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hinnton Units INAL THE WEATHER: Probably cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Temperature at 8 a. m. 64 degrees. Nor mal temperature for May 22 for the last thirty years, 66 degrees. EDITION I Closing Wall Street Prices PRICE TWO CENTS. VTTT- i-Tk-rirk - i - -r Published every evening (IncludltiE Sunday) jNUIVTKRR 1117 Entered ai second -claa matter, at tn il Ui!iUUXl Al,ll-. DO,tofnc at Washington. D. C. WASHINGTON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1919. UNDER PROTE ERMAN i F ST" SIGN REPUBLICANS WOULD PASS "DRY" B TO PRESIDENT NEW YORK, May 22. Charles Michelson in a dispatch from Wash ington to the New York World says: The Republicans in Congress are canvassing the advisability of pass ing the prohibition buck to the Pres ident. There is an alluring sound to the resolution beginning ''Whereas the President has expressed the be lief that he has not the power, with out legislation by Congress, to de clare the end of wartime prohibi tion," and winding up with a format bestowal of the .power he says he lacks. "Leave It To President." The allurement consists in leaving it to the President to incur the hos tility of the drys if he pronounces the reprieve of beer and light wines, and of the wets if he does not The fly in the ointment is that the re sentment of the Prohibitionists might scatter far enough to' embrace the Congressmen responsible for au thorizing the reprieve, which the langOTgT" DT""tJierPresIdenfs message seems to indicate would, be forth coming. ' ""fr Before the lifted finger of the An-?i-Saloon League the statesmen are not yet indicated Us desires in the' premises, which makes it all 'the', more embarrassing. If Congress does, nothing the President will have "to make the decision about August, when demobilization will have prog- ressea to aucn a stage mat wiin-1 holding the proclamation declaring! it a fact might be depended on to infuriate the Anti-Prohibitionists. DUcuaa Politick. It is characteristic of the whole epi sode that nine out of ten of the men who voted wartime Prohibition are discussing the repeal solely from the standpoint of what political advantage o,r disadvantage there is in it and ut terly Ignore the right or wrong of the question. The President in his message prac tically states that the ostensible ob ject of the bill the conservation of food during the war period has been accomplished and that the law has no longer a legitimate title to a place in the statute books. Not one of tae Congressmen disputes this. They are taken up with the iniquity of putting it up to them to make the decision. Of course, nothing can be stated definitely as to the policy to be pur sued until the Anti-Saloon League gives permission. The suggestion that the various bills introduced in conformity with the President s recommendation should be left to die 'n committee is the reflex of what snost o the obedient ones expect will be the orders. , SPIUNGFIKLP III. May 22 The llnols search and seizure bill is up i t' Governor Louden. If he approves i 'e measure, which was passed by the ! . ouse yesterday. SO to G". it will be- ome effective July 1 The drys have . ucceeded in establishing stringent j nalties against the sale and prob : bly against the use of liquor in any t.uantity in local option territory. SALE AUTOMOBILES. TRUCK Two-tan Republic; cood condition IIS O tt . X W. Phone North 3S47. 1-U John Washington, 439 O st. N. W., inserted the above ad in several pa pers, but sold the truck through The Times ad. He had more replies through The Times than any other paper. Phone your ads, Main 526o K DRY EA AW PASSED N I 1 S FRENCH THE LURE Organized for the purpoj-r of intro ducing reforms in the Government hotels on the Union Station plaza. 200 women Government workers, repre senting 1.100 of the 1.400 residents of I the dormitories met in the McKinlcy j High School last night, to complete their nlanx 1 Resolutions were passed at the meeting, asking the removal of 'the present management, and the substi- tution of women or wounded soldiers as officials of the hotels. The organization which has not vet selected a name, also passed Tesolu tions protesting against the practice of women smoking cigarettes in the ' dormitories and expressing dissatis- i faction with the meals served in the dining-rooms of the hotels. Another resolution protesting against the admission 'f the employes of Congressmen and Senators to the dormitories was passed unanimously. l.fuA t ! I'il Unntf..... ! 