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J^, ADVEKTISED IN ! TBIBUNK fS GUAHANT& Up .....? .?~ ? - >. .?.Hf7..i jv* ?w4'-*; *"?*# ,Vol, LXXIX \o. LV..769 UteL^w.! rirgiyto Lc*t+-th* Truth: News~Ed,toriala-Adv*rtisement* MONDAY. MAK( II 1 109/) * * * m* THE t?HW?rrw?r falr; ?'?!! ?Wrt M Lo** r??4' _? -.-.rp* W" ?ir**?" >??<? *??? mm? or to Use ! jGuerilla Idea In Campaign ft Forays Into Rank? 4nf Both I'artie* iteiievcd | To Be B< st ^ ay lo Attain Ends of Organization I Respond to Test 'jPriinarv Vftiliations of ^ orkers No Bar Against Shifts During Conteet By rhcodorc M. Knappen j STAS i. i \ rTON-,-f eb. 29.?OrRan i?w b io politica this year ,hea>i o ? In othrr yeara it nas ??r* r?> and there, some 4'ttm?^ I ""*" wmetimta timidly. ffcat th it haa ptripped and Hpng : True i? I unvarying policy of jP!|a*iden< .- mu?l Gompera of oppoa ing th* forrnation ef a labor party, thf Ajaericar! 3 ederation of Labor vfil co va?t jruerilla flying ?? poliftcal seas, tbat Jtrtli ?hi.r! ? c Inrs to colors, ac ?eerdi:.; > ? ? pediency and oppor tuii\ iw on ono side and ;to-?r>: ? tha other, lighting Jtere w Republicana and there witb mocrats?nevex "for" eHher r ? .? a'.ways for labor. f*!1 atay have auppoaed jjrtlat e * iboi whi oot to be ?$? poil < h ? it is atemly *et |lvMo*1 On the eontrary, kjjjt I* : eclaratioa in poli |fw* t> ai n the moat dla P*?**r* 'be regnlar party tjmjan;-'- ?r.d party amnagern J*v *' r, from indrpen HpNfet 1 p'on beeaase it cn ..fwtar??' .ict prineiplea about toepir., t;Justrial groups Hrt "f | as su<h and leaving V ta unreal - ,i individaal diacre tk??, <t tha contrary, |t has projected iiaelf inio tha pa'atical garae in Buerilla styla (,eca te it believea thst Jm the oni and cnl, sure way to at '%la jta iroal of govr.rr-.muRt by and 'Wr labvr or raake i>r?gre?s toward i^. 8trat?^v' of Lateat Fllfftt '" tf Mr. Goaip?fs, H ia U bt snp ,$?f?i, harf tho famteat idoa that a labor party c raaatat enoujrb ;?4te? to have a f:ghting chanca of Wianing a sttaight-out victory hc ,;J*uid b? for ^> laboi party with all ?ll> wcil knowr vehemenoa; lf he aM aay ! -. ? c'thfr of the old Partifrs m , td dec.arf for labor*? po litica! ain w> i eonfidencr that H wouln ?h ita declaration. he Ki|ht hav< h-. : ? i.tent to leave '.t to the mdiv iaborite to find r.i* aarural i affiliation. Bcins without ain ard coandancr, nis aolicy ana ? omanized labor 13 "$? cat irr ? - rly ?nii confusinjrly a?oas part.. . . supporting; friendiy -t*a4ioatt^ ojipos.ng unfriandlv ane*. ^ Ja a vac ;^h* folitir . ^n|er io \ ;'lM*?r hh . <?e?w. th. 0?o tnd ahartct., .aaapices 1,1 - ?-Sftaigy are ';.:? ?arior! of a , , villad to eve? Jjflwn that .;? [fciea of t: f ?ty cami. it as: ?? ay thia haa long boen ' raciice of organi/ed '; u, but the policy has :- orcanizullon, the the central direc tlftt-caea that are to thia year. Under fhe ? Federatior of i>ai;cr ught and abundnnt i t'iven to the orgaTii gn that i? to be ap ofnee in tho nation ! {.'reaid^nt down to I?ace. ato muat submit to the "Are you for us or tia geiierai question h* '-> ?' r! cnlara there muat b r*<:*! ">o vague atate *? *f.?eh*ra1 principrea or oratory be ar-cf ? p]aa is to be ap ?Hl .... ai ?cl aa bctween -*?'