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WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and warmer to-day; to-morrow partly cloudy; gentle west winds. Highest temperature, 27; lowest, a below. Detailed weather report! will bo found on tho editorial pace A HAPPY BLENDING. "4 The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD preserves the best traditions of each. In combination they cover a wide field and make a greater newspaper, than ' either has ever been on its own. THE NEW YORK HERALD 1 PRICE TWO CENTS i thrkr cents IN NEW YOniC CITY AND SUHUIH18. 1 ON TUA1NS ANDEIKVHEnE. VOL. LXXXVII. NO. 155 DAILY. NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1920.-&WA 4 AND -- r COPELAND'S FLU PLEA HALTS BIG 'HEAT' WALKOUT I oli'l ami Ainrtincntllouso riroincii Agree to -18 Hour Strike Truce. HKillKK PAY IS LIKELY Coinniissionor Shows 3raiiy JJvos Would Be in Dan ger if 3reii Quit. HH( LINK JX EPIDEMIC jipiiths anil New Cases Arc Fewer Here, hut Other Cities .Report Increases. 1 1 i o frt.c of ;i not too friendly cfvU of .',000 hotel and apartment rnufe flrempn. Health Commissioner ((ipei.inil alternately pleaded and fnildod and coaxed yesterday nftcr r,r.n until lie had virtually talked thrm out of the "heat" strike they had planned to start at S o'clock this irornlng. The firemen agreed to a forty-eight k. ar postponement and accepted Dr. I'opeland .is mediator. He, In turn, nromised to use tho full power of his other tn bring the hotel men and real tftate owners to terms. If he falls the men are determined to quit at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning regardless of the ufTertng It will cause. Ir. Oopel.md's Intervention was the rnly thing that saved the city from a "heat lets Monday." He spoke at a neeting of the Stationary Firemen's Association in the Central Opera ilout'-, Kasf Sixty-seventh street and Third avenue. "Do you know," he said, "that we are ir the midst of another terrible tpldem.''. more widespread than that 0. l?l S? Fifty thousand persons In this city are sick In bed with Influenza end pneumonia; 3,000 have died. I . annot permit you to shut down our eat until this epidemic is over. I nes yiMi, as Health Commissioner. In ro circumstances to quit work at this i m When the trouble Is over I am not interested In what you do. eiv Wnce Senle rronilscd. I am here as the ambassador of the rate' ,t d real estate owners. I am iiutiior ied 'o say that your wage de r..dnd. a minimum of 33 for watch er.ElnH- -. J33 for firemen and $31) foi ..a' passers if they have not al ready been granted, will be put into effect at once. The owners have prom ned this to me. and I will use the full poner of my office to see that they kep their word. There Is an ordinance that says a Uichord who does not furnish heat to h.j tenan.s Is guilty of a misdemeanor iM can be fined J300 or put into Jail. 1' any of these owners fall to keep faith they will find themselves haled o court with the Commissioner of '.lealti as their accuser. I will turn the t;U force of the sanitary law on them." Timothy Healy, International presl (nt of Stationary Firemen's Associa tion, preceded Commissioner Copeland. U'hough he urged the men for the lake of public health to put off the trike it was plain that the majority 'Avorel no delay. This u an unfortunate time owing e the epidemic." Mr. Healy said. "I ' 'W that, because it has come Into " oTi famll my nephew Is being .ne-l to-day. I don't want to see a ' k but i' a strike doss come the "ners ar to blame and the public . mii the blame where It belongs. !f w? have to strike let every man r,rf ,,wn Job to see that there n -T.ke breaking, and If the shut 'wn do.-, come I am with you to the 'I ! rope we can defer It." Mnn.r Km or Immediate Strike. It .-re were shouts of "N"o" and '-,( r, ,w" from many parts of the ' I ' looked a-s though Commls- orrr ''opeland did not hare a chance. II ar.se undismayed, however, and w i 1, j audience In a better 1 . r.ir whe-i he said he thought the -a- win works with his hands has Just s n ,.-h ni.it to life, liberty and the u'' .f happiness as John D. Hocke .'r V x long time I have searched for ' e - ' e of the present Industrial un ' ' the Commissioner continued. 'h., has industry- been unhappy? 1 li ,v.. , is because people feel they ' en neglected. ' ' a- "i' ami those who employ labor, 'f ''. t.. not voluntarily give labor a :rust be forced to do so by i 'r .i .