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Senate Debates Lodge Charges on Treaty
EUROPE BALANCED
UPON KNIFE EDCE,
STATES MERLIP
Washington—Frank A. Vanderlip for
mer president of the National City
Hank of New York told the Pan-Ameri
can conference today that the trading
between South America and Europe
could not be resumed as formerly for
some time as the situation over seas is
moi\‘ serious than has been grasped on
this continent or even by a large propor
tion of the Europeans themselves.”
‘Europe” said Mr. Vanderlip said “has
received such a shock as cannot be
measured by those who have not seen it
at -close range. Men all over the coun
try are idle. The disorders are a Je
suit of want, idleness and revolution inid
cannot be confined to any one locality.
1 believe that Europe is now balanced
unon a knife edge and that the future
alone can tell s whether there will be a
conflagration or not.
“Aid can and must be given. The
help must be to restore the industries.
Only its own people can save Europe
fry the sweat of their brows. The dif
ficulty conies In starving them. Men
are being supported by the millions in
Europe by unemployment gold, as they
are earning no wages. In England alone
more #than a million men are drawing
sf> 000,000 weekly from the unemploy
ment fund. In Belgium the conditions
are similar. There Is no labor.
‘‘This gloomy picture is true and a
catastrophe may come out of the pres
ent situation which will affect us all|| If
the catastrophe is averted as I believe
it will be the position of those countries
of this hemisphere which are rich in
resources and unharmed by war is of
supreme importance.
“Europe cannot live except on In
dustry with the present population.
“The industrial cycle must be resumed.
A responsible minister of England said
to me that if industries of Europe were
not speedily resumed if the British work
Shops cannot be speedily supply finished
products to European countries the gov
ernment must export at once five or six
million Englishmen.
Europe must have help. We of this
hemisphere must grant it and it must
be in material things needed so that
Europe can help herself.”
Mr. Vanderlip suggested the formation
of a group of nations made up of the
Latin-American republics, the United
States and some of the European neutrals
to lend aid to the afflicted countries of
Europe in the form of materials, machin
ery. equipment and food. He declared the
American governments should not make
further loans to other governments, add
ing that there was a general idea in Eu
rope that the United States ought to fore*
go the loans made during the war.
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, told the
conference he had such confidence in
South America that he was building in
Chile twenty of the largest cargo boats
j wer constructed to carry ore from the
r est to the east coast for conversion into
steel.
We must depend upon Latin-America
for our raw materials" he added.
FRANCE AGREED TO
HELP NEW RHENISH
REPyBLIC SET OUT
Manheim.—When the project of tho
Rhenish republic was first broached. Mar-
Jdial Foch, commander-in-chief of the al
lied armies, was approached through oc
cupation officers and asked whether the
Rhinelanders could work for a republic
without the risk of being disciplined by
Germany, according to the Neue Baden
Landeszeitung. The newspaper states
that Marshal Foch and Premier fflemen
eeati. of France, conferred on the subject
and sent, a reply to the Rhinelanders that
••the German government would never
• rain have anything to do with the left
bank of the Rhine, and hence the propa
gan'lists could not be punished.”
It is further suggested that France will
help the new republic economically so as
to lighten the financial indemnity charge
able to the palatinate. Marshal Foch has
notified the centrist members of the na
tional assembly, according to the news
paper. that he would relieve their elec
tors from the necessity of paying indem
nity.
WILSON NAMES BODY TO
PROBE TRACTION FINANCES
Washington, D. C.—Appointment by
President Wilson of the Federal Klectrie
Railway commission, to investigate and
find a solution of the street railway prob
lem over the country was announced
today by Secretary Redfleld Composing
the commission are: Edwin F. Bweet.
assistant secretary of commerce; Royal
Meeker, commissioner of labor stat’sllcs,
department of labor; C. E. Elmquest,
president National Ass’n Street Railway
and Utilities Com miss I oners: Charles W.
Beall of the Investment Bankers’ Associ
ation; Philip H. Gadsden, American Elec
tric Railway Association, and Wm. P.
Mahon, Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Rail wav Employes.
