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World at Your Home Times - Dispatch Brings Its News to You Daily. iUrfptumit ffimeS-fUsuafcli % Every Woman Reads Latest-Style News on the Page for Women. 69TH YEAR. SAYS UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED ON ALL SUBJECTS United States, With One Ballot, Has an "Abso lute Veto." PRESIDENT TELLS THRONG LEAGUE IS DEBATING BODY Addresses Audiences in Spokane and Coeur D'Alene on Treaty Pact. DISCUSSES RES i: RVATIO N S Rrfers to Hoston Policc Strike as an Infraction of Laws bjr Oflieers. fllr Aimoclate.d Tress 1 SPOKANE, WASH. Sept. 12.?Reply ing here today that objections that Orcat Britain would have, a preponder ant:* of voting power in the Ic-ague of nations assembly, President Wilson said any possible danger on that score was removed by the fact that decisions must be unanimous. The apecch here was the second the Prrsldent made during the day. He spoke this morning at Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, making an invasion of the State represented by L'nsted States Senator Horah in the Senate. At Cti'Ur d'Alene the tent in which he spok' was not entirely filled. Here in the armory ever seat was tak? n. The ie-aftue of nations ?assembly, the President declared, wai. "largely a de bating body." and seldom would act on Important quest ions, and when it did the United State?, with its one vote, would have an "absolute veto" under . the rule requiring unanimous vote. There was only one rrase In which the assembly could decide on import ant questions, he said, and that was when such a question was unanimously referred to it -by the council. The as sembly also must act unanimously, he added, so that in either council or as sembly the vote of the United States would constitute a veto power. Safrtruarda Sovereignly. The unanimous rule, added the Presi dent. seemed to hLm the only weakness of the league, but it was a waekness in the direction of throwing a safeguard around national sovereignty. Mr. Wilson also discussed at length proposed reservations to the treaty, and ;ceked for its unqualitied Jcrepi anrr. He asked the Kepubli.-ans pres ent not "to think of 1010 when think ing of the redemption of the world." adJinir that he himself did not for a moment do so. President Wilson de parted for Tacoina. where He will speak tomorrow morning. Mr. Wilson said he saw no moral , objections to interpretations which would not change the meaning of the document, but addt-d that such a step would be merely to say that the United State-s understands t.~? treaty to mean what it says. . , . The President spoke to a crowd which filled the Spokane Auditorium, where the <.500 seats had been distributed ?by lotterv, and was repeatedly cheered. On his wav to the armory he rode through a riot of cheering and flag waving, the crowds in the downtown section surging for out beyond the curb. Inmdfn FolndexteKa State. It was Mr. Wilson's second address during the day and the first of three he ?-'ll make in Washington, the home State of Senator Poindextcr. one of those bitterly opposing the treaty. During the morning he spoke at foeur d'Alene. Idaho, and tomorrow he will make a<lclrc*>Ki<cs Tacoma fine] V,' fut1 ) t 1 O . Repeating many of his previous .declarations regarding the treaty s pro visions. the President asked the crowd whether they did not think some in surance a-gainst war was, better than none, and there were cries of ^ es. Vr?followed by cheers. Not one of the qualifications sug gested to the league of nations novo nant was warranted, declared the T> resident. Under the withdrawal clause he asserted, the nation itself would judge whether it had Performed c international obligations. Tha. was L matter, he added, which never could or would be left to the judgment of nv other nation. in effect. Mr. Wilson declared, th? language of the covenartt made the richt of withdrawal unconditional. He ?as cheered when he asserted that as ' American he was sure the Unite" States would never fail to fulfill its obligations. ? Dlsenssen Rewervntlons. Taking up the proposed reservations to \rtieJe X., the President said the vole of the United States would be required to insure any decision of the league covenant. "Vet I hear gentlemen say. he. said ??tl,at this is a violation of our sov ereignty. If It is anything, it is an exaggeration of our sovereignty. This extends our sovereignty to saying whether other nations shall go to war ?'l'i'gresslng to say there was an ele ment of bitterness in the league con troversy, the President said some peo ple seemed to think that "a man named Wilson" had originated the league. \dding that he had wished lie had Hone so, the President asserted that on the other hand the. idea had grown n.it of years of discussion largely on ? he nart of the Republican statesmen. k -It* had been proposed at Paris." said * the President, "that the covenant pro tvide that the members should auto matically be at war with a covennnt hreaker." RuJ. he added, that he had opposed the suggestion becausc it would take away from Congress the nower to declare war. 1 -j fought that fight," said Mr. Wil son while the crowd cheered, "and I won it. They don't have to fight it ?