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THE SUN, FRIDAY,
JANUARY 16, 1920.
, CITY GURGLES ITS
GOOMY BOOZE
Grief of Host's 'Equalled Only
by Determination to Lcavo
No Drop Un-drunic.
FAREWELLS ALL TO-DAY
Will-Continue With Diminish
ing Vigor Until Midnight
To-night.
Tlie two nlsht yrato for Unele Sam's
oldtlme stowed frlond, Jawn Barleycorn,
started last night, and where and when
and how It will end no man Unowoth, not
ven-CoL Porter, tho Big Gloom himself.
Tho Colonel opines that nt 12.1 a. M.
to-morrow, one stingy mlnuto after mid
night to-night, Constitutional prohibition
will be clapped on no more foolishness
about It. Maybe so, probablyso; but
for the time being Now York city Is as
wet as If the two rivers were made of
booze and all ono had to do was to
dig It up.
So far as last night was concerned the
evening and tho morning were ono day,
and as tho sun turned his back ori
Brooklyn to hoad for a regular placo
men sang In. the publlo highways, flour
ishing danger signal lanterns purloined
from debris heaps without fear of po
lice. Tho chorus of revelry lasted
throughout tho night In the midsection
of Manhattan, and oldtlmera admitted
that they nover had seen anything like
It, and Tom Healy oucht to know.
The realization by most peoplo who
over liked a drop or two of llkker that
tho end was actually nt hand, as Bran
der Matthews might Bay, hat tho stuff
was prr, leu them through well known
psychological, processes to extremes they
nover would havo contemplated In the
old, easy days when a cocktail was not
criminal dr tho absorption or a htghDall
a felony. It was that comprehension
that hopo Is gone, that there will never
o any more boozo In tho land, which
sent people to the hotels and restaurants
In thirsty droves and nallod them to
their chairs until dawn. Long before
midnight arrived It was perfectly evi
dent from the merest casual survey of
tho crowds In half a dozen old and new
Tenderloin restnurants that a good, many
people had mado up their minds frankly
to get thoroughly soused, stewed and
pickled, come what may. Putting tho
thing roughly, tho town probably never
saw a drunker night.
Was Note of Dlinmlltr.
Through tho whole celebration ran a
note of dlsmallty like the motif of a
funeral march, and tho gayety of the
night was a forced and artificial gayety,
mirth without real happiness. The fact
that old Jawn was dead was a thing
which saddened the great Soak Squad.
Nearly every celebration, therefore, took
on tho character of a funeral. This
was true In Itelsenwebcr's, Maxim's, Tom
Healy'aand several other restaurants
where special and unique preparations
had been made. At Bclsonweber's they
gave a funeral ball for John Barley
corn nt $5 a head, staging the affair In
the rpom called Paradlw;. Admission
to tho ball was by black bordered ticket
bearing the Inscription
: To the Guardian Angels In Paradise: :
Admtt Mourner :
I To John Barleycorn's Funerpl Ball. :
! Thursday, January IS, 1920. :
I 5
" The walls and celling of the pre
viously gay and colorful room were
hung and draped In black cloth and
crepe. Even the tables were covered
with black cloths. At one end of tho
room, resting upon two supports, was
a coffin showing the simple Inscription :
"John Barleycorn. Died 1920." The
waiters who' served tho tables vfere
garbed like undertakers and wore bands
of crepe around their right arms. From
time to time the orchestra Interspersed
selection of dance music with strains
from Chopin's Funeral March, and the
waiters, specially coached, sobbed and
pretended to weep. At least 800 per
sons attended this affair which was a
sample of the more pretentious enter
tainments of last night and of what will
take place again to-nlgnt
At Maxim's at midnight six waiters
carried Into tho cafe a black coffin,
after which walked lha captain of
waiters. Depositing tho coffin upon Its
stands, a man who looked a lot like
Big Bill Edwards but wasn't and who
was got up In a general way to suggest
William II. Anderson, tho world famous
crepe hanger, mado a speech which
Was a funeral sermon for the late Jawn.