The President designated a represen
tative of the American Cities’ League of
Mayors, but his acceptance has not yet
been formally received
Mr. Elmquist has been elected chair
man of the commission and Mr Bweet,
vice-chairman No plan of procedirre W(U ,
announced.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
HEARS STATE REPORTS
Washington, O. C.—H< porta bjr state
guperlntetulont* of condition, and prr»g
re»» In their reepertlve ■ . I
today’s anaalon of th» national eonven
tlon of the Anti-Saloon league of Am
erica.
At the afternoon aeaalon the program
Included report* by foreign delegate* on
•onditlon* In tha«r «*«pectl»e countries
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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Morse Operators
In Birmingham to
Join Wire Strike
Birmingham. —Union telegraph operators of Birming
ham will join the walkout of Atlanta key men Monday if
the strike is not settled in that city by that date, officials of
the local union stated today. Telephone operators will be
affected only slightly by declaration of a strike here as
comparatively few are members of the union.
Atlanta, Ga. —Both sides remained out
wardly determined today in the strike
here of the Western Union and telephone
company employes, the telegraph com
pany having announced that it would not
re-employ those of its force who went
OLIVERARREST iS
THOUGHT GLUE TO
TOE Oil PLOTS
Pittsburgh. —With the ar
rest of George Oliver, 28, of
Cleveland, police today be
lieved they were on the trail
of the anarchists responsi
ble for Monday night’s bomb
explosions here.
John Johnson, president
of the local I. W. W., and
i fourteen other alleged an
| archists were being exam
! ined today by agents of the
department of justice.
PATTERSON POLICE
TIGHTEN THE GUARD.
Paterson, N. J.—A strong guard was
placed aboard the gas and eleqtric works
of the Public* Service Corporation here
and*.at Passaic today because of a report
received by the Passaic police that at
tempts would be made to blow tip the
company's gas tanks in the two cities
HUN CORRESPONDENTS ARE
PESSIMISTIC ON ANSWER
[ . Berlin—The correspondents at Ver
sailles of most of the Berlin newspapers
write pessimistically today under the
i impression that the allies will answer
j the counter proposals with an ultimatum
which will make it impossible for the
Germans to sign the treaty.
CDANIELS TELLS EX-SAILORS
TO PRESENT CLAIMS
Washington.—Men discharged from the
navy and naval reserve who have mileage
claims against the government may ob
tain payynent under an order issued to
day by Secretary Daniels. VTher® in
nearly 150.000 such claims as n result of
the increased mileage allowed by con
gress in the net of February 28. 1919.
BIG GOLD SHIPMENT IS
RECEIVED BY MORGAN CO.
New York, N. Y. —An additional ship
ment of $5,500,000 in gold for th«- account
of the British government arrived here
from Canada today consigned to J. P.
Morgan and Company. A total of $12,-
000,000 in gold lias arrived so far and it
Is understood that the final sum will
amount to $50,000,000.
SCOTT TO BECOME THE
TREASURY OF HOWARD
Washington.—Emmett I. Scott, former
ly secretary of Tuskegee Institute, Ala
bama. who during the war has been spe
cial assistant to the secretary of war in
connection with the welfare of negro sol
diers has resigned, effective June 30 and
on July 1 will assume his duties as sec
retary-treasurer of Howard University
here, to which office he has Just been
elected.
WINNIPEG STRIKERS MAY
END SYMPATHY STRIKE
Winnipeg.—lt was rumored that the
central strike committee was consider
ing the advisability of calling off the
sympathetic strike, ;n view of the Im
pending action by war veterans.
It was stated at the board of trade
that hundreds of union men were; ready
to return to work despite contrary or
ders from the strike committee as soon
as they were assured “adequate protec
tion.”
MEDIATOR HOPES TO
SETTLE BIG STRIKES
Toledo, Ohio.—The expected arrival
here today of Georg- I* Miles, chief
mediator for the Ohio industrial com mis
j aiou to ai« l In settling the labor disputes
I involving *3.000 employes of the Wlllys
'Overland Automobile Gompany was the
first Indication that an end of the trouble
which has b<*en In progress for four
weeks might be in sight.
