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Senator can be recorded in the anal
treaty vote.
Senator Pentose has telegraphed the
Republican leaders that hre is opposed
to the treaty altogether and that he
wishes to be recorded with the "ir
reconcilabl-ag." senator Johnson, of
California; Foindexter, of Washington;
Fall, of New Mexico; La iVulette, of
Wisconsin; Smith, o2 Arizona, and Mc
Cumber, of North Dakota, aJso are
absent.
The pairs must be arranged on the
basis of one opponent ?i the tueaty to
two whe> are for it. Senators Johnson,
Poindexter, Fall and La Folfratte are
"irreconcilables" along with Senator
Penrose, and the votes of ten Senators
who favor ratification would be nullified
by their absence.
Senator La Follette i? ill, but he may
com? irosuj his home in Wiscomitn in
order to vote. Senator Fall has been
asked to come back, and so have Siena
tors Johnson and Poindexter, who aro
campaigning for the Republican Prtesu
dantial nomination. Senator Penros? is
still too ill to get back to his desk.
Principle Intact, Lodge Says
In offering th? compromise reserva?
tion Senator Lodge declared he be?
lieved it retained the principles of the
Lodge reservation intact. He said:
"We have arrived at Reservation Wo.
2. which applies fco Article X of the
treaty. I am going to offer a modifica?
tion of the amendment to that reser?
vation as it stands. It is done in con
fsonance with what I have stated on the
floor many times, that I did not flee!
that I could be justified in insisting on
the defeat of the treaty on the simple
question of phraseology employed in
any reservation.
"If I thought what I offered affected
in any way the principle or substance
of the reservation as it stands I not
only should not offer it, ?but 1 should
vote against the treaty which con?
tained it."
Senator Fre?nghuysen declared no
was opnosed to the compromise reser?
vation and that he intended to vote for
the Lodge reservation or against ratifi?
cation altogether if the Louge reserva?
tion were displaced. Effoirts had been
made since last ?November, he declared,
to "paint the lily" by changing the
wording of the Lodge reservation. He
continued:
"The original Loige reservation was ?
reported by the Foreign Relations
Committee, a standing committee of j
the Senate. It was approved by a!
majority vote of this Senate and by the ;
majority' vote of this body. U was, in j
my judgment, approved by the great ?
body politic of this country. There is |
no "doubt about the meaning of that
reservation. The country understands
it. This Senate understands it. The
world understands it.
Substitute by Frelinghuyscn
"It says, in effect, that 'we do not'
assume any obligation i moral or legal)
to preserve the territorial integrity
and political independence of state?
members of the league of nations. That
is my position and I intend to stand
by the Foreign Eelatlons Committee
and Senator Lodge. If that reserva?
tion is not adopted I shall vote against
the treaty."
Senator Fre?nghuysen then intro?
duced the following reservation as a
substitute for tho compromise reser?
vation:
''The United States assumes no ob?
ligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence
of any other country. The United
State? assumes no obligation to in?
terfere in controversies between na?
tions or to employ its military or its
naval forces for any purpose under
any article of the treaty."
Senators Borah, Knox, Reed, Brande-i
gee and McCormick, "irreconcilables," I
all demanded to know what was the j
difference between the compromise and
the original Lodge reservations. They |
dec'ured that the compromise was a \
surrender of the'substance of the Lodge :
reservation.
"The 'bitterenders' are opposed to
the reservation," said Senator Lenroot, j
of Wisconsin, in defending it, "not be?
cause they believe there is any change !
in the substance of the Lodge reserva- !
tion, but because they believe the '
change in phraseology might cause it |
to receive enough vote.? to ratify tho
treaty. They want to kill the treaty,
and, of course, will oppose any move
mai might make ratification possible.";
In reply to questions, Mr. Lenroot
saiii he did not believe the new reser?
vation changed the substance of the
Lodge reservation in any way. It was
offered, he said, because some Senators ?
