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RULING?ON
KICK" BEER SALE
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Department of Justice to
Pass on Revenue Bureau's
Power to Enforce Order.
' BREWERS WOULD RESUME!
Whether the internal revenue bu- I
reau has authority to enforce its rule
against the sale of beer containing
one-half of 1 per cent or more of aleo- ,
hoi will he put up to the Department I
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\.ii. -nuninr. nun Iiai m?cnuv- \ viiiimo j
Sioner Roper today decided to ask for
en opinion on the subject.
Proposal Raises Question.
Tbe question was raised by the an- (
nouneenient of New York breweries j
that they would resume manufacture
and sale of beer containing not more \
than 2Per cent alcohol, considering
this non-intoxicating.
Commissioner Roper discussed the j
subject today with deputies of the j
bureau in charge of enforcing liquor
laws, but found the various laws and
food administration regulations were
so complicated that a legal opinion
would be necessary before he could
decide whether to enforce the bureau's
ruling.
This ruling, promulgated recently, !
* permitted the manufacture of beer |
containing not more than 2% percent ;
? * alcohol, but provided that before sale
the alcoholic content must be reduced
to not more than one-half of 1 per
cent.
Bule Based on Precedent.
Revenue bureau officials explained i
today that the one-halt per cent lim- j
It prescribed by that rule was based i
on precedent and on court decisions |
of a number of states. State laws ;
and regulations vary, however, and !
Commissioner Roper said he knew
specifically of no federal law or court
decision prescribing one-half of 1 ner '
cent as the limit of alcoholic content
for non-intoxicating beer.
As soon as the solicitor of the reve- j
nue bureau and the Department of j
Justice have rendered opinions, Commissioner
Roper will decide what
course to pursue. If it is determined
to enforce the one-half per cent rule, .
revenue officers will be charged with
forbidding the shipment of beer contain- j
ing more alcohol from breweries.
The revenue bureau's action today
was based on unofficial reports con- [
cerning the intention of the New York j
brewers. Neither the brewers nor;
their counsel had communicated di
rectiy with the bureau.
Not an Arbitrary Buling.
Beer containing one-half of 1 per i
, cent or more of alcohol by volume is ;
considered intoxicating by the Inter- !
nal revenue bureau. Officials explained
that this standard was baaed
on a number of laws and court decisions
in the past and flfas not an arbitrary
executive ruling.
On the face of the situation, it was !
said unofficially by some bureau offl- I
cers. the brewers' action would con- j
stitute a direct violation of a recent '
revenue bureau ruling.
TWO STATES' BREWERS
TO MAKE STRONGER BEER
Hew York and New Jersey Men
Will Act on Advice of Boot
and Guthrie.
?
NEW TOKK, March 18.?The Eager
Beer Brewers' Board of Trade of New
York, representing forty-two brewing
concerns in New York and New ;
Jersey, has announced that on advice I
of counsel its members will resume at
once sale of beer containing 2% per
cent alcohol content. This was forbidden
by a ruling of the internal
revenue department, which interpreted
President Wilson'p proclamation effective
December 1 last.
Upon a representation by the board
to Klihu Root and Will, tm D. Guthrie,
counsel for the organization, that beer !
of the alcoholic strength snecifl?a wa.l
not intoxicating, the attorneys advised
the organization that sale of the
per cent product would not be
contrary to law. The opinion held
that the internal revenue department
had acted without authority in de- |
creeing that sale of beer containing
more than one-half of 1 per cent of j
alcohol was contrary to the President's
proclamation forbidding the
, use of foodstuffs in brewed products,
except those which were non-intoxi- |
eating.
The United States Brewers' Association.
comprising three-fourths of the industry
throughout the country, announced
today that copies of the opinion
of Mr. Boot and Mr Uuthrie had been
mailed to its 700 members. Officers declared
they "expected" many members
would follow the example set by the
1-ager Beer Brewers' Board of Trade of
New York.
GOVERNMENT AID ASKED
IN DEFENSE OF DRY CASE
i
New York Petitioner, Stockholder,
Would Prevent Breweries From
Suspending Work
r.v me AssorisTett rren*.
XKW YORK, March 18.?Coincident
with the decision of the internal revenue
bureau to ask the Department of
Justice whether it had authority to
enforce the regulati<*i prohibiting
production of beer exc^it that of less
than one half of 1 per cent alcoholic
content, defendants in the brewery
stockholder's suit brought here last
week to test the constitutionality of
the war-time prohibitior. act announced
that they had invited the cooperation
of the government in the
defense.
