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THE WEATHER
Today?Partly cloudy. Tomorrow
Fair. Detailed w?tfafr report wfll be
found on editorial page. |
NO. 4850
nied Many Days, Re
vealed to Public.
DEMANDS NOT CHANGED
Lodge Adherents Line Up
Votes for Senate Fight
This Week.
Unless Senator Lodge and his fol
lowers yield to Democratic efforts to
ward compromise when the treaty is
called up in the Senate this week, 1^
fli now tne consensus of opinion in
the Senate that the treaty will be
defeated.
Basis for this belief was furnished
when Senator Hitchcock at yester
day's Democratic confcronce read a
letter from President Wilson advis
ing his followers to oppose the Lodge
reservations on Article Ten and all
proposed resrevations which deny any
t obligation on the part of the United
States to fulfill the bargain which
carrying oat the provisions of Article
Ten would impose.
Like Jaeksea Day Mete.
President Wilson's letter was dated
January X. and was received by Sen
ator Hitchcock prior to the publica
tion of Viscount Grey's letter to the
London Times. The letter from the
President to his followers in the
Senate practically reiterates the mes
sage contained in his Jackson Day
letter to the effect that the United
States assumes no obligation under
any article of the treaty which
'would chill our relationship with the
nations with which we expect to be
associated in the great enterprise ot
maintaining the world's peace.**
It was said yesterday that if the
President had remained silent the
next two weeks would have seen
the ratification of the treaty con
taining the Lodge reservations. Now
Republicans declare they will
not yield on the Lodge reservations.
Senator Hitchcock expressed him
self after yesterday's conference as
determined to take the fight to the
floor of the Senate this week and
endeavor to secure the adoption of
reservations which will not emascu
late the treaty or totally destroy
I its meaning. A second defeat would
result in the treaty being trans
formed into a clear cut issue to be
fought out in the coming presiden
tial campaign.
Five Chaagr* Approved.
The President, in his letter, sig
nified his willingness to accept five
reservations which Senator Hitch
cock offered in the Senate on No
vember If, which the Senate re
fused to consider by the vote of 41
to 5%. These five reservations a^-e
the mildest thus far proposed by
any friend of the treaty, that of
Article ten being a mere statement
that the orders of the League of
Nations are to be construed merely
as advice upon which Congress shall
have the power to act.
The President disapproved the com
promise reservation which Senator
Hitchcock and the other Democrats
offered in the recent bipartisan con
ference. a copy of which was sent to
him by Senator Hitchcock Just before
the bipartisan conference broke up.
Of this reservation the President in
hia letter states that he agrees with
the substance of it, as he is bound to
support the Constitution of the United
States, but that the wording of it is
?'very unfortunate."
Nineteen for Wllaea.
In order to gain sixty-four \otes
for ratification It would be necessary
? to get the votes of twenty-nine Demo
crats. It is not believed that more
than half this number will be willing
to desert the President and accept the
X?dge reservation. Some estimates
made today after the delivery of the
President's letter. indicated that there
wHI be. at the lowest possible mini
mum. nineteen Democrats who will
stand by the President in any event.
This number added to the fourteen
irmconclliable Republicans would yield
exactly thirty-three votes against the
treaty, or enough to kill it.
But the number of those who aTe ex
pected to follow the President to the
last ditch is upon every side estimated
at considerably more than nineteen.
The Democrats who participated in
the conference are all at sea as to
how their votes will be recorded on
the final roll call. After they heard
the President's letter read they found
themselves suddenly without any
thing to talk about. They discussed
for a time tha procedure in the Sen
ate which will follow the making of
Senator Lodge's motion, and then ad
journed without taking any action of
any kind.
It was understood when the con
ference adjourned that each Senator
was free to act according to his own
* will in the matter of voting on the
Lodge reservations. No attempt will
he made, it was announced, to bind
the Democratic Senators on any con
certed plan of action.
C'lotsre Hole.
It was agreed however that all
would help Senator Lodge bring the
treaty asain before the Senate and
? hat no effort to secure the adoption
of a cloture rule will be made unless,
ss Senator Hitchcock said. It becomes
evident that deliberate efforts are
being made to prolong unnecesarlly
the debate.
