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THE WEATHBR. Tod<iy?Probably rain in morning. To morrow?Fair and warmer. Highest tem r-cri'.ure yesterday, 48; lowest, 38. THE WASHINGTON HERALD ???* Herald advertniaf ??? ia March will approximately double tKo?? of February NO. 4327 WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919. one cent '?^e^-sle TREATY OF PEACE READY FOR HUNS APRIL 1, PROGRAM League of Nations Charter Also Ready for Council of Ten; Not to Delay Peace; Lord Cecil Argues That Covenant Strengthens Monroe Doctrine?Japanese Called at Cril lon Yesterday Supposedly to Offer Amend ment on Race Equality. Parie. March 1?.?The speed-up program of the Peace Conference waa In full awing today. Committee ?eaalon? ?nd the meet in?; of the Supreme War Council thia afternoon wer? expected to ac fomphah appreciable progress In drawing up the terma of the pre liminary treaty with Germany. The delegate? continued in their belief that the treaty will be fully eonrpleted by March 29. and will probably be submitted to the Ger mans three day? later. It wa? an nounced today that Versailles has been definitely selected as the sit? for signing the treaty. I.rasar'? Charter Heady. Lord Cecil asserts the league's charter is ready for the council of ten at any moment and therefore will not delay peace. Criticism her? is relatively weak. Lord Cecil declare? It Is concerned moetly with the phrase ology raiher than the basic ideas. Amendments to the covenant are ?till possible. I?ord Cecil argues, furthermore, that the covenant strengthens the Monroe doctrine rather than weakening it, because nothing can be done without unanimous decision, and furthermore, he says, the league would not inter fere with the Internal affairs of any country. Far from being a hastily put-to gether document, the covenant has been repeatedly considered by the British cabinet, even in Asqulth's time as prime minister. .lapasses? ?.roused. The Japanese delegates called at th? Crillon yesterday to inquire when the league of nations commission, of which President "Wilson is chairman, ?rill meet again It is supposed they will then offer an amendment calling for race equality. Dispatches from Tokyo report public agitation tn Ja pan on this subject, which may force the Mikado's representatives to make an etTort to obtain this clause. It ia possible they will set theoreti cal satisfaction In the form of a sol emn enunciation et a general princi pie, saving the fsce of Japanese pride, but it is unlikely that Japan will make her *nlhereijce to tha league ab solutely dependent' upon this rao? clause The question of religious ??TeaTlty Is closely related to-rectal ? problem?. At the time the covenant ' ??as dratted it was agreed to omit FRENCH FURIOUS OVER HUN GOLD Germany Paying Americans For Food with Cash ?Angers Paris Editors. Pari?. March 19.?French con aervative organs are furious at see ing Germany pay American and British food merchants in cash be fore paying France at least an In stallment of the damages she has wrought in the war. Says Jacgues Bainvllle in the Royalist newspaper Action Fran?aise: "By playing the card of Bolshe vism. Germany has succeeded in getting food. Her resources in gold and foreign credits go for eatables ? that much we are ahead of the enemy.' we can hear Scheidemann and Ranlzau say. The flrst German indemnity thua vanishes into the pockets of English and American food dealers. German politics and allied commercialism meet recip rocal satisfaction. After a few more deals of this sort what will remain for usr* The same note is sounded by the clerical Echo De Paris, which re grets that the allies allowed the Germans to negotiate for food In stead of telling them what they must give and what they could have. "BETTY" SEEKS THIRD TRIAL Mrs. Inch, of Ankle Fame, Released But Dissatisfied. New Yerk. March 19?'Some one must pay for making me cry.'