Fearing a new outbreak of violence at
the first of the funerals of the victims
shot to death In the rioting Tuesday
night, today caused Mayor Schrelber to ■
detail several detectives to attend the j
I services The f>st victim will be burled:
tomorrow 1
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES’
out yesterday in sympathy with the tele
phone operators.
The telephone employes who struck
Monday, alleging discharge, of union op
erators, failed, with the possible excep
tion of about a dozen, to obey Postmaster
General Burlesons orders to return to
work by 6 o’clock last night. Leaders
of the striking key men have predicted
a nation-wide strike from the local sit
uation.
Botli companies claim to be in position
to continue service indefinitely despite
the strike.
Speakers at a labor rally last night
denounced Postmaster General Burleson's
attitude toward the situation.
There has been no disorder except for
a fight* last night involving three tele
graph operators. A warrant has been
issued for F. B. Bummers, a striking
operator, charged with assault and bat
tery on R. E. Batterwhite, who did not
go ont on strike. A. M. Gooch, who
also remained at work, was the other
man involved in the affair.
compucTil MET
IH TRUTH CHANGE
Paris.—The necessity for the various
nations, and especially France to make
definite statements to banking in
terests concerning the funds likely to
i*‘ received in reparation payments in
order to arrange for loans, Ls apparent
ly affecting the council of four’s con
sideration of amendments to the Ger
man peace treaty and it is expected to
result in the fixing of a definite re
paration sum.
The failure of any plan for an in
ternational pooling of war debts it is
pointed out here, is forcing the in
dividual nations to prepare to meet
the bankers on a strictly business
basis.
The small powers have won a vic
tory in their opposition to the limita
tion of armaments of the new states
created from the former Austro-Hun
garian empire as incorporated in the
Austrian peace treaty. The council of
four has decided to eliminate the pro
visions for such limitation.
The council today gave further con
sideration to the German counter pro
posals, these occupying the time dur
ing the forenoon session of the body.
| The afternoon was devoted for the
most part, to the question of the rights
of minorities in tl<« small nations.
It is doubtful if the council of four
will be able to send a reply to the
German counter proposals to thie peace
treaty terms before the end of next
week, according to the Paris office of
Reuter's limited.
In the revision of the treaty of 1839
dealing with the status of Belgium, in
cluding her boundaries as affecting
Holland, the council of foreign minis
ters of the peace conference has
adopted the principle that Holland
shall not have to make territorial con
'cessions. It appears that Holland is
willing to grant Belgium certain
rights the Belgians are demanding.
PARIS HOPES FOR END OF
TRANSPORTATION STRIKE
£#rit.—ln competent circle® optimism
prevail® this morning relative to the
strike in this city and hopes were ex
pressed that the trouble between the
unions and the employers would Boon
be settled. Through effort® of the gov
ernment the employers and men In the
m®UU Industrie® bevs com® to mi on
deratandlng on some qeustlons at Issue
but there is no change in the situation
| regarding the transportation systems and
i there Jigain is talk of the government
requisitioning the subway.
YEOMEN ARE ADMITTED
TO AMERICAN LEGION
Washington, D. C.—The AlMflflU bO*
glon, recently organized by men of all
branches of the wa rs®rvic®, has officially
recognized the yeoman (V.) us part of
| tli® nation® combatant force* by granting
i a charter for the organization In this
city of Betsy Itoss root. No. 1, the first
feminine unit to be included in the le
gion. The post will be entirely com
posed of feminine naval reservists In the
District of Columbia.
NATIONALIST PARTY WINS
IN MANILA ELECTION
Manila, P. I.—Returns from the elec
tion just held here Indicate a sweeping
victory for the nationalist party, which
supported the sending of the rerent "in
dependence mission" to America The
'*lndependent mission” was a group of
1 ading Filipinos which Journeyed to
Washington to ask that the Philippine
Islands be given tbelr independence as a
nation.
TO GIVE YORK A~TOKEN.
