rlflPPfJWPWPW WBw jpirflwTii 95 It '"I i 'i ' v AT Wm"- Feb. IS. Ctaur and -ve, f-I" 7.-pl - " " ft- - J," - -, uentntj EXTRA l, JEMTKKATPBB AT KAMI rtOTJB 8T0; m 11 112 2 1314 TT wm. 89 WTJfl 47 BO 50 ft- 4 5 r yOL. VT. NO. 134 Entered Second-Claas Mntter at the Poitefflce, at Philadelphia, Pa.. Under the Alt of March 3, 18T0. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1D20 Publlahed Dally Kicnt Sunday, fluhacrlptlon Price 10 a Tear br Mall. CopyrlRlit. 1920, by Public dger Company. 1 PRICE TWO CENTS IPWMiPPBJi T:.f "1 imiwiw : .-wiwwW1 Mil' . ,, . W " public PENN ALUMNI URGE ELECTING DR. SMITH PROVOST EMERITUS Graduates at Opening of Two- Day Session at Wilmington Applaud Suggestion BPPnRT WILL SUGGEST END TO COEDUCATION NMETH,0DS jftlso Recommends Fewer Stw dents and More Pay for1 Faculty Members ' J3u o Staff' Cerrtnonient Wilmington, Feb. '18. Alumni of the ftjnlrslty of Pennsylvania, beginning their two-day session here nt the Hotel u Pont, expressed their lore and ven tratloa for Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith, no has announced his Intention of eslsming as provost. The suggestion was made by Albert Jt. Brunker, of Chicago, president of the afSlffiiated clubs of the University, that some method be found to retain J)tor Smith's services as provost tmerltus, keeping in close touch with the University, giving it the benefit of tls years of experience, guiding It edu cationally but leaving the heavy flnan tit details, which have proved a bur Ben to him, to others. Mr. Brunker, In his opening address ht this morning's meeting of the alumni, iald that there had never been so diffi cult a time for the University of Penn Ijlvania as the present. Threo Outlets "I look on a modern'-university ns a dig business institution," said Mr. Brunker. "There are three alterna tives open to Pcnn as I see It. First would be to havo the alumni get be hind and raise an extensive endowment fund; second, to become' a state Insti tution in the usual sense of the word, and the third to cut our cloth according to what we have. "If at present we haxe at Penn build ings, equipment, finances nnd faculty competent to'caro for only from 5000 to 6000 men, then we ought to limit the student body to that figure until we can at larger means of taking care of them. "One of thc'problems that the alumni will have to take up Is the matter of adequate compensation for teachers at Penn. Many men have remained there out of sentiment when they could have gone elsewhere for better salaries. "Many of the best men at Pennihave teen lured away also by the offers of institutions better able, to pay 'them proper 'salaries.-"'Paying low salaries at Pcnn has resulted in 'getting men on the faculty who lack age and experi ence." Suggestion Gets Applause There was no formnl discussion nt the morning sesaion of a successor for Doctor Smith. The suggestion that he be retained, if possible, as provost emeritus met with general upplause from the nlumni present. Several members of the board of trus tees came down for tho meeting this nornlng. Among those present, were Louis C- Madeira, Morris J". Clothier, George Wharton Pepper, J. Levering Jones, J. B. Lippincott and Arthur L. Church. Mr. Lippincott has been making a list of names suggested for the position of provost to succeed Doctor Smith. Among those mentioned prominently in the list arc former President Taft and Robert Lansing. Just resigned as secre tary of state. Frank P. Graves, dean of the School of Education nt Pcnn, is aost spoken of among the various fac ulty candidates. It is known that he already lias refused at least two offers ito go to other colleges as president. ' ine report of the committee on the nelfaro of tho University, is expected to bring nbout a lively debate. . Borne drastic stisrirestlnns nr- mm. . it, among them the elimination of co education and the establishment of a Separate building for women students. Change in Ideals In this report tho charge is made that the undergraduates have drifted away from the ideals they enjoyed for many fears back, down to the period covering the last ten years." k.t?n rP.porl Pints out Ht tbe Uni versity has become more and more de pendent on state aid financially, "until tiPpeSde?cf .a Btate nId B9 Pro Kilton " development of the eLthe.'purJposc of bringing the un fnwiduates departments of the Unl- r,TVapl. '? ,the hrstoric nd schol C.n,C4racte.r,,9t,rs the enjoyed for so mltd- ' committee report kn.h!n?,?nt in the n.umbr of students, ltriiatialfincrea8e 'n tuition fees and Se rL.e,ntrB,nc.6 