In making public the President's
letter Senator Hitchcock allowed It
to become known that he has had
the letter in his possession for at
least ten days, notwithstanding the
fact that he strenuoitaly denied dur
ing the paat three days that h# had
received any direct communication
from the President on the subject.
The explanation made |s that the Sen
ator preferred to withhold the letter
in order to make a coup at the gath
ering of his fellow Democrats.
Republican* Kirn.
The determination of the Repub
lican Senators to stand by Sena
tor Lod??e in his insistence upon
reservations to the treaty, ap
parently remains unshaken by the
Prvsldfnt's letter. Within a short
lim*? after the letter becamc pub
CONTf*r*D 0* PAGJ TWO.
c In Peril
From Attack
, Of Hiccoughs
ALEXANDER M. DOCKKRX.
Gallatin, Mo.. Feb. 7. ? The
condition of Alexander M- Dock
ery. Third Assistant Po?tma?
ter General and former goyern
or of Missouri, ill at hi* home
here since Wednesday, today
caused grave concern to hia
-physicians. He is suffering
from hiccoughs and was great
ly weakened from the strain.
Dockery came her? to partici
pate in the Third Missouri
district Congressional campaign.
QUITS CABINET
TO HEAD OIL
COMPANY
F. K. Lane's Resignation
Accepted by Wilson Ef
fective March 1.
The resignation of Franklin.K. Lane
as Secretary of the Interior has been
accepted by PresidAit Wilson, and
will be effective March 1. it was
learned.at the White House yester
day.
Several months ago Mr. Lane an
nounced his intention of resigning.
' but said that he. would not send a
formal letter to the Prssidlnt until
the President's health was consider
ably improved.. Mr. Lane visited the
White House yesterday, and carried
with him. it is understood, his formal
letter of resignation.
When Mr. Lane steps out of office
the President will be called upon to
name a new Cabinet member for the
third time in the past three months.
He has already named Secretary of
Agriculture Houston as the new Sec
retary of the Treasury, to succeed
Carter Glass, and Edwin T. Meredith,
of Iowa, as the new Secretary of Ag
riculture to succeed Mr. Houston.
Postmaster General Burleson and Sec
retaries Daniels and Wilson are the
only three remaining: members of the
President s Cabinet who have been
with him throughout his entire ad
1 ministration.
Mr. Lane will soon take a' position
with a large oil corporation. It is re
ported that he will become the pres
ident of the Sinclair Oil Company. His
reasons for leaving the service of the
government are known to be the same
as those actuating former Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo. The latter
was unable to support tois family on
the salary of a Cabinet officer, which
is 112.000 a year.
Mr. Lane's residence is in San Fran
cisco.
Mr. Lane is one of the best-liked
men in the President's official fam
ily. and under his tutelage the De
partment of the Interior has devel
, oped many projects of grreat value to
j the nation.
18 NATIONS TO ENTER
New York. Feb. 7.?An aerial
i race skirting the Atlantic and
crossing the ocean twice will be
held soon, aero clubs of eighteen
nations competing, according to a
statement today by the Aero Club
of America. Prixes are expected to
exceed 1100,000. \
The contestant* will start from |
either New York or Atlantic City,
proceeding by flights'to the main,
cities on the Atlantic seaboard i
south across the Caribbean Sea to'
Pernambuco, Brazil, thence to Da-1
kar on the west coast of Africa,
north to the British Isles and
Scandinavian cities and back to the
starting point by way of Ireland,
8t. Johns. N. V.. Halifax. N. !
Portland. Maine, and Boston. J
The race will be for both pljots,
and passengers. Airplanes and'
|lighter than air craft may be en
tered. Allan R. Hawley Is chair
man of the Aero Club contest com
mittee which is arranging the
event. f
Woman Freed of Murder Charge.
Marysville. Cai.. Feb. 7.?Mrs.
Gertrude Wilson, charged with the
murder of Charles A. Brown, was
found not guilty by a Jury hsn
today. The Jury was <j?t. live
; minutes.
ATLANTIC AIR RACES
? A
House Military Committee
Chairman Refute# Mon
dells, Statement.
CUTS HIGH, ESTIMATES
\
Declares Cost of First
Year* Training $130,
000,000.
V
Universal military training ?u
strongly urged la a formu rr
issued yesterday by Representative
Julius Kafca. Republican, ot Cali
fornia, chairman of the House Mili
tary Affairs Committee.
