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VOL. XVIII
LODGE SCORES WILSON’S ‘SLUR’ ON FRANCE
STOCK DIVIDEND RULING TO COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS:;
" CONGRESS TO GIVE BONUS TO SERVICE MEN, FORDNEY SAYS
Congress Leaders Disapprove
Supreme Court Stand—Will
Raise Corporation Stock Values
: (By Universal Service.)
"WASHINGTON, March 9—The
: Supreme Court’s decision holding
stock dividends tg be non-taxable
paves the way for “super-tax eva
~ sglons to the annual extent of hun
dreds of millions, according to Rep
resentative Hull, Democrat, of Ten-i
. pessee. Mr. Hull is a member of the
Ways and Means Committee. which
reported out the war revenue hill. and
is considered an expert on fiscal mat
ters. He was the author of the in
. come tax provision. £
Representative Kitchin, Democrat,
of North Carolina, c¢hairman of the
committee at the time the revenue
bill was passed, said: .
“This decision means that the gov
ernment no longer can collect any
taxes ffom corporations. Hereafter
lall dividends will be pafd in stock
~\Wividends. The decision also means
an increase in the value of stock of
corporations of at least $3,000,000,000.”
OALLEI{IALARMING.
“Very alarming,” was the comment
of Representative Henry T. Rainey,
Democrat, of Illinois, arother fiscal
expert on the Ways and Means Com
mittee.
Representative Longworth, Repub-
Hlcan, of Ohio, member of the com
reittee, said he was advised by the
saMtuary of the treasury department
~Dseember 18 that refunds which
would have to be made under an
adverse decision would amount to
$38,000,000 for 1917 and 1918,
I* was the consensus of opinion of
th¢ committee that no action will be
taken immediately to provide new
sources .of revenue to take the place
of the stock dividend. It was said
that the probable course that will
be pursued temporarily will be the
jssuance of short term treasury cer
tificates.
“{The eagerness among correspon
dents of .rival Wall Stpeet ticker
agencies to be the first on the street
with the news of the decision led
to wconsiderable confusion and sent
market stocks tumblingz.
MISTAKE BREAKS MARKET.
" Two of the news services which
supply. the ticker agencies sent out
bulletins announcing that the Su
.preme Court had upheld the constitu
tionality of the law on this contested
point. The result was a sharp break
in the market.' Ten minutes later
the correct news of the court's de
cision flashed across the wires and
the marsiet reacted sharply.
The ~rror appears to have been due
purely to the effort of certain of the
correspondents to “score a beat” on
the news of the court’s decision. The
o‘pening paragraphs ot the decision
conveyed the impression that the
court’s opinion would he favorable to
the constitutionality of the law. The
gorrespondents rushed cut upon their
wires the news that the law had been
jeclared constitutional. It was not
sntil the entire decision was read
that they learned of the error and
sought to correct it,
The International News Service, a
Hearst organization, was not one of
the offenders who Ccarried the mis
ilnformation. Its correspcndent wait
ed until the exact contents of the
sourt’s decizion werz known.
Three Coaches Burn on
Third Avenue ‘L’ Train
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 9.—Fire on a
Third avenue elevated express train
at 142nd street early today destroyed
pne car, badly damaged two others
and routed scores of tenants from
buildings. . i
There were No passengers.
24-Hour{ T 2 st Taiversis News P Service
Judge Pro Tem. Joe
Sentences Himself
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For Bing Drunk
Prisoners don’t often sentence
themselves. But Tuesday morning
Judge Johnson, at a loss what to
do with Joe Schmidt, an ‘“old
timer,” up for drunknesses for no
one know how many times, told
the prisoner to name his own
punishment. “
“Joe,” said Judge Johnson, ‘T've
tried the buttermilk cure on you.
I've put you behind bars on water
and wcrackling bread. 've fined you.
I've suggested the trench cure and
yet you come back. Now, if you
were. in my place as judge and I
were in your shoes what would
~ you do about it, Joe?”
| “Change places and let my try it,
judge,” said Joe unabashed, who
| has boasted that the fines he has
paid the city for drunkness would
t buy the city prison.