\lolngaon to the proposed Monroe Tioctrlne resolution, the President sai?l the peace conference tried to define . doctrine as clearly as possible. "That is the most extraordinary sen tence in the document." he continued, ??heeausc up to that time there was .,et a great power In the world that & willing to admit the validity of the Monroe Doctrine." -It was "absolutely Irrational.' said *ir AVilson, to ask for anything more. Domestic questions, too, the Presl ~ (Continued on Second Page.) ! Jazz Band and Tenants Offer "Homesick Blues" fn>- t'rrivrrsa! S?rvlcr. ? ^ OIIK, Srpl. ? wfiic ItonirMlck Ilium,** rc liflrrt-?l |>y n hired Jar.r. hiiud nnd Ihr eliorun nuni; 'villi n vim l?> itlioitl n Hrorr of len ftnl" ,,f iwu building* in <hr llron* trrrrlrd a man named Illumen I h a I t?hen he npiMtiriMl lodny ilk Hpoken iiuin for flic ownlni; eorpornlion at n hrnrlne of thr Mayor"* I'ommlllrr on rent profltrrriiiK ul llron* Uor oucrli 11 n II. Thr irnnnln ttfnl |o ihr liearlnn in liltr n utoinol>ilrM, Iril liy a cur iHtirlriR Jnr.r.InK Jn/.?.erM. The tenants told Ilir Mnyor'n oom mlllrenien lliat they ?rre rr<|Ui-?lri> lo pay rental* llgiirlnK *1." n inonlli per room. Our of tlir Irnnnt., nniil , hr wm nuthorirnl liy thr tennntn an | n Itody to oIT?t lo buy ihr lniildlnu*, allowing Ihr nwnrr* a profit. Ilo and Ihr olher li-nnnln, hr wald, prepared to form n co?opera? livr oixan lr.nt Ion lo handle llic proprrty, IS FDUGHT PRUSSIANS ! FOB MUM, NOT LEAGUE Crowd Oierrs Wildly as Senator lJirnin Johnson Mnkes This Statement in St. Ixiuis. , TELLS OF SKCUKT TREATIKS < alifornian Asserts Peace Pact Com pels Initial States to Underwrite Perrltorial Grabs Planned by Other -Nations. f Hy Universal S'Tmc. 1 ST. IjjL IS, MO.. Sept. 12.?.Senator Mjrarn Johnson, who is touring the Middle West in the wake of President Wilson, countering the chief executive's <irgumrnis in benalf of unqualified ac ceptance of the reave treaty and the .< akjuo of nations, has one distinct ad vantage over the President. The Sen ator has the benefit of the last word. I That this last word does hold a value ? in persuasion was evident after each of Mr. Johnson's addresses in this city to day. Men wi>o were won to the Wil aonian point of view when the Presi dent spoke here a week afro today left the Johnson meetings admitting loud ly enough to b** overheard generally that they had not realized until hoar t 1 ng she Californian "exactly what the I league would do to the L'ni'ted States." j At the City i.'lub luncheon Senator |Johnson opened his guns at once in answer to President wu&on'b Personal attacks upon the league and treaty rtserv ationists Amelia Slurs Are L'aat. "By casting slurs upon lus antago : nists. he demonstrated the weakness of i his cause, and. perhaps, the weakness of his intellect," the Senator said. "I want to deny Mr. Wilson's charge t that the American people are quitters if t.T-y refuse to approve the league of nations. The American people never quit. When Mr. Wilson went to Paris to demand his fourteen points and came home without them, the Ameri > an people did not quit, .somebody else ! quit." said the Senator. "The Monroe Doctrine is handed over to the sinister foreign powers by Mr. j Wilson and his league of nations." I said Senator Johnson. "We don't <have to become the partners of burglars wimply because wt cannot prevent burglary." Once during this address he brought every man to his feet, cheering wildly. I This was when he said: "American j boys at Chateau-Thierry stopped th? i 'iermans and won the war. And they ) didn't do it for a league of nations l or for fourteen j>oints, or because the I Kuropean nations told them to do it. i They did it because American lives i had been lort- They did it for Amer ica alone." Dlxnuim Secret Treutlen. Tn the City Club address, just as in his rpeech at night, Mr. Johnson cov ered some ground previously touched upon by him at Chicago and Indian.tpo lis. He detailed again his answer to the President's assertion that delaying the treaty ?will mean continuance of the high cost of living. He again went I into what he termed the "supreme in j farny" of compelling the United ? States, through the covenant, to un derwrite for all time the "ierritori.il i grabs" and "frauds" arranged for in (secret treaties by England, Japan. , France and Italy, i There are many treaties made l>e I tween the President and the Kuro ! pean nations of which we of the United j States have no cognizance, the Sena j tor inferred. REBELS COMPELOIL COMPANIES TO PAY FOR RIGHT TO WORK Manager of Tuxpum Plant Says Carranza Docs Nothing lo Relieve Situation. I l!v Associated Press. 