Alhough do name* vers mentioned.
Chairman Kahn said he was prompted
to make the statement b the -many
misleading and lnoorrect statements
mede by those oppoaed to training,"
?nd It was plain that his remarks
Were intended tl refute the assertUni
of Republican Leader Mlndell. whi is
leading the lppisltion.
Aside from being an assurance
against war. Mr. Kahn cintended that
the cost If the proplsed system wouid
be Inly about M.000.000 a yearAnetesd
of CTM.000,00* as stated by MeadelL
The total yearly cost of the entire
military establishment. Including a
system of training, the Military Com
mittee head added, would be about
tto.ooo.ooa, as against tUD0.0M.C00 sug
gested by the Republican leader.
Says Seat Mra Oppeeerf Draft.
The Qght which Is being waged
against universal military training on
the ground of economy is not surpris
ing. said Kahn In discusainig bis
formal statement, because |t Is being
made by the very men-In Coi^ress
who lined up against the selecive
draft, the manpower bill and other
treparedness legislation during the
| war.
The pacifist aad pre-war record
or the leaders opposing training,
j he added, shows them to be against
I a far-sighted military policy. But
the IMlltary committee. Kahn con
fidently asserted, will not assume
the responsibility of refusing to let
the Bouse itself pass on ? the ques
tion.
Within the next ten days the
committee is expected to report out
the army reorganisation bill wit?
? provision for military training.
This measure, according to the
chairman, "contemplates a total
force of about STS.OOO officers and
men. Evesyone who haa studied
the question of enlistments in the
^fU,"Arny knows positively that
this will be at best a paper army.
Feree of 200,000 l r??.g.
"1 believe absolutely that we can
appropriate for a force of ? 200.000
men for the regular army for the
fiscal year 1?21 with entire safety."
I .. Inab,,'ty to recruit a force larger
than this, he explained, will make
| it unnecessary to provide greater
appropriations. He continued:
' The Department on Janu
ary IS started a recruiting drive to
5??ure * total of approximately 84 -
000 recruits by the end of March
During the week between January
19 and 76. 1MI recruits were se
cured. At that rate it will take
sixty weeks to enlist the entire
force of 84.000 recruits. Even in
Pre-war periods we were never able
to enlist men to the full auWiorixed
strength if the Army. * *
"The appropriations for an approxi
mate army of 300,000 individuals will
cost in the neighborhood of 1230 000 -
000." ' '
This figure is based .* ?. rate or
?1,W0 per annum for each man in the
army.
"Under the plan of universal train
ing. as proposed in the Senate bill *?
Mr. Kahn went on, "It will cost about
W per month while he is at the
camps, or a total for 600,000 men of
about S30,400,OCO per month. If the
training period should be four months,
the total cost would be 181.800,000. Say
?we add $50,000,000 for possible contin
gencies. and the total cost of the
training will be In the neighborhood
of $131,000,000.
Shows Lees Proa Capreparedaese.
"Of course, we will probably have to
appropriate between MO.OOO.OOO'and 160.
000.000 for the National Guard.
"All told, -the cost of the military
(T.XTIXrSD ON PAGE TWO
Capt Fnmdt Get* D. S. C.
( Capt. Oscar C. Frundt, 'Medical
Corpa, of Jersey City. N. J., has been
awarded a Distinguished Service
Cross for extraordinary heroism in
action while commanding a hospital
train In eastern Siberia last June, the
War Department announced yester
day. * 'j
i??JL?
Flame Throwing
Unit to CleajJtfie
New York Streets
v ? j i
%
Flame thrower* from the
Vealem front wiM be ui?d to i
dear the streets ot New York {
I city of the jam* .of iv >nil
"now ?
Orders were issued at the
War Department yesterday for
?Me officer and ? a detachment
of men from the Chtmical
Warfare Service post at Edge
wood, New Jersey, to proceed
to New York and' report to
the recruiting officer there.
