsted an
i nounced last night.
White-headed and limping, but with a
look of devotion in his eye, the robin
clambered up on a barberry bush yes?
terday and struck a spring-like pose.
He held this at great self sacrifice un?
til Martin ?Grossman saw him. He is
now in a serious condition in Mr.
Grossman's barn. Physicians say he
may recover, but that his age is
against him.
The piping of frogs, Winsted's cor?
respondent also wires frantically, is
ushering in the vernal season. Plumb
' ers were summoned yesterday to see
| what w<is the matter with the water
supply in Ed Dautrich's home. They in?
vestigated, and finally dislodged a
portly frog that had become wedged In
the pipe.
Spring is here, und Wlngted, Conn.,
?can prove it?
was coming with a message from Mars.
Professor William Beck, astronomer at
St. Mary's College, making observations
through a telescope, discerned the air?
plane.
Major Schroeder lost consciousness
when his machine had reached a height
recorded by instruments as 36,020, or
5,020 feet higher than the world's
record, established by Roland Rohlfs
last summer.
His senses numbed and his ?*ves
frozen shut in a temperature said to
have been 67 degrees below zero,
Schroeder regained partial conscious?
ness when 2,000 feet above the earth
in time to right his machine and pre
? vent it from crashing to the ground
out of control.
The thousands of spectators were
unaware at the time that they were
witnessing a "drama of the sky." They
saw a speck of black silhouetted
against the blue, to which was at?
tached a "tail" of grayish color.
Gradually the object was enlarged as
it hurtled toward the earth. When
' but a few thousand feet above them
i those watching saw that it was an air?
plane, turning in a tail spin. It was
at this point that Major Schroeder re?
gained control.
When Major Schroeder landed he
was blinded and his limbs were numb,
despite the electrically heated suit in
which he was encased. He was suf?
fering from the effects of a lack of
oxygen. When almost seven miles
above the earth his oxygen tanks be?
came exhausted and it was this which
Continued on next page
! General Strike
Called on All
French Roads
Milleraiid Declares Move
Is "Revolutionary"; Call
of Mobilization is An
j ewer of the Government
PARIS, Feb. 2S.? An order Was sent
j out during the night by the executive
committee of the National Federation
? of Railway Men for a general strike
of all rail men on all roads in France,
according to information reaching the
"Petit Parisien."
"La Libert?" understands the arrest.
of certain strike leaders.is imminent,
saying an investigation into the origin
of the strike movement bared the ex
! istence of a revolutionary organization.
In a statement issued to-day the gen
I eral secretary of the Paris, Lyons &
; Mediterranean Company said:
"News of mobilization of three
i classes of railnemil employees lias al
{ ready produce? some effect. Many
j men returned 'to work this morning be
? fore summons to military duty reached
'them. Four- hundred and thirty men
1 resumed work at Avignon alone."
The strike was characterized as a
I "revolutionary" development by Pre
i mier Millerand in the Chamber of Dep
I uties this afternoon.
The Premier, speaking on a bill in?
troduced by Yves le Trocquer, Minister
of Public Works, authorizing the requi?
sition of automobiles, trucks and air?
planes in case of interruption of rail?
road traffic by the strike, said:
"We are facing a political movement,
or, calling it by its name, a revolution
: ary movement under a puerile pretext."
Both Houses Adopt Bill
The bill was adopted by the Cham
I ber and later by the Senate. M. Miller?
and, in supporting M. le Trocquer in
: his demand for immediate passage of
the measure, referred to the strike in
England as having been beaten through
I the cooperation of the public. "The
1 F'rench public is no less ardent and
no less ingenious," he asserted.
The Premier received a delegation
from the executive committee o? the
National Federation of Railroadmen.
After the conference the committee
made this announcement:
"The committee leaves to the federal
! council of the General Labor Federa
I tion, which meets in extraordinary ses
| sion to-morrow, the task of examining
| tho situation and deciding what steps
I are necessary."
Some Reaction Evident
The strike spread further to-day,
! but some reaction to the walk-out was
! evident. On the lines of the Paris,
Lyons & Mediterranean all traffic was
? at a standstill. There was partial serv
? ice on the Eastern Railways, though
: the employees of the station quit this
; morning. The shopmen of the North,
? Orleans and State lines have gone out
in large numbers. Despite the paraly?
sis of suburban service, however,
through trains on most of the lines are
j running on almost normal schedule.
j Employees of the sleeping car company
j walked out to-day.
