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VOL. LXXXVII.-NO. 186-DAILY.
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WE FOR 'DRY'
LEAGUE INQUIRY
L0.P.AID
'Action of Majority leaders
' Opens Way for Sweep
ing Probe. .
BLOCKING TACTICSPAIL
Strict Party Vote Kills Ef
I fort to Have Senate Join
Investigation.
SEE PROHIBITION EEVOLT
'Assemblymen Got Complaints
, From All Sections lobby
ing Ncars Searchlight.
12 Dry Massachusetts
Towns Vote for Liosrise
Special to The Sum asd New Yoar
IIesald.
ftOSTON, March j.- Votes in
Massachusetts towns on the
question of license are given in
the subjoined table, towns with
the denoting that they have
changed from no license to
license:
Yes. No.
Arlington 784 727
Bedford 105 83
Bralntrce 415 327
Brldgewatcr 149 109
Cohasset 312 190
Dartmouth 55 81
Pedham 556 415
Kramingham 1,268 754
Hanover 68 57
Holbrook 219 147
Hopedale 5 38
HopUlnton 243 ' 135
Hull 217 46
Lexington 307 291
Lincoln 73 62
Mendon 23 IS
Natlck 1.225 600
North Reading 71 68
Randolph 473 192
Reading . .... 305 . 375
Saugus 411 423
Southboro.. 119 125
Stoneham 670 436 '
Wakefield 861 618
W'atertown 1,002 769
Wellesley 202 295
Wenham 60 . 68
Westfield 1,019' 623
Wcstwood 72 90
Winchester 41- 881
Wlnthroo 730 J 789
Special to Tnr Scn and NEwyork Hemld.
Albant, March 3. Agents of. the
Anti-Saloon League and dry organiza
tions of tho State wcro trying to-day
to sidetrack tho proposed Investiga
tion of their activities, but the Repub
lican leaders of the Assombly withdrew
their opposition and opened the way
for a searching Inquiry. Speaker
Sweet has not openly and formally
aonroved tho nrobe. but he is not
trying to stop It. Following its de
feat tho majority has reversed Itself
and Joined In pushing ahead the in
quiry. The Senate declined to-day to take a
hand In the proceedings at this stage
after the majority and minority ha'd
indulged In a sharp partisan clash. By
strict party vote the Republicans re
ferred to tho pigeonhole a resolution
proposed by Senator CotiUo providing
that the Senate's Judiciary Commlttep
Join with the Assembly la tho inquiry.
Assemblyman Cuvllller, author of the
resolution calling tor aft investigation,
hs communicated with the up-Stato
minister who has offered to give testi
mony regarding the "Inside workings" of
the Anti-Saloon League's council. The
Assemblyman said a meeting had been
arranged for to-morrow. .
A'enr a Prohibition Ilevolt.
The Issuo involved In the proceeding
has broadened in It has been clarified
with the completion of the first moves.
It now Is recognized that 'the proposed
Inquiry will In reality ppen the second
stage In the prohibition flrht In this
State.
It Is mora important than the league's
finances and Mr. Anderson's activities!
forcement. Its alleged discrimination and
failure and the beer nnd llcht wlnn
prooiem will be threshed out The dis
satisfaction with existing conditions Is
growing almost Into a revclt up State
as well as In New Tork, and there is
Insistent demand that tho State either
take steps to correct alleged abuses or
take a firm stand In favor of soma kind
of modification of the law.
Reports have been coming to the Capi
tol for the last few weeks that large sup
plies of whiskey have been brought
across the St Lawrence River, froten
solid for weeks, and now Is stored In
oarns and garages along the Canadian
J, er- As soon as 11,0 roads are pass
ie It, la believed the liquor will be
tarried through the State. The drug
tore supply is amplo for one who cares
to pay the price, but prices. If reports
are true, are to be greatly increased
within a few -weeks. There is no Indi
cation that any one Is preparing to deal
in beer or light wine.
e.e Xeetl for Xui.uiri-.
These reports unquestionably have
"rved to change the situation here. As
semblymen who have voted consistently
w prohibition now Insist that If condl-
-s uisi as reported It Is tlrse for a
thorough Inquiry. In starting after th
ntl.fealoon League It will be possible to
Ke up the collateral question of. liquor
w enforcement, with a view Pf show
ing whether further action is needed by
the Legislature.
