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ASHENGTON, D. CM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1920.
SENATE FIGHT
ON TREATY TO
COME MONDAY
4
Lodge Will Move Suspen
sion of Rules to Bring
Issue to Floor/
GREY LETTER * SCORED
Reed Says Ambassador's
Passports Should be
Canceled.
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Opposing treaty factions spent
yesterday preparing (or the Im
pending treaty light, which will be
precipitated Monday, when Senator
Lodge moves suspension of rules
?o reservations to the treaty may
he taken up in the open Senate.
There were several important de
velopments In the treaty situation
during the day.
Administration Leader Hitchcock
returned from Nebraska and issued
* call for a Democratic caucus Sat
' urday. which will be attended, as
the Nebraska Senator expressed It.
by "friends" of the treaty, with a
?lew of agreeing upon a definite
and concerted plan to be followed
by the Democrats when the treaty
comes up on the floor.
Hitchcock had barely, reached
Omaha when the events which fol
lowed publication of the letter
written by I-ord Grey with llght
ning-lik- rapidity caused the Ne
braska leader to return immediate
ly to Washington.
"Irreconcilable." Vfert.
Ten of tiir "Irreconcilable" met
in Senator Johnson's olBce yester
day afternoon and discussed action
they probably will take. When
they learned the Democrats will
taucus tomorrow they postponed
?et,on until then, hoping to know
more definitely by that time Just
"hat the Lodge program is to be
?? publican National Chairman
"?n H. Hays held a lengthy con
ference with senator Lodge. Hays
wo?|d make no statement concern
ing the object Of his talk with the
Kepublican leader.
While the catl issued yesterday by
Senator li.trbeock ,or tomorrow,
meeting of Dwaacfmts ws#
? conference to be attended ouiy
? Democratic friends of the treaty
Vh "* * """""Stic can-'
??* The policy to be followed by the
?emocrats and the extent to which
the, will yield toward compromises
aill I* fomht out It was said yester
thai President WJ|?on m exp#* t.?d
?o rommunicate Ms attitude regardta*
. ' f,rr* *ettpr situation generally to
follower* at tomorrow , confer
ence.
? >. present Democratic Senators are
in h Muandrv as to how 16 vote on the
'jueetion of the Lodge reseda
lions. mid sre eagerly wsiiinc for
some word from the White House
which will help them out of their
di!?*mn>M.
When Senator Hitchcock reached
Washington yesterday he found the
Democrats badly disorganized, with
many of the most staunch administra
tion followers wavering in their al
legiance and disposed toward accepj
llii the Lodge reservations. After
calling a number of disgruntled ones
together. Senator Hitchcock announc
ed that in his opinion the Orey letter
will have little or no effect upon tne
Senate on its final action on the
treaty.
However. several administration
Senators have already broken away
from the Hitchcock traces, and there
are several others who would openly
announce their intention of voting
for the l^>dge reservations were they
not bound by their pledge made in
party caucus when the treaty first
came up for consideration
Iteports Were current yesterday
that .nn official announcement ?
b. forthcoming shortly from \
British government disavowing
Lord Grey's letter as being official.
In case *such action Is not taken
and Great Britain allows the im
pression to prevail that Lord Grey's
letter reflected British official opin
ion a number of Senators predicted
?hat President Wilson may send a
latt-r to Senate Democrat* leaflirm
ing the position taken by him iu
his letter read at the Jackson Day
dinn-r here several weeks ago.
This, it Is believed, would I emit
in the total defeat of the treaty
^ and automatical!) throw it as an
"?sue in the impending Presidential
campaign. Should the President re
main silent, it Was freely predicted
yesterday in both Democratic and
Republican circles, the treaty will
b. rat.lied within ten days or l*s.
with the Lodge * reservations ap
pended.
Lansing Denies Reports.
Secretary Lansing denied reports
that President Wilson through Dr
Grayson. his physician, had asked
him to protest to Great Britain at
Lord Grey's action, declaring that
he knew nothing or heard noth
ing concerning the President's atti
tude on the matter.
That there is a real division In
the Democratic ranks was Indicated
yesterday by Senator Hitchcock
himself when he admitted that there
is much difference of opinion among
the Democrats and that there are
several who favor unconditional sur
render to the Lodge forces. "Many
Senators favor a compromise." he
said, "but there are not very many
who are In favor of a surrender
Acceptance of the Lodge reserva
tions would be a surrender."
