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THE WASHINGTON HERALD
"IN THE LIMELIGHT'
By GEORGE PERRY MORRIS
Appears every day on the editoria]
?jSsfe.
NO. 4859 WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920. ONE CENT !L?
LODGE REOPENS
TREATY DEBATE
ON ARTICLE X
Springs New Reservation
Empowering Congress
To Withdraw.
MIN01-uTYW.-\?T CLASH
I
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Democrats Anxious to Get
Rid of Measure One
Way or Another.
Debate on the treaty of peace
waa formally opened in the Senate
yeaterday when Senator Lodge pre- I
s e ? ted the amended form of the
flrat reservation, which relates to '
withdrawal from the league.
The new reaervation provide? that
either the President, or Congres? '
alone by a majority vote of both j
houses, may give notice of with- ,
drawal.
Administration Senators have vir- I
tually abandon, ?i hope of reaching
a compromise on the Article X res-1
??rvation. the main obstacle so far,
tu the ratification of the pact. Loth
Senators Hitchcock and Underwood ?
yesterday reluctantly expressed ?
their fears that It will be impos- I
mIjJ*? to bring sixty-four Senators
together on this reservation.
Democrats are anxious for the ,
impending ?lash ??? Art icio X. s?>
that the treaty may be disposed ef
one way or the other. Senator
Hitchcock yesterday ?sked Repub
lican Leader Lodge to sidetrack all
'?tie other reservations to be con
sidered in ;.d\ance of Article X and
to permit the struggle on this point
to be brought to a decision at once.
Hitchcock ? ? plain?. Arti??.
Senator Hitchcock explained hie a
Hon by pointing out that the Senate
will I?e merely waMing its time in
the consideration of other reserva
tions when, at the end of the weeks
or months of debate tbe Senate will
l?nd itself again hopelessly dead
locked on the reservation.
This step by the Democratic leader
was regarded yesterday as an admis
sion of defeat, for Senator Hitchcock
is aware that his own reservation on
Article X will not command sufficient
Republican votes to guarantee the
treatyVratitlcation. Republican lead
,_^CJ?3i >ri . mly united in their refusal
to after br modify the Lodge reser
vation. ? j
Senator Hitchcock's proposal too'; I
Senator I ?ode? by sui prise. IK- made
no ain.-w? ? to the suggestion, how
ever. and it is not yet known whether
or not he will depart from Mi original I
program of rallini; up the reservations
in the order in which they come in1
the resolution.
Han III *l-caafare?*.
Senator Hitchcock at present ha??
the signatures of forty Democratic
Senators to an agreement te sup
port either the Taft reservation cm
Article X or the one proposed in
the bl-partisan conference.
The reservation proposed in the
bi-partisan c-n. fere net? is the only
one which Senator I??>dge failed t ?
present to the Senate last week
when he formally introduced nine
of his original reservations which
had been modified in conference.
Several additional signature** t?
this agreement wt-re obtained by
Senator Hitchcock yesterday. Dem
-?crat.? admit that if Republican??
adhere to their determination not
lo yield on Article X. all hopes of
latincafion are lust.
Kxplaining the reservation, taken !
u|? yesterday. Senator I*odge ?said he;
was convinced that withdrawal by I
. onciicr? nt resolution, as provided
in the original reservation, would
not ilo. und that the signature of
the President would be required.
(-?Iv?s ro?aren? Power. To?.
"The pun?>se of the amended res
ervation." he said, "is to give the
pa war tu Congress as well as tJtlu' i
President. The language of the
treaty does not give the power spe
cifically to the Pre ddent, but no
doubt that was intended.
"The original reservation has been
represented as a reflection on the
President, but that is not true, as it
would refer not only to the present
incumbent of the Presidency, but to
all future Presidents. As amended
it provides that notice of withdrawal
may be given by the President or;
by Congress whenever the two |
houses, by a majority vote, so de
cide.
"I am perfectly willing to leave it1
to the President alone to decide j
when we should get out of the !
league, but do not hesitate to say j
1 am willing to facilitate it by giv- j
ing Congress the same right."
Senator McCumber suggested that
? he reservation was an improvement ?
from the standpoint of those who
want to get out of the league as soon j
a? possible. He said he did not lik?
the idea of giving the President au
* Ihority to take the I'nited States out
uf the league when Congress and the
country might desire to remain in it.
Senator Lodge replied : There is
where we differ. The Senator sees
no objection to binding us in the
treaty as hard and as fast as pos- j
sible. I don't. I believe that either ?
the President or Congress should have I
the right to take us out. ,
"If we did not specify that a ma- ?
Jortty vote was necessary, it would
require a two-thirds vote Id each
House to override the veto of the
President if a resolution ordering us
??ut of the league were passed. This
reservation provides that only a nja
jorlty vote is needed, and I believe
that is aa it should be."
