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portant and continued only until such
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rer undertaken by a newspaper. ' .
Agreement on Adriatic
Is Accepted by Italy
pARIS, Jnn. 14. Tho project
for nn agreement on tho
Adriatic question lias been ac
cepted by Itnly. It has also been
handed to the Jujro-Slavs, who
have forwarded tho text of tho
accord by telegraph to Belgrade.
A reply is expected by Friday.
PLAN APPEAL TO
TREATYFRIENDS
Owens and Kcnyon in Move for
General Conference to
Aid Pact.
DISREGARD PARTY LINES
Signatures of 8 Democrats and
8 Republicans1 to Bo Sought
for Proposed Call.
Special Despatch to Tub Su.v,
(Washington, Jan. 14. Discussion of
tho treaty outlook to-day developed
much Interest In a statement by Sena
tor Owen (Okla.), who said that ho and
Senator Kcnyon (la.) had been dls
cussing tho prospects and had agreed
that If n general conference! of the
friends of tho "treaty, regardless of
party, could be arranged it should pro
duco good results. Accordingly, they
had agreed to attempt getting sixteen
Senators, eight Republicans and eight
Democrats to sign a call for such
conference.
Tho plan was that Senator Owen
should secure tho signatures of eight
Democrats and Senator Kenyon thowy
of a like number of Republicans. Tttjy
both admitted that they liad under
taken to do this, but both added also
that no, effort would be made to hold
s,uch a conference until after tho Dem
ocrats had chosen their party leader
at the caucus to-morrow.
The possibility of a "round robin'
signed by sixteen Senators, and then of
a conference of perhaps forty or fifty
Senators of both parties, 77ns greeted
with great Interest, but little entliu
plasm.
"It would be exactly like a meetlnir ot
tho Senate to discuss the treaty, only
in ere would be an unusually largo at-
tendance. We might as well start the
vhole discussion 'over tho Senate floor,"
said a cynnic
It was ascertained to-day that Sena
tors Owen and McNary (Ore.) held a
conference with Senator Lodge (Mass.),
Republican leader, and tried to shake
him from his determination that the
Lodge reservation on Article X. Is the
minimum that enn be conceded.
They started In with some enthusiasm,
but by common report wen taway con
vinced that Senator Lodge Is u very
"Eot" person. He could not glvo them
any encouragement at all. They will
havo to take the Lodge reservation or
leave It. He explained that If ho tried
!p modify It he could not get the votes
Vfc adopt the modification. If they did
not believe him they were at liberty
themselves to go out looking for votes to
put over a modification.
Senator Colt (R. I.) has been enthusi
astic In his efforts for agreement on
somo compromise plan ; so enthusiastic,
In fact, that he has claimed to speak for
some of tho mild reservation group, who
to-day protested that he didn't repre
sent them. They declare he is much mis
taken In assuming that the Kendrlck
McNary reservation of Article X. woutd
be satisfactory to a number of tho Ito
publloan reservatlonlsts. In fact, they
Insist It could not get a Republican vote
aside from that of Senator Colt and pos
sibly Senalpr McCumber (N. D.), and
whether It could get the McCumber sup
port was admitted to be only a shadowy
possibility.
JOHN F. DODGE DIES;
BROTHER RECOVERS
Pneumonia Fatal to Rich
Automobile Maker.
John P. Dodge, wealth Detroit auto
mobile manufacturer, who was taken
111 last Wednesday with pneumonia
while on a business trip to this city,
died last night shortly after 11 o'clock
at the P.ltz-Carlton Hotel. His brother,
Horace E., who Is associated with him
in the Dodge Brothers Company, was
stricken with the same dlseaso last
Tuesday and Is now pronounced out of
danger.
The Dodge brothers were regarded as
the two richest brothers In the American
business world. They wero Interested
In the development of automobile making
from the start by a fortunate connection
with Henry Ford. After Mr. Ford began
the operation of hla own company they
continued the business Independently.
They are supposed to have amaseed a
great fortune. i
A report on the condition of the pa
tients Issued yesterday afternoon by
Dr. Ira L. Hill, tho attending physician,
was that while John was still in danger
his brother was well on the way to re
covery. Dr. Hill said John was doing as
well as could be expected until tho dls
easo reached Its crisis.