1 \\ AS!IIN<11 ON". Sept. 12.?"Carranza seems never to have made any serious effort to drive Manuel Palaez and his little rebel army from the Mexican 1 oil fields." Levi Smith, formerly sene- I ral manager of the Penn-Mex Oil Com- j pany. today told the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee investiiratinir the Mexican situation. Mr. Smith, whose properties are south i of Tamplco. near Tuxpam. said that Palaez had collected money from his company since April. 1017, and that like the Mexican Petroleum Company!' the Penn-Mexico had appealed to the Stntei Department and Ambassador designate Arredonda. only to receive the advice to pay "since thefe appeared i nothing else to do." It was indicated by Smith that there f as, a somewhat common distrust of Carranza troops and of Carranza offi cers. He requested that his testimony along that line he heard In executive session, and his request was granted! ! but not until he explained that public] knowledge of his testimony might make his return to Mexico danger- ! ous. At the. close of the executive session t.he hearings were suspended ' until Monday. I Hound Trip Norfolk, It I.OS | Va. Beach, f 2.15. Sundays. N. &. W.? RIGHT TO STRIKE ISSUE AT STAKE Question Is Referred to Attorney General for an Opinion. PLAN CONFERENCE TODAY Governor Coolidge Classes Strik ing Patrolmen as Deserters Without Standing. Illy Associated l'r^ss ) BOSTON. .Sept. 12.?Krank McCarthy, of New ICnjland. organizer of the American 1* td^raiion of Uabor, an nounced tonight that the Policemen's L'nion fcad accepted the suggestion of .Samuel Gompers that, they return to work, and await the outcome of the labor conference at the White House on < K'tober <>. When Commissioner Curtis was informed of t>ho action of the "n ion. he said that he had issued orders this afternoon that no strikers apply ing for reinstatement should be taken back. He said that he could not change this order before hearing from the Attornc.v-Ueneral. The comrnis | sjoner refused to amplify this state ment, which was interpreted to mean ! that the Attorney-General would be | asked to decide whether the patrol j men were "employees" who had a ; right to strike or "offt- ers" of the gov ernment who had no such rigi.it. Statement In lixurd. Mr. McCarthy read Mr. Gompers' I telegrams sent to him and to Mavor Peters at k meeting of the Policemen's Lnion tonight. After the meeting he I issued the following statement: j 'The members oI the Boston Police men's Union have accepted the sug i gestions of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of l^abor. : and instructed their committee to act : in accordance." Whether the strike could be settled in this manner was problematical to night. Mr. Gompers' suggestion was that the men return to their posts "upon information that the enforce ment of the order (forbidding them'to affiliate with outside organizations! has been postponed." In his telegram to the Mayor, of which he sent a dupli cate to Governor Coo.idge tonight, he asked that enforcement of this order j be deferred until .after the White , liousu conference. j Governor Coolidge had retired for i the night befor- Mr. McCarthy's state | ment had been made public, and his ; secretary said he would not disturb I him to inform him of this deve.op I ment. The secretary said that the i telegram from Mr. Gompers had not been received. Conference to Dr Held. It s expected that the matter will be di.