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WORLD AWAITS NEXT MOVE OP
WILSON QN PEACE PACT WHILE
SENATE SQUABBLES ON POLICY
Diplomats Expect Notification of Failure to Ratify to Be
Followed by Separate Peace with. Germans and Sub
mission of League of Nations to People at Pools
At Presidential Election
WASHINGTON'. March 22. In the
absence of any authoritative predic
tion of what President Wilson would
do with the unratified treaty, the
Impression Rained in diplomatic
circles today that the first step prob
ably would be a notification t the
other powers that tho senate had
refused ratification.
Diplomats pointed out that such a
notification could be given to clarify
eilations between the United States
and othe rpowers. regardless of what
decision the president might make
later on the treaty's re-submission to
the senate or negotiations of a sep
arate treaty.
It was predicted in some quarters,
that the president might combine a
notification of the treaty's failure
with an announcement of his future
purpose, so that the nations that
have ratified may be advised of what
course they can expect developments
to take.
Wait on Wilson
Senate leaders are understood to
have been influenced partly by such
a possibility in thtir decision to de
l.iv their action of declaration of
peace, preferring to know what the'
president will do before going ahead.:
Today there was some discussion of
the peace declaration proposal in con-j
ference. but it was predicted that it
would not come up on the floor for)
"Z?5r- ,j
house, both of which would have toj
act on a peace resolution as to the
form the declaration should take.
Mild reservation Republicans have
declared they would be adverse to in
cluding any statement of policy which
would regard the treaty and the
league of nations as dead, while He
publican irreconcilables want ques
tions of policy left out.
In predicting a notification might
be sent to the other powers of the
senate's return of the treaty to the
president, diplomats said that the
case had taken a different aspect
since the adverse ratification vote in
November. Then the teraty was not
sent back to the president and it was
possible for him to preserve silence.
Bulls, Boxers and
Lions Won't Fight;
Showman Fined
CALEXICO. March 22. Eduardo Ra
moH. mayor of Mexicalll, Mexico, today
established a precedent for the. guid
ance and amusement of purveyors
when he fined a iromotor $300 gold
for violating promises to the public.
An entertainment was held yester
day at the Mexican bull ring at which
the principle feature was advertised as
a fight between a lion and a bull. The
lion was secured from a company
which recently showed here. It was
taken to the ring, but could not be
coaxed or driven to meet the waiting
bull. A boxing contest and two bull
fights also failed to satisfy the 1000
persons who had purchased admis
sions and the promoter's arrest fol
lowed. Chicago Teamsters
Declare a Walkout
CHICAGO, March 22. The first
walkout In what may be a general
strike of city employes occurred today
when five hundred teamsters and
chauffeurs quit work, tying up collec
tion of garbage and interfering with
street cleaning.
The men demanded an increase of
two dollars a day. The chauffeurs re
ceive six dollars and the teamsters
nine dollars. Officers of the clerks
and stenographers' union notified the
city council that a strike would be call
ed Thursday unless demands for an in
crease of $25 a month were granted,
and delegates from other groups of
city employes asked for wage advanc
es. Th council today considered the
1980 budget which totals $31,190,000 in
an effort to straighten out wage diffi
culties but took no action.
The question of establishing a mo
dus vivendi with the allies over
clauses of the treaty in which the
United States is inextricably bound
by her interests yi case a separate
peace is decided on. is not believed
to offer great difficulties. Allied of
ficials, it is thought would be quick
to endravor to reach an understand
ing which might preserve lines es
tablished by the war.
In some dinloiuatie uuarters, it
was thought probable a separate';
peace might be established with Ger-
! mavn a modus Vivendi negotiated
wUh the aUieg and tho quPstion of
the covenant of League of Rations
alone left to the "solemn referendum"
of the nation.
French Are Forgotten
The fate of the French defensive
treaty appears to diplomatic olficials
to have been forgotten.
B A 0 MEMORY!
Sims Declares Benson Made
Speech bout righting
The British
WASHINGTON. March 22. Rear I
Adniiral Sims told the senate investi-i
gating committee today that Rear!