Tom Healy worked tho funeral trick
In his restaurant at Broadway and
Sixty-sixth street, making it a specialty
of the Balconnades party. In the
Golden Glades part of the restaurant
Thomas was somewhat moro cheerful,
offering a lively new programmo upon
the Ice stage. South and north of
Healy's, at Churchill's, the Palais
Iloyale, the Clarldge, Walllck's and
Mouquln's, among them, there were very
extra special celebrations.
larger Hotels Very Wetk
At every hotel In tho city there were
crowds of folk at late suppers, and
whether till of them brought their own
drinkables or no, there Is no doubt that
they had plenty. It looked here and
there as If some of the hotels and
restaurants were actually giving booze
away, but of course that tould not havo
been. At the Waldorf-A3torla, the Mc
Alpln, the BUtmore, tho Commodore,
the Pennsylvania, tho Astor and the
Belmont the public dining rooms were
crowded and many private parties were
accommodated. Nothing was omitted
that would make the celcbrators merry,
nnd dancing was the feature every
where, dancing and plain and fancy
drinking. It was estimated by hotel
men that 200,000 persons were enter
tained at the principal hotels of New
York and that at least as many moro
took their fun In the innumerable res
taurants. As to what was spent, with
boozo costing what It does nowadays,
any estimate was slwer guesswork,
but a consensus of the. guesses of res-
taurant proprietors Jim Churchill, Jack
Dunstan, Lew Wallack and others
made tho figure fcfeut 11.000.000. If
Sit appears startling, figure It out for
urself with highballs costing U to
J 3, depending upon how flossy tho placo
was, nnd plain whiskey no cheaper any
where than 75 cents tho copy. Where
champagne was actually uold last night,
and thero was a lot of Belling. 20 a
quart was the minimum charge, and
hero and thero tho restaurants, taking
ono last crack at their victims, were
asking 30 nnd getting It. Ono won
dered where all the money was coming
from.
Tho announcement was mado pretty
generally by everybody In the enter
talnmont business yesterday that tho
law would bo obeyed strictly In every
hotel and restaurant. This means that
after 12:01 A. M. on Saturday not a
drop of liquor may bo sold or trans
ported In United States territory. Hear
Col. Porter himself on this proposition:
"Tho enforcement of nationwide pro
hibition, which becomes tho law of the
land to-morrow, will not begin until
12:01 A. M. on January 17. After that
hour not a barrel of intoxicating liquor,
a enso of wlno r a keg of beer can
bo legally manufactured, sold or trans
ported for beverage purposes anywhere
In the United States. Thnro will be
no searching of homes or confiscation of
Intoxicants In homes, except whero the
home' Is a transparent dovlco to evade
tho law.
And thero it Is. At 12:01 A. M. on
January 17 there will go completely
and absolutely out of business (In case
tho figures Interest nnybody) 230 dis
tilleries, 1,092 breweries and 177,790
saloons. Tho distilleries aro being
turned Into denatured alcohol plants,
tho breweries will mako baby beer or
malt sugar, or bo converted Into cold
storage plants, and tho saloons aro being
made over Into chop suey places, drug
stores and candy shops. Nobody seemed
to know yesterday whero the bartend
ers aro going or havo gone, and thoro
are 10,000 In Manhattan alona who havp
to look for new Jobs.
With tho announcement that tho dry
forces are going to raise $50,000,000 to
mako their victory stick came yester
day an effort by William II. Anderson
to mako tho country think It was glad
it was dry. Mimeographed Mr. Ander
Bon thus:
"No more falling off tho water
wagon I No further breaking of pledges 1
It Is all aboard the national water
wagon now. There may bo some fel
lows who are still soro about their so
called 'personal liberty,' and who hnto
to admit that their old frlond John
Barleycorn has been fairly knocked out.
But good senso and good sportsmanship
will como to their rescue. Bo a good
sport Shako hands with Undo Sam
and board his water wagon."