- iorltv You men have a per- iir'.t to organize. It Is your duty. n-jnrial nanlc should come you i I.- he first to suffer. When pros n es oi are the very last to -! , jv " "-f the City do more for p' - nj so cents per capita Is -inr ny. for public health. When f all the good we might do and : the picture of a new 1 " ''irt house that Is about to n.aKts me think that the city i je letter municipal sense." " opelands address lasted about ' m -Mlt. TlAfnr ho hnH flnlihf.il I as dappoii again and again, and It ' . nnarenl hp hnH the men wild him .n mil .1 . 1. - nnl ..i.. ttje'l 'or st eral minutes. ''inr Lender nabUa Copelnnd. 's 1. Holland, president of the 'w V State Federation of T-tbor. ' n'i-h power the Health Com " of the city has. "He can p'aee In the city even a not do that " Mr. Holland said ie meeting to accept Dr. Cope- t trutd on Seventh ragt. LEADERS IN INDUSTR Y URGE UNITED EFFORTS TO CUT COST OF LIVING Greater Productivity and an Honest Day's Work by Labor, End of Excess Profits Tax and Attacks on Business Among the Needs in a Drive to Jte- store America's Pre-War Prosperity. Tin: Sun and Ni:v Yoiik llnui.ii hnx obtained from tattlers u com merce, Industry, tabor and trativiorttitiun In the United stale their time on the present economic ituation, telth special reference to the hiyh cost of living. i ThL symposium represents their best thought on this problem a prob lem Khich to-day .enmipcs the attention of yovcrnmcnts everywhere, and a solution of tchtch Is briny demanded by people throughout the world. The head of the American Hallway l.'xcciitlves and heads of America's biggest business in the manufacture of steel, meat products, flour, footwear and woolens sec this as the biggest problem in tho tcstrld, and, briefly, urge sincere coordinated effort on the, putt of the workers to start America anew on the road which she travelled in pre-war days. Only by such niorninulhm can a tight start be made, and Ammrannd the woiid with her go ahead happily, peacefully and prosperously, they say. In the excess profit tax manufacturers throughout the tauntry sec one of the chief causes if not the chief cause for the high price of living. The consensus is. that this excess profit tax should be reduced materially t-r removed entirely. ' "GET TOGETHER AND GET ' WORLD'S ONLY PATH TO GENUINE PROGRESS By CHARLES M. SCHWAB, Chairman Board of Directors Bethlehem Steel Corporation. There Is but one way Hint I can mo to decrease the cost of llvuijr, ami that Is for everybody to set together ami get to work. Greater production Is, ns I see It. the key. niul the only key, to otien the doors of real progress for the world. The world liar, certain wants that must be fulfilled. It has created veiiorinoiis amounts of paper money. The nominal circulation per capita In every one of the Important countries is far greater than It CHARLES "M. SCHWAB. into greater expenditure' and waste. if everv mini gets to work and does ills part the best be knows bow we will see' a verv rapid Improvement in the whole situation. The extent to which this Improvement will be delayed will be precisely the measure of our lack of appreciation of the condition. If we appreciate the condition and meet it in tills the only way that It can lie met promptly, the restora tion of the world to a sound position of prosperity and progress will be prompt and gratifying. , It is because I feel that the world will rcnlle this situation and that this coming vear will witness a great step In advance In the direction of productivity throughout the world that I believe we are headed for a period of prosperity. If I did not have complete f.iltli in this fact I should fear that nothing but a serious nnancial and economic depression would brlner iho world to Its senses. Greater productivity will be in man. Clearly If there is more food on the market, If there are more domes to sell. If more steel is produced. If more commodities and services of every kind are made available pressure to buy each one of these units will be correspondingly relaxed and the price will go down. ARCUSE PUBLIC SENTIMENT AGAINST INDUSTRIAL SLACKER, CEASE ATTACKS ON BUSINESS By J. OGDEN ARMOUR, President and General Manager Armour Co, When we all pull together the cost of living will come down. Sincere, concentrated, coordinated effort by every interest Is needed to start us on the road to normal conditions. The Covernment should take the lead, its Individual