* said Mr* Betty Inch, whose ankles are famous, as she was released on J5.0OO bail today, after the Jury disagreed n her second trial on a charge of at tempted extortion. Mrs. Inch's attorney demanded that ?he be brought to trial for the third time at once, so that her name may be cleared of the charge of trying to extract tao from Eugene P. Herr man. millionaire automobile dealer. Judge Davis said this was impossible. Mrs. Inch declared It was ridicu lous to assert that she would try to ' extort CIS from a millionaire, and said she was a victim of persecution. Wrote Wilson Letter, Countess Under Arrest rhica.ro. March 19 -Countess Aure lia Bethlen. who said <l-c was a Hun garian noblewoman and former lady ?n waiting to the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, is under anest here tortay on a charge of sending threatening letters to President Wilson at Paris. The ccuntess claimed she was cath ering sociological data while wot king a* a housekeeper at the home of a friend ? Y?ak? ia Siberia to Com? Home. Lo? Angeles. Cal. March 19.?Amer ican troops now in Siberia will be withdrawn in the upring. Secretary of War BakTr declar-d on hla arrival here todav. The exact date is depend ent upon weather conditions, he said. such questions because It was fore seen they would cause no end of de bate. ? ???.? Participate. For the flrst time In history wom en have participated in peace ne gotiations. A delegation of more than forty. repre?entlng five na tions, yesterday addressed the peace committee on labor legisla tion, which Is drawing up an eco nomic and industrial program to be carried out under the league of nations Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and Mrs. Juliet Barrett Hublee represented the United States. There were also delegates from Great Britain. | France. Italy and Belgium. The women presented a resolution in | the name of "?everal million of women." providing for the estab lishment in each country of a com mittee for female labor, composed of competent women repreeentmg tbe government, trades unions and scientific and professional women. Every scheme affecting women workers would be submitted to these committees for advice. Samuel Gompers, chairman of the committee, thanked the women, add ing: "It is not our fault that you are not sitting with u? now. We did not appoint ourselves: wc were appointed. And I. for one, think it Is to be re gretted that we have not had the benefit of your assistance and advice during the three months we have been working on these questions." DEFEATED TURK ORDERS KILLING Greeks Capture Documents Directing Massacre in Aidin Province. Pari?. March 19?Graek delegate? have learned that the Turks recent? ly laid plan? for a wholesale mas sacre in tha Province of Aldln. which 1* largely populated by Greek?, it was announced today. The plan? were revealed through orders captured from the Turks The flrst, dated February 25 and signed by the commander of the 'Aidin gendarmery. reads: "I call your attention to the at titude of the Greek? toward Mus sulmans. We must exterminate this base, miserable nation." AlUea Take Preeaattens. The order declares that money and arms have been distributed among well-known comltadjls for tWs purpose More is promised if the plans are car ried out successfully. The order con cludes with the instruction to "act freely with women, regardless of their honor." A second order said: "The Greeks may be expected to ex press openly their sentiments for Greece. Immediately each citizen Is expected to do his duty and Join in a general massscre. Each should kill four or five Greeks. Oral Instructions will be given as to the method of exe cuting this order." A? soon as the order? were seized allied representative? took necessary precautions. Pants Gone! Says Hines Should Pay President of Texas Bank Loses "Some" Clothing In Sleeper. Oklahoma City, Okla . March 19. He blames Walker D. Hines. J. L. Wilkin. president of the Wilkin-Hale State Bank, returning from Fort Worth. Texas, stirred, rubbed his eye?, rolled over and leached for his trousers. The Pullman porter didn't know either. The conductor shook his head. So when Wilkin finished his mile and a half of unusual travel through Oklahoma City streets, he was decidedly half suited. To cover discrepancies and exposures, he brought a JC.OOO suit. He says Hines ought to pay even if he didn't see the show. Also he mentions a diamond stick pin and other valuables that quit him as cold as the pant?. The ?uit Is pending In court here today. Bolsheviki Force Enemy To Evacuate Odessa London, March 19?The Paris corre spondent of the London Times said today that he understands evacuation of Odessa by anti-Bolshevik forces has begun. The Soviet army was salj to be within 