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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920
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_-?~ ??.J'n Oreatrr N?v York and I TffRKK CtJTTI
TWO CisNT8)wjthln commutlnz dlittanc* | Klnewhere
Ebert Government Regains Control in Berlin;
Senate Votes Treaty Reservation on Irish Freedom
Wilson Men
Line Up With
Borah Forces
Declaration of Sympathy
for Aspirations of Ire?
land for Government of
Its Own Adopted,45?38
Ffna] Ratification
Vote ls Due To-day
] I Lodgre Declarations Re
adopted; Hope of Rati-|
fication More Remote|
By Carter Field
? ? ? ' ? rrifcune'a Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 18.?De?
feat of the peace treaty was made
virtually certain late to-night when
'!o Senate, in addition to approving
tinallj the fourteen Lodge reserva?
tions, ad ipted a reservation affirm
? - doctrine of self-determina
' n with regard to Ireland. The
ti >vas 38 to 36.
s Irish reservation was drafted
Senator Walsh, of Montana, pro
-??: d in the Senate by Senator
rry, of Rhode Island, and backed
? .?! con b nation of the Administra
- i ?? n oci ats >and the "irrecon
!( ." Ii was frankly intended
i ! ad the treaty down." these very
<]?? being used in a loud whisper
floor by Senator Hitchcock,
': ion l< ader, to Senator
.. .. lar, another Administration
. enati adjoumed s. few
? r 11 o'cloek to-night, no
r ad any hope that
mld be ral ifie.d. An agree
i i ?' to-morrow was blocked by
.-vr r '. nroot, who renutrked that ifi
certain that the treaty i
. - cted the ".rreconeilablos"
.'? b I libustering instead of press
or a .<y
Final Vote Due To-nlght
hoped to-night that a fi nal
b< reached some time to
?rr . but even a limitation of
hour each on speech.es was aban
; Senator L'nderwood in
agreement over pairs be
are il could be entered into.
Des eraii lasl minute efforts to
the Lodge reservation to Ar
!<? X were voted down by substantial
after which Senator Sim
ienounced the "unholy alliance"
*?? the 'irreconcilables" and the
?' mists" on the Republican
itors on thal side could vote
? '? conv ctions instead of obeying
? h Whi te House that side
votes enough to ratify
nterrupted Senator lien- {
ot.
! ;. ?? ? ? earnestly for the ratl
lis treaty," said Senator!
. the ratification of it with-j
. ions protecting American
liten would be a catastrophe. The
treaty is contemplated the i
appears. We have gone just |
n the way of eompromise as we i
? ' could. 1 am sorry to have
eached the nariing: of the ways with
r from North Carolina, but
"he parting of tlie ways has come. If
he gei tlenien on the other side of the)
'ish cannot furnish enough votee to
FaSifj this treaty as it uow is, let them j
beat it, and on them rests the respon?
sibility. We wil] take it to the tribunal
\merican oeople and we do not j
' ?ar thi :r verdict." j
Threat lo Make lt Campaign Issue |
rhis frank threat that tho Repub
icans would be satisfied to make the
f'reSidential nght on the league issue
as followed by a mild denionstration
n the floor ar.d in the galleries, which |
the presiding oflicer to rap
?'?'?i'" ? Iy for order.
Senator Lodge referred also to theJ
'?'??'?'? '?'? of the President in forcing I
T". tion of the treaty unless the
" ons suited him by saying: "We
" ttrol run our affairs on this sido as
? Democrats <lu. We have no one to j
ietters telling ua what to do." j
iou don't have to havo ony on? i
trjte you letters,'* Droke in Senator]
"Unmons. "The Senator from Idaho i
g0rah) there to tell you what
'??? do."
*'I do not think." said Mr. Borah,!
taat the Senator from North Carolina j
(oimtnons) should east aspersions on
tte while ! .im standing shoulder ton
shpulder with President Wilson in try
'"' to defeat this treaty. I will say, \
? so, that there Ls the same sort of al- I
??lice between me and President Wilson j
he Senator from North Carolina i
::'-'; exista betw< ae and Senator'
Uodge."
iiiKh Reservation Adopted
.' '-'" natc adonteJ the reservation
,,,; Ireland after four hours of spiriteo
J -tu ion of the Trish situation and
'"c 7,inu-iple of self-determination had
Kiven the Administration forces and
the "irreconcilables" control of the sit?
uation in the Senate.