Admiral Benson, chief of operations j
during the war and now chairman of
the shipping board, was the officer
who told him "not to let the British
pull the wool over your eyes ; we would
ADMIRAL SAYS
T AS
as soon ngm tnem as tne uermans. recipient of favors of such a nature
This was not a formal instruction,! witnout himself being responsible. 1
the admiral said, but was told tojhoDO General Wood will not permit
hin before other naw officers, after
Secretary Daniels hnd given him fin
al instructions previous to his depart
ure overseas, where he became, com
mander of American naval forces. It
was repeated the following day, he
declared, end six months later when
Admiral Benson visited Taris.
Admiral Sims was reluctant to re
veal the name of the officer making
tho statement, but Chairman Hale in
sisted. Admits Indiscretion
Cross examination by Senator Pitt
man, Democrat. Nevada, developed
that Admiral Sims had shown his
letters criticizing the navy depart
ment's conduct of the war fo Henry
P. Davison, of New York, about Jan
uary 13. Admiral Sims conceded this
wa-4 "an indiscretion."
Senator Pittman said he had reason
to believe a copy of the letter had
reached a Washington newspaper cor
respondent who probably would be
called later.
Explaining his interpretation ofi
what Admiral l enson. said the wit-j
ncrf. he had given the statement ser-
ious consideration then because he
had assumed it resulted from what
he described as an intensely anti-i
British feeling entertained by Ad
miral Benson. He added that Admiral
Benson was "an upstanding and hon
est man."
Contradicts Daniels
Commenting briefly on Secretary
.1
Daniels' statement before the com
mittee. Admiral Sims said that in his
testimony on awards, "the secretary
stated he had reminded me of the in
discretion of a speech I made at
Guild Hall. i
"The secretary's recollection is I
thoroughly mistaken." the witness'
added, "no reference was made to I
that occasion."'" I
In reply to questions by Senator'
Pittman calculated to bring out that j
he made public his letter regarding'
naval decorations before secretary i
Daniels received it. Admiral Sims de-1
clared neither he nor any of his staff j
gave the matter any publicity.
"I am no spring chicken," he said.
"and am not putting my head into a I
noose unnecessarily. I even carried I
the only copy around In my pocke1
so I would know it did not get out
prematurely."
BORAH CHARGES
100 WITH FREE
USE OF CASH T 0 1
GET NOMINATION
;
Senator Calls General for
Accounting of Alleged
Campaign Fund
SAYS THE PEOPLE
"BECOME RESTLESS'
Makes Half Veiled Threat of
Legal Action Against j
. Candidate !
WASHINGTON. March 22. Acting!
on published reports tint large sums!
find been contributed to Major General
Leonard Wood's campaign fund, Sena- j
tor Borah, Republican, Idaho, called ;
on the general and his campaign man
agers today for the names of subscrib
ers, amounts and "the manner in
which it is being used."
"General Wood's managers not only
owe it to their candidate, but still!
more to the party and the country to j
clear these charges in an unmistake-1
auie way, neumor duiuu uwutit-u mi
a statement.
"The of money in elections has
reached a point where the people will !
have to take hold of it," he said. ' It j
is nothing le3s than a national peril j
that two months before the convention ' proposnl ro pav adjusted compensa
te use of money in the attempt to con j mm wom.
trol I he convention has reached the!
point of a scandal.
Talks of "Corruption"
"That a vast sum of money is being
spent is perfectly apparent. I have
seen letters from South Dakota, Vir
ginia and Illinois showing that the
neonle generally are becoming very
restless in the face of the apparent use j
of money for corrupt purposes.
"From what I have known of Gener-;
ai Wood I would not suspect him lor.
a moment of doing the things himself
that are charged against him, but it is
not sufficient that he does not himself
actually participate. He cannot be the
1nU nialtPr to go until it will become
a subject which others will have to
take hold of."
Proctor Denies Charge
CHICACO, March 22. That no mon
ey had been expended except within
the strictest limits of state and nation
al law to advance the Wood candidacy
for president, was the statement made
tonight by William Proctor, chairman
of the Wood committee, in regard to
Senator Borah's query in a statement
today asking about campaign funds.