So far the treaty program in the
Senate is this: Senator Lodge will
on Monday move to suspend the
Senate rules in order that the treaty
may be taken up. His motion re
quirs a two-thirds vote for paxsage
and if it is defeated Senator Hitch
cock on tlfe day following will offer
, a motion calling the treaty up for
debate, which requires only a ma
jority vote.
I" anticipation of this actio*
again opening up the floodgates of
oratory tha Beaata Rules Committee
met yesterday to coaafder two
amendment* to tke Senate cloture
t 'ON riNl'BD on PA OB TWO.
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Want Women
War Workers
As White Wings
New fork. Keb. i.? "Women want
ed to shovel snow at to centa an
hour"?tbat was the sign hung out
today by 8treel Cleaning Commis
sioner McStay.
A force of 11.000 men was needed
.to cope with the extraordinary sit
uation caused by the heavy fsll of
snow, bail and 'sleet, and less than
4.000 men had applied for work. The
commissioner therefore announced
that he would g>*? Jobs to women
If they applied and would pay them
tbe same wages aa men. .
"The high wages paid elsewhere
make It aimost Impossible for us to
get men." the commiaaioner said.
"I wish some of the women who did
men's work during the war would
I come to our aid now."
HAYS CONFERS
WITH LEAGUE
FOES HERE
I
Republican Chairman Si
lent on Topic Discussed
With Lodge.
Republican Chairman Will H.
Hays spent another day of confer
jences with Republican leader* at
the Capitol yesterday. Perhaps the
most significant feature of the Re
publican chairman's activities was
his conference with Senator Lodge.
Hays had said that he was tak
ing 110 band in the treaty fight and
that his,visit to Washington did not
pertain to the treaty situation, hut
{after his conference with the Bay
State leader, while refusing to make
a statement or to indicate the
topics discussed, he did not deny
that the treaty situation had been
gone Into.
Displays Care.
While Chairman Hays has so far
held aloof from participating in
the treaty discussion and re
fused to take the matter up as
a party matter. he is known
to agree with ex-President Taft,
Former Attorney General Wick
ersham. Elian Hoot anrt otnei
I notable Republicans in ythe belief
that it would be decidedly ijnwise for
any action to be taken which would
lay the Republican party open to
the Imputation of having brought
about the defeat of the treaty. Fur
thermore. Hays Is not In favor of
having the treaty carried Into the
campaign if it ran be avoided.
Hays saw Senators Watson and New.
of Indiana; also Senator McCumber,
with whom he discussed the political
situation in North Pokota. and then
transferred his activities to the other
side of the Capitol, where he had a
lengthy conference with Speaker OH
lett.
Kronomj.
"There is a veritable saturnalia of
extravagance in America today." H?vfl
said yesterday. "Every true Anierb-an
must bend his every effort toward in*
dividual economy. The extravagnnca
which has been the order of the day
for far too many days must come to
an end and an era of economy inaugu
rated. It is the duty of each individ
ual to put his shoulders to the wheel
and help bring this country back to
something like normal conditions by
curtailing extravagance and indulg
ing in personal economy."
The Republican chairman will *pend?
a couple of days in New York, and
will then return'to the West. The
next few weeks will be spent by Hays
in msking a canvass of the situation
in the Middle and Northwestern
States.
STATE CLOSES CASE
IN SOCIALIST TRIAL
Albany. N. Y.. Feb. 5.?Hearing of
the five suspended Socialists before
; the Assembly Judiciary Committee
I was adjourned until Tuesday. It
was understoocH that the State had
i practically closed its cose and that
| the defense will be opened at that
timf. ?
Ellen B. Olivers, who testified
that Assemblyman Solomon spat on
the American flag at a public meet
ing was repudiated today by the
American Anti-Soelallst League of
New York, of which she claimed to
be a member.
Peter W. Collins. of Boston.
Knights of Columbus lecturer and
war worker, was on the stand again
for the greater part of the day
and was subjected to a severe freck
ling by Mr. Stedman in ordea to
determine whether he was familtjtr
with the aims of Socialism.
"Movie" Aviator Killed as
Camera Clicks Off Tragedy
L*>8 ^Angele*, Feb. 5.?E. Earle Bur
gess. daring parachute jumper and"
aviator, was instantly killed today by
a fall from an aeroplane while per
forming stunts for a motion ploturo
concern.
Burgess was hanging fro-1* ski I
wing of the plane, which * iuk
at an elevation of about ISO ' fol
lowed by another plane carr>
camera man
Burgess seemed to lose Kli
| when the plane gave a sudde- lurch.
l*he accident took place near the:
11 peed way at Beverly Hills. j
Rumblings of Storm Within
Party Over Universal
Military Training..
decide'NOT MONDAY
Champ Clark Issues Call
For Meeting to Define
Position of Leathers.
