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' I A A A A A A A I
I WILSON OBJECTIONS FAIL TO DETER ALLIES I
K Ai eSa t n, - - i IH
II ' I
'( MiTfiEJECIIOI
I fOLlflWS RECEIPT
1 OF AMERICAN NOTE
W Settlement of the Jugo-Slavia
7f Question to Proceed Despite
if Objection from U. S.
I
: PRESIDENT MAY DROP
INTEREST IN FIUME
Officials Declare Paris Interpre
. tation of Executive's Note j
i ; Was Too Sweeping
i
FIUME, Sunday, Feb. 15.
,', Two war vessels attached to j
the forces of Captain Gabriele
d'Annunzio have captured an
I I Italian transport having on I
-I board 1000 regular troops in J
: j the Gulf of Luernero, south- j
I : west of this city.
m - PARIS, Feb. 1G. Prompt rejection
V of president "Wilson's objections to ,
J the -compromise agreement by which,
isL" lj' England, France and Itnly hoped to
ISMselile with Jugoslavia questions, rela..
giftlrto the future status oMbe eastern
aEcoait of the j(lriatic Is reported in
HBEcln de Paris. Premiers Lloyd George'
1 17$ of Great Britain and Millerand of
Iff France drafted the reply to the kmer
If icjn chief executive and insisted .lugo :
BJsiaia must agree to the compromise,
It with the alternative of seeing the
III trvav of London become operative, it
llf is qkl. . .
IH l l,ie same time the premiers re
III Ply was sent to Washington, the for-
I . eisii minister of Jugo Slavia was noi.
ified the viewpoint of the British and
I French governments had not been- al
i tered by the seemingly unexpected ac
; tion of Mr. Wilson.
l Note Interpreted.
; The Wilson note is said to have
5 given Intimation the United Stales
would find it "impossible to continue
1 lo concern itself on European affairs"
1 if Ihe albes proceeded to settlement
f of the Adriatic problem without con
I suiting the L'nited Slates It is said
Hlbe president entered serious objec-
K lions to the ultimatum sent to the Bel
InJf grade government on January 20 and
declared it differed from the program I
rjtfrra'ued by Premiers Lloyd Georgo and
JttiCleniPiiceau with the assistance of an
i American representative last Deccm-
Ill: ; While not connected with the situa-
tion resulting from the Wilson note, a 1
i -cabinet crisis has arisen at Belgrade.
The ministry led by Premier Dnvid
f lovitch resigned yesterday. It is prob-'
lab!. this situation will still further de-,
J .lay settlement of the Adriatic prob-,
! Iem- i
j White House Explains.
; WASHINGTON. Fob. 16, President
j ;'. Wilson, it was learned today at the
. White House, did not say in his note
! to the entente premiers regarding the
Fiume question that the United States '
B would no longer be able to concern :
. Hstlf In European affairs if a Fiume
t settlement were made without cousull
j ing America. '
' Officials said the interpretation of;
; , the president's note by the Paris ,
; " Temps was "too sweeping." They said
the United States would not withdraw;
f from participation in the peace treaty
:; and the league of nations, if the treaty,
f were ratified by the senate, but that
Ji would withdraw from any particl
fllj IfaMon In the Fiume settlemen', in-(
p. eluding the policing of the Adriatic.
K ' The president's position regarding
i. Fiume and the whole Adriatic sltua-'
m tion was said to be unchanged. This
K position, however, never had been of-.
B ; flclally outlined and officials dedinedi
toil?y to define it. I
H No reply to the president's note lias
j l)een received, it was said at the state
B department
Wa dispatches from abroad said tho re-j
H Ply had been dispatched and that in Itj
K- the premiers adhered to their ultima-j
K turn to Jugo-Slavia that it must ac-:
K cept ihe compromise on the Fiume I
HI Quealion or suffer the carrying- out ot'j
MM le terms of the treaty of London.