But ono of tho songs they were sing
ing uptown last night carried this re
frain :
Let prohibition hearts rejoice, our victory
Is here; ,
Our enemies aro falling fast, their hearts
are filled with tear.
For when they ask for whiskey now tho
beat they get's a, bier ,
Our cause Is marching onl
Oh, national prohibition's a grand and
glorious thine!
Tho praises of the A. S. L. let all our
brethren sing;
The Demon Rum Is routed and Wood
Alcohol Is King
Our cause la marchlngonl
Tho same refrain will be sung to
night, and maybe to-morrow morning.
After that, no ono seems to. know.
MOUQUM'S CLOSES;
ANOTHER WILL OPEN
Bank Buys Famous Fulton
Street Site.
Mouquin's will close uud Muucjuln'o will
open. Tho famous old restaurant at 20
Ann street and H9 Fulton street two
addresses because it extends through
the. whole block, nnd no ono has yet
discovered which is tho front and which
tho rear entrance soon will cease ta
be, perhaps to-morrow night, but a
new downtown Mouquln's will Immedi
ately replace It.
Prohibition has little If nnything to
do with the change, Louis Mouquln said
yesterday. It was solely a real estate
matter. The National Park Bank,
which Is -In Broadway between Fulton
and Ann streets, bought the restaurant
property last year with the moa or
building an extension to the bank, which
would cover the site of Brosnan s cafe
In Fulton street, as well as the Mou
quln site. Mouquln's lease ran for yet
another year, but Louis Mouquln says
(hat when tho bank offered him a bonus
for Its surrender he accepted tho offer,
knowing that tho day of closing was
nearly at hand anyway. Ho Is now
trying to get frbm the bank a month or
two of grace In order to fit up a new
place. If he does not succeed In this
he must give up tho building on Feb
ruary 1. He has a long lease on the
building at 22 Ann street, adjoining the
restaurant, which now houses his re
tall store, and will turn that Into a
restaurant If permanent quarters that
he has In mind cannot bs obtained Im
mediately. Ho said that all his "help"
would be retained which means that
Emll, dean of the waiters. In the ser
vice of this house twenty-eight years
and all the other familiar figures will
be seen in the new restaurant.
The Mouquln business was started at
95 Fulton street sixty-four years ago
by Henri Mouquln, who came from
Switzerland at tho age of 17. Later
tho restaurant was moved to 149 Ful
ton street. Henri Mouquln and his wife
celebrated their sixtieth wedding anni
versary on April 23 last. The business
is now carried on by his son, Louis,
and his son, Louis Mouquln, Jr., who
continued tho traditions of tho founder.
KNOXVULE TO BUBN STILLS.
Illte by Hoy Scoot Is Part of Dry
Celebration.
Special Detpatc. to Tint So.v.
Knoxvillk, Tenn., Jan. IB. Knoxvllle
prohibitionists will celebrate the taking
effect of tho Eighteenth Constitutional
Amendment to-morrow afternoon with
a monster parade, followed by bonfires
at the court house, when many moon
shine outfits seized recently will bo de
stroyed by Boy Scouts.
Knoxvllle was the first clty'bf any hIza
to vote out Baloons, which It did In
March, 1907. Since that time scores of
men have amassed riches by Illegal sales
of whiskey and beer. Ited liquor re
cently disappeared from local markets,
but moonshine corn whiskey, distilled
largely ln remote mountain sections,
commands ready sales. All questionable
alcoholic concoctions are known locally
as "blucum."
State Income Tux OITlce Opens.
Announcement was made yesterday
of the opening of a State Income Tax
Bureau office at 120 Broadway, the
Equitable Building, to serve taxpayers
lr. the counties of New York, Richmond
and Itockland. . Returns will bo filed at.
this office.
RAMESES
REFORMERS READY
TO GREET DRY ERA
Association in Convention at
Washington Prepare to
Cclobrato To-night.
LIQUOR EXPORT TO STOP
Largo Stocks of Whiskey' Still
in Bond Will Bo Closely
Guarded.