Rumblings of a storm within the
Democratic party were heard ye#-v
terday when the Democrats In the
House who oppose universal mili
tary training forced a caucus to
commit the party against the adop
tion of that policy as a part of
the army reorganisation legisla-1
tion.
The call for the caucus was de- j
oid,ed on at a meeting of the Demo- i
Icratlc Congressional campaign com- |
mitee Wednesday night, attended |
by only about twenty members. |
| and was issued yesterday by Champ
Clark, as minority leader, after the]
circulation of a petition had se
cured sufficient signatures. ? I
The caucus will be held Monday i
evening immediately after therl
House adjourns. Activities at the j
|meeting, the call stipulates. sJmiII I
I be restricted to discussion and ac
jtion on a resolution defining the I
(party's attitude on compulsory unl-|
I verbal military training.
Not Round b> llule.
( While it is specifically provided
ithat those who participate in the |
I conference will not be bound by a
(caucus rule and each member will
be permitted to exercise his own
judgment, notwithstanding the res-j
olution. 'many of the Democratic
Representatives, regardless of their
views on universal training, believe
the proposed action is a serious,
tactical blunder. #
It is contended that the respon-j
j nihility for the dissatisfaction which!
'is certain to follow favorable or j
unfavorable, action on the training!
question shoutd b" left with the
Republican majority.
The effort to I In*- up the Demo-1
crats against this important "prin
riple of national defnse comes just
at a time when it appears that the
proponents have won over a flfia
jjority of the House Military Af
jfairs Committer, before which the1
! matter is pending. President Wil
Ison and Secrttery I laker arc sup
porting the committeeman who are
fighting for universal training. In
cluded in this number are three
Democrats. Representatives Cald
well. of New York; Olhey. Massa
chusetts. and Fisher. Tennessee.
Play Into It epuhlicnn* Handx.
Little army men on the Repub
lican side have been trying since
the present Congress was convened
' last May to block action 011 univer
sal training, if by eaiicus operation
J the Democrats opposed to this policy
!can induce as many Democratic
I members of the committee to change
; against it as the big army men have
| been able to change Republicans for
1 it. it will b?* playing into the little
'.army Republicans' hands. Demo
cratic _ training advocates point out.
Advocates of universal training
who view th?? proposed caucus ac
tion from a political standpoint as
sert that .the Rast and the Pacific
j Coast are strongly jn favor of thia
{?policy. The opponents, however, de
clare. that two-thirds of the Ifmo
I cratic Congressmen and at least
, one-third of the Republicans are
against It.
i Resentment also is heard because
j of the fact that while the little army
Democrats are able to force a cau
cus there {tas been a ireneral de
mand for a caucus to decide on a
genera) policy to be pursued by the*
?j minority in the House, but that the
leaders would not permit it.
Church Leader Ends Life;
$100,000 Shortage Found
Harrisonville^ Mo.. Feb. 5.?The sui
cide in Kansas City of Abraham Lin
coln Bumey. president of the local
bank and former leader In Presby
terian Church affairs', has revealed a
shortage in his accounts estimated at
suhj.oco.
Before taking poison in Kansas City
Burney telephoned a relative kere to
deliver certain messages which-would
be found In a safe deposit vault here.
These messages were confessions of
embezzlement by means of * fo-geJ
notes. ;
Socialist Assemblymen
Found Guilty of Aaarchy
Br Hera Wire.?
New York. .?*" - fter forty
minutes' delibCr: . ?h<> : iry try
ing Benjamin n.er So
cialist assemblym.n u harge
of criminal anarch . tternoon|
brought in a vei -ilty.
which carries with ?? pr "t en
tence of from five t ??. s.
In giving hUl ped r <<itV>w
said he was 29 years-o . ks born
in Elizabeth port. N. J.. >f ,?ar?rts
born. In Russia, and thai h<-\wa.? a
clothing cutter by trade. ?'intact
reserved motions until th Uv ff;
sentence. February It.
Tide Sweep* Honaei to 5
New York. Feb.' ??1*
a Larire w. -?>?' g' the *>imu
ed la Spu n iti* kvvntr
day toy t??v?tPiKUail> Iv H<1> str?\
V ?'rbTi|. Hofh" ,'*l w>nd. OUii
-unit -r ..oiels. bungalow*. bath
nouses and yavllionx along the
beach at Condy. Island and RocU
away were ???*ou?ly d?oufed.