mu The vessels covered by the bid were
H 1110 Leviathan, George Washington,
mt America, President Grnnt, Nanse
B "ind, Antigone, Pocahontas, Princess
Matoika and Callao. The offer was
mt conuitlonal upon an agreement by the
K sh.pping board riot to enter Into com
mr g.lon wIth lheso vessels in this
H High Bid Received.
lcJfA01'0 and McCormack offered $4,
tSoOO.OOO for five vessels for the 5outh
ml American service and the Mimson1
m owaraahlp Hue a conditional bhf an
H )romatIng $3,880,250 for the same!
m vessels, the Martha Washington, Ac-o-l
'FLOOD OF LIQUOR
FROM 0. S. FILLS
ISLAND TREASURY
NASSAU, Bahama Islands,
Feb. 16. Prohibition in the
United States, which caused en
ormous quantities of liquor to
descend almost like an ava
lanche upon this city, has trans
formed the Bahamas' govern
ment financial condition as if
by magic from a deficit to com
i paratively a huge surplus, pro
vided labor for large numbers
of unemployed and put more
money in circulation in this lit
tle British colony than has been
the case for many years. Sir
William Allardyice, governor
of the colony, made this known
officially yesterday in an ad
dress formally opening the 1920
session of the Bahamas' legisla
ture. -Half
a dozen vessels brought
full cargoes of wines and Hqubrs .
and duties from them havee
stored the Bahama govern
ment's fallen fortunes, due to
the war, from a deficit to a sur
plus three times as large as the
expetfteel deficit, or about $550,
1. OQO'rMi-c, year's revenue is
figured at Sl,085,000 and the ex
penditures at 530,000.
In addition a surplus of $5Uu,
000 yearly during the next two
years at least is expected from
duties when the liquors are ta
ken out of bond.
IOTHIEIGI
; HELD FOB 1PM W
NEXIGH BHI15
State Department Directs That
Carranza Take Steps to Bring
About His Release
1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 1G. William
Welsh Adams, an American, has been
captured by bandits in Zacatecas, Mex
ico, and is being held Tor 50.000 pesos
random, Ihe state department wa? ad
vised today.
Adams' home is in Los Angeles,
whore his wife and child now live.
The American embassy at Mexico
Cily has been instructed by the ctalo
department to bring the kidnaping to
ihe attention of the Mexican authori
ties with the request that every step
be taken to secure Adams' release.
Th American representatives at Sal
tillo and Monterey, in reporting the in
cident, said the authorities in Zaca
tecafawere endeavoring to learn the
whereabouts of Adams and his captors
and I hat three columns of Mexican
troops had been sent out.
The kidnaping occurred at Avalos
last Friday and the bandits were- re
ported to have looted the warehouse
of the Providencia mine, operated by
tho Minerales and Melales company,1
an American concern. Adams was su-!
perintendent of the mine. j
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP !
DISABLED, ASKS AIDj
BOSTON. Mass., Feb. 16. The ship-'
ping hoard steamer Red Mountain, (lis-,
abled and adrift in a heavy gale about
,1000 miles east of New York, request-;
led assistance today from the steam-1
i ship Elmspoir, also a shipping board
; vessel, according to radio messages in
' tercepted.
Captain Gott said the crippled
steamer would have to be towed to
Halifax, She "was bound from Gal
veston to Havre.
lus, Huron, Princess Matoika and the
Pocahontas.
George W. Goethals, American Ship
ami Commerce corporation, offored
$10,000,000 for six vessels for tho Ham
burg and Bremen service, tho bid be
ing quickly raised to $10,500,000 by
President Franklin of the Interna
tional Mercantile Marine. ' The ves
sels are the George Washington, Mar
'tha Washington, America, President
Grant, Nansemond and Callao.
' RAILROAD IBIIS
BLOCKED iy FIERCE
SfOfiMS II EAST
Severe Cold Wave With High
Wind Causes Havoc in
Many Districts
WONT LAST LONG IS
WEATHER PREDICTION
I
Many Streets in New York are
Stll Impassable by Reason
! of Frozen Drifts .
i
j WASHINGTON, Fob. 16. Weather
; bureau officials predicted thr.t the so
lvere cold wave and high wind which
I is sweeping the eastern section of the
j country and which has devastated traf
! f ic. will be of short duration. Relief
Ms expected tonight in some sections
land generally by Tuesday.