Employees of the Midi Company as
! sembled and declared against the
strike, and some employees of the East:
Company gathered, denouncing the
strike and appealing for resumption of
work. A proposal to return to work
pending arbitration was considered by
some delegates in the Paris district,
but no decision was taken.
U. S. Asked if Geddes
Is Acceptable Envoy
i -
British Embassy Makes Formal
Inquiry of the State
Department
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.?Formal in?
quiry was made by the British Em?
bassy at the State Department to-day
as to the acceptability of Sir Auck?
land Geddes, now Minister of National
Service and Reconstruction, to be Brit?
ish Ambassador to the United State*.
U. S. Trade
i
With Russia
Is Predicted
Recognition Declared Im
probable, but Peinand
of Shippers for End of
; Embargo May Prevail
?No Reply Will Be
IVIac?e to "Reds'
Resolution Calling for Re?
newal of Peace Rela?
tion Offered in Senat?
From Die Tribune's Washington f?urrau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27,?The lates'
j overtures of the Russian Soviet gov
| eminent for peace with the world ma;
! result in the early rq?stablishment o
i
; commercial intercourse between th?
i United States and that country, ac
j cording to statements made by official
! here to-night.
Tho efforts of .the Russian govern
ment to obtain recognition evcntuall
; may lead tu the formal recognition o
I the Soviet government by the Unite?
States, it was admitted, but it was do
c ared there is no thought now of ex
tending recognition as the result o
the latest overtures.
The American government has re
ceiVed the Russian peace proposal. I
was picked up by the American repre
sentatives at Stockholm, Sweden, an
transmitted to the State Depart.men
i here.
The American government, it wa
t said to-day, Ivas been considering fo
, several months the lifting of the err,
i bargo placed after tho revolution upo
i exports to Russia. American shipper
? and manufacturers have repeatedly re
quested that the embargo be lifted, bu
.?the Administration hLA taken the at
i titude that, the peace treaty must h
ratified before that action could b
j taken.
It was said at the State Departmen
i that- the proposal of the Russian go\
! ernment received here to-day is th
i twenty-first plea for recognition re
ceived from the country. No repl
; will be made to it, it is said.
Senator France, Republican, of liar?,
| land, introduced a resolution in th
t Senate directing the President to e>
.tend formal recognition to the Russia
! government and calling for the with
| drawal of all American troops froi
: Russia and Siberia. The resolutio
I was referred to the Foreign Relation
Committee, where it is expected to di?
; Tacit Recognition
Of"Reds"SaidToBe
Offered by Britaii
BUENOS AYRES, Fel). 27. -Whi
! purports to be the bases of Great Bri'
! ain's proposals to the Soviet goverr
: men! of Russia, which James O'Grad
the British representative at Copel
I hagen, transmitted to Maxim Litvinoi
? representative of the Moscow goveri
ment, are contained in a dispatch fro
the correspondent of "!.a Naci?n"
? Rome, as follows:
First? Tacit recognition of the Max
maust political r?gime.
Second -Non-interference by Grei
i Britain with respect to the internal coi
; dition of those countries separate
j from former Russian rule on the wea
1 namely, Finland, Esthonia, I.ithuani
i Ukrainia and Poland.
Third?- Non-interference by Grei
Britain in the affairs of Siberia.
Fourth Demobilization of the "Ret
army.
Fifth?A promise by the Bolshevi!
iio recognize the independence of tl
i meridional republics, especially Geo
gia.
Sixth-Non-interference by Russ
with the territories on the frontiers ?
Georgia and Persia.
Seventh Payment in gold for goo<
exported or imported between Russ
and Great Britain.
Eighth . A r?gime of commerci
equality for Russia and Great Brita
j in the autonomous s-tates on the wes
i ern front.
The correspondent says ttie Mosco
government, is disposed to accept so
i eral of these points, but that it. is fir
| against the fourth and sixth points.
M. P. Sells Men's
Suits at $9.50
From The Tribune';', European Bureau
(Copyright, 1920, N'ow "?Tori; Tribuns lac.)
LONDON, Feb. 27,?A real
and popular blow at high prices
was dealt to-day by a millionaire
Member of Parliament, Marry
Mallaby-Deeley, who, under his
own name, opened a clothing store
in the Strand, where tweed and
cheviot suits of good cloth are
made available to the public at
prices ranging from $9.50 to
$12.75.