Chicago, Feb. 5.?Circuit Court Judge
David has act an age limit on di
vorces.
D?vld WMf, C7 year* old, and hla
wife, ?, faced him.
"He hasn't spoken to me for six
months," said Hit. Wolf.
It's disgraceful for people of yoar
age to be In court." aald Judge UavM.
and dismissed the case.
Iadvisepoland
! TO END WAR
WITH REDS
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Great Britain Said to Have
I Declined Aid to Fight '
Soviets.
London. Feb. 5?Poland has been adi.
vised to make the best possible peace
| with the bolshevlkl. officials in the
foreiKn office said unofficially today.
I Great Britain has Informed the Po
lish government, officials said, that
j she cannot give further military or
| financial aid to nations fighting the
I Russian Soviet armies.
Refusal of the United "States. Italy
and France to assist materially In et
| forts to crush rod forces has resulted
in Britain's decision to resort to a
"masterly retreat." it was explained.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
' from Berlin ouotes advices from Con
stantinople as saying ihe young
Turks "red' army will reach Constan
^ tlnople and soon free the clly of the
i enemy.
The young Turks etpect to aiart a
holy war against Crest Britain in the
spring. acconling to the report
NEW CLUE FOUND
IN HOXIE MURDER
I New York. Feb. 5? What |tie
police think may be a clue t? the
| identity ol' the slayer of 17-year
| old Ream Constance y.ixie was giv
'today, by a Woman from New .ler,
;*ry
i Th> woman declared that a man
I had roomed at her house about a
j week hjj,. whose description titled
| 'hai of the sirit.ger said to have
; called at the lloxie lit.me on the day
i of the murder. '
The woman said the mysterious
roomer slept in the day time and
* hen asked about liis "cciiilation.
said it was "a peculiar one.'* that
j he had seven different looms he oc
cupied from time to time. She said
jShe found several false mustaches
in his trunk.
Mrs. 'Marie lloxic. stepmother oi
the slain girl, arrive,! today from
New Orleans. She and her husband
, were taken to the West lonii, street
police station and closely"questioned
| in hope of (h veli ping some new
clu- to the mystery of the girl's
death.
Ejected from Hotel,
Jury Awards $2,000
'By Herald Leaned Hire.)
New York. Keb. J.-A Jury In Justice
Charles B. Scar's part of the Supreme
j l ourt today returned a verdict for
i against the management of tile
I Hotel. Biltmore in the fcM.flun damasc
suit brought by Mrs. Robert W. Her
wig for ejectment from the hotel June
27. Wis. '
Mrs. Herwig had registered at the
hotel several days before the arrival
of her husband. Capt. Robert W. Her
wig, a West Point graduate, who had
been transferred from Kort Ogle
thonpe. (It. The husband went to his
wife's ^apartment at the hotel, they
said, and later went "to the theater.
They returned to the apartment, and.
it is alleged, were ejected at a o'clock
In the morning, despite the fact that
Mr. llerwigs brother-in-law. Com,,
mander Benjamin Dutton, of the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, came to prove
the identity of the couple when the
management ordered them put.
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Campaign for $25,000,000
To Educate Foreigners
Contending that ignorance of Immi
grants to tho 1'nlted States lias been
to Bolshevism what tinder is to lire,
the International Christian Associa
tion has launched a nation-wide cam
paign for $2S,dOO,oOft for the education
pf foreigners.
Dr. David E. pison. general secre
tary Of the movement, is In Washing
ton gathering statistics on tmml
a rat ion ,
IT. Olson said List night that Insti
tutions for the education of imuii
rants and foreigners already have
tea established by the association :n
nnespolls. Eugene. Ore. and Seattle,
sh.. with others planned at 8*n
c*!.. ft. i rleiuals; St.
' "1 cllldr El?8 |g1and N
>d New Orleans. La.
?u?y?r. LeavM.
-I *n Antonio Buero. Minister
( ?n*!j n'Affairs for tTrupuay. and
who have been visiting
fcft yesterday for N#w
y rk f ' ^pcretary pf state and
1 - ' bade them bood-by.
MONEY CRISIS
LOOMING UP AS
DAVISON SAILS:
i
Morgan Banker, Off for
England, Says History
Will Be Made. V
SUGGESTS NO REMEDY
Canadian Discount Rates
Doubled as Restriction
Of Imports Begins. ?
New York. Feb. ''There will be
history made in Wall Street before
my return," wax the cryptic remark I
rViade today by Henry P. Davison, the
hanker, just befor? he sailed on the 1
Cunard Liner. Mauretania, for Eng
land.