member brushing aside petty private political motives. The meat packers already have shown their willingness to do their part regard less of their persona! Interests. Manufacturers and merchants would do well to consider their profits frnm tin. Iironil viewitolllt of public welfare rather than the piling up of ! endless dollars. Well organized work r ers should not overlook the inevitable ' i.it consequences or pyramiding m uinnds. which can give them no per manent advantage over the rest of the army of consumers. Sound judgment In personal ex penditure will aid in reducing inflated values. Spending money recklessly and without regard to real needs has liecome n iiernlclous habit by many who have well filled pockets; it leads to disaster. This extravagance, is as contagious as a plague and works economic havoc and social unrest. It Is the real excuse for profiteering. Nearly everybody wants to get his share of the spoils while the oppor tunity lasts, skating on this thin ice, heedfess of the danger sign. Kmployers and employees should Increase their efforts to meet on com mon ground, to put behind them the old jealous, antagonistic spirit of try ing to get Hie Iwst of each other usually at the expense of consumers. The public's rights should have more consideration. Kvery eirort suouiti be made to settle labor controversies without strikes. livery day's work lost decreases production and adds to living costs. We waste time as wo waste money, and then we complain about paying the bills. I'ublic sentiment should be aroused against Industrial slackers who are unwilling to do a fair day's work for n reasonable rate of pay. The in sidious poison of destructive extremist Ideas is ns dangerous to the com munity as wood alcohol Is to tho Individual. Conditions under which we all chafe are due mainly to selfish disregard of the rights of others. A more general application of tho Golden Rule would be good for all of us. A termination of unwarranted attacks on business will restore con fidence and help bring down prices. Anything which Interferes with the economical, efficient operation of Industry nnd commerce Including the railroads Is hound to react on all of us nnd send living costs stlil higher. It Is well to remember also that experimental legislation will not In crease production or incomes without good, old fashioned work of the pre- Continued on i r TO WORK," IS was prior to the war. At the same tline tho existing amount of supplies I very much less per capita than It was at the beginning of the war. Ordlnnrlly the world each year consumes a large part of what it pro duces and in addition saves a sul xtnutlnl amount, which Is usually put into the form of new building and ivrmuncut investments of every kind to serve as a basis for greater produc tivity in the years following, During the period of t lie war. however, the world lias certainly consumed prac tically everything It produced, with the result that to-day shelves are bare In every store, and there is not enough of any of the necessities of life to go around. There is just one way to meet the situation produce more nnd save more. We in this country are blessed by Providence with an abundance of , many things. Tills has produced ill spirit of riotdiu extravagance. Soj much paper money has been created . many feel there Is no end to it. ami the high wages and better conditions many have enjoyed have simply turned the interest above all ele of a poor. J. OGDEN ARMOUR. Elyhth I'uye. FEBRUARY PUTS NEW COLD MARK ON ITS RECORD Temperature Never Keiore So Low on Natal Day of the Month. MERCUHY HAS X0 KEST Stands at Three Degrees Be low Zero as January , Passes Out. TIIEX 11EGIXS TO CLIMB And by Time' Morning Sermons Open It Hurdles 111, and Still Goiniri Ti;.M!'r:nATriti: tahi.k. SI XPAV, KKIIUUAUY 1. It: .Midnight atiflow 2 A. 31 " aliore 4 A. M - above 0 A. 51 above 5 A. .M ,. 1 below 10 A. M 4aboTe 12 it....'. 