The reservation was supported on
,n?' roll call by the "irreconcilables"
MM by most of the Administration
i('.Mr.:|-ats, who believed that its adop
"w&yould force many Senators of both
??!".ieK who favor ritiitication to vote
?SUust ratification on the final roll
<:ali.
Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa
'nasetts, leading chamoion of the Irish
^U?e in the Senate, and Senator Wol
'-ott, of Delaware, who is the latest
Lemocrat who is revolting against fol
.owmg President Wilson in the treaty
'Mie, charged before the vote was
**'en that the reservation had been
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Reservation on
Irish Freedom
from Thr. Tribwie's Washington Bureau
WASHINQTON, March 18.?
The text of the Irish reservation
to the peace treaty as adopted to
night by the Senate follows:
"In consenting to the ratifica?
tion qf the treaty with Germany
tlie United States adheres to the
principle of self-determination
and to the resolution of sympathy
with the aspirations of the Irish
people for a government of their
own choice adopted by the Senate
June 6, 1910. and declares that
when such government is at
tained by Ireland, a consumma
tion it is hoped is at hand, it
should promptly be admitted as a
member of the league of nations."
Ratify Despite
Wilson Stand,
Hoover Pleads
; Declares Reservations Do
Not Nullify League and
They Should Be Aceepted
Without Further Delay
Herbert Hoover. in a statement issued
from his office here yesterday, advo
eates early ratification of the peace
treaty "so long as the flnal form gives
us freedom of action and room for con
structive development of peace," and
with reservations which ?'should satisfy
the most timid as to entangloments."
Mr. Hoover expressed the belief that
the reservations "do not destroy the
possibility of the creation of a potent
organixation to mitigate the dangers in
! front of us, and the alternatives are a
continuation of our state of war for
another year, or the unthinkabl'e thing,
for us to mffke a separate peace after
we havo gone so far as to agree on its
main lines with comrades in arms."
'?Despite the feeling of President Wil
sen and his associates that the strength
of the league is somewhat undermined"
ey the reservations, Mr. Hoover ex?
pressed the opinion "they also should
1 accept" them.
Should Wait No Longer
"Regardless of what any of us may
think should have been tlie provisions
of either the league or the treaty," he
i asserted, "we and the world should not
, be kept waiting longer for a aettlc
; ment."
; Due to the "unsettlement and other
| causcs that the league would mitigate,"
| he continued, "the world is steadily
j drifting back to a worse state of inter
? national antagonism than existed be
! fore 1914. The naval strength of ev^ry
I great nation, .except the enemy and
j Russia, has been increased during the
! war. Many great armies have been
t demobilized, yet the world is again en
| gaged in preparedness and the actual
numbers: of men under arms to-day is
much larger than before 1914. No
moderating influences can be set up
until we come to a conclusion and join
the league that was created at our in
spiration and upon which the entire
theme of settlement?our real hope of
a better world?revolves.
"The President seems to feel that the
foundations of the league rest upon
our participating (subject to approval
of Congress on use of force) in an obli
gation to preserve the territorial integ
rity and political independence of its
members against aggression. Without
ontering upon this method of preven
j tion of aggression, 1 believe a great
j foundation of peace does lie in the con
j tinuous functioning of a body of great
j international representatives sitting
outside tho pettiness of day-to-day in?
ternational relations engaged upon con
ciliation, the mitigation of antagonism,
the very effective boycott of disturbers
through arousal of public opinion
against them and-through it the imme?
diate undertaking of disaimament of
the world to a simple dei'ensivc foot
ing."
Mr. Hoover points out that ln case the
treaty failed of ratification citizens of
Contlnuod on w tour
1,200 Insane Are
Saved From Fire
No Panic as Patients
on Ward's Island
Quit Burning Theater
Twelve hundred insane patients, at
tending a motion picture show in the
entertainment hall on Ward'a Island
last night, marched out of the building
in perfect order when defective wir
ing-set the stage atire. There was not
the least suggestion of panic among
either those at the performance or the
6,000 other inmates housed in sur
rounding structures.
The entertainment hall was de?
stroyed, and Superintendent Marcus
Hyman said he would go to Albany
to-day to urge the Legislature to ap
propriate money for a new one.
