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®ljc IMlanfet Souwuil VOL. XXII- NO. 15. MUON'S COOIN BEING DEPLETED ST LESSENED OUTPUT Miners an.d Operators’ Con- • ference Shows No Results. z Nation Must and Will Have Coal, Says Garfield WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.—Coal op erators and miners seemed far from agreement here today as the nation began to feel the fuel shortage. As members of the wage scale committees prepared to go into exec utive session on this, the sixth day of their conference, reports reached government sources of the closing of plants in the middle west for lack of fuel. » In the south domestic consumers are on a basis of one ton per house hold. dictated by the regional ra tioning committee of the rafriroad ad ministration. ’ Despite optimistic views -of of ficials of the labor department that the strike would be settled within a few days, few of'the 400,000 miners who struck November 1 have gone back to work. Operators in conference here are delaying negotiations on the question of a wage scale, it was learned today, and are insisting that President John L. Lewis, of the United- Mine Work ers, make a new attempt to get the rren back to the mines. The operators deny they have pre sented an ultimatum to the miner* refusing to consider wage scales un til the men return to work. Bur they admit that the suggestion has been made to the miners’ chiefs that they may hasten agreement by get ting the men back to work. Meanwhile the nation's supply of i coal is running short. When the strike began November 1, coal deal ers had a month’s supply. In ad dition much coal just mined was <n transit to dealers. Most of this, seized by the raijroad admin'stration. now has been used. The remainder is stored in cars ion railroad sidings. Miners *•- t qhe strike prepared to hold out at least thirty £ays. De cember 1 thus should bring borh sides near the breaking point. But before that the public will begin to make itself felt in the situation, gov ernment officials believe. Letters and telegrams are flooding almost every government office in- W ash ington. cong essmen and senators are being bombarded. The possibility of federal control of the mines in case of popular dis approval of higher prices of coal was said to be receiving the close attention of the operators. That the mine operators would of fer some increases was taken as a foregone conclusion. Meanwhile the bottom of the na tion's coal bin is beri n(-~ to s'? bare. Coal being mined by non union workers approximates, only 4.000,000 tons a week, or about one third of the normal weekly tonnage, government reports show. The na tion’s reserve stocks are beginning to near the end as each wteek sees between 5.000,000 and 8.000,000 tons drawn from them. Industrial managers are flooding the raifroads with demands for coal. Scores of factories are near shut down for lack of fuel, managers complain daily. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Speak ing with the authority of President Wilson’s cabinet. Fuel Administrator Garfield told representatives of the bituminous coal operators and miners here today that "the people of the United States need, must have, and will have coal, and as .long as the government stands they will not be prevented from getting It by any . thing the operators or miners may do." Dr. Garfield explanied that his purpose was to furnish the confer ence the data which he wuld use in determining what wage advances, if any, agreed to by the operatots and miners could be borne properly by the public. Dr. Garfield said: I represent the people of the United States in a different sense from the secretary of labor. It is part of Mr. Wilson’s function to effect conciliation. Lu is my sole function to exercise those powers conferred on the fuel ad ministrator: to see that an ade quate supply of coal is furnished the people of .the United States, and to see-thaf in times of stress - such as we still are unhappily in .she midst otj. the prices asked and received for coal are not ex cessive. We all realize now that in the * great coal industry the public is an important partner. At one time the operator? apd mine • workers, like farmers, considered themselves peculiarly indepen ’ dent. But the public has a para mount interest The people of the United States will not consent to pay an excessive price for coal. We are all agreed to that, but the ques ‘ tion now is. ’what is an exces sive price?' Nor will the public agree to go without this commod ity. . * The people of the United States need, nfust have, and will have coal, and they will not be prevented by anything the opera tors and miners may do unless the government is dissolved .into a chaotic condition. The people of the United Stfttes