The test su: askinir the fe/ieeoi
rourt to restrain the James Kvery . d's
breweries of this city from discontinuing
their manufacturing activities
May 1, and the sale of their products
July 1. as required by the prohibition
clause of the agricultural bill, approved
November 21, 1918, was begun
by Joseph K. Kverard, a minority
stockholder. William M. K. Olcott,
counsel for the defense, today notified
1'nited States District Attorhey Caffey
that his co-operation would "be welcomed,"
adding that inasipuch as "the
question is of such importance as to
call for real adversary litigation, perw
haps the federal government may wish
H you to work with us in the defense." *
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U. S. IS IN H
TO STAY, DEX
Former Turkish Ambt
to Mr. Wilson's Prt
tisanship"?Pret
BV KDWARI) PRICK BKM?.
Cnhlecrnm to The Kveninp, Star an
Chicnaro Dally New*. CopyrlRhl, 1910.
LONDON. March IS.?The controver
sies in the United States relative t
the league of nations now fillin
much space in the British paper
synchronize with the presence in I-on
don of Oscar Straus, chairman of th
American League to Enforce Peac<
Mr. Straus came to London to at
tend a session of the Internationa
League of Nations Society, where h
has been in conference with Bryci
Bourgois, Venizeios and other Euro
pean leaders.
The former embassador to Turke
is naturally the target of inquirie
concerning the strength of the move
ment inside and outside the Senate t
discredit the league covenant as re
cently submitted to the America
people by Air. Wilson.
"Partisans Oppose.''
"What I have said to my Europea
friends," Mr. Straus told me toda;
"is simply that this opposition t
Mr. Wilson's program is sheer par
tisanship. It was conceived and i
now being agitated by political rival
who would be hostile to anythin
that promised to augment the pres
tige of the democratic administratior
"Senators Borah. Poindexter an
AlcCormick. as well as others, are no
fighting the league because they ar
against it. but because they are re
publicans in quest of an anti-demo
cratic issue. Their eyes are not fixe
on the future of the worl.l, but o
the future of the republican part
eighteen months hence.
"I confidently predict tlie>r rou
They will make as much partisa
capital out of their opposition a
they can. and as long .13 they cat
but when the time comos to line u
squarely for or against the main is
sue, no party will dare to ily in th
face of what the republicans knot
to be the overwhelming desire of th
rank and file of the American peopl
irrespective of party politics.
What They "Ought to Know.''
"Borah, Poindexter, McCormick an
their conferees understand perfectl;
well that the league covenant threat
ens neither the sovereignty of Con
gresa, the Alonroe doctrine nor the in
fluence of the United States in th
AMTWFNTY
III1IIUUI I 111.11 I I
WHO PICKET HOTQ
Woman Among Those Polici
Take Into Custody?All
Released on Bail.
Nineteen members of the Washtng
ton Waiters' Union and the wife o
one o-f the waiters, who have been en
gaged in picketing the Raleigh Hotel
were arrested this afternoon by polio
of the first precinct, charged with vio
lating a law approved July 1, 1901
The pickets put up 925 collateral eacl
for their appearance in Police Cour
tomorrow. Mrs. Annie Begelman wa
the first released on collateral.
The pickets, carrying large am
small signs relating to charges mad
against the management of the hotel
were arrested shortly after noon b;
Capt. Flather, Sergt. Wittstatt, tie
tective Fortney, Bicycle Policemai
Dierkopf and Policeman McDaniel
The prisoners were marched, sign
and all, to the police station.
Charge Against Picketers.
Police arrested the pickets, who ha<
been "on duty" at the hotel for th
past week, and charged them witl
violating the following act:
"No person shall place, exhibit
maintain or continue any advertise
ment or poster, except upon land
houses, buildings, fences or othe
structure as the Commissioners of th
District of Columbia may, in thei
discretion, authorize in writing to
that purpose."
It was declared by the police tha
the Commissioners had construed thi
law to prohibit moving signs upoi
the streets, as carried upon horse
back, and by "sandwich men" am
perambulating signs, except busines
signs upon wagons, etc.
Mrs. Begelman and many of th'
men carried sandwich signs todaj
which had been attracting consid
erable attention in front of the Ha
leigh since the waiters, who have de
clared tbat they were "locked out
by the' hotel management, took U]
picketing.
Picketing Grows More Vigorous.
The picket operations have been In
creased in vigor day by day. Today'
turnout of pickets was the larges
yet. and was attracting much atten
tion until put an end to by the arres
of the participants.
Capt. Flat her advised the picket!
when released, not to go back to th
Raleigh Hotel, but. to desist fron
further picketing operations an<
await the decision of the court to
morrow. If -they attempt furthe
picket work today, he told the picket)
they would be arrested again.
STEEL MEN COMING HERE.