Washington, Jan. 15. Inauguration
of the nation's first saloonless year will
be celebrated widely to-morrow night In
Washington.
National reform associations holding
Jubilee conventions here will call nu
merous meetings throughout tho day and
will watch the advent of constitutional
prohibition at 12:01 A. M. Saturday
with a dinner at which officers of tho
associations will tell of tho progress
of reform work. Attorney-General
Palmor will bo another speaker.
A lighter side to tho watchnlght cele
bration will bo portrayed at the Na
tional Press Club, with tho chief feature
of the evening a skit, written and pro
duced by Washington correspondents,
entitled "Water, Water Everywhere."
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
has virtually coninleted tho organiza
tion, scattered throughout every State,
which will enforco constitutional prohi
bition. He and Commissioner Roper of
the Internal Revenuo Bureau, charged
with carrying out tho law, have ap
pealed to .all law abiding citizens to
support this change In the basic law of
tho nation, expressing confidence that
cooperation will ho received from them
nnd from State and municipal autnorl
ties.
With the coming Into force of tlu
amendment tho export of Intoxicating
liquors will cease. An enormouj
amount of whiskey has been sent out of
tho country w thin tho last few weeKs,
but large stocks still remain In bonded.
warehouses, and its disposition will do
watched closely to prevent illegal sales.
Llnuor held In warehouses and elso-
whero for private account must be
moved In homes or other places of resi
dence by the owners beforo to-morrow
midnight. Any remaining in storage
will 'be subject to seizure.
Home brewing of beverages contain
Ing more than one-half of 1 per cent, of
alcohol also will come under the ban.
QUEBEC EXPORTS SIX
CARS OF BOOZE A DAY
Ontario Distillers Refuse Or
ders Till They Catch Up.
Bv a Staff Corretpondent of Tax Sex.
Montreal, Quebec, Jan. IB. Six cars
a day by express Is tho careful estimate
made of outgoing packages of liquor
from Quebec to other provinces. The
privilege is sought after eagerly by many
buyers. Reputable concerns now adver
tise goods for sale. Exporters are
swamped with orders and some aro re
fusing to tako any more until they get
caught up.
Two of tho largest distilleries In On
tario, from which the exporters In Mont
real have their whiskey shipped direct
to the consumer, aro not taking nny
more orders for four weeks, It Is under
stood. Tho reasons given for this are
congestion In orders nnd difficulty In get
ting tho necessary receptacles In which
to ship tho whiskey.
A Montreal firm one day this week
sent by express to points outside the
Province of Quebec ten wagonloads of
packages of liquor, each wagon carrying
from 200 to 2B0 packages.
The express companies are very re
ticent about giving any figures as to the
actual number of packages being shipped
out of this city dally, but a casual on
looker around the express depots can
realize that the shipments amount to
large amounts In total.
A further rise In price of bread to 14
cents for a pound and a half loaf, effec
tive February 1, Is announced by local
bakers. Flour is at $13.25 a barrel.
Potatoes aro at $2.50 a bushel, with pros
pects of going higher.
DINNER TICKETS GOING PAST.
rtcaervntlons for Army-Navy Ilnn
quet Now 400.
At a meeting of tho committee tn
charge of tho Army-Navy dinner to be
Held at the Waldorf-Astoria January 20.
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fislce stated
yesterday 400 reservations have beeri
made. .
The tickets aro 110 and may be ob
talned from J. Lorlmer worden nt the
Army and Navy Club. den. John J.
Pershing and Admiral Robert Coontz
will bo among tho guests of honor.
After tho dinner there will bo a recep
tion and dance.
Vanity and
Vexation!
TECLA Pearls
and Orientals
alone preserve
the traditions of
the genuine
deep-sea gem.
All else is vanity
and vexation of
spirit:
tORuedehRiixruro
MIX
IT
WITH
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IRE leading
MINERAL
WATE
"HIGHER UP" ARREST
IN WHISKEY ROBBERY
Member of Louisville Firm
Taken; Freed on Bond.
Special Detpatch to Tu Sen-.