are 4villing to pay suffi cient to maintain American stand ards, but the question is what are American standards? The people want the operators to have a just return, but what is a just return? Dr. Garfield said he was not yet prepared to say what changes could reasonably be made in the price of coal as all the necessary data was not in hand. One of the items not yet determined, he. said, was that of the federal income taxes for 1918. Which the operators .have claimed should be trcluded in the cost of operation. The government has dis puted this. American Delegation Will Sail in December PARIS, Nov. 20. —The American delegation to the peace confe.ence will sail for home on December 5 Jor ( 6, it was learned today. The British delegation will probably leave Paris about the same time, al though no official announcement has been made. Took His Trolley Cars Away, So Toledo Walks I BY Y-YYiwiii iMgMjl iw AA® • r & twY > 4®? ••• J ? TY:— , ' .TIL L-' sassssssffiK '''. '<"v ' Henry X>. Doherty Toledo citizens voted to bar the Toledo Railways and Light company from operating because fares were raised to six cents, with two cents extra for a transfer. Henry L. Doherty, head of the company, hur ried to Toledo and the company was so prompt in obeying the mandate that several mornings after election day no cars were running. During the night all the rolling stock had been spirited away int’o Michigan. Now residents of Toledo are angry because they have to pay from ten to fifty cents to ride to work in buses and auto trucks and Mr. Doherty is quoted as saying that To ledo will have to “beg to get its cars back.” GERMANY DOOMED BEFORE REVOLT, SAYS HINDExX’BURG BERLIN, Nov. 19.—(Delayed.) The “final judgment of history” will show that the revolution really was only the “keystone” of Germany’s military collapse. Field Marshall von Hindenburg today told the reichstag committee investigating the war. Lack of co-operation, the weakness and failure of political leaders and lack of support in his demand for obedience was the real cause of the disintegration of the German land and naval forces, he declared. Operations were doomed before the revolution. Von Hindenburg insist ed. It only put the finishing touches to Germany’s collapse. Following Von Rindenburg, Eric Ludendorff. former quartermaster general, who shared with the field marshal the command of Germany’s land iorces declared the situation was “most serious” when he and Hindenburg assumed command. Ger many’s armies were outnumbered 10 to 6, he said and inadequate equip ment and ammunition caused heavy losses. During Von Hindenburg’s testi mony yesterday the probers produced reports from Haniel vo.i Haimhaus en, former secretary of lhe German embassy in Washington, warning the imperial government that America would enter the war if the then threatened unrestricted submarine warfare was started. America’s entry meant defeat for Germany, Von Haimhausen warned, according to his reports, adding that German-Americans in the United States generally were loyal to the American government. Ludendorff brushed these reports aside, declaring that “such memo randa” always was referred to the “proper sources.” FRENCH PREMIER SEES PROSPERITY FROM ELECTIONS PARIS, Nov. 20.—1’remier Clemen ceau said today that Sunday’s elec tion returns showed France under stood she must proceed according to law and order in the of the country. France would be stronger than ever, he declared, be cause more united. Georges Mandel, who was elected to the chamber of deputies in the Bordeaux constituency, today ten der I his resignation as Premier Clemenceau’s chief confidential?, The premier congratulated M. Mandel an his election, saying that no one bet ter than he could appreciate the enormous difficulties Mandel had overcome. Plot to Send Bombs In Christmas Mail Is Bared By Police PHILADELPHIA. X’ov. 20. —Dis covery of a “red” plot to slaj of ficials with explosiv' Christmas mail packages was announced >day by the superintendent of police Information of the plot, which he considers reliable indicates i. na tion-wide and directed against ”ed erai, state and city authorities .vho took part in the national round up of radicals alleged to have been pian-'' ning the overthrow of the govern •c.ent. Clothing Prices Reduced By Large Manufacturer Chicago, Nov. 17. —Mr. Jas. D. Bell, head of the Bell Tailors. Adams at Green St., Chicago, 111., said to be the largest made-to-measure clothing establishment in the world, recentlv stated that his firm is now able to quote prices on Fall and Winter sijits 35 per cent below what others ask. To prove his point, he showed the? writer a very attractive piece of all wool cassimere for which they ask only $20.00 a suit made t-> individual measure, whereas the same fabric is now being offered by mer chants at $30.00 to $32.00 per suit Even larger savings are offered on their higher priced suits. Every reader of The Journal should write Mr. Bell for his price list, and a free copy of his style book No. 386. which contains large cloth samples of many beautiful patterns.