Representatives of Industry to Con
fer With Stabilization Committei
NKW YORK. March 18.?Members c
ihe committee of iron and steel manu
facturers recently appointed to confe
with the committee on stabilization c
industry, named by Secretary Redfiek
met here today. They will go to Wash
ington tomorrow and confer with CJeorg
N. Peek and the other members of Sec
1 retary ltedfleld's committee.
The Washington conference will b
the first of several which Mr. Peek an
his fellow-commlueemen will hold In a
effort to stabilize industries and stlmu
! late consumption.
Storm
Sinks Packet; Crew Escape!
PADUCAH. Ky.. March 18?Th
! packet John I.. t-owry. since 1913 in th
; Evarisville, Paduc-ah and Nashville trad<
i was sunk in the Cumberland river at
: point eight miles north of Paducah dui
ing a storm late yesterday, according t
I word reaching here today. The Lovr
was valued at 175,000 and carried
Ifiarfto estimated to be worth |26,00l
Trie crew escaped.
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rorld politics]
:lares straus
issador Says Opposition
igram Is "Sheer Pardiets
Senators' Rout.
1
I councils of the league. They talk!
d about the British empire's six votes |
and our one. This refers to the house
of delegates. They know, or ought
to know, that the real power in di- j
o recting the affairs of the league is
R vested m the council of nine, in which
the five great powers?America, Brit- i
s ain. France Italv and Japan?have ;
-.one vote each, with the four remain- j .
e j ing votes split up anions the smaller ,
! powers.
! "They know, or ought to know, that j
| far from undermining: the Monroe .
Lj 1 doctrine, the league sets up what is j
! tantamount to a Monroe doctrine for
e j the whole world. Instead of increas- i
5, ing the danger that the doctrine will j
be attacked, the league immensely |
strengthens the probability that it
| never will be attacked. !
>' "The suggestions about overriding;
s ! the Constitution of the United States }
- i and other things are bogies erected
oily the republicans for their own pur- c
- ; poses. They are erected by men out (
n|of step with the march of events
i
"In World Politics to Stay."
"Whether we want it or not. the c
n American people are in world politics e
f, to stay. We can withdraw, as the re- ,
o publicans would have us do, only at
the cost of losing the splendid posis
tion we have won for ourselves in the i
s last two years and inviting for our- t
K selves, perhaps, dangers of which we
l~ do not now dream.
' "Nobody, I am certain, is more con- <
d scious than is Mr. Wilson that the c
11 covenant as now drawn up is not pere
feet. Undoubtedly it requires amend*
merit here and there. In the nature of |
j the case it must be more or less pre- I
liminary and experimental. i s
"When the Wright brothers first 1
demonstrated to the world at Kittyt
hawk, N. C., in 1903, that they had
n constructed a machine that could fly
s they were aware that they had not
reached perfection. Yet, within ten
p years their airplane had become an accomplished
scientific fact,
e "The league of nations is admittedly
ly in the Kittyhawk stage of devel- s
c opment. He would be a rash prophet i
e who dared to foreshadow that it will
remain there. The world's mind is .
made up too firmly that it shall not. [
"Those who, in the spirit of little .
Americanism or little international- {
d ism. attempt to prevent the league of f
y nations airplane from soaring to its I j
- appointed heights will suffer the fate;,
of the many men who fooled unwisely g
- with the flying machine propellers?
e they will be smashed in pieces." i
IriDCT Dr/IPC CIMAI i
I ll\01 ILnULINWL li
J IN CASE OF HUNS
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b Pact With Germany's Allies j
Soon to Follow Treaty l
Nearing Completion. ;
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BY OLIVER OWES KUHtf. 0
t Staff Ctrmfoadnt of The Star. ]
(By Wireless.) j
' PARIS, March 18.?There will be no i c
e preliminary peace in so far as Ger- j t
' many is concerned. The pact which 1 j
German delegates will be asked to i c
11 sign, incorporating, as it will, the j j
t league of nations covenant, will be *
8 the final one. ; ,
i The allied powers in Paris then will j J
3 j proceed with settlements with Ger- i
? j many's allies. After the signing of ;
y | the pact with Germany and her allies, !
- ' which will come within a few weeks, \ '
j1 i the allies will proceed to settle their c
s I own problems. ; r
j Many of these allied issues possibly f
I will take weeks of negotiation, but r
j from the standpoint of the United [ ^
d i States this country will cease to voice ; t
& ' Ddrticiilar Interewt aft.. ?'**
u (both Germany and Austria is signed, t
In view of conditions In Austria and I
her possible junction with Germany, o
it is doubted in Paris that formal a
agreements between the allies and f
f Austria, save so far as they affect a a
P general pact with Germany, can be ; c
P ! signed.
r Pichon's interview, in which he said i
r ! a league would not be incorporated in
| a preliminary pact, is regarded as a
t political kite. j o
s' The French, desirous of an early ; 0
I, pact with Germany as. incidentally, ,
. every one else is, are now seeking to 1
j bolster opinion to defer this league If j c
s it is.consjdered necessary to effect an a
i early agreement with Germany. 1
e I Owing to the trend of developments l
. | and the speedy work of conference , 11
. | committees on various phases of the : ?