J BUFFALO.' N. Y., Feb. 16. Railroad
1 trains and electric car systems were
today slowly breaking through the
snowdrifts piled up yesterdny when. a
siv inch fall of snow -ivas accompanied
by a 58-mile an hour gale and temper
ature neur the sero mark. Trains from
i C'lisJ,. west ,and .soiithyWcre many hour?
tlate' and many had been cahcolled.
(Traffic on interurban electric lines
'was suspended for more (han 24 hours.
The storm came on the heels of a
(thaw and slush and soon turned lo ice
and switch and signal systems were
crippled.
The railroads today advertised for
1.000 extra men to held clear the
yards.
CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 1G. Heavy
snows in the east have delayed all
westbound passenger and freight
trains from eight to ten hours and
crippled telephone and telegraph serv
j ice, officials of several r.ads announc
ed today.
i NEW YORK, Feb. 16. The masses
of snow which have choked the streets
,of New York for the past ten days,
defying tho onslaughts of firemen,
t policoment. army flame throwers and
brigades of pick and shovel men, were
irozen into ice fields when Ihe city!
was gripped in a cod wave. ' A biting!
,gale from the northwest swept thej
metropolis and the mercury tumbled.)
I until at midnight it had dropped to
nine degrees above zero, a fail of 33
degrees since early morning.
An army of 15,000 men, headed by
(Mayor Hylan, spent the day in renew
ed efforts to open the more important
! thoroughfares but the result of their
1 efforts was almost negligible. Through
lout the greater part of tne city tonight
i vehicular traffic was impossible, while!
Ipedesirains risked their limbs on thej
i Ice covered walks. One of the most
: serious features of the blockade is the
'inability to move tho stores of food
which are piling up in the railroad tcr-j
niinals and on wharves. Tho city's,
'prospects wero not rendered the cheer-1
iest by the news that one of the Here-1
' est blizzards on record was sweeping !
the northern portion of the state and!
i threatening an attack on the metrop-,
Jolis. The weather man offered no
prospect of relief for at least two days.)
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COMPULSORY MILITARY
TRAINING IS WANTED;
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. A bonus;
' for cx service men and compulsory
military training-were announced as,
the principal aims of the legislative!
committee of Ihe Americnn Legion I
members which were here today lor a'
serios of conferences with congress-)
I men. j
It was claimed the legion was do-,
tormined to press the bonus issue by
asking for a specific settlement by the
'government of a $50 bond for each)
month of service performed during,
' the war. Such a bonus, it was esti
J mated, would cost the government ap-
proximately ?1 ,900,000,000.
The legion already has gone on rec
'ord as favoring compulsory military
I training.
TURKEY DECLARES IT
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
CONSTANTINOPLE. Saturday, Feb.
14. Turkey denies all responsibility
for the maintenance of order In the
Aintab rogion, where James Perry and
Frank Johnson, representatives of the
American Y. M. C. A., wero recently
killed. This stand is taken on Jhe
ground that French and British troops
are jointly occupying Syria and that
Aintab is well williin the armistice
lines, It is learned on good authority.
A
t : :
Selling Irish Liberty Bonds
! WA.'l II X G TO T, Feb Jfi.TIie drive to sell Irish Liberty Bonds
lias been laM it'liecl in earnest and friends of Irish liberty are actively
(besieging ni' -nbers of Congress and others to bnf. Photo shows Miss
! Eileen QninlisU and Miss Amelia Rosser attempting a sale to Con
gressmen David J. C) '.Council of New York and John AY. Raincy of
Illinois.
'IIMAEH'S
STRIKE POSTPONED
LE80ER AIIOICES
Failure of Wilson to Obtain
Relief to Mean Walkout at
Later Date
"DETROIT, Mich.. Feb. IC. Tlu- pro
posed strike of the more than 300,000
members of the United 'Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employes and
Railway Shop Laborer, has not been
cancelled, but has been merely post
poned, Allen E. Barker, 4 president of
the brotherhood, announced today. Un
less speedy relief is given the workers,
he said, the' strike will, certainly take
place. 1
lu making this announcement, Mr.