Senator McCormick. of Illinois, in a
formal apeech against the treaty said
the demand In European countries for
revision tjt the treaty was one of t-he
best reasons why It should not be rati
fied. He declared himself opposed also
to the efforts to revise the Lodge
reservations.
Senator McCumber chided the Senate
for what h** termed "child's play'? in
arguing over the form of reservations.
He declared the sentiment of the ?-oun
try was for ratification and that ob
stinacy In the Senate should cease.
He criticised the two factions in the
Senate for not getting together and
agreeing on the reservations.
Jugoslav Diplomacy Has
? Again Proven Too Much
For the Allied "Big 3
By JOHN :
President Wilson ha? ?grain bas
c?me the bugaboo of tbe alliad di
plomacy toward Jufoe.avla. Some
W?-eks ayo the allied powers ?rave
the Jugoslavs their choice of two
Adriatic settlements.
One would make Fiume a free
port under the league of nation?,
(but connected it with Trieste by a
territorial road, given to Italy. The
[other would ?carry out the pact of
|l?ondon. assigning the disputed city
'to Jugoslavia but giving to Italy
'the administration of Dalmatia.
I The allies had become Irritably
'serious and were insisting upon an
Immediate solution of the Italo
Jugoslav problem. Jugoslav statei
manship met this new allied aeri
ousnese with a clever counterplay
of statesmanship, which Is just now
bearing fruit. In effect. Jugoslavia
said:
"Why. wo are all forgetting
President Wilson! Isn't he still one
of us? Certainly it is only fair to
have his views on these negotia
tions. In fact. Jugoslavia feels
that shf must ask for them before
cuminitt Ing herself to any perma
nent agreement." And Jti
did!
Jag-ar-la-sla Intokr?, Pr-eaMea
Italy. Ktance and Kngland were
disposed to settle the Halo-Jugo
slav controversy without the as
sistance of the President. Knowlnp
that Mr. Wilson*-! plan opposed the
pact of ?,-.?F.? and gave Flume to
the Jugoslavs, Jugoslav statesman
! ship had no mich disposition.
?i'on?ret|Uently !.-?? I it j* i dent whs rall
ied upon to repeat his conviction?-, in
the new communication to Paris,whicl?
the new communication to Pans,
which has .?rouant the whol.- Jugo
slav agitation to the fore again.
The State I-cpai Un?* it ail im t?. trat
the Presidential -ittitud - toward ih?**
Fiume question and 'h : pact of I??oi?
don had not ? .inn-'? ?1 p its esse.'t alt*>
since last May. This means t?i.?t the
President supports Jugoslav opposi
tion to the two propositions set be
fore her by the allies. The ef.cct of
MOBILIZE ARMY
TO FIGHT REDS
Jugoslavia.
ra ideal.
Rumanians in State of Seige
And Preparing Against
Invasion.
Berlin. Feh. ? ?Rumania has ordered
venerai mobilisation to .ntem the
steady advance of the Bolshevik
?armies, according to a disiate), from
[Bucharest to the Bourse Gazette. .\
, stale of siege has been declared
? throughout Rumania : a rigid presti
? ??nsorship has been reimposed. and
other measures have be**n taken to
deal with the internal radical move
ment.
j The leading Bucharest newspaper.
, Adverul. a.sserts that a Russian Bol
?shevist offensive against Rumania
must be reckoned with, and points out
that the Rumanian government 1?? seri
? ously handicapped by the attitude of
labor and of the peasants who are
hostile to the idea of a Rumanian
campaign acainst the Bolshevik I.
<?en. Avarescu. one of the most dis
tinguished of Rumanian army leader--,
[ is agitating immediate peace with
Russia.
OOfTBOYS ?fwFESS
ROBBING OF WOMEN
III.? Herald l..???d ?Aire.)
Scraiiton. Pa.. Kcb. 1?. ? Highway
robbery i.f three women, includiti*-- the
wife ot County Tr, a?urer I ?avid Ft.
John, wa? admitted today by eight
boy?. H to IS year? old. They also
confessed, the police ?ay. un?ucce??ful
attempi.?* to waylay and rob .other per
ol:?, ami to looting several ?tore?.
l.ed by peter Ya?ka?. IS, recently
ielea?ed from a reformatory, the
youthful band created terror in North
\ 6erafiton. Hiding at lonely point?,
' they would leap out and snatch worn
! en'? handbag?.
Mr?. John put up a stiff fight when
the eight youth? poum-tsd upon her.
knocking her to the ground, but they
toi e her handbag Irom her grasp and
made oft*. Three ovher women report
ed the gang had attacked them and
taken their purses. Sending in a
fiilye fire alarm led'to the boy?' ar
re? L
British Editor Invites
Premier to Meet L?nine
laondon. Feb. 16.?George Lanabury.
British labor leader and editor of the
| Daily Herald, who I? in Moscow ln
1 vestigating condition? in tile Soviet
capital, ha? sent a wireless message
to Premier l.Ioyii George inviting the
[premier to visit the Soviet leader?.
I whom iaansbury describe? as clear?
headed, honest and humane.