15 miles of that city. A dispatch from Hclsingfors said the Bolsheviki claim the capture of Derditchaff. a town in the province of Kieff, 24 miles south of Zhitomir. Brazil Entertains U. S. Naval Officers Rio de Janeiro, March 19.?Officers of the American fleet were enter tained at a ball and reception by the Brazilian Naval Club here last night. Another big reception for the men of the fleet will be held at the American Athletic Club March 22. The fleet will soon return North. Pledges Support On D. C. Measures EUROPE SHIFTS TO LEAGUE PLAN President's Reception This Time in Marked Contrast To Former Visit. By WILLIAM ALLEM Will ? G Special Cakle t* The W aahlnsjloa Herald. Pari?. March 19.?The President'? European reception now marks a complet* revolution In tbe aatltude toward him by the constituted enveni ment* and messe?. In December the government? or Europe and the government pre*? were polite but not cordial, and the masse? of Europe were enthualasttc ln their cordiality; today the govern ment? and the conservative pre** are cordial to the point of ardor and the social outlaw presa and Socialists are hopeful. interested, but almost skep tical. All the dtf-nataries of Franc? welcomed the President at the station, but the crowd did not come. The Socialist? decided not to oppoae the police and hold a demonstration aa they wlthed. The reason for thia revolution In ?attitude between De cember and Mm'rch is found in the conviction of French official circles that :' Franco falls to get tbe league of nations, ahe will lose all the ma terial thing? which ?he expect* to gee In th? settlement of peace. So. such OOSTISUED ON PAGB TvV> PRESENT WEEK TO AID WINNER Biggest Hustler in Special Ballot Offer May Win $7,000 Home. Nine new candidates Joined the Salesmanship Club yesterday and started an active campaign for one of the fifty-ft ve prizes that The Herald will distribute on Apri! 26. Only a short time remains before the close of the special ballot offer. At 11 o'clock Saturday night. March 22, will come to an end the best vote offer of the campaign. Every candidate In the club should make the best use of the remaining? time this week. ? Those who fail to secure a spe cial ballot or two will find that they ere a good way behind when the results of the special offer are published next week. Kemember there ir* a $7.000 home for the candidate who secures the largest number of votes in the Salesmanship Club by April 2b. It is likely that the candidate who does the best work this week will be the one who will finish in the lead when the names of the win ners are published. Many Chancea In List. The published list today shows a great many changes in each of the different districts. Mrs. Ida Oeil leads in the first district with S3, 500 votes. Edward ?. Scott, A. Shul man. and A. J Wernig are among tha leaders in this district. The new candidates who have entered from CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT. RECOVER $5,000 FROMTHIEVEaS Three Bandits Overhauled After Holding Up Bank. Freeport. N. Y.. March 19.?After holding up the First National Bank here today and driving off In an automobile with $5.000. three bandits were overhauled by the police near Jamaica, two captured ' and the loot recovered. When brought to bay. the bandits resisted, and one of them. Frederick1 R. Aphernal. wa?? shot in the right' shoulder. The other man gave the j ?name of David Broomsteln. A third i j robber escaped into the woods. The three bandits drove up to the ? ? bank in an automobile. They were | ? unmasked. One wore goggles. The, leader a?ked the paying teller. Ed ward Heming. to change a $10 bill. After having done so. the robber pulled a revolver and ordered Hem I ing to open the door to hi? cage. The other two men at the ?ame time drew guns ?nd covered the five other employe?. Heming opened the gate whereupon the bandits1 gathered up all the cash In sight, backed out to their automobile and sped away. German-Polish Armistice. Posen. March 19.?The allied mis-iion and lhe German delejiation were ex pected today to ???? lhe protocol fix loast the detail? and application of the German-Polish armistice. i SENATOR URGES $10,000 AGENT FOR D. C. NEEDS Trade Board ?Mean lung's Plan for Municipal Rep resentative. BOLSHEVISM SCORED Republican ?Leader MondeH Pledges Support