— (Advt.) DOHWWSS DDDIi SESSION Two Vetoes of President Wilson Overriden —Treaty Fight Outstanding Feature at Capital WASHINGTON, consideration of the treaty of Ver sailles was the outstanding event ot the first session of the sity-sixth congress—the first in six years in which Republicans have controlled both branches —considerable impor tant legislation was completed and many other measures prepared for disposal when the regular meeting begins December 1. . The session closing today was an extraordinary one convened May 19 under a call cabled from Paris. May 7. by "President W Ison to consider primarily the appropriation bills which failed at the session ending last March 3. Among the principal legislative achievements we.e: Submission of the woman suffrage constitutional amendment, to the states for ratification. The amend ment resolution was adopted 304 to 89 by the house as its first legislative act, and by the senate June 4, 56 to 25. Two Vetoes Overri tt en The prohibition enforcement bill, provding for enforcement of the war time and constitutional prohibition passed oves President Wilson’s veto The act repealing the daylight sav ing law also passed over the presi dent's veto. Providing for return of telegraph, telephone and cable wire lines to private operation. Continuing government control of dyes to January 15 next. j Extension of the Lever food and fuel control law to clothing and other necessaries and penalizing hoarding and profiteering. Granting permanent rank to Gen eral Pershing. Providing for demobilizing the army to a peace basis of approxi mately 300.000 men, pending j. rma nent peace-time legislation. Authorizing completion of the gov ernment railroad in Alaska. Continuing war-time passport re strictions so as to prevent an influx of radical aliens. • Ten appropriation kills, aggregat ing about $3,000,100.000. also were passed. They included $750 000,000 for the railroad administration; $772,000,000 for the a: ’: $616,100,- 000 for the navy, and a sundry civil budget of $613,000,000. Treaty Tight Numerous minor bills and resolu tions also were enacted,'but no at tempt was made to pass over the president’s vet 6 the Cummins bill to restore the pre-war rate-making powers of the interstate commerce commission. The German treaty so engrossed senate attention that it shut off con sideration of much legislate n. Sen ate discussion of the treaty began May 23. but the document itself was not submitted by President W Ison until July 10. Committee hearings and consideration required two months, the report with fourteen res ervations being made to the Senate September 10. Deliberations on the treaty evoked one of the most bitter and prolonged contests between congress and the, president in American history, with the controversy centered large.’v about the League of Nation’s cove nant. Important Measures Go Over Another treaty, the Panama canal settlenYent with Colombia proposing payment of $25,000,000 by the United States also remains in the "ommii tee. It was reported to the senate but later withdrawn because of Co lombian decrees regarded as inimical to American interests. Several important legislative meas ures went over for final action at the regular session. The oil. coal gas and phosphate land-leasing bill was passed by both bodies and re trains in conference, as does the Edge bill authorizing organzatien of corporations to help finance Amer ican export trade. The Esch railroad bill passed the bouse and will be taken up with the senate interstate commerce commis tee’s bill at* the December session. The house also passed and sent <o the senate bills providing for de velopment of waterpower projects for establishment of a federal budget system, and providing a permanent government shipping policy. There were numerous investiga tions during the ex.tra session. Be sides the house inquiries into avia tion. ordnance, contracts and other war department activities, the sen ate investigated the steel strike. Mexican situaton, theacocl situation hnd other matters. It also authorized investigation of the print paper sit uation. Army Legislation Preliminary steps looking to revi sion of tariff and internal revenue laws also were taken, with general revis on planned during the regular session. The effort to reap war taxes on soft drinks and other luxuries failed. Permanent army legislation was advanced b«th by the senate and house military committees, which Completed hearings