Barker also said that the board Qf di
rectors and vice presidents oi tho
brotherhood, have been 'called to meet
h-in: Thursday to consider the strike
situation. "The managers of our fif
teen districts," he added, "have been
instructed to remain ji iheir territo
ries for ihe purpose of strengthening
tho strike organization. Tho strike
will cor'iainly lake place if President
Wilson does not quickly make good
his promises to get speedy relief to
our people."
The strike, which was -to have be
come effective tomorrow, was postpon
ed Saturday night by President Barker
on i ccommendatlon of the brotherhood
executive committee representing the
nion in Washington.
Mr. Barker expressed the fear that
many men will go on strike unauthor
ized. Ho urged against such action,
declaring thaUno lasting relief could
result from jt.
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ENGINEER KILLED AS
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE
. i
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Feb. 1G. Joe
Lamber of Dcnnison, Tex., engineer on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas south
bound passenger train Noo. 7, was In
stantly killed when his train crashed
into the rear of a freight train during
heavy fog near Muskogee today. No
one else was hurt.
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MEMBER ACQUITTED.
WINNIPEG, Feb. 16. F. J. Dixon, a
member of the provincial assembly,
was acquitted today of seditious libel
in promoting tho Winnipeg general
strike last year, The jury had been
out since Saturday afternoon. R. B.
Ru33ell, with whom Dixon was accus
ed of co-operating, was convicted of
seditious conspiracy recently and son-leucf-d
to two years in prison.
i POLES !MI
IISTIC TERMS OF
; RUSSiAftS BOLSHEVIK
I
Demobilization of Red Armies
on Front and Bridgeheads
Proposed for Peace
WARSAW. Saturday, Feb. 11.
Terms which 'may be viewed as quite)
I drastic have been advanced by Polish)
Nationalists in. framing military condi-l
.lioiu to be imposed updh the Dolshe-j
jvlki in the arrangements-of a peace
i settlement. These include a demobili-i
izatinn of the rod armies on this front,
and the establishment of Polish!
bridgeheads over the rivers Dvina and ;
Dnieper. j
'Vrmistlce plans call for a strategic;
jline protecting Poland in ihe -.vcnt'
.peace negotiations are unsuccessful.1
'Tho Poles plan lo demand , bridgo-1
i heads at Vitebsk and Orsha, on tho(
(Dvina, and the possible occupation of;
Smolensk as a guarantee the Eolshe-i
ivlki will fulfill the conditions. j
! BUCHAREST. Fob. 1G. (Havas.) !
Withdrawal of Rumanian troops Iromj
their advanced positions along the
Tlnfiss river in Hungary to tho line
fixed by the peace conference last fall
hns boon decided upon by the Ruman
ian government. The line to which '
! tho troops will retire passes through
j the towns of Arad and Csaba and con-,
i tinucs northward to tho Theiss river i
sou'.heast of Miskolcz. It is said this!
'retirement cannot be made in less!
than two months. ;
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PROPAGANDA BUREAU
FOR MEXICO PLANNED j
AMSTERDAM, Sunday, Feb. i5. A ,
central communist propaganda bureau ,
for tho western hemisphere will be'
established in Mexico, in accordance
with a resolution passed at a secret in
ternationalist communist conference
held (here early in February, accord
ing to the Landensblad. The newspa
per adds this step was taken on the
Initiative of an American delegate at
the conference.
WILL BE CANDIDATE.
TUCSON, Ariz., Fob. 16. Senator
Mark Smith, who is hero to arrange
for tho appearance of witnesses beforo
the senate sub-committco on Mexican
affairs, announced today that Tie would
be y. candidate before tho Democratic
primaries in Arizona for nomination
To.' a third term in the senate next
September
HDLLAKD ASKED-TO !