So the judge sat and let old Joe
plead guilty and sentence him
} self, -
“ «ontence myself to three days
[ in prison on water, Chattahoochee
River water, with no bread,” intoned
Judge Joe pro tem, raising bleary
eyes to the recorder,
“Let it be the judgment of the
court,” affirmed. Judge Johnson.
And it was' written in the rec
' ords of the court. .
Missing Palmetto Banker Wrote
Letter Admitting Losses in
Speculation, ; '
The bubble of fortune through cot
ton speeulation still floats before the
vision of R. C. Bacheller, vice presi
dent of the Bank of Palmetto, whose
disappearance last wek was followed
by discovery of a shortage in funds.
Dr. T. P. Bullard, president of the
bank, in a long distance telephone
message from Palmetto Tuesday, told
The Georgian that a letter had been
received from Bacheller, mailed in
Atlanta, saying he intended to keep
up the speculation which had forced
his flight, and that he was confident
he could win the money to pay back
the shortage.
Doctor Bullard Tuegday swore out
a warrant charging Bachellet with
embezzlement. Rumors were afloat
about Palmetto that Bacheller had
not left town, and the warrant was
taken out in consequence, being
placed in the hands of the Campbell
County sheriff. °
Doctor Bullard insisted, however,
that the rumors were without” foun
dation. He gave his- opinion that
Bacheller was in New Orleans or
New Ygrk.
Doctor Bullard said oconfidence in
the bank had been completely re
stored, and that a number of depos
itors who had withdrawn their aoe
counts had returned. C. J. Ander
son and J. D. Camp of Atlanta have
been obtained to make a new audit
of the bank’s affairs.
‘ No definite clues as to Bacheller's
Iwhereabouts were in the hands of
any investigators Tuesday. It was
indicated that a substantial reward
for his apprehension would be of
’fered by the bank.
lHoover‘ Petition Is
| Started in Savannah
1 SAVANNAH, Ga., March 9.—Peti
'tion to the State Democratic Execu
tive Committee to put Hoovers name
iin the primary was granted here to
day by W. H. Wade.
The petition exempts signatories
from support of Hoover, asking
merely that the public may pass on
his presumed candidacy.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair Tuesday night
and Wednesday; much warmer.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 30; 8
a. m., 36; 10 a. m., 43; 12 noon,
50; 1 p. m, 51; 2 p. m., 53.
Sunrise, 5:56; sunset, 5:41,
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Victim, Left Unconsecious in
Woods, Finally Crawls to Trol
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ley Line—Police After Robbersi
" The most daring motor.car ron-!
‘bery in menths took place Monday
jnight when two men beat J. M.|
Brown, taxi driver, of 51 Waddell |
street, into unconsciousness, left him |
;helpless in a wood along East Lake
Drive and departed. with his car.
' Police blame dangerous profes
sional motor ear bandits or bootleg
lgers who wanted Brown’'s car as a.l
transport. |
t Brown went to headquarters Tues-i
day morning to give a detailed report
!of his experience. 'To -appeared to'l
ihs,ve been “handled roughly.
First news of the .robbery camefij
Monday night when Rrown peturned:
on the Druid Hills car after having
lain unconscious two hours in the
woods and then having made his way
| from the scene of the robbery ‘fo the:
end of the Druid = Hills car line
[negrly a mile distant, }
'MET THEM DOWN TOWN.
According to his story, Brown was
Iwaiting at Forsyth and Peachtree‘w
streets about 7:30 o’clock for a party
of soldiers he had becn engaged to’
take to Camp Gordon. He said two
'men in civilian clothes approached
‘him and said they wanted to hire his
'machine to-take them to Decatur.
~ They got in and Brown drove out
Peachtree street and turned . into
Ponce de Leon avenue. He said hg
did ‘not like the manner of the two’
men and when he reached the Ford
plant he stopped and was preparingl
to turn back with the excuse that
his engine was out of order. At this
juncture he' heard one of the gnen.
ask .the other if he thought “those
girls would be ready when they.ar
rived.” I
Assuming his premonition was
wrong and that the men weére -prbb I
ably going 'to Decatur to get two:
yvoung women to bring them back to
the city, he continued on his way. _
~ Brown told the police he had driven
a short distance along' East Lake
IDrive after haying turned off Ponce
de'Leon avenue, when one of the men
iasked him to stop the car, saying he
desired to get out. Brown says no
!sooner had he done this than the
other thrust.a pistol at his head and
Idemanded that he get out of the ma
chine. He said he reached down to
Iput on his emergency brake, hopmg
'to be able to get hold of a big wrench
with which to defend himself.