TO BEP0RT ON VIRGIN ISLANDS.
Washington', Jan. H. A Joint reso
lution providing for the appointment of
a Congressional commission to Investi
gate political and economic condition's in
the Virgin Islands was adopted to-day
by the Senate, which accepted House
amendments.
The commission will bo named soon
and Is to report on the matter ot es
tablishing a civil government In thn
Islands to replace the present naval ad
ministration.
MINORITY WILL
PICK HITCHCOCK
OR UNDERWOOD
Stubborn Battle Expected
When Democratic Caucus
Chooses Senate Leader.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
Nebraskan's Adherents Say
He'll Win 24-22-Oppo-
nents Make Like Claim.
MAY COUNT ABSENTEES
Winner Will Undoubtedly Bo
Big Party Figure for
Many Years.1
Special Dispatch to Tus Son.
Washington. Jan. 14. Democrats of
tho Senate will caucus to-morrow to
select a minority leader. Indications
to-ntght wero that, the leadership fight
would be close, with chances In favor
of Senator Hitchcock (Neb.) winning
by an eyeldsh or two. This statement
was mado by ono of the supporters of
the Nebraskan:
Thcro are 47 Democratic Sena
tors, counting Senator Glass (Va.),
who had not yet been sworn In but
who will attend the caucus, as wo
understand. With all present it
would require 24 to elect. Our ex
pectation Is that 24 votes aro cer
tain to bo present and counted for
Hitchcock, and not moro than 22
for Underwood.
Senator Mark Smith (Ariz.) will
not bo present. Senator Fletcher
(Fla.) Is 111 and it Is uncertain
whether ho will bo able to attend.
He Is for Underwood. On the other
hand, Senator Swanson (Va.) will
be absent on account of buslne-
out of the city. So thero will be at
least ono pair, although nn Invol
untary ono. It has been suggested
that agreement bo renched to count
votes of absent Senators, but this
has not been arranged.
Doth Factions Claim Victory.
Tho Underwood people said that if all
Senators attended and all votes were
cast they were confident of winning, but
not by moro than two votes. "And It Is
so close that I am not willing oven to
underwrite that," added ono of the best
Informed spokesmen ot the Alabama
candidate.
Leadership as determined to-morrow
Is expected to have a large weight In
party affairs for a long tlmo to come.
Senator Underwood roso to the propor
tions of a Presidential figure by reason
of a successful period of leadership in
tho House of Representatives, and be
came an Important candldato for the .
Democratic nomination in now,
his close friends say, he Is In a position
that gives a promising chance that fol-
lowing a perioa In the Senate leader-:
,, . ,. " , ,
shlp ho could be a still more Imposing
Presidential flguro at the national con-
ventlon of 1924. This is the ultlmnte
big game in tho cyo of the Underwood
managers. It Is explained. Senator Un
derwood does not caro lor Presidential
chances this year, but Is looking four
year ahead.
Contrariwise, his rival for the leader
ship, Senator Hitchcock, Is placed In all
tho Presidential lists for 1920.
Hitchcock n Poaalblllty.
It Is figured that the Democrats must
name a Northern man tins year, and
Senator Hitchcock is accounted a seri
ous personality. The ardor with which
Senator Hitchcock has supported the Ad
ministration treaty policy has been ex
pected. In some quarters, to bring at
least evidences of White House approval
calculated to give a fillip to the Hitch
cock movement, but evidences ot such
pproval havo been somehow delayed In
transmission.
Senator Hitchcock, In fact, stands
badly at tho White House, by all re
ports. He lost caste when, as member
of tho Military Affairs Committee, ho
Inrul Willi Kpnnlnr I hnmn.rlnln Jllrn 1
Senator Thomas (Col.) ai.d the Repub
licans, In the winter of 1917-18, In
(baking up the War Department and
the Administration's general manage
ment of the war.
Despite his later loyalty to tho Ad
ministration in the treaty fight, he has
not been forgiven. It has been Insist
ently reported that Secretary' Tumulty
and Postmaster-General Burleson have
been active In opposing Hitchcock and
supporting Underwood. While the Un
derwood people Insist that they have not
been favored In that quarter, the Hitch
cock people have been mum.