*?? before the primariea, i?un^' :' the Partiea BHP? . accuatoined Caftd.: party favor ??? ''? the pj inarieg accord rard labor, and labor will ? othar party jf ?; with the hall ta wo.-i \lat t- ? Sf the itaan ,??arV:. Pt?n Wlihin 1 jiropoaen to appiy .'ram of borsng from -? rr t'__j._ _j_ Ia a ISUPoii"" i!****:i ;,-,?rti z. Foster'advo rrad method of con Jn? ;- to syadieaUaai. H ia :,; ?' ? ?> i that an aggres y aoinoi w ;njn ? party haa an ?x Ulant 1 1 ?:-,-. 0f aaing that body for ,jt? per; . ail? P the r. rlgi it riil b ?fr. ?""^uibk tho eontrol fing ita candkjataa- If tdeaTor it haa another i .?!;,'.-!i:g ita whoie vot? >n candidata if he be tnea throufboat thacoun -ggreaaive in carrying out ? ?s taken for grant?d Tha RepwbUcaij or iadividaal crat esjyccta littie* or no peraonal t from tb* eaatlag of hia ballot. a^.te h*a in vt*w deftnita aub R5C1.7'rtft!f f?r hi* *?ci*l ?ro?P. g??;?f*'7.<?? hiaiaelf, and tha im Pki-.**"*,"1"*^ '* c?nntad otj ?? aim ?r to hardfr and mor* co? Jg? ?fl..r*. than caii be ?*p?eta4 of ? pa?<j wnrkera ?f the partiaa. * earry out the politieal pragran of ? thera i? b*ing eraatad a vaat po M ?rgan?i,j,wn wlth ita haadqoar |J?,v>**h:nz>0t\jkrd parallcling tha mmit organiMtion of the Aa*?ri. rwtcratioti <,f r^abor from eaaftal >*r. which ??? sppointed taia fc?-*i * thr?*-^?y coafaraaaa in MBgton and )R cojapliaaea witb tha ***J?*ei>rd *t th* iaat aoavention J^*ajration a&d the eoafaranca of ! *????*?? <>f labar and eevtaia eiiraaizatiana. Ther**ar? t*ranty? ???*?? of tij, oaBBtiUaa. Mr. ? * ?**wmb. It it??ii)4aa taa *?*c???e eooacil ef the Fa4ar lLiStlww,i,*#at? ?*?<* aaefataria* of !??*!*?*< *****> ?nio? ???*?? ??"" B^^|<?aa4i*a? af aatloaaU ?tgati _._?_ ??l?ar?, t**tiie work-, ^fr^WWWla j^lt, :??e Socialists to Join Bohhevik Parley ROME, FebTi&^Tii* directors ot the Sooialiat party have de ddad to aend Signor Bombaccl to Copenha?r*n to meet the Ruaoian Bolshcviki, who are negotiating ther* with ropresent-ativcs of the L.itent* nationa. Afterward Slg nor Rombacd vrill go to Ruasia with a misaion made up of mera brrs of the SociaHst party. U. S. Posse fteturns I WithoMit Mexicans "Hot Trail" of Slayers of American h Lost After Crossinjt Border XOCALES, Arla, Feb. 29.?Sheriff R. R. Earhart'a poaso returned to Mon ; Una Camp to-night after a fraitleaa aearoh below the internetional bound ary Uno for tsequiel Lara and a com P?Bion. alleged Mexican bandita, ehargad with the killing of Alexandor J. rraser and the aerioua woundtng of h * brothor, Jobn A. Fraaer, during a ; raid Friday at Arlvaca, Pima County, ; A aecond posae eent out in *earch !??? brat waa recalled. . bheriff Earhart aaid he followed a hot trai!" to the border, but after he ! croaaed he lost all trace of the bandita. j i olonel E. C. Cnmahan, commander i ?* the Nogalea military district, tm jphatieally denied to-night that m?n of , hia command had gone into Mexieo in pnrsutt of Lara and hia companioa. ; SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 29*? Troop A of the 10th Cavalry, ^with | headquartera at Fort Huachaca, is ? acouring the country around Ruby, I Ariz., for sorae dhe to the bandita who I killed Alexander J. Fraaer and wounded ? hia brother. Under existing orders th? troops, ! *ho sre negroes, can foliow a "hot traii" into Mexico after the bandits, Colonel W. A. Hoibrook, southern de | partment chief of staff, said to-night. i No report of the dtseovery of guch a j trail has becn received jU headquar I ters yet, he adcled. U. S. Officer Killetl In Mutiny in Kovno First IJrutcnant S. J. Karri* Jr. | Slain While Attempting to Quel) Re\olt WARSAW, Feb. 29. ? An American j named Harria ia r?poi.ted to bave been i kilted in the ree>-nt military revolu j tion at Kovno, Liehuania. Harris ? joined the Lithuaniun army a few months ago as inatruxtor. ? Tha revolutionary outbreek at Kovno eontfaoM and martial Ihw haa been , proclaireed. Cjviliana are not per mitted on the atreets after 8 p. m. HARRISBtRG. Pu.. Feb. 29. Word baa been received by Mra. Santuel J, Harris, of tbis city, telltng of the death of her son, First Lieutenant Saninal J. ! Harria jr.. frem vrounda received while he!ping to auppreaa a mutiny in Kovno, Russia. The mesaate cunte from Com? mander Gade at the headquartera at Riga. i, ,. ,i i a '? ? Penfield Has Not Bonght Suit Since Rates Jumped Ex-Ambasaador Advisea Others to Do Same to Bring Down Prires ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 29.?"Have \ the old auit presaed and mnke It aerve i unttl the nncrs come down,' in the thrift doetrine proraulgiited bere by Frederjc Courtland Pentiehl, of Phila delhpta and New York, Ambassador to , Vienna at tbc outaet of fr eAVorld War. Mr Penneld ia weahhy in hts o*n ripht, and his wife, Mra.vAnne Wolght man Pt-nfield, is reputed to be the wealtbieat woman in Philadelpbia. Ex-Ambaaaador Penfield haa not boogbl a anit o^ clothing ainc? custotn tailora advanced thelr pric*-? any , wh?re from 60 to 100 per eent. j "If 150.000 men In N'ew York and ? ! liko r.umber in Pbiladelphia would cor.clude to foliow tiie atand I hayo i taken and refrain from aeeing their tailors until the pricea come down to ? reason, it >? n>y firm conviction the pricea would come down," the former arobassador told a friend to-day. -.. .. ? | 8^en* Tuhe Farc AprU 4 i Notice of Increatte Posted by the i Hudsori & Manhattan Cx>. The Hodaon and Manhattan Railroad j Company poated n new tariff acheduio | laat nigtit, eerving notice of ita inten j tion of increasing fares tn the Hnd ! son tubes, beginning April 4. Accord;ng to tha new achedule, it wiH | cost esght e-nta, instead of five, to go from Ncw York to Jeraey City or !lo boken. Eight centa alao will be charged | for paaaengera ridiag between the Had ' Bon Terminal and other atationa in ! Manhattan. The only fire-ccnt fares reraaining I will b? for rides between atationa in Jeraey City aad Hoboken and between i atationa in Manhattan, exclajive of the Hudaon Terminal. ; ? .' i.? i . ? ? ! Snow S?ttd? Balloon Down Fate of T?ro Othera in R?<*e to Montreal Ie Inkown MONTREAL, Feb. 29?A aevere an<rwetorm eneountered in a free bal loon race from Rockaway Naval A?r SUtion, New York, with Montreal aa the objective, forced one of t.hree com peting balloons to tand thia morning at ^urliogton. Vt The three oc*up?nta, L. A. Kloor, W. H. Cuahing and T. R A Thompebn, ?f tha Unfted StaUa Navy. eame here by rail to await ntwi of the .?tbar balloone and to receive tnatenc tiona from the Bockaway atation, where the conteet began yeaterday. The balloon trent into the etorm ?hortiy after paeelng over Alburg, VU, at 7;45 a. m., and waa