TOLD TO WAIT. |
He said the man, evidently seeing
[what his intentions were, reached
'down and put the brakes on, and re
peated his demand.
Brown said the man asked him how
much gasoline he had and upon his
reply that there ‘was two or three gal
lons in the tank, they told him theyl
had a little job to pull off and he had|
nothing to do but wait quietly in the|
woods until they returned. He ds-l
clares one of the men struck him on
lfhe head with a loaded billy. s
He repeated a hazy recollection of |
being dragged in among the trees,
when a second blow was dealt his
head and he lapsed into unconscious
ness.
When he recovered, he said, his car
was gone. He called out several
times in an effort to signal a pass
ing automobile, but failed. He said
he next managed to walk and crawl
'to the end of the Druid Hills car line.
'He boarded a car and told his story
to the crew and passengers.
On his report to the police search
was begua. A complete description
has been given the police by Brown,
as wel’ as the number and a de
scription of his automobile.
. SCAFFOLD FALLS; 2 KILLED,
ST. LOUIS, March 9.—Two men
were killed and thirteen injured,
some of them seriously, when a scaf
folding on which they were working
at the plant of the Géneral Motors
Company. Union and N&p&nl Bridge
avenue, collapsed. 2
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920.
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Denies He Was ‘Pro-British,> and
Charges Vacillating Policy of
Navy Delayed the Armistice.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 9.—Admiral
Sims declared there was a ‘“cam
paign of deliberate propaganda to dis
credit him,” when he reappeared to
day before the Senate committee in
vestigating his controversy with Sec
retary Daniels. ~
Sims denied he was ‘“pro British.”
He said his father was an Ameri
can of revolutionary stocs and he
chanced to ‘be born in Canada be
cause his mother nappened at the
time to be on a visit to her father,
who was a Canadian. o :
. When he was told during the war
he was being agoused of being “Pro
‘British” he sald he" replied: “Why
[don't they send a prg-f;erman over
here with a trunkfull of bombs.™
" While hié said the “American navy’s
part in the war was one of marked
‘efficlency once we got dirto .it,” Ad
‘miral Sims declared thdt the “cavil
‘ating policy” of the navy ‘department
‘during the early months of the war
iwas responsible for prolonging the
‘war several months.
IDELAY WAS SERIOUS.
~ “Had we been prepared at first
the war would have been shortened at
.least four months,” Admiral Sims de-
Icla,red. “As the war cost an average
of 3,000 lives a day and millions of
dollars, the seriousness of this delay
‘can be realized.
' “But we entered the war unpre
' pared, despite two years in which we
Isaw it coming. We were unorgan
‘ized and the départment had no plan.
It pursued a vacillitating policy dur
ing the first few months,
“The war was won by a fortunate
combination of circumstances, which
it is unwise to count on in the fu
ture,” Sims said.
The Amierican army during the
first year ofsAmerica’s entrance into
the war was 'threatened with “being
all-dressed up-and no place to go,”
Sims declared. “Our army ran the
risk .at alMtimes of being caught in a
lposltion of being impotent to obtain
‘vlctory ‘because of a. lack of sup
plies,” Sims added.
“There was the gravest anxiety
about: enough ships' being available
to carry supplies as-well as troops.”
'HANDICAPPED, HE SAYS.
“The American navy’s part in the
‘war was of marked efficiency once
we got into it,” Sims said. He de
clared hjs first instructions were
“vauge and ‘unsaisfactory” and he
had labored under’ serious handicaps
overseas because he was 3,000,000
miles away from ‘the navy depart
ment. J
“I have raised no que’ntlon what= |
ever as to the efficiency of our navy
in the war viewed as a whole,” Sims
said. “And apart from those who
direcetd it, the work the navy did,
such as it was, was beyond all
praise.