Corporations which have supported
brohlbltiftn im nMt.Mi.ibi A k..u .
appeals to-day to stop the Investigation.
They have Indicated that ft would bo
unwise to show the support given to the
ery movement by some of the big cor
porations who may havo had special in
st In turning the country dry
GETSG
U. S. RESTORES
COMPETITION IN
OCEAN TARIFFS
i
Private Operators to Get
Emergency Fleet Cor
poration Vessels.
ON AN AGENCY BASIS
Shipping Board Withdaws
Control Over Freight and
Passenger Bates.
TITLES TO BE RETAINED
Individuals or Companies Will
Ban Craty on Profit Shar
ing; Plan.
Special to Tn Sun and New Tok IlMAir.
Washington, March 3. The Ship
ping Board has determined to cease all
'Government operation of tho Ameri
can merchant marine and to turn over
to private operators on an agency
agreement the e'ntiro " fleet of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. At the
same tlmo the board withdrew Its con
trol over freight and passenger rates,
cancelling all of the tariffs issued, and
leaving to the private operators full
discretion as to rates to be charged.
The changes were effectlvo from
March 1, though the policy of private
operation of the merchant fleet has not
vet been fullv consummated. Tech-
Intcally, howover, tho Government re
leased operation of Its ocean carriers
at the same time the Inland trans
portation system was turned back to
private control
The Government is still to retain title
to all of its ships, and the operating
policy Is not In conflict with the general
policy being formulated by Congress for
retention of the fleet.
Under the form of agency contract
approved and in use Individuals, com
panies or corporations, can operate the
vessels on a profit sharing plan. The
fleet corporation reserves the right to
terminate the agency at any time, and
the agent can terminate his agreement
on thirty days- notice.
For operating purposes the vessels are
valued at S200 a dead weight ton, and
profits are to be reckoned on this basis.
Operating agents are permitted under
the contract to retain 10 per cent of all
net profits up to 50 cents a ton a month.
On net profits over 50 cents a ton a
month and not over ?1 a ton the agent
retains 20 per cent, and on all profits
In excess of 31 a ton a month the agent
gels 25 per cent
Operating ngents will be selected by
the Shipping Board on the basts of their
experience and general fitness. While
they will be permitted to compete with
all foreign ships and with other Govern
ment owned American ships competition
with rival Government owned vessels
must be kept In reasonable restraint.
Latitude was given private shippers
and agency operators of Government
vessels to make their own rates, that
they might be In position to meet all
outside competition. Cutthroat com
petition between Government owned ves
sels on a rate cutting basis will not be
permitted and tho board will exercise Its
right to terminate the contracts and
take back vessels where such competi
tion Is tried.
No general reduction in the rates that
havo been fixed by the Shipping Board
Is anticipated, though they will be
lowered as the needs of the shipping
situation indicate. Many British vessels
have taken cargoes by cutting under the
i fixed American rates. American vessels
cannot meet this competition.
MESSENGER MISSING,
CASH AND BONDS TOO
First National Bank Seeks
Boy and $79,200.
The First National Bank. 2 Wall
street, reported to the police last night
that a messenger Who had been en
trusted with 877,000 In bonds and checks
and J2.K0 In cash for delivery yester-
artrrnoon had disappeared. The boy
had not returned to his homo last night
about midnight, and when a reporter
for The Sun and New York Herald
caned at the residence of his parents,
three Plnkerton detectives who were
there said they had been unable to find
trace of !hlm.
The police said the messenger left the
bank at 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
made a part or his dally rounds and
returned shortly after noon. He was
sent out again with the checks, bonds
and cash, and when ho failed to return
at s o'clock inquiry showed ho hod
made only a few or the calls he was
supposed to make. Officials of the bank
last night said no charges had been
made .against the boy. and that no
action will be taken until it had been
ascertained If he had not been held un
or had suffered an accident which pre
vented nis return.
MOVIE FILMS FATAL
PARACHUTE PLUNGE
Inventor Rescued by Launch
Assistant Drowned.
Speeitl to Tn Bcw and 'ew Vok IlniiD.
Washington, March 3. Floyd Smith,
Inventor of a new type of parachute, and
Charles I. Willis, his assistant gave a
demonstration of the apparatus to-day
at Boiling Flying Field, both Jumping
from an army airplane at considerable
height. Another airplane containing
army motion picture operators circled
around to take photographs of the test
There was a sharp wind, and Smith
and Willis, each with a separate para
chute, were carried .over the Potomac
River and 'dropped Into the water.