The detail, will be equipped
with flame throwers, and, it
was said unofficially at the
War Department. if the nnit
can be .of any assistance in
helping to adjust traffic or to i
clear the streets of snow, it
will be so used.
i MRS, UHL'S PLEA
| SECURES HER j
j ACQUITTAL
Jury Returns Verdict of
"Not Guilty" In Less
Than One Hour.
j Cumberland. Md.. Feb. 7.-Mr*. Kate
Uhl. who stabbed to death Bryan
Pownalk when he refused to ^defend
her honor and character before ter
husband, who bad accused ner of
wrong doing, was declared today by
the Jury to be not guilty, after It had
been out for one hour. The verdict
brought to a close one of tne meet
sensational cases 'in the history of
the State.
Mrs. Uhl took the stand In her own
defense early ta the afternoon. She
answered all qypstlons unhesitatingly
and told her version of the slaying
of Pownall and what led up to the
killing. Slate's Counsel Zimmerman
failed utterly to shake her testimony
in an effort to show premeditation.
She stood a thorough gruelling for
two houra The State tried to show
she bought the knife oppecial'.y to kill
Pownall. but failed.
HnafcMd latradaeed fomalir
Mrs tThl said her husband first in
troduced Pownall fo her at their home
and that the relations between his
family and her family always were
friendly. She sdmltted having been
caught when Pownall kissed her and
the Pownalls laughed at her discom
fiture. admitting that she did not
seriously resent the kissing, although,
she said. Bryan Pownsll. whom she
killed, had seised her unexpectedly
and hugged her. ?
The prosecution laid great stress
on the fact that she had drawn the
curtains across the window in the
kitchen the morning she killed Pown
all, claiming it was done so that the
people directly across the hall could
not s^ what happened. It had been
asserted that the curtains in the
kitchen never were drawn, but Mr*.
Uhl urged merely privacy becaueo
they were drawn on this fatal morn
ing. Mrs. Uhl t<4d ot the night pre
| ceding the murder and of the quar
| rel and what preceded It: told how
her husband was called out by a tele
phone message about midnight. Pown
all came In, and finding her lying on
the ldunge in the sitting-room, locked
the door, turned out the light, which
was Just over the couch, and "he
grabbed me."
Mrs. Uhl swore that while she was
| flghtlhg Pownall off her husban*
I came to the door, knocked loudly and
demanded admittance. Pownall ran
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
{Red Flag on Court House
j In Kidnapping Case Trial
*.
I Tombstone. ^Yl*.. Feb. 7.-?A red
j flag flying at half mast from the
j court house where the Bisbee I. W.
( W. deportation and kidnapping
j cases are being tried. startled
Tombstone touay. It tvas hoisted
from within the court house dur
ing the night and torn down at
daylight by Sheriff Jim McDonald.
A complete Investigation, to be held
In open court, has been ordered.
Little progress was made in
selecting a Jury today.
Virginia Farm Produce to Be Sold
Direct to Washington Consumers
As a. result of arrangements made
yesterday the farmers of Prince Will
Ham CoiiHty. Virginia, will sell prod
uce directly to the consumers of
Washington. The farmers will ship
their produce collectivsly and it will
be distributed by the community cen
ters.
The farmers and farmers' wive* in
the Virginia County organised some
time ago for the purpose of securing
a more profitable and certain market
for their produce. Yesterday a repre
sentative of the organisation. Miss
Lillian V. Gilbert, of Manassas, came
to Washington and conferred with tht
secretaries of seventeen community*
centers. A comparison of price litis
showed that arrangements rouid'ie
j made which will result in profit to
! both the producers and :he consu
) mers.
I Parcel post shipments of milk, eggs.
I poultry, honey, pork products, home
| canned fruits, etc.,, will commence
? thin week. The first shipments will
be to the Park View and Pet worth
i community centers. Later, the Vir
1 ginlans will be able to supply ether
tenter* ar well. The orgaiilxation
that has been, formed embrace* tprac
tically all of the farmers and farm
ers* wives in Prince William Comity.
' E. J. Ward, community organisation
specialist of the Bureau of 12do<?aition,
Will go to Ifanassass ,hls week to
supervise the initial operation of the
plan: . V
A V ? "v-- V fas!
Part of Crew Remains on
IU Fated Ship Off
Rockaway.
P0L1AS CREW ADRIFT
Men Desert Concrete Vessel
Being Pounded to Pieces
i On Maine Coast.