“My criticism was directed mainly
at the faults committed in the first
months of the war, and their faiiure
to act promptly. -
“Aparently the navy department
believed that I and allied officials had
overestimated the seriousness of th
sityation. They failed to respond,
and I am zonvinced that this failure
to get adequate support during the
first six months of the war seriously
endangered the oputeome and pro
longed the_ war. several months.”
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Visitina Citn Planner
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I Will Talk Wednesday
~ R. M. Scharff of the City Planning
Commission of Pittsburg, who also
serves in an advisory capacity with
the City Planning Lommission of
Birmingham, will deliver an ad
dress to the Atlanta City Planning
Commission at 3 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, at the regular session.
Mr. Scharff has discussed At
lanta’s work in thnis ¥ne with R. R.
Otis of the Atlanta commission.
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Professions
Fan Insanity
Among Women
(By Universal Service.)
LONDON,’March 9. —lnsanity
js increasing among women
because they are taking a much
greater share :n the world's
work, according to a report by
Dr. Edward Osward, superin
tendent of the Glasgow Royal
Asylum.
The strain reacts mostly on
professional women, he says;
women of the working class are
not so likely to break down.
There .has been a notable in
crease in the number of school
teachers and studedfs admitted
to insane asylums in Great
Britain,
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Forecaster Says Cold Weather Is
<+« Broken for the
b Year.
Spring is here!
In spite of 30-degree weather, a
‘heavy frost ‘and frozen radiators, C.
F. von Herrmann, official forécaster,
said -Tuedday hmarks the beginning
of spring, :
The mercury stayed well above 30
degreées Monday night and through
the early morning, and commenced
climbing ' with the sun. The ther
mometer will not drop below 45 de
grees Tuesday night, and will climb
to 60 Wednesday. It was Indicated
that the last of the bitter weather is
past, and that. the coal problem auto
matically will solve itself. s
Tire Prices Going Up;
Fabric and Labor Dear
Owing to the increased cost of cot
ton fabric and labor, pr.incipa.llj the
former, the larger dealers have an
nounced an advance of from 18 to 20
per cent on automobile tires contain
ing cotton fabric, effective Monday.
Truck tires of solid rubber have ad
vanced ' approximately 10 ! per cent,
and carriage tires of rukbber will re
main at former prices.
It is said the advance is not equal
to the advance in cotton fabrics,
which ig made possible by an in
creased output, The advance in the
price of truck tires is caused chiefly
by advanced labor costs.
Earthquake Shocks Are
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Felt in Tuscany, Italy
(By Internationzl News Service.)
LONDON, March s9.—Earthquake
shocks were felt throughout Tuscany,
Italy, today, said a Central News dis
patch from Rome. Many persons
fled' from their homes but the dam
age is believed to be slight. I
. Tuscany is a department In‘
Northwestern Italy bordering lhel
Mediterranean Sea. It contains a
number of industrial centers, ('hieti
of them being Florence, Leghorn,
Pisa and Pistoja. 1
American Murdered I
By Mexican Clerk
(By international News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March ‘9.—Ray
mond: A. Corcoran, an American cit
izen, aged 35, a superintendent of the
Santa Gurtredis Mining Cimpany, an
American concern ear Pachuca, Mex
ico, was murdered by his Mexican
clerk ¢on the afternoon of February
28, according to state department ad
vices today from the American con
‘sul at Nuevo Earedo.
The clerk is under arrest. !
Titus Declines To Be
Shipping Board Member
(By International News Serwice.)
WASHINGTON, March 9.-—Louis
Titus of California, nominated by the
President to be a member of the
shipping board, has asked tPresident
Wilson to withdraw his nomination
lbeeause of criticism of th® appoint
ment $
Chairman of Ways and Means
Committee Declares Country
Can Well Afford to Pay Bonus.
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 9.—Con
gress‘wlll provide for some form of
bonus for ex-service men, Chairman
Fordney of the House ‘Ways and
Means Committee predicted at the
hearing on soldier beneficial legis
lation.