1 ad expressed their willingness to voto j
for the principle of the Lodge reserva- i
tion if the wording were changed. He '
charged Senator Frelinghuyscn with j
desiring to kill tho treaty.
Opposes "Flypaper" Changes
"I have not changed my position,"
??aid Senator Fre?nghuysen. "I am will?
ing to vote to ratify the treaty with
the Lodge reservation. But I am doubt- j
lui about these flypaper modifications
that are put out to catch votes. 1 see j
r.o reason why the Lodge reservation j
should be changed."
"What is there In this reservation '
that makes it so attractive to Senators !
who voted against the Lodge reserva?
tion?" asked Senator Wadsworth, of j
New York.
"I don't know," replied Senator Len- ?
root, "but if Senators who voted
?.gainst the Lodge reservation are will- :
?tig to vote for its substance in differ-j
cut wording we should change the.
phraseology."
Senator Brandegee inquired whether ;
there liad been "any spaniel movements
between tho Senate chamber and tho |
White House" on the new reservation.!
Senator Lenroot said he did not know, j
"Tlie Senators who aro opposed to !
?he treaty are splitting hairs now," ?
Senator Lenroot continued. "When the
Lodge reservation was before the Sen?
ate they attacked it in exactly the samo ?
manner they are criticizing the new!
r?servation to-day."
?Senator ?Smith, of Georgia, Democrat,
urged imm?diat? ratification on any
basis, and said he would vote for th?*
compromise or any other effort to ob?
tain ratification.
Wilson Charge Against
France Amazes British
"London Post" Says President's
Criticism ?a Unwarranted in
lieu? of Previous Eulogies
LONDON, March 12.?President Wil?
son's charge of "imperialism" against
France, contained in his letter to
United States Senator Gilbert M.
Hitchcock early this week, has moved
"The Morning Post" to take up the
cudgels in favor of France. The nowa
paper cites Mr. Wilson's present criti
cip-ms and his appeal to Italians over
the head of Premier Orlando last sum?
mer as showing that "under the Im?
pulse of bis lofty ideals the American
President is almost as impatient of
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Speculators After
HindenburgEffigy
BERLIN, March 12.--Thereis
much perturbation in Berlin over
a rumor that speculators are
negotiating for the purchase
from the government of the
?colossal wooden statue of Field
Marshal von Hindenburg, into
which nails were driven by the
people during the war at so i
much a nail. The government is j
to be asked to take steps to pre?
vent the sale. It is said that the
would-be purchasers are Ameri?
cans, who desire to exhibit the
statue in the United States.
the constitutional governments of ;
modern European democracies as he (
is impatient of his own Senate."
"Mr. Wilson's slight to Prance," the !
newspaper continues, "is particularly ?
disturbing when one remembers the I
moving passages in which he recorded
Americars appreciation of what France .
suffered in the cause of human free?
dom. Americans and Englishmen will
understand the amazement of France
that the gahio voice which described
her as the sentinel of liberty should
now accuse her of being saddled with
the same kind of chauvinistic govern?
ment to overthrow which she sacrificed
a million of her sons."
Contending there are many indica?
tions of the spirit of aggression and
revengo rising in Germany, and dis?
missing the league of nations as being
"almost as effective a barrier against
German aggression as the International
Postal Uni(?n," the newspaper says:
"The American nation, a chivalrous
comrade in arms and an old friend,
will realize, that France, which in Mr.
Wilson's admirable phrase formed the
dividing line between democracy and
tyranny, cannot afford to take risks." '
Council to Probe Attack
On Allied Commissioners
Ambassadors Will Meet To-day
to Investigate Recent Out?
rage in Bremen
PARIS, March 12.?The Council of
Ambassadors will hold a session to?
morrow under the Presidency of Pre?
mier Millerand. A report on the sit?
uation created by the recent attempts
on tiie persons of Allied commissioners
in Germany will be examined.