New York. Feb. T.?Under great
difficulties the rout guard and po
' lice patrol boats today succeeded In
taking: off seventy pas?enr*rs from
the Ill-fated steamer Princess Anne,
which was Mown ashore off Rock
away Beach during the gale which
wrecked such havoc on the Atlantic
9oast _ |
All attempts to reach the strand
ed ship were frustrated by huge
waves until today, when the seas
calmed a little. About twenty of
the crew remained on board the
ship.
The passengers were rushed to
York, many of them suffering
from the cold and not having eaten
sufficient food. Shortly after the
ship struck the sand bar the enotae
room was flooded, putting out of
commission the wireless, heating
apparatus, and all lights. The pas
sengers. and with officers and crew
numbering seventy-two. gathered
I in the upper cabins, where they sub
sisted on sardines and canned food.
tw R?pe Slings.
I The police patrols and coast
{guard boats reached the ship yes
jterday afternoon and work was
'immediately commenced transfer
ring the passengers. So hsxardous
was the work that rope slings had
to be used to transfer the women
and children. It was thought that
at any moment the huge waves
would smash the small boats
against the steel sides of the
I Princess Anne.
Capt. Seay. whose knee was frac
tured during the storm. Is believed
to have been taken off the ship
with, the passengers, leaving the
officers and men on board. It Is
:not known when they will leave
' the ship. The captain Is quoted as
'saying that the gale which drove
ithe Princess Anne ashore was the
1 w?rst be has -iver sejn tn. twenty
I years' sea experience.
j it was said last nigh^ that the
water was slowly washing away the
I sand bar under the 111 fated ship
land it is feared that she will break
'in two. It is hoped by the ship's
! owners that she will hold together
I until tomorrow when an attempt
may be made to float her. A large
.hole was stove in the stern.
Polar Bear Ashore.
The Polar Bear, a cargo carrier of
2.6(0 tons of the Shipping Board, was
reported by wireless as having struck
a sand bar off Marchiaa Port. Me.
Her c rew was taken off by the Unit
ed States destroyer Cushim> the wife
less stated. The ship is being pound
fd to uiecea by the giant seas
The revenue cutter Acushnet wire
lessed tonight that the ten men left
on board the Pol las. the concrete ship
aground near Rockland, Me., have
left the ship, and are somewhere
along the Maine coast, drifting in an
open boat. The Polias is in a dan
gerous position, and will probably oe
pounded to uiecess. The men left the
ship when it was seen there was no
] hope for her.
| Dispatches from Boston fonlsht tn
; dicated the fact that the cty was
I slowly recovering from the storm and
| transportation whs being resumed.
J New York Is busy c leaning up the
i streets. Kveryone Is turning to and
f doing their share of the work
ENUMERATOR FOUND,
CENSUS COMPLETED
j The census of lh? District Is now,
complete. The lone enumerator,
whose delinquency has disturbed cenr
sus officials In the District for sev
eral days, yesterday delivered his
portfolio to the supervisor's office.
The enumerator called up yesterday
morning and promised to deliver his
portfolio by nightfall. Closing time
came and the portforlio had not ap
peared. The officials wearied of empty
promises. They sent a nan to the
enumerator's house with instructions
to stay until the enumerator ap
lieared. He was successftil in his
quest.
The work of checking up discrep
ancies still goes on. I>ess than fifty
portfolios are to be completed, and
it Is expected the last portfolio Willi
be in the hands of the Director of
the Census Tuesday.
Officials stated yesterday that the
census of every city In the country
is practically comiUcti. Washington j
le?3s In number of portfolios actuallyl
delivered to the bureau.
Bandits Stage Wild West
Holdup in Detroit "Bar"
-$
By Herald Leaned Wire.
i Derolt, Mich., Feb. 7.?A real "wild
went" holdup was staged in the near
beer saloon of George Hinborn this
afternoon, when ttve bandits entered
the place, lined forty^flve cuatomrrs
against the wall with revolvers tnd
forced the bartender to surrender the
key to the ca?h register.
The robBers cduld n3t open the
register with the key so the deader
proceeded to shoot off the loclc. He
then took *2.WO from the drawer and
the Ave men Uscked out of the saloon
and escaped in a waiting automobile
Bryan Predicts"Both Parties
]\ ill Declare for Enforcement
Of National Prohibition Laws
i *Mt U to predict that both the
' Democratic and Republican parties
will declare far the enforcement of
prohibition and nominate a oandldate
whose record wlU be a guaranty
against any return to th? saloon." de
clared William J. Bryan to a tele
gram to The Washington Herald
lact night foom hie winter homo at
Miami. Fla
i In this telegram, the Commoner
| roundly ecoree both Governors Ed
wards an<l Smith, and also takes
| Democratic National Chairman Ho
mer 8. Cummings to task for his at
titude on the liquor question.