Mr. Fordney's statement was
prompted hy the repeated assertions
of other members of the committee
that the finand¢ial condition of the
treasury, might make it impossible
to do anything for the veterans of the
world waz,_ w
He declared the United States is
the richest nation in the world and
could well afford to compensate the
former soldiers in a manner satis
factory to them, L
Girl Shot by Brother
Dies From Pneumonia
Unable to overcome an attack ot
pneumonia, Vivian Gray, 6, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Gray, 396
Piedmont avenue, who was acvident
ally shot by her 8-year-old brother
Harold March 3, died Tuesday at a
private sanitariuim,
Besides h\er brother, she is survived
by her pavents, a sister, Mildred, and
her grandmother, Mrs. C, E. Wells,
all of Atlanta. The funeral will take
place Wednesday afternoon from the
chapel of Barclay and Brandon, with
interment in West ¥iew. :
The child was shot through the
chest while playing with her broth
er in the Gray home., The boy play
fully pointed a pistol at is sister and
pulled the trigger, not knowmg it
was loaded. She was rushed to a
hospital. It was thought she wouwid
recover until pneumonia set in.
Campaign Papers Are
Read in Newberry Case
(By International News Service.)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,, March 9.
Reading into the records of the
Newberry trial all campaign corre
spondence which passed between
Senator Newberry and Paul H. King,
his campaign manager, may be com
plered today, according to an early
outlook.
King resumed his reading and ex
planation of the mass of letters and
telegrams at the opening of the day's
session, with correspondence written
in May, 1918, in hand.
In all of King’s testimony, he .is
seeking to back up thé main basis of
the defense that the political activi
ties of Senator Newberry and his
forty-eight ce-defendants constituted
a campaign and not a conspiracy.
Atlanta Girl Is
Winner of No. 24
And, having got over the
best last line to Limerick
24 in The Georgian’s
~ series, she is going to cele
brate with the other girls
in the office. A six-cents
a glass celebration, you
know !
It’s a right good last line—
the ome about the High
Cost and Pants Problem.
There’s another incom
pleted Limerick in The
Georgian today for you
to complete in the hopes
of getting over ‘‘the
best’’ and getting that
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Baby Is Freed
Of ‘Burden’ of
Wilson’s Name
(By Universal Service.)
Naw BEDFORD, Mass., March
9.—Woodrow Wilson Wil
loughby of Edgartown, 14 months
old, is now Hobart Lockett
Willoughby.
By court decree, Jidge Everett
Allen Davis of the Dukes
County Probate Court changed
the child’'s name on petition of
his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Leo
A. Willoughby. =
The petition expresses the fear
that the future the appellation
“Woodrow Wilson” might be
come a burden to the child, but
did not disclose whether politics,
national or international, made
“Woodrow Wilson” undesirable.
French Direct Land Operations.
Paris Is Angry at British
; for Crisis.
r (By Universal Service,)
PARIS, March 9.—Gen. Franchet
& Esperay has left for Constantino
ple in a special train to take com
plete command of the allied troops,
while a British admiral is to have
supreme direction of naval opera
tions.
The fir.st military step by Lhe al
lies will be the occupation of the
Marash district to prevent further
massacres of Armenians,
Meanwhile a strgng section of the
Franch . press continues to rage
against what is characterized as
Britain's selfish and imperialistic pol
iey toward Turkey. ‘
EDITORS TALK STRAIGHT.
Le Temps, for instance, says:
“Sixteen months after the armistice
the allies must start the war all over
in order to impose peace.”
The Populaire says: “Britain is
about to occapy Constantinople after
obtaining the consent of France and
Italy, Thus ends the comedy, for
everybody knows that when British
troops settle anywhere they settle
forever, and Constantinople is cer
tainly an alluring key.
“The present-day caplt:}listic fa
naticism surpasses the Papal fanati
cism of the twelfth century. Britain,
who follows her policy with admira
ble .continuity, has concluded that if
the Turkas are to be driven' out of
Europe there is nothing better to do
than for Britain 1o take their place.
BRITISH GRAB IS SEEN.
“T'hus Britain is about to grab a
position as mistress of the world.
Franco-Italian imperialism, which
gave way in 1915 before- the Ro
manoffs’ imperialism, will undoubt
edly give way to British imperialism
if sufficiént compensation—honest or
dishonest—is offered.