Louisville, Ky Jan. IB. The first
arrest of "higher ups" In tho Department
oi justice investigation into warehouso
whiskey robberies was made to-day
when Tom Moore, Jr., member of the
warehouso partnership of Moore Bros..
was taken Into custody. Ho Is accused
of having planned the $150,000 robbery
at nis own warehouse last week. Arrest
of a clerk brings the totaf held In this
case to eight
Mooro refused to mako any statement,
He was released on bond and prelim
inary trial will begin to-morrow after
noon. In the meanwhile an inventory of
wnisKey in all warehouses Is being made
under direction of Internal Revenue Col
lector Hamilton to ascertain how much
disappeared.
Federal agents havo been unable to
solvo the mystery of the disappearance
of a truck containing 160 cases of whis
key known to have left Louisville last
Saturday night f.or Cincinnati. Its conv
panlon was seized.
CHICAGO EXPECTED
TO HAVE QUIET WAKE
Officials Say Law Will Be
Strictly Enforced.
Special Dtipatch to The Sex.
Chicaoo, 111., Jan. 13. -There will be
little last minute lid tilting at old Join,
Barleycorn's wake to-morrow night.
When tho hour of- wrath, bringing
with It Constitutional prohibition, de
scends upon the city It will find few
persons on the street except policemen
and but few waiters In tho cafes.
This becamo evident to-day upon a
uouUs uiieck of reoUurallU of Ulo luwn
and the agencies of law enforcement
Tho former say their guests have shown
no desire for frolic.
The latter, preparing to take time . by
the forelock, are planning to get on (the
job sixteen hours ahead of time.
At 8 o'clock to-morrow morning more
than 200 Federal sleuths will be turned
loose In the Chicago district.
"It matters not," .declared Capt Hu
bert E. Howard, director of Federal
prohibition in Illinois, "whatword Is
passed out from the City Hall I can as
sure you of one thing, there will be
precious little lid tilting after mid
night"
BOSTON HOLDS "TEA"
PARTY A DAY AHEAD
Is Explanation.
Boston, Jan. 15. Boston held an
other "tea party" to-night, but this
tlmo It was In honor of John Barley
corn and was by mistake.
Hotel ana restaurant men were frank
to admit they had been a day ahead
of schedule when they advertised "posi
tively the last time ' parties for this
evening, but they did not allow assur
ances of Federal officials that to-morrow
won "the last night" to Interfere
with their plana
"A party to-night," said one, "means
that we won't have to stop at 12 o'clock.
And if they don't havo a good time
they'll still have to-morrow."
RIVAL LEADERS GET
TOGETHER ON PACT
Continued from First rage.
adoption. Senator Lodge (Mass.), Re
publican leader, when It was explained
to him, Btnlled and looked contempla
tively at tho most distant corner of the
room for a full Half minute. Then ho
said:
"Let's see, 3B to 14;, rather close."
VVerwIse Sonator LOdgo would not
discuss tho plan, but his smllo was In
eradicable. Representatives of the Republican lr
rcconctlables listened with amused In
terest to tho Bryan plan. "Wo would
bo expected "to sit tight and provide
tho quorum, whllo the Democrats with
draw:" they queried. "Why should we
stay and thus mako It posslblo to ratify
a treaty that wo havo gone on record
as opposed to under all circumstances?"
And that seemed to be tho last word.
If tho Democrats refused to provide a
quorum and left the thirty-five Repub
licans to outvote tho fourteen lrrecon
cllables, . the fourteen Irreconqllables
would Join the Domocrats In tho cloak
room nnd then there would ho no
Quorum at all.
Senator Hitchcock (Neb,), Democratic
leader, smiled faintly. Ho had Just come
from the Democratic caucus that had
failed to elect a leader and was not very
cheerful. But ho couldn't see much In
the Bryan plan and admitted It. "If
the Democrats are to mako possible tho
ratification of the treaty with tho Lodge
reservatlons.t' he suggested, "they might
as well stay and vote for It."
Cannot lie Done, S'ty Jlornh.