-cusscd tomorrow forenoon, when the Governor has consented to meet Mr. McCarthy and officers of the Bos ton Central I^abor Union. This con ference was arranged before the action I of the Policemen's Union had been 1 made known. Governor Coolidge said today that the question whether the policemen were actually on strike or had aban doned their duties and whether any of them would be re.nstated under any circumstances, was whol.y for Police Commissioner Curti- to determine. For his own part, however, the Governor classed the strikers as "deserters." and said that he did not th:nk of "any conditions under which they should be reinstated." There was no disorder today. R AIL R 0 A DM EN" TO FOLLOW WILSON'S RECOMMENDATION I Committee Crge-i on Maintenance and Shop Workem Acceptance of Government's Offer. fBr Associated Press 1 DKTROTT, Sept. 12.?There is little, prospect of an immediate strike by the (!00,0GO maintenance of way and shop employees represented in the conven tion here of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop laborers. This was the statement of brotherhood officials at the conclusion of a closed session of the convention this afternoon. ?Virtually the entire afternoon, it was said. w:is taken up with arguments on ! the wage controversy, and, contrary to j expectations, the question- of a strike ' was not brought to a vote. The na i tional committee, which conferred with the railroad administration ofllcials in [ Washington on wage mallets, made a I verbal report to the convention, recom ! mending, it was announced, that the organization abide by President Wil son's plea to accept 4 cents an hour increase and postpone action on wage demands until conclusion of the gov ernment's efforts to bring living costs to normal. The sense of the discussion was thnt this recommendation be. followed. The committee reported that the railroad wage board has promised to standard ize wages as requested. The convention also approved rec ommendations by Grand President Al lan Barker for the establishment of a chain "f departmental mail-order stores and entering various manufac turing lines as part of the brother hood's plans to fight high living costs. The executive committee was instruct ed to gather data on these matters and 1 lake necessary action. HINES TAKING INVENTORY Itiiilroart Adnilnlxtrntlon Preparing to Turn llnck I,Inert <o OunlnR Corporntioun. f Hv Associated Press. 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.?Preparing for the return of the railroads to pri vate control. Director-Genera I Bines today ordered all roads to begin an in ventory on hand as of December 31. the date indicated by President Wilson in his address to Congress as the termination of government super vision. Itnllnns Coming to Americn. | ROME. Sept. 12.?An Italian economic .commission will leave Brest for the j United States next Sunday. It will i he composed of Senator Bettonl, Sig ; nor Millus. president of tho cotton manufacturers' association; Signor I Quartierl, president of the electrical society; Professor Attollco, of the food commission; Professor Meneg hclll president of tho chamber of commerce of Venice, and Signor Gar ronl. councillor of the chamber of .commerce of Home. SAYS CAPITAL AND LABOR 1ST UNITE Governor Harding Asserts Co operation Is Necessary to Seize Trade. CONSIDERS DOLLAR'S WORTH Head of Federal Reserve Board Addresses West Virginia Bankers. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] WH1TK SUM'HUR SI*RINGS. W. VA.. Sept. 12.?While recognizing the prob lem of high living costs to be one of universal rather than of purely na tional urgency. Governor Harding, of the Federal Reserve Board, in an ad dress delivered h<*re today before the I convention of the West Virginia ; Bankers' Association, laid emphasis ; upon the need of co-operation between 'capital and labor, without which he indicated, the nation cannot hope to seize the tremendous trade opportuni ties which are now offered. Primarily, he said, the present high cost of foods and materials is due to the destruction of life and property by the war and to the consumption of liquid wealth. Not only in America, but throughout tho civilized world, workers have manifested a desire to relax from the rigors of war-time economies, and at the same time. Governor Hard ing said, labor has been demanding shorter hours and more pay. These things have necessarily resulted In de creased production and Increased costs of distribution, which have driven up ; prices. I'rjjrn Ilfffrtlvf Economies. "I,et us hope that at the conference which has been called for October." he said, "the controversy between capit.il and labor will be adjusted ; fairly and impartially. Crops cannot | be grown, coal mined, metals worked, i nor textiles woven without capital and j without work." Both capital and labor, ? he declared, are entitled to a just re ] turn. Greater production and effective I economies are the only correctives for the present, high cost of living, he showed, and are essential if America is to have a surplus of goods for Ex port trade, but shorter hours coupled with higher pay. Governor Harding in serted, inevitably tend to reduce pro duction and increase costs. Dlaeunaeti Value of Dollar. "Much has been said about the re duced purchasing power of the dollar, and according to the index figures fre quently referred to by economists, it is clear that when expressed in terms of stable articles of commerce the value of the dollar." the speaker said, "is only about half of what it was Ave years ago. But it is true, never theless, that in terms of the currency | of many foreign countries, including | all of the recent belligerents, the value i of the dollar has increased." ! Shown Whnt Nation Arciim pi Inliotl. Governor Harding showed that from April 1. 