The Entente military mission which
went recently to Bremen on officiai
business and was attacked by a crowd
when leaving the barracks after pre?
liminary negotiations with the Ger?
man officers there ultimately was
obliged to leave the city without hav
ing accomplished the purposes of its
visit, according to advices from Ber?
lin.
The Entente officers were the ob?
ject of a fresh demonstration upon
their departure, the reports state, a
crowd gathering before their hotel,
breaking the glass in the windows of
the automobiles conveying the party
and displaying so much hostility that
the German authorities were compelled
to send a strong escort to accompany
the mission to the railway station.
Helfferich Fiu^cT$75
For Libeling Erzberger
?Victorious Former Vice-Chan
cellor Condemned by
Berlin Court
BERLIN, March 12.-~Dr. Karl
Helfferich, former Vice-Chancellor
under the imperial r?gime, was to-day
found guilty of libeling Mathias Erz?
berger. former Vice-Chancellor, recent?
ly resigned. Dr. Helfferich was fined
300 marks (nominally $75) and also
saddled with the heavy costs of the
trial, which began on January 19.
Although judgment was given
against Dr. Helfferich, the verdict w.'.s
liberally tinctured with condemnation
of Herr Erzberger, which plainly
charged that the defendant not only
liad proved the former Vice-Chancellor
untrustworthy, but guilty of using his
official parliamentary position for
furtherance of his private gain, nota?
bly with respect to the purchase of
Hamburg-American Steamship Com?
pany shares. The court, in its opin?
ion, hold that while Dr. Helfferich
ostensibly was guided by patriotic mo?
tives in his fight against Herr Erz?
berger, he nevertheless permitted him
self to be influenced by hatred of him. !
Herr Erzberger was not present when
the verdict was announced. ' Dr. Helf?
ferich was cheered on leaving the
court. ?
First of Danish Voters
Get Welcome at Schleswig!
COPENHAGEN, March 12.?The first
shipload of voters from Denmark was
enthusiastically received at Flensburg,
Schleswig, Thursday, where excitement
is increasing with the approach of Sun?
day, the polling day in the plebiscite
which is to determine whether Schles?
wig is to l'emain German or become
Danish. Three more shiploads of vot?
ers left Copenhagen to-day for Flens?
burg.
The German technical advisers in
Flensburg have withdrawn their resig?
nation in consequence of the inter?
national commission having rescinded
its prohibition against the display of
German or Danish flags on private
houses. 1
Sims Charges
Daniels Clung
To Idle Plans
Months Wasted, He Says,
Over Schemes Made by
Those Who "Apparently
Never Had Even Seen Sea"
Delay Alarmed Jellicoe
Admiral Declares Secretary
Tried to Change Convoy
System After Adoption
From The Tribuns'? Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 12.?All dur?
ing the early months of America's par?
ticipation in the war, when the Allied
governments were pressing tbe United
States to cooperate in the establishment
of the convoy system, Secretary Dan?
iels was experimenting with various
substitute schemes for independent use
of the American navy, Admiral Sims
to-day told the Hale committee.
"So impracticable were some of these
schemes," the admiral told the com?
mittee, "that I was forced to conclude
that they were devised by some one
who had never been to sea, or never
had seen the sea. The British and
French navies had adopted the convoy
system and it was daily demonstrating
its worth, yet manifestly it could not
attain its maximum efficiency without
American cooperation, or until all
Allied shipping, American included,
should be treated as a whole. It was
the issue of the war at the moment.
"It is very difficult for me to convey
to you the atmosphere which existed
at that time, and the real state of
desperation in which I found myself
almost daily during those early months
of the war. It should be noted that
the cause of this was not a single mat?
ter, such as the failure to act on my
convoy recommendations, but that in a
dozen different matters, at the same
time, I w^s faced with the same sit?
uation, always hoping from day to day
that the department finally would real?
ize the situation and either accept my
recommendations or send over some
bedy in whose judgment they could
trust.
Recommendations Adopted
"And I again wish to reiterate that
there is no question as to whether
these recommendations were right.