Thn --no fVirt rpnni-nl -prfllrt. First.
the Irreconcllablo Republicans would not
DJ parties to Bucn a pian, auu, kcuiiu
the Democrats would not accept a pro-
mqmmii thir nmnnntprl tn n whole nollti-
cat party dodging the greatest Issue ever
ucrore tno aenato. ,un mm latter jiuuu
Senator Borah (Idaho) said:
"ii -nnM Iia mrh n slnrtllntf shirk
ing of responsibility by tho wholo Demo
cratic party tnat it win never consider
It a moment This Is a matter of as
great Importance as ever camo 'before
the Senate for decision, and I am
unable to concelvo a slnglo Senator
shirking his responsibility In connection
with it, much less of an entlro political
party doing it.
"There's nothing In it and nothing will
come out of it This treaty, if It Is ever
ratified, will be ratified at the end of a
long and determined fight, with every
Senator In his seat, willing to be
counted."
In tho statement whloh ho dictated,
after outlining his plan for ratification
without Democratic participation, Mr.
Bryan said:
"I believe an overwhelming majority
of the American people want the treaty
ratified right away. There Is a great
deal moro Interest In speedy ratification
than there Is In phraseology ; that Is, the
public will Indorse any arrangement that
Is made here If the arrangement hastens
ratification nnd takes this Issuo out of
tho way. An agreement Is infinitely bet
ter than any other settlement for two
reasons :
ipiret inkM th miration out of
politics nnd permits both parties to turn
their attention to very Important do
mestic Issues.
"Second, It permits ratification by a
larger majority than would be posslblo
under any other plan. That gives the
frt-ntteaf Vmealhln wpltrht tn nnr action
t 1 ' - (
and has a tremendous Influence abroad.
Itenpnnslltlllty on Majority.
'These two reasons help us at home
as well as abroad and ought to bo suf
ficient to compel an agreement I feel
sure tliat tho expression from tho pub
lic constantly growing In number and
force will compel an agreement among
the eighty-one Senators who voted for
ratification in some form at least an
agreement among enough to furnish the
necessary two-thirds majority.
"In my speech at the Jackson Day
dinner I went further and suggested a
way by which the Democrats could com
pel a settlement namely, by letting a
majority of the Senators take responsi
bility for action If an agreement is
found Impossible. I said the Democratic
party could not afford to go before the
country on the Issue that a minority of
tho Senate had a right to dictate the
policy In case of a disagreement Tho
party could not afford to tako advan
tage of a constitutional provision requir
ing a two-thirds majority to ratify be
cause that would Rimply mean a fili
buster against a majority, and that in
this day we could not defend a course
which would make It harder to ratify a
treaty and end a war than to declare
war, which can be done by a majority.
"If any one thinks this plan I havo
outlined Is a concession to the Republi
can party he hasn't thought the matter
through. Yielding to the majority In
this country doej not mean cither an
approval of what the majority does or
HTllE philanthropic dollar,
like the household dol
lar, buys only half of what it
used to buy.
Give twice j&l much as
you used to give!
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tho ending of tho contest. It la simply
tho acqulosconco In tho will of tho
majority, which Jefferson says la i the
first rule of republic, from which thoro
Is no appeal except to forco.
"An appeal can bo made to tho coun
try to reverso In tho Lcaguo of Nations
l,l,n hu (tin RermtO and tO
authorize tho restoration of any provi
sion stricken out Sty opinion w uw
Democratic party can make a much
ftlliASflflll Affht hfiforO tllO PCOPlO
for authority to restore than It can for
authority, to retain it n must ennro ru
sponslbllity with the Republicans for
fourteen months delay. Tho world Is In
a chaotic condition.
Pats Republicans on Defensive.
"I believe wo can put tho Republican
party on tho defensive boforo tho coun
try by proposing first an Immediate
compromlso If a compromiso Is possible ;
and second, by throwing tho .respons
ibility on the Republicans for Immedlato
action In caso a compromise Is Impos
sible. Wo could appeal then for rein
statement of any essential provision
by that I mean provisions that the
Domocratlo party considers essential
which the Republicans cut out"
"Do you think," Mr, Bryan was asked,
"that tho President would accept any
compromise such as suggested?"