? The message says: "I beg you to
come and Join conference with L?n
ine. I am certain your eyes would
he opened a? soon as you cross the
frontier. There is no danger to fear
from peace with Soviet Russia, but
there i? great danger for Britain and
for Europe if present condition? con
til.ue."
Huj-he? Decline? Nomination.
Omaha. Neb.. Feb. ?.?Charle? E.
Hughe? ha? written Nebraska ad
mirers saying he i? absolutely un
willing to undertake another Presi
dential campaign and asking that
his name be not used.
HEARLEY.
the President's actltn. as Premier
Milleiand intimates, W!i l>c to post-,
pone decision on the whole Itallo-1
Jugoslav question.
The White House ten.ee that Mr.
Wilson has threatened the allies with
America's withdrawal from Turop?an
affairs. However, no denial Is made
that the President In his communica
tion did insist upon bee ing consulted
about decisions which the United
States could be called upon to inaao
; operative.
In other words, he has let the allies
understand that should they force one
of their proposed compromises upon
Jugoslavia, America would refuse ner
sympathy and her help to male It ef
fective.
No Reply Reeelve-4.
Up to last evening the State De
partment h?d received no reply to the
President's communication from the
allies. But Paris and ?London dis
patches indicated that it had been
framed and was ready to go forward.
The allied note undoubtedly will
open up new negotiations between the
President and the "big three.'* Mean
while. Anglo-Krench diplomacy prom
ises to try to persuade the Jugoslavs
to compromise with the Italians or
Italy to submit to Jugoslavia.
Diplomatic circles here are in
clined to think that both Washing
j ton and Paris will have to take
d'Annunzio and his insurgent army
more seriously. Although the war
rior poet still marks time at Flume,
these feel that he can be "sighing
for new worlds to conquer."
In their opinion Honar Law. with
his suggestion of a Montenegrin
Serbian state and President's Wil
son's new Adriatic note, could sup
ply "the last straw of needed In
spiration." liy his seizure of an
Italian transport, carrying 1.000
regulars. d'Annunzio has Just now
recalled allied and International at
tention to his solution of the Kiumc
problem.
The Italians contend that Italy's
fears of threatened "national se- j
curity" have been confirmed by
revelations of fresh Kalk a ? tend- j
encies against her. These, they!
argue, compel "adequate defense" j
for Italy In the Adriatic, which the?.
President's program is alleged toi
deny her.
In line with their contentions, thej
Italians advance evidences of Fran-;
co-Serbian activities and the pro- !
posais for military and economic
alliances upon the part of Balkan
states.
Resides the Serbo-French rap
prochement. Ita.ians are concerned
about the reported Czecho-Slovak
and Jugo-Slav tendencies. Czecho
slovakia and Jugo-Slavla are said
t?. be negotiating for a "defensive
military alliance." A similar treaty,
it is declared, has already been for
mulated between Austria and Cze
cho-Slovakla.
To add to Italian anxieties, finan
cial agreements between Austria
and Jugo-Ktavt*. with *K their po- I
liticai possibilities, are forecast.
The allegations that Poland and
Hungary will form a combination. ,
tending to balance off any Czecho
slovak, or Austrian and Jugo-Slav
'unit, does not quiet Italian fore
' bodings.
In such pre-shadowed alliances
Italian statesmanship pees the ghost
of the traditionally hostile Austrian
Fmphe slowly rising from the
grave against her. For all these
reasons my Italian friends tell me
that Italy will never accept Pres
; ident Wilson's proposition without
? modifications.
For its unqualified acceptance.
: they assert, would not only affirm
| 'the attempted Isolation of Italy
?from the Balkans." but would carry
I a continual military threat against
the Italian people. lM view* of this,
attitude, any efforts of England ani
' Fi ance to fa.??? President Wilson
I ami Jugoslavia and appease Itl>*
j with so-called "equalizing conce
; slons" in the Near Kast will ap
| parently meet with failure.
That the State Department *-ees
fresh troubles ahead in the Pres
? ident's attitude toward the Pa'j
j Jugoslav controversy is indica'ed
by Mr. Vance Thompson's hurriei
| departure for Rome. Mr. Thomp
son, who is a political attache r f
' the American Kmbassy at ? une,
? reached Washington about a week
? ago. reporting to former Secreta y
[ of State Lansing.
He had hoped to be able f? '.**.<:m
a brief rest in America but he his
i been ordered back to Italy on the
?first sailing in view of the latest
developments in the ? talo-Jugoslav
affair.
TERRORIST SOCIETY
REIGNSJN HUNGARY
Berlin. Feb. 16?"The Karhatalom I?
terrorizing Hungary, reignins with
blood, bullet, the hanjrman'? rope and
scourge.'' declares a prominent Hun
garian Social Democratic leader In
Vt-rwaerts today.
Tho Karhatalom. he explains. I? a
reactionary organization dominated
by 35.000 Hungarian officer? and head
erl by Admiral Horthy and Minister of
War Friedrich.