Smith was rescued by a naval launch
and is recovering In a hospital. Willis
was drowned.
Greek Ousted in Oxford,
Students Hold Parade
Special CabU Despatch to Van Sex akd
New. YonK Uibiip. Copyright, 1M0,
by Ton 8cn and New YoK llintip.
T.ONDON, March 3. The do
clsion by Oxford University
to abolish compulsory Greok
from Its curriculum has resulted
in wildest demonstrations by Us
students. Two hundred under
graduates, attired in ancient
Greek costumes and carrying
rose bowls, in imitation of
Greek vases, marchod through
the town. In the midst of the
procession walked a student im
personating a Greek high priest,
carrying an urn wherein red hot
ashes were placed, the urn rep
resenting an emblem of crema
tion. At their head they carried
a largo banner of white and blue,
tho Greek colors.
A student representing
"ffidious" recited "The Isles of
.Greece" and "Maid of Athens."
FRENCH ACCEPT
ECONOMIC PLAN
Supreme Council Adjourns
j "When Premier Millerand Ap
' proves Now Policy.
TEEATY IS UNMODIFIED
German Indemnities Made Sec-;
ondary to Loan for Ger
many's Reconstruction.
Special Cable Despatch to Tn Sex w Nw
Yobk Herald. Copyright, IKD, by the son
akd New Yobk IUbaid.
London, March 3.-The Supreme
council or tno rcace uonierence ou-
. ., , , . . ,...
Jcurned unexpectedly to-night after re-
celvlng the assent of Premier Mllle-
rand to tho terms of the Supreme
Council's economic manifesto. .The
manifesto will bo published to-morrow.
The manifesto will contain a lengthy
survey of the entire European eco
nomic situation, with recommendations
of methods whereby Europe may bo
reestablished as a self-supporting,
economic unit These recommenda
tions were arrived at only after care
ful Jockeying to meet Premier Mlllq
rand's guarantees to the French
Chamber of Deputies that the essen
tials of the peace treaty' would not bo
modified.
For these reasons, the correspon
dent of The Sun and New York
Herald la informed, the indemnities
required of Germany merely will be
deferred and made secondary to tho
proposed new loan to take care of
Germany's reconstruction. H Is un
derstood that Premier Millerand fin
ally was convinced of the necessity for
this, as well as to the necessity for
the Russian decision, In view of the
frnuHni? rrtnvlrMnn thnt no more
loans or credits could be expected from
the united States.
Whatever may be the character ot the
manifesto. It Is quite certain that the
Supreme Council has decided that Eu
rore. Including Russia and Germany,
must stand on her own feet It will care
fully refrain from mention ot "emanci
pation" or the burden of trade with the
United States under adverse political and
fiscal conditions.
There can be no doubt that the council
has decided on two things. They are:
1. The punishment of Germany must be
secondary to saving the life of Europe.
2. The life of Europe can bo saved by
opening up the granaries ot Russia and
the workshops of Germany, rather than
through the fields, factories and banks
of tho United States.
It was learned to-night that not only
thA tnnntfosrtA nrnvldn for the tiro-
posed loan to Germany, but urges that
tow materials be sent here In Increasing
quantity, asserting that the outright re
construction or ucrmany concerns an
Europe, and that It is the duty of the
Allies to aid In this. It also makes It
incumbent on the Allies to aid In the
reconstruction of the devastated districts
of France and Belgium.
lne Statement la nmuv uiut niuiuuv
putting both Franco and Germany on a
pre-war industrial basis the equilibrium
of the Continent cannot bo restored, it
urges tho extension of the barter sys
tem with countries whose currency Is
depreciated, nnd advises a common cur-
rency basis for all new countries and
the stabilization or exenange mroiign mo
manipulation of allied Joans, credits, raw
materials and paper money.