-'agreement with Germany, there will i \
- be no occasion to defer discussions or ;
' action upon the league. The commit- c
p tee engaged in co-ordinating commit- j
tee reports is proceeding also and y
soon all tenets to be embraced in the ! f
pact with Germany will be ready. j
; FRENCH AIRMEN COMING \l
! HERE IN LOAN CAMPAIGN '
tj it
i 1 *
* j One of Eight in Party May Make j ?
? Flight Across Ocean?English ! i
d I I
Aviators Also Expected. ! i
r i 1
i. i \
Kight French aviators of distinction i
will come to the United States to aid | ,
in the victory loan drive, it was t
learned at the Treasury Department j
I- j today. The names of seven of the a
, aviators already have reached the de- \
" ' partment. The report from abroad 1
published in the morning papers that !
a French aviator was about to make ,
:r the attempt to fly across the Atlantic <
>f ocean has led some of the Treasury '
' officials to speculate on his being the
eighth aviator promised for the vice
tory loan drive.
Invitations were extended to Marshal
Foch and Marshal Petain to come .
to the United States at the time of the J
e opening of the loan campaign. Both,
d however, have been compelled to den
I cline the invitations owing to their
i- duties abroad at this time.
! An invitation has been extended to
I Marshal Haig of the British army ?
I also. It is understood that a number r
1. 1 of British aviators as well as the ,
French will come here to aid in the
e I loan drive. c
e I ^
f. I n a? TT?J ? "
a i senator xienaerson in Air Xnp. 1
Senator Henderson of Nevada left j(
? Washington at 2:15 o'clock today for 8
a New York In an airplane piloted by t
5. MaJ. W. O. Ocker. He planned to land r
at Mincola. L. X. o
SAYS PEOPLE WANT
SOME LEAGUE PLAN
Senator Kellogg Declares
Sentiment Is Unprecedented
for War Preventing Mode. !
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POPULAR CHORD TOUCHED
Senator Kellogg of Minnesota, who
s back from a trip home, brings the
'eport that there is a widely prevailng
feeling among all classes of people
11 favor of the general plan of a
eaguo of nations to prevent future ;
cars. The senator says that never has j
te seen the people of his state so gen- j
wally united upon an idea or a policy, i
He says that thus far they have not
lualvzed the covenant of the league
)f nations, but indorse the proposition
is a whole.
Senators who oppose the covenant
if the league declare that unquestionibly
this same spirit and feeling prevails
to a large extent throughout the
lountry and they realize that they
lave their work cut out for them in
rying to arouse the country to apjreciation
of the dangers and menace
>f the covenant as they see them and
iharge them to be.
President Sees His Advantage.
These opposing senators go on to
lay that President Wilson is evidently
iware of the psychology of the advantage
he possesses in this contest
vith a portion of the Senate and that
le is staking his all upon the general
iredisposition of the people to a cora>act
of nations to prevent war, intent i
jpon clinching the scheme upon the
lation before his opponents can purrne
their campaign of education
igainst it.
If President Wilson can come back
icon with the covenant of the league
ncorporated in the main treaty of
>eace. tnese senators reel tnat witn
his prevailing widespread sympathy
'or a league to which they cannot
>lind their eyes to support him. he
vill be in a position difficult to aslail.
The suggestion has been made that
f the covenant is included In the
ireaty. it would be possible by a bare
Tiajority vote in the Senate to sepa- i
ate the covenaht from the treaty j
md then ratify the treaty as thus
intended. Objection is raised to that
ilan that it would be tantamount to j
ejecting the peace treaty, as the !
iocument would then have to go back
o the other nations for reconsidera- i'
!ion. i
Opponents Are Dubious.
Taking stock of the elements of advantage
possessed by the President
n his contest with them, the opposite
senators feci that he -is in post- '
don to touch upon a great popular
:hord of sentiment and make it repond,
while upon them devolves a
iwyerlike task of argument, logic
md reasoning. They ask themselves, .
rith rueful looks, whether it will be
>08sible to get their briefs and oral
rguments of the case before the mass ,
f the people effectively.
The President, hie cabinet, Mr. Taft,
Prof. Lowell and other distinguished
nen declare that the covenant is all
ight. that it does not embody the
langers alleged against it; that it is
essential to world peace. Already preiisposed
in favor of it. will not the
ank and file be inclined to "take a
hance," it is asked, on the new proect
for world peace and insist upon
he Senate ratifying the treaty, covelant
and all? That is the thought
vhich is worrying the "opposition"
ust now.