PLACE ILHELI 1 1
aSTHISLil:
Dutch Declared Willing to
Place Hchenzollerr Where he
Cannot Cause Trouble
REASONS FOR WANTING
HINDENBURG. GIVEN
Official News on Disposition of
Sultan of Turkey Still is
Lacking
THE HAGUE. Feb. IC The latest
allied note to Holland with regard tc
extradition of the former German em
peror reverses the original demand foi
his surrender and only asks his in
tornmcnt, with the suggestion that the
lormer monarch be sent, perhaps, tc
one of tho Dutch islands in the Easl
Indies, It became known today.
The Associated Press iearhs. on ex
leelleat authority that the Dutch gov
lernment has already determined w rc
' ply .with, an of ter actua'lly .to : i.ntcnn
jWllhelm at Doom. Holland would c
cept the full responsibility or prevent
ing him from endangering the peace
I of the world, establishing a guard ovei
him and a strict censorship.
I Hindenburg Wanted.
LONDON, Feb. 16. The German
, press as quoted in a dispatch to the
! Exchange Telegraph company fron
'Copenhagen declares that Field Mar
Jshal von Hindenburg's surrender ii
'demanded by the allies not only be
cause he is alleged to have said. "The
most cruel war is the most humnnt
! because it leads to an end," but nlse
! because of his responsibility, for the
: destruction. of property during the
German retreat.
The -field marshal is also charged
jointly with General Ludendorff with
responsibility for the deportation ot
civilians and tho organization of ci
vilian labor corps in which thousands
iof girls are alleged to have beci;
! handed over to virtual slavery with
! women of doubtful character and whip
ped and imprisoned if they refused tc
I work.
j Decision on Sultan.
Reports printed in Paris to the ef
! feet the luprcmc council decided on
Saturday that the sultan and the Turk
ish government would remain in Con
stantinople. but under stringent inter
i national control of the Dardanelles
coincides with information gatherec
here. This! however, is unofficial anc
has not been confirmed.
The Daily Mail remarks il is not
clear if any decision has been made
regarding the Bosphorus. and believes
the difficulty of forcibly rejecting the
Turks from Constantinople has de
laved 0o decision.
While accepting the news, the Times
says editorially:
"This change of attitude, on tho pari
of the allies will require most careful
investigation. It is contrary to the de
clared policy of the British govern
ment and to views held until recontl:.
by the cabinet and premier."
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YANKEE WARSHIPS IN
WEST INDIA WATERS
BRIDGETOWN, Barbardos. Satur
day, Feb. 14. The United States bat
tleship North Dakota has arrived hero
from the Mediterranean, having been
sent to Italy with tho body of Count V.
Macchi dl Cellere. late Italian ambas
sador at Washington.
Later in the day the Pennsylvania,
Nevada, Oklahoma and Arizona left
for Colon. The Utah, Florida and Dela
ware departed from Trinidad for this
port today,
A most marked friendly feeling has
been manifest between the American
sailors and the people of this city and
Bridgetown newspapers have praised
the appearance and conduct of tho Am
ericans. oo
EXCHANGE PROBLEMS
SOLUTION IN PACT
i
PARIS, Fob, 1G. (Havas ) Neces
sary elements for bringing about a so
lution of problems regarding interna
tional exchange have been found in the
workings of the league of nations, ac
cording to a statement made in Lon
don to a correspondent of tho Petit
Parision by Frederic Francois Marsal.
French minister of finance. ;
CMHOFIITISH I
HU II SHIP I
' SALE IS REFUTED '
Wilson To Give Senate Em- . 1 H
phatic Reply on Senator H
Brandegee Resolution , H
! MEANWHILE AUCTION I I
OF VESELS GOES ON j
Chairman Payne Called to Ap- I ; H
pear Before Court in Hearst I H
Injunctions Proceedings j H
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, ' H
Application of William Ran- , i
clolph Hearst for an injunc- J !