Traffic in that part of the City
was disrupted as the public made
a rush for the doors. A long line
of men was maintained all day
long. The first lots vanished like
snow in the spring. The suits
are ready-made or made to order,
and Mallaby-Deeley insists he can
produce ten thousand suits and
overcoats a week.
Cash Bonuses
For Ex-Service
Men Favored
House Committee Propose!
to Raise Two Billions foi
Rewarding Veterans bj
Direct Taxation Methoc
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. - - Soldie:
j ftcnuB legislation, carrying with it nev
direct taxes through which the govern
! ment wrould raine the money to be paie
the men who fought in the World War
is favored by the Ways and Mean:
Committee of the House. The commit
tee, it was said to-day. soon will draf
' such a bill.
Sentiment in the committee, whicl
ha3 been intrusted by the House witl
i the task of handling all soldier legisla
; tion, is against the issuance of bond.
; or additional currency to meet the ex
, pense of giving bonuses to formel
I service men.
If there are to be bonuses, a poll o
j the commttee shows, a majority favori
i the payment of cash raised by direct
; taxes, which will be felt by the forme;
I soldier and sailor as well as the res'
! of the population. A consumption ta>
? is thought to be the best means.
Thus the Republican leaders, realiz
ing that something positive must b.
done on the bonus question, hope ,t<
. ?re* before Congress a proposition thai
will give the former soldier what hi
is represented to want, and to provide
the means to pay tho bills directly
, These bills will be in the billions. Th<
people will be able to let ?heir repre?
sentatives know how they feel about
having their taxes increased. If the
people favor the bonus, despite in
; creased taxes, well and good. If the
, people object to more taxes the repre
! sentative will be in a position where
he must cast his lot either with the
| former service men or with the tax
i payers who think they already arc
1 paying enough into the Federal tills.
Legion Officers Back Legislation
The executive officers of the Ameri
J can Le_ion are back of the bonus legis?
lation. Reports from many places in?
dicate, however, that sentiment for ant
i against bonuses among former service
: men is divided.
i More than twenty bonus propositions
are before the Ways and Means Com
1 milte-e. They involve expenditures al
? the way from $1,500,000,0(10 to $5,000,
' 000,000. They call for cash payments
; home or farm loans. Since those buck
ing bonus legislation are insisting that
the former soldier be given an optior
I lor cash or loans, it is estimated that
: at least $2,000,000,000 in cash will be
! required.
i Four methods of rasing this monej
? have been suggested. One is to issue
' $2,000,000,000 in new currency, -1 to 1C
! per cent to be retired annually. A sec
! end is to issue $50 government forty
? year bonels in amount tip to $5,000,000,
! 000. The third is a consumption tax
! on tea, sugar, coffee and a few of the
? other everyday necessaries. The fourth
? is a gross sales tax*, which every per
Continued on page three .
Oklahoma Ratifies Suffrage;
Only 3 More States Needed
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okb., Feb. 27.?
I Ratification of the Susan B. Anthony I
i suffrage amendment to the Federal
Constitution by Oklahoma as the thir- ?
ty-third state was declared complete '
to-night by Governor J. B. A. Robinson. :
| Tin? approval of thirty-six states is i
, necessary for adoption. West Virginiu
is expected to ratify to-morrow.
The Oklahoma Senate late to-day ,
' passed the ratification resolution with
I out the emergency clause, which would '?,
i have placed it beyond the reach of re- '
| erendum, by u vote of 20 to 13. The j
emergency clause, requiring a two- I
thirds majority, or thirty votes, was
lost by five.
Governor Robinson said that whether
the emergency clause is attached to the
resolution makes no difference. He I
declared there was no way for the '
ratification proposal to be submitted |
to a referendum at the August primary
i as the Senate resolution now provides"
Consideration of the resolution, as
amended by the elimination of the j
emergency clause, is expected to be ;
taken up in the House Saturday and
defeated. Thereafter it will go to con-1
ferenee. Suffragists believed to-night
they could bring sufficient pressure to j
b?9ar to swing jive additional votes In ?
the Senate before the conference re
port, which is expected by noon to
morrow, is referred to the two house:
for adoption. If they succeed in thii
the irrsgularity caused by the Senate'!
action to-day will be ironed out before
the adjournment at 6 o'clock Saturdaj
evening.
After the reading of many telegram;
urging the passage of the resolutioi
at the opening of the session, Senato
j, J. Smith raised a point of ordei
against the consideration of the pro?
posal to submit the suffrage questioi
to vote of the people for confirmatior
after the Legislature should ratify. H<
said Congress had specified that the
amendment should be ratified by the
Legislature and it could not be referred
to popular vote.