Mr. Bryan's telegram reads: "Gov
ernor Edfcards represents an outlawed
business and the traffic for which he
speaks la no more entitled to con
sideration than organized murder or
horse ttealdfe. and It would receive
uo more attention but for the enor
mous amount of money invested tn
the business and what can be made
out of It.
./"Five years ago our nation was
spending about 12,500,000.006 annually
on Intoxicating liquors, a sum three
times as great as we were then
spending on education and five times
as great as we were spending on re
ligion'
Brewers FaniahH Paid.
"The brewers and distillers furnish
ed the corruption fund used in the va
rious States and intimidated all who
could be frightened. After a nation
wide campaign lasting for many years.
I the saloon hob been abolished, and
i Gov. Edwards insults the conscience
J*of the nation and the sense of de
STATE SHAKEN
BY NEWBERRY
| TESTIMONY
i - *?
Tales of How Election
Money Was Distributed
Hits All Michigan.
*
| Grant Rapids. Mich.. Feb. 7.?The
! Newberry trial tonight had the
J State of Michigan holding its
j breath.
HarriJy a word is spoken In the
etrort room of Federal Judge Clar
ence W. Sessions but tosses high
explosive into some eorner of the
State.
The majority of the defendants
? standing trial for conspiracy and
! election fraud?and there are 135
j of them, including United States
. Senator Truman H. Newberry?are
i "pome pumpkins" back in their own
home towns. They are judges.
State officials, members of the leg
j islature. county officials, or, at the
very least, factotums of the village
: depot.
( omnnniltf? Shake*.
So. when a witness gets on the
stand here in Grand Rapids and says
that Bill Smith told him Senator
Newberry's representatives paid
Bill Brown money during the sena
torial election of 191?. there is an
earthquake in some community. So
j many reputations are at stake In
I this trial and each defendant so
' fearful ttiht he will be splashed by
the scandal, that each session is a
period of bated breath climax with
no moments of calm.
The result is that tonight, when
the first week of the trial con
cluded. jury, judge, lawyers, de
fendants and all others connected
with the trial fled as far from the
I court house as possible.
| The trial will require at least
sixty days, it is predicted.
Te Call Over ?O0 Witnesses.
More than 600 witnesses will be
called by the government in the
attempt to prove that Senator
Newberry spent in the neighbor
hood of $200,000 to win his seat
in Congress. The range of these
witnesses in location and occupa
tion seems unlimited. Hotel clerks
from New York have testified about
telegrams Sen. Newberry received
th?*re: Washington newspaper men
have told what they heard at the
Capitol: a North Carolina engineer
told what he knew, and miners
from the North have had their
say. Some of the most prominent
bankers in Michigan have climbed
to the stand to explain the ex
istence or nonexistence of the New
, b.rry campaign bank accounts?
I which already seem to have ex
; ceeded $175,000. according to tes
I timony?farmers have driven in to
> tell how much they are alleged to
have received for circulatinkk peti
! tions. and smartly dressed women
I have recited how ^ihey received
I money for everything from address
| ing envelopes to working among the
| women, who. in turn, were expect -
I ed to work their husbands to work
I for Senator Newberry.
Both Sides Prepared.
i In the coming week the same pro
cedure will be continued, it was
stated tonight Frank C. Dailey
and Judge W. L#. Eichorn. govern
ment attorneys, have collected A
room full^ of bank ledgers, news
paper files, telegram exhibits, nom
ination petitions, and a vast quan
tity of other eahlbit paraphernalia,
wjilch, sooner or later. Is to mske
i Its way# to the witness stand, ac
companied by from one to twenty
j wttnjfciei. The. defense is equally
I as well prepared.
. . v
cency when he proposes that the Dem
ocratic party shall champion the
cause of th? brewers, distillers or
liquor dsalers. ^
"It is fortunate for the country that
he and Gov. Smith have shown thero
jselves in their true/colors, because
the country will thus be warned.