1 Lieut Col Eugems H. Sanctuary, I" S. A . now assigned to the Com mittee n Keclns.siflcation of Salaries. and who until recently was in charge j oi placing war huikcis hi ine uov (Continued on Page 11). Column 3) PARIS. May 22. A L:bau dis patch to the Agence Radio re- ported today that the Bolshe viki's spring offensive began Sunday on the entire Baltic front, from Sehlook lo Bauske. The dispatch said that larjjc forces were being employed and 'that the battle is continuing. STOCKHOLM. May 2. British troops have been landed at Luga bay (beventy-five miles southwest of Petrograd) and are advancing against the Bolshevik forces, it was learned from Helsingfors today. Fighting is, continuous. The Bolsheviks threaten to burn Petrograd If they are forced to evacu ate the city. i , - iwMMMBMmranMnMrTramiriTMMrMWi BBBBiBfijBEBPBBH i WAP WflRKFRS '. i,ni mim; a " ' r I I I I 8 I U W II Bbil IV I ! ASK DAN ON mm BRITISH SOLDI ADVANCE ON REDS PEACE OF THE UNATTAINED fCopyrirht: 1019: By Joan T. HcCutcbeoB.l PRESIDENT JOKES ABOUT DATE OF HIS RETURN PAULS, May 22.' ' When will you return honiq, Mr. President? Do you know?" -An American visitor asked President Yilson today. ' " Xo, do you?" tho Presi dent replied, with a smile. I. WALES WILL BE Ml LONDON. May 22 The Prinze of Wales will be the guest of the Amer ican nation when he visits the United States, it was learned today. The youthful heir to Hie Ttritfah throne is il0i,nly interested n Amer ica, and will not confine Ins Iri,. In New York and Washington, but will visit a number of eities. iP jHrNr'VS SK AWPQPJ'C y The prince has endeared himself toican" the Americans by his democratic n meanor, and when lie visited :mri. I quarters of the Americans army of,D' Great Britain, would be enough, in I occupation on the Ichinc he enjoyed ' the opinion of army officers here, to aances witJi a number of Red Cross nurses. American KING ALBERT AND QUEEN TO VISIT U. S. DURING NEXT AUTUMN I x-r.-n- t'rnr.- -. - .... ...... iwiw. .ua n uas an jnounctd yesterday that the King and, (Jueen of Belgium will visit the! I I'nited States this autumn. vi a. ieris. ucigian consul in Cin- I cinnati. who is at the Claridge Hotel, made the announcement. He said' that Major Leon Osterrieth. Belgian i military attache in Washington, has i received instructions from the King lo make necessary arrangements for their visit , -If President Wilson visits Brus- I sels. as hc expect, the Knu.- and' Uueen will return their visit to I he President by next September r Oc tober." said Mr. Aerts yesterday. "The King has decided to visit fly; or six important cities in the United States, among which is .'inclnnati. because they were the' first ones to protest against the deportation of Belgians by the Germane." TAKE BELL-ANS BEFORE MEALS and see how (Ine cood direction makes you feat. Adv. !UT U. S. ARMY N FRANCE Tl ; An army of occupation of not more , than 100.000 men will be maintained t in Frare. according to army oft,caIs i today, but not lor long. With the release of the Fourth and Fifth regular army divisions foi early convoy, there are left but thrt di visions not yet assigned to early con voy. These are the First. Second and Third regular army divisions. Kstimate now is that there will be not more than 100,000 men in the army of occupation by the end of Au gust, li&sides the three divisions left in tho army of occupation, there will remain air service units, pioneer in fant ry. Quartermaster and similar or ganizations, and special units needed to maintain the troops. Kcmt Kite Combat Troop. There are said to be p.actically no ('erinan combat troops within fifty miles of the Americans. On the other hand, the From h have a picked army uf occupation, possibly larger, even, than that of the Ameri- m Alsace and In southern Ger- ny. These, with a similar number which nrobahlv would be thrown in dominate the indefinitely. situation entirely and SIIK CAI RUT K-.onO COLD. CHICAGO. May 22. How a chorus Kiel may catch a "125,000 cold" will be told in court here today by Dott Blot.t Winter Garden beauty. Extra seats have been provided 50,000 TO BECOME OFFICERS IN RESERVE Kesene corps commissions lire to be given 50,000 certliied grad uates of the reserve officers' training corps, beginning June 1, the War Department announced to da j. The men will be commissioned in the lowest grade authorized in the arm of the serrice in which they trained second lieutenants in most cases. 