on peace-time arr. , proposals and are prepared to present bills in the new session pro viding for a permanent army of about 300,000 men as compared with the war department’s request for 500,000. Bills to increase pay’ of the navy personnel also are in readiness. Controversies during the extra ses sion resulted from opposition to sed ate confirmation of Attorney General Palmer and Comptroller of Currency John Skelton Williams. The former was confirmed, but the latter’s nomi nation still is pending. The house refused to seat Repre sentative-Elect Victor Berger, So c alist. of Milwaukee, because of his attitude during the war and ousted John F. Fitzgerald, Democrat, of Massachusetts, whose election was contested by Peter Teague, of Bos ton, 1 Six months to the day afteh the congress convened in special session, the house formally adjourned at 4:02 p. m. Wednesday’ after receiving worn from President Wilson that he did not object to th s action. The ad journment resolution was adopted by* a vote Os 55 to 5. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919. MORMON LEADERS l- WASHINGTON—No personage wno has visited Washington dur ing the war period, whether lord, earl, duke or king, has been the object of more curious interest that the elderly, gray-haired head ot the* Mormon church, Heber J. Grant, who has been visiting his felloe church official, Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah. Women wanted to see the man who took two brides on two successive days. For, back in the old days when polygamy was practiced among the Mormons, Grant did that very thing. Grant at left, Smoot at the right. REDSYiMPATHIZERS ORDERED TO QUIT LOUISIANA TOWN BOGALUSA, La., Nov. 20.—Because of the alleged statement of Ed O’Brien in which he was said to have upheld the I. W. W. members who fired upon the former soldiers at Centralia, Wash., a band of thir teen former service men, members of the American Legion, called upon him, invited him to leave' the town and after giving him a ticket placed him on boaid a southbound train here yesterday with a warning not to return, according to a statement issued today by a committee of citi zens. The statement said that the former I soldiers created no disturbance but I conducted the affair orderly. O’Brien. I a mill employe, was taken to the j train in a carriage. The statement I said that he apologized to the former | oldiers but did not hesitate to obey I heir orders to leave. ALASKANS COMBATTING REDS, SAYS GOVERNOR SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 20.—Alas kans are combatting radicalism with the hope of making Alaska 100 per cent American, Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., of Alaska,' declared to day on his arrival from Juneau. “W 6 are going to make it so hot for those who are not red-blooded Ame.icans, that they’ will have to go up above the Arctic circle,” he said. Governor Riggs told of the recent organization in the north of a body’ ; known as the Americans. The Amer- 4 leans, he said, will oppose every ef fort to change the present form of govern ment. LAND REFUSED RUSSIAN COI.ONISTS IN ARIZONA TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 20.—Russian colonists were deported from Casa grande, Pinal County, Arizona. Sat urday, by members of the American Legion, according to word brought here today. Real estate men refused ■ to sell them lands because it was ! alleged they had refused to do mill- I tary service. A colonizing agent was 1 loaded on the cars with them, under i Sheriff Sullinger, of Tucson, said on his return here today. I In Hospital, 2 Jailed In Wood Alcohol Case Luther Hardeman, colored, is at the Grady hospital in a seriour con dition a? a result of alcoholic poison ing while George Watson, colored, of 16 Lester street, and John Coklin. c olored, of 198 Magnolia street, are under arrest on charges of having in their possession whisky believed to ; contain wood alcohol. A chemical I analysis win be made Thursdayq of! the contents taken from Hardeman's stomach and of fifteen gallons of liquor said to have ben found on the premises of Coklin. Hardeman told officials at the hospital he purchased the liquor from Watson. The later, it is said by the police, admitted the sale, claiming he purchased it from Coklin. Vladivostok Quiet, Says State Department WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.