The fact remains that they were virt?
ually all adopted in the end."
Sharing the anxieties of the Ameri?
can force commander over these delays,
Admiral Jellicoe, First Sea Lord of the
British Admiralty, the witness testi
fed, sent to him on July 11, 1917, the
following communication:
"I am very much disturbed about the
convoy question. As you know, we are
making great efforts to get it going,
but it is quite impossible to organize
the system unless we know absolutely
what vessels are available as escorts
through the submarine zone, and we
cannot know this unless the whole
system of sailings from ports abroad
to British and French waters is or?
ganized some way ahead, and by some
way ahead I mean that we should
know at least a fortnight before ships
requiring escort leave ports on the
other side, the reason being that con?
voys have to be arranged about three
weeks ahead.
"At the present time we have ar?
ranged four distinct convoys?namely,
two from Hampton Roads every eight
days, one from Canadian waters every
eight days and one from New York
every eight days.
"The first three of these convoys are
escorted through the submarine zone
by British sloops or destroyers, but we
are absolutely dependent upon United i
States destroyers for the convoy corn?
ing from New York. Therefore we
must be certain of having eleven
United States destroyers for this sole
duty. Do you think you can guarantee j
that we shall have those destroyers,
and that you can inform your govern
ment that you have given the guar- '
anty? I
Course Notice Needed
"The next'step that will be nec-es- '
sary will be to make it perfectly clear
to the United States Navy Board that
they must give a fortnight's notice be?
fore it is proposed to sail ships requir?
ing escort in anything but the small?
est numbers. We have, for instance,
been informed within the last few days
of troops being sent over in two White
Star liners, of a hospital unit coming
over in another vessel and of four
ships with valuable government car-:
goes, all requiring escort, and we re?
ceived notice as the ships were sailing. ,
"I think the matter is so important
that I would suggest to you the de?
sirability of wiring at once to say that
it is essential that we should be given
notice immediately of any proposed
sailings within the next fortnight.
Otherwise, I fear that we may be faced
with great difficulties."
Sims showed from the correspond- ;
ence that followed with the Navy De?
partment that it was not until August
1 that the department finally came
around to approve his recommenda?
tions, as worked out in detail with the
British Admiralty, and which first had
been laid before Secretary Daniels on
May 1 of that same year. Even then, !
as ha showed by subsequent corre
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"What's Next?"
Major F. H. La Guardia, Pres?
ident of the Board of Aldermen,
received the following inquiry on
a postal card yesterday:
"Hearing that Dr. Copeland is
ill, I wish to ask you, What is
New York coming to?
"Half a block north of West
Houston Street, I have just seen
a pig (about eighteen inches long)
foraging in the middle of Mac
dougal Street."
spondence, the plan was seriously
handicapped by the inability or unwill?
ingness of the department to force
American merchant ships to submit to
the convoy system.
Delay in Convoy Plan
Admiral Sims had previously re?
minded the committee how from the
time he arrived in London in April,
1917, he had been urging the adoption
of the convoy system; and how by the
first of May he had brought the Brit?
ish and French admiralties to adopt
it; and how his repeated appeals to
the Navy Department for information
as to how far it would cooperate in
the plan had gone unanswered; and
how, finally, on June 20, 1917, he had
received this message from Sccrotary
Daniels:
"In regard to convoy, I consider that
American vessels having armed guards
are safer when sailing independently.
By copious quotations from the cor?
respondence the witness showed how
the British and French, as well as him?
self, had observed the failure of the
arming of merchant vessels to check
the submarine menace; how daily
armed ships were being Bunk in large
numbers; and he quoted from Admiral
Von Tirpitz's book, written after the
war, to show how nis analysis of the
armed ship weaknesses was substanti?
ated by the experience of the German
commanders, and how the Germans ad?
mitted that the adoption of the con?
voy system sealed the doom of the U
boat campaign.