"This organization now governs
Hungary, and it 'made' the recent
election? in that country." ?ay? the
art'clc. describing the alleged meth
od? of terror euch as summary execu
tion?, beating to death, and whipping
of the communists.
The Hungarian national assembly,
which meets today. I? generally ex
pected to declare for the restoration
of the monarchy.
?
Gompers Says Socialists
Should Be Tried in Courts
(By HeraM l.raasnl Wire.)
New York. Feb. 16.?Samuel Gom
pers. president of the American Fed
! eration of Labor, today scored
j Speaker Sweet and the New York
Assembly on their stand against the
j five Socialist Assemblymen declar
I in?; they made "Socialists" out of
"non-Socialists."
Speaking at a conference of the
National Civic Federation on radi
calism, Mr. Gompers said that f the
suspended Socialists were cut}.y ot
treason or sedition they sbatild be
convicted ia. the courts.
This would make them Ineligible
for tho lecislature, be said.
ALLIED NOTE
HINTS DUTCH
EXILE KAISER
Suggests Wilhelm Be Kept)
"Some Distance" from
Scene of Crimes.
FAVORS COLONIAL ISLE
Message Points Out Danger
Of "Political" Situation
To Holland.
laondon, Feb. I?.?The allies' new
"Kaiser note," delivered to the Dutch
Premier at The Hague yesterday, re
new? the demand for the former Em
peror?? surrender for trial, but sug
gest?, as a sort of after thought that
Holland at least take precautionary
measures to hold the cx-Kalser at
some distance from the scene? of hi?
crimes.
A Dutch note is hi id to be in prep
aration proposing permanent and
thoroughly safe Internment of Will-1
iam Hohcnxollern ?t Doom.?, where
he has already bought a "prison I
home."
However, the hint in the allied noie
leave? the door wide open for a com
promi?e. Namely, internment of the
ex-Kaleer in some Dutch colonial pos
session.
See I i.k:i?r ?r Vale?.
It la .?..,,.I that there will still be
considerable note writing before Wil
helm'!, fate I? definit.-ly settled.
Uolh side? are now going through
.the familiar process of diplomatic
?face saving.'? but It I? regarded as
certain that a? the ultimale result of
additional Jockeying a plan of Intern
ing Wilhelm on some Dutch inland,
separated by thousand.? of mile? from
Ihe Kuropean political aren?, will be
decided ui-on.
Much ot the now note ih taken up
by a renewal uf tin? demand for the
Kaiser's extradition and an earnest
plea citing the reasons therefor. The
tone ot the document is considerably
milder than that of the last.
ReeBBslaer Reiaaal.
Holland is asked to reconsider her
refusal to extradite Wilhelm. The note
su-rgeets In to?? diplomatic ph'Bseology
that, a? a nation which held itself
aloof from the great war, the Nether
! land? perhaps does not appreciate the
danger? of keeping the former em
|Peror's person within her national con
! line?, and possibly also fall? to appi???
elate her duties in the present hour.
t It is pointed out that the trial of
?Wilhelm as contemplated would pre
?pare the way (or aa international tri
bunal. and demonstrate the unanimity
?of the conscience of the world*? na
?t ion?. The league of nation?. It I?
?added, i? not sufficiently advanced
to cope with the Kaiser problem.
j Holland then is reminded that If she
(persists in her refusal she will assume
[the responsWiillty for a Kaiserist prop
? ?ganda which holds great dangers for
?r
the peace of hurope.
??ntnt I'? I le.
. At this Juncture of the diplomatic
?reasoning Is? injected the first faint
?hint of a far-distant place of exile
?for the former imperial culprit. The
note says Ihe permanent presence of
. Wilhelm "so close to the German
; frontier"' constitutes a dangerous nit-n
ace. The suggestion follows that Hol
land might "at least" take the pr.'
1 cautionary measures described above,
? The document dwells at some length
; upon the gravity of the crimes, char??
i ed, the chief being the unloosing of
I history'? greatest war. It points out
I that the social and economic existence
?of all nations, including Holland, has
been thrown into confusion and is
? now jeopardized by famine a? a result
j of that war of which Wilhelm is de
scribed as the author. It is recalled
that millions died and billions were^
spent. With a pointed reference to Hol-]
land's recent refusal based on the
I right of asylum and the absence of I
I precedent, it declared the issue is big
ger than Holland-? domestic preced-1
lent?.
j The note announce? that an allied
commission will be formed for the j
| purpose of collecting and communicat- |
ing to the German government the
details of nil charg
leged war culprit?.
FOUR MAY BE DEAD
IN FREIGHT WRECK!
Birmingham. Ala.. Feb. 16.?One "men
known to be dead and three other?
buried beneath the debris of two
freight trains, are believed to be the
OB-Bualtteg from a headon collision of
the Alabama Great Southern Railroad
near Russville. Ala., early today.