World Will Demand Peace. ,
They realize further that as soon as
he work of the peace commission
:onferences draws to a close and it
iresents a plan for peace, although it
nay not appeal to every one as perect,
there will be such a world denand
for peace, such nostalgia for
far and its aftermath, that a clamor '
vill set in for ratification?"and let
he future take care of itself."
The opposing senators say that if
hov had time and ODnortunitv thpv
>elieve they could convince the mass j
f the people that their charges
gainst the covenant are founded on
act and In truth. Some of the main
negations in the indictment of the
ovenant they present are these:
Faults of Covenant.
"That it transfers the sovereignty
f this nation from the people theref
to an international trust.
"That it places the control of this
ountry's destiny in the hands of an
.utocratic mixed commission ot Euopeans
and Asiatics, in which the
Jnited States will have one vote in '
line.
"That it violates the Monroe doc- ,
rine. which is held sacred as an
American tradition, second only in j
anctity to the Washington doctrine 1
f no foreign alliances.
"That It repudiates outright the
Vashlngton doctrine of no permanent
oreign alliances. !
"That it gives England, through,
he inclusion of her colonies of Canida,
Australia, New Zealand and 1
iouth Africa, preponderating influ- !
ince as against the L'nited States,
vith one vote on the council.
"That it involves sending Amerl- | 1
an boys to police the nations of the 1
vorld in which they have no posiihle
interest or concern.
"That it vests the war-making '
lower, now resting in Congress under '
he Constitution of the United States, '
n a commission of nine, in which
ne i.iiueu watra wuuiu nave one i 1
,-ote." i j
These are some of the specifics- '
ions in the brief which the opposing i
lenators have written in support of i 1
heir case and which they would like
o argue before the people. "But can 1
t be done?" they are now asking one !
inother. If the President comes home j
vith a treaty to bring peace now, and j '
vhich he will claim will cause peace ! 1
o be kept by international agree- j
nent forever after, can their argu- i 1
nents convince the country of their j:
rounter claim that it will not assure i!
>eace except at the sacrifice of priceess
American policies?
BAVARIANS ELECT PREMIER, j
Kerr Hoffmann to Form Cabinet
While Diet Is Adjourned.
BASEL., March 18.?Herr Hoffmann,
oclalist minister in the Eisner
;overnment, has been elected prenler
of Bavaria by the diet, according
o a Munich dispatch to the Frankfort
iazette. After the election the diet ad- ,
ourned to give the new premier time
o form a cabinet.
At the beginning of the sitting party
eadcrs declared their adhesion to the
tato constitution which was framed by
hA IntA nrAmiar and o trrnnW ?
"w ?? r- ? - "D* Ull^Ui" I i
nously on the first and second readings I
it the document, it is reported. 1
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RULES BONE-DRY
ACT VOl OTHERS
Judge Hardison Holds It Annuls
Sheppard and Military
Zone Laws.
DISMISSES TWO CASES ;
<
i
Under a ruling promulgated by j i
Judge Hardison in passing sentence in 1
a liquor case in the District of Columbia
branch of the Police Court this
morning, the Reed bone-dry law re- !
peals the Sheppard prohibition law and
the "military zone law." j
The point aroae in the case of 1
Adolnh Danan. ODCratinK a motor '
truck, charged under the Sheppard
act with bringing Into the District
sixty-six cases of whisky, valued at
$2,000 before 6 a.m.. February 25, the
day the Reed amendment went Into
effect. Attorney M. Miller, for
the defendant, filed a motion to quash
the Information, contending that the
government could not prosecute under
the Sheppard law for the reason that
the Reed amendment, or bone-dry
law, repealed that law. ""
The court ordered the prosecution
quashed and issued an order on the
police department for the return of
the whisky. '
This, it is held, will bar prosecution
of a number of cases made under the I
Sheppard prohibition law. A similar
ruling was made by the court in the
case of Clarence J. Peck.
Commenting on the decision of the
court in these cases, Judge Hardison
said: ;
"Because of the lack of a specific 1
clause in the Sheppard law regarding '
the transportation feature. Congress 1
enacted the Reed law to apply to the '
District, thereby stopping the gaps in 1
the Sheppard law. Since the Reed law '
Is intended to plug up holes in the
Sheppard law it thereby repeals that '
special part. However cases that have 5
been passed on are not affected." f
ANTI-SALOON COUNSEL |
DEFINES INTOXICANTS ?
Declares Two and Three-Fourths l
Per Cent Alcohol Barred in *
Beer by Prohibition. (
Moi/inp- find sell in er of lacpr heer
' " " - ?I
with two and three-fourths per cent (
alcohol in it after July 1 will consti- 1
tute a violation of the war prohibition
act, according to Wayne B. <
Wheeler, general counsel of the AntiSaloon
League of America.