Following this up, the witness sub?
mitted correspondence showing how,
even after the convoy system was final?
ly agreed to and in the midst of tho
most critical period, Secretary Daniels
suddenly on June 1 proposed chang?
ing the whole basis of coordinated
routing of ships in favor of an inde?
pendent American system. To this
proposition Sims protested, but Secre?
tary Daniels insisted on an independ?
ent plan for American ships.
Graphic evidence was submitted by
the witness in support of the conten?
tion, which he was constantly laying
before the department when trying for
! months to get American destroyers
sent to the other side as aid in the
I anti-submarine campaign, that German
j submarines could not possibly raid the
j American coast without full advance
warning being sent from the other
? side. The first of these raids, he
showed, was not attempted until May,
1918, or more than a year after he first
began urging the department to send
all available destroyers to the other
side. The advance information was
sent to the department weeks ahead,
j when the U-boat, speeding at five knots,
; first started on her trip across. It gave
? the name of tho submarine, her prob
! able destination and the method by
''? which she would operate. Every item of
this information was borne out by the
! actual happenings.
Sims Cabled Warning
The warning cabled by Sims read:
"May 1, 1918. Highly secret. Ad?
miralty informs me that information
from reliable agents states that a sub- [
marine of Deutschland type left Ger- :
many about 10th April to attack either
American troop transports or ships j
carrying material from the ?States. ?So '
far as known, the Germans formed con?
clusions that:
"1. Troop transports sail from New :
York via Nantucket Shoals and Sable
Island direct to Europe.
"2. Material transports go from
Newport News to a point south of Ber- j
muda and then to Azores and thence to i
destination. (Sims here pointed out j
that the information the enemy had was
in many respects faulty.)
"It is thought that submarine is tak- i
ing a northerly route across Atlantic.
Average speed five knots. None of new
class of cruising submarines ready for !
service. Admiralty experience with !
Deutschland class establishes following
conclusions: i
"They generally operate a long dis
tance from shore and seldom in lees
than 100 fathoms. Their single hulls'
are very vulnerable to depth charge :
attack. They rarely attack submerged, j
There is but one known instance of
attack against convoy and but two of
torpedo attack against single vessels,;
one being successful. They attack by
gun tire almost exclusively. The most ;
effective type to oppose them is the
Bubmarine. They shift their operating
area as soon as presence of submarine
is discovered."
Two weeks later Sims was able to
give in a longer dispatch information
that a submarine would probably lay
mines off Delaware Breakwater and
Chesapeake Bay, as she actually did. A
third message gave the name of the
U-boat as probably the U-151, as she i
proved to be. Several vessels were I
sunk by her and the United States bat?
tleship Minnesota hit one of her mines,
but was saved.
Similarly Sims read from dispatches
giving advance warning, with location,
of second submarine sent across and
then of two additional.
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England Fears
Crisis in Near
East Problems
CMt.HHSs' tram f?ts ans
eist that the Sultan must leave Con?
stantinople caused scarcely a ripple.
The Allied naval displays in the Bos?
porus and the British and French naval
parades in the streets of Constantinople
are watched indifferently by the public.
The Black, Marmora and ^Sgean seas
are alive with Allied warships ready
to cooperate with land foroes in the de?
fense of the Straits and enforcement
of a blockade should such action be
taken. The British have four battle?
ships of the Iron Duk? class, four
cruiiers of the Cardiff class, six de?
stroyers of the Steadfast class, two
destroyers of the Tomahawk class and
five sunerdreadnoughts of the Re?
venge class within easy reach of the
straits, with several other warships
convenient to the Golden Horn or the
Bosporus.
The Italians have two battleships
one cruiser and two destroyers in the
vicinity. The French have two modern
battleships, two destroyers, two cruis?
ers, two sloops and one transport; the
Greeks the battleship Kilkis (formerly
tho U. S. S. Idaho) and two destroy?
ers, and the Americans six destroyers,
the cruiser Galveston and several small
craft.