"That Is a good question and I wish
you would take down my answer." Mr.
rtrvan retained. "I do not know any
body who has authority to say what
tho Presldentwould accept and I do not
think It would bo talr to ask him In nu
ance what he will accept, for having
negotiated the treaty to BUggest changes
a0
might .put him In tho attitude of a
breach of faith with tho Allies. Tlie
treaty was a compromlso and ho could
hardly suggest a surrender of Its terms
In advanco of tho action of the Senate.
"If the Republicans refuse to agree to
the terms that tho Democrats think are
tho best that can be offered, and the
responsibility Is thrown on tho Repub
licans for action, the Republicans would
have to act with the knowledge that tho
President might refuse to submit the
treaty with reservations adopted, and
secondly, that the Allies might refuse to
accept tho reservations after ratification,
"That is tho risk tho Republicans-havo
to take if they are allowed tn have
their way, and that Is wry they
would be likely to go as far ns they
thought they could In tho way of con
cessions, even If they could have their
own way by tho Democrats withhold
ing their votes."
"KILL THE LEAGUE," IS
POINDEXTER PLEA
Western Senator Likens Cov
enant to Rattlesnake.
Speaking before tho Republican county
committee last night, Senator Miles
Polndexter (Wash.) declared participa
tion In the League of Nations by this
country would Imperil our Americanism,
which the founders of tho nation had
sought to build up.
"Tho best thing you can do with a
rattlesnake." said tho Senator, "is to
kill It Tho best thing you can do with
an attack upon the Independence of our
people Is to strike It down. In the fu
ture tho resources of America mutt be
devoted to the service of the American
people."
The Senator declared he could not see
the lcglc of the argument that because
we saved civilization in Europe we
should go on contributing our resources
to Its aid forever. "I should think the
obligation would bo on the other side,"
he added.
The Senator declared that In tho com
ing campaign the Republican party
should ','emblazon upon Its banners these
doctrines of Its faith:
"The recstabllshmcnt of the Govern
ment on an American basis and the
preservation of American independence
against the proposed union with Europe;
"Immediate peace with the world and
the restoration of full commercial rela
tions with all countries;
"The elimination of European racial
and domeaetlc politics from American
domestic affairs, and the concentration
of tho attrition and resources of the
American Government upon the Interests
of the American people In preference to
the concerns of Europe:
"The rcestabllshment of orderly gov
ernment nnd of international obligations
in Mexico;
"The emancipation of American labor
and Industry from tho tyranny of tho
closed shop nnd the settlement of In
dustrial disputes by law instead of by
violence and intimidation."
GERMANS EVACUATE SILESIA.
Agreement With Soviets la 0111
clnlly Denied,
Berlin, Jan. 15. The German troops
began to evacuate Silesia yesterday.
Official denial was made to-day of re
ports that Germany had concluded an
agreement with Soviet Russia.
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WATER-POWER BILL
PASSES IN SENATE
Mcasuro Aims at Development
, of Natural Sources of '
Enorgy.
Washington, Jan. 15. By a vote of
nearly three to one tho Senate passed
to-day tho water-power development
bill, different In some respect from the
mcasuro adopted by the House In July,
but following In a general way the same
bill that has been beforo Congress In
ono form or another for the last decade.
Five Republicans and thirteen Demo
crats voted against it, while Senator
Nelson, (Minn.), who was In char so of
tho fight for passage and who had stood
his ground against every effort to do
fcat It, got fifty-six votes in Its favor.
The bill was sent to conference for ad
justment of Houso and Senate differ
ences. Just before the final vote was taken
tho Senato reconsidered Its former ac
tion and restored an amendment which
would limit tho Government license
charge on water power projects to 25
cents per horse-power developed. Sen
ator Leproot. Republican, (Wis.), who
opposed tlie amendment, declared It was
a concession to special Interests and ex
pressed tho opinion that it was calcu
lated to Invito a Presidential veto.