to Capi tal Measures. A municipal agent, paid a salary of approximately $10,000 per year, to present the needs of the District to Congress in lieu of a representative from this city at present, and to act as sole representative of Washing ton's population, was suggested a? a means of securing attention to local atTairs on Oipltol HUI. by Senator William H. King, of L'tah, speaking before a 700-member meeting of the Board of Trade at the Willard Hot?! last night. Traire M Befare. Nearly a decade ago, when he A? a member of the Diatrict Committee of the House, said Senator King, he suggested the same thing. He re peated the suggestion last night, to be greeted with applause from the assembled business men. The municipal agent would be paid from a supecription taken up by bus-j ineas men. according to Senator King's suggestion. He would be allow ed to b? present at Congressional in vestigation? into all District affaire. The suggestion he made some yeara aga had fallen through, for what rea >on Senator King said he did not know. He declared he proposed it again, confident that consideration would be given It by the twentjeth century inhabitants of Washington. "The American people must yet learn the art of municipal govern ment,'' declarad King. "We don't know how to govern cities a^ they should be governed Belter Washington. "Municipal aovernment* have been made the pray of politician? and po-; liticai parties. Our cities here have been footballs of political parties. II want this city to be the beat govern ed city In the- United State?." And in a follow-up address to Sena- ? tor King, Representative Frank W. | Mondell. ot Wyoming, floor leader of the next Congress, summed i>p what he considered the most pressing need? of the Diatrict and pledged hie ?ap port to loca! measures "We need to continue the develop ment of the parking system here.' , declared Mondell. "Rock Creek Park* should *e extended to Potomac Park ' "Great Falls should be improved and the water power secured there should be utilized. There ?hould be a great Increase in water-developed power In comparison w.th ?power de veloped by coal, and the city should be as free as possible from the con- { lamination of the smoke of eoft coal. ? "It Is time to get to work on the land across the street. We should have here a great hall of record?. The government need? It. And we ' propose to give you our a??.stance aJon? all possible tines. Vote of Thanks. A rising vote of thanks was deliv ered by the body to bolh legislator? at the conclusion of their addresses? ' The Bolsheviki specter flared up at one point in the address of Senator King. "The Bolshevik i? hare." he de clared. "And he may be here for an indefinite period. Europe 1* being haunted by him. Shal it portend when ! the peace treaty has been signed. Shall we leave Poland, the Czecho slovaks, the Jugo-Slovaka, and the { smaller nations to the Bolshevist, or ? shall we scuttle out of Europe after making peace with the central em pires, leaving chaos in the wake?". He commended this question, and the aueetion of the league of nations to the thoughts of the members present. He did not anawer It. Recommendations favoring the ac quisition of the Dean, Patterson and COXTINTED ON PAGE TWO. ARREST WILKINS IN NEW YORK ON MURDER CHARGE Physician's Capture Fol lows His Filing Tele.fr.am In Baltimore. SAY MYSTERY SOLV.ED Housekeeper Throws New Light on .Mine?la Tragedy? New York. March 19. ? Dr Keen W.lkmsfl. aage-rl 57. was arrested here tonight upon his arrival from Bal timore and waa Immediately looked up on a chartf.i of homicide In con nection with thr death of his wife. Dr. Wilklns ?? recognized by a policeman as he left a train from the South at the Pennsylvania Sta tion. He was taken at once to police headquarters and the Nassau County authorities were notified. Dr Wilk?ns disappeared Sunday while the investigation into the mur der of hia wife in their Ijong Beach home was In progress. Police in everv city of the East were request ed to place him under arrest If lo cated, but the flrat word regarding his whereabouts was a telegram from Dr. Wilklns to District Attorney Weeks, of Sasaau County, stating he ?as on his way home, Thia information was communicated to District Attorney Weeks this even ing by Dr. Wilklns* attorney. Louts G. Friess. In the arrest