Hyman was in the building when the
fire started. At the first sign of smoke
the orchestra stopped playing, but the
superintendent signaled to it to re
sume. Then the nurses and attend
ants marshaled the inmates into lines
and they walked quietly out. Half a
dozen ot" the male patients wheeled
the piano from the auditorium to
safety.
The island fire force, ia command of
Chief John Leonard, a former New
York fire captain, fought the blaze, as
did the crews of three fireboats and
members of Engine Company 91 and
Truck Company 26, dispatchod from
fch' mi inland. The glare of the flames
?.- -d: . isible for miles.
Hylan Calls
ForTrucein
Labor Wars
Removal of Mortgage Tax
and Agreements to Sta
bilize Prices Urged to
Bring Down High Rents
Places Building
Of Homes First
Copeland Asks Licensing
of Landlords at Meeting
Under Union Auspices
The Mayor's complete program for
meeting the housing problem, which in?
eludes legislation to curb rent profit
eers, the removal of taxes on mort?
gages, a truce in labor wars, agree?
ments to stabilize the price of materials
and arrangements with the railroads to
handle them, was outlined for the first
time last night. His plans were con
tained in a letter to the mass meeting
held in behalf of the Donahue-Boylan
bills under the auspices of tho Central
Federated Union, at the Central Opera
House, Sixty-seventh Street and Third
Avenue. j
The Mayor was una"ble to be present,
owing to the illness of Mrs. Hylan, and
the letter was read by Health Commis- ;
sioner Royal S. Copeland, who, in speak- i
ing for himself, declared that the rent
ing of apartments had become a public
utility and should be treated as such
under full public regulation. He advo- '
cated the licensing. of landlords und
the withdrawal of licenses from those
who attempt to charge extortionate
rentals.
Profiteer Defined
The, meeting was attended by repre
sentatives of some 150 labor and civic
organizations, about 350 persons being
present. Edward I. Hann,ah, president
cf the .Central Federated Union, pre
sided. Throughout the discussions
thgre were enthusiastic outbursts at j
every denunciatlon of the profiteers.
Among others who spoke were Senator j
John J. Boylan, author of the bill to j
give the courts power to reduce rents
to a figure yielding 10 per cent dn
the assessed valuation; Chairman Ar?
thur C. W. Hill, of the Mayor's Com?
mittee on Rent Profiteering; David
Hirshfield, Commissioner of Accounts,
and John G. Dyer, justice of the Mu
nicipal Court.
In the Mayor's letter he took pains to
distinguish between the profiteering
landlords and those who havto either in?
creased rents only fair amounts or
not at all.
"There have been many who have not \
hesitated to raise rents to figures
which have brought many families to
the verge of desperation. These are i
the rent profiteers," he said. "No sound
or honest reason can be advanced for
continuous and excessive increases in j
rents. The best check. to rent profit- ]
eering is the competition restilting from
a constantly increasing number of new j
houses.
"In order that the city may catch up '
with the more than 100,000 new houses
which should have been built in the last I
three years the present city administra- i
tion is undertaking a building program !
in which there must be the fullest co- i
operation of the men most closely con- j
cerned. This ineludes the men who
lend the money, the material men, the
contractors and the labor men.
Abolish Mortgage Tax
"Briefly, our attitude toward each of j
the interested parties is this: In or- |
der that money may be attracted to !
building enterprise there ahould be ;
exemption from Federal and state taxes
on the income from mortgags for build?
ings for human habitation.
"This should encourage the return:
to the mortgage field of those funds
which have been placed elsewhere for
more profitable investment. We feel
that the railroads should <give special
eonsideration to shipments of building
materials and that those materials
should, so far as it may be possible, be
Contlnuso ?n ptyc three
Revolt. in Ireland
ReportedPlanned
L0ND0N7 March 19.?Alien
Clement Edwards, Liberal, has
given notirication, "The London
Times" says, of his intention to
ask Premier Lloyd George, in the
House of Commons on Monday,
whether. the government is in?
formed of a rising planned in Ire?
land for Easter Monday and a
local rising at the same time at
Liverpool, Manchester and Glas?
gow. He will also ask whether
the navy has seized a consignment
of arms and ammunition from
Germany and whether there is
reason to suppose that the Ger?
man Secret Service is back of the
planned rising.