A recommendation of special Interest
to Italy commends the development of
hydro-electric power And the consexva-
tlon of coal In Industrial processes. Also - (
It contains recommendations for con- The principal arrest made Is 'that of
trolling the basic price of raw materials, William O'Brlon, leader of the transport
for the pooling of transport facilities wwkers, who was prominent in the cor
and uniform international control of ray0Il and recently successfully de
rings and trusts, such as the proposed J . . th rem0Val of the maco and
Leacruo or Nations control over me
B. . . M ... I
Standard on tympany ana outer uge
petroleum concerns,
LOW FOREIGN RATES
NOW CAN BE MET
- , ... . ,, Df .'were taken from a mall van held up
Local Snippers Are r leased t0-day In Dublin streets by armed men,
Witt. Aa.A Ar4l it... nauMd creat excitement at military
According to representative steam
ship operators and exporters here the
yrucr Ul IMO lliwut vaiivciuii.
Its freight tariffs will Induce an Imme -
diato improvement In the shipping mar-'
ket. Lower freHht rates offered by for
eign flag ships, which could not be met
by operators of American vessels due to
the fixed freight charges, can now be
successfully competed with, the shippers
said.
The cancelling of the rates, under the
recent agreement with operators, was
not generally expected to become7ec
ttve before tho middle of March and
the advancement of the date is generally
acceptable in view of existing difficulties
Induced by the exchange situation.
Ono effect' of the order, it Is under
stood, will be to reduce materially the
detail of work now handled In the offices
of the Shipping Board here and at other
ports.
LICHTENFELS IS
HELD AS KEEPER
OF LOFT BOOTY
Bronx Grocer Concealed
$100,000 Goods in Ware
house, Police Say.
BROTHER ALSO SEIZED
Furs, Silks and Jewelry
Stolen in lower Man
hattan, Is Asserted.
BOTH DENY CHARGES
Two Chauffeurs Also Taken,
One on Visit to the Place
With Necklaces.
William Llchtenfels, president of the
Bronx Retail Grocers' Association, and
his- brother Emll, both members of tho
firm of William Llchtenfels, were ar
rested yesterday by detectives who
have been worklrig on truck and loft
thefts and burglaries, charged with
suspicion of receiving stolen goods.
413 w1ms avenue, Tho Bronx, the de
tectives said that they found 5100.000
worth of furs, Jewelry, automobllo
tires, silk and other goods stolon from
merchants of lower Manhattan.
William Llchtenfels Is also treasurer
and a director ot The Bronx urocery
pnnMnr nnntlnir thrpo stores, nnd
" ,,
n w r,i n
being held in Tho Bronx,. He made a
.
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chased the goods and brought them
to tho warehouso for housing. Tho
Llchtenfels brothers were arrested in
the building in which the goods were
found.
While tho detectives were talking
with them Joseph Snell, a chauffeur,
of 433 West Eighteenth street, Man
hattan, came in. The detectives
searched him and, said they found a
package containing necklaces. Later
George JklllleAOoth chaufTeur,
who ald hie lived at Fiftieth street
and Tenth avenue, Manhattan, was
taken Into custody. Both drivers Were
charged with suspicion of robbery.
The detectives have been on tho trail
of truck and loft thieves for several
weeks,- but said they picked up the trail
that led to- The Bronx only yesterday.
After tho Llchtenfels brothers had been
taken to the West Twentieth street sta
tion, where they were detained for ar
raignment to-day. patrol wagons were
sent to remove the goods. Six loads
were requlrfd.
Included in tho suspected loot were
fifty rolls of Canton silk valued -at 100
a roll, twenty-five valuable rugs and 400
necklaces. 'The detectives believe the
loot has been accumulating for a con
siderable period. Tags that would
identify the ownership of the property
liave been removed, they said.
Two other arrests are expected. Sev
mI Tvrsons saw the chauffeur, Snell,
rfriv trt the warehouse In an auto
mobile containing two other men. When
the men saw he was belng.arresteu they
started the car 'and spe'd away. The
four defendants will be arraigned this
morning.
William Liicnienreis is j anu im. t
1272 Union avenue,
Ills brother Emll
lives at 400
Bronx.
East 145th street. The
MAIL VAN HELD UP BY
SINN FEIN IN DUBLIN
-
w j Lieutenant's Letters Are
ora Mcuiraum
fit w
Seized in Street by Day.
Dublin, March' 3. The military and
llc0 to-day raided Liberty Hall, the
. parkin's transport
" .. headauarters ot
workers; Banba Hall, headquarters oi
the grocers' assistants organisation, mw
on fitrlke ; the Gaelic League offices,
rooms of the Lelnstcr College of
r numerous private houses.
ewAffl.
ur,r Sinn Fein member of
.,-. Mnrtheajlt ( nrk. nlnn waS
arrested, together with his partner,
Peter Clancy, in ,tne tailoring uumucau
under the style "republican tailors."