of Dr. Wilklns the police believe the murder, mystery solved. Wilklns said in his telegram that he c-ld not know* there was a murder charge against him until he read It in the morning newrpapers. He added that he wrva ?tarting Immediately for Mine?la to tell all he knew about the cate District Attorney Weeks got In touch with the authorttes at Balti more, to check up on the sender of the telegram so aa to be sure it was not a hoax to put him on the wrong trail Trains along the routes between Baltimore and New York were order ed watched The telegram came from Wilklns while District Attorney Weeks was engaged in presenting evidence to the grand Jury. Before Wilklns fled it was learned today, he spent considerable time burning papers and packing his clotMnx When District Attorney Week? heard this he discarded the theory that Wilklns had co?primit?ed suicide. One of the most important witnesses summoned before the grand jury wa*. Mr? Man Nital, W?lkir-s' house keeper. According to Weeks' infor mation an unknown man telephoned her the night of February 27 and in formed her. in German, that Dr. Wilk ins had just murdered his wife at their*, home in Long Beach. When Wilklns returned to his New York home the?.' next day the woman told him of this" j call. He became enraged, she ^ and told her to keep her mouth ?hut. BOLaSHEVIKI TO sRwAID HUNS Organize Siberian Prison ers for German Invasion. The Hague. March 19.?The Rus sian Bolsheviki are organising men prisoners returning from Siberia, to be used in the event of a Bolshevist Invasion of Germany, a Berlin dis patch reported today. These Ger mans, it was said, constitute the "western communist division" and are dwelling in Samara. Nijni-Nov gorod and Ottoperts. Another dispatch ssid the presi dent of the German soviet In Petro gTad had Informed Premier L?nine that Kar! Radek had formed twenty-eight separate Bolshevist or ganisations in Germany. Here's Your Chance to Cast a Ballot Upon Proposed League of Nations The Washington Hera'.d, in conjunc tion with other newspapeis through out the United States will beginning today, print a "league of nations bal lot" to determine public sentiment on this momentous subject in the Na tional Capital. Are you in favor of the adoption of the league of nations? Whether you are or not, here is a chance for Washingtonlans to do something unofficially which w-e are forbidden legally to do?vote. And it will be very well to get a little practice along this line as un less all indications fail this "No Man'?? Land" will soon br making periodical visits to the polls. Reports from newspapers in other States evidence widespread interest in the referendum. The Grand Rapids (Mich) Press says that the referendum is proving very popular in that part of Michi gan. A heavy vote is also reported in Rochester, N. T., by the Times Union. To date eleven newspapers, which are carrying the vote ballots in their columns, show a 10.838 plurality In favor of the league of nations in the following proportion: New York (Globe). Rochester (Times-Union) Syracuse (Journal). Los Angeles (Times). Yes. 10,?S7 78? 177 394 I Grand Rapids (Press). M4? Des Moines (Capital). 70 Boston (Post). J.6S2 Dallas (T.mes-Heraldi_ 234 Bridgeport (Standar d Telegram) . ]7 Topeka (Capitali. H4 Houston (Chronicle). 933 Grand total .17,989 No. 6.694 80 8? 68 **4? u 61 9 31 39 THE WASHINGTON HERALD LEAGUE OF RATIONS BALLOT YES O Do you wish the United States to enter the League of Na tions outlined at the Peace Conference? NO O Name . Address Make a cross in one,circle and give name if you care to do so. Mail this ballot to LEAGUE OF NATIONS EDITOR THE WASHINGTON HERALD. Assails Wilson on Peace Plans HENRY CABOT LODGE. Who in debate with A. Lawrence Lowell last night said President should have consulted Senate re garding league of nations. HUMAN VOICE CROSSES OCEAN Marconi Engineer in Ireland Talks to Fellow Worker In Nova Scotia. . laondon. March 19?The human voice traversed the Atlantic at 7 o'clock thia morning. After many monthe of preliminary experimenta '? long-distance telephony a Marconi engineer aat in a wiretesa hut at Clifden. Ireland, at that hour, lifted the receiver and called "Glace Bay." Instantaneously the answer came. ?'Giace Bay talking." From that moment on continuously Clifden communicated with Nova ftco tia. the