Senator R. L. Davidson, of Tulsa, in
opposing him, declared the Legislature
could prescribe any method it chose for
the ratification of an amendment sub?
mitted to it. Lieutenant Governor
Trapp submitted the eieeision upon the
point of order to the Senate, which
upheld Senator Davidson by a vote of
20 to IS. The Lieutenant Governor said
in submitting the question that the
referendum amendment to the rp?o'u
tion waB an attempt to prevent ratifica?
tion and that it was a diversion from
the question at issue.
Treaty To Be
Beaten Again,
Poll Indicates
Hitchcock and Underwood
Declare Enough Demo?
crats Will Stand Firm
to Beat Reservations
54 Votes in Sight;
Ten More Needed
Hoke Smith Accuses Mi?
nority Leader of Acting
as an Obstructionist
From The. Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.--A canvass
! of the Senate made to-day by Senators
; Underwood, of Alabama, and Hitchcock,
of Nebraska, showed that the peace
treaty with Germany will be defeated
' for a second time in the Senate when
? the vote is taken on ratification within
' the next week or two.
Senator Hitchcock is leader of the
! Administration forces in the treaty
' tight, and Senator Underwood is leader
i of the group of Democratic Senators
i who are prepared to accept most of
? : the Lodge reservations in order to
obtain ratification. The two Senators
i are rival candidates for the position
l of permanent Democratic leader in the
Senate.
" According to botli Senators the poll
. elisclosed that enough Democratic Sen?
ators will vote against the Lodge reser?
vation on Article X and several of the
? other reservations in the Lodge pro
; grain to prevent ratific-ition.
'l'en More Votes Needed
i i The votes of ten more Democratic
| Senators are needed to make up the
necessary two-thirds by which the
- treaty must, be ratified, the poll showed.
?Counting the full strength of ? thirty
! I live votes on the Republican side, the
j Democrats who want ratification on the
; best terms obtainable can muster only
? I nineteen votes on their side. That
i would give only fifty-four votes for
; ratification, instead of the necessary
, i sixty-four.
i Senator Underwood said he himself is
unwilling to vote for the Lodge reser
' vation to Article X, and that he ex?
pects to vote against ratification if
j that reservation is readopted by the
. ! Senate. Should the reservation be
' modified, he said, three or four addi?
tional Democratic voles could be ob
| tained, but not enough to ratify the
|treaty.
The Senate passed tiie entire after- ;
| noon discussing the treaty. No vote
was taken on any of the remaining
i reservations. Senator Norris, of Ne?
braska, spoke for three hours on the
! Owen reservation on Egypt, which re
I cent polls of the Senate showed will be
j adopted. The Owen resolution declares
i that ratification is deposited with the
? understanding that the British protec?
torate over Egypt is only temporary
; anel that Egypt eventually will be given
; complete freedom.
Senator Norris charged the British
I government violated its agreement in ;
j regard to Egypt and that the Egyptian |
| people are being oppressed by the Brit
j ish. The treaty would perpetuate Brit- j
i ish rule in Egypt, said the Senator.
Hitchcock Called Obstructionist
.Senator Smith, Democrat, of Georgia,)
; discussing the Hitchcock substitute for
'the Lodge reservation on domestic
j questions, charged th?? Administration i
j leader with attempting to obstruct rati
i fication. The Hitchcock reservation,
; proposed yesterday, declares that ''no
m? tuber nation" is required to submit j
domestic questions to the jurisdiction
I of the league of nations.
Senator Smith said he favors a reser- ?
vation on domestic questions. "In fa
i voring such a reservation," said the
! Senator, "I am only following the pol?
icy laid down in 1912, when every
j Democratic member of this body voted
j for an amendment to the arbitration
I treaty with Great Britain exempting
j domestic questions from the terms of
i that treaty.
i "But the substitute proposed by the
Senator from Nebraska is nothing more
than an obstruction to the ratification
of this treaty. 1 expect the 'irreconcil
1 ables' will support it, because they are
? for anything that will defeat the
| treaty."
Mr. Smith asked Senator Hitchcock
i to withdraw the substitute. "If it is i
! adopted," Senator Smith added, "there
1 will have to be a new conference at
Paris and tho treaty will have to be
! resubmitted."