Swann to Ask
U. S. Prosecute
Sheffield Firm
Charges Violation of Lever
Act in Trying to Limit
Milk Supply; To Turn
Over Facts to Prosecutor
District. Attorney Swann. who has
been investigating the Sheffield Farms
Company's demand that farmers cur
tail their production of milk, said yes?
terday that he would turn over his
evidence to United States District At?
torney Caffey and ask him to prose
cute under the Lever act.
"This is an adrnirable statute," said
Mr. Swann. "The Lever act is c'irect
and applicable, and seems to have been
enacted to fit this case. I am merely
invoking that act through the Federal
attorney. I will give him the facts
and he will do the rest. For my part,
) shall continue my investigation and
may take action under one oi' our stat
utes."
Section 4, Chapter 53, of the Lever
act provides that "It is hereby made.
unlawful for any person willfully to
destroy any necessarios fo- the pur- .
pone of enhaneine the prices or re
stricting tbe supply thereof . . .
or to conspire, conibine, agree or ar
range with any other persons to limit
the faciiities for transporting. pro
ducing, supplying, storing or dealingin
necessaries."
Penalty Is $10,000 Fine
The penalty for violation of this i
section is a line of 910,000 or imprison- ?
ment for not more than two vears or j
both.
"It makes no difference who applies
the law," said Mr. Swann, "so long as j
the law iits the case. The Lever act
pertains to this scheme to reduce the :.
supply of necessaries of life, which
Sheffield Farms has attempted."
Part of the evidence in the District I
Attorney's hands shows that, according :
to Moody's Manual, the Sheffield Farms
Company made net profits of $774,000,
or 51V2 per, cent, in 1918, and that the'^
company had an extra surplus,fund of j
$231,000 and an extra depreciation !
fund of $267,000, totaling $498,000. The !
dividend for 1918 was $276,000. Th*.
gross sales for that year amounted to I
$26,364,311. I
Mr. Horton issued a statement last
night, saying: i
"The statements issued as to the I
profits of the Sheffield Farms Products ,
Company are not only rnisleading, but j
absolutely untrue. The. claim is made '?
that we earned 51Ms per cont in 1918.
This tigure is apparently arrived at on
the assumption that our capitalization
is $1,500,000. This is only the amount
of preferred stock issued by the
company.
Denies Profiteering
"It is said that we made in 1918 an
abnormal profit when our country was :
at war. It implied profiteering. Thia j
13 a gross misrepresentation."
Mr. Horton says more business was
done in that year because of a merger
with the Locust Farms Company, the I
Diamond Dairy Company and the Mu- \
tual, McDermott Company, and that j
Continued on page six
Sisters Are Freed by Court
After Ten Years in Asylum
Phoebe K. Brush, sixty-eight year*
old, and her sister, Ada, flfty-six, spin-1
sters, who have spent nearly ten years i
in a madhouse, apparently on a tem- j
porary ten-day commitmcnt, were or?
dered released yesterday in White
! Plains by Supreme Court Justice Tomp- i
: kins, who decided the women were sane. j
; Clarence Alexander, of Yonkers, the !
' attorney who appeared for tho women I
(in court, declared his intention of j
j starting proceedings to have their i
i property, valued at $30,000, reatored to j
their keeping. At the time of their
! commitment to tho State Hospital for
| the Insane, at Kings Park, Long Island,
in June, 1910, a committee of their
I property was appointed.
j Their release, which had been at
i tempted before, was brought about
j through Mrs. Florence Ferguson, wife
| of an employee of the Westchester!
I County Hospital, who herself used to i
i be an attendant at the Kings Park
asylum. During her service there she
be'camo convinced that the Brush sis?
ters were aane and she retained Mr.
Alexander, who had them produced in
court two days ago on a writ of habeai
corpus.
Woman Decided They Were Sane
"I decided in my own mind that
they were sane," said Mrs. Ferguson
yesterday on the witne.Rs atand, "and
ihtd it was a shaw- to have them
locked up in a madliouse. T never
heard an irresponsible word leave
their lips: there was not the least
sign of any insane streak in their
make-up. While I was at the asylum j
they were very cool and collected, and !
even tried to calm some of the wild |
patients in that institution."
Although the purpose of the hear- |
ing was to establish the mental con- j
dition of the two women, Justice
Tompkins put questions io witnesses j
whose answers convinced him, he said,
that the commitment p.-ipers were !
faulty and that the Brush sisters had
been sent to thc asylum on a ten
day, temporary commitment, which
never had been made final and bind
ing.