It has not escaped observation, how
ever, that Senator Hitchcock named as
his manager In the leadership fight Sen
ator Chamberlain, who Is perhaps In
worse odor at the Whlto House than any
other Democrat, for the renson that he
led tho revolt against the LSaker man
agement of tho War Department.
MANHATTAN CENSUS
. '
ENUMERATION FIRST .
Rnv est Cnmnlofnrf C
? j a b?eets I
L.euu3 nmong oi & UlSiriCts,
Special Despatch to Tns Sux.
Washington, Jan. 14. Tho Manhat.
tan district of New York city, of which
Samuel J. Foley Is supervisor, has won
tno competition among the 372 census reu nags ana Banners inscriDed with tho
districts of the United States of being , words, "All Power to tho Soviets" con
tho first to send (i box of completed ' tlnued to arrive. Troop reenforcements
census enumeration sheets to the Census!'" hugo motor trucks were added to tho
Bureau In Washington. Fifty portfolios
comprised the shipment, representing an
enumeration district.
Mr. Foley has advised the Census
Bureau that he has hopes of completing
the enumeration ot Manhattan ahead ot
either of tho other four census districts
Into which Greater New York has been
divided.
DEERFOOT FARM 8ACSAOE3
Dick on tha marHt. Sim naror mi
Qtiilltr you uted to cat Mad at tha Farm
at Southboraug a, ilu. All Datlars, Adv.
MARTIAL LAW IN
ALL GERMANY;
30 DEAD IN RIOT
Quiet Again Prevails in
Berlin and Street Patrols
Are Heavily Eeenforccd
NOSKE IN PULL POWER
Dr. Heine, Minister of In
terior, Assumes Respon
sibility for Measures.
BAUER THANKS POLICE
Newspapers Blamo Independ
ents for Bringing About
Bloodshed.
Berlin, Jan. 14. Tho estimates In
tho Berlin papers of tho casualties In
tho rioting plaoo tho dead tn excess of
30 and tho wounded at 100. Quiet pre
vailed during tho night Tho street pa-
trols were heavily reen forced.
Dr. Karl Heine, Prussian Minister of
tht Interior, speaking in tho Assembly
to-day on Tuesday's disorders, assumed
full responsibility for tho protective
measures adopted and accused the In
dependents of having incited tho
masses to disorder. Tho speech was
noisily Interrupted by tho Indepen
dents. Chancellor Bauer safd: "I rcgnrd it
my duty to express In tho name of the
Government my thanks to tho 'safety
police.' They opened firo only after
they had been attacked by criminal
elements In tho crowd and had been.
brutally maltreated and killed with
their own arms. Signals wero given to
storm tho RIchstag building by the In
dependents wavlns their handker
chiefs. Had the mob succeeded In pen
etrating tho building a second St. Bar
tholomew's day would have ensued."
Minister of Defence Noske, has pro
hibited tho salo of Die Freihcit and Red
Flag throughout tho territory where a
state of siege has been proclaimed.
Tho Social Democratic party has Is
sued an appeal to Its members not to
allow themselves to be provoked by In
dependent and Communist "wire pullers,
who aro directly responsible for tho
bloodshed nnd want to continue playing
an unscrupulous game with human
lives." The appeal asks whether tho
workers will permit national representa
tion to be placed under terrorism, nnd
tells jhem that the German nation can
be saved from complcto destruction only
by work.
Level minded citizens of Berlin call
for Government measures to prevent fur
ther riots, especially those dreaded In
connection with the celebration on
Thursday of tho anniversary of tho
(jeay, 0j di
Llebknccbt and Rosa
Luxemburg.
The Vortcaerts editorially declares
that according to all reports the police
showed the utmost ( patience and did not
fire until ten policemen had been so-
vflre, wolln(leu. u pont3 out that Dr.
Heine. Prussian Minister of the Interior.
and Chief of Police Ernst, personally j
controlled mc ponce, anu nuas uiai
neither the Government nor Its organs
were responsible for tho bloodshed.
"The aim of tho criminal elements,
however," It says, "was achieved and
tho workers were increasingly stirred by
tho bloodshed. The responsibility will
be on tho heads of thoso who senselessly
led Innocent people Into danger of de
struction." Alt the papers of the Right also sup
port the Government and welcome the
proclamation of martial law. The con
servative papers regret that the measure
was not applied sooner by way of pre
caution, nnd for this reason shift tho
'responsibility for the bloodshed to the
Government
BERLIN NOW UNDER
STRICT REPRESSION
Meetings and Demonstrations
Are Prohibited.