The theft of trie letters ot viscount
French, the Lord Llautenam. wnicn
has caused great excitement at military
and police headquarters. All the houses
In the district nave ocen searcnea aim
numerous nrrests made, though the let
ters and other malls have not yet been
discovered. Practically every house In
' uiKUtcl cut . ..-w..- -... ...
'Eccles street Is occupied by tho mtll-
CLOSING TIME MSD
tSflj &m AN0 NE Y0RK HERALD
DAILY ISSUES
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GERMAN MINE
OWNERS FIGHT
, SOCIALIZATION
Refuse to Let Government
Get Full Benefit of High
er Coal Prices.
BOTH SIDES STUBBORN
Issue May Be Carried to Na
tional Assembly for
Settlement.
GREAT SUM IS INVOLVED
Industry Sought to Havo Kate
Jump Devoted to New
Equipment.
By IIAYMOND SWING.
Staff Correipondent of Tns 80S and Nkw
Yoijc Herald, copyrtgnt. w
Son and New Yobk Hwaid.
Rmt.iv. March 2 (delayed). An ex
tremely interesting issue Involving
nnmiinr control of national resources
has developed between tho coal mlno
owners of Germany and the Govern
ment which may result in the National
Assembly deciding whether the basic
industry here may raise prices with
out giving guarantees that the income
so obtained Is spent for social better
ment Mino owners havo asked leave
of the Government to Increoso tho
prtco of coal eighteen marks a ton,
the revenues from such an advance to
be applied to the replacement of ma
chinery worn out during tho war and
to extensions needed to make up for
tho loss of coal through tho terms of
the treaty of Versailles.
The Minister of Economics has
agreed to the request In principle. At
the same time ho hns set up as a con
dition of the granting of the request
that tho Government shall have shores
In the mining properties and represen
tation on the directorates of tho vari
ous companies for the entlro amount
which each corporation will receivo
by Increasing tho prlco of coal.
Tha mine owners, led by Herr Stlnnea
of Essen, flatly refused to accent this
condition on the ground that il was
merely a roundabout way to nationali
zation of the mines. They asked the
rleht to make the Increase In prlco
without giving any guarantees, and
when the Ministry declined they Drone
off negotiations. 'Now the Ministry Is
talking of carrying the Issue to the
National Assembly.
Tho Government Is not inclined to
make concessions to the mlpe owners,
especially slnco It has Just nnlsneu an
intensive Dropacanda campaign among
the miners to get them to work over
time In the general Interest
On the basis of present production
If the' price of coal Is Increased by
eighteen marks a ton the Government
would In a year's time be a share
holder in the German coal industry to
the extent of about 2,000,000,006 marks.
The mine owners now say that they
can obtain the capital they need In tho
market without losing . their Indepen
dence.
BOLSHEVIKI BACKERS
OF BELGIAN STRIKE
Reds Sent by Lenine to Make
Trouble.
Special Cable DeipatcK to Tns Sen and New
York Herald. Copyright, 1M0. by -be Scn
and New Yobk Hibald.
'Brussels, March 3. The striko of
coal miners Ip tho Borlnago district
was engineered by the Bolshevist com
mittee recently organized in Holland,
according to charges Just made here.
The miners demand a wago advance of
15 per cent., basing their demand on
the increased cost of bread. -In well
informed circles hero the consensus Is
that tho money to carry on the striko
and the orders to leaders In chanro of
it come directly frorh the Bolshevist
committee in Holland, which is
financed by Lenlno and Trotzky in
Moscow. This committee, it was as
serted, obtain not only money but se
curities and Jewels, which they con
vert into money, from the Soviet Gov
ernment. Tho strike of the coal miners -in the
Borlnage district has been vehemlently
Condemned by the Coal Miners Syn
dicate, which adds color to the charge
thai the walk out was engineered and
ordered by the agents of the Bol
shevlkl. Tfc mine owners have, refused to
grant the wage Increase demanded by
tho striking miners unless they obtain
authorization to Increase the price of
coal correspondingly. The Government
lia- refused to grant such authorization.