P. A. Edwards, engineer of one
train, and C. W. Saunder? and Van
Richmond, negro nremen. are lying
beneath the wreckage. It la feared
they are dead. C A. Riley. engineer
of the second train, died after beine
removed to a ho?plt?l.
With wreckage piled up on all ?ide?
of two engine?, railroad official*
stated that It would require sevrai
hours to reach the three Imprisoned
men.
. At noon hope of rescuing the three
men alive wa? practically abandoned,
when It w?? reported that the boiler
of one of the engine? exploded ?hen
the collision occuircd- -|
" Hats for Women
M, P. s"Advertises
London Millinet
<-1 ?
London. Feb. 1?. ? Labeled
"HaU for Women M. P.?." the
headgear in a Resent ?tratet
millinery Is attract!???; enor
mous attention.
Black or dark brown are the
only colors uaed, the hat? ba
ine brinile??, and of the blretta,
cojiese cap. and tricorne styles.
The mo?t decorstlve model has
a long ?Ilk tassel dangling over
the right ear. The designer is
a rari? man milliner.
A number of prominent Kns
Ushwomen have betrayed their
parliamentary ambition? by
visiting the store and trying
on the hats. Lady Nancy As
tor wears a simple black vel
vet toque In the house of com
mons. She Is, so far, the only
woman member of Parliament,
the Counte?? Markiekicz. Sinn
Finn member, having refused
to take her ?eat.
AGREE ON FINAL
TERMS IN RAIL
SURRENDER
Conferees Provide Board of
Appeals to Settle Wage
Demands.
Conferee., on the railroad Mil
reached a linai agre* men? fin all the
provisions of the measure yesterday
a/lcrnnon and seni tho ?-vised Mil
to the printer together with the re
port explaining the points upon
which the agreement was reaehed.
It is plann* 11 to have the report
presnted , to the House tomorrow*
and taken up for consideration
either Thursday or Friday. #?*
The final point at issue in the
controversy between the Senate and
House conferee? was on the lahor
section which was compromised hy
the adoption of a proposal submit
ted by Director General llines.
This provides for a national hoard
of appeals whieh is to pass upon alt
disputes between the carriers and
employee over wages and hours and
other condition? of work. This
board la to consist of nine mem
'-*r* of which three are to represent
the public, three the railroad own
ers and three the labor class.
There Is no provision for the en
forcement of any of the decisions
of the board except public opinion.
It Is provided in the agreement
that no settlement of a wage dis
pute which involve? an Increase of
freight rates Is to become effective
unless at least one of the members
of the hoard representing the pub
lic concurs in the decision.
?IBM ??.?Kffrat? Hoard.
? short while ago there was a
virtual agreement by the conferees
lo e rea te an appeal board, which
w as to consist of live members?
of which one was to represent la
bor, one the corporations, and three
the public. It is understood that
the acceptance of the compromise is
the result of the recent conferences
between Director Ueneral Hlnes
and the railway brotherhoods over
the threatened strike.
Tl?? advantage which the earlier
proposal souRht to give to the pub
lic's representatives is set aside.
Another feature of the argument is
in reference to the IH per cent guar
antee which is to be pi ven to the
railroads atfer they pups out of gov
ernment control. This has been
amended to provide that this guar
antee is to be allowed only to roads
?efficiently and honestly operated."
wome?torMg??g
to "ripper" trial
?By Herald Leaned Wlrr.)
New York. Feb. 1?. ? With the
Uronx County Supreme Court more
crowded than ever by women, de
spite the character of the testimony
introduced, the trial of Ernest
Frits. Tuekaho* taxicah ? a ?
charged with the "lepper murde "
of Mis. Florence Coyn?*, moved
swiftly forward today.
The defense scored when Judge
?Davis refused to allow District At
tornev Martin to introduce thirty
six photographs of bruises on Mr?.
Coyne's body. Dr. Karl S Kennard.
medical examiner of Bronx County,
testifying concerning* two autopsies
on the body of Mrs. Coyne, said he
found fifty-four separate bruises
and lacerations.
Tho greatest effort of the defemse
will be made to prove through ex
pert medical witnesses that Mrs.
Coyne died from natural causes.
Trial of Reid Divorce
Suits Set for Feb. 23
(?7 Herald leased Wire?.)
New York. Feb. 16.?Tri?l of the
divorce of Dianiel G. Reld. tin plate
millionaire, and of the counter-suit
for a divorce of Margaret Carrer?
Reld. wa? today ordered on the cal
endar for February 2S, by Supreme
Court Justice Bijur.
The court diraxic<| that "framed
issues" of the causes presented by
both the ml'.llonaire and hi? wife,
questions a? to whether or not the
chargea ot each are true, be sub
mitted for decision by ? Jury.
MANY DEALERS
OPPOSE ENDING
GRAIN CONTROL
Representatives from West
Tell Agriculture Com
mittee of Views.
GRONNA BILL SCORED
Oklahoma Farmers' Union
Wants Grain Corpora
tion Continued.