Accompanying Mf. Davison, who is i
chairman of the league of Red Cross j
organisation*, was Eliot Wadsworth.
vice chairmkn of the American Red j
Cross Central Committee.
Mr. Davison's prediction, while It |
was elucidated no explanation by him
and comment upon it was refused at
the banking offices of J. P. Morgan
and Company, was regarded as refer
ring to the curtailment of foreign
markets for American goods through
the tremendous crop in foreign ex- J
change and the expected drop In j
j the cost of living as a direct and I
almost immediate consequence.
"If I should tell you what I think
of the situation it would not he fit
to print." said Mr. Davison. "I
?believe history will be made in my
absence.'*
Asked if he had any remedy for I
the situation to auggest. Mr. David- !
son sa id:
"I'm afraid not."
Ka rope to Unit Imports.
I Financial men. exporters and mami- i
Ifacturers discussed with very lively'
| interest today the changing condi
tions growing out of the new sftua-1
jtion, the consensu** apparently being'
that, with foreign exchange at low!
-ebb. Europe perforce will limit ini- j
ports to the barefct necessities. Re- j
strlction on a broad scale of the pur
Jchase of American goods would re- j
; lease in the Amer ican market for ctn- J
.'sumption here a large quantity of!
American-made goods and | tires j
would accordingly, It is held. '
Cotton, food and other neccs -
imperatixely needed in Europe will
soon constitute the chief exports from
America until Europe's financial
j equalibrium is restored, according to
a prediction in the British Manches
ter Guardian, cabled here today. This
'will follow as a result of the cur
jtailment of imports by Europe in a
general exchange rate adjustment, the
'Guardian asserted.
Davison declined to discuss the
, mission upon which he was sailing
l to Europe, or to state whether it
i related to public or privay affairs.
| hut his remark that "there will be
i history made In Wall Street before
I my return" gave rise to belief that
)l:s Journey, which will take him to
! London and Paris, is intimately rc
j la ted to .the foreign exchange situ
I ation.
Advance < unadlan Di*eoant.
!-*r??m various points on the United
jState? side of the Canadiant border
j came reports today that the dis
jcount rate on Canadian silver and
i currency will have a sharp advance
bcuinnng tomorrow. American
, bank* demanding 20 per cent in
y* ad oi the prevailing 10 per cent
' discount.
The long-suffering consumer Is at
last to get relief through the Inevi
table consequences of the foreign
exchange collapse. according to
? statements received here from Chi
cMgo bankers, who declared that all
ihe legislation. Federal price com
missions and house wfe campagns
i combined had'been unable to effect
whet the demoralization of foreign
currency is doing and will do to
smash high prices in America.
Amcican exports must practically
.ease with the low fate of foreign
|exchange, and the immutable law of
I supply and demand mus toperate to
bring prices down when the Ameri
can-made goods, barred from ex
j port, have piled up a huge surplus
in this country.
Redaction to Coatlaur.
'The reduction in prices will con
tinue until the United States begins
buying heavily abroad." declared
I 'resident M. A. Taylor, of the First
Trust and Savings Bank of Chi
cago. "This would send the rate of
exchange up again. In the mean
time an enormous surplus will ac
cumulate.in this country, due to the
curtailing of exports. While this
may mean unemployment for many
persons it will mean a sharp reduc
tion in %he cost of living. Wages,
of cburse will come down with the
prices, but tho salaried person who
has ?had a slight raise In pay will
benefit thereby. The question of
how soon the consumer will feel
tm? reduction in price will depend
largely upon, how soon we cease
exporting roods. Indications are]
that the householder will notice a"
change in prices very soon."
The slump ln the prices of cold
? storage eggs and butter was re
garded today a* a harbinger of a
| general reduction In the cost to the
consumer of life** necessities.
Mmj Irate Freaek Lea*.
Coincident with the confirmation
today by American bankers of the
Paris report that part -of the pro
posed French Joan will be offered to '
the American people through a syn
dicate to be formed here, rame dis
cussion as to whether the recent
frank declaration by Secretary of
the Treasury Glass that further gov-,
crnnient loans to Eurcpe could not
br considered' by the United States
was a rominant factor Jfa causing
the latest foreign* exchange drop.
Bankers here, wjiile regarding with*
i friendliness private participation by
Americans I* the French loan, de
Ictared the placing* of *2.000*00.000 with
American investors is not to be con- ,
side red. \
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SENi SMOOT BLAMES INTERNATIONAL
TRADE CRISIS ON LACK OF INDUSTRY
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and Germany u being In the
leal in this respect Qf France,
Italy. Russia, Austria and ^M*er
countries, however, he said they
"are not coming: back yet-"
Senator Capper, of Kansaa,
does not look to eee a very
marked reduction in the coat of
foodstuffs as the result of the
fal]inf of exchange and the |
probable stoppage of exports.