Chairman Proctor's statement follows:
"Wood is the candidate of the people
and not of the politicians. His candi
dacy has been fought by political com
binations and senatorial groups from
the beginning. His campaign is being
conducted by men who are not politi
cians. No money has been spent ex
cept within the strictest limits of the
slate and national law and solely for
the purpose stated."
"
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W dSIUllglOU JOII1S
Suffrage Lineup
OLYMP fA. Wash., March 22.
Ratification of the proposed suffrage
amendment to the federal constitu
tion was completed by the Washing-
ton Legislature late today, when the
senate unanimously passed a resolu-
t ion "ratifying the amendment. Passed
by t lie house before it was sent to
the senate. Washington was the
thirty-fifth state to ratify the amendment.
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SENATE CONFIRMS
BAINBR1DGE COLBY
STATE SECRETARY J
WASHINGTON, larch 2z. The
nomination of Bainpridge Colby as
secretary of state wfis confirmed by i
the senate late today.
Word reached the state depart- S
ment today from New York that
Mr. Colby would come to take the )
oath of office tomorrow. The first
business to receiver his attention j
will be the issuance of about 4000
passports, that have accumulated f
since Undersecretary of State Polk
ceased to act as secretary.
Reorganization of the Depart-
; ment will be another task. There ;
i are mr.ny vacancies to be filled and
j the ctfice of assistant secretary ;
has been vacated since Wm. Phil- J
! lips was appointed minister to Hoi- J
land. Undersecretary Polk will re- ;
sign as soon as possible. ;
ASKS 11,51 TOR
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Legion Puts Up New Bill
tQ Congress for Soldier
Compensation
WASHINGTON, March 22. The
executive committee of the American
Legion tonight put up to congress the
en $1.50 for every day in service.
This action reversed a previous
vote by the committee which record
ed 37 representatives for the legis
lative committee's plans for cash re
lief at one dollar a day, adopted as a
substitute for the original of $50 a
month. The committee's determina-
tion to boost relief followed a gener-
al review of a composite bill which
the legion will present to the house
ways and means committee ueunes-
day, including land. settlement and ex-
tension of vocational training,
Democrats of South Dakota
Want President to Run
For Third Term
SIOUX CITY, S. D., March 22.
Two of the four candidates for pres
idential endorsement at the South
Dakota primary election tomorrow
weer among an army of political cam-i
paigners in action throughout thei
state tonight, urging men and women'
voters to go to the polls.
The spirited struggle of General
Leonard Wood. Senator Hiram John
son. Governor Frank O. Ixwden. and
, Senator Miles Poindexter for Repub
j liean endorsement, eclipsed all other
primary issues. South Dakota's ten
delegates to the Republican National
i i ,-;u in..t,...t t K,,n.
Vtrilt Till ll'll n hi i'tt iiiruuv nvi f -.,'
' nr.rt flip candidate winninir the nri
maty.
. on,io.-oment from the ma -
f ..,(. .nrniinn!
held' at Pierre December 2. Lowdenj
got the minoritv endorsement while
Johnson and Poindexter filed as in-;
dependents for support at the pri -
mary. The Democratic convention en-
uorsed President Wilson for a thud ;
term, .lames W. Gerard of New i
York was the minoritv choice andi
James O. Monroe of Maywood,
filed as an independent.
Ill
FAVOR WILSON
FOR CANDIDATE
FIGHTS
ESTIMATES ON
VALUATION QN
0. s.
Owners and Workers at Point
Of Deadlock on Method
Of Procedure
PLUMB'S ATTORNEY
OBJECTS AT COUNCIL
Twenty Billion Is Value Put
On Property by Roads'
Lawyer
WASHINGTON, March 22. Rail
road executives and employes differed
widely before the interstate commerce
commission today as to the methods
to be employed in determining ine
toads' valuation on which an annual
net return of five and one-half per
cent is guaranteed for two years by
the transportation act.
Congress has made it imperative
that an immediate valuation be made,
A. P. Thorn, general counsel ior (he
railroad executives said. Property in
vestment accounts and material and
supply accounts, he declared to be the
minimum conservative figures now sua
ceptible to use. Data being gathered
by the commission is incomplete, hhe
said and should not be considered at
present.