1917, to August 1, 1319, th?s interest-bearing indebtedness of the United States increased by about J2U500.000.000. This amount, he said, is greatly in excess of the normal sav ings of the people and the success of i the financial operations of the United \ States Treasury was due to the j patriotic support of the people, who | were willing to anticipate their future j savings by borrowing from the banks ? and to the ability and willingness of , the banks to make the loans. SENATE PASSES BILL PROVIDING PENALTY FOR FOOD PROFITEERS Two Years Imprisonment and So,000 Fine Are Imposed by New Act. fBy Associated Trrss 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 12,?The House hill extending the food control act to penalize profiteering as requested by President Wilson and Attorney-Gene ral Palmer, as a means of reducing the cost of living, was passed by the Senate late today and sent to con ference. In addition to penalties?15,000 tine and two years' imprisonment?for pro. fiteering, hoarding, destroying or mono polizing of food and other necessaries or "making an unjust or unreason-i able rate or charge." the bill extends the law to include ?wearing apparel anil containers of food, feeds and fer tilizers as well as food fuel, fertilizers and agricultural machinery. The life of the proposed law would terminate upon the proclamation of peace. Although many Senators criticised the bill and. with general expressions of reluctance grudgingly assented to its passage without a record vote, there was virtually no opposition to the measure, and only about a dozen Sena, tors followed its course. Only one amendment of substance was made to the bill as passed by the | House?a rider proposing an oflicial body to supervise property rentals in the I) strict of Columbia to prevent profiteering. As passed the bill does not prohibit or limit the department's plan to ad minister the law through the agencies of voluntarj^"fair price" committees. MAUDE MOORE READILY FURNISHES $10,000 BOND Alleged Slayer of I.enoy Harth nt Knoxvlllr llnlled for Trial In November. I Ry Associated rr*""' ' KNOX VIl,L?K, TKNN., Sept. 12.? Maude Moore, charged with shooting UeRoy Harth to death last Monday night, was held for the November term of Criminal Court under bond of JIO. 000. this afternoon, after a preliminary hearing which had hinted through the better part of two days. Martin Hun ter. arrested Wednesday as an acces sory to the murder, was held in de fault of $5,000 bond. Miss Moore readily provided the bond. Hunter had not given bond up to-a late hour tonight, though friends say that they hope to secure his release by Saturday. He is now held In the county Jail while Miss Moore, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Min nie Moore, went to t^olr home after the completion pf the ho&rlngts. v - Samuel Gompers Appeals to Strikers to Await Action of Labor Conference (By Universal Service.) \K\V t Oltlv, Sept. 1?Snmurl (?omprrii, prmlilrot of thr Ainerl enn Federation of l.nhor> tele crnplird an appeal (o both alitrn In thr llofiton poller ntrlke loilnr to lay a.side their Krlrtnnrrn until nftcr the itiitional Inlior confrrrnco rnllril by President Wilson to mrrl In U mil* InKlon on Ocliilirr 0. In n mennnKt to .Major Peterw, Mr. tiomper* mild: "\o inn nor croup of mm more crnuinrl)' rrtrrl the prrsrnt llonton r?ltuation thnn do the American l-'ederntlon of Labor and I." lie then refer* to President Wll non'n request to the ronimlmlonrrit of the IMntrlet of t'olumbln to hold In abeyance the order forbidding | pollfrmrn to join a anion nntll nftcr llir romlnK ronfrrrurr, nnd nnkn I (lint the Ilonton nut liorltirn follow I'lir rinmiilr of thr District rommls Nl?nrr* In ramplj-lnR *rlth thr I'Tfuldnit'd rfqumt. In n trlricrom to Kritnk McCarthy, Ilonton orKanlr.fr of. thr Amrrlmn Frilrriition of l.nlKor, .Sir. t^omprrs urKfil eo-oprrotlnn by thr pollrrmrn to linrr tlir aplrit, and purpnsr of hln irlrRrnm to .Mayor l*rtrr? i-nr rird out. Snmurl CJomprrn tonight nrnt to (iovrrnor CoolidRr, of Mnnnachu urtu, n dupllcatr of n trlficram nent l?y hlin todny to Mnyor I*rtrrn, of Ilonton. nn.lounrlnsr hr had npprnlrd to thr pollrrmrn on Mrike in that rlty to rrturn to rvork. OF BIG FIVE PACKERS "Witness Testifies Meat Men Think Themselves Hinder Than the Government. URGES FEDERAL. I/1CEXS E Head of Live Stock Association Asks They lie Divorced From .Stock Yards, and Refrigerator Cars Bo Common Carriers. tny Associated I'ress. 