"This commitment lacks statements
of fact to justify the commitment of
these two women as insane patients
to this institution," said Justice Tomp- ,
kins.
Commitment J)eclared Hinding
The assistant superintendent of the
Kings Park Hospital declared conlident
ly last night that. whatever the evi?
dence in court might have indicated, the
commitment of Phoebe and Ada Brush
Continued en page ten
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MexicansFlee!
Into U. S. as
Revolt Loomsj
_?_
Thousands of Natives]
Ponring Across Line Say
Worst Upheaval in Re-i
! public's History Is Near!
'Fear Conseriplion l
rov Rival Armies
_ I
Military Camps Increase
Activitiea as Political j
Factions Open Campaign |
By Wilbur Forrest
Special Dinpatek t</ The Tribune
LOS ANGELES, March J8.?The Sen- i
ate sub-committee, headed by Senator!
Fall, to-day received reports from I
agents along thf> Texas border that !
Mexicans are crossing the line by
thousands to escape what they explain !
will be the worst revolution Mexico has
ever known. Many of these refugees
have been interviewed, and almost
without exception declare they expect
an upheaval in Mexico within the next
few days that would draw them into i
the fighting forces of one side or the
other if they remained.
The fugitives insist they are tired of
fighting and seek sanctuary on Ameri?
can soil. Senator Fall was not inclined
to-day to believe that a Mexican revo-1
lution will break "within tho next few!
days," though evidence before the Sen?
ate committee during the last two
weeks has indicated strongly that al
new struggle in Mexico is almost in-!
evitable soon. ;
Land Unsafe "Even for Mexicans"
The latest report of the exodus re
ceived by the committee from ono ot' j
the most expericnced officials on tho'
Texas border, said the consensus ofj
hundreds who had been interviewed!
was that Mexico has become unsafe ]
even foi' Mexicans. Tho, Tribune re-!
ceived the following communication
froin this officer:
"For the last thirty days many thou-1
sands of Mexicans of the peon clas:j \
have been crossing the river into the
United States clandestinely?smuggling
themselves into this country without
assistance. Consul De Lamarta at San
Antonio has been asserting in the
daily press for several days lately!
that these Mexicans are being imposod :
upon by unprincipled Americans, who
circulate promises of fancy prices for
work here. This has beer. proved to j
be untrue, and when interviewed tho
.Mexicans state without exception about;
as follows:
" 'We came over here first because j
\Y<.o. conditions in Mexico are bad and.
our people have no relief from perse
cution. The general opinion in Mex?
ico is that' a new revolution is being
hatched, and to escape being forced into i
the army we come to this side of the '
river. lt is impossible for any poor
man to remain in Mexico and not be I
forced into the difficulty by one or
the other faction. To be neutral is im
possible in that country. We under?
stood that living wages were being j
paid for farm labor and railroad work
on this side ar.d we e::pect to get'work ;
and remain here unti! matters are set- I
tied in Mexico.'
See No Safety Until U. S. Acts
"In answer to the question, 'When \
do you think matters will be safe in i
Mexico?' they invariably answer: |
'When the United .States makes them
behave.'"
The official added that two other
offic*ials were interviewing other ref?
ugees and that he believed all would
repeat the same dtory. lt is uuder
Cuntlnucd on paso three
Ex-Czar's Sister
Found in Box Car
Grand Duchess Olga, in
Rags, Discovered Aritong
Refugees by Red Cross
WASHINGTON, March 18.?Grand
Duchess Olga, sister of the late Czar
Nicholas of Russia, has been found by
American Red Cross workers, living in
? uux car near Norvorossisk, Soutn
Russia, it was announced to-day at the
headquarters of the American Red
Cross here.
The grand duchess, according to the
announcement, is one of three surviv
ing members of the house of Romanoff.
She was found "toilinjr among fellow
refugees from thc territorv recently
eonquered by the Bolsheviki, giving
such assistance as she could, although
herself clad in rags and grateful for j
any food and clothing she could find."
The Red Cross announcement said
further:
"Refugees have been pouring into
Norvorossisk by the thousands, all Re?
duced to the most abjcct poverty. The
South Russian committee of the Ameri?
can Red Cross has been caring for
them to the limit of its resources, and
it was in the midst of this work that
the plight of the royal refugee was
discovered. ?