—The rev. olution at Vladivostok has been quelled, dispatches today to the state department said. Does Your Church, School, Society or Club Need Money? Let the Semi- H r eekly Journal Furnish It for You The Semi-Weekly Journal is going to give SI,OOO in Gold to its readers. If you are a member of some church, school, club or society that is in need of money, here is an opportunity of aiding without it costing you anything. Turn to page 8 of this paper and you will find the rules, instructions and prize list of The Semi-Weekly Jour nal Figure Puzzle Game. You can enter this game, have a good time and donate your prize to your church, school, club or society. And you’ll get a lot of fun out of the game. Ft is the most interesting entertainment of the year. Turn to it now and start playing at once. i 4 REBELS DEFEATED IN FIERCE BATTLE I AT VLADIVOSTOK VLADIVOSTOK, Tuesday. Nov. 18. <By thfe Associated Press.) —Revolu- tionaiy forces which tor the last two aays have attempted to obtain con trol of this city, we e completely de seated by government troops today in a battle which commenced before dawn. General the revolution cry leader, was wounded and cap tured, and his followers were driven from every point of vantage by gov ernment troops. Shortly’ after midnight the govern ment troops moved two th.ee-inch field guns into position at the Svet landskaia bridge, by which this main thoroughfare of the city crosses the > Siberian railroad. The bridge is only -500 yards north of the station, the I strongest position of the rebels. A little later, tiocps reinforced by 100 I cadets from the naval training I school, proceeded to the business cen- I ter of the city, while armored cars I began arriving at the bridge. pefore the battle opened interna tional policemen and three American soldiers gained entrance to the rail way station, from which they took two women who had been marooned there since the fighting started. At l.J&’clock there was a burst of ma chine-gun fire against rebels holding the railway yards, and gunboats started to drop shells on the sta tion. Some of .the shells set fire to the barracks of the American replacement battalion. While government offi cials expressed the belief there would *-be little resistance by the rebels, the latter seemed to be in control of the railroad yards, although exrosed to military .fire from the high ground about the city. | —1 - -- ; • Wilson’s Letter on \ ■■ Treaty t Y ’’ASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 19. VV The letter from President * Wilson to Senator Hitchcock ! follows: My’ Dear Senator: You were good enough to bring me word that the Democratic senators supporting the treaty expected to hold a conference be fore the final vote on the Lodge resolution of ratificati n and that they would be glad to re ceive a word of counsel from me. I should hesitate to offer it in any detail, but I assume that the senators only desire my’ Judg ment upon the all-important question of the final vote on the resolution containing the many reservations by Senator Lodge. On that 1 cannot hesitate, for in my opinion the -'solution in that form does not provide for ratification, but rather for the nullification of the treaty. I sincerely hope that the friends and supporters of the treaty will vote against the Lodge resolution of ratification. I understand that the door will probably then be open for a gen uine resolution of ratifination. I trust that all true friends of the treaty will refuse to support the Lodge •'esolution. Cordiallv and sincerely yours, WOODROW WILSON. MBS. BBJOSTBEET'S FIGBT LM) TO lECGVEB_PROPERTY Denies Receiving’ Funds of i Fairburn Banking Com pany—Claims Purchases Macle With Own Funds Denying that she ever received any of the funds of the Fairburn Banking company and asserting that he diamonds, automobiles, wearing ipparel and real estate she purchased vere bought with her own money, .Irs. Catherine Queen Bradstreet, me of the principal figures in the Fairburn bank case, on Thursday be gan her legal fight to recover the I thodsands of dollars’ worth of proper ty seized by the authorities after her arrest on the night of October 12. Her first step was the filing in the Fulton superior court of a formal answer to the civil proceedings in stituted by the directors of the Fair burn Banking company. This was i done through her attorneys, B. H. ; and Harvey Hill and Fred B. Har | rison. I Formal answers and interventions 1 were filed by her husband, Clarence ,F. Bradstreet, and her father, A. IP. Queen, of DeKalb county. They I also were involved in the property i seizure proceedings, Bradstreet’s jew i elry and sundry articles of clothing i be.ng taken by the authorities, while the grocery store on East Lake drive ; sai dot have been purchased by Mrs. Bradstreet for her father, was also seized and turned over to Receiver John H. Longino. An order was taken before Judge John T. Pendleton fixing November i 29 as the date of the hearing at | which the prosecution and the three ; defendants alre required to appear ! and present their contentions. In her answer, Mrs. Bradstreet de nies having received any