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 1-*. ? Kxcoria tion of the "biff rive" packers was made before the Senate Agriculture Commit tee today by lid ward I.. Burke, of Omaha, Neb., vice-preisdent of the American National Ldve Stock Associa tion, who asked the immediate passage of the Kendrick and Kenyon bills for j Federal regulation of the packing in- J dust ry. "What the big packers' need," Mr. I Burke declared, "is common sense I enough to accept fair Federal regula tion. The trouble In the industry is that they think themselves bigger than the government, and the end of the "course will be to send them straight to destruction." The live stock association, Burke said, was proud of its connection with the Federal Trade Commission investi gation of the Indutry, but. he added, "t-he statement that the association used undue influence with the commls I sion is a lie.*' Suyn Cattle Men Oppose Pirkrm. I Cattle associations In almost every State west of the Mississippi ltiver, he asserted, stood solidly behind provi sions of the Kenyon bill, and wanted the packers divorced from ownership of stockyards, their refrigerator cars made common carriers, and the opera tion of their business put under Fed erad license. "The big issue." he continued, "is whether or not the live great pack ers shall be allowed to use their tre mendous financial power to perfect their monopoly of foodatugs and to continue to stand between producer and consumer, dictating what each shall pay." J. l>. McDowell, a Memphis. Tenn., banker, told the committee that the regulation was unnecessary. Telia of Profit* Made. "I don't know much ahout these bills," J. M. Km mart, of Ijouisville. Kv.. said, when he took the stand, "and have not come here to criticize their authors or the Federal Trade Commis sion. However, we started an inde pendent packing plant in ljouisville in lfilO, have been competing with the big packers every day, and did 000 worth of business last year. Our experience simply shows the big pack ers do not control everything, and we are afraid of license regulation." HURRICANE WARNINGS ALONG GULF COAST ARE CONTINUED Area Threatened Kxtends From I'en sncola. Klorldn, lo Corpus Christ!, Texas. (By Associated Press 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.?The tropi cal storm is probably central tonight in the vicinity of latitude 28 degrees and longitude 90 degrees, the Weather bureau announced tonight, although no reports were received today from thej viciivjt.v of the storm. Hurricane warnings have been con tinued along the Mississippi and Louis- j iana coasts, with storm warnings to ( the eastward as far as l'en.-acola and , to the westward as far as Corpus Christi. Texas. Another disturbance that was over Ontario Thursday morning is now off the Maine cua.<t moving northeast with greatly increased intensity, and north east storm warnings u'?.ro displayed ( this morning from the Virginia capesi to 1'rovincetown. Mass., the bureau re- j ported tonight. TWO DIE IN EXPLOSION Six-Inrli SheII Burst* While Being I n londed on llonhnmlo?ti Docks. (By Associated Press 1 BO Nil AM TOWN*. N. J.. Sept. 12.? Two men were killed and six injured today by the explosion of a six-inch shell which was being unloaded from a barge In the llaritan ltiver at the Karltan arsenal. The ammunition on the barge, was being transferred to one of the magazines. The victims of the accident all were civilian em ployees. NEEDS FEW OLE HANSONS Montana Senator Declare* Boston and Senate Both Would Be Better Off. fBv Universal Service.! WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. ? "What the city of Boston needs Is an <)le Hanson and a few Ole Hanson's would improve the Senate," said Senator Myers, of Montana, on the floor of the Senate today in a speech on the Boston police i strike which ho termed "one of the j most dastardly acts of infamy that has been seen In this country since the I days of Benedict Arnold." 91 .tin?Bound Trip?JM.O.I Every Sunday In September Via C. &. O. to Old I'olnt and Norfolk. Wllloughby, $2.05. 