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Rome Hears Vatican May
Renew French Relations
Papal Under S-ecretary of State
Is Expected to Go to Paris
to Pave Way
ROME, March 12.?Although the Vat?
ican has denied any arrangements have
been made for the resumption of diplo?
matic relations with France, rumors
are current that some step in that di?
rection is imminent.
Monsignor Cerretti, Papal Under Sec?
retary of State, according to tho
"Epocha," may soon go to Paris to pre?
pare the ground for the Nuncio, who
may be appointed later. The news?
paper adds that Monsignor Cerretti
I himself may be made Nuncio there.
j "There are many important and deli?
cate questions pending," the newspaper
continues, "and the presence in Paris
of an authoritative prelate like Mon?
signor Cerretti is desirable."
PARIS. March 11.?National inter?
ests of France justify her in working
in closer accord with the Vatican, says
the preamble of the bill providing for
rc?stablishment of relations with the
Holy See presented to-day in the Cham?
ber of Deputies.
A number of instances where France
needs a diplomatic representative at
the Vatican are cited by the preamble.
It says that in Syria, Palestine, Con?
stantinople and the Orient generally
there are French missionaries who
"ought not to be sacrificed to foreign
competitors."
?Hungary Gets Concession
I In the New Peace Treaty
?Territorial Terms Remain Un
! changed, but the Economic
Clauses Are More Lenient
! LONDON, March 12.?A new Hun?
garian peace treaty has been definitely
agreed upon by the peace conference
and placed in the hands of a drafting
1 committee, which has gone to Paris.
i It is expected the treaty will be com
; pleted within a week.
| The territorial terms against which
' Hungary protested so vigorously re?
main unchanged, but various economic
i concessions have been granted.
It is stated that in reframing the eco?
nomic clauses, particularly regarding
the reparations to be demanded, the
conference took a much more lenient ,
. attitude than prevailed in Paris. The |
conference is represented as being in-!
fluericed by the recent trend of events, ;
which prompted its economic conclu- j
sions and caused it to deal with the ?
treaty with a changed viewpoint
France to Tax Bachelors !
Supplementary Levy of 10 Per ;
Cent on Incomes Approved
PARIS, March 12.?Proposals that a
supplementary tax of 10 per cent be
levied upon incomes of bachelors has
been approved by the Finance Com?
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies,
which is engaged in framing the new
tax legislation. Under the provision
of the bill a maximum of 40 per cent
may be levied against incomes of more
than 1,000,000 francs, this rate being
decreased for lower incomes. Wage !
earners would be required to pay 6 per
cent, with certain deductions being al?
lowed.
Italian Ministers Resign
Members of Cabinet Place Port?
folios at Premier's Disposal
ROME, ?March 12.?It is serai-offi- i
cially stated that Premier Nitti, at a
Cabinet council this morning, an- I
nounced the resignation of some of the
Cabinet members. All the ministers
thereupon placed their portfolios at
the Premier's disposal in view of the
political and parliamentary situation.
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More Ships* Less Service
Now Than Before War
Delays, Including Strikes, Have
Reduced Efficiency of Vessels
Greatly, Says Rosseter
WASHINGTON. March 12.?Although
tho world's ship tonnage is greater
than before the war, service rendered
is not more than ?ne-half of what it
was formerly, J. H. Rosseter, formerly
director of operations of the Shipping
Board, to-day told the Senate Com?
merce Committee. Delays of all kinds
have reduced materially the efficiency
of the vessels, he said, instancing
strikes in many countries.
The statement resulted from an ef?
fort by Senator Fletcher, Democrat,
Florida, to get an estimate as to what
American tonnage should be. The wit?
ness replied that a figure "out of the
sky" would be 12,000,000 deadweight
tons, but it was hard to estimate on
the old basis of traffic to be carried
because of the low service now ob?
tained.
Mr. Rosseter strongly favored s
"bargain sale" of al) wooden ships
owned by the government at a rate oi
$60 a ton. He said the wooden craft
were "a mistake from every view*
point."