He pointed out that one reason
prices generally will not be af
fected Is that there has been a
great falling off of production
In this country.
"The farmers will not produce j
as jnuch this year as they did
last," Senator Capper said. "On* j
reason is that the farmers are |
discouraged at the situation
generally and the other Is that
the question of farm labor has
become most serious. Thousands
of the fsrm boys who went
overseas have not returned to^ j
the farms. They liek the city
life better. I thfok the shrink
age in production for the year ^
will Just about offset the drop ^
in exports."
| Hurricane and Flood Sweeps
Norfolk; Tremendous Damage
By Storm Along Atlantic Coast
The International exchange
and trade situation la the In
evitable result of the refusal or
a large part! of the population
of Europe to'go back to work,
?aid Senator Smoot, of Utah,
yesterday. The situation can
not be chanced by any legisla
tion by the United States, the
Senator said, but roust be ad
Justed by Europe atone.
"It Is trite and anything but
sensational," Senator Smoot said,
"but it Is everlastingly true,
that the only thing to save the
world is for people to quit
spending and go to work, pro
ducing aad saving."
Senator Smoot said that dur
ing the war the people of Eu
rope got into the mental atti
tude of relying upon their gov
ernments and the governments
of other parts of the world to
i tske care of them.
Several of the European na
| tions are rehabilitating: them
I selves in wonderful fashion.
Senator Smoot said. He In-,
stanced Great Britain. Belgium
From New York to Virginia the;
Atlantic seaboard was lashed last
night by one of the heaviest mid
winter storms which lias been seen
on the northern coasts for years It
has already done millions of dollars
damage.
In Virginia the hurricane swept
up Chesapeake Bay to the city of
Norfolk, where many were maroon
ed In their homes by one of the
worst floods which ever struck the j
city. Homes were washed to sea|
bv the tides andJwaves, aided b>
the high winds, and others collaps I
ed on their foundations It will be
we'eks before the damage can be ^
repaired. . I
At Cap. May. New J<-rse>. it
reported last laost night that the
three-masted barge Weorge ?-|
Schofleld has been blow^n ashor.
during the storm, whirti had
there for '.V. hours. After repeated j
efforts the entire crew ws* "
Th?- barge is owned by the houth
srn Transportation ' Company of
Baltimore.
It was also reported that com
munication with Atlantic City and
shore r-sort towns had been cnt ofT
M Atlantic City last night brief
messages stated that the storm had
torn away portions of the famous
boardwalk and much other serious
damage had been {<>"'? ,
lligb tides and Vwnds at Jetwo
Citv flooded th?_Krle terminal and
ferry service was discontinued. It
i way ncci'Mary to build sand bag
embankments about the stairways,
while the tassengers ?erc forced
to use the Hudson tube.
New York reported thsft the
Streets were In a worse ...ndition
than they have been at anytime
in the past fifteen years and the
citv is unable to remove the snow
and Ice ..Wing to shortage of l.botv
Indeed. <he street department Is
I seeking to employ women for the
work. ? . ,
New York harbor traffic is ham
pered by the sleet and blinding
gale and II is Impossible to move
barges carrying fuel owing to the
floating iee. v
The rail situation in New York
Was not mueh better than the
waterwarv* last mght. Trolleys
CONVICT GIRL
OF FORGERY
Jury Finds Former War
Risk Worker Guilty of
Check Fraud.
Tears, a pretty face and attrac
tive clothes found no sympathetic
response from the jury that con
victed Adolphia Sharpe. formerly
an employe of the War Risk Bu
reau. of forgery and Issuing worth
less checks, in Criminal Court No.
Is. yesterday afternoon. Justice
Stafford presided.
The defendant, taking the wit
ness stand in her own behalf, burst
into tears while giving testimony.
The jurors looked at the girl, saw
her graceful poise, her pleading
face and what else went to com
pose a picture of dejected beauty.
The mep's faces were stolid.
The girl. It was charged, had
forged checks amounting to
tlSS.50 last November and had Is
sued them to Washington mer
chants. In return she obtained
clothes. It was alleged.
She denied knowledge that the
checks were forged and said they
had been Riven to her by Dr.
George C. Chatterton. with whom
she lived, and that she thought
the> were genuine. The Klr?
fainted when Chatterton was
brought Into the courtroom for
purposes 'of identification.