1H alioTP 1 V. .M 21 abo.c 4 I'. M Ill aboTt- O r. M i!2alKnc s 1 .M 2ubo.e 10 1. M 27aboie February, wildest of winter months, with one more day than usual this year to play the blusterer, Is out to beat all records, according to some'of the official nnd many of the unofficial prophets. They base their Arctic forecasts on the performances of De cember and January, recently cast Into the snowdrifts of the youngest and one of the fiercest winters of Its youth that has ever assaulted these bor oughs. Even so conservative a nature nnd meteorological student as John Bur roughs nas Intimated that there might bo something In the stories of boreal bird tliKhts southward portending un usual freezeups. Look at the figures of the month that passed.out on Sat urday. Its mean temperature was 24 degrees, which is ti below normal, and the month before, two-thirds autum nal, bad an average of 3 degrees be low normal. And yesterday February got away to a fine start. It was the coldest day the city has experienced since Decern- ber 30, 1917. At that time the mercury dropped to 13 degrees below. But even though the mark yesterday was 3 below, it was the coldest February 1 yet noticed by the Weather Bureau. It would not be natural for Febru ary, the seers of icy visions say, to be les temperamental than the unusual December and January preceding her uslnjf feminine for the sake of St. Val entine and they are pretty confident that this February will be noted for Its icicularltios. See how It was born ! Three decrees below zero at the natal hour of twelve! The mercury held that figure more than half an hour and then started falling. The almost superna tural crlspnoss of the air, following the rise of the sun, was commented on by folk who had lived !n the Rockies. The barometer never was officially and un officially more ambitious, rising to 31 Inches, and tho sun never shone more brilliantly in this portentlous month! Sifting through tho .tiuperclearness there came occasional flurries of fine, crisp snow, pleamlnir In the sunshine like the dust of Christmas trees. Then the tomperature headed north, slowly at first, and then like a lofty tumbler. At ten In the niornliiK it was 4 degrees above. In the next hour it had vaulted over bar 1$. the greatest burdllm; ever accomplished by February mercury. .Seldom has a day brought forth so many meteorological chance. From S decrees below aero at midnight, which was also the moment marking tho birth of the weird month, to 27 degrees above at ten o'clock last night, made even the of'lelal forecaster gasp a bit. All this dafa may be regarded as awful omens by the prophets of a raging February, for what may not be expected of a month that begins so unpro pltlously. And we may have a taste of summer to-day, as the forecasters say It will ha "fair and -warmer," and If It Is warmer than 27 degrees It will have to be fairly warm. MYSTERY IN WOUND OF CHICAGO WOMAN Mrs. R. S. Folsom Suffering From Reported Accident. Chicago. Feb. 1 Mrs, ltlcfiard S. Folsom. prominent Chicago society woman and wife of a former city Cor poration Counsel, was reported to-mgnt recovering from the effects of a bullet wound received In her homo last Friday nUht. Her husband refused to discuss the matter to-day, stating It was an acci dent. Chief of Police Garrity, who made a personal Investigation, also said the revolver was accidentally discharged by Mrs. Folsom while she was examining It. The wound was received by Mrs. Fol som not long after she had returned home from an automobllo show with her husband and friends. It was reported. Her father, Gen. George M. Moulton, and Mr. Folsom were In the house at the time and heard the shot Mra Folsom was taken to the hos pital In a private ambulance. The mat ter was not reported to the police, but later Gen. Moulton called Chief Garrity. Attending physicians said Mrs. Fol som was resting easily to-night. The bullet penetrated her left lung and passed out of her back, It was reported. Mrs. Folsom was said to be recovering from Influenza at tho time of the acci dent. Liberty Bona KB. 1103. ..S0. il.MA-l rnn ho bought nrt nlrt Instaiitlr. John Mnlr A Co., (1 Uroadwiy, Adv. f ) WOLFF DENIES SEEKS BANKRUPT RUSE 'Berliner Tngeblutt' Editor Says Ehert Government Has Honest Policy. BUT MUST GET HELP He Predicts Attempt to Be storc Monarchy Will Not Succeed. MAJORITY AGAINST IT De'tilino' With Soviet Russia Probable Unless Holier Is Given. IJy ll.VYMOND SWING. Staff Corrtupondtnl of Tnr Sex ixp New York Hr.RAi.o, Copyright, MM, all righto itfrred. ltBnu.v, Jan. 30 (delayed). Germany will not seek In bankruptcy a way out of her present difficult position, was the declaration of Thcodor Wolff, edi tor In chief of the ttcrliner Tagcblatt to-day. Herr Wolff recently declined to nt as Germany's first envoy to Paris after the reestabllbhment of dip lomatic relations between the two countries. Herr Wolff declared that the posi tion of Germnny was a difficult