voices carrying strong and clear all day. There were no sentimental speeches. , The technical engineers talked about improvements of the ?yatem which thus carTies man'? \-oice across the Atlantic as readily as between Sea York and Y?oboken. "Our experiment was a complete succeaa ** Manager Bradfteld, of th? Marconi company, said tonight. "Tranamiesion was ibsclutely Instan taneous, and the voices were aa clear as your'e over the telephone to me. After the first messages had been, ex changed conditions were so perfect that our engineers continued their conversatane all day. aaving the de lay of writing their commenta and recommendations regarding impreve raent- I Aro ?orry I am unable to five a detailed account at this time." WOULD RETURN ROADS IN 1920 Representative Esch Pre paring Bill to Change Railroad Ownership. Return of the railroads lo their private owners about July 1. 1320, will be proposed in a bill now be ing prepared by Representative John .7. Esch. of Wisconsin, the new chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com merce. Mr. Esch said yesterday he thought it would be possible to rnact the legislation and send it to the Presi dent for approval before the end of the year. It would become op erative under the prosatone he will urge, within six months after the President signs it. The bill introduced by Mr. Esch in the last Congress will be used as a basis around which the new legislation will be written. It con tains the fundamentals of the rail road problem which should be con sidered in reaching a satisfactory solution, Mr. Esch believes. "We should certainly preser?. e whatever advantages that have been developed under federal control." he said. "Among these advantages are the requirements for inter change of the equipment. Joint use of terminals snd combined operation of certain lines wherein it would result in benefit to the public.'' 40,000 English Miners Walk Out on Strike L-ondon. Man h 1??While swaitmg the report of the special parliamen tary commission on its investigation of the mining situation. 40,000 coal minera in Nottinghamshire have gone on strike, it was announced today. The walkout wa.? uiTex-pected. as the miners' officials had postponed the strike, recently voted by an over whelming majority, until March 2G. so the co mm lesion'? report, scheduled to be presented tomorrow, could be debated. Bavarian Prince Can See "No Reason for Resigning" Geneva. March 19?The workmen's j council of Munich, demanding to know j from the government whether Crown ? Prince Rupprecht renounced his righte to the throne received this aatonlah ing reply: "There exists no reason why the former Crown Prince Rupprecht thouid resign his rights.*' Apartment Entered. $1,000 Worth of Jewelry Taken Over I1.0OO worth of jewelry hss j been stolen from the apartment of Mrs C F List. i%U Columbia road northwest, while Mrs Ijst has been abeent in Wht-ai.ng. W Vs Mrs List told the po'ire thr !??wel-y was Mole" from a dresser table En trance was gamed b| "jimmying" the door leading into the apartment. It ?s bellev-wJ the job wa? done by someone familiar with the place. LODGE ANSWERING LOWELL FAVORS PEACE LEAGUE Massachusetts Senator Wants Amendments to Maintain Monroe Doctrine and Prevent Chinese, Hindu and Japanese Immigration From Flooding Country?Assails Wilson For Not Submitting Draft to Senate, Lowell Also Suggests Improvements. Boston. March 1?. ? PTeiident Wil ?on wa? vlroroualy a**? 11 ed by l'nited State? Senator Henry Cabot botine tonight. In hi* de hat? on a eague of nation? with President A. laawrence Lowell, of Harvard Lm ver?lty. for not ?ubmitting the ijro po*ed drift of a league of nation? to the United State? Senate. He ?aid If the Prealdent had followed in the footstep* of President? Waahlngton. Lincoln and Grant h? would have conaulted with tbe ? Senate. Senator Lodge declared for a 1 league of nations society or alli ance which would enforce world peace. He characterised the pr?s ent covenant aa "porous and incom plete." President Lowell put two ques tion? to Senator Lodge as the Re- ' publican leader of the L'nited State? ' Senate. They were: "It the covenant were amended would you vote for It? ? Will you formulate and ?end to the proper aulhonue* at the Peace 0<an ference the amendment* which you think ?hould be made?" I ?si?? Favar? a >,??. . To th* nr?t question th* Senator declared, amid great applause, thai lie ?A-a* for any alliance, society or league which could maintain world p-acv*. in anawerisz the aecon.l que?'