The crying need of the American
merchant marine program, Mr. Rosse?
ter said, was for cargo craft of th?
"liner class," ships or 10,000 tons witli
a speed of thirteen or fourteen knots
Those were needed, he said, to estab?
lish guaranteed return routes.
"If we are ever to accomplish oui
dream of making New York instead oi
London the financial center of th?
world," ho said, "fne on5y way is t<
establish these regular lines."
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Germany Demands
Free Hand in Trial
Of War Criminals
Allies Urged to Discontinue
Arrests on Charges Simi
lar to Those Outline!
in Extradition List!
BERLIN, March 11.?-The Germai
Charg? d'Affaires in London ha;
handed to Premier Lloyd George i
note regarding the Entente extradi
tion list, it was announced to-day.
After asserting that the Imperta
Court will be guided only by con
siderations of justice and will con
duct an impartial inquiry, the not?
demands that the arrest of Germani
in the occupied territories on charge:
similar to those enumerated in the ?x
tradition list shall cease and that thos
arrested shall be delivered to Gar
man courts.
j i The release of Germans who fo:
; similar reasons have been detained n
] war prison camps also is asked foi
| The note finally demands that th
. Allies abandon the reservation regard
i ing their right to try for crimes com
j mitted during the war any German
, not mentioned in the list if en
j countered on Allied territory, sayin?
j that* incidents arising out of the wa
? should be consigned to oblivion witl
I tho advent of peace.
Otherwise, the note says a rcstora
tion of normal relations between th
! different nationalities is hardly con
! ceivable and that the German govern
? ment; on its part will be obliged to tak
?measures with a view -to the expira
\ tion of punishable acts committee
j during the war against Germans b;
| Allied subjects.
The note says the extradition list
: have been submitted to the suprcm
state's attorney a,t the Imperial Cour
! in Leipzig, so that the requisite meas
ures may be taken in accordance wit'
the law for the prosecution of wa
1 offenses.
It explains the terms of the bil
passed to supplement this law, an
says the prescriptions in it give ever
conceivable guarantee for an exhaus
! tivo impartial inquiry. It is adde
j that the German government's atti
' tude toward all the Allies' reserva
tions therefore is manifest.
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Lithuanian Envoys Arrive
In Moscow on Peace Missioi
COPENHAGEN. March ,12. ? Th
? "Berlinske Tidende" says it learns the
a Lithuanian delegation has arrived i
Moscow, ostensibly to negotiate for a
exchange of prisoners, but in reality t
discuss peace terms. The majority (
the Lithuanians, eays the newspape
are eager for .peace.
It is added that a Czecho-Sttjva
delegation has arrived in Moscow wit
the same intentions as the Lithuanian
10-Minute Gale
In Pittsburgh
Costs Million
Tail of Missouri Tornado
Sweeps the City and
Injures Many; Victims
Narrowly Escape Death
Big Buildings Wrecked
Fifty Derricks in McKees
port Gas Field Razed;
Scores of Autos 'Upset
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PITTSBURGH, March 12.?The tail
of the tornado which swept through
Missouri and Kentucky, struck the
Pittsburgh district this afternoon. The
wind storm, which had a maximum ve?
locity of seventy-two miles an hour,
lasted only ten minutes, but in that
time did damage estimated at $1,000,
000.
Many persons were injured and
score? narrowly missed death. Trees
were uprooted, plate glass windows
shattered, buildings unroofed and
moved from their foundations, automo?
biles and wagons overturned and tele?
phone and telegraph poles broken off.
Fifty derricks in the McKeesport gas
field were razed and three men were
injured there. Former County Com?
missioner Gilbert F. Myers escaped
death by a few inches when a derrick
near which he was standing collapse,!.
Damage of $100,000 was caused in
the sister boroughs of Sharpsburg,
"? illvale and Etna. The roof of 'he
galvanizing plant of Spang, Chalfant
& Co. was torn off and it landed on
'he Walker-Curley Lumber Company's
office building in Bridge Street, Sliarps
burg. Four occupants of the office
were injured. Roofs of several other
plants in that neighborhood were
i blown off.