"Grand Duchess Olga formerly was
the wife of Prince Oldenburg, whom!
she divorced, later marrying a young
army officer, since which time, although
the old Russian law permits her to re-j
tain her title, she has taken the name j
of her husband and has lived quietly
at Rostov as Mme. Koulinkovsky. She
has two children, but the Red Cross
report does not reveal the fate of these
or her husband. Another sister of the
Czar, Grand Duchess Xenia, lives in
London, while the only other Romanoff
surviving in the Empress dowager, who
lives in Copenhagen." Grand ugcUeas
Ol.Ti i t-bivtv-eiaht
Americans in Germany Believed Safe;
Aid ToBe Given Those WishingtoLeave
COBLENZ, March 18 (By The Associated Press).?An effort is to
be made. to concentrate Americans now in Germany at some one point,
so that all of them who desire to leave the country may be able to do
so. So far as is known, all the Americans in Germany are safe.
Two hundred Americans, who have been attending the fair at Leip
sic, have telegraphed Major General H. T. Alien, commanding the Amer?
ican Army of Occupation, urgently asking for help to leave Leipsic,
where they describe conditions as dangerous to their lives. General
Alien will send a special train to bring the Americans away.
Eiring is almost continuous in various parts of Leipsic, and all
the light and water services have been cut off, according to the Ameri?
cans, who are principally buyers from various parts of the United
States.
General Alien has directed the German Railway Commission of
the Rhineland provinces to prepare a train which will be in charge of
a detachment of American soldiers. The train will carry sufficient
fuel for the journey both ways, and food for several days for the
guards and the returning Americans. The latter probably wi!l be
brought to Coblenz, but may, if the majority of them desire. be taken
to the Swiss frontier,
General Alien has received something like haif a hundred messages
of distress, indicating that the situation has grown eonsiderabjy worse
during the last forty-eight hours.
The train probably will start for Leipsic to-morrow. There has
been some delay in getting a satisfactory train together. owing to
the shortage of rolling stock.
PARIS, March 18.?Major General H. T. Alien. commander of the
American forces along the Rhine, was in Paris to-day, consulting with
Hugh C. Wallace. the American Ambassador, coneerning the situation
m Germany.
HitchcockSeeks
Nomination as
Moderate 'WeV
Nebraska Senator Enters
Ring With Bryan in Battle
for Control of State Del?
egation to Convention
From The Tribune'a Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON', March 18.?Another
Richmond haa entered the Democratic
lists bearing aioft a "wet" banner.
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, already a claimant for the
"favorite son'' vote of his state at the
San Francisco convention, wired his
Nebraska supporters to-day acoeptirig
tho challenge of William J. Bryan to
fight for control of the delegation on a
"wet" and "dry" issue.
While the immediate effect of the '
Senatov's stand will be to intensify
the bitterness of this struggle in the ''
state between the Hitchcock and
Bryan forces,- Democratic politicians
here to-day intercepted it as a direct
bid by the minority leader of tho'
Senate for Eastern support in his race
for the Presidential nomination. ln
this effort he will meet the opposition
of the friends of Governor Edwards, !
of New Jersey, who has indicated his i
intention to seek the nomination on a I
"wet" platform. In his telegram
Senator Hitchcock said:
"Refcrring to recent attacks upon I
me in Nebraska, let me say this, '
briefiy: I accept without reservation:
the constitutional decision of the !
people which abolished the American
saloon forever. and, with it, strong
and intoxicating liquor. I believe.
however, a lawful way will be found,
and ought to be found, to permit the
manufacture and harmless use of light
wines and beer.
Congress to Heed Demand
"The Supreme Court has opened tho
way for this by holding that Congress
may decide what constitutes intoxicat?
ing liquor, and Congress will naturally
respond to the will and judgment of
the American people when properly ex?
pressed. Laws, while they exist, should
be enforced, but the American people
cannot be denied the right to change
them.''
The "recent attacks" referred to by
the Senator were made on him by Mr.
Continued on pago eight
Commander of H-I Swept
Overboard in High Seas
?Survivors of Submarine Wreek
Tell How Four Met Death
in Storm
LOS ANGELES, March 18.?An ac?
count of matter-of-fact bravery in the
face of death was given to-day by sur
vivors of the crew of the submarine
H-l, who arrived here aboard the motor
ship Mazatlan.
The H-l went ushore off the coast
of Lower California in Magdalena Bay
Thursday night, March 11. The coni
manding officer, Lieutenant Commander
lames R. Webb, and three enlisted men
lost their Iives in attempting to leave
the vessel.