compelled to deteend'When enow fltlad the basket. Japancae Join toohherikl London liear* ?f Seriou* Labor Strffo ia Empire LONDON. Monday, Mareh 1, - Steriou* labor troublee bave broken out in Ht*n, "Tha Dally Mail" aaya it under ataada. Tb? ?ew?paper da*? a#t know aaar far the *en?mai*nt baa baen abie ta cope witb the aUuattea, bat aaya dla-; "?"Saaaea fellawing a faaaat rajuwrt at af 3n*M*t Uaaati! " iJfca Saiaa^wi Italy and Jugo-Slavia Begin Direct Adriatic Negotiations Premicr Nitti and Slav Foreign Minister Mect in London and Follow Wilson's Proposal for Settlemcnt of Dispute LONDON, Peb. 29 (By The Aaaod-, ?ted Preas).~The propoaal for reopeo- i iag tha Adriatic diaeusalona. whleh the Britlah and French premlera edvanced '' in their latest note to Prestdent Wil ?oa, w?? tranalated into action to-day. : Promier Nitti of Italy and Anton Trumbitch, Jugo-Slav Foreign Min t8ter. held a confcrence in London thia morning, which waa dcacribed aa a raaumptioa of the "conversationB" Pre B???f Nitti began with M. Trumbitch in Paria aome time ago. The nature of the "converaations" haa not been dis cU=ed, both the lUtlian nnd Jugn-Slav dolegntlona declining information, but it is expected tht confercnce will be contlnued to-morrow. Arnstein Is Due 9 A, M. To-day; AnotherHunted - Broadway Don Juan, Said To Be Real 'Master Minri,' | Aiso MiKsiiiff Since Feb. 12 With Girl Arl Sludmtj Asaiatant District Attorney John T j j Dooling and William J. Fallon, attcrnae' I i for JuIch W. Arnstein. said last night | that nothing had bten heard from Kugene F. McC.ee, Fallon's law part ; ner, or the thrco detectivea who left : with him o;i Friday night for gonie on I named point in Pennsylvania, where I they expected to meet Arnatein and ! bring him back to thia city. Theywere j not downcast, however. Mr. Fallon said the fart that he had , received no word from hia partner con t vinced him that the plans for meeting , Arnatein and e3Cortitig him to N'cw j York wei??? being carried oul accord j ing to achcdule, and that the party would arrive here, probably n* the j Pennsylvania Station, about :t o'clock j thia morning and would proceed im mediately to the Criminal Courts Building. Mr. Dooling fth the same way about hia failuro to htnr from Dt-tcctivo ; Sergcani .lamcs J. Gegan, who is in ' chargc of the policemen who wil] act | as a bodyguard to the long-hunted raan until he ih placcd in cuatody. To Be Arraigned at Once Upon his arciva! Arnitoin. who ia alleeed to be the principal conspirnt-.r , in the plot to rob bunka and brokerngo ' housea of $5,000,000 In aoeuritica, will ' bc taken before Judge Jun;e* T. Malone, in Part 1. Gencral Nessiona, where h*> will plead to an indictment charging him w^h having crimnally leceived $ ;_' 000 wonh of stolen bonda He wil] then, according to the under.ttanding "ca'hed between Mr. Fai!oi! and the Diatrict t Attorney'a offlce, whereby the former : agreed to surrender th? fugitive. be re | lcased o? $100,000 bail. Whiie thia ia the ohly ehargo to j whlch Arnstein will answrr lo-day It was euid at the Diatrict Attorney'a'of fire laat night that when the u?k of uncovering i.ii the ratnificatiom of thi plot is cumplcted it will b>- found that I ho roceived at lees! a third of th prooeeds from apprc\iniat?