requirements. This J! "j?0' Points out, would give bet- MTtH8 t0 teachcra and make u fcfi.t0 pa7 m-ore "ention to the individual needs of students. RhrviiM YTalM. n.,m.a 0rfcilon BnouJd. " abolished, the tniW. "A , ; Bra instead tne women wildings. Care1 for ,n othcr k lDertllSW.ment fed 8hou,d bc rah EtibTffi ns PS8'ble, and scholarships Ft small Ll an.ot .t0 bar out boys lmd??b!Ht ' but 0f sreat cha'cter ItT orHe,S-tela,f?. hat the Unlver- , f: " ",c raiaoiisument ot a col W.r.J?AM education under the board BUeTp8cnse0UM bc reduc"cd t0 bring ta?Sft ba.ke ba!a' "with a con 1M cnach es flnEim,1do 'yl!1'"" with wt(rcolWJ? an, ?, elaborateness of koffi.i- ilc Wh,ch t0 often e""l'nl ? nth? "h nffrCtC(-J, tllB ethics of CntUi lment i? ? th? Hnltc'l States." Pinn is rnmH16 ,bn"5 program lble until Yb n P?6"'1?? n,8 'ar. a8 Pos "wncUl basis, Univer8lty ,s on a sund Be"e?!8 J FUR8 REPORTED ft'rt SoTof rW' "'ew on the 'he le" i of ?5 ArJ,h strect. reported tuttopolli3?,rri. " of ""''son-seal '" tre??8 .tntine.K eventh and W,n" Jomau vho ' ii 'y'-A ma" 0nd .Saturday m?.' T,"10',1 at the store last tte thought fl ? t0 'V'?6 " ,ur """t. Wni. g " t0 ,mve taken the seal- S&B"fr"iCT BILL WOULD ABOLISH SUBTREASURY HERE $18,000,000 House Appropria tion Measure Reported Favor ably by Committee 'Washington, Feb. 18. (By A. P.) Abolishment of the nine subtreasurles, the offices of thirteen surveyor's general in western states and Alaska, and two assay offices Is proposed in an appro priation bill reported today by the'House appropriation committee. A reduction Of S18.000.000 frntn rittlmnfM fnr rlerk hlro and miscellaneous expenses was made, but the bill's total of $104,120, 000 is one of the largest peace-time legislative appropriations on yecord. geveral unusual items Including $42, 038.000 for the interim! rpvpcun hiirenu for collecting taxes and enforcing the national prohibition; $11,324,000 for the war risk insurance bureau and $5,000,000 for the decennial census, largely .account for the hlsh total. The Bubtreasurien which would be abolished nt the end of this year are at x-miaaeipnia, .Baltimore, New xorK, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco. MAY FIND SLACKER SANE Bergdoll Inquiry Board Tends To ward That View, la Report The three alienists who are examining Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, millionaire draft dodger, now confined In Castle William, Governor's Island, N. Y., aro expected to report that tho man is sane, according to reports from New York today. Their report will probably be sub mitted next Friday or Saturday to Lieu tenant Genernl Robert L. Bulfard, com mander of the Denartment of the Fast. Meanwhile, tho daily Interrogations of the three physicians have put Bergdoll under-a mental strain, which he Bhows in manv wnvs. hut linn fnltpd to con vince persons in the prison that he Is lunuue. Major L. L. Korn. who in In rhnrpn of the Bergdoll case In the absence of lieutenant uolonel C. C. Cresson, who is visiting bis homo in San Antonio, Tex., says that even thoueh thn alien ists report that Bergdoll is insane, It may noi prevent tne openirjg o. ttic trial of the draft dodcer next Mnnrtnv. Mnlnr Korn says that all preparations for the inai nave Deen completed. , Mrs. Bercdoll has not vlsltpil Jipt- unit as often of late as when he was first taicen to Uastle William. This is re gretted bv Othpr nriflntifira na Afro Bergdoll was In .the habit of giving away silver coins lnvishly whenever she ap peared, apparently in nn effort to win some snaaow ot popularity for her son FUMES KILL WOMAN Found In Room" Overcome From OH Stove Poison Mrs. Catharine T. "White, sixty years uiu,- wbb Kinea Dy tumes from nn oil stoye today in her home, 1800 South j-wefitietn street. Mrs. Whitfl. who was n nMnn cupicd apartments nt , the . Twentieth street address. " Shortly aftpr ft nVWlr Lawrence Carroll, who lives in the lower portion of the house, detected the fumes and hurried to the second floor. Forcing an entrance to the room he found Mrs. White lcanlntr mrnlnnr rn door, having fallen in a heap while at-J tempiing 10 escape, xne room was filled with fumes which escaped from a small oil store used for heating. The patrol wagon from the Twentieth nnd Federal streets station was sum moned nnd Mrs. White was hurried to St. Agnes's Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The body was re moved to the morgue. Mrs. White Is survived by a son. THREE DIE IN HOTEL FIRE Two Bodies Found In Ruins Man Killed In Jump From Window Providence, K. . Feb. 18. (By A. P.) Three