From survivora of the crew it was
learned the H-l and its sister subma?
rine, the H-2, were sailing northward,
:he H-l in the lead. The night of the
tisaster was dark and stormy and with
i heavy sea, according to the men, and
.heir first warning of trouble was when
tho H-l grounded. The H-2 waa only
ibout 400 yards behind, but. was able to
change course and avoid a like fate.
Subinarines of the type of the H-l
:arry no small boats. The H-2 could
fiyc no aid. The H-l crew had to rely
in their own ability as swimmers to
reach the shore off Redo.ndo Point.
fho conning tower was-opened and the
crew ordered out.
Commander Webb was washed into
the sea from the conning tower, where
he was directing the movements of the
crew. The night waa so dark that
efforts to reach him were unavailing.
Swimming alone or aiding each other
t.ventj men and two officers of the
"???'?' "eached shore.
Rebel Leaders
Imprisonecl by
s
Fighting and Killing in Sev?
eral Sections as Commun?
ists Refuse to Retire;
Kipting Bcgins to Spread
By Arthur S. Draper
From Thc Tribune'a European Bureau
CGopyright, 1920, New Tork Tribune Ino.)
LONDON, March 18.?Germany is
quieting down, according to dispatehes
, received here to-night from various
parts of that country. President Ebert
has returned to Berlin, Dr. Wolfgang
Kapp ia reported to have committed
suicide ar.d his fellow conspirators are
in prison. The Communists are re?
ported still somewhat active however,
and there has b?e;i some .rioting with
considerable bloodshed. The National
Assembly has been called to meet in
H e rlin June 13.
General von Seechc is commanding
the military forces poiiring Berlin.
Under his direction railway, post and
telegraph service have been resumed,
the newspaper offices have been re
opened, and the provisioning of Lhe
city is.being undertaken.
Communist Danger Passes
A feature of the ne\ws is that the
Communuist danger is almost past and
that the natural conservatism of the
Germans in reasserting itself.
In Munich the separatist movement
seems to have made little propre=s
The fact that in many places the work?
men overpowered the soldiers is taken
ns evidence that the armv had no
stomach for carrying ?ut the plan of
civil war.
It is reported that Gustav No^ke
Minister of Defense in the Ebert gov?
ernment. will resign. As for Ebert" he
seems to have little to fear politically
and it is probable he will devote most
of his efforts toward conciliating tho
Independent Socialists. The President
insists that the reconstruction of the
government began before the resolu?
tion, but the change planned un
doubtedly will be hastened now.
Practically all the strikes are over in
all parts of the country, and in the in?
dustrial centers most "of the workmen
were on their jobs again this morning
This strengthens the opinion that there
is little unrest to support anv danger
ox a communist revolution.
Moderation Policy Upheld
The French demands that Germany
give further guarantees are meeting
little response in Great Britain. It
is believed here that the result of the
German revolution justiffes the Allied
policy toward the Berlin government.
Ilad the militarist party gained control
it is believed that it would have made
Continued on next patja
Kaiser Sleepless
As Revolt Fails
_
News of Kapp's Fall
Keeps Ex'Emperor Up
Until Early in Morning
AMERONGEN, Mareh 18 i By The A?
sociated Press).-The former German
Emperor remained up last night long
after the others in Bentinck Castle had
g'or.e to bed. News of the failure of the
Kapp revolution reached him in the
evening.
For several days past the former
ruler of Germany had been in a state
of excitement over the events in Berlin.
Last night he retired to his apartment
early, but the lights in his wing of the
castle. shone through the windows until
un early hour this morning.
WIERINGEN, Holland, March 18.?
The people of Wieringen to-day are
mystified regarding the movements of
Dutch torpedo boats off the coast in
the Zuider Zee, near Wieringen, where
former Crown Prince William of Ger?
many resides. One boat* arrived here
Monday, but was withdrawn by order
of the Dutch government. To-day
another came.
Rebels Shoot
Score When
Leaving Citv
_O af k
Baltie Troops. Enraged
by Jeers, Fire Into the
Crowds in Wilhelm
strasse and at Gates
12 Killed, 28 Hurt
In Firing Mines
Accident Occurs as Ebert
Men Attempt to dear
W i r e Entanglements
BERLIN7 March 18 (By The Av
sociated Press).?The Ebert govern
j ment is again in control in Berlin.