one and her financial condition was acute. However, he said that he knew the policy of the Kbert Government was not to Issue new coinage or more money currency as long as there was a hope of relieving the situation through other means. "This will 1e done only as a last resort," he said. "An analysis of the German predica ment must begin with the food prob lem," he added. "Than It must In clude fuel nnd transportation. "One day some ono saya that we must have more food to obtain greater coal production, upon which depends the life of German industry. The next day some one says we must manufac ture more fertilizer, or else we will not have enough food for the wofRers. And so it goes on. Interdependence Shown. "We are enclosed In our own circle. A majority of the workers are willing to produce more, but they cannot pro duce' more without rood, whereas the fact is that there cannot be sufficient food without more coal. "Apparently only two solutions arc possible. Either the peace treaty must bo modified or we must obtain long term credits In foreign countries. How ever, to-day there Is no prospect of either solution. Credits in Holland pos Ulbly would be followed by similar credits In Scandinavian countries, but sucli credits would be Inadequate. How eer. they would be welcome. "Meanwhile the pound sterling and the franc are falling. Only the dollar keeps Its value, It is not reasonable to hope that America will see her own Interests In preventing the bankruptcy of ail Europe. It must be admitted that the tendency of all despatches from America is disheartening and If wo are to be rescued It must bo with a different spirit of collaboration than hitherto has been discernible. If we do not have help from the Entente Powers or Amer ica In this spirit then of course wo must seek it elsewhere. Hrlatlon With Soviet Hnstln. "Already In view of gaining a foot hold It Is argued we should seek a rapprochment with Soviet Russia and certain leaders In our most vital in dustries are working now to bring the Government to this step. Personally I do not, agree with this policy, because I deem It impracticable. To twist an old proverb, "all that comath of Bol shevism must die.' Bolshevism Itself cannot remain In its present form. "I do not believe that Soviet Itu?.Ia wljl be In n position to furnish us with raw materials any better than the West Its transportation facilities are weak and will require a long time to organize before we can draw our supplies as we need them, even with German workers reconstructing the railroads and Ger mans in'charge of the administration "However. It the Entente does not spare us from this resort we must seek It. There cannot be a permanent solution of the Itusslan question without the cooperation of Germany, and I do not expect that the lifting of the blockade, will redound to the benefit of British trndo as much as the British expect. The Germans have had more training In Itusslan dealings than any other poplo and they understand the Hurslans better. The Husslans are more accessible to them, both psycho logically and geographically. "These considerations patently pre dominate over commercial strategy, how ever the case appears to be for the mo ment. If It ba true, as nnny persons think, that Poland Is on the verge of the establishment of a Soviet Govern ment the Versailles treaty will have to be altered. rotund nnd Dutitlir vlsin. "Personally I, believe there Is much exaggeration as to the Immlnency of Bolshevism In Poland, but If It should come then the Germans would have to build a bulwark against Bolshevism, and Germany would have to retain Its army. To face Soviet Russia In war would bo an uncomfortable pnenomenon for Germany on her own account. Asked If It was tho expectation ot the strong militant element In German life that It would come Into power by leading an army against Soviet Russia, he replied: "Undoubtedly the reactionaries enter- Continued on Second rage. quirk! Tli lelnitwne. H jon'tr lot ipmethiiiT Call Columbus '' and get an ad In the New York American. Air. VISCOUNT GRE Y'S APPR O VAL CHANGES TREATY OUTLOOK; ROBS WILSON OF ARGUMENT GERMANY SEEKS TO JOIN LEAGUE Petition to Be Made at London Meeting1 of the Supreme Council. EQUALITY TO HE ASKED Uerlin Admits Membership May Help Plea for Modifi cation of Pence Terms. Special Cable lietpotch to Tnr Sl. ami New Yoiik llritl.i'. Copyright, 1510. al rights retervttl. I'Ains, Feb, 1. The