of the funds or property of the Fairburn Banking comply. It has been charged by the pr secution that William B. Green, former vice president of the bank, and now under charges of em bezzlement. misappropriated funds of the bank to the amount of SBO,OOO, and used them to purchase costly presents for Mrs. Bradstreet. It is als oaharg?d that Mrs. Bradstreet had knowledge of the source of the funds. * NEW CONFERENCE i ON CAPITAL AND LABOR IS CALLED WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Pres ident Wilson today appointed a new industrial conference and called it into session her/ December 1. The conference will .be composea of seventeen men, including govern ment officials, business men and for me • members of the cabinet and for mer governors of states, and it will | carry on the work undertaken by , the National Industrial Conference. I which foundered on the rock of coi ’ iective bargaining. i Secretary Wilson will be included, ‘ it was announced. Others invited I were: I T. W. Gregory, former attorney I general; George W. Wickersham, Os i car S. Strauss, Henry W. Robinson, Prof. Frank Taussig, Samuel W. Me Call. Herbert Hoover, Martin H Glynn, Henry C. Stuart, Dr. William O. Thompson, president of the Ohio State university; Richard Hooker George T. Slade, Julius Rosenwald O, D. Young, H. J. Waters and Stan ley King. None of these men was a membei I of the industrial conference which brcike up in Washington in October. Wilson’a lietter • The invitations were sent through i Secretary Wilson to whom the presi ! dent dispatched the following ex i planatory communication: My Dear Mr. Secretary: In accordance with the sugges tion g ven me by the public group of the recent industriH confer ence, I am calling a new body together to carry on this vital important work and I trust you will give me the pleasure of naming you as one of its mem bers. Guided by the experience of i the last conference I have thought it advisable that in this new : body there should be no recog i nition of distinctive groups but that all the new representatives should have concern that our in dustries may be conducted with such regard for justice and fair dealing that the workman will i feel himself induced to put forth his best efforts, that the em ployer will have an encouraging i profit and that the public will i not suffer at the hands of either side. It is my hope that this conference may lay the founda tion of for the development of standards and machinery within our Industries by which these results may be obtained. It is not expected that you will deal directly with any condition which exist stoday. but that you may be fortunate enough to find such ways as will avoid the rep etition of these deplorable condi- I ions. The conference will meet at t place to be hereafter designated in this city on the first of De cember, next. Cordially and Sincerely yours, WOODROW WILSON. CURED HER FITS Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916 Fourth Street, Milwaukee, Wis,. re cently gave out the following state ment: ”1 had suffered with Fits (Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doc tors and medicine did me no good, it seemed that 1 was beyond all hope of relief, when at last 1 secured a preparation that cured me sound and well. Over 10 years have passed and the attacks have not returned 1 wish every one who suffers from this terrible disease would write R P. N. Lepso, 13 Island Avenue. Mil waukee, Wis., and ask for a bottle of the same kind of medicine which he gave me. He has generously promised to send it prepaid, free to any one who writes him.”—(Advt.) How Old Is She? b \. | . ... 'i FF I.®’’' M ” a is® '. * I pr < jr' BROQUET TOPEKA, Kan.—ls she 23 or 29? The picture of Lucita Alise Bropuet is an exhibit in her suit o share in a million dollar estate left by the mother of Ernest Bio quet, whom she claims was her father. Her mother was a Span ish dancer whom Broquet mar ried. Her claim is contested on the ground that Broquet was not her father, that she was born fiv w years before his marriage to the dancer. SENATOR SMITH’S SPEECH IN BEHALF OF RESERVATIONS BY THEODORE TILLEB WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, taking part i in the closing debate on the Bodge [ resolution proposing ratification of the peace treaty with reservations, explained that, although the lan guage of the reservation was in some instances not what he desired, he ' thought it far better to ratify the ' treaty with these reservations than I to ratify it without reservation. He I emphasized that he followed his own I convictions In the matter without in | fluence from anyone else, and that I he acted for the good of the country ! as he saw it. It is his belief, he I said, tnat the language of