I'nanimous opposition to the pa?
aage of the Gronna blll'to abolish th?
United State? Grain Corporation wu
expressed by nearly a dozen repre
sentatives of farmer?, wheat ?-rower?.
dealer? and baker?. In ? hearing? be
fore the Agriculture CommKtee of Uie
.Senato yesterday afternoon and
evening.
The hearing continued until 10
o'clock last night and will be reaumed
today and Wednesday. At today*?
hearing a eub-committee. represent
ing grain exchange? in Chicago, Mil
waukee. Minneapolis. Duluth. Omaha.
Kansas City. St. Joseph. St. Laoul?.
llaltlmore, Philadelphia and the New
Yorll Pro?luce Kxchange. will present
a composite statement representing
the views of the grain exchange?, all
of which are opposed to the bill. At
Wednesday.'.% hearing representative
of van..us f?rmers' union? will enter
their protests.
? feature of the testimony yester
day wan the demand of John ?.
SiinpBou. president of theOklahoma
K?rrners' I'nion. and State Senator
Fred W. Mi?h. of Maryland, that. In
stead of the Grain Corporation being
.. l-ohs-h? <i and the guarantee on
wheat repealed, both should be ex
tended. Mr. Mish wanted the time
extend*??! one ?ear. while Mr. Simp
son insisted upon three >ear?.
llther witness,?? asked only that the
corporation be allowed to continue
until it expired under the law on
June I of this year.
AftTeeted Market.
D..n Livingston, marketing com
ml??loner of South Dakota, de
clared that a? ?oon a? the Gronna
I bill wa? introduced In the Senate
? the bottom dropped out of the
?wheat market. He presented tele
grams from organization? repre
senting in.Cm farmer? protesting
against the m???ur?
M. ?X Gaulke. ?wcretary of the
Farmer? and Grain Dealers* Ex
??hanue. from Gronna' own State.
North Dakota, declared that with
'grain export? checked because of
(the exchange situation and eleva
tor? filled because of ? shortage of
'??ara*, that wheat price? would sag
?unies? the guarantee were main
? tinned.
"The farmers and grain dealers
a?? my State." he said, "do not want
?the I'nited States Grain Corpora
tion abo'ished. It would leave ue
in a very embarrassing situiti..a.
? We are not ?atlsfted t.> swap horse?
in the midst of a stream and sub
stitute for the Grain Corporation
I some government agency that mar
be wor?e than nothing so far as
protecting the farmer is concerned.
* o?lr?l Sa-IU'artar-r.
"Frankly, we arc afraid that the
bottom will fall out of the wheat mar
ket if the guarantee is removed at
thi? time. The Grain Corporation has
.functioned in a very satisfactory man
ner ?o far: It ha-? only three more
j months to run. so why not let it fin
I ish It? course?"
? Three men representing the bakers.
? Douglas W. Laackc- . of the Corn Mil
ilers' Federation. Chicago; H. J. Horan.
?of th? National Federation of Flour
Clubs. Philadelphia, and K. H. Hickok.
?counsel for the American Association
| of Baking Indust t ?es. New York, took
the ?Land lli?t the government should
continue control of the wheat guaran
tee and Uve up to the contracts mede
by the Grain Corporation.
Pleat? ef Grata.
While nome of the witnesses de
clared they had no objection to the
elimination of the present personnel
01 the Grain Corporation, they insisted
| that the wheat guarantee must be
?melntalned by the government through
? some agency.
Mr. Livingston took ?n opportunity
to criticize the Railroad Administra
tion, and declared he would welcome
the time when the railroad? were re
turned to private owne-s. The grain
elevators of the Northwest, he said,
are bursting with wheat, and its most
ly because cars cannot be obtained to
move it.
ROSE PASTOR STOKES
TAKEN TO CHICAGO
(By Herald laeaaard ?A Ire.)
. New York. Feb. 16. ? Mr?. Rose
' Peetor Stoke?, radical, wa? turned
over today to Miss Clara Olsen, a
government agent, to he taken back
to Chicago, where eh? will face an
Indictment charging criminal anar
chy, returned against her by the
Cook County grand Jury last De
cember .
Mrs. Stokes, with Miss Olsen and
detectives, left New York this after
noon. Magistrate Cobb. in the
Tomb? Court, dismissed a charge
against her of being a fugitive from
Justice from Chicago, and placed
her In the keeping of Mis? Oleen,
who wa? armed with a warrant for
her arre?t
Mrs. Stokes, on expressing her
?willingness to sign a waiver for her
extradition, wa? taken from the
Tomb? to the Criminal Courts Build
ing, where ?he algned the document
before Aulatant !D?trict Attorney
? Ryttenberg.
Tnitre? Get Four Tirti
Kntering a garage In the rear of
! 132? "sixteenth ?treet northwe?t
rthteve? ?tripped an automobile of
four tires ?nd eecaped. Maddox
Tranhelm, manager of th? garage,
made complaint to the police, valu
ta?; the tire? at HM.