League of Na lims will not endure a year unless Germany Is admitted to membership 'n It on equal terms with tho allied nations. Is tho cry Germans hero are t.Islng. Meanwhile Germany Is wag ng a strong campaign for admission 0 the league, and according to reports proposes to present n petition to the T.eague Council that she bo permitted tr enter. This petition, reports said, will bo presented when the Council meets in London. When Herry Mayer Kauberon, Ger man Charge d'Affnires here, left Paris yesterday for Berlin it was reported that bis trip was in connection with German efforts to gain admission to 1 lie league, despite an official an nouncement that he was returning l ome on private business. It Is known, however, that his arrival In Berlin co incides with n meeting of German FTovernnient officials in tho German capita! at which efforts will bo made to formulate the details of tho cam paign for league membership. "What you have Is not a League of Nations, but a league of victors," a German representative here said to day. "Germany must be heard; she must have a chance to do her part In the work of world reconstruction. She must not be condemned by lack of confidence. Her desire Is to better the tondltlons of humanity." Germans here declare that once Ger many is admitted to tho league she will feel a greater stability, and that from this confidence she will be better able to carry on her reconstruction work, to her own benefit and to tho benefit of the world. Berlin representatives here frankly admitted that Germany also hoped through the league to ohtain a revision of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and that she could, through the league, achieve this much more easily than would be possible through the exchange of formal notes with the Supreme Council of the Pence Confer ence or directly with allied Powers. They hold that Germany haB not been fairly treated by the British and the French press, end that she has not had a chance. They assert that fear of pub lic opinion frequently prevented the al lied leaders from rendering decisions favorable to Germany. The Germans, it was authoritatively said, will demand that their petition for membership In tho league may bo pre sented verbally by German delegates and not by formal note, the terms of which might be variously Interpreted by the allied press. The same plan will be fol lowed, It was said, In many of the nego tiations for modification of the treaty terms. TWO SPIES IN FRANCE PAY DEATH PENALTY One of Them Helped "Big Bertha'-' Fire on Paris. Pahis, l,-eb 1 Two spies to-morrow morning ar.' to pay the death penalty. They 'are a former Austrian officer named Funck and a German agent named Iyjuts Gcaspare Kunck was a Major in an Austrian Infantry regiment. He was a German spy before the war. His release papers asserted that he was an Irishman, which enabled him to remain in Parl3 In the employ or a bank until July. 1915, when ho left suddenly for Barce lona, where he met Baron von Roland, head of the German spy service In Spain. It was proved that Funck gave the Germans Information as to the points where the shells from the Ger mans' "Big Bertha'' fell in Paris and v.n normnna tn mnlce rectlfi Cli.lUICII ..... . cations In their aim. He was captured on tlie spani3n iromitr. Guaspare vas n pupil In a school for spying at Freiburg. Grand Duchy ot Baden, bc'orc ho was captured. SEX EQUALITY BILL OFFERED IN FRANCE Guesdc, Socialist Leader, In troduces Measure. Park. Feb. 1. Jules Guesde. the vet er.m Socialist leader, backed by sixty five members of the Chamber of Depu ties, has Introduced a bill In the Cham I cr which would given women civil, political and economic equality with men. Three clauses of the bill provide : First, all registered dispositions es tablishing the Inferiority of women as compared with men are hereby sup ;:essed: second, women are admitted to benefit by all laws which hitherto have applied only to men, and, third, all fu ture laws will affect the human being without distinction of sex. The Excet.ifor prints Interviews with six prominent Deputies of various groups In the Chamber, all of whom are In favor of the bill. "The world," said M. Guesde. "1ms scarcely awakened from the bloody nightmare Into which the crrcrs of society as It Is now constl tulcd plunged it. The social reform tthich must follow can never be realized v'lbnill the rln collaboration of all human bcinji." Southern