3 trains.?Adv. CAPITAL GIVES PERSHING ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION American Commander-in-Chief Given Spontaneous Welcome by Washingtonians. SAYS LIMIT WAS VICTOR!" In Reply to Question Whether Ho Had Kxpected 1U20 to Re War's Limit Leader of Army Gives Rricf Rut Eloquent Response. (By Universal Service.1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.?Genera' John J. Pershing: arrived in Washing ton today to make his report on the achievements of America's army in the world war. General Pershing's report in detail will be elaborate and probably will not be presented for some time. He will, however, go to the War Department tomorrow to report Informally. General Pershing achieved victory today when he reached Washington ami broke through the temperamental rigidity of the nation's capital, tcpltal In Llnthu?i?uitlc. The spontaneous enthusiasm which his appearance aroused was of an ex uberant character audi us<the capital has not seen in many a day. Not only was General Pershing re ceived with tremendous cheering at the Union Statlou, but on his way to his hotel crowds of men and women ran after his automobile shouting their greeting. Major-General Peyton C. March greeted the returning hero at the betel with a smile and a handshake. The warmth of bis reception was re flected in the freedom and cordiality with which General Pershing met and talked to the newspaper men in his rooms shortly after his arrival. The general said he wanted to meet each man, and as he. did so he asked what paper was represented. When St. Louis was mentioned he said with a quick smile: "Uh, that is close to home." The l.lmlt Waa Victory. General Pershing was asked when he had expected the war would close. He replied: 'There were some who said they knew the war would close In 191S. 1 hat was absurd. We were planning ?n. Cll.r/o^,nBJ.hc war through 191i> and into 19.0. That was the consensus of opinion of all the allies. "Then 1S?L'0 was the limit " "No. the limit was victory," said General Pershing*. FEAR OIL BARGE LOST WITH 15 MEN ABOARD IN GREAT HURRICANE Towing Steamer, Reporting Dis aster, Arrives at Tampa After Desperate Struggle. I Ry Associated Press 1 TAMPA. FLA., Sept. 1'J. ? With her machinery disabled, lifeboats, ventila tors and wireless apparatus blown away, the oil tanker Liigonier, Cap tain Carlson, of the Gulf Refining Company's fleet, drifted Into port this afternoon and reported that the steel barge Monongahela, with fourteen men on board, is either lost with all hands or is adrift somewhere in the Gulf. The Monongahela was in tow of the I.igonler. bound from Port Aj-thur, Texas, for Savannah, Ga. Roth were oil-laden. Captain Carlson says the two heavily laden crafts made bad weather of it in the storm Tuesday night, and when about twenty miles southeast of Dry Tortugas the towlines parted. 'Pne Ligonier was in a bad way and attempts to search for the Monongahcla were fruitless. The storm had blown the Rigonier'.s lifeboats fromb their davits into the sea: the wirelejs was gone, and the ventilator funnels strip ped off to lite decks. ? 'apiain Carlson said he did not ex pect to be able to bring his vessel to port, but finally made it to Tampa. He had not been off duty in sixty ihours. The barge is of 1.677 gross tons and carried a captain and crew of four teen men. AUTOMOBILE BANDITS ROB BROOKLYN JEWELRY STORE (?ling of Ki*e Secure JO.IHHI In Cash anil Liberty llonda In Dny IlKht ICiplolt. ( Fly Universal Sorvice.) MOW YORK. Sept. 12.?A daring and successful holdup was carried out late today by live men who drove in an automobile to the store of Harry Schmidt, of Brooklyn, and made off with Ji.,000 In cash and Liberty bonds, after terrorizing persons In the store with revolvers. It wits believed that the automobile robbers probably were part of the sang whose operations early today in cluded holdups In four prominent hotels In Manhattan. Kxpeol llnnre Income. HERI'IN, Sept. 12.?The government's inheritance tax. It is estimated, will yield 775.000,000 marks per year while its lew on fortunes will turn over to the national treasury nearly 3,000. 