Dutch Diplomat
Seeks St. Helena
For Hun Kaiser.
Calgary, Alta, Feb. 16?Be
lief that the Dutch govern
ment is preparing the way for
internment of the ex-Kaiser
somewhere in the Dutch ?ast
Indies, was strengthened by
the passing through here of
Count Van Taack Kranen, of
the Dutch diplomatic service,
and a nephew of Count Bcn
linck, the former Emperor's
present host in Holand
The Count is on his way to
fhc Dutch Indies, ostensibly to
buy a plantation then
The fact, however, that the
Count has been employed by
his government repeatedly
during the war on important
and delicate diplomatic mis
sions gave rise to the thought
that the "plantation" may be
the future home of Wilhelm
Hohcnzollern.
SENATE CHECKS
BOARD'SSALE
OF LINERS
Resolution Provides Com
merce Committee Must
Pass on Act.
Sale of the former German ships by
the Shipping Board was order?, ?a stop?
| ped yesterday by the Senate on the
! adoption of a resolution by Senator
? McKellar. of Tennessee The r?solu
?tion directed that no sate should take I
I piace 'until the subject has been (con
sidere?! by the Commerce Committee
and reported to and acted upon by the
? Senate."
President Wilson is expected to
? deny that any agteemnt had been
? made between tbe Shipping Board and
' Brhtsh interests In regard to the dis
posal of the ship*, as was asserted en
the Senate last Saturday.
Rreel,c-4 RM?.
In acc-ordance with Instruction*
from the Senate Commerce ?*om?it
i Ue. Chati lus ? Payne yesterday re
?Cv-Mved bide f?*r the ship*. These he
. will lay before the committee at a
! ?*; eclal meeting Wednesday morning
In the District Supreme Court Asso
ciate Justice Bailey took under ad
| visement :i decision on the applica
?tion of William Randolph Hearst of
. ai- injunction to stop the sale of the
vessels. His decision will he an
nounced Friday. The shipping men. j
who appeared in large number* at the
opening of bids yesterday, were told1
i that only bids from American indi
vidual* or concerns would be consid
ered, and that the ships must continue
to fry the American flag.
William F. Collins, secretary of .
? the committee on commerce and '
marine of the American Banker?'
? Association, was the principal wit
! ness before the Senate Commerce
.Committee yesterday. He urged that .
?the former German ships and any
j others now in the hands of the gov
! ernment should be disposed of as .
soon as possible to private Ameri
! can owners at a fair price
Collins asserted that the fortunes
of war had for the first time placed
in the hands of the Inited States
a merchant marine that rivalled in
. tonnage the merchant fleet of Great
' Britain. Government ownership or
government operation, he contend?
'. ed. would soon result in Great Brlt
I ain again acquiring most of the
' cargo tonnage.
Sba-aM Xat Compete.
"I am firmly of the opinion." ?aid
j Collins, "that the government In no
. way should compete with establish
? ed steamship lines, as is the case
I today. In time of peace It spells
? chaos in the shipping business.
; Pending final disposal of the ships.
j they should be chartered at fair
j terms to American concerns who
j are able to operate them to na
tional advantage.
Fields S. Pendleton. a New Eng
land ship owner, asserted that un
der the pressure of Mar construc
tion the amount of tonnage afloat
and on the ways had so increased
j that he expected to see freight
I rates forced to the lowest point in
'many years by^ competition, and
[ that in view of Great Britain's pol
icy of subsidising her merchant
, marine, the infant American fleet
1 could never survive such a period
'of freight rate competition without
'? revised shipping laws. He urged
that the transfer of ships now held
by the government to private con
cerns be made gradually to prevent
? the market being glutted, and In
order to secure a reasonable price.
Must Prater ? Owstffs.
"There is not a shipbuilding firm,
in this country today,'* he asserted,
"that can continue to b. ?;<J ship? 'ir
competition with the cheaper labor
jof Great Britain ami Ja- ?\. untesi w?*
have radical changes In our law to
protect ship builders and sbip own?
? ere."
' Among the bids received yesterdny
! waa 1100.000 for the Black Art->w. oy
; the Oriental Navigation Company, an *
jfl4.0o0.000 for nine vessels of the fleet,
by P. A. 8. Franklin, president ot tee
International Mercantile Marine Ves
sels included in the bid are the le
viathan. George Washington. America.
t President Grant. Nansemond. Antl
, gone. Pocahontas. Princess Matoika
and Gallao Moore * McCormick of
fered ?M.SO0.O00 for five vessel* for
{ South American service, aad the Mus
son Steamship Une na .t. a cono 1 tion?
al bW of 9S.8B0.000 for the same veaaels
Tbe George w Goethsls Shin and
i Commerce Corporation offered MH^?