..on he ?.??ailed the President for not consult ing with the Senate He sakl any -al liance aaauring world peace would be drawn up somewhere, but "not in Pari?." He said the ?ulhoiity to ut ter amendment* lay with the Senat?, whoee members are now dielriisuied Ir. forty-eight State? Senator Lodge ?ounded ? rh*rp Tf?rning against "internattoniim" and the sinister firures of Trotsky ?nd L?nine. H" said he wanted the Aemrican people to consider the entrsnee of the United State? into a league. Shaking hi? fist and fair ly ?homing hi? words th* Senator aaid: "I don't want the Am?ricain peo pie to go through * dark tunnel of word* with nothing t* ?ee but the dim red light of internationaatam on the oth?r ?Di " ?Waalwa't Toril Gl.oraafat. A? the great hall shook with cbecr*. the Senator continued ? don't want to exchange the government of Abraham Lincoln, a government of the p?ople and h?' the people for and by oiher people." Senator Lodge demanded an im mediate peace with Germany. Hie??? were heard from all parta of the hall when Senator Lodge ahouted that the league of nation? should not be ?ent aa? * "rider to the tier men peace treaty " Senator Lodge drew wild shout? of approval when he ?aid the T'nited State? must maintain thr? Monroe Doctrine in any league of nation?, ?nd must write into that covenant a clause which wilt prevent a flood of Japanese. Chinese and Hindu immi gration Into thl? country He de clared for "general disarmament " Paran? aad Laaaely Drawn. Senator Lodge made fi-eqavsnt ref erence? to former Presioent Taft and quoted from Taft'* speeches in sup port of his argument that the present draft of the league of nation? is "porous and loosely drawn." and must be redrafted. At the opening of his speech h* spoke with deepest feeling of the late Prealdent Theodore Roosevelt, and said that hi* course in regar.i to the league of nations was based greatly upon his frequent conferences with Mr. Roosevelt before his death and that hi? course in the Senate had been in line with Mr. Roosevelt? position. The debate?If it could be termed ? Bank Robber Also Taught Bible Class Arrest and Confession Dis close Double Life of Minneapolis Crook. Minneapolis. Minn.. March 19 ? Here's the double role played for the last ten years by George Hyatt, ac cording to his a H erred confession: In daylight?A printer, deacon in th* church. Sunday school teacher and popular model for the boys of Anoks. (Minn. At nicht?Bank robber. stick-up man. porch-climber and all-around ef ficient burglar. Hyatt is in the county )a.I. strait.??? arraignment on a charge of attempt ing to rob the Chcrrntin. Minn., Etate Bank last week, and beating Misa Haxel Flynn, caahler. until she wi unconscious. The girl Is still In precarious condition. 2,000 SHOE WORKERS ON STRIKE IN CHICAGO U'alkout of Union Men Leaves Ten Large Plants Idle Chicago. "March 19 -More than i.ooo ?hoe worker? employed In ten of Chi cago'* largeat ?hoe manufacturing plant? went on ?ink? today follow in? failure of representative* of th? Unit ed state? ixpartment of Labor to ?eitle difference* between th* work er? ami manuiacturer? ower a forty tour-hour working week. The ?trikere ?re member? of the l'nited Shoe Worker? of North Amer ica Tlie strike became effective at . ???clock thi? ?ft?rr,oon ?nd almost im mediate!? the ten M?;ge?l plant? were practically idle and thousand? of men ?nd women not affiliated with th* ! striker? w*r? compelled to ce?*? work Moot of th? ?trikojr? art cuttar?. revolved into a harmonious aarea ment that a league of nations or ?I I lance la tbe one safeguard for wand but that amendment? ?me: *o* to the present covenant to mal?? tt more easily understood and mor* binding upon Its roembera Syhphony Hall waa parked artta i,' OH* earnest, attent?e men and asumen who applauded with about e-imtS vigor the witts. caustic argument at Senator Lodge and the serious, direat statements of President Lowell. Sens tor Lodge diverted to petitions tactics, winning applause mors fre quenti) than dit) hi* opponent. As Senator 1-odge finished, a on the platform enclosure shouts?!: Three cheers for 6enator I.odge He"? the