guests lost their lives in a fire which virtually destroyed the Lor raine Hotel here today. Samuel Wnr wick, of Harrisville, was so badly in jured Jumping from a window that he died later at a hospital. Two bodies, believed to be those of Lewis B. Kunz, of Ccntcrdale, and B. F. Fobert, of Boston, were found in the ruins. The re3t of the 10(1 cuests of the hotel were Mriven Into the strect partly clad and were taken care of in nearby hotels and restaurants. The property loss is estimated at $uu,uuo. After several hours' search the no lice said there was a possibility that more bodies might be found, as only seventy-five of the 100 guests hod been positively nccountcd for. The fire started in nn inside room on the third floor nnd spread by way of tne elevator shaft. SAFEGUARD TO PRESIDENCY Fess Plans Amendment Providing Means to Determine Disability Washington, Feb. 18. (By A. P.) Representative Fess, chairman of the Republican congressional committee, announced today that he was preparing for Introduction a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment which would provide that the disability of a Presi dent to administer his office would lie determined by the Supreme Court, and declared by a concurrent resolution of Congress. Under the amendment the Vice Presi dent would assume'the duties of Presi dent in Ihe event the President was de clared disabled. Should Congress not be in session when the disability oc curred the Vice' President would be authorized to call a special session. Mr. Fess said his measure would not be designed to cause the temporary re moval of President Wilson ; that it merely had been suggested becnuse of the situation resulting from the Presi dent's Illness. ERROR IN HOOVER PETITION Michigan Rejects It Johnson Ig nores North Dakota Request Lansing. Mich., Feb. 18. (By A. P.) A petition to place the name of rierbert Hoover on the Democratic bal lot in the presidential primary April '1 was rejected by the secretary of state today becnuse it did not designate the candidate's residence, as required by law. Washington, Feb. 18. (Bv A P.I Despltn the request of the .North Da kota Republican convention yesterday that Republican presidential candidates file no primary petitions there, Senator Johnson, of California, announced to day that ho desired to havo the people of the state pass directly on his candi dacy, nnd that he had no present in tention of withdrawing the petition he tiaa rued. I CLEAN-UPMD BY HEALTH SQUAD IN SOUTH PHILA. City Inspectors and Detectives Turned Loose In Two-Hour Tour of Streets SOME SECTIONS BAD; ARRESTS TO BE MADE "Butcher Is Militant, but Obeys Orders Shopkeepers and Residents Pledge Aid At the instance of 0. Lincoln Fur bush, director of the Dpnartmcnt of Health, cverv 'available inspector of the bureau of sanitation, accompanied By district nnd City Hall detectives, Invaded the heart of South Philadel phia this morning with orders to go over every street, alley and court, and' nrrst violators of sanitary laws. After two hours of inspection, dur ing which they went over the district bounded by South street. Federal street, Twelfth street and the river, evidence had been l obtained on which several warrants will be issued. But for the most part, the inspectors had obtained asuraneo of future co operation of residents and shopkeepers m Keeping tne streets free from garbage, ashes and other refuse. H. Baranosskv, proprietor of a butcher shop on Fourth street north of Fltzwatcr street, resented the incursion of the Inspectors, who found the alley and court In the rear of his shop In what the Inspectors termed a "horri ble" condition. Ho will be arrested and fined. Throws -Meat Into Courtyard Harry H. Jackson, the Inspector who went over Baranossky's property, said that the butcher hnd bein throwinc scraps of meat Into the court and that nngrant violation of the law had been committed. When the Inspector protested with xsaranossKy, the latter, it is said, be came Incensed. In front of their ahon. the man's son was sweeping paper and reiuse into tne strect from nn auto truck, it i3 said. He was ordered to pick it up. The inspectors directed their efforts particularly against those whose violk tions resulted In dirty nnd insanitary conditions in the streets. Pcmbcrton street, between Third nnd .tourtn streets, was found to be filthy. Much of the snow from the recent storm was still piled up in the strect. It is said, and the residents had thrown garbage into the street, without nny pretense at nrovidinc rcccntacles. Res idents all denied the