By the Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 13 (delayed). The Gov
ernment to-night proclaimed martial law
in all sections of Germany following tho
street battle In front of the Reichstag
Building to-day betweon police and Pub
lic Security guards on one hand, nnd
thousands of radical demonstrants, who
sought to force an entranco Into the
hall.
Gustav Noske, the Minister of De
fence, has been appointed commander In
chief for the Greater Berlin district and
Brandenburg Province. Street parados,
meetings and demonstrations of all kinds
have been prohibited. '
Tho mob, organized by extremists as
a protest against tho Industrial Coun
cil's bill, now before tho Reichstag, be
gan to gather this morning. By noon
every street lending to tho Tlergarten
was crowded with masses of people car
rying red flags and placards. Expect
ing a demonstration before tho Reichs
tag Building, the authorities had sur
rounded tho building with Public So-
rnrl t mm r1 a a ri H mayih na mm !.
approach to riZ X Xn thne
passed the crowd was Joined by striking
tram employees, and Boon Inflammatory
speeches wero begun by agitators.
Troops rtaahed In Trucks.
Whon the Reichstag convened at 3
o'clock tho crowd surrounding tho build
ing was estimated at 40,000, and new
delegations of working people carrying
guards on duty.
Attempts wero mado by the guards to
disperse quietly the mob, but it was
heedless of warnings from the police. At
last tho mob, regardless of tho machine
gunners nnd other defenders of tho
building, made a rush against the police
lines trying to disarm the guards nnd
disable tho machine guns. When It was
seen the mob could not be checked In
any other way rifle and machine gun
Continued on Third Page,
Avalanches in Italy
Bury Twenty Persons
Special Callt Despatch to Tun SDK rom
tin London Timet Eetvict.
Copyright, MM, all rights reserved,
JILAN, Jnn. 14. Avalanches
havo been frequent this
Week in northern Italy. Ono fell
near Cuneo, killing thirteen per
sons and destroying- a hamlet. An
other at Agas in tho Aosta Val
loy buried seven persons. An
avalanche fell on tho Domodos
Bolda Railway lino between Vnrzo
and Friglls yesterday delaying
for several hours tho Orient express.
BARS HUGHES AS
SOCIALIST AID
Rulo Adopted to Govern Trial
of Assemblymen Strikes at
All "legal Sponsors."
PROCEDURE IS FIXED
Subpoinas Issued as Both Sides
Treparo for BJttor Legis
lative Battle.
Special Despatch to Tub Son.
AuuNr, Jan. 14. With the, adoption
to-day of rules of procedure? and tho
despatch to New Tork of nearly half a
hundred subpoenas tho groundwork has
been laid for tho opening next' Tues
day of the investigation by tho Judi
ciary Committee of the Assembly of
tho fitness of tho Socialist members
whose suspension has created a situa
tion in tho Legislature the tenseness of
which promises to become more and
more acute.
As the rules have been Interpreted
In and about the corridors of tho Capi
tol it appears likely that neither
Charles E. Hughes nor any other of
the distinguished lawyers who havo as
sumed to sponsor th eus nf thn
ousted men In behalf of tho State Bar
Association will be permitted to take
any activo part In their defence. That
Is to say these men will In all prob
ability not be permitted to do more
than fllo briefs with Chairman Louis
M. Martin of the Judiciary Committee,
unless they appear In tho role of coun
sel for the members being Investigated.
Solo discretion In tho matter of the ad
mission of ovldenco will lio with Judge
Martin under tho rules that have been
adopted and which aro In effect a com
poslto of tho rules that governed tho
Sulzer Impeachment nroceedlncs. tho
Senator Jothani P. Allds. ,
The rulo that may bar the nppearanco
Mr. Hughes or any one else not op-1
pearlng as counsel for the Socialists, but
merely "to safeguard American Instltu-
Hons" as tho resolution of tho State Bar
Association provided Is rule 5, which ,
.says that the proceedings shall be gov-
erned by rules now prevailing In tho '
Supreme Court. This was Interpreted
.t,i,.m k. r-i.nimon fa..i . it .