gr??tes: man In the we-td " W'aa wild cheering and Senator laughed. Then Governoi Coolidge stepped 1er. ward an dlntroduced Prenomi Lowest. Harvards president spoke ? ery rapid ly Crowd ii"?? Us.? Th? great crowd cheered and asm, plauded when President Lowell aa* dared, at the outset thai Senator txsdge * Doe? not tell us Just he stands on this whole matter." lAier President Lowell taking th?; covenant of the proposed of nations, brought cheers from th? tier on t.er of ?pen snd women he declared that he agreed with tor Lodge that the present cove : la very loosely drawn He said felt this more keenly than the tor ss he favored it's acceptance with some amendments. whl!> the Senates? did pot Prof I-owelt examined thr lea?*? constitution in detail, pointing out where objections fail and where moca precise language is necessary. He Aa clared "the vast majority of our peo ple welcome the idea of a league at nations to rrevent war even if It In volves acme inconvenience for us.** "Criticism for us has not been con structive It is said the body ts which we are aaked to sarnflce our independence is the creation of an overheated imagination If the Cr.rtM States is not subject to the oro??? ?? the sxacjtlvs council or undue amy ?legations t? ?dopt lu ri mutina ria - tiens tt is senseless to talk of our be ' Ing ruled by a body m which we har? only one rote out of nine. Tha op ponents of tbe league set ur an imag inary scarecrow of their own crea tion and then tire at It with great satisfaction to themselves.'* Prof Lowell asked that it be matt? clear in the covenant whether or not if s State levied war on one member of the leaarue it should be at war with the rest "The co\enant does tm>i ser so." he declared "Yet tbe provision? U contemplate a generai war In such a eavse. "The l*. S. would be justified in aak | ing. and in my opinion ought to ask ' j Prof. Lowell declared in dealing with j Interpretation? of the Monroe doe ! trine, "for a clause in the covenant that ro foreign power ?.hall hereafter acquire by conquest, purchase, or tn | any other way. any posseeeon on the ? American continent or the island? ad? ? jacet-.t thereto " Profeaaor Lowell ???erted th?t th? .covenant canno? be criticlaed ?a be in? contrary to the United States 'Constitution and an impairment ef , the power? of Conrreea. All the i matter? objected to. he aaid. hare : been regulated by American freatica ?and not held unconstitutional. Their itreatle?) have often been author? I i*ed by Congre??, but so can thi? j covenant if it is deemed necessary? "It is a little late of the day foP ? opponents of the covenant to dis cover that Its treaty obligations are> unconstitutional I. Boys Making Furniture On Order from France Une hundred thousand American ?rkool boy carpenters. In their school and community manual train ing shops, yesterday started work on one at the largest furniture or ner? ever placed?jn.eoi chairs smt in uno tables. \s hen the order Is completed, tt will be shipped immedlstely. free at rherge. to Northern Frsnce. to re furnish desolated homes. Conciliator Appointed For Pacific Dispute At the request of the employe* ef the Paciflc Electric Railway Com pany. Los Angeles, the Department of Labor yesterday aastgned m con ciliator to a threatened dispute there The men ?re planning to preaent j a new schedule of working condi ; tions and wages to the company an? they ?have Informed the I^abor ?D? I partment tMt HMV fear thr rom? I pany will not confer with them F. W. Peck Apnointed To Agriculture Department Francis W Peck, of the Univer sity of Minnesota, has been ?? ? pointed f?rm economist of the De ; partment of Agriculture. It wa? an? ' nounced yesterday. He will have cherg? of the ?tudiea ?and Investigations relating to tlnj ! coet of producing farm product?. .Rince l?t?. Peck has been an In structor atad assistant pmfesaor of ! farm management of the University ? of Minnesota Hem Greek C-WMal-Geeerai Michael Tssmadoa counsel get?? | ere! ef the Greek government aj ? Ban FVanciaoe he? taken charge of the Greek Legation her?, the* Utat? P-partment announced > e?w ier?aay. SS? ?**?*? fer ?. T. Werner?. ?tasar?a) ? G Slarch i!? - A Mil ?aal ..tr?*1u?e?i li the aaecn.bl? ta?!?? p-?* Tiding that rh? State ps> 'e each ? rtersoo f?*o/n thi? Su.te vhe se'?'??*i te ? ih? wo-ld ear ? beati? ef Mo.