the League i covenant is in many instances un j certain and douotful, paviijg the way for possible future disputes. „ He. I voiced strong opposition to Article ■ 10. His speech follows: “Mr. President, I have given the j best tnought of which I was capable ' to this treaty and to these reserva- ■ tlons. I have declined to allow m.v i views to be controlled by those of i any one else. .There are parts of these reservations that do not ac cord with exactly what I would pre fer. "The introductory resolution, I think, is ill-advised. I believe it would be much better if, by acquies cence, the other nations agreed to our action, and if our treaty with Germany was in no sense dependent even upon their acquiescence. I re gard the language in the * Monroe : Doctrine reservation as too extreme, ! and also in the Shantung'reservation. To Clear Up Uncertainty. "But. Mr. President, the treaty ! with these reservations is vastly i better than the treaty without them. As between the treaty with these reservations and a resolution of rati fication without reservations, I have no difficulty in reaching a conclus ion. These reservations free the treaty from language of uncertainty. They take from it provisions doubt ful, provisions which both on ac count of uncertainty and their doubt ful nature must necessarily lead to disputes, and from disputes to war. "There is no intelligent provision in the treaty as to who shall de termine whether a nation seeking to withdraw has complied with its ob ligations The second reservation clarifies that question, and declares that the United States will pass for itself upon the question of a per formance of its obligations in case’ of 3 notice to withdraw. "The language of the treaty with reference to our domestic problems, including immigration, with refer ence to the questions that are to be investigated by the council and even submitted to arbitration, is doubtful and unsatisfactory. It is language calculated to bring dispute, and to involve this nation in war. It is language not to preserve peace, but language to bring war. The reserva tion upon that subject is excellent, and meets my hearty app-oval. "The league covenent gives Great Britain six votes and gives the Unit ed States only one vote in the league assembly. A reservation provides that the United States will assume no obligation to be bound by any vote or decision of the league, where a member and its colonies cast more than one vote. As to Article 10 "Then, when we come to Article 10. the reservation is not quite as strong as I wish it were, but it is a vast improvement upon the article as it is found in the covenant. I cannot consent to see a treaty fasten ed upon this country, if I can pre vent it, which places upon our coun try the burden that the first para graph of Article 10 places upon it. I hope no treaty will ever be rati fied with a reservation less strong, so far as Article 10 goes, than the reservation now in this list of reser vations. To preserve the status quo of the world is practically its ef fect. After exquisite language about ‘freeing subject nations’ nad determination,’ expressing the atti tude of the United States, we prac tically assume under Article 10 the burden of maintaining the status quo. when nearly one-third of the people of the world are subject na tions under our four principal alies. I cannot vote for such an article. I cannot vote to draft our boys for every war and to maintain the pres ent world status. “I shall vote for the resolution and the reservations that have been pre sented. although, as I stated before, in several respects I would be grati fied to see them changed; but they are so much better than the treaty as it stands that, as I desire the treaty ratified |k’en with these res ervations, I support them. SCENTS5 CENTS a > OPY. $1.25 A YEAR. SEiTEFSILSTO RATIFY TREATY * ffIADJOURNS European Chaos Feared Again—President to Issue Statement Treaty Will K Go to Congress WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—» After failing in three attempts to secure ratification of the peace treaty Wednesday, the senate Wednesday . night adjourned until the next ses sion of congress, which will begin De cember 1. Two ratification votes were taken on the resolution drafted by the Re publican majority containing the reservations which President Wilson earlier declared constituted a nullifi cation of the treaty; and on each of these votes the Democrats suport ing the treaty voted against ratifica tion. The third vote was on straightout ratification of the treaty. 38 sena tors voting for Ratification and 53 against it. Senator McCumber, of North Dakota. Republican, was among those voting for the treaty. A two-thirds maiority, 65 votes, is re quired for ratification. National attention is now riveted on the White House for the next move in the treaty battle. Nov. 20.