Estimating at $20,000,000,000 the val
uation of the properties, Mr. Thoni de
clared over-statements in he roads'
accounts filed with the commission
would be more thau offset by the rise
in values in the last two years..
Speaking for railroad employes, Don
ald R. Richberg, representing Glenn
E. Plumb, author of the Plumb plan
for railroad ownership, expressed sur
prise that the executives and security
owners should advocate a const ruction
of the act "not as it is written, but as
it would have been but for a miscon
ception." He said the interest of the employes
j in the railroads' valuation lay in assur
ing a return sufficient to provide op
erating expenses which could meet the
reasonable wage requirements of the
workers. He denied congress intend
ed an immediate valuation should be
made and called the property invest
ment account evidence of "minor im
portance." Opposition to subdivision of the
western classification groups of roads
to form a southwestern sub-division
for the purpose of the new rate adjust
ment was vouched by Mr. Blvdsoe,
general counsel of the Santa Fe.
Wants Government
To Operate Plant
At Mussel Shoals
WASHINGTON. March 22. An an
nual profit of $2,900,000 would result
from government operation of the Mus
sel Shoals, Ala., nitrate plant, for man
ufacture of commercial fertilizer. Sec
retary Baker today told the senate
agriculture committee. The secretary
advocated passage oi tne war un-an-
i ...
ment bill to organize a $12,500,000 gov -
: eminent corporation iu oieiair
tlie
! Plant for commercial purposes.
The department's calculations
Mr.
Baker said, showed that cyanide could
be produced for $27 a ton and sold tor
$37.50 a ton, while sulphate of ammo-
jiua, in the production oi wiiun im
fovernnu-nt experts propose to special-
ize, would cost a ion. w punnm-
and would sell for $05.
Chilean interests now supplying fer-
, itilizer to this country could not com-
j pete with these figures.' he said.
-
Start Old Row in
Central America
WASHINGTON. March 22. Auita
tion for reunion of the Central Ameri
can republics into one nation has been
reviewed in Guatemala according
advices today, the result being that a
ttmse political situation has developed.
President Cabrera of Guatemala has
been an active opponent of the idea.
Salvador and Honduras have been con
tending for such a union for years.
Costa Rica is favorable but Nicaragua
- is opposed.
OADS
BY S PARTAGANS; OFFICERS OF
EBERT KILLED AND MUTILATED
Entire Cabinet Falls Before Demands of Radicals for an En
tire Labor Administration; Reds Invade Ruhr District" i
In Violation of Treaty; Government Troops u;
Drawn Back in Fighting on Rhine 1
PARIS (Havas) March 22. Eight thousand persons have been,
killed since the German revolution breakout on March 13, according to,
advices received here. Of this number 850 were killed in Berlin alone.
NOSKE RESIGNS
BERLIN, March 22. Gustav Noske, minister of defense, presented
his resignation to President Ebert this afternoon and the president ac
cepted it. Other cabinet changes are imminent.
It is announced that the independents today demanded a definite
labor cabinet and that the government is considering the demands.
WHOLE CABINET TO GO
BERNE, March 22. The whole Ebert-Bauer cabinet probably will
resign, according to Berlin advices. The crisis has been brought about
by the opposition aroused by the agreement with the trade unions, es
pecially in the rural districts.
The situation in the western industrial regions and in upper Silesia,
particularly Breslau, is still serious. The country people, however, are
calm.
E
OF 0. S.
orthern Lights, or opots on
.1 o
Sun; or Currents Make
News Short
NEW YORK, March 22. Aurora Bo
realis tonight kicked up her heels
danced all over the vicinity and put '
wires out of commission. The wire I
chief at Western Union reported the'
company had no instruments strong
enough to measure the voltage on the j
electrical currents. Nature's skylark-
ing in the northland at times during j
the night made telegraphy an impossi
bility. The American Telephone &
Telegraph Co., which also reported its
telegraph completely demoralized,
said the northern lights had not inter
rupted its telephone service.