SUNDAY ISSUES
M. tl Mtto Ofiee, 230
g. M. tt hnm HenM 0ee,erH
(LeettMM feted on Etril Pife).
TREATY DETAILS REFUSED
TO SENATE FOUND INN. Y.;
A USTRIAN PACT ALSO SEEN
ALLIES EXPECT
. AMERICAN AID
Will Concede- Almost Any
thing to Havo U. S. Co
operation in Pcaco
MAY INVITE DELEGATES
Likely to Plead With Wash
ington to Name Men to
Help in Settlements.
Special Cabti Despatch to In Sun and New
York IIebald. Copyright, 1SJ, by The Scn
and New Yobk Hebald.
Paris, March 3. With .American re
Jectlon of tho Treaty of Versailles vir
tually certain as a result of the fail
ure of tho Senate and President Wil
son to find ome basis of compromise,
it is believed in official circles here
that tho participation, of United States
representatives in tho work of the
various c6mm!sslons handling the
treaty provisions will terminate soon.
It was said by well informed per
sons hero to-day that while American
participation has been only passive,
with Ambassador 'Wallace', Albert
Rathbone and a few others in Paris
and Ambassador Davis in London
acting purely as observers, tho dele
gates of other nations believe that the
Washington Government cannot well
expect such a hazy arrangement to
continue indefinitely, especially if tho
Senato actually repudiates tho treaty.
Eager (or America's Advice.
There Is no doubt that the rump
Peace Conference Is very much worried
over tho trend of the American policy
in, this regard. It became known here
to-day, however, that tho conference
will soon make renewed efforts, savoring
of concessions, to retain American as
sistance as long as possible. The cor
respondent ot This Sun and New York
Herald here' Is informed that the Su
preme Council will even go so far as
to invito the American Government to
appoint delegates to all commissions for
the enforcement of the treaty terms, In
order that American, Interests may be
safeguarded and at tho same time the
United States may assist allied progress
In this work by means of advice and
definite knowledge of how tho United
Stales Government views tho various
pronlcms arising from tlmo to time ond
demanding settlement
Mr. Hathbone Is America's unofficial
observer, or listener. In the reparations
work, and yet he, Is not able to put his
shoulder to the wheel and make his par
ticipation In the work count construc
tively. Tho Reparations Commission now
Is busy In dally conferences dealing with
policy and organization. They are con
structing a huge International organiza
tion, the ramifications or wnicn eventual
ly will extend throughout Europe, Asia
and Africa. It goes without saying that
this commission will have an Important
Influence in deciding great economic,
commercial and political questions.
American Interests at Stake.
ah hA Imiiaii dlrectlv or indirectly
concern America, politically and com
marxifitiv. Thus, whatever may be
thi European or even American view
of the Senate-wnson treaty ngnt, uio
tnM nmlm (tint the Unltfd States.
DhAnM tinvA nn nntlvA hand In deter
mining such far-reochlng questions : and
lu mut OHU It 13 uimco.wu w i.wu".i'
Is unanimous In the opinion that Amer
.VinuM hn offered soma ODDOrtUnltV
for voicing her wishes,- regardless of the
fate of the treaty in tno oenato or at
the hands of President Wilson.
American representatives nere natural
ly refuse to discuss the matter, but it la
known that me solving ot tno treaty
problems by Insuring full American co
operation in me auieu coum-ns uu an in
terested participant and not as a party
to tho peace treaty," would meet with
tho general approval
Therefore, if American Indecision on
tho treaty continues, or If the treaty Is
finally rejected, it Is more than probable
that -the Allies will soon make earnest
representations to the United States
that regardless of politics or aversion,
treaty representatives be empowered to
act In the purely open and shut business
arising rromwe treaty una mat aucn
renrrxrntatives be named to tho various
treaty commissions.
Incidentally, it was said that had
there been such American representation
in the recent Peace Conference decisions
the Adriatic snarl might have been ob
viated and there would have been no
cause for President Wilson inferring
that the Entente Powers had Ignored
America.
STRAUSS.LEAVES
RESERVE BOARD
Resigns Because Work Has
Been Completed.
V'ashinoton, March .1. Albert
Strauss of New York resigned to-day as
u mdnber of lht Federal ReSete Board.