"Beer and wine are definitely prohibited
by this act," Mr. Wheeler
states. "If any other malt or vinous
liquor is made which is not beer or ^
nine, it is true we would have to
prove it was intoxicating. This is 1
why we urge Congress before July 1 ;s
to further define the term intoxicat- t
Ing liquor,' just as they are doing in
all of the states and in their laws
controlling the liquor traffic. r
"The District of Columbia prohibi- x
tion law defines intoxicating liquor s
as follows: 'Whenever the term "alcoholic
liquor" is used in this act it <3
shall be deemed to include whisky, ' g
brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, porter, v
ceer, cordials, hard or fermented cider, 1
alcoholic bitters, ethyl alcohol, all malt C
iquors and all other alcoholic liquors.' r
"Arkansas. Alabama. Michigan, t
South Dakota and many other states
include all alcoholic liquors in the t
definition. Georgia. Indiana, Ne- j.
braska. Oregon, Utah, Virginia. West t
Virginia and several other states fix a
the standard of an intoxicant at one- ;
half of 1 per cent alcohol. '
"The federal government for years,
through Its Treasury decisions, has ,
idopted the same standard. T.he re- *
cent measures in Congress fixing the
liability for payment of a tax on re
tail liquor dealers has fixed the.
standard at one-half of 1 per cent. If i?
the brewers think they are going to , '1
make and sell lager beer under war j
prohibition or permanent prohibition
they will be greatly disappointed." Ifl
SOLDIER INSURANCE PLAN j"
LEGAL, SAYS MR. PALMER h
The last legal obstacle to the issu- j
ince of ?* new insurance policy into
which soldiers' insurance may be concerted
was removed today, when At- C
torney General Palmer Kave an opin- r
ion that the Treasury might pay in- t
surance to the estates of deceased e
I arsons as well as to specific benefl- t
ciaries. j
The form of the policy was sent to t
Secretary Glass for approval and will a
he ready for final announcement C
within a few days. j
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THE ARTFUL DODGERS.
EXTRACONGRESSCALL
EXPECTED BEFORE JUNE
Officials Holding Opinion Admit
Absence of Information of
President's Purpose.
An extra session of Congress before
June 1 is believed to be a certainty
by many government officials and
members of Congress, although their
predictions are without the support of
evidence to show that President Wilson
has changed his determination not
to summon Congress before his return
from France.
Views of Cabinet Officers.
Cabinet officers are known to believe
that the session will begin in May.
some expecting the date to be about
the middle of the month, with others
suggesting an earlier date, probably
May 5. As far as known none or
the cabinet members has specifically
recommended any date to the. President,
but Secretary Glass is understood
to have presented certain facts
In regard to the government's flnan;ial
situation from which the Presiient
may make his own deductions.
Members of Congress remaining in
Washington, particularly the republicans,
hope that the session will be
called two months before the end of
the current fiscal year, next June 30.
so ample opportunity will be given
for considering appropriation bills
that failed at the last Congress.
Republican Reader l.odge of the Senate,
has sent letters to all republican
senators requesting them to record
their address of May 15 with his
office, but this was said to be without
significance.
White House Advices From Paris.
White House officials said today if
reports from Paris that the peace
:reaty might be completed next week
proved accurate Pres.dent Wilson
V... * V, mi/i/H,. f
ii if* hi iqiuni iiuhic uy mc imuuic wi
\prtl. No information regarding the
probable date of approval of a treaty
ias been received at the White House.
A statement prepared by Secretary
"llass of the Treasury Department
thowing the imperative need of the
fovernment for the appropriations
vhich Congress failed to put through
will be transmitted by cable to the
^resident today, it was learned at the
iVhite House.
It is not necessary for the President
o be in Washington to issue a call
'or an extra session of Congress. It
s likely, according to opinion exmessed
in some quarters, that the
^resident may send out the call for a
ipecial session while he is still
ibroad. In this way he will give the
nembers time to assemble, and also
rive himself time to be in this county
on the day that Congress conenes.
Secretary Tumulty also has cable!
he. President that there is urgent nesessity
for Congress meeting as soon as
x>ssible.
SHOTS AND CLUBBINGS .
MARK LAWRENCE STRIKE
LAWRENCE. Mass., March 18.?
Vhile the police were trying to break
ip a parade of textile workers today
ihols were fired from tenement
louses, officers were stoned and per
ons in the crowd clubbed. Many arests
were made. It was the most
dolent disturbance that had occurred
ince the strike began, six weeks ago.
The strikers had picketed the mills
luring the opening hours. After the
;ates were closed they formed a colimn
for a parade. At the head of the
ine, according to City Marshal T. .1.