Nashville, Tenn.—The Tennessee Wo
man Suffrage Association last night voted
to send a tiand®orne pin to Mergesnt Al
vin C. York’s bride on the occasion of
the wedding Saturday,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 5, 1919
Seventy-Eight Perish
and Thirty-One Hurt
In Big Mine Disaster
Austrians Do Not
Like Peace Terms
Offered By Allies
(By The Associated Press.)
Austria’s attitude toward the peace
terms presented Monday has not been of
ficially mad® known to the allies. Ad
vices from Vienna, however, report of
ficial dissatisfaction with their provisions
and a chorus of newspaper disapproba
tion. There aro indications nevertheless
that the people as a whole are somewhat
lethargic.
Completion of the Austrian treaty, sev
eral clauses of which were missing in
Monday's presentation, is not likely to
occur this week, although the peace con
ference leaders aro giving daily attention
to the matter. The missing clauses, it Is
stated, are likely to be transmitted to the
Austrian representatives by note, as they
become completed.
Modifications tn the terms of peace
with Germyi.y* t inm to b- approaching
definite form According to advices from
Paris. These alterations, It is said, are
not planned primarily to make the terms
lighter for the Germans, but to render
them easier of execution.
Apparently there is a disposition on tho
part of President Wilson. Premier Lloyd-
George and Premier Clemenceau to fix a
definite sum of approximately $25,000,-
000,000 as the amount of indemnity Ger
many will be called upon to pay, and it
seems possible that the first Installment
of about $5,000,000,000 may not have to
be paid within two years as now stipu-
Democrats Hurling
Charge That Lodge
Scandalized Wilson
Washington—The leak in diplomatic
channels through which it has been
charged copies of the unpublished peace
treaty with Germany reached certain
interest® in New York was the subject
of another stormy debate today in the
senate.
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, rank
ing democrat, of the foreign relations
committee in calling up his resolution
for a senate Investigation of all facts
sh the case declared the statements of
Senators Lodge of Massachusetts, and
Borah of Idaho, republican members of
the committee regarding the presence of
copies In New York constituted a “mon
trous charge.”
If this charg* had been made in the
Interests of the public, he said not merely
in order to attack the treaty the sena
tors making It would nave demanded
senatorial investigation. The speech
drew replies from both Mr. Lodge and
Mr. Borah.
•T presume,” said Mr. Hitchcock 'that
there will be no substantial Objection to
tills proposal. It is a matter of tho
most tremendous urgency that investi
gation should be had of charges made
upon the responsibility of two senators
that copies of the treaty have fallen Into
the hands of New York inti rest* while
being withheld from the senate of the
United States.
“The request for this Investigation
should have been made by the senators
who lugged Into the senate this serious
charge. They do not appear to realize
the embarrassing position In which they
placed themselves by not asking an In
vestigation.
A declaration bv the Nebraska sena
tor that Senators Lodge and Borah had
Insinuated broadly that the president
permitted copies to go to buslnes.4 con
cerns ft) New York city” brought Mr.
Lodge at mice to his feet.
“I said rrothlng whatever about finan
cial Interests” asserted the Massachu
setts senator.
"It in possible” replied Mr Hitchcock,
“that there rnay be some dlfferene* be
tween the positions of the two senators
In that respect. They concurred, how
ever In their attack.”
“This charge Involves an attack on the
president of the Unfled Rtates of tho
most scandalous *!ort. It appears to be
a new chapter tn the attack qn the
treaty itself Men who make such a
charge owe It to the public to demand
investigation and they would have de
manded investigation If they had been
making It in the public Interest and riot
for the purpose of hurting the treaty,”
Kenator Hitchcock declared that if
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lated, but within f.'ve years.
The terms relative to Silesia and the
Sarro region, too, rnay be altered. There
seems, however, to be a general agree
ment that Germany will u»i be permit
ted to enter the league of nations at
once. Premier Orlando is standing aloof
from these dlsciiNNlonn, as ltalys interest
is not ho much in the German as in the
Austrian treaty.
This establishment of the lthelntHh re
public by the people of the Rhineland
provinces of Germany is not looked upon
seriously in American circle® at the
peace conference, it Is said. It is point
ed out that no prominent men in tho
Rhineland are identified with the move
ment and there i« some doubt as to the
spontaneity of the demand for n republic.