Headquarters Detective ' Frank
Baur testified that she had con
feaed to blip that the checks were
forged. following her arrest.
The Jury was out more than an
hour. When Its declson was made
known the girl turned pale and
sway*!. She was led stupefied
from, the courtroom.
When placed in the cellroom In
the basemeat of the courthouse her
nerrea snapped. H'r
tersperaed with hysterical laughter,
echoed through the holding
Chatterton will be placed on trial
on a forgeny charge next Monday.
He.will be Represented by Attorney
Foiter Wood.
wer virtually at ? standstill *'<*
huge drift/ of snow blocking their ?,
progress. and trains into both the
Grand Central and Pennsylvania
stations were hour* late. 1
From liong Island and SUiten Ihland
,(ome? the report that the blizzard has :
done tremendous damage to seacoaat
townn. It is also reports! that Uif
ste*tner Maine, bound from New *ork ,
for Connecticut, has gone ashore 10
Long Island.
The steamer Yaklok. of th* fehippinK
Board fleet. lai*t night sent a radio
message of distress to the New Yoia
naval station, snd the coa* guard,
cutter was ordered to go to her ala.
*hc is report #*<l about miles out to J
sea on her way to Kurope with a cargo j
of rye. f .
The fuel situation in New a orK j
liH most acute and r^portu ?ndk*le ,
that unless r?-Jief Js speedily brought
to the <-lty all transportation
will be tied up within two day*. It I
may be necessary to out heat in all
cam unless the storm abate*. [
While the worst report* of storm |
damage extend* from New York to ,
Cape Hattera* the gale ?* |
Ing the New England shores an* ?
heavy *now? are reported.
HUNGARY WILL
:BE MONARCHY,
PREMIER SAYS
Hussar Declares Result of
Elections Is Slap to
Radicalism.
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| Berlin, I^b. S.?The Hungarian
'national a*i-ctnbly. which convene*
i for It* ?r*t *e**ion on K. bruary
' 14, will Veatore Hungary to the
'monarchy, a* a natural eardion
from the wor*t form of ryllcaliMi
i under Bela Kua?to the other ex
| trem??dynastic rule.
j Thi* prediction i* mad-- in a pcr
jxonal telegram ju*t recelvfd from
Premier Hussar. in which be says:
??The result of the Hungarian
national election* ni-an* a complete
victory of the Christian and Na
tional partie*. and the men thu*
elected by the will of the Hun
garian people will undoubtedly re
store Hungary to the monarchial
form of government.
"Thi* may well be regarded as a re
action produced by the soviet rule un
der Bela Kun. It would be premature
today to speak of the future of Hun
gary. a? the draft of the peace treaty
presented to us deprive* the country
of all essential condition* of exist
ence. and the treaty cannot he accept
ed without considerable modification.
"It would be equally premature to
speak now of~!he man who may be
come the head of the Hungarian stale,
for his election will he the right and
the duty of the nation through its
elected representative* constitution
the national asse mbly.
Pari*, f'eb 5?It I* Herman's next
move. The list of alleged war crim
inal* I* In her Rands, and in accord
ance with the treaty of Versailles the
accused must be delivered before next
Tuesday.
Baron von Lersner's protest and
resignation are considered merely a
personal matter between him and hi*
government. It Is to the Utter that
the allies aow look for action within
the specified time. It Is believad here
that Berlin I* playing for time.
In financial circle* here the rumor
1 persisted .oday that the allies will
desist from their original demand sr.d
i allow the Hermans to be tried In
their own country or make some other
I concessions In quarters close \o the
i ambassadorial council, however, this
was emphatically den led
Want Ulve If Hlndenhns*.
i A prominent member of the Oerman
' diplomatic stall hare said: "Mo Qer
' man w ould ever consent to the delivery
lot Hlndenburg to the allies far trial.
Kven If the government wert willing
every former and breaent soldier and
their kin would feel outraged and re
V<"Tfc? list may contain the name* of
some men that Germany would he glad
to be rid of. but the Oerman people do |
inot consider It Juatt>-e to demand the
.delivery of tha Kaiser's so., merely
In ? nar they are the direct heirs to
the former emperor.
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FIGHT STORM
TO KEEP CITY
STREETS OPEN
Weather Bureau Predicts
No Relief from Elements
Until Tomorrow.
STREET CARS DELAYED
______ ?
Wind and Waves Sweep
Away Summer Homes
At Bthany Beach.