garbage and refuse nnd come from their homes. Pushcart Section Clean The inspectors, after two hours of the .most- minulte...lnspeclion,-snid that tne citys -pusnearc marKct" section was cleaner than it had 'been In recept years. Some of the pushcart venders have, provided waste receptacles which they keep undcr their carts for strny paper, banana nnd orange peels and other refuse. Particular cleanliness was noted in and about the homes of i'ollsh families. Patrolman William Shnnkland, of the Second and Christian streets station, who for twenty years has natrolled the district included in yesterday's health raid, said following the inspec tion thot the streets were cleaner than he had ever seen them. Director Furbush said this was only the first of a series of clean-ups that "ill be made by tho Inspectors of the Hureau of sanitation, with the co-op erntion of the superintendent of police. Inspectors placed circulars in the hands of residents and shopkeepers, set tine forth the snnltarv ordinance rov- crnlng the handling of garbage and ashes, sweeping ot shops, separation of ashes from garbage, overloading of ash and garbage wagons, and othcr acts made punishable oy unes. DIES ON SUBURBAN TRAIN Man, About 70 Years Old, Believed to Be John Hone An aged man, believed to havo been John Hone, died aboard a suburban train between Ardmore nnd Broad Street Station this morning. The man. whose appearance marked him as well to do, was about seventy years old. He died Just beforo the train reached Broad Street Station. The body was taken to Hahnemann Hospital and lator to the Morgue. From papers in the man's pockets It is believed he was John none, a iicaet lor passage from Philadelphia to New York was also found among his papers. MOTORTRUCK KILLS MAN Victim Slips on Ice and Falls Into Path of Machine Struck by a motortruck at Sixth nnd AVinton streets today, Benjamin Shotz, twenty-seven years old, 017 Winton street, died n short time after being ad mitted to the Mount Sinai Hospital. Shotz was loading u ungon when he slipped on the Ice nnd fell. At the same moment the motortruck, driven by Michael Elgin, Reed street near Seventh, wis going down Sixth Ntreet. Before Klgin could stop the vehicle the wheels had parsed over Shotz. Klein placed ShoU in the truck nnd hurried him to the hospital, Shotz died without regaining consciousness. Mgin was placed under arrest by tho police of the Fourth street nnd Snyder avenue statlou houfcc. REAL ESTATE MAN DIES Robert Wilson, of Lansdowne, Was Victim of Heart Trouble Robert Wilson, a prominent real es tate man here, with offices nt 133 South Fifteenth street, died last night nt his home, 108 West Baltimore avenue, Lansdowne. Up wns sixty-six years of age. For some time ho ,had been suffering from heart trouble. He is survived by his widow and five children. The latter are Robert D. Wilson, Alexander Wilson, 3d, John M, Wilson, Dr. KHzabeth Wilson and Miss Catharine Wilson, all of Lansdowne. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at tho Wilson home. The Rev. William Boyd, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Lansdowne, will conduct the services and interment will be made In Arlington Cemetery. IPlllSfl. IGNATIUS J. DOHAN President of Beneficial Savings Fund Society, died of pneumonia at his home, .111 South Fortieth street, today. BANKER, IS DEAD 7 Succumbs to Pneumonia at. His Home, 314 South Fortieth Street, This Morning WIDELY KNOWN IN CITY Ignatius J. Dohan. president of the Beneficial Savings Fund Society of Philadelphia, died at 7 o'clock this morning of pneumonia at his home, 314 South Fortieth street. He had been ill for about ten days. Mr. Dohan was also nn officer of other Imnortant financial institutions. He was vice president and director of the Union National Bank and director of the Market Street National Hank. In nddltlnn to his hanklnc and busi ness interests. Mr. Dohnn wbb active In Catholic circles. He was president of the Catholic Club, treasurer and ter mer president of the, Catholic Historical Society and treasurer of the American Hociety for Visiting catholic itis onorn. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellen Willcox Dohan. and three chil dren. James M. Dohan, nn attorney; Mark W. Dohan and Miss Mary Dohan. Mr. Dohan was born in Brandon, Miss., on June 18, 1840, nnd. came to Philadelphia when he was fourteen years of age. He wns graduated from the Central High School In 18G7, in n class In which former Judge Jenkins and former District Attorney Fred llothcr- mel were members. Ho first entered the tobacco busl ness.thoJifirm being Dohnn & Taltt. In 1883. on thi death of his father-in- law.Mark Willcor,'hcWas?elected),'to the board of directors or the uenencial Saving- Frfnd Society1, taking tho post that had been tilled by Mr. Willcox. In 1800 he wns 'made treasurer of the society and two years later vice President and trensurer. Ten years ago, he was elected to the post of president. Members of Mr. Dohnn's family said today that tunerai services would prob ably be held next Saturday morning in St. James's Catholic Church. SAYS BLISS OPPOSED PRESIDENT ON RUSSIA March Tells Senators General Advised Against Sending Expeditions Washington, Feb. 18. (By A. P.) American troops were sent into Russia and Siberia bv President Wilson against the ndvice of General Bliss, while the general was a member of the allied su preme war council. Peyton C. March, chief of staff, testified today before a House committee investigating medal awards. "I don't suppose, however, that the President would disregard a strictly military proposal from Genernl Bliss," General March added. Promotion of officers bv selection wns urged by the chief of staff, who said the sjstem of promotion by seniority usually placed inefficient officers in high posi tions. TWO PHILA. SAILORS DROWN Among Seven Who Lost Lives In Naval Accidents Washington, Feb. 18. (By A. P.) Five enlisted men were drowned in the suiKing ot n navui water barge yester day off the Cuban coast, the Nnvv Dp. partment wns advised today, nnd two others lost their lives in tlii rnrwizln oi u minor uory irom the U. !S. H. Ilovey last Sunday at Harwich. Km?. land. 3o details of the sinking were given, hut Admiral Knann said n court of In. quiry would investigate the sinking of wir uur.v. The men lost on the barge were Sea men Harry T. Clouse, Reading. Pa.: Leo T. Uchewe z. Clovrlnnd : Hnrrv niriHi.v, ..-ji't nouui iiecsc street, 1'hlla ilpfyihlit ; Fireman Rulelgh W. Stover, Pittsburgh, and Lulu G. Rlcdon. Lin. dale, Ga. Those lost with the dory were Fire man l'ntriek (Jill. Host on. and Cor. mvln Frank D. Momt, !i!l North Tenth street, Philadelphia, MEXICAN BANDITS ESCAPE Demand $25,000 for American They Hold Captive New York. Feb. 18. (By A. P. Mexican Government troops nre pursu ing the bandits who kidnapped Wilson Welsh Adams, an American mine super-' intendent, hut contact with the out laws has been lost In the hills of 7,ac ntecas, Mexico. This Is stated In a telegram received todav by tho Ameri can Metal Company. Limited. Ailnma' employer, from Its offices nt Monterey, .ucxieu. The telcgrnm also stated that tho bandits assured others nt the Provi dencia mine where Adams was cap. tured that nn harm would befall him. Ransom of $25,000 was demanded fnr bis release, IGNATIUS i DOHAN JOINT BILL WOULD CONTINUE RAILROAD WAGESJILLSEPT.1 Republican Leaders in House and Senate Predict Adop-' tion of Conference Report RATES ALSO WOULD KEEP x PRESENT LEVEL 6 MONTHS Compulsory Submission of La bor Disputes to Federal Board Is Provided tFor Outstanding Features of Rail Compromise Bill Wages and rates tojitay at pres ent levels until September 1. Government guarantees roads against deficit during this time. Rates revised so as to yield 0 per cent to roads. Distribution of excess incomes to aid uenker lines. Labor disputes, must be submitted to permanent fedtTal board. Merger of roads permitted under Interstate Commerce Commission plan. Commission's powers increased. By the Associated Press Washington, Feb. 18. Wages es tablished by the railroad administra tion during the war would continue In effect uutii September 1 under the rail load organization bill, the conference report on which wns ready for presenta tion today in the House nnd Senate. Under the wage provision, the re drafting of which created more surprise In Congress than any other change made in compromising the Esch bill 'of the House and the Cummins bill of the Senate, pay of the railroad workers would be stabilized at the present levels for" six months after the rail properties are returned to private control nnd op- ration. The bill, as now drawn up, also seeks to stabilize rates for the same time, pro- Tiding mat prior to September 1 no rates may be reduced unless approved by the interstate Commerce Commis sion. The restriction on wage increases was looked upon with especial Interest by members of Congress, railroad officials and union leaders in view of the recent demands of the more than 2,000,000 railroad workers for an advance in pay. All of the conferees except Repre sentative Sims, of