"Every Democratic candidate and
every Republican candidate will have
to state his position on this subject.
It is safe to predict that both parties
will declare, lor the enforcement of
prohibition, snd will nominate a can
didate whose record will be a guaran
i tee against any return to the saloon.
"No party can hope to win by an*
tagonizing a policy indorsed by the
forty-five States that have ratified the
national amendment."
Three States -Wft"
"Mr Edwards happens to Dvs in
one of the three States that did not
ratify it and Mr. Cumminfs halls
from another one of the three
, States, but fortunately for the coun
. try New Jera^r. Connecticut and
. Rhode Island cannot speak for the
country on prohibition."
, Gov. Edwards at the Cummiogs
dinner, last week, declared in the
speech to which Bryan refers, that
' he denied the right of men elected
' to Congress on totally different la
j sues and without reference to pro
. hibftion "to saddle that condition
ion the American people without a
I referendum on the subject."
He said he proposes to carry the
light to the Democratic convention
at San Francisco "to bring about a
popular restatement of State rights
and local home rule."
Gov. 8mith. who was ill at Al
bany, aent a telegram to the dinner
in which he characterised the probi
hibition amendment as "a restriction
against personal liberty which
Pruasia in her palmiest days never
dreamed of."
Saya Edward*.
Jersey City. N. J.. Feb. 7.?Gov
ernor Edward I. Edwards today re
fused to make any formal state
ment in reply to William J Bryan's
statement, characterising It aa "a
j joke."
I "You might ask Mr. Bryan where
(the breweries c and distilleries are
jthat he saya are to finance the cam
paign to 'bury the Democratic party
in the grave with the saloon.' Will
anyone come forward now and in
timate that the grapejuice factoriea
of the country are gtHng to ftr.&nce
somebody** political aspirations?"
ffmitb Refs?a Talk.
Albany. N. Y.. Feb. 7.-?When
shown the statement of Willi*, rw J.
Bryan this afternoon. Governor
Smith refused to discuss it in any
way.
WOMEN THRONG
POLICE COURT
Mrs. Marcella Clark, Ore
gon Suffrage Leader,
Fined.
? ?'
j Modishly clad women, young and
old, their gay colors giving a pic
turesqueness Jo the erstwhile
, gloomy interior, and suggesting: the
days when militant suffragists were
'? tried for picketing the White
.House, crowded the District branch
of the Police Court yesterday
|where Mrs. Marcella Clark, promi
nent suffragist, was on trial.
| It was charged that Mrs. Clark,
,wife of an attorney of Portland,
Ore... and president of the Women's
I Wilson and Marshall Democratic
'League of Portland, was offensive
when she attempted to prevent a
; hotel proprietress from evicting a
j a young woman guest.
j After two hours had been con
sumed in hearing the witnesses
and the arguments of counsel.
IJudge Robert Hardison decided Mrs.
'Clark had been over zealous in her
: efforts to aid the young woman and
fined her $5. Judge Hardison said
jthe charge of using o/fensive lan
(guage had not been sustained.
I Mrs. Clark testified that she only
] wished to aid the young woman.
'She denied intentional offense to
| the proprietress of the hotel. Sev
eral prominent suffragists testified
in her behalf.
! ??
Hoover Not Participant
In Treaty Controversy
Following publication of a story
that he had "injected himself" Into
the treaty controversy and had
j "urged President Wilson to com
promise and accept reservations" to
the treaty. Herbert Hoover, former
Ifood administrator, last night is
sued the following statement:
j "I have not communicated with
the President on any subject what
ever since the latter part of Novem
| ber. As has been published rc
'peatedly. my attitude on the treaty
j reservations is that of the league to
Enforce Peace, the council of which
is under the chairmanahip of Presi
dent Lowell."
Suffrage Amendment
Ratified by Nevada
| ' ciraon Ctt.. N?r_ Feb. 7?Nevada
today ratified the Federal woman'*
I autfraw amendment. In the Pen
ate the vnti was unanimous.
I t
Will Not Force Dytch to
Give Up Kaiser by
Economic Pressure.