Uarrlntr Independent counl from rm.a. i
.V ..., 'J ., .141 1. JIUI
examining the State's witnesses or other
wise participating In the Inquiry, at
least placing the matter in the dlscre-
cha,rman ot th0 J&;
ent tii
Preced
r Action.
The other features of to-day's devel
opments In the situation here wero
markod by renowed confidence on tho
part of Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet, Attorney-General
Charles D. Newton and
others connected with thn Invnstlirntlnn
Speaker Sweet was emphatic In his ns-
sertlon that there was plenty of preco- i
dent for tho suspension of the Socialist ,
uoiegauon. vvnen no was reminded that 1
.Mr. uugncs naci stated that no precedent
for such action existed ho said: "Any
man who makes tho statement that no
precedent exists for the action of the
Assembly makes It either from malice
or through ignorance."
All day Speaker Sweet had members
of the Assembly busy In a search fori
tho precedents ho maintained cxleted
and the intimation to-night was that a
formal statement on this phase of tho.
controversy will be forthcoming to-day.
Meantime the Speaker gave out for pub
lication a copy of a letter just received
from United States Senator Miles Poln
dexter congratulating him on the action
of the Assembly.
This confidence on the part of the
Assembly leaders and tho Attorney-General
that developments will wholly
Justify their action was In contrast to
other expressions of opinion from mem
bers who still doubt that sufflclont evi
dence exists to convince the Assembly
and peoplo of the State that tho flvo
Socialists are unworthy to be seated.
In this connection there Is every pos
sibility of fireworks when the Assembly
mectfl next Monday night. At that tlmo
Assemblyman William C. Amos of New
York will Institute "appropriate meas
ures" to Invalidate all Assembly pro
ceedings taken subsequent to tho sus
pension ot the Socialist delegation. ThlB,
he explains, will necessarily Include tho
reseating of the five members; whose
!rmpor.arI ep.ul.s!o"' he.f.a Is V01
tlon ot the State Constitution. In ex.
planatlon of hlB stand Assemblyman
Amos to-night said :
Cnlla Expulsion Invnlld.
"In my opinion tho temporary expul
sion of the Ave Socialist members of the
I Assembly Is In violation of the Con
i stltutlon of the Stato of New York and
makes Invalid each and every act of
the Assembly since the hour ot their ex
pulsion. I base this belief upon a com
mon sense Interpretation of Section 10
of Article 3 of the Constitution, which
reads: 'Each house shall determine the
rules of Its own proceedings and bo the
Judge of the elections, returns nnd quali
fications of Its own members.'"
Here are the rules under which the In
vestigation of the qualifications of the
accused legislators will be conducted as
they were adopted unanimously by the
Judiciary Committee:
Rule I. The Investigation shall be
Continued on Seventh Page,
WORLD'S BUSINESS LEADERS
UNITE TO WARD OFF CHAOS;
PLAN CONSTRUCTIVE STEPS
RUJI HAS MORE
LIVES THAN CAT
Demise, Thrico Celebrated Al
ready, Will Moisten City
Again To-night.
AND ALSO TO-MORROW
Drinkers All Tangled Up Fig-
nring -Number of Eves to
Prohibition.
What with tho news from Washing
ton that they won't be In any position
really to enforce prohibition until Feb
ruary 1, and with a lot of folks all
twisted and tangled In their notions as
to .when prohibition evo ought to be
celebrated on January 16, to-night,
that is; or on January 1C, to-morrow
night; or whether the thing can be put
off until tho night of January 31; or
whether It would be wlso to pull a little
celebration every night from now on
until tho Government stops nil the
monkey doodle business what with all
theso worries and quandaries life was.
getting harder and harder yesterday
for many people.
This Barleycorn person may havo one
foot In the grave and tho other upon a
banana peel, btit It certainly takes a lot
of celebrating to get him under the sod.
It all started, one recalls, on the eve
of Juno 30, when many people actually
had a notion that war time prohibition
was going to be an honest-to-goodness,
nothlng-whatcvcr-dolng dry spell Instead
of being what It has been. And ever since
then, on every pretext or excuse, tlieru
has been a rush to restaurants and ho
tels to glvo a party.