Dispatches from German sources declare
that French authorities have taken a
prominent role in the setting up of the
new' government.
Jugo-Slav forces, which are invading
the province of Carinthla, are re nor* ted
to he advancing, the village of Volker
markt northeast of Klagenfurt, capital of
Carinthla having been evacuated by tho
Austrian troops defending It.
The reported capture of Petrograd,
which wan announced early tills week In
a telegram from aVrdoe to Copenhagen,
seems to b- without foundation. Ks-ht
onian forces are quite a distance west of
the former Russian capital, and are be
ing subjected to heavy attack® by the
Bolshevik! over a wide front.
New York interests had treaty copies
they apparently are in r \otm communi
cation with enemies of the treaty than
with friends of the treaty.”
“if he held the treaty in his hands.”
shouted Senator Hitchcock, reforming to
Senator )x>dge’s statement a* made in
the senate; “he held stolen goods, goods
probably secured by bribery; goods which
the, American representatives in Paris
promised not to make, public, it is a
strong statement for a senator of the
United States to make- that the presi
dent Is withholding copies of the treaty
and allowing it to go somewhere else.”
Senator Williams, democrat of Missis
sippi, referred to the refusal of George
Washington to furnish the house of rep
resentatives witli a copy of a treaty, to
which Senator Borah, republican of Ida
ho. said:
“Why quote George Washington? You
have repudiated all of his doctrines.”
“I say the time has come for an Inves
tigation,” said Senator Hitchcock, re
suming. “I want to know what interests
the Massachusetts gentleman has been
talking to and how those interests got.
into possession of the treaty.”
Senator !x>dg* said that he would be
“delighted" to have the Hitchcock reso
lution passed.
“I was shown a copy of the treaty by
a friend of mine in New York, who Is
connected with no Interest®,” continued
Senator Lodge. “How lie got It, I did not
inquire, if I were at liberty to mention
his name the country would realize that
no more outrageous suggestion con Id be
made than that it cam® Into his isms**-
sion t»y corruption.”
WINNIPEG STRIKE IS
STILL CAUSING SUFFERING
Winnipeg, Man.—No developments
have occurred today that change the
strike situation here. Th* city has taken
over the distribution of milk and was
arranging to provide for bread distribu
tion If necessary. It was reported that
strike leaders were preparing to rescind
their order of yesterday ordering all
union handlers of foodstuffs to go on
trike. Mayor Gray said that milk sta
tloris would he opened in all public school
buildings and that adequate protection
would he furnished.”
ONE KILLED, TWO HURT
IN BOILER EXPLOSION
Tuscsloo*®, A I®.—James Mcott, a saw
mill employe, was killed, John Langs
den was probably fatally Injured, and
James Langsden was seriously Injured
and others are in a serious condition
a» a Tuscaloosa hospital as the result
of a holler explosion at the Belcher Mill,
28 mil*® southeast of TttdOfldOOSfl V. *-I
nesday afternoon. The mill was almost
totally destroyed
HAYES 18 BURIED.
Richmond, V®.—Burial services for
Joel Addison Hayes son-in-law of Jef
ferson Davis, president of th* Gonfed
erate Htates were conducted today in
lb* Davis section in Hollywood. i
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Explosion of Blasting Powder
Hurls Train-Load of Men Into
Confused Mass of Dead and
Dying—Many Bodies Badly
Mangled
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Sev
enty-eight men lost their
lives in the Baltimore num
ber 2 tunnel of the Dele
ware and Hudson Coal Com
pany explosion and fire to
day and thirty-one were in
jured, according to a list
given out by the company
officials at noon today.
Forty-one bodies have
been identified and thirty
six remain unidentified. The
company’s injured list is not
complete and it is certain
that the number of injured
will reach about forty.
The di®a®for is without one excep
tion the greatest that ha® ever occur
red in this vicinity.
More than one hundred mine work
er® were riding to their work crowded
into what i® known a® a trip of mine
cars drawn by a motor. Th© rear car
carried 12 kegs of blasting powder.