The Hitchcock substitute will be
. pending in the Senate when considera
j tion of the. treaty is resumed to-mor
I row.
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Syracuse District Again
! Stormbound by Blizzard
Steam and El?ectric Roads Tied
Up After Being Open
Only a Few Days
? SYRACUSE, Feb. 27.?Central and
i Northern New York is again storm
? bound to-night as the result of a bliz
! zard which raged continuously for the
i last twenty-four hours. Steam and
! electric railroad?, which had only suc
j ceeded in moving traffic a few days ago,
! after being tied up for about a week,
again wero paralyzed, country roads
were rendered impassable and serious
hardship was suffered in many places by
the inability of grocers and milkmen to
i make deliveries.
Three interurban lines operating near
j this city, the Syracuse & Auburn,
I the Auburn <fe Syracuse and the Au
! burn & Northern, were completely tied
j up by the storm.
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Bolshevik Chiefs
Meet in Berlin
LONDON, Feb. 27.?Many for?
eign Bolshevik leaders have ar?
rived in Berlin in the last few
days, according to a dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from the
German capital. The best known
of the leaders is the Hungarian,
Alexander Garbai, whose visit,
the dispatch says, is believed to
be connected with the establish?
ment of an international Bol?
shevik organization with head?
quarters in Berlin.
Palmer Tells
Wilson Rail
Billls Valid
r ?
Attorney General Approves
the Measure and Returns
It to the President,
Who Will Act Shortly
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.?The De?
partment of Justice to-day returnee
the compromise railroad bill to Presi?
dent Wilson, with an opinion attach?e
by Attorney General Palmer that there
was no constitutional objection to it
Later the measure was referred tt
Walker D. Hines, Director General ot
Railroads, for his opinion.
Mr. Hines has made a study of the
measure since it first was taken up ir
conference between the House and Sen
ate. and has said he regarded it a?
about the best, legislation that coulc
be obtained under the circumstances.
Although there has been no intima?
tion as to President Wilson's views or
the railroad bill, Administration offi?
cials generally expect he will approve
it. He is expected to take action soon
The President has before him re
quests of the railroad brotherhood!
and the National Farmers' Council ane
the American Society of Equity tha
he veto the measure, and also the re
quests of other farmers' organization
that he sign it and bring government
control to an end.
Railroad administration officials have
begun preparations for complete con?
traction of the great war-time organi?
zation into the body which will act a^
the liquielating agency. Several hun?
dred employees will find themselves out
ef jobs with the delivery of their pay
checks to-morrow night.
All regional staffs to-morrow night
will turn over their work to their
proper corporation officials in the re?
spective regions. Orders recently were
issued covering the methods by which
changes in accounting and transfer e>f
funds will be made.
War Culprits Will
Face German Trial
Ludendorjf. Von Tirpitz
and Others Ready to Ac?
cept Full Responsibility
BERLIN', Feb 27.?Several prominent
generals and admirals accused by the
Allies of war crimes to-day issued a
declaration which, while reiterating
their refusal to appear before a foreign
court, expresses willingness of the men
to go to trial before a German judge,
in whose fairness they declare their
confidence, The .signers of the declara?
tion are General Erich LudendortT, for?
mer first quartermaster general; Ad?
miral Alfred von Tirpitz, former Min?
ister of the Navy; General Erich von
Falkenhayn, former chief of staff;
Field Marshal von K'.uck, Admiral von
Schroeder, and numerous other gen?
erals anel admirals.
A German judge, tho declaration as?
serts, will proceed according to German
law. "We will only submit to a trial
conducted in accordance with these
principles, but now that we know what
the enemy accuses us of we expect our
trial will be immediately carried out
for the preservation of the Germans
and their own honor," the document
continues. "We declare that we are
prepared to assume full responsibility
for all commands issued to our subor?
dinates."
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Lady Astor Backs Votes
Bill in Second Speech
Girl, 18, Wiser Than Man, 23,
She Says; Measure Passes
Second Reading
LONDON.Feb. 27. The Labor party's
bill extending the franchise to women
on exactly the same terms as applied
to men passed through the second read?
ing of the House of Commons unani?
mously to-day. This means it will go
to committee for possible amenelrnents
and again come before the House.
The bill provides that the present
voting age for women -thirty years ?
be lowered to twenty-one, making it
the same as the men's voting age. This
would add 5,000,000 voters to the
register.
Lady Astor made her second speech
of the week. She announced herself in
favor of the bill, declaring it was not
for the sake of the women that she
wanted the bill, but for the sake of the
country.