—Presl dent Wilson will have no statement to make on the failure of the senate to ratify the treaty of Versailles, it was said today at the White House. Senators Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the administration leader, and Under wood of Alabama, called at the White House during the morning, but did not see Secretary Tumult", who was with the president on he south lawn. They- took a philosophical view of the action of the senate. “Democratic leadership played its cards to the limit and for all they were worth and lost —that’s all,” 1 said Senator Underwood. Complete records today showed on ly three senators, La Follette, Re publican, Wisconsin; jicCumber, Re publican, North Dakota, and Shields, Democrat, Tennessee, used the en tire hour given each se.’.ator under I the cloture rule which was applied '■ to bring action on the treaty. During the four days the rule waa tn operation 21 hours, 38 3--. • • nutea of the maximum 95 hours was used among 48) senators, an average of about 27 minutes. For.ty-seven sena tors used none of their time. Majority Leader Lodge spoke only 18 minutes under the rule and Admin istration Leader Hitchcock 35 1-2 minutes. The senate’s failure to act left on the hands _of the administration a big collection of knotty problems, chief among which is the question of property rights In the German ships and other property of 6netny aliena seized by the government in thia country The state department ex perts say there is no legal sanction for retention of this property unless the treaty, which contains a provision legalizing it, is ratified. Another Fight Probable As a corollary to this problem stands the question of what is to become of the vast American inter ests in Germany, especially if the technical state of war is to continue and no American consuls or diplo matic representatives are to be sent to take up the subject directly. j In these property questions Is un- I derstood to Le one pf the chief ob- 1 : jections of teh administration to the , plan of Republican leaders to declare the state of war ended by a resolu tion of congress. Without the treaty provisions, officials say, a state of peace would leave this country in an awkward position when it came to establish its title to the German ships and the other German inter ests taken over and in many cases liquidated by the alien property cus todian. , There is every evidence, however, that the Republican leaders in con- I gress, anxious to get the country to an actual peace basis so that the many war-time legislative provisions may be erased and a more normal legal foundation placed under the country’s trade, are going ahead, with the!r plan of declaring peace by resolution as soon as the new congress meets. A resolution making such a dec laration was introduced last night by Republican Leader Lodge, after |hree attempts to ratify the treaty had failed. Not only is it exepcted to start another bitter fight in the new session, reviving many issues of the peace treaty controversy, but if it is passed the constitutional authority of- congress to take such a step is sure to be questioned. In the opinion of some officials a situation will re sult which only the supreme court ' can untangle. No Action Before January Although not changing technical!!* ' the existing status of relations be- I tween the United States and Ger- I many, the senatek- failure to ratify I the peace treaty at Its special ses- I sion is expected by administration officials and' diplomats to have an I indirect result of some importance !on the steps now being taken to i restore the world to a peace basis. One of the first consequences, ac cording to the view taken here, is likely to be the hastening of the negotiations in Paris, including pro mulgation of the proces verbale, * which will restore full commercial and diplomatic realtions between Ger many and the powers which have ratified the treafy. Paris dispatches have said this step was waiting, for one thing, oh the action of the senate, but it is thought there will be no further delay now for that reason. The new congress will mejet on De cember 1, but not even the most (Continued on Page 3, Column 6) Stomach Trouble or Tape* Worm Banished Many persons who suffer from stomach trouble really have a tape worm and don’t know it. A guar anteed remedy which has proven to be remarkably effective in ex pelling tapeworms and giving quick relief in all forms of stomach trou ble is being sent on free trial by the Schoenherr Co., Dept. 55, Milwau kee. Wis. They guarantee it to re move, in less than one hour, any tapeworm with its head. 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