; Vice-Chancellor Sjchiffer, in whose
l hands the sudden retirement of Dr.
. Wolfgang Kapp temporarily placed
i the admmistrative power, and Gus
tav Noske, Minister ef Defense, are
engaged in bringing about order in
. the city and restoring activities to
their normal basis.
Regular troops, loya! to the Ebert
i regime, are guarding'the streets and
; detachments. of them spent part of
j the day in tear ing down wire entan?
glements ond barricades which th<j
: revolutionary soldiers had erected in
profusion. In this connection there
I was an unfortunate accident when
j in the firing of a mine to destroy a
i barricade at Kottbuscr, in south
| eastern Berlin, th? explosion killed
! twelve persons and injured twenty
i eight.
'Baltie Troops Wound Several
The Baltie troops, leaders of tha
insurgent bands that marched into
. j Berlin Saturday morning, took ven
; i geance on the people who~hooted and
Tjjeered them in Wilhelmstrasse and
! Unter den Linden. -They were lined
! up for their departure out of the
city, and, after withstanding the
jeers for a time, more or less impa
; t'ently, they opened fire. wounding
j several. The crowd rushed to take
; refuge in the Adlon Hotel, where the
j wounded were treated.
j After the troops had passed Bran
denburg Gate they fired a parting vol
! ley with machine guns, wounding n
j score or more, and the terrilied mob
! again rushed to the hotel, the gatew
of which were torn down in the ensu
ing panic.
Parliamentary Chaos
Dr. Kapp's descent upon Berlin and
j his subsequent retreat have precipi
i tated parliamentary chaos which prom
I ises indefinitely to clog the leerislativi*
' machine and the activities of the !*fa
: tional Assembly.
The coalition parties musc construct
| a new Cabinet, which is expected to
j reveal at least a haif a dozen new
; faces, with the prospeet of further
; ministerial changes as a result of the
\ June elections.
The Assembly will not be dissoLved
i immediately, because it must first up
j prove the budget, dispec of further
1 taxation measures and the law decree
! ing the nationalization of the railway?
| and pass'a new election law,
There are conflicting reports con
cerning amnesty for the '.ute rebels and
! this matter promises stormy seem-, ...
! the coming meeting of the Assembly,
! as the popular feeling in Berlin now
j favors severe punishment for Kapp
and his adherents.
The French Charge d'Affaires ealleu
on Vice-Chancellor SchifTer and Under
i Secretary Von Haniel to-day and cora
nlimented them and their government
iipon the happy and rapid Bolutiou oi
i the crisis.
Serious New* From Provincea
Serious n<-ws is coming to Berlin
; from the Drovinces to-day. BitterfeM.
Saxony, is reported to be in possei
sion of workmcr.'s councils, and tl o
( whole of ihe Rheniah Weatphaiifi in?
dustrial district to have turned Com?
munist. A "Red" army is renorted to
be marching from the south* of M&n
ster, severe fighting is n.id to have
taken place at Mu.heim and seven per
sons are reported to have been killed
and fifteen wounded at Plauen.
i Falkenstein ia in the bands of Com
! munists, and Meiningen and L&ngeu
I salza in control of the workmtn.
There were confiicts between troopa
?? and a mob yesterday in the Xeukoln
! quarter, as a result of attacks bv a
j mob on the military pickets, some of
I whom were thrown into a ravine. The
! troops were summoned ona dltpZTitA
I the rioters. One of the pickets ivaa
i badly injured.
The censorship has-peen liftcd and
the newspapers are alrowed to appefl>.
j Lord Kilmarnock, the British charge.
j hus taken the first opportunity to pub
; lish an emphatig denia! that the Aliie|
' gave any support or eympathy KS*r?
I ever to the nsw government.
No great improvement in the eco
! nomic situation is to be observed as
I yet; the railway men have reiiUin*.-} lv..*
: the organized workers gener?-v.. aye -..
j satisfied and are continu!;:<r TtU. n.M*>?.
i They demand tbe disarmametts o? is*
j troops and the inclusion in the t;t)*?}rT>~
I ment of more radica! elemenU.
j One outcome of Dr. Kapp's reign is a
greater tendency toward the Left amoi.-;?
the workers, and it is generally believed
that the coming etections will return in
I dependents in greater force. Kapp's
i coup was the greatest dis^ervice he