"Every one knows a woman of eigh?
teen is far older and wiser in many
ways than a man of twenty-five," said
Lady Astor.
She then touched on her election to
the Commons, saying:
"Some one has referred to the Ply?
mouth election as a circus. Well, I can
tell them the lady who was elected was
not the clown."
"People who do not want women in
public life are behind the times." she
continued. "There are certain reforms
women want and they are going to g**t
them."
I U. S. Asked to
Join in Note
ToDisputants
Reply, Accepting Pro?
posal to Let Italy and
Jugo-Slavia Negotiate,
Withdraws_01d Offers
?Allies to Protect
Albania Interests
_
| Absence of U. S. Repre?
sentative Declared To
Be a Severe Obstacle
LONDON, Feb. 27.?The Entent?
j premiers have accepted the propo
, I sals of President Wilson that the
I Adriatic question be settled by
' i negotiation between the Italian and
' :Jugo-Slav governments, and have
' I asked that President Wilson join ir
making this suggestion to the Ital
. \ ians and Jugo-Slavs.
The fact that the premiers had ae
11 quiesced in President Wilson's view
> I point became known to-day, whei
. the substance of their note, dis
? patched to Washington Thursday
-1 was revealed. The reply repeats thi
I assurance that the premiers "neve
' ! had the intention of making a defi
. I nite settlement without obtaining th
, ! views of the United States govern
II ment." It is dated February 26, an'
i states that the absence of an Ameri
11 can representative had proved i
?practice an almost insurmountabl
' I obstacle to the success of the negotia
- j tions on the Adriatic question.
*e l
?Ask Wilson ft? Join, in Note
The premiers note as a fact of th
I greatest importance that Pr?sider
? Wibon expresses a willingness t
' ! accept any settlement "mutuall
j agreeable to Italy and Jugo-Slavi
? regarding their common frontier i
?the Fiume region, provided sue
I agreement, is not made on the ba?:
? of compensation elsewhere at th
?expense of nationals of a thir
power."
; This, the Premiers agree, would r
' an ideal way of settling the questioi
? and they express willingness to ?
i their utmost to reach a settlement t
j this road. In order to facilitate th
j process they are ready to withdra
I their proposals of December 9 ar
j January 20, because they believe
i the parties principally concerned be
! lieve the Allied and associated powei
I are committed to supporting them i
| any particular solution it will be moi
j difficult to reach a voluntary agrei
; ment.
The Premiers, therefore, cordially il
; vite the President to join them in
?formai proposai to the Italian ar
! Jugo-Slav governments to negotiate a
j agreement on the basis of withdraw;
i of all previous proposals.
Agree as to Albania
If, however, this attempt shou
, prove unsuccessful the French ar
? British Premiers agree that the Unite
! States, Great Britain and France shou
? once more consider the question
common, with the view of arriving
! concrete proposals.
Tho Premiers express appreciation
j ar. agreement with President Wilson
j views with, regard to the future of t!
i Albanian people, and say they are wi
i ing to urge upon the governments i
terested that they should bring the
I de-sires into line with the Ameria
| viewpoint.
With regard to the Treaty of Lond'
i the Premiers state that this "seci
i character ' was due to military exipe
: cii'j preventing its publication duri
the war.
The Premiers declare they canr
eiisguise that should no voluntary s<
? tlement of the Adriatic problem be i
; tained the Treaty of London would 1
: come the only valid alternative as i
as they are concerned.
j Italy has cooperated loyally, th
! say, in trying to find a substitute 1
j the pact and the Allies hope they w
j succeed in finding such a substitute.
Reply of Premiers
Sent to Presiden
\ Contents Expected To J
Made Public by Mond<
in Adriatic Dis pu
f'rr.m The Tribune's Washington Bursa
t WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.?-The repl;
the British and French Premiers to
j note from President Wilson on
? Adriatic ejuestion was received at
i State Department to-day and was
j mediately tiunsmitted to the PreaieJ
' without comment as to the nature
I the communication, which was draJ
j within twenty-four hours after the
I ceipt of the American note.
It was announced at. the State
partment that the Premiers' note we
not be made public here without
consent of the British and French 1
. eign Offices, which, it is believed,
; be obtained not later than Monday,
| date which those two countries i
j to make public the entire Adriatic
j respondence, including several n
? between the British and the Jugo
?nd Italian government-*, ttur De<