000,000 marks annually for tho next thirty year a. LANSING OPPOSES RATIFICATION, WITNESS ASSERTS WILSON EXPLAINS VOTING POWER GRANTED BRITAIN BOSTON POLICE END STRIKE BUT ARE DENIED JOBS 10 PEACE MISSION TESTIFIES FREELY Bullitt Declares Secretary of State Is Against League Covenant. ATTRIBUTES STRONG TALK TO HIGH CABINET OFFICER Newspaper Man, Attached to American Commission, Gives Sensational Testimony. I. A N SING WILL N O T TALK Diplomat, on Fishing Trip, Refuses Statement on Evidence licforo Senate Committee. WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.?The asser tion that Secretary Lansing oppose! ratification of the peace treaty and league of nations' covenant, although he was a member of the American peace commission that drafted it. was made today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by William 'J. Bullitt, of Philadelphia, formerly cm ployed by the mission at Paris In a confidential capacity. The testimony, purporting to give Mr. Lansing's private opinion expressed In a conversation with the witness the c\ay the latter resigned from the mis sion because he was not in sympathy with the treaty or the league, popped out suddenly and sensationally. Bullitt had just expressed reluctance at the Idea of revealing any part of x private conversation with the peace commissioners, and members of the committed quite agreed wlth'-thls view. Expmird Vigoroui Opinion*. Near th?s close of a three-hour hear ing, however, Chairnlan Lodge asked how the treaty and Its covenant was regarded at Paris. Secretary Lansing. Henry White and General Bliss, all members of the American commission, "expressed vigorous opinions," Bullitt said, adding, in reply to an Inquiry by the chairman, that these opinions were not enthusiastic. Then from a memorandum of the conversation, dictated, he said, while it was fresh In his mind, Bullitt quoted the secretary on many points, saying that Mr. L.ansing opposed the award of Shantung to Japan; that he consid ered the league thoroughly had; that the large nations would pay little at tention to the small nations, and that the world had been arranged accord ing to the desires of the big nations at the peace conference. The most sensational statement at tributed by the witness to the Secre tary of State was "that if the Senate and the American people knew what the treaty meant it would he defeated." Senator Knox really would understand the treaty. Mr. Lansing said, according to the witness, and "Mr. Lodge would nut Mr. l,odge's position would become purely political." Xo Democratic Senator* Present. There were no Democratic Senators in attendance when this testimonv was given, nor ct other times during the. hcarmg and ,obody took up the oildn'n q t r\ w t ? _ _ ' . wh? anxious to hear from Mr. Tan sing! .of endeavored to Maine woods on a camping trin and the notice did not reach him until * .a?s :iKn,- ,Tllis was explained o\ ( hairman Lodge to show whv the hearing apparently had been reopened. tilve* "Confidential" Information. A wealth of Information, regarded as more or less confident ial, was given by tiic witness during his three-hour statement. In February last, he said, he was sent by Secretary Lansing to r etrograd to bring back from the So viet leaders a statement showing the exact terms on which they would agree to peace. This- report, which told among other things of "good order" establish ished by the Bolshevists, Lenlne's de sire for peace, his readiness to compro mise in order to obtain it, and his promise that all foreign debts of the Soviet government would be paid, never was made public. Bullitt said, because the President would not agree. Lloyd C.eorge wanted it printed, he said, yet later the Premier denied all knowledge of it when questioned In Pa rl lament. Bi.nlitt described himself as a clear ing house of information for the dele gation. and worked generally under t'olonel K. M. House. He showed the. committee the President's original league proposal, written on the Presi dent's own typewriter and bearing an inscription by Colonel House attesting the latter's high -egard for the wit ness. Quote* Colonel IInu*e Freely. Buliitt quoted Colonel House freely, and when asked why he had resigned produced from a great stack of papvrs a letter he had written the President expressing Uis lack of sa3isfectlon with the way the peace negotiation" were proceeding, and particularly voicing disapproval of the league of\ nations. About the only part of the President's league proposals Incorpor ated In the covenant, he >;aid, was the widely-debated Article X.. which re mained intact. Once in Paris Bullitt had an engagement with the President which, he said, the President ca'.ied off because of a headache. He laid before the committee his letter telling the President why ho had quit the mission.' but the committee did not question hkm about It. Along wltl. his report of conditions in Russia. Bullitt gave the committee the Soviet peace proposal, which never went to the peace conference, and which was dropped, he testified, be cause the people in Paris became luke warm when they read that Admiral