“Thus, British indignation at the
suggestion of leaving the Turks in
Constantinople is explained, and so
is the noisy exploitation in England
of the recent Armenian massacres.
For the occupation of Constantinople
must be repesented to the peoples of
the world as a deserved punishment
for Turkish barbarism.
“British diplomacy is greater than
the diplomacy of all other nations—
because it is the most cynical”
Britain Sending
Powerful Shps
(By Internatioral News Service.)
LONDON, March 9.—The fleet
Great Britain is sending into Turk
ish waters ecgntains some of the most
powerful warships in the world, Ad
vices from Tunis today said it in
clnded the superdreadnaught Queen
Elizabeth and the Humber. The
Queen Elizabeth took part in the ef
forts of the allles to force the Dar
danelles.
Cashier Slain,Others Shot
In Attempted Robbery
(By International News Service.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 9.—
Glen M. Shawkey, cashier of the
South Side Bank, was killed and J.
M. McEllis, vice president, and James
Smith, negro porter, wounded in a
gun battle with three bandits ‘who
attempted to hold up the institution
just before 10 o'clock t'Y's morning.
NO. 199.
GI fll Pl EHI[F
Also Flays President’s Stand on
Adriatic, Saying Italy Is En
titled to Keep Fiume.
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
WASHINGTON, March 9.—What
he termed an “unfair and unfortu
nate reflection on France,” in the
President's latest letters to Senator
Hifchcock on the treaty was se= g
verely criticised in the Senate this
afternoon by Senator Lodge, the Re=
publican leader. ;
Lodge also déclared the President’s
attitude in the Adriatic dispute to
be wrong and said Italy was enti
tled to possession of Fiume if only
as a strategic base to protect her
from future invasion. «
Final Move Begins to
Compromise Treaty
’ By J. BART CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8. .
~ WASHINGTON, March 9.—Repub~
lican leaders. declared today they
don't propose tof permit the peace
treaty to “be Killed”. in the Senate
without first sesking to place full
responsibility for its defeat on Pres
ident Wilson.
They are prepared to meet the
President squarely in the campaign
on the issue of reservations or no
reservations, on the Americanization
of the treaty, as described in the
President’s latest lettersto Senater
Hitcheock, :
The Republican leaders decided to
make the administration side one last
offer of a compromise on Article X.
Senator Watson of Indiana, one ‘of
their number, was selected to join .
with Senators Kellogg of Minnesota
and Hale of Maine, two of the Re
‘publican “mild reservationists,” in .
preparing such a compromise,
ROOT AT CONFERENCE.
The decision of the Republican
leaders was discussed at a .confer
ence in Senator Lodge’s office at
which Elihu Root was present. Mr.
Root agreed with them there was
scant prospect for ratification and
“if a break had come” he was “glad
it had come on Article X.”
Rejection of the proposed compro
mise by administration senators fol
lowing President Wilson’s declara
tion for an unreserved acceptance
of Article X+will demonstrate forei
bly to the American people, the Re
publican leaders said, that it is the
Democratic and not the Republican
side that refuses to compromise in
order to secure ratification.
.~ Administration senators declared
there . was “nothing new” in the
President’'s letter beyond its giving
further emphasis to the position he
has maintained all along with refer
ence to Article X. Senator Hitch
cock, as their leader, expressed the
opinion that while some senators
would probably continue “to fiddle
around” a compromise, none seemed
likely to develop that would lead to
ratification.
Slap at France in
President’s Letter
By JAMES R. NOURSE,
Staff Correspondent Universal Service
WASHINGTON March 9.—Presi
dent Wilson performed Monday the
last act needed to insure the defeat
of the peace treaty by advising his
followers in the Senate that he can
not accept the Lodge reservations.
Making known his position through
the medium of a letter to Senater
Hitchock, the administration -leader,
the President stated his unalterable
opposition to the reservations already
adopted, and more particularly to the
‘Lodg« reservation on Article X, to
jwhich a majority of the Senate is
committed.
Ratification of the treaty with
thesé reservations, the President as
serted, wou}d b 2 a numticnticp