000 for six vessels ?or th? 11 arab-urv
J and Bremen service. For the same
group of vessel* the Interns tion al
| Mercantile Martae bid no.bO0.-9NL
AIR SERVICE
WASTE SEEN
BY PROBERS
Majority Report of House
Investigating Committee
. Criticises Baker and
Ryan for Management
During World War.
INDORSES PROPOS/U
OF NEW ??????????'
Billion Spent. But Only 740
Planes Provided ? Mi
nority Finding Charac
terizes Aspersions as
"Biased and Vitupera
tive."
Charges of extravagance and in
efficiency are made against the
War Department by the majority
report of the House aircraft in
vestigating committee, of whica
Representative I'rcar, Republican,
of Wisconsin, in chairrcaa. The
report was presented yesterday to
the House Select Committee on
Ilxpenditurcs in the War Depart
ment.
A minority report, filed by Rep
resentative Lea. of California,
Democratic member of t!ir in\e>
tigating subcommittee, takes a to
tally differ? nt view and finds the
language of the majoiity "biased
and vituperative"
a-"er ********** ?.?-r?|re.
The majority rc|-ort recommend? a
separate air service, and critMOlaea
th. manag? mem of Secretary- l'?K?
John I>. Ryan, former f.irccior ?.f
Aircraft, and a number of other of
ficer? in charge of the construction
of aircraft. The .e-poit state? that
though ti.om.omjm ??., expended, the
close of th? war found onl> ;?"
plane? with the ?????p-ati army at
th.? front.
"While the Amencan peop!. g??c
grudgingly ?nd ***** i-?-gui|.-d bbbSI
promues c.f "*..no.* Am, rican ?leplan?.
that ?ei-t- to precede our Ameiican
armies in France." says tht repon,
?when the armistice w??
America?'? fighting airplane cxpevta.
ti'.n. ?nd pron-us*-?? ? ?.isted only < ?
paper."
The Committee's report Is u.e r- -
?ult of six months' investigation of
pr..je?ts undertaken hy the War
l?ep?rtm?nt in connection with air
cr?ft production. In addition to it
own inquiry, it dree- al?o on the
[reports of a similar cmnutt.
?the s?'nat,? and the i-?p..ii nf former
?Justice Charle? E. Hughes who ??a?
'commissioned by the l're?id?-nt t..
make an investigation *t the ?n
?craft production program.
' rHoi.an ?f II...
Mr. l!y?n wa? expected to un
learn singleness of person?! inter
gie? toward a carefully considered
aircraft program." it is ???erteo.
"Mr. Ityan did n>?i ilse above hi?
advise.- who had conspicuously
failed to meet the situation.
"In the location and building of
the Siem?-Carey tl 000.000 'logging
road' and In connection ?uh the
l??.OiiO.WOO sprue- contract. Mr.
Ryan'? activities hate been dis
cloBed. His disclaimer of any pur
pose to advance his own interest?
?or those of Mr. i'?rey. one of hi?
buKine?? friends, or of the Milwau
kee road, of which he wa? a high
officiel, have been presented to your
committee.
The chapter dealing with Secretary
Baker cite? hi? appointment of men
to re*pon?lble position?, although he
knew they had no expericme in the
| manufacture of aircraft, and recall?
his fallare to institute court-martial
? proceeding? against t'ol. Edwerd A
I Deeds, as wa? suggested by Judge U.
K. Hughe?.
I ************ tor ?? i"
The r?-port dec?an s that no prepa
rations, from an aeionautlcal stand
pom'.. I.ad been mad. by the War Ue
! pertinent before the deectaration of
war. The report thereafter, para
phrased and ?umra?nxed. follow?:
The initial ?ppropriatlon for ?n bis
force by .ongres? w?> ?l.gaW.???.??-?. In
the nineteen aucceeding month?, up
to the cloee of the war. the W?r IV
partment spent more than $1.???.???.???*.
and during thi? period had sent only
al UeHa\*tland-4 ob?erration plane? to
the front.
All told, the greatest number ot
plane? ueed Bf* the American army at
the front wa? ? to. ?? compared with
X.S3 fighting plane? possewed by
France. I.T? by England and :.TJ? hy
a*******f.
Make ?ftm ? ???? ??
More than t^?a)u.0t?l w?u? spent is
building 4 (?Ai cluni?, dangerou? DU-?
ohBerv?tion plane? the design of which
untlerwent 3.?? change? A few ?4
the?? were ?hipped to France where
aviator? united In denouncing them
aa fighting ?hip?
Another l?OiiD,??? wa? wasted IB
striving to m a Uberty rataAor into a
type of ??"?"everte?. Bristol mechme. hut
lh? material lster wa? iici?ppad Se??
enteen million d?lier? addition? I
for experiment? with training
which also were ?crapped.
A War *f???part?*r>ent ?tatefite-nt that
ll.ttM nlane? were manufactured tn thi?
country during the war I? termed ?r.
exaggeratloei. .
So nghtlBg plaae? were B-rer
built and the majority of our fight
ing ?ireraft eeevred from the allies
was obsolete