Mr- Strauss said that he had accepted
appointment to the board with the un
derstand mg that he would be allowed
to retlro when his work should be
finished. He felt, he said, that that
tlmo had come, especially In view of
his need for a rest Ills duties In
Washington and abroad aa a member
of the American financial mission at
the Peace Conference, he sold, had kept
him away from homo much Jongor than
he expected.
Mr. Strauss was desirous to make
clear there had been no friction In
tho board.
REAL FOOD MEDICINE.
There Is actual nourishment In Father
John's Uedlclnt. which builds aew lUMitn
tad rcsUtlnr power. .lie.
-s
Rodosto Turks Slay
Greeks and Armenians
PARIS, March 3.--Tho Greek
Legation to-tlny made public
a telegram announcing tho
slaughter of a large number o
Greeks and Armenians by the
Turks in Rodosto, sixty miles
northeast of Gallipoli on the Sea
of Marmora. Details are lack
ing, but the telegram says the
French Governor of Dedeaghatch,
a seaport in Thrace on the Aegean
Sea, has left hurriedly for Enos,
the headquarters of the followers
of Mugtapha Kemul Pasha, Turk
ish Nationalist leader, who are
said to be terrorizing the in
habitants of that region. Enos
is a toeaport on the Aegean Sea,
thirty-eight miles northwest of
Gallipoli.
TO OUST TURKS
FROM EUROPE
Resolution Offered in Senate
Favors Driving All From
Constantinople.
WOULD CREATE 3 STATES
President Criticised for Ignor
ing Request for Harbord
Asia Minor Report.
Washington, March 3. Under a
resolution Introduced to-day by Sen
ator King (Utah) the Senate would
declare in favor of tho expulsion of
tho . "Government of the Ottoman
Turks" from Constantinople and the
erection of three independent States in
the old Turkish Empire under the
"direction of the allied Powers or the
Leaguo of Nations."
The resolution was referred to the
Foreign Relations Committee after
some discussion of the failure of
President Wilson to comply with tho
Senate's request for a copy ot the re
port of tho American mission sent to
Asia Minor under Major-Gen. James
G. Harbord. Senator Wadsworth
(New York) said the President had
failed even to acknowledge the Sen
ate's request.
Senator King's resolution recited
that tho "presence of the Government
of tho Ottoman Turks at Constanti
nople has been a constant cause of
disorder, massacre, oppression, poverty
and pestilence among Christian peo
ples of Eastern Europo and Asia
Minor," and that the Turks "are
wholly disqualified to exercise author
ity over Christian peoples."
It recommended that Constantinople
be made a separate State, that the six
Armenian vilayets also be erected Into
an Independent entity and that the Turks
be allowed to make a third State of the
province of Anatolia, under their own
control.
Senator Wadsworth said the Ilarbord
report had been shown to him at the
State Department, and that high offi
cials, including the Secretary of State,
had given their opinion that, with cer
tain deletions, there was no reason why
the report should not be sent to the
Senate. That was seVen weeks ago; he
said, but efforts to secure the President's
consent slnco then had been unavailing.
"I am afraid' said Senator Wads
worth, "that this is another Instance, of
tho studied indifference of the President
to a courteous request of the Senate."
"That Is habitual," Interjected Sena
tor Lodge ' (Mass.), 'the Republican
leader. "Literally hundreds of requests
for Information from tho White House
liavo been disregarded altogether. Never
betore, I believe, in the history ot our
Government has even acknowledgment
of Senate resolutions been refused."
Senator Polndexter (Wash.) told the
Senate he understood the Ilarbord re
port was adverse to assumption of any
American mandate over Turkey, and
suggested that the President might be
withholding it because of the effect it
might' have on ratification of tho treaty.
WILSON'S REPLY ON
ADRIATIC DELAYED
Final Draft Still Awaits Of
ficial Approval.
Special to Tns Sen and New Yobk nenAto.
Washington, March 3. Transmission
of tho latest Wilson note to the British
nnd French Premiers regarding the
Adrlutlo controversy has been post
poned. At the State Department It was
learned to-day that deeplto the op
tUm of yesterday, when It was antlci
riaind that the note would bo cabled to
night, the final draft had not been offi
cially approved and there was no chance
that the document Vould bo ready tor
coding and filing before to-morrow at
the earliest
No reason was assigned, for the delay.
althoush It was generally assumed that,",
aa in the previous Instance, the State
Department experts had been called to
gether to review every phase of the in
strument and suggest such technical
changes as the circumstances warrant.