The bill as passed by the Senato pro
vides for the creation of a Federal water
power commission, composed of tho Sec
retaries of War, Interior and Agricul
ture, which would be authorized, after
Investigation, to Issue licenses for de
velopment of water-power projects "for
a reasonable annual charge." The li
censes would run for fifty years.
Tho measure further provides that tho
Federal commission shall cooperate with
tho States and other Federal ugenclcs,
that there shall be no charge on State
nnd municipal power projects, and that
Industrial plants developing less than
200 horse-power shall not be required to
pny a license. On two years notice In
writing the United States would have the
right, at the expiration of a license, to
lake 'ove and oprrata plants. Power
plants now In operation would not come
under provision of the bill.
At the expiration of the fifty year
license period tho Government could tako
over the pyint, issue a new license or
havo the original licenseo continue In
operation.
Smnllpox Spread In Ontario.
Tor.ONTO. Jan. 15. Although the
number of cases of smallpox under
treatment Is steadily decreasing, the
disease has broken out In twenty-six
now centres throughout the Province of
Ontario. The Provlnco Is still prac
tically under quarantine', and no person
can enter neighboring Provinces or the
Tnlted States without a vaccination cer
tificate. Doralis
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GREAT EXCITEMENT
AT imSrf ELECTIONS
Sinn Fein in Majority, but
Other Parties Active.
Belfast, Jan. 16 Tho Irish munlcl
pal olectlons, which wcro fought out for
the first timo to-day under tho propor
tional representation system In 126 bor
oughs iand urban council areas created
great excitement. The vacant seats aro
roughly 1,500 In number. Tho Sinn Fein
had 707 candidates, Labor 505, tho
Unionists 436 and tlie Constitutional Hi.
tlouallsts and Independents 5SS.
Although the Slim Fein candidates are
In tho majority In many nreas, tho Issues
aro complicated by the appearance of
tho Municipal Reformers and other par
ties, with numerous women candidates.
Among these were Mrs. F. Sheehy SJtef
flngton, Mrs. T. M. Kettle and Mrs.
Allco Ginnell.
In Dublin alono 153 candidates wi;ro
running for SO vacancies. These In
cluded tho following: Sinn Fein 01, Mu
nicipal Reformers 14, Nationalists und
Laborltes 2. Tho latter parties wero
working together.
The result of tho elections will be an
nounced Saturday.
Conic, Jan. IE. Three persons wcro
wounded and a number of arrests wero
mado In the courso of to-day's elections
here, when former soldiers and members
of tho Sinn Fein party engaged In a
fight at a polling place. The wounded,
who were struck by bullets when firing
began, were removed to a hospital. Tho
pollco finally quelled 'the .disturbance
after taking a number of Sinn Fclnera
In custody.
Dublin, Jan. 15. About midday
day a mob attacked motor cars belong
ing to James MacMnhon, Under Secre
tary for Ireland, In which the Secretary
and a Dr. Ryan were passing down
Cabra road. Dr. Ryan managed to es
cape unhurt, but the chauffeur of Sec
retary MacMahon's car was slightly In
jured. WOMEN ASK END TO
'COERCION IN IRELAND'
Liberal Federation Seeks Re- J
call of Viscount French.
London, Jan. 15. Resolutions pro
testing against what was referred o as
"Great Britain's policy of Coercion in
Ireland" were adopted by tho executive
committee of the Woman's National
Liberal Federation to-day; They de-
claro any legislation looking to the sat- I
Isfactlon of Irish demands for self-government
Is foredoomed to failure while
tho present policy of the Government
continued. All Liberals are called upon
"to take Immediate steps to urge tho
Government to reverso Its present unsuc
cessful Irish policy nnd to substitute
civil for martial law."
Tho resolutions ask tho Government
to signalize a new departure by the re
call of Viscount French, Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, and James Ian Macpherspn,
Chief Secretary for Ireland.
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