F-ORBCART?r*4mr. n? w
, rata. Twirrm, peohnblT fair
mm* Ml mm eoM. ?tr*ag mmrtk
to MHkwftf wrtmSm.
| Termination of * the Inciaman<
I wnatherer. which reached fU Hi ma a
J Wednesday. was predicted for tomor
rom* by the Weather Bureau lumi
night.
Today .the foecaater reported. wll
be but another period of trud^'ioi
through ankle-deep piles of iJush. w*tk
the probability of snow or rain.
The temperature tomorrow will gc
up. tt wan reported. In conjunction
with the arrival of stroo.; north tc
northwest w.rds.
The storm (hat swept througf
Washington Wedneatday night, leavina
a wake of hail and slush. has spread
over the western pajt of the Atlantic
im aboard, from Nantucket U> Capa
Hattera*. High winds were prevalent
last night from the Maine coast tc ?
the Yinrinia capes. A maximum vel
ocity* of seventy-tmo miles an hoet
waa felt at Block Island. The dl*
turbance is paaeing to the north an<
east
PUw n at Hsri.
; Snow plows vnv assigned to ihe
task of clearing sir^ets of mo# anc
jsleet so that vehicle traffic could ccn
tinue.
Washington street cars >.?ierJa)
ran more than thirty minutes late,
but the nervi?-e in general was un
hampered by the presence of snow.
The track* were kept clear by a
large corps of workers.
A half-hour tie-up of atret <vr*
mras caused by pomer trouble on the
Florida avenue lines of Capita]
Traction Company
Three at met aceMeats were U4 to -
the weather.
Polt^eman Alrtn a". Belt, of the Ten
|nall>town substation. mas at rue* hy t
| street car at Connecticut avenue and
j McKinley street northwest early yes
I terday morning. He was sent tc
Georgetown I'niversity Hospital in ar
1 unconscious condition. He will recover,
it was stated last night
An automobile, driven by Edwa"
Snow, ai D street northwest, strucV
h lamp post in front of the drtver'i
home, knocking the post down.
( attagea Are Deatroyed.
The automobiles of Fred P?le*. ol
Ward man Park Inn. and W. T. Car
rico. JC11 Twenty-second street north
west. collided at Kighteenth street an?
Pennsylvania avenue northwest Both
machines were damaged
I Summer cottaires of three Wa*h
lingtonisns at Bethany Beach. Del
j were destroyed by the wind and
high water durina the storm which
swept that portion of the coast, it
was 1 earned here last night
Th? eotfa*cs l?elonged to Mrs.
?I. W Cheney. of Petworth: Jeffer
son Middleton. of the ? i*-ogoltca1
Survey, and Miss Isabelle Clark, of
Chevy Chaaie
Two other cottages were de
stroyed and a portion of the hoard
walk washed away.
An dall this time the happy citi
zens of Ix>s Angles. Calif., are en
joying fair weather at 7R degrees
Washington's lowest temperatara
yesterday mas r*. the highest 31.
VOICE OVER PHONE
CLUE TO ENUMERATOR
A voice over the telephone is the
only clue to Washington's missing
census enumerator, m-hosc district |?
the only one lack ins: to make enum
erating morfc complete.
While officials were tiding vatnl?
to pick up his trail yeateiday, he call
ed up Supervisor MattinglyV offica
and told Assistant SupeiAisor Hub'
that he was still "on the Job." Bui
he hung up before any question could
be asked him.# Census officials haxft
called at his time and tried to trail
him in his work, mithout success.
Norn they ha*c given up the trailing
and written him a lettere. order!na
him to make an immediate report on
his district.
Although January 1*> mas set orig
inally as the date on which the cen
sus mould be complete, do many ote
stacies have " logged the enumerating
machinery that it mill not be possible
to complete the work until next meek.
The work of checking up the port
folloss of the enumerators is proceed,
ing rapidly. Nearly 3(K? of the 3t>7 port
folios have been turned over to the
bureau.
Police Seek Murderer
Of West Virginia Girl
By Herald Leased mlre.
Mansfield. O.. K>b. *.?Police art
today searching for a mulatto soev
in the vicinity of a storage ho urn
back of which mas found yesterday
the body of pretty lt-year-ok
Ethel Dudley of Princeton. W. Va
Fear of a race clash is expressed
The girl's hands mere tied, she
mas dragged fare downmard up at
alleyway, when sh. mas strangle*
mrlth a strip of her clothing*
A reward -of $ !.??*!? for th? arrant
and conviction of the girl's mur
Iderer mag offered h? the count)
I commissivei here, this afternoon
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