Tennessee, nnd Hartley, of Kentucky-. Democrats, signed the agreement. The minority rfSli'WlW1 BSPate FJSSh Union Heads to Confer Monday President Wilson, in supporting tho contention that no increases could be granted on the eve of return of the rail roads, told the union leaders that their demands would be considered by a com mission to be created by law if such a provision was included in the railroad bill, or to bc appointed on his own initiative if no legal provision were mode. ' In the belief that a wage commis sion would be empowered to take up their demands, the fourteen railroad union heads have called a conference to be held here beginning Monday to discuss the policy to be adopted in dealing with such n commission. To nsccrtnin if the railroad executives would agree to turning over the wngq controversy to such a commission. Di rector Genernl Hlnes has requested a committee of railroad officials to confer with him here tomorrow. Chairman Esch, of the House mana gers, announced today that the confer ence report would be taken up in the House Saturday and Chntrman Cum mins, of the Senate managers, expects to call it up in the Senate nt a later date. Despite expected opposition to the new wage section. Republican lend ers of both houses expressed belief that the confereuce report would be adopted nnd the bill sent to the President with little change. Important Features Agreed Upon Outstanding points of the measure ns finally agreed upon are: Compulsory submission of labor disputes to n permanent federal board appointed bv the President and com posed of nine members equally di vided between cmplojes. employers, nnd the public. No provision is made for enforcing the board's decision. Adjustment of rates by the Inter state Commerce Commission so as to yield carriers a return of fiVj per cent on the aggregate value of their property, with another half of one ner cent fnr ininrovements. Distribution of lmlfthe net rail way operating income in excess of 0 per cent of the property value, equally between the carriers' reserve fund nnd the federnl railroad contingent fund, which- will be administered by the commission for the assistance of weaker roads. Government guarantee to railroads against a deficit during the first six months after the roads are turned back. Permissive consolidation of rail roads in accordance with n general consolidation plan to be prepared by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Appropriation of $.'.00,000,000 to be used as revolving funds from which to mnke loans to carriers and pay claims growing out of federal con trol. Uuexpeuded funds now in the rnilrood administration's hands also are reapprnpriutcd for that purpose and an appropriation of $50,000 for the federal labor board Is provided. All Should Work In Harmony As finally agreed upon, the labor section provides that "it shall be the duty of all carriers and their officers, employes nnd agents to exert every reasonable effort and adopt every avail nble means to avoid any Interruption to the operation of any carrier growing nut of an dispute between the carrier nnd the employes or subordinate officials." Such dispute, the hill provides, should if possible be decided by railway boards of labor adjustment established by agreement between the carriers con cerned and the employes. No provision Is made for their organization, however. The bill directs the railway board of Contlunn on Vase Two, Column Six WORLD LEAGUE SHORN OF ORIGINAL PURPOSES Present Drift Satisfies Neither American Idealism Nor European Sense of Security Wilson's Efforts Balked by Senate By CLINTON Staff rorrriipondMit of the Washington, Feb. 18. On the one side the Senate Is making our partici pation In the League of Nations so slight that President Wilson can derive no satisfaction from the result of his labors. On the other, Europe is being denied the nssurance of our full sup port in converting the league into nil alliance of victors. This is a thing actually repugnant to Mr. Wilson. The league may die because Mr. Wilson withdraws the treaty from con sideration by the Senate and pigeon holes the treaty, n threat which, after many denials,' It is now officially ad mitted that he nlade to England, France and Italy. Or It may die because the Senate re fuses to ratify the treaty, the Demo-1-artlc senators tnklnir off the Presi dent's bonds the unpleasant task of giving the quietus to a thing of which there Is too little left to interest Mr. Wilson. Or the covenant mnv be ndonted from sheer inertia, the difficulties of effecting peace