! tion to restrain the shipping '. ( fl
! board from selling thirty for- ! J, fl
I mer German lines was taken j H
j under advisement today by
j Associate Justice Bailey of j
j the district supreme court. He ; H
i announced he would render a j
j decision next Friday. j H
j WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. President j jH
j Wilson will inform the senate cmphat-
j ieally that there is "no basis" for the I
I report of a -secret agreement between I
! the shipping board and the British in- ;
terests for the sale of the 30 "former mm
I German passenger liners, it was an-
jnoun&ed joday at the White House. lH
, The president's message will be in mm
reply to tho resolution of Senator j 'i H
i Brandegee, Republican of Connecticut, I , H
I asking for information regarding the f ;
'report. The resolution was adopted by fl
, the senate last Saturday. i H
Just before the White House an-
1 nouncemenl was made, the public auc '
1 tion at which bids for tho ships were i;
' received began at the shipping board
i with representatives of more than a t
j score of shipping companies present. ,
i Chairman Payne Absent !
I Chairman Payne was unable to con- ,f fl
i duct the auction as he had been sum- itj
; moneU to appear in person in the dis- '
' trlct supreme court in proceedings
(brought by William Randolph Hearst, :' H
of New York, for an injunction to stop 'j (
i the sale. Commissioner -Thomas A. . j JM
j Scott acted for him. I '
I In opening the auction, Mr. Scott !
iread a memorandum from Chairman" j J
I Payne, which said the highest bids ' H
j would have to, be approved by the ; J H
I senate commerce committee and th , '
house merchant marine comittee and I
that neceptanco of an bids would do
i pend upon tho outcoe of the injunction '' H
proceedings in the district supremo H
! court. i WM
I The memorandum "said these pro- ('
iceedings exjected to be concluded j (, j H
J within two or three days, but 'that in ' H
1 any event checks received with the i H
I bids Avould be returned by Saturday if v H
j the sales were not consummated. i'-
Must Fly Old Giory ( mm
j Commissioner Scott said the terms , 1 H
nf the sale would be arranged to suit , mm
the convenience of the board and the
'prospective pii':'.iasers and that all i Km
j ships n Id must be operated under tl" mm
jAmeuran fla?,-. ' H
! Among the th'pping men pivseiit mm
'wore i A. S. Franklin, of. the Inter- H
!mi:onal Mercantile Marine; G-rg mm
IW. Goethals. tho American Ship and I , H
Commerce company; A. V. Moore, of '
, the Moore and McCormack company, .
(nnd Phillip Deronde, of the Oriental
'Navigation company. (, . H
1 Tho first vessels offered were the . H
, Black Arrow, tho Amphiom and tho rf
Philippines, composing the croup of ( 1
I'.iaok sea service. No bids, v ore of- 1
Tt-red for them. H
Another Group Offered
Tho group composing tho South
American services, the Aeolias, De l:
Kalb, Princess Matoika and Pocahon- ,'
! tas, was then offered. j
I No bids were received for theso vos- ' ;
sels nor for the Colombia, Venezuela , ,
iand Brazilian service ships, tho Moc
. casin and the Otsego; the Southamp- l; (
ton service vessels, the Leviathan, ( H
Mount Vernon, Agamemnon and Nan- j '
Ucmond; the Hamburg .sorvico ships, '
tlu. George Washington, Martha Wash , fl
inglon, vuii Sueben and America; the '
j Mediterranean service vessels the An
jtiron, Susequehnnna, President Grant n H
'and Artemus and tho Baltic service
'jships, ihe Matewaska and Powhatan. ' fl
Dno bid for one of Uie Black sea ;
! fleet was received. It was ?700,000 .
l for the Black Arrow and was made by , I
the Oriental Navigation company with 1
I the understanding that the vessel
would bo retained in the Black sea
service.
Commissioner Scott stated that the ' H
board insist upon assurances that ves- i, '
sols would remain permantly in the U 1
services planned by tho board, but lo j fl
admitted that the board could not pac '
pcrmnnent restriction upon tho use of j 1
the craft. H
P. A, S. Franklin, president of tho H
International Mercantilo Marino offer- 1 v
od a conditional bid of 514,050,000 for H
nine vessels for service in tho United 7
Kingdom and northern European ports. j '
i W