-!v *.l 000 0<>" I worth of Htnlen aecuritiea, lmpor:a-it aa Arnatein'a par* In the I bond thefta is declared to b< Mi , Dooling hinted last night that the i ? i "man higher up" in tho eonapirac ; atill to be caught. Mr. Doi ling da aenbed thi" Individua] aa being "* h .1 , aome and captivating" and Arnate l auperior aocially and mei . . li. ; said to be u Icadcr in Broadway'i j auper-amart aet an I to havi bi I i fvmituna hearta, bi ,h hrr? ai I abroad j Hia winning way with wooien is coi aidered pecot'd only to his powei ovet j the curd? and dire. Mlaaing Sittre Day Arnatein I^-ft Mr. Dooling refuaed to naine thil I m?n, admitted he ?aa not. j< t andei i mdirtrnent, but aaid tha' deteetivi had been looking for him and tha: he had been "conapiruoualy abaant" frow hia accustomed haunts since Februmy 12, tho day nn whlch Arr.stein wen't , away. If thia man can be found, Mr. Dool? ing said, it will be poaaibia to ehow . that hia bruin and not Arnatein'a waa the "master nnnd" wbich concetvad th, idea of uaing maasangeri t<> rob iiim? I in tho firiancial diatrict, Th<i proae*) j cutor declared that Arnatein had i'!ayeil ! I "6nly a piker'a part iu eomparisoa. ? When h< dlaappearad thia vrraatila ! fugitive is aaid to have tak< ;i * Ita hia) a beaatifal and talented firl art i student. Her narent i have been look i ing for her for more than a w??k. Arnatein has no' eommaaleatad with Fannie Brlee hie actreaa wifa, according to a itatement mad* last ! night by bar attornay, Mi-aea'Il. Groaa man, and she is aaid to have no Idea of where he was to meet McGae and the detectivea. J)u* in Baakraatcy <'ourt When Arnatein leaves .ludge Malone's court he will go to the Federal Iluild ing, where he will appear before Com mia'aioner in BanknpUy Alesander OU chriat tn the bankruptey proccedtngs whlch have been nstituted against blm by th* Naiional Sorety Compaay, Fannie Brice is to appear before the Commiaeioner at 2 o'ciock thia afur noon, when her exnminatton, n?>gun laat weak by Saul S. Myera, counsel fnr tb* National Surrty ("ompany. will b* re aumed. Her part in th? proceedlnga. herctofore conaidered tmportant, will fade into inaigniflcanca, it ia aaid, aft?r her huaband takea the ataaA. Hia ex amination by Mr. Myera ? expected to throw moeb light on th< bond thefta for wbieh the Nationa! Sutety Cam pany declarea it haa had to ir.ake goed Arnataln't Broedwi .. pala are wil'iag to **g*r that be eonies out ef hia pres or ?>' raita anaeathed "iTelt tornm out all rtgbt oaieaa kia luck deeerte him," aaid one laat night. "He'a tha enly man I ever kaew who could plar *"* J*/1 ???*??' ?? ? Pp? ahd wto Ani *"* * f *y?d *v#rf aoraa in tho worid with ?i'" P?>aalble aarep tioa ef thea* here four of bm Ap*>c aypa*. *n<* '** !r*v *'"v* ha^ * **** on ih'tm for all ! >'r,r'* BaTi MM throogh a??w??'> - ' '?"?'?' ?*? ft'"1 down at Aouerf" ' f?t th* btg "Pt"?f opooing *??? aoihuig ???