I'Brien. were red flags. He sum
noned reserves from police headquarers
and read the riot act.
Stones and bottles were thrown
hen from the outskirts of the crowd,
ihots also were fired from a nearby
louse, but no one was hit. Officers
irrested the occupants of the buildng.
In the meantime other policemen
.nd strike sympathizers had an enounter.
Several persons were knock- ]
id down with police clubs and two j
ifficers were hit by stones or bottles.
l^ater twenty-one men were arraigned
m a charge of rioting. Kach pleaded
ot guilty and bonds were set at $500
or a hearing March 26. The charge
gainst another person arrested was
ropped.
Strike leaders denied that any red
ags were carried and said that an Italtn
flag must have been mistaken for
he revolutionary banner in the fog.
A/ILL NAME DELEGATES
TO ORGANIZE VETERANS'
Col. K. I.ester Jones, commander of j
Jen. Pershing Post. No. 1, recently
ormed as the District of Columbia J
ranch of a proposed world war vet- j
rans' organization, announced today
hat delegates would be appointed |
.larch 24 to meet with delegates from |
he states and overseas to consider i
, national organization program. I
len. Pershing has been advised of the
ilan by cable.
A..
AGAIN CRITICISES
LHMNANT
Senator Reed Discusses Arguments
of Advocates of
i
Proposed Constitution.
ADDRESS IN HOME STATE
By the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 18.?
The Missouri legislature, in joint session,
today heard an address by United
j States Senator Reed of Missouri in
criticism of the league of nations constitution.
Reiterating contentions that the
league would impair American sovereignty,
abrogate the Monroe doctrine,
violate the American Constitution,
create a "super-government of the
world" and force the United States
into world-wide difficulties and policing
obligations. Senator Reed challenges
assertions of its advocates that
the league decrees and powers would
be merely advisory. He insisted that
its action would be mandatory and in!
volve "command of the world."
Limited Power Phase Discussed.
"There are a number of advocates of
the league," said Senator Reed, "who
seek to protect it against the indignation
of the American people by arguing
that the council has only 'the
power to recommend' and that it is
then optional with the several nations
to compel or to refuse to comply with
the recommendations.
"Let us examine that miserable argument.
If it be a true statement,
then the league is backed by no force
whatsoever and the league is
an innocuous thing. Why multiply so
many words about armies and navies 1
and force if there is to be no force?
"If, however,, it is contended that
the obligation is morally binding,
then indeed we are worse off *
because the United States will keep
its moral obligations whereas some
other nations might not.
Cays President Upset Contention.
"All these contentions were utterly
I destroyed by the President, who.
when he presented the league constitution
to the peace council,
expressly stated: 'Armed force is in
the background of this progam, but it
is in the background and if the moral
force of the world will not suffice, the
physical force of the world shall.' "
In detail Senator Reed analyzed the
league charter, copies of which he
had distributed to all members of the
joint legislative session. Declaring
that the tentative constitution was
of British origin, he asserted that
1 America would be directly entangled
in European alliances, and added:
"European diplomats have skillfully
woven their spider's web so that we
may be caught in its meshes and may
be bound for all time to send our
gallant sons to assist the dominant
nations of the earth in policing the
world, and ultimately to assist some
of them in the ambitions for power or
quarrels over territory."
I No Provision for Withdrawal.
! Asserting that the league charter
contains no provision for withdrawal
of nations from the league, Senator
Heed continued:
"Those who conceived its structure
did not intend to allow the United
i States to escape, once it should fatefully
step within the entangling web.
"The American people were told
j that the constitution of the league
[ had been conceived by American rep- :
! resentatives and was being forced on '
reluctant Europe. It now transpires
that the entire scheme, from first to
last, with some slight modification, is
. i. ? of Rritinh KtuttfamnnHhin " !
inc v?-w ? - j
This might indicate, he said, why j
I Kngland would outvote the United
States five to one and be allowed to
retain her fleet.
Attacks Council Feature.
The executive council feature of the
plan was attacked especially by the
senator.
"We thus create an oligarchy clothed
with more arbitrary powers than !
were ever wielded by any despot of
earth." he said. "Here is a tribunal
of five men, without any limitation i
whatever upon their authority,against j
whose decision once rendered there
1S HO appeal fwvc iu anueu lurues.
Against the abuse of their power
there are neither checks nor safeguards.
If this be not a creation of
the very command of the world, then
the language of agreements cannot
create powers."
Senator Keed said there was wide
public misconception of the league
and that a majority of the American
people had not read the proposed constitution.
"The misapprehension thus threat(.Continued
on Second Page.)
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PRESIDENT SEEKS
i ACCORD III PARLEY
i WITH PREMIERS
Decisive Effort to Be Made
Today to Reach Common
Understanding.