Counting New Year's Evo there have
been threo big celebrations, all apper
taining to the demlso of bad old John,
but It appears it will require two or
three moroto drown him out. Jn addi
tion to tho Good-by Boozo party of
June 30, 1919, and the Good-by Booze
party of October 29, 1919, on tho evo
ot tho "enforcement" of the Volstead
act, and then the regular, customary
N'ow Year's Eve blowout, It begins to
look as if the town will have to wear
through two or three more. Certainly
pome pcoplo, gatted like Don Marquis's
Old Soak, are getting ready for tho new
i scries of farewells to rum. Tliey are
planning to ceieDrnio lu-nigm, n-pvui
to-morrow nlcht nnd then get ready for
the real wlndun on January 31.
Hotel and icstaurant men said last
evening that table merlons
to.mo;rOW mght, with the majority of
the celebrators leaning to the Men that
It would bo safer to hold their parties
to-night, since constitutional Prohibition
E. ' nW With every in-
dlcatlon that tho wake Is to bo a double
heador there Is no doubt that the fast
lif-creafllnir sunnly of liquor will be
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i mrppiv rtMiiiL'LU.
lamely reduced.
Celebrators will have to bring their
own supplier, It was pointed out uy
l hotel anil restaurant proprietors, mm i
paimuuy oi mu hibi, -" . pivn,"..
The charge for uncorking bottles and
providing glasses nnd things will amount
to about ?2 a bottle on the average.
In preparation for jprohlbltlon eve, or
eves, places that have been ablo more or
less openly to continue tho sale of wines
nnd liquors were doing a tremendous
business yesterday and expect a bigger
rush tO-morrow. me Kemanu lor mo
rrvn stocks of such olaces exceeded
all calculations, and It Is doubtful It a
single concern will have a ccso of wine
left when the constitutional ncnenumeni
begin to function. rcveryinmg mey
hn,i itonf rpattv for sale it inb o.iii
should be lifted was readily disposed of
within a very brier period ai top prices
when It became certain that tho ban
would not be lifted.
Special programmes or entertainment
will be offered to-night and to-morrow
nlcht lor too uenem ui muun.v.o
John Barleycorn, almost an oi urn wen
known restaurants having made special
orcDaratlons. Tho larger hotels expect
unusual patronage, Oscar of tho Wnl
,inrf snvlns that while prohibition eve
will not be so big a celebration as New
Year's Kvo it will nevertheless be a
hummer. An unusual number of private
parties will be accommodated with spe
cial suppers at the bigger hotels.
Although no statement was forthcom
ing from Col. Porter, enforcement chief
In this district, it Is not anticipated
that anything special will be dono to
nut a damper on the merrymakers or
to break up parties. There has been an
apparent disposition on the part of all
authorities having to do with prohib tlon
enforcement to sit back n little and let
tho liquor run out.
DEPOSIT VAULT NO
REFUGE FOR BOOZE
Street Must Take His Home,
United States Judge Rules.
Judge John C. Knox In te federal
District Court dismissed yesterday Will
lam G. Street's writ preventing tho
Government from seizing his stock of
wines nnd liquors now in a safe deposit
and his applications for a
settlement of the question as to whethor
reserve supplies may be kept In storage.
Judge Knox Indicated that his decision
was based on rulings from Washington
that tho Volstead net prohibits the keep
ing of prlvato liquor stocks elsewhere
than within a domicile.
Mr. Street, who lives at a club In West
ljorty-fourth street, will either have to
find a real home for his reservo stock
or surrender It to tho Gpvcrnmcnt col
lectors. Ho ndmltted his court action
was brought purely as a test case.
Maryland Governor InanRurntPd.
Annapolis, Md.. Jan. 14. Albert C.
Ritchie, Democrat, former Stato Attorney-General,
was Inaugurated Governor
ot Maryland to-day.
Library Throws Out All
Books About Rum
CPRINGFIBLD, Mass., Jan. 14.
Tho City Library, it was an
nounced to-day, has removed
from its shelves al volumes deal
ing with the manufacture of beer,
wino or liquors, believing that to
do so would bo in keeping with
tho spirit of tho prohibition en
actment by tending to prevent
such yianufacture by persons
who might desire to do so.
The action was taken on the
initiative of tho library authori
ties in tho belief that tho law
mado such action essential.
VIRTUALLY ALL
VIENNA HUNGRY
Tests by American Relief Show
5,100 Out of 224,700
Aro Normal.