FRAMING NEW NOTE
Leaders Refuse to Aid m
Turning Over-War
Criminals.
rentier U <>???<>< if tfct
It*-*, will kr ftrea ?? If
mmrnj, Gutar Keel
?f tfefeMe. taday
the chief mt ffce Cmua
Feb. T.-The
obandoned the idea of fbtdnr
I land. br
ade. to fire op the kaiser.
| to Information received today. A.
| new note beioc drafted la to be the
chief subject of discussion at Ri ?
mler Lloyd George's new peace oasv
frrence, which Is to be h-ld In D?h
tng street Wednesday or TT1111 Taj.
**The new note," said the informant
**wdl simply appeal to tlae senss of
fair play of the Dutch gueei uiuant ta
surrender the peraon of the treb
criminal. The issue will be foo^stoat
solely on the lines et tnternattoaal
law. The allies are determined te
j<how The Hague that tt should sur
? render the kaiser in the interest of
I world peace. **
iThe same informant said a eola
tion of the delicate situation uoon<
iby the allied demand for surrender
of the leaser war criminals was in
sight- The allies, he added. am
adamant on the point of surrender.
Premiers kflllerand of France; Nlttf
cf Italy: Veniaelos ef Greece, and
Vaidrt Vetrai of Rouvnania. are to
attend the Dpwning street conference.
Ambassador Derta It ft* understood.
Is likely to be eeiled in as an obeerr
er. although officially the Halted
Ptate? will not be repress nted.
The Turkisn question is to be takee
up at the eonflrrence, after the
tions of the surrender of the kaiser
hss been disposed of.
(iemaiy ladiffnaat.
Berlin, Feb. 7.?The wave of indig
nation and bitter resentment which Is
sweeping over Germany is swelling
hourly. Premier iMllerand'* declare
, tion thst the demands for the ex
tradition of German nationals accused
of war crimes will be forced with
I all the means of the command of the
Iallies is serving to fan the flsmes of
-hatred which are concentrating on
j France to a degTee unparalleled evee
during the war.
The situation Is not unlike that
i^hicti followed the publication of the
peace terms last spring. The peavic
' i?on is growing that France is de
liberately planning the fall of the
present German government.
List Amase* Diplomat*.
j The greatest amazement and sur
prise was expressed today in foreign
|diplomatic circles, including some of
i the allied missions, especially among
the British official representstlrea.
! when the contents of the extradition
Ilist were learned. One of the high
est British officials remarked that no
military officer could have drawn up
such demands; that they could only
be the work of poltticlsns. He said
ihe considered remarkable that the
.German people at this crucial moment
I had not lost their heads and scrupu
lously refrained from molesting the
members of the allied missions, who
I are here in large number*.
It appears to he the general
; opinion among foreign press repre
sentatives as well as among mem
Ibers of some of the allied missions
, that at this time the German gor
1 eminent can truly lay claim te
'sincerity when it states the impos
sibility of carrying out the demands
presented.
Re-c?tablUk I'plty of Feeling.
With the exception of the "Bol
sheviks" and a portion of the ex
tremist wing of the independent
'Socialists, who. however, ere keep
i ing very quiet these days. In the
> face of hostile public feeling,
something like a solid and united
nt has been re-established In
'Germany for the time being.
I The Reichsr*4h. as the national
I council, or upper chamber made up
of representatives of the German
ststes is railed. announced Its
solidarity with the government In
la declaration of the impossibility
|of carrying out the extradition de
mands. The Prussian cabinet took
a similar position. The Prussian
assembly and the Berlin municipal
council also have approved the at
titude of the government.
In the Berliner Tagehlatt. IJeuf.
I Gen. Count Monteglas t haracterftaes
:the extradition list as a "product
of insanity" and in Tiew of the
{"abnormality of this list** with
draws the statement he recently
made urging that all generals and
I other high officers set the example
j of. sacrifice for the fatherland by
I voluntarily surrendering them
selves.
feature >oake Msteaieat.
The aged field marshal. Von Buo*
low. who was incapacitated by a
stroke of apoplexy while com
manding In Flanders, and who Is
?>n the extradition list, declared to
day that he did not believe e sin*
gle high officer would go volun
tarily.
The entire German press 1s fea
turing interviews with Minister of
Defense Noske In which the latt#*
states that he mould not lift a hand
to carry out the extradition de
ends.
Germany's ear Is strained te
catch an echo of the effect of the
extradition demand throughout the
world Rh* is looking especially to
America for fair-minded Judgment.