?
COLLOQUY TAKES PLACE
OF COUNCIL'S SESSION
Revised Covenant to Be Ready for
Adoption at End of Next
Week.
By th^ Assor.atfnl I'ren.s.
PARIS. March 1H.?President Wilson
will hold .in important conference with
Premiers Lloyd George. Clemeneeau
and Orlando at the Paris "white house"
today. This meeting of premiers, representing
the supreme directing force
of the peace conference, takes the
i place of the session of the supreme
| council, which has lieen postponed unitil
tomorrow to permit the meeting.
Effort to Secure Accord.
The question to be discussed Is the "
: large one of securing accord between
the great powers on all phases of the
: peace treaty and its early presentation
to the Germane.
It Is expected an agreement will bo
reached as to the Inclusion of the
league of nations as an integral part
1 of the peace treaty, in accordance
with the resolution wnicti has l-een
already adopted by the peace conferi
enc*.
Special interest attaches tn
coriltrence In view of recent report*
of divergences between the oower*
: as to the inclusion of a league plan in
the treaty. The meeting Is looked
upon as an earnest decisive effort to
reconcile all views Into a common
understanding for an early conclusion
of peace in a comprehensive
form, includinR military naval, economic
and financial terms as well aa
the league of nations.
Situation Is Clarified.
The general situation as to tho
peace treaty has been greatly clarified
i during the past twenty-four hours by
; discussions between the heads of variI
ous delegations, and American i omi
missioners took the view today that
the attitudes of the American, French
and British governments would be
brought into entire accord. The conferences
which have been held by
Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain,
Leon Bourgeois of France and CoL
E. M. House of the United States hava
reached a tentative accord, and there * ?
is reason to believe that today's meeti
ing will approve the action thua
taken.
He vised Covenant Next Week.
Present plans contemplate the completion
of hearings given neutral nations
on the league of nations during
the present week and during the succeeding
week attention will be given
to boundaries, reparation and other
branches of the treaty.
It is believed that the revised league
covenant will be ready for adoption
at the end of next week.
A letter signed by President Wilson
and Premiers Clemenceau and Orlando
was handed to Premier Lloyd George
this afternoon strongly urging him to
postpone for a fortnight his return to
England, In view of the urgency of.
the problems before the peace conference.
Mr. Lloyd George will submit
the letter to the British cabinet
and it is understood will act in ac-'
cord to its views.
Helgoland Forts to Be Hazed.
The fortifications on the Island of
Helgoland, Germany's formidable base
in the North sea, must be dismantled.
una ut-cision was reacnea toaay Dy
the supreme allied war council.
It was decided also that the Kiel
canal should be internationalized and
made available to the ships of all nations
on even terms.
Tolls will be collected to pav for
the maintenance of the canal, Germany
probably will retain sovereignty
of the waterway.
The council has under consideration
! the question of maintaining Helgo;
land as a port of refuge for peaceful
I craft.
Disposition of German warships Is
j not likely to be included in the treaty
of peace, according to the view of the
; American peace delegation. Germany. <
however, will be required to surrender
title to the ships. The ultimate ownership
will be determined later.
The British delegation to the peace
conference, it was announced today.
; has consented to refer to the supreme
council the question of the future
ownership of the German cables to
America. All parties interested in the
question are preparing briefs.
COL. BISHOP OPEEATED OH.
Hoted Aviator in Roanoke for Address
Develops Appendicitis.
ROANOKE, Vs., March 18.?Col.
William A. Rishon. retired, the noted
Canadian aviator, underwent an operation
here late last night for acute
appendicitis. Attending surgeons announced
early todav his condition "
was as well as could be expected.
Col. Bishop was here to deliver
an address, but became ill shortly
before the hour set for his appear- 1
ance. All his engagements in the
south have been canceled.
Col. Bishop, conceded to be the
world's leading "ace." with an official
record of seventy-two Hun planes, is
well known in Washington, having
made three trips to this city. He was
here tlrst in 1917 in connection with
military duties, at which time he was
a major, with a record of forty-eeven
planes. Col. Bishop lectured a*. the
National Theater late in January of
this year for the benefit of the Working
Boys" Home, and again on February
17. at Pali's, under the auspices
of the British and Canadian Patriotic
Society, headua<?rters of which Is
here.
The flier is at present serving as honorary
aid-de-camp to the governor general
of Canada.
United Mine Workers Meet.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 18?A
"policy" meeting of about 150 representatives
of the twenty-si* districts
of the United Mine Workers of America
began at the international headquarters
of the organization here today.
The representatives will discuss
and probably decide on questions relating
to unemployment, wage contracts
and general conditions expected
to develop during the reconstruction
period.
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