The trolbey wire snapped when the
train had gone about 200 loet from the
entrance and spark® it emitted touch
ed off the powder.
There wa® a roar and in an Instant
every man and boy on the train was
either <Uead or dying. Terribly man
gled bodies were found by the rescue
crew® which instantly rushed into the
mine. Fire fighters working frantical
ly, succeeded in quickly subduing the
flamirs which followed. Then followed
the gruesome work of taking the dead
and injured out. Those who had not
already succumbed were so badly
burned that In nearly every case death
1® a matter of only a short time.
Violation of mirwc Jaws of the state
1® said to have caused the great lohh
of life. One of the most drastic pro
vision® of the anthracite mine code 1®
the Meet ion forbidding the transporta
tion of men on a, car or train which
Carrie® explosive®. Investigation will
dlsclodQ whether the men or the com
pany aro responsible for thi® violation
of tin* law.
Horne of the first bodies brought
from the tunnel were burning when
they reached the surface. Clothes had
bf**n burned away and the flesh was
roasting from the intense heat.
At 10:30 o’clock tho company ofr
ficiai® announced that 71 men were
dead and that thirty-five were at the
hospitals. It was stated that the death
lint will increase.
Along the side of the tunnel there Is
a creek and at th® flash of the Marne.®
some men who were walking along th*
wide, of the trip cars dropped Into the
water and sav'd their lives
Thomas Imherty, on* of the survivors,
dlm-UMMlng the catastrophe, said:
“We. were riding along about fifty feet
In the tunnel There wa® a blinding
Mmnli. 1 wa® thrown from th* car. I
saw the water and I hurled myself Into
It llodle® wire all about The Marne®
were terrific. W« were in a veritable
hell.”
It. seem® like the irony of fate that over
the mouth of the tunnel in great lug
white letters are painted the words
'safety fir«t.”
The accident occurred shortly before
7 o’clock. A trrffn of empty car® was
Merit to the mouth of the tunnel to take
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B!G PACKERS MAY
DEFINE WHAT WE
CAN EAT SHORTLY
Cincinnati.— William B Glover, chair
man of the federal trade commission In
speaking before the National Wholesale
GrocrdV A®*oclfttlon convention her* to
day advocated that the great meat pack
era of » r. •• oo®ntry limited to tho Aotd
of meat {racking and to the manufacture
pi odttetfl.
“The commission has found that a meat
trust exlMt®,” said Mr. Clover. "It finds
that the** great concern® are rapidly ex
tending their dominion and control over
the whole food nupply of the nation and
I believe It is only a matter of time, un
less present tendencies are stopped, when
these five concerns, or perhaps the on*
or two of them which rnay openly or sec
retly absorb th® others will absolutely
dictate to the people of this country what
they shall eat and what they shall pay
for whut they eat,”
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THK WEATHER—Augusta and
Cloudy tonights; Friday probably fair.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE ;
ADVOCATES TUi
TO STATES 11
Washington.—With their fight in corn
gress won after nearly forty years of ef
fort advocates of woman suffrage today
turned their attention to the vurlomi
state legislatures, three-fourths of which
must ratify the constitutional amend
ment before victory can be won.
Realization of the hopes and efforts of
the leaders In the equal suffrage cam
paign came late yesterday with the
adoption by the senate of the historic) .
Busan B. Anthony, constitutional amend
ment resolution which was adopted in
the house May 21. The vote was 5H to
25 or two more in favor than was neces
sary.
There is a division of opinion among
suffrage leaders as to whether the rati
fication by the states of the proposed
amendment can be secured in time for
the women all over the country to vote
In th® next presidential election. Tit
few state legislatures now in session are
expected to adjoTirn this month or next.
Regular or special session of the law mak
ing bodies in Texas, Georgia and Ala
bama are due this or next month, while
the legislatures of Louisiana. New Jersey,
Maine, lowa, Kentucky, South Carolina,
Mississippi, Virginia and Maryland aro
not scheduled to meet before next year.
""Then because of reconstruction prob
lems, however, special legislative ses
sions are expected to be call' d in a num
ber of these states and the suffrage
amendment will be presented. Where
none are called for. the suffragists will
demand special sessions it is announced.
Chief opposition to ratification is ex
pected to come from the southern states
because of the entailed enfranchisement
of negro women. Senator Gay, of Louis
iana. In opposing the resolution yester
day. predicted that thirteen states would
refuse to ratify tho amendment, thus
causing its defeat.
Busan B. Anthony, author of the reso
lution had tile draft of her amendment
Introduced In congress by Senator Bar
gent, of California, in 1878. Since that
time there has been almost a continuous
fight with advocates of the measure slow
ly gaining strength until after numerous
defeats victory crownfcd their efforts yes
terday.
FLORIDA MAY DF
FIRST TO RATIFY.
Jackftonvlle. Fla. —Florida may be tho
first state to ratify the Busan R. An
thony amendment to the federal constitu
tion Mrs. VV. 8. Jennings, lender of the
suffrage forces in Florida announced to
day. Many members of the legislature
which this week ends its biennial seslnoft
at Tallahassee, this morning assured
Mrs Jennings that they would support a
ratification measure and such a bill is
expected to be Introduced this afternoon
or tomorrow.
MICHIGAN PL ANR
I M MEDIA! E ACTION.
Lansing, Mich. —Governor Sleeper this
forenoon wired the state department at
Washington asking that ft certified cony
of the federal suffrage amendment bo
forwarded at once so that action mav bo
taken by the Michigan legislature, which
is now In special session
CONNECTICUT NOT TO
HAVE SPECIAL SFS9ION.
Hartford, Conn. —Gov. Marcus H. Hol
comb does not expect to call a special
session of the Gonnectiteut legislature to
act upon the suffrage amendment In an
interview last night, the governor said ho
know of no emergency which calls for an
extra session. The general assembly will
not meet In regular session until 1921.
POLISH PREMIER PROTESTS
CHANGE IN THE TERMS
Paris. —Ignace Jan Paderewski, the
Polish premier, has protested to the peace
conference leaders against any change
in the terms of the settlement of the Biia
sian question.
Reports from Paris have been that th®
peace conference le ads weer considering
alterations In the peace terms presented
Germany, so as to provide for a ]jl"biH
clte In Sileala over the question of unit
ing with Poland and likewise for the
guarantee to Germany of coal supplies
from the Milesian mines.
WANTS NAVY TO KEEP
PRESENT AIR STATIONS
Washington—ltetantlon nr all naval
Hlr MtatlniiM now In operation was m:um
insmlvd to tho houss naval committee
toilay by Captain Craven, director of
naval aviation He declared the atatlons
were tiecesaary to maintain the preseut
efficiency of the service.
Captain Craven also recommended ia
appropriation of |6.!Snn,onn for thre«
dirigibles Other appropriations request*
ed were H,505,000 for providing neces
sary aircraft for the fleet, J».105,000 for
continuing experiments on heavier than
air craft, and 13,033,000 for the marina
corps stations which would be maintain
ed guuutleo. Va.. and Paris Island.
Major Genera] Flamett, commandant of
the marine corps, recommended main
tenance of a force of t 7,300 marines next
year Of this number 30 000 would he
needed tn France for an Indefinite per
iod. General Harnett said hut when they
were released the force would be reduced
to 27,300, an Increase of 10,000 over the
number authorised bv law.
NOT EVEN A SMELL
OF ALCOHOL ALLOWED
Wsshinoton —Delegate* attending the
annual convention of the Ami Saloon
i,«-ugu* of A u.'-t I'-.t *. •»< iu onliscd tods
bv nenator Hioppfd, of Texas, that sale
of any beveragcH containing even a trace
of alcohol would be prohibited by
now being framed for enforcement of
nation-wide prohibition.
Hen. 11. Spence, a Canadian temper
ance worker, urged a world wide prohi
bition flrht Mr. Spence warned the
convention that “some of the most tre
mendous battles are ahead” the Tem
perance people today he said, need mnro
humility of aoirit than they are accue
touted to show*