1 00,000 DELEGATES WEATHER DA TODAY, NC4 WILL HOP OFF TOMORROW Rough seas, whipped up by a stiff wind sweeping the ocean about the Azores, today necessitated further postponement of the NC-4's "jump off" for Lisbon. A dispatch filed by Admiral Jack son at Ponta Delgada at 4:10 this morning (Washington time) and re ceived at the Navy Department at 5:51, said: "NC-4 will not leave Ponta Del rada today. Sea too rough for start." ' The engine trouble developed in the NC-4 is reported to have been remedied and the plane, ready for the jump to Lisbon as soon as the weather conditions permit. 3Tay L'caTe Tomorrow. Admiral Jackson's latest weathe report indicated that although con ditions do not favor a start for Lisbon today, they may Improve by night anil permit a getaway early tomorrow. His report says: "Weather at 5:30 a, m., Washington time:. Barometer. 30.12 fall checx; wind south, southwesterly, thirty miles: cloudy; visibility, good; sealine, rough. Continued strong southwest winds and cloudy skies Thursday. Disturbance will continue its east ward or northeastward course and may remove its influence in this dis-! trlct tonight." ADM. PLUNKETT LEAPS HIGH IN THE AIR IN GLEE OVER SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT LISBON. May 22. The air flight across the Atlantic has virtually been made and the United States navy has accomplished this epoch-making feat. This was the view expressed by Rear Admiral Plunkett. in charge of the flight on this side, when he received the following brief radio Saturday morning: "NC-4 reported2sighting land at 11 :35 (Greenwich). Did not see plane." On the receipt of this message, which meant that Lieutenant Com mander Reed's plane had sighted Corvo. the most northerly and west erly island of the Azores, the spright ly, gray-headed admiral lived up t his nickname of Bombardier Plunkett. He jumped at least three feet in the air and whooped with glee. "This means we've put her over," he said. "What miles they have ac complished was the hardest bit of the whole journey. They've still got to go S00 miles to Lisbon before reach ing Europe, but that leg of the Jout ncy will be child's play compared to the Newfoundland-Azores leap." Brigadier General Brainard. Ameri can military attache in Lisbon, came aboard the flagship Rochester, while Plunkett was talking. "Look at this!" shouted the admiral. "They said it couldn't be done. Boy, howdy! We've DUt it over." Brigadier General Brainard and the admiral slioK hands vigorously, and jumped and cheered like college root ers. KEEPS UP HOPE LONDON. May 22. -Now that all hope for the rescue of Harry G. Hawker and Lieut. Comdr. Mackenzie Grieve has been abandoned, the im pression is growing among experts that the little Sopwith plane probably never reached the neighborhood of the Irish coast. Editorials in the papers mingle laudation of the daring of the avia tors for the sake of Britain's honor and bitter comment on the failure of the government to aid the enter prise until it was too late". The saddest figure in the tragedy is Hawker's little wife, waiting in their cozy little home at Surblton, hour after hour, fighting back the sable wings of widowhood, hoping against hope, smiling to conceal the heaviness of her heart and declar ing: "He must he will return." HAWKER'S WIFE 100,000 Foe Socialists Demand Peace At Once BERLIN, May 2. One hundred thousand independ ent Socialists yesterday staged a demonstration in the Lust-Garten in favor of immediate peace. They bore numerous red flags and banners with the inscriptions "We want only peace, bread, and work." After they had been addressed by several speakers the independent Socialists marched to Wilhelmplatz, where 25,000 majority Socialists were holding a demon stration against the treaty. Before the appearance of the independents, Chan cellor Scheidemann, addressing the crowds, declared that "protest is Germany's only remaining weapon." HURLEY SEEKS D SSALE ADVICE Three great national needs which the American merchant marine should be designed to fill, In addition to the transportation of freight, were out- lined today by Chairman Edward N. Hurley, of the U. 3. Shipping Board. before a conference of representatives of American Interests. These needs, Mr. Hurly said, are: 1 The establishment and mainten ance of an American ocean mail ser vice acpable of covering the world. 2 A centrally controlled wireless telegraph service for use in promoting the safety of life and property at sea. and for giving to American shipping business the advantage of constant commercial Information. 3. Adequate provision for the train ing of an officer personnel "capable of making sure that, our shops will always go to sea in charge of Amer ican citizens. Mr. Hurley did not touch upon the question of how the G overnment should dispose of its ships. This was a matter, he said, for the conferees to discuss. SOCIETY GIRLS TO SELL 'SAL TAGS "Do you believe in doughnuts?" reads the inscription on the Sana tion Army tag which are to be sold by pretty society girls all over Washington tomorrow If you do believe ond the Salvation In doughnuts Army knows are asked to everyone aoes--you buy one of these tags rom the first girl who stops you on tne street tomorrow. At the headquarters of the drive slow progress is reported in sub scriptions. Announcement has been made that every tenth cash sale made at Par i,r.nrtflcit ComDany's store tomor row and Saturday will be turned over to the Salvation Army drive. Mrs. Edla Barker, known as the "Envoy Extraordinary" of the Keystone Di vision, which served overseas, will be at the store to collect each tenth sale. Yeoman (K) Gave Day Work. Taking a day's leave without pay from the Navy Department, a num ber of yeoman (F) with a truck load of doughnuts, rode about Washington yesterday selling the doughnuts. When the results were totaled last night it was shown that 91.000 had been obtained. The entire amount subscribed so far exceeds ?50.000.000. At the dally luncheon of team leaders at the New Willard at noon today, members of the executive committee issued a warning to work ers throughout the city that they must put on more steam if the drive for the Salvation Army is to go over the top by Saturday night, when the campaign ends. IlEPEATEItS IX SCHOOL KLKCTIOX. PHILADELPHIA. May 22. Univer sity of Pennsylvania students are rapidly acquiring worldly knowledge. At a recent class election irregulari ties, such as "repeating." were found. PREDICT DD RESIDENT IS DISSATISFIED AT TREATY Hy LOWELL MEIXlhr. Copyright. 1910. by the United Press. PARIS, May 22. That President Wilson himself Is not satisfied with the German peace treaty was the an swer his friends made today to the accumulated objections of many of the American commission which came to a head this week through tho resignation of nine of the mem bers. The President, his friends said, be lieves the treaty is the best it is pos sible to obtain, considering all the conditions, and comes as near as he was able to make it represent the principles for which he" fought through six weary months. Associates of the President said when the whole story of the peace conference is told it will be under stood why the treaty contains just what It does, and why there were certain omissions. It will be a story, they declared, of agreements reached one day and flouted the next; of understandings painstakingly arrived at through days and nights of labor lasting for weeks, only to be overturned with out forewarning. The President, it was said, accepts the treaty as an accomplished fact, however, now that it is in its final form. Changed After Printing. According to information from authoritative American sources the final form of the treaty is not that in which it came from the printer. Whether this is the reason it has not been published cannot be stated. But there have been many changes in the text since it was printed. (The "Big Four" was recently re- (Continued on Page 4. Column 3.) D. C. COAL DEALERS Fl Coal merchants of Washington are today forming an association which will be known as the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade. Forty-one local dealers applied for a charter yester day. The objects of the organization are to regulate mutual dealing between its members, to foster trade in the coal. wood, and fuel business; to fa cilitate the conduct of the business In the District of Columbia, and such other matters as apply to the man agement and conduct of boards of trade. The incorporators are M E. Sulli van. Harry C James. Emil Esher. Morris E. Miulow. O G. Raymond. Charles F. Miller. Thomas W. Perry. J Edward Chapman. Thomas J. Nash. William F. Hammer. Bernard L. Grove, William B. Phillips. John S. Allison. Albert P. Woodson. John C. Smith. Edwin S Walters. John- F Davis. William I. Sutherland. Bernard J Werner. Charles Green. John F Moss. Benjamin Woodruff. Fred A. Hessick. Lester L. Charlton.. James A. Clark. Eugene S. Burgess. Walter T. Brecht. John A. Edelin. Samuel M. Frazier. B. Frank Joy. Benjamin Robinson. W. Hamilton Smith. Jeremiah M. Burrell. Maynard C. Burrell. Anderson C. Powell. James P. Wilson, Richard E. Elliott. Louis D. Stevers, Carl J. D. Graff. Guy T. Stewart, and Charles-"W. Hughes. HA BOARD LAST If T BLUFF BY FOE IESI ALLIES PARIS, May 22. The German peace- delegation will make an eleventh-hour bluff to break off negotiations just to test the allies' determination, according to the be lief expressed in official French circles today. Once the enemy sees the allies mean business realizes 'that the economic blockade will be tightened, and sees the allied armies spring to attention, ready to march into Ger many either the present or a sub stituted delegation will sign "under protest" is the way the French have it figured out. In some Quarters the belief con tinued to grow that Foreign Minister Brockdorff-Rantzau per sonally -will refuse to sign the docu ment in its present form, regardless of what his associates may do. His expected withdrawal, it "was said, ! would form the basis for the Ger mans' bluff. Indemnities Biggest Factors. The amount of the bill for damages and demand for Its immediate pres entation promises to be the biggest single factor in the German counter proposals, according to the belief ex pressed after publication of Brock-dorff-Rantzau's request for extension of the time limit for discussion of terms. All other considerations, it was ex pected, will be subordinated to the question of money and commerce. Brockdorff-Rantzau, it was forecast, will seek to point out. to the allies that it is to the "late2t. own benefit to make sufficient coacjfsalons to en able Germany to live up to the treaty. He will declared, it 'is believed, it would be possible for Germany to sign a blank checks for an indefinite amount of reparations. Take Up Saar Valley Tntemt. The "Big Four" this morning took up the German protest regarding the. conditions under which France will obtain valuable concession in the Saar valley. This served as a break In discussion of distribution of manda torieaover formerTurklsh territories which '.has occupied the attention of the BIg- Four" for several days. No enthusiasm is being registered in. the Americaiydelegation oyer ac ceptance of a mandatory over Con stantinople under the-jareaent plan. Taken all In all, officials declared today the skies are much brighter and they hope to finish their task, in so far as Germany is concerned, possi bly ly the end of the'eurrent month;. It is though Rantzau may leave Versallles agafn to give his own views to the , - German govern ment. Whether' he personally re turns to the peace conference Is a matter of no consequence. Berlin is ready to replace him should It become necessary. The maneuvers being conducted by the count from Versailles are merely a duplication of the maneuvers once carried on at Washington when Count von Bernstorff was behind the scenes, and the same German propagandists who then characterized Bernstorff as "the greatest diplomat" are now ap plying the same term to the German foreign secretary. The Situation Today. The situation here today is as fol lows: First The economic experts of France and the United States have recommended changes in the eco nomic demands of the treaty as origi nally presented, which will make it possible not only for Germany to meet the economic demands, but also the demands regarding reparations. Second The German delegates have received an extension of time until May 2I for consideration of the treaty and have completed criticisms covering -two-thirds of the treaty. Third It is considered certain that at least a third of the present Ger man delegates at Versailles will be replaced before Germany signs tho treaty. Fourth -When the present time limit expires one week from today, only forty-eight hours will be re quired by the allies and associated powers to consider the, final sugges tions. The extension of time granted the German delegation will not dela th signing of peace more than a few days. It is understood that the al lies, and the United States will insist when the extended time limit expire that the Germans sign the treaty a day or two thereafter. EX i 4 f 4