Resorts Offer Rest Homes.. to Wilson Special Do patch to Tun Scs ami Sew York 1Ieuai.ii. piNEHURST, N. C, Feb. i. A' commodious residence in Pinehurst and another in South ern Pines have been placed at the disposal of President Wilson if he will come here, it was au thoritatively announced to-day. Strong efTorts tire being made to induce tho President to come here, and leading physicians un qualifiedly declare that oven a short stay in Pinehurst or South ern Pines would bo of inestimable benefit to his health. One of the largest winter resi dences here has been placed at the disposal of the President and will be his as long as he will use it. CHICAGO HEARS H. F. Gowen of De Forest Plant Announces Endio Feat With New Devices. POWER USED IS VERY LOW Inventor lias Sent Numerous Messages in .100 Mile Zone Around New York. A low powered wireless apparatus at the De Forest laboratories, Osslnlng. using but one-third of a kilowatt of power has been In communication by olee with Chicago nnd towns In Ohio, western New York and South Carolina since January 1, when experiments with improved wireless telephone ap paratus were begun. Announcement of tho achievement, which it is be lieved guarantees practical air voice communication for a 300 mile radius, and often for greater distances, was made by Robert V. Gowen, an enai neer of the Do Forest Radio Company, last night. Mr. Gowen' voice was first heard by an amateur wireless operator at St. Mary's, Ohio, who at the moment was tnklng a message In telegraph code. "This Is Osslnlng. I am talking at Osslnlng. X. V.,' said Mr. Gowen. The operator, not equipped to carry on wireless conversations, licked hack In telegraph code that lie received the. sig nal. In a letter which Mr. Gowen re ceived from St Mary's several days Inter the operator said he had "nearly fallen from the chair" when the human voice crept Into the Instrument. On succeeding nights the tests were all made at night amateur stations at Salem, Ohio; Gaffncy, S. V. : Wakefield. Mass., nnd Chicago heard Mr. Gowcn's voice nnd acknowledged tin' call Mr. Gowen said no advance notice of what lie was to attempt had licen.g.ven. Mr. Gowen said the principal fentmes of the new radiophone aro an Improved type of modulating circuit and the use of a new type of glass for the wireless au dlon. The effect of the new circuit Is to make the transmission clearer, while the new glass develops higher wireless power, although requiring no greater voltage. All of the experiments were conducted on tho low wave length pre scribed by tho Government for amateurs. It was found that one-third kilowatt of Input energy In a single tube of the nu dlon was all that was required to get Into communication with Chicago. Mr. Gowen said he was certain conversa tions could be carried on without diffi culty by air over n three hundred mile radius by means of his apparatus, and he thought a nine hundred mile radius could be achieved. GROUNDHOG AWAKES FROM WINTER'S NAP If He Sees Shadow To-day Cold Will Last Six Veeks. This is groundhog day, and nccording to the ancient superstition the groundhog will nwaken from his winter's sleep along about noon and come out of his hole to see what Is going on In tho world. If he sees his shadow he will turn tall and scamper back Into his hole and the country, or at least that part of tho country in which the sun Is shining, will have lx weeks more of winter. But if the clouds nre so great that the groundhog cannot see his shadow, then hs will stay out and the winter Is virtually over. KAISER TO GIVE HOSPITAL. Former Kinperor Will Commem orate Stay "t .Viiieroncen. AMF.r.o.s'fiEN-. Feb. 1. The former Ger mnn Emperor expects to present tn Am crongen a small hospital in remem brance of his stay here. Preliminary construction of the hospital Is under way on ground donated by Count von Ben Uncle. It was the former Emperor's Interest In the survey for this structure that oc casioned rumors that a house was being built at Amerongen for one of his sons. BELGIAN EDITORS WANT REST. Bri'sssls, Feb. 1. A commllttec of the Belgian Press Association has In vited the Government to follow the ex ample of Holland, Italy and Spain in the matter of compulsory Sunday rest for the press. It asks that a decree lie Issued pro hibiting the ' sale of newspapers from Saturday night to Monday. The New York American niters a JM cah priro and IM medali to uliool .'hlldrrn for the b-t ciy to N .rr'tte1! f'r !,itw!n' rirthclar See (!" N- Yo-1' AH'-rn ai) Etnint Journal for lull detail!. Adc OSSINING Impression That President Cannot Hold Out Against Lodge Reservations. FJLVXCK IN FAVOJi TOO British Lord's Stand Re garded as Vindication of Majority Leader. NOTIFICATION IN SIGHT llelief That Administration Senators Only Await Word From "White House. Special Detpatch to Tun Sex ad New York lli-.iuui. Washington, Feb. 1. Viscount Grey's remarkable defence of tho Lodge reservations to the peace treaty in his letter to tho London Times, printed In this country, Is likely to bo in Important factor In changing tho whole treaty situation. It Is regarded generally as knocking of the few remaining props from under tho Ad ministration Democrats In tho Sen ate. Ratification of thp treaty -with tho Lodge reservations looks to-night to be nearer than It ever has been since the beginning of tho controversy be tween President Wilson and the Sen ate last spring. On tho assumption that Viscount Grey would not have published bis let ter so conspicuously unless it repre sented, in the main, tho .views of tho British Government, tho advocates of the Lodge reservation programme find It difficult to understand how Presi dent Wilson logically can hold out much lotmer for ratification without the crossing of a "t" or the dotting of an "i." WIInoii I Left Uoluted. The Administration Democrats and the President himself invariable hpvo, Insisted that any Important reservftpj Hons to the league covenant would 1 nullify the Instrument and keep tno'& United States from participating ini the world peace settlement becauso? the other Powers would not accept the? fellowship of tjils country on such terms. Coming on the heels of Information from France that no objection would bo raised in that country to the Amer ican reservations, Viscount Groy'a declaration that they should be ac cepted 'by Great Britain, nnd in his opinion will not prevent tho full co operation of the United States In all necessary acts of the League, there fore seems to leave President Wilson and his loyal foHowers ln a strango and anomalous position. Mr. Wilson finds himself standing practically alone In defence of something which nobody here or abroad seems to think needs to be defended. Tho "irrcconcllables" In both par ties tho Senators who want to kill the whole treaty becauso they do not believe even the Lodgo reservations adequately will safeguard tho Inter ests of tho United States agree with Viscount Grey that the Lodgo reser vrtlnns will not affect materially the cooperation of ibis country in thu league. But for that very reason they hay they are more determined tl an ever to defeat tho treaty with or without them. SIlciH'e nt White Ilnnsr, Administration leaders were rather dazed when they read Viscount Grey's letter this morning. While they are not saying anything that can be regarded as a direct answer to his argument, all of them are wondering dubiously what President Wilson will do In the circumstances. Tho White House maintained tho usual silence to-day. There was no in dication that President Wilson had decided to change his strange atti tude of Ignoring completely the grow ing evidence that only his own acqul csence was needed to put an end to the present unfortunate International situation. If the President says tho word that will release his followers in tho Sen ate there Is not tho slightest doubt that the treaty, will bo ratified with surprising promptness. Tho Irrecon cllables have not sufficient strength nlono to prevent such action on tho basis of universal acceptance of tho Lodgo reservations. Whether early steps will be taken by the Republicans to bring tho treaty before the Senate again re mains undecided. Senator Lodge (Mass.), the Republican leader, would add nothing to-day to what bo had said heretofore. If b had any plan to forestall the Democrats by himself moving to resume consideration of Ui treaty he has not Indicated the fact yet. Other Senators said that In any case It was unlikely that a move would b made for several days. Ilarly Conference Expected. Interest in the Impending movo to bring the treaty back before the Senate tentres now largely In the jjrobable at titude of the "Irreconcilable." One of them said to-night that 'hey probably would raie no objsctb . hut would keep in the background a li follow what phi lend might hi gl tn by Senitor l.odg'e and the mild resp-atlo.udts. li . i A t