ADULTS ARE WORSE OFF
To Insure Health of Minors in
Capital Aid Facilities Must
Bo Trebled.
r iiAYMon?swixn.
Staff Correspondent of Inn Sex.
Copyright, 19M, all rights reserved.
Vienna, Jan. 11 (delayed). A terse
statemont of Vienna's suffering Is con
tained In the medical report of the ex
amlnailon of all children of school ago
undertaken under the supervision of
tho American relief administration In
December. Tho figures herowlth are
published for tho first time.
Of 224,700 children between the ages
ot G nnd 14 only 6,100, or less than 2
per cent., could bo declared normal us
to nourishment. Forty-three per cent.,
or moro than 95,000, were classed as
"greatly undernourished." Twenty-six
per cent., or 69,000, wero classed as
"undernourished," nnd 9 per cent., or
19,000, as "somewhat undernourished.
The axamlnatlon was the most thor
ough undertaken since the privations be
gan. They wero organized by Prof.
Clemens von Plrquet. tho Austrian com
missioner who Is cooperating with tho
American relief. Children who wero too
III to attend school were not Included,
theso numbering about 20,000 ; nor wero
about that many more now being taken
care of In foreign countries.
The figures give a clue to the general
enndltlons In Vienna. It can bo Imag
ined that If the vast majority of the
children aro undernourished, despite the
fact that thousands are fed 'la Sly by
the American relief, the condition of
adults Is even more serious. For.
adults there Is no relief on a largo
scale.
The examination showed an extreme
ly grave situation In the proletariat
quarters, where there was less tnan 1
per cent, of normal children and where
moro than B0 per cent, were In the
worst class of undernourishment, while
the highest rate of mortality was In
one district having only 335 healthy
children, or 7 per cent. It Is note
worthy that a relatively small number
of children In the "somewhat under
nourished" class wero found even In tho
well to do districts.
Tho purpose of tho examination was
to arrange a scientific system of rota
tion whereby only the most erlous
cases of undernourishment would re
ceive American food. Tho relief work
has now been extended to accommodate
110,000 meals dally, each containing)
ono kllonem of nutriment, or about one-1
third the minimum nourishment the
child requires. There are plana to ex
tend this, but In order to assure tho
health of Vienna children alone, the fa
cilities would havo to be trebled.
PENNSY PLANS TO
SPEND $100,000,000
Vast Improvements as Soon as
U. S. Gives Up Rotid.
Special Despatch to Tub Sex.
PtTTSRur.a, Jan. 14. Expenditure ot
$100,000,000 for electrification of local
trains, erection of a fourteen story otllce
building, widening of the Panhandle tun- j
neis in i'lttsDurg anu snenaan anci otneri
Improvements will be considered by di
rectors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
upon return of tho system to" private
ownership.
Laying of additional tracks and con
version of streets ndjacent to the Penn
sylvania station into wide thoroughfares.
necessitating the razing of many old
buildings, are contemplated In the plans,
which were originally prepared by Glbbs
& Hill, New York engineers, for execu
tion In March of 191S, but wero post
poned by the war.
Because of tho depleted financial re
serves of the road a bond Issue will be
needed to finance the Improvement pro
gramme members of the board of di
rectors say.
WANTED HONEST LAWYER.
l'ltlmracr Ailvertlaes for One to
Prosecute Crooked Attorney.
Special Despatch to Ian Scs.
PlTTBBimo, Jan. 14. J. F. Mneder.
owner of several parcels of valuable
realty and prominent In business affairs
In Pittsburg, to-day Inserted this want
ad. In an evening newspaper;
Wanted An honorable attorney to pro
cuto a crooked lawyer. Apply to J. Y.
MAKDKlt. ::S Neville street, or phone
Schenley 700.
Asked his reason for the ad. Mr.
Maeder said: "Tho ad. explains Itself;
I want nn honest lawyer to prqaecute a
crooked one."
Simultaneous Call for Con
ference to Go Out in U. ,
S. and Europe.
WILL HALT INFliATIOtt
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
to Lead in Move for "Sake
of Creditors and "World.'
EUROPE'S OUTLOOK DARK
Independent Rather Than Gov
ernment Action Favored
Not Liko Paish Plan.