Senator Knox Tells of Six
teen Large Volumes in
Lawyer's Office.
BODY KEPT IN DARK
Penlisylvanian Bitterly As
sails Secretive Methods of
.Present Administration.
BORAH ALSO CONDEMNS
Shantung Reservation Debated
But Vote Is Not Reached
on the Proposal.
Special to lne Son akd JCr.w YonK nmito.
Washinqton, March 3. While tho
Senato has been unable from tho be
ginning of the treaty controversy to
get substantially any information re
garding the background of the treaty,
unofficial persons in New Tork are in
possession of the most completely
documented accounts of tho entire
negotiations. Senator Knox (Pa.)
caused a sensation to-day with this
specific charge. Ho said that in pos
session of a New York lawyer were
ten volumes of documents covering
negotiations of the German treaty and
six similar volumes dealing with the
Austrian treaty.
"There is not one-tenth of ono vol
ume of such information upon the
flies of the Senate either In tho Com
mittee -on Foreign Relations or else
where," said Mr. Knox.
The statement was made in connec
tion with the announcement that some
information that the t'enato had asked
for by resolution had not been pro
vided. This has been the Senate's ex
perience not only throughout the
treaty discussion, but from the begin
ning of tho Wilson Administration,
Senator Knox said.
Reporter Brousht First Copy.
It will be recalled that the first copy
of the treaty the Senato procured came
not from th President but fr6m &
newspaper correspondent who grot it In
Paris and brought It back to this coun
try, lending it to Senatw Borah (Idaho),
who had It put into the Coiiffntjjlonol
Record. At that time it was known that
several copies had been. brought to this
country and it was a current observa
tion that everybody that wanted It could
get the treaty except the Senate.
Later the President submitted the
treaty In due form and it was found
that the text pjaced In the Record was
entirely correct. Since that time the
Senate has asked repeatedly by resolu
tion for documents and information
relating to the negotiations, .nd In al
most all cases the requests have been
Ignored or else the Information denied.
Senator Knox said to-day that from
the beginning of the Government down
to 1913 tt had been customary for the
State Department to keep the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee advised on
matters of concern to our International
relations without even request from the
Senato; It had been regarded as a reg
ular policy consistent with the Senate's
constitutional participation In the treaty
making power.
"The new policy of secrctlvenss," Mr.
Knox said, "Is a part and parcel of the
policy this Administration has main,
talned slnco 1913 to keep from the Sen
ate Information bearing on international
relations which It is not only our right
but our duty to have, to read, to digest,
to' understand and to apply.
Files Barren of Information,
"The flies of the Committee on For
eign Relations to-day are naked so far
as information bearing on our interna
tional affairs is concerned," he con
tinued. "We ought not to bo driven to
tho expedient of adopting resolutions
requiring Information. Tho practlco of
our Government from Its foundation
down to 1913 has been that when great
matters affecting the Interests of the
United States and Its relations to for
eign governments have arisen Informs,
tlon has beon volunteered not only that
the Senate through Its Committee on
Foreign Relations might be advised, but
that they might be put in a position
whero they could study and consider
what odvlce they might possibly be
called .upon to gtvo In respect to such
matters.
"What Is there In the flies of the
Committee on Foreign Relations that
bears on the negotiations of this peace
treaty? Practically nothing. Wo never
got the treaty itself until the enterprise
of tho Senator from Idaho (Mr. Borah)
dragged It out of a newspaper office
and It was put on the records of the
Senato against the protest of the Ad
ministration; "I was , told within the last week by
one of .the most responsible gentlemen
whom I know hat ho had had occasion
to visit a law office In New York upon
some professional buslnes!, and not us
ing able at once to see the gentleman
upon whom he called he busied himseif
looking about the office. He saw ten
volumes as law as the bound volumes
of The Congressional Record which were
labelled 'Treaty of Peace with Germany.'
He had tlmo enough to take them down.
He found propositions, counter-propositions,
protocol, original drafts, modifica
tions of drafts apparently connected
with the treaty with Germany, and
.innnMa of them he said thero were at
least six other volumes equally specifio
In detail, relating to tno ireiy wiui
at4o- There la not one-tenth of one
volumo ot such information upon the'
flies of the Senate, either in the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations or else.
whcrc. .......
Senator Knox did not ten uio oeniw
or Btate to inquirers later in whose pos