Blames Sun Spots
DENVER, Colo., March 22. Tele
graph service into Denver was serious
ly crippled today by presence of what
electrical experts called earth cur
rents. Trouble was experienced both
to the east and west of Denver, in the
vicinity of Omaha and Salt Lake city.
Professor Herbert A. Howe, head of
the department of astronomy at Den
ver university, said it undoubtedly was
due to magnetic storms, caused by sun
spots. Others blamed the aurora bo
realis, and predicted further trouble
; tomorrow, based on previous experi
ences during the equinoouai storm
periods.
Press wires today carried barely
more than a third of the customary
news report.
Drys File Suit to
Stop Referendum
On Ratification
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 22.
' Counsel for the anti-saloon league of
j Missouri filed a brier in the supreme
court today to prevent the referendum
vote in November on the action of
Missouri legislature in ratifying the
constitutional prohibition amendment.
The suit will he argued at the April
term.
It seeks to prevent Attorney General
McCallister and Secretary of State
Sullivan from submitting the question
to the people.
Says Europe Can
Not Feed People
ROME. March 22. (Havas) Pre
mier Nitti. outlining to the chamber
of deputies today the policy of the
new cabinet, declared all European
countries were facing a hard situa
tion and weer threatened with fam
ine unless peace should quickly bo re
established. Tho premier said that
mor.) than 300.000.000 workers do not
produce tho necessaries of life. Rus
sia and Germany were producing lit
tle. Europe, he said, could only re
cover by reconstruction of Russia and
Germany.
STOPS
E
t-..t
SPARTACANS IN BERLIN
BERLIN. March 22. Conditions
in Germany were described by the
minister of defense this morning as
extremely serious.
"You cannot paint the situation
throughout Germany too black." an
official at the ministry declared to
the correspondent, after a survey of
the reports that had come in during
the night.
The situation in Berlin itself was
1:
characterized as "bad. In one rase
company of volunteers had been
overpowered by Spartacan forces, i's
officers killed and thefr bodies muti
lated. Thp 'southern and eastern
parts of Germany are reported quiet.
To the north of the Spree in the Ber
lin district the outposts of the reg
ulasr have been withdrawn, levins
detachments to ruard the toky:irds
and railway stations.
The marine brigade and th, P.altic
troops, which occupied Berlin during
the Kapp regime, have been cleared
out from Charlottenburg and have
joined the other military units at the
Doeberitz camp, where all are refit
ting. These troops, it was stated,
will be counted on as the chief pro
tectors .of Berlin.
' EBERT'S MEN BEATEN
BERLIN. March 22. Thc ministry
of defense informed the correspond
ent this morning that the conditions
in the Ruhr district were becomin
worse. The towns of Oele, Ahlen and
Dredsteinfurt. in Westphalia, south
east of Munster, had been taken by
the communists, it was stated, and
the movepient was spreading north
and east, and two crack reuiments of
government troops hid been forced to
fall back on the fortress or Wesel
on the right bank of the Rhine. 22
miles northwest of Essen, after heaxy
losses had been sustained on both
sides.
RADICALS GAINING
PARIS. March 2:. Spartacan
forces in the Ri:Lr valley of Germany
number at least 20.000. and some s
timate them at 40.000. according to
latest advices received at the foreign
office here.
Treaty Violated
The occupation of the Ruhr dis
trict by German troops is in direct
violation of Articles 42 and 43 or the
treaty of Versailles, it was pointed
out at the foreign office, which ad
ded the comment that this was the
first act committed by German in
violation or the treaty, the other vio
lations being those of omission.
Call Anderson of
Great Dry League
Before Assembly
ALBANY, N. Y.. March 22. - The
New York state assembly by a reso
lution adopted tonight will compel
William H. Anderson, state superin
tendent of the anti-saloon league, to
appear before the assembly Judiciary
committee to explain the foundation
of statements, utterances and publi
cations alleped to hav been mle by
him apainst legislators.
PALAFOX SURRENDERS
LAftEDO. March 22 Manuel PaU
fox. fan)ous Zapata general, head of
the soutnern rebel movement. Friday
surrendered unconditionally to Meii
cun authorities in the capital.