< a\? niind but v firat rac? " Prem.er NittS wlH leare for Rome at the erd of this wcek to attend Par- ? liament, hla?farther absence from the ; deliberetiona of that body not beinr' considereo advtaabla. The corrcapond ant haa been given to underatand that he will not return to London. fcome atir nppears to have been ' cauaod amoiAK- the Italian deleKation by ' a report from Wushington that Preai-i dent \\ il-.on would not accept the ; AnKIo-r renph proposal for new negotia tion*. The Ual.ans are innuirin.; whether there is any truth in this re port and whether they may retfard tt ai ofncui!. On the Turkiah and UusRian tiuea tlona the rtalian drltfgatcs nrr atated to h,- in complete ngreemont with the Ai'it"" Paris Unioiis Ready to Join In Rail Strike Tramway, Subway and Taxi cab Employees Vote to Aid Movemcnt; Would Paralvw Transporlaiion PARIS, Feb. 29.?The unlona of mb-' way and tramway employeea an<! omm bus, cub and taxicub cmploytr s de clared their readino.vs to-day to po out ! on a aympathetic atrike in favor of ihi railwaymen, wh > Saturday were orderod out In all parts of Kranca. The Lhreat tc pxtrnd the pamlysis of tranaportation va? einbodied In pro ! pohiils t.'jopt*',' in i>r:ncipl*' Hf meetinga ' of thi unions to-day, which votcd to I walk oul if the Goneral Federation o' [Labor, wi ch h.'is a*.sun:ed direction of the prcsent strike movemcnt, aaka them I to t.ikc su '. action. j Delegutiona of V .' Parisian unlona of railwaymen have reijuestod Premler Millerand to recelve their delegatea. Apparently the diamUsa) of the rallway man Cumpanaud for ahsen ? from duty to attend a union meetlng ha* been 11 t< ga ' ed tv> thp background >?':'! th< ro twaymcn'a claima are o* headed by a demand l'or nationi Iral on <>f tho railroads, Government Acrnsea Strlkere A not* iaaued by the goTerni ent I thia aftcrnoon aaid : "ln an attempl to mlaleed. public | opinion on i deeeive the r?i)ro?d ?r?? ; who a.-o fatthful *o their datiea abj atrike committeo placea m the Me*.l of ita demanda the nationali/ation <?' railroada mi increaaeri p?y "Whatevnr may t>o ? v\. *-whr of na tionaltsal on It la pui ? I .> q. >n for Parliament alone No < ?? porat nn < an be aliow ed to para lys tl * . tj imposH r<iioh n meaaure forelblj '!;.<? ttriko ? i {?* be m little hi Iway, I g f i m the re? port* re-?< ived ' 1'arii I ? the provini ar haa not Increasi .. n of fhe road* ?' i anid hey evi a C ? ?')! ?) Mo 'i I ' ? V , ? I ? ? ? any K. .?\ > i i A w?ir??nt hai ? n aut d I \ ? ? i ? ? eor N' ?(? ? > r . ? I'ur.x, Lyona k Mediterram i on h charga of ??,?>? ? bey orden It i> nol ? ? ' ? ' > \. ^ i rant I aa bea i aerved Prem lei Millerand af i ence w1 Ihe hei kffecU i and the he id? r.iad i aaid that jei *>' ?? *e call had l*. led Gaaaral strike l)?, s?rrri Pailare "Thia . ? ' ' tt Mediterranea I relaxation n the i ? > ? Lyuna," the Pi > i i v through train I ?tat? ? ? . 11 ?? Sorth< ? al Ami?o? Th? ? i exeepi .? wholi !?.?? "uur ' ganeral stisk m ? ; ? cr\\y pari*1 itoppag* in :'? ? ? );.:????? not even on thi Parl terrant?" ':. .|c?" not f ii<t ? rhii mait i ? ?tr k? ?n< lh? aii'i (a ra lr< < ' ? i beins aba< ? fi union iniM a I hi rittne wm fa .<? *? I I t> 41 r*t Ofl . bj ! t* fO* -i wii abeotal ly no t: ? itrika ?f ni" ? auch dan inda havif g i ? only afi aveol miaetoi li aet tvaty ?- ? tion ef ??? aUa of ?ajf. tato a for ra'.'.ioaib'ra, wk ? I fatled -o niter't yegti iy'i mref?|r of tha eor.imiaai-'F! t v i !l?? '?" connectioR with ?h>- ?iu>' b i ?' eetab 'ishlt^g a tiew reg te f No 1 nraaineaa Fa "The jjoT?-rnn.?'nt Vi><? teiv< R eroua offeta of arivaU mitiat i Ia provinioi.i'ij The aitnatlon ? "-. uneaelnesn The P?rta aarvei n'e fully aufhrlent and aa ?