An International movement, which Is
to lead to a worldwide conference to
solve present economic problems nn4
which may rank as the greatest con
structive step to follow any war In tho
history of the world, was announce
yesterday at tho offices of tho Cham
ber of Commerce of the Stato of New
York, Paul Warburg, Frank A, Van-
ilerllp, Thomas W. Lamont nnd Alfred
13. Marling wero selected to describe)
tho unprecedented demonstration that
Is to take place to-day.
Eminent citizens ot Great Britain,
France, Holland, Switzerland, Den
mark, Norway, Sweden nnd tho United
States will address simultaneously to
day a memorial to their respective
Governments laying down sound prin
ciples on the lines of which, the signa
tories believe, tho solution of tho
world's economic problems must ba
sought,
Tho step Is being tnten, tho formal
announcement says, because the sig
natories are convinced that critical
days aro now Imminent for Europe and
that no time must bo lost If catastro
phes are to bo averted. Every month
that passes, according to the announce
ment, aggravates tho problem and ren
ders Its eventual solution Increasingly
difficult.
The signatories request their Govern
ments also to call together as quickly ai
possible a conference of representatives
of commerco and finance! who are a
recommend, on the basis of authentla
Information, what measures may best
be taken In the various countries to re
vlvu and maintain International com
merce. While tho document signed by
leadeis In commerce and finance in tha
United States will bo forwarded to the
United States Governmet and the Rep
arations Commission, tho American sig
natories havo requested tho United
States Chamber of Commerco to call
such a conference.
Private Initiative Favored.
This step Is being taken because ot
the consensus hu' that the conference
should be one ot pilvate character and
that the problems should bo met prl
'nmrlly ns far as possllile through pri
vate Initiative, with the moral support
of tho Government and by a Just und
construct Ivo policy on tho part of tho
Reparations Commission.
The memorandum takes Issue squarely
with the plan announced by Sir Ci-rtf
l'nish In thnt It emphasizes tho necea
hlty of encouraging to tho greatest ex
tent possible the supply of credit and
the development of trade througn normal
channels.
The signatories tnn up the document
as follows:
"It Is a call to tlio people to return
to pre-war standards of reason. It 11
an anneal to tho Reparations Commis
sion for wise moderation as to the bes(
biislnera policy for all concerned. It 11
an appeal to governments to arrest In.
nation and to meet Inevitable burdeni
by Increasing their revenue rather than
by further Increasing their debts. It ll
an appeal to the peoplo to work nnd
save. Finally It Is an appeal to leaden
of commerce and finance to get to
gether in order to study the problem!
dlspistdouately and to take It up as a
business proposition, relying en Inde
pendent action rather than Government
Intervention, although government!
must be relied upon to remove i rap.
idly as possible the obstacles that Im
pede such a course."
Although neither Germany, Austria
nor the new countries are signatories tl
tho memorandum, they will be Invited to
send representatives to tho International
conference,
The men signing the ap
ai. both
In Europo and the l'nltcl
states, comprise leaders of thoutcnt nnd
nnance, statesmen and labor leaders
coiim-i vatlves, liberals nnd socialists, i
mixture of tho most prominent men oi
all classes nnd professions.
Statement Outlining Plan.
The formal announcement follows:
"The following memorial Is subtan.
tlnlly identical in form with slmllal
dorumonts being presented to-day bl
eminent citizens of Great Britain
France, Holland, Switzerland, Denmark
Sweden and Norway.
"Tho documents in Europo are beln
addiftsscd to tho respective governments
while tho American document follows I
somewhat dliforcnt courso In address
lug the Government, tho Reparation!
CnmmUsIon and tho United State!
Chamber of Commerce, requesting thai
the latter body should call the confer
ence I hat Is proposed.
"The undersigned Individuals b
leave to lay before their Government
the Reparations Commission nnd till
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States the following observations ant
to recommend that the Chamber of Com
merce ot thn United States deslgnatl
merce ot thn Ur
representatives of commerce and flnnnq
to meet forthwith (tho matter being ol
the greatest urgency) with tho-o d
other countrleJ chiefly concerned, Mif
should include the United Kingdom mi
the British dominions, France. Belglun
Italy, Japan, Germany, Austria, the net
tral countries of Europe, the Unite
States and the chief exporting countrlt
ot South America, for tho purpose,.:
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