Michael Rusnick, a Pennsylvania
i Railroad crossing watchman in Homc
) stead, was standing in his shanty when
j the place was picked up by the wind
and deposited in the middle of the
railroad track, directly in the path of
an oncoming passenger train. The
train was stopped just in time to
I avoid killing the watchman, who was
I imprisoned in the shanty.
In Pittsburg havoc was wrought
. among the thousands of automobiles
j parked throughout the city when the
I windstorm burst. Many minor injuries
i resulted. Hundreds of persons cross
j irig bridges spanning the Allegheny
j River were forced to cling to the guard
i rails to keep from being blown into the
; stream.
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DRY RIDGE, Ky., March 12.?Forty
| persons, including thirty school chil
! dren, were injured when a tornado blew
j down a schoolhouse, a general store,
I three stock barns and dam.fged other
; buildings at Sherman, Ky., three miles
' from here, to-day. No one was killed.
, Damage was estimated at $50,000.
$410,000 Bonds Stolen
' By Philadelphia Bandits
Robbers Gag Watchman Next
poor and Enter Weightman
' Bunding by Upper Floor
PHILADELPHIA, March 12.?Bonds
I totalling $410,000, of which $118,000
j are negotiable, were stolen early to
i day by bandits in a raid on the Weight
i man Building.
The bandits entered the store of
| Kayser & Allman next door, tied and
gagged the watchman and, going to an
upper floor, swung across to a balcony
extending on the Chestnut Street front
' of the Weightman Building. There
they blew a safe in the office of the
Ocean County Electric Company, on the
seventh floor, and took bonds of the
face value of $300,000, of which $8,000
are negotiable.
They forced the safe in the eighth
floor office of the Hydro-Electric Fi?
nance Corporation and got negotiable
bonds worth $110,000. They escaped.
Munich Women in Bread Riot
BERLIN, March 12.? Troops were
called out to disperse crowds of women
and children during an unemployment
demonstration at Munich Wednesday,
owing to the issue of ration cards for
a reduced ration of two and one-half
pounds of bread weekly. There were
no casualties.
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Bodies of 50,000 Sold
To Be Returned to I1
; More Than 20,000 Others
Remain Buried in Franc
Savs Baker
WASHINGTON, March 12. -
I bodies of about 50,000 of the Amt
idead in France will be.returned 1
i United States, while between
I and 25,000 will remain permanent
i terred overseas. Secretary Bak<
! day informed Chairman Wads'
of the Senate Military Committee
The Secretary, who wrote i
sponse to a Senate resolution,
milted the cost of returning the
and concentrating the bodies r<
, ing in cemeteries overseas at
000.000.
Congestion of the French trans
j tion systems and shortage of ma
j used in the manufacture of coffi
; handicapping the work, Mr. Bake
j Whiie ail bodic-s of Americar
! have been returned from Arel
i Secretary Baker said the same t
? still remained in northern ?uss
that it was improbable that an
? could be done toward vheir r
S for a year.
Evacuation of bodies in Eng!
progressing, he added, while ii
j all bodies have been concentratec
j for return to this country.
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Whisky Limit in Chic
32,000 Pints a Day Allow*
Druggist Sale?
CHICAGO, March 12.?Censa
, of whisky in Chicago will be lim
; 32,000 pints a day. Captain H. E
i ard, state prohibition directo:
iiounced to.day. He toid the
Druggists' Association each d:
may sell 100 gallons of whisky, v
gin each month. There are 1,20(
gists.
Major A. V. Dalrymple, prot
enforcement officer for the '
States, declared some druggi?
buying "moonshine" which co
cents a quart and selling it f?
quart.
"If this doesn't stop T shall a
government to establish dispe
as thick as postoffices and proh:
sale of liquor anywhere else,"
Dalrymple added. "There ar<
moonshijie_stills in Chicago."
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