*taa?ebHe tranapors oervire i? r#Bjj .. perat? whlie the poata! aervtco i i nuaa not ma! " The Premier amrir*' ta? ?roveni ment'a datarmi&atian i --eprra* any Incitement ta vioienv e ai (??'ali ?? indiacipline wuh the daaaa and nrrwet' reaol'ition * *fti arreata had been BM4V replied that. he tould ? f ?*? rant* had been .???!.? Studenta of enir:n.- 't ??i ?im>l?r aehool* havti offr r?-d inwlr ??..... the governr.*'.; f?f [f? "?F ' w,"k daHng Um atrike Hm ? ??????? numbet ne?rty 3.000 f#r Pa ?. ^hile aaveral provinctal aehaoU h? e maa? aimiiar offera Many of the*? ?t volauteered dunn* the la?; subw?\ atrike nnd a?*??d hu*? e*p?) le^eo ,n ariving <Bgf>t*? ? Hapa?rt af Gore^ameai I'rred The newapapara ek^e unauimowa Ir. dedannr the pabllr/abaolutely ?< ?f ? ympathy with thd railroad sttike While expreaaifir t^> hope tbai r ? ? reme te aa ??nd aw>f<l>, ?>?? "F ' ?**?'? ?ar tbei. eaafidrr >< "? b tvc\ titlaaa te *#$>$" '' "'* a,. i - in tbe. araa?<f ?"???*?. The Mournai d?* Drhato ? teent tav* that ttra.u ?' "' and d*cUt?T*hip by wortwe? '? ?^?? CVa^taaaaf vm a#f * r ? j'? ? .an?niw.aa?i Fiume Facing Starvation as Sif ge Begins "Iron Blockade" Decrecd by Italy to Compel Sur? render of d'Aiinutizio:' Children To Be Spared City Is Reportecl In Deepest Deapair Poet Ordcrs Deportation of All Persons Who Ifamper Defense of Port FIUME, Feb. ?0 (By The Asaociated Press>. -A siege of P'iumo has begun with a atringcnt blockado againat eom moditiea, i icluding foodstuffs. "Perhaps we may appear to l;?i lenient lowfird those occupying Fiume," said Genera] Caviglia, of the government forcea, yeaterday, "but it is not so We shall exerciae an iron blockado apainst the forcea of Gabriele d'An nun: io. "I arn not offerirg them the s'ighteat atom, but the chiidnn muat h<- cared 'or. That ia why I allowed 200 i hildren to come out of Fiume and proceod to Milan." The corrcspondent ha* gleaned opln lona of all Borta in Fiume. Those of tho citizer.s w th vhom he has talked scemed unanimcus that tho situation waa critical, and that tha city r.ow is in deepest of despair. flnancially and commercially. * Poet'a Force Dimiuiahed "\\ e are Uarving," said a promtnent banker who t?r vioualy had been a strong aupporter of italian ai . e tion. 'We an- unablo to go furthe We now are ready for an ii i ".. I >?!.' city. We wanl our port reopen< to commerc . We, want the citj ci pied Ithei bj .1. \rnericai; or a British garrison, The : it mnt stato ia iinposs tilr " Gabriele d'Annur io nat- ordcred ol ??.' r depor h: ion ' ' roa > and - i fi eignera who ??'? "pernh iou b; , resence foi tho p i .<r defenae of th ?". " I be Soc ia i ' - .? have bi *? part of the genera] cleantng out of the city. Public meetinga ?? dei on si ? j. < lona of an snrl ? I h w- I hi conaent ol tt ? po* . soldier's h.ive been pl .. D'Annunz ? '. r>v > ! v* been di ? iblj dlmit iahed ??' ng I he laat weeka b\ deaertions Thl n eap< tiOticeabie among tha oflS era tha bar of nrhom ha falli ofl ' . SO j?.t <-inf. Kffct's taadr to repi^uHh 1 >e ? -?,<? t f c ki 'riptl >na ol ' have bi ,"? uitsaeceaa' ii ;?. ? ttha havi b<.? ?? through tl i ? '-. ?< metlmet ,??. ? i Italian .lilirM (? orni ? . nexath expreai da ? ir over what 1.1 I ? > ?? o f tht i ? ' ? ? ? ? i i ? i II ? ! ?? lolation ' : ' |... 1 K W ' lahlt v ? i Demanded nt ol -. i tald ntie of r t I - 1 ? ha?f a ? / iliifir l\OIC ( *<>ll To \*s(iii Lrngue Difi/mtr Vrovc* i uhi>f\ of Settllnn IsHtir* h\ I rtiint ^*f> h I'ititx! r xttr i W , | I I I I di aendenee i > I ? ! ! ( ? r . , .1 . . ?. , , . ? ? ? ? ?. | ? , ? ' I I . > . II'. . ... ? I . How ca ' <?? > renaat i ?tagUr. ? .?. Hi? W 'II ipeaki k . <?* '' .' j.I to w?r ' ^ v? ?' a'..|A I ?. I i . ' I r a e i*aa, if ts ? i ? ieagaa b* ral i I ? w 11 h d i * ? II !*?>? *??. I !??.> yrnt* I ?' >?? would n? r t.o. ? .(rn?ti lUu t'.- | ' ? "it i* a bla > u i ? anit ? th* warkt that tl ? M ha* ?v#4, ?gainnt i ? wtll i.m h?ing , ,, 'Th? >i?*!*Pisp*? <>r tk? Ua ?*<) Hia ?? ua^^rtaking i? laa#i -n* ir ?>? p*f?ieip??mA in Kanapean m na ? I ' 'o D ? o r%?4ere.i h?at ia thair ?W I * I'&HaWart 0M jKl^e /o?r U. S. Relurns 2fW^oads, Valued at 2(FBiilions; Freight Rates to Go Up Lane Tells What "Ails" Washington .C^ Rich in Brains antl Char aeter, bnt Poorly Or ganized for Task That Beloiig* lo It." He Savs from The Tntwne't Wa I tngion Bunsau WASH1NGT N I ? b 29 ingion !. a c mi I na' ? ? of political caucus, draw na roi and ci bureau," 1 ranklin K Lane, who yes tcrday r- andi i ? aeven yeara as Sec retary of the '? terio leclared lett'T to Prr enl ' lon givircg "a general woi i aa to !' a fruit of m$ ex perience bere " Mr. Lane ro >??>(?< lome montha i and , w . ? ? -. ? . portant poail >?? ith s Mi.'j i: Pet roleum i mpai v and othct : ge coi poj ?' ii na "Wasl ? ?.'? ." M.- Lane aid, "coi tains -:. men ??? ho ;ir^ |>>>l itic 11 pol .1 ho nre not stat< - n, ia rich ii brains and racter l' hone beyond anj ? mi jtandn'd .1 i -? i"? . - ?: hat i i ite the public g< I pocrly orgniiizfH ? , ? l. ? ? ' ? I i .? . i] ly wou ta?k ter ? ???.'.?. P ' ' . ? ? nflnitude of i < 1 ,..???'' b!ir ? ?,,. "El IT\ I !P. Vf II! ? I ? . ? . ' '? "Eve, ,-?. ? i l devi ped abnoi ? ? atroph.es i tt* | . ' I n g g ? x \ ,1. ?t>? I. 2,000 irmj Of lh'motr<) !??. * i i. . I ? I t\ *U?Jf Tba b?ik af ?*K?vW * Salient Focts of Koads Returned The railroads, which revrrted vt midnighi latt night i > }>n<a<e ownership, nftr having Lecn in the kanda of fhf g ?>?? ? meni ain ? December 28, j?)!?, luue? 1v.<> hundred ar.d thirty c^r ] orate ow nera. - A valuatioh of $20,000,000,000. Six hundred and forty ?even thousand six hundred and eighty ?..;!>' ? ? c I old< i Twi hundred and fifty-thre I jand six hui dred and twci ty- six milt-9 .)f trac ;. ; rhey carry more than a billioi I tngers a >":?r. Twenty Lx months of govern- j menl operation cost nearlj f.2,- J 000,000,000. Wilson Threat Gives New Turn io Treaty ll^hi Statement I hal He \* il! l'ig*Mmliol?' Part il Ke?M r vationa Pa*?> Being t acd to \\ in "Ir-rrroin-ii. !?!?? lirrr- t hiirtrd Wifjfo Return io Private Control, Central Ticket Ofticv* WillBeRetaint'd for a Time at Lea*t Uiiion HlVn Take I p \V tisot] R??pl\ To-dav Inland Waterways Trarn*" portation Directioa \> Given War Department i -. t?*f?? \\ ASHING 1 ON, U ? : i r, Kanga ate il mir.ut 'ei ty-aix ? ? ? .?;:?; Worl r the iaw pa^ei! Co d by the Pn ? . ,- ? i i ? h directa the *' ? will vteld *P proxu ???? ??. vr\ itw : . ? : ? ir ?" I ? ii .-: thi of roaxUj -ok \:p ?? Vii ! ismu .itre thi at th? a M ? * a * ?? ?? ? r