otherwise being too great to admit of rejecting the present document merely because the J.eaguc 'ot nations has proved disappointing to its author. America Only a Spectator But if the covenant Is udopted tfie United States will enter the combina tion with only a very limited liability. And Europe will have created a com bination of its own, n sort of league within a league. And In that case, us during the war, the United States will be hardly more than a spectator at meetings of the Entente. The real busi ness will bc done by the full members What happened at the adoption of the Flume settlement of January 20, against which Mr. Wilso now pro tested, is typical of wbut is now and P. R. T- ATTITUDE MAY LOSE BATTLESHIP WORK Work of building two battle cruisers, for which money lias "een appropriated, may be lost to the Philadelphia navy yard through failure of the P. H. T. to operate trolleys on the navy yard loop, according to Michael Francis Doyle. He made the statement this afternoon before the Public Service Cointni&sioi., which is hearing the petition of navy yard -workers to have the loop used. Failure to operate the loop would mean dissatisfaction among workers, and might result in the loss of the cruiser awards, he said. RECORD HIGH PRICES FOR PORK ON THE HOOF NEHAWJCA, Neb., Feb. 18. What are said- to be world's record prices for Hampshire bred sows, were obtained here at a. sale by Raymond F. Pollard, of this city. Forty-two head sold ior-?21,085j an average of slightly more than ?523,as campared' with the previous high of $360. One sow brought 82,650, & new top for this breed. Buyers irom. twenty-eight states were present. P. R. R. ANNOUNCES IM'ADOO WITHHOLDS SYSTEM CHANGES NAME FROM BALLOT Reprganization of All Lines Ef fected to Simplify Operation. Main Offices Here ATTERBURY IS ELEVATED Many changes of importance to the genernl administrative officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad system in this city were nnnonnecd today by Samuel Rer, president of the road. The chnnges are made to simplify the direction of the system. These changes which follow the ndop- flnn nf thn reolnwnl Rvstom tf ,r,nnifn- i ment. involve the transfer of a number numoer with the in Pitts- of officers heretofore connected cenernl staffs in this city nnd burgh. I The change gives considerable more authority to A . A . Atterbury, vice i president in charge of operation. Un- ,lo- hi- fiirlu.lleflnn lll !, n, ..! presidents of the fou newly created depart The chauites invol nresident. the system vice nreslilentu the legal department nnd secretary. Mr. Reu explained tlmt in creating ' tho four regions of the system, the chief I purposes were to decentralize much of the executive detail nnd simplify the machinery of management by increasing the authority and responsibility of offi cers in direct contact with the public t.n.1 nmnlnt no nn tlln tffl.tnliu nn.tlnnu nf I ...... .. .,,,.,. ,. .... ...v ,....,.., ,.u. ......a . the system. j Regions to bo Autonomous j It is proposed to make the regious, ,, ,i,: u r,i,irM.M,. .ntn.nmo...... to their own nfTuirs, thus relieving the i ve the staffs of the . nomination if it should come to him ,,V. """" ",'.u" ;v",cr, i-resiaents uemnmis upon uie nine oi mr generiii , ; ,". i nui uui .,i-uii; me nom- minK ic nanny necessary to say that administrative officers at Philadelphia 'nation anil am reluctant to do anything there wns not a single representative of and allowing Ihem to give their entire that would create the appearance of a any of the nllied powers at the confer- .. t . .........Inno ..f iinminn nnllnn : Cll fill lllfl O V I .lin,m, lii.l.t ....lt .1--,. . . ( .. .a... i .1 ii r .1 . i in i- iindi rum n.i....i.i.. ii . i . i and the business and financial affairs this Is pecullurl a time when we should nf the system. The genernl executive fight for principles nnd not for Indl- forces have been arranged nccordlngly. vidunls The staff of the president of the "The momentous ears through which system will be affected bj the transfer we have just gone have brought to the to Chicago of .T. G. Rodger.s, heretofore fore great human problems which go to assistant to the president, to be vice the very roots of our social and eco- president of the Northwestern region, nomlc life and insistently demand but otherwise the president's staff will settlement. The destiny of the human be unchanged. J ace will be profoundly affected bv the The vice president lu charge nf npei-i,ll"ssI'p "".nnd by the wisdom we ntlon. Mr. Atterbury, will haw as his ?i',''V, ', "rjDBI tlle next.,fm,r, .v7,r"- !' principal staff officers at Philadelphia., J, ,,"V aml n8trtirtlvp leadership of C. M. Slfeaffer, chief of transportation ; ;''p J!,,?h,"it j1", nrp necessary and I J. T. Wallls. chief of motive power; "mr"1 , iJ'1.".1 wp nrp "lost 'lk,p' t0 E. W. Smith, engineer of transport- ",T f .1 .. . NI,m"p,r"nsl,''rn- tlon; A. W. Glbbs, chief mechanical '"" " V"' "i '"nal Interest 1 not sub- engineer, nnd A. C. Shund, chief en- rnK,e'1 '". cY,'',t odlvldiial can- ulnecr. 'Ai. . ?r , "'J" presidential office. ic cm k , . , Therefore I should like to see the next Mr. Sheaffer. under governmental Democratic national convention com- operation, has been general superin- nosed of untrammeled men and women tendent of transportation of the staff of Umtl to no particular candidate am rederal Manager hllsha Lee, and no- allowed to express their preferences ContlnuMl on Taite Two, Column Thrcsj Continue on rB Twrlre, Column BU W. GILBERT Ktrnlnc Public ldtrr will be the American position in Eu ropean affairs, even if the league is accepted. The partner with limited liability will hnve only n limited In fluence. According to Washington information, the settlement of January 20 was agreed to privately by Pre miers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Nlttl. Then n meeting wns held at which Ambassador Wallace was present, "ns , n spectator." He was for all Jthe world in the exact position of a representative pf the smaller powers during the Peace i Conference who were called in to see whnt the big four, Including Mr. Wil son, had donp in privnte to regard nnd approve the "open covenants openly arrived at."- I And the league, having America as I a partner with limited liabilities, if indeed America goes In nt all, will be primarily a European combination. Metamorphosis of League It Is the league's first business to assure allied Europe against n hostile combination being formed against it. In thnt case the league Is neither moral ly nor materially the organization which Mr. Wilson sought to found nor the one which Aniericn once took to Us heart as the vision of grent day to come. To Europe the league meant America's moral and mnterial support in recon stituting the world aud maintaining itx peace. When America became chary of committing itself nnd would enter only with limited liabilities to Europe, the league lost Its significance in the eyes of foreign powers. To Americu the league meant a Europe that had put behind itself Im perialism and its combination for con trolling the earth. When Europe re- Continued on Fane TwrlTt Column Thrr Favors Uninstructed Delegates vto National Convention, He Writes Home Town Mayor OFFICE MUST SEEK HIM By tho Associated Press ew York. Feb. 18. William Oibbs McAdoo announced today that he would not permit his name to be used on presidential nrimnrv hnllnU in the r-nrl. ons states and that he advocated the sending of uninstructed delegates to the Democratlcnationnl convention. Th he former secretary of the treasury he believed the biggest constructive1 ership can best be obtained if the I nnnl lnfro, "i. . ..i "".,, said lemli national interest "is not submerged in a ' contest of ndlvM.ml can ilncie, " -Personally," Mr m"ai1m rontlnScd "I would be delighted if the next na - tional convention might actually be a V vail and where the motive of high scry- ic'' n,0U1' should control." The obi cations nf cttirnnoMr. : solicited. "I am not seeking the nomination." r'1P letter rend, "nnd nm reluctant to do anything that would create the appear- ancc of a candidacy.1 Mr. McAdoo's views were expressed In a letter sent to Miller S. Bell, mayor of Milledgeville, Ga,. in response to a !... I l. 1 1 1 ,, .. leiegrnm saung wie citizens ot his boy- uuuii imiiie nun pinccu ins name on the presidential preferential ticket. Urges Principles First rm, i., riir.,..u t- .,... l"p letter follows In part: "" feel that I should candidly state r regions and 'Z 7 ,K' ?i ' WtfTtt "ffi&Jftt ment of personnel, imperative dutv of nnv man to nceen V i "! L,"r!.t 'n,?!HlVL ?'benuent to the WASHINGTON GETS ALLIED REPLY T0; Presfdent's Message and An swer Will Not Bo Given Out for Present PREMIERS DEFEND COURSE; SITUATION STILL TANGLED Bonar Law Denies Entente Originally Drafted Harsh Response to Wilson , Wilson's Adriatic Note ' Enveloped in Mystery. President Wilson's message to thp? Allies objecting to the Adriatic selV tlement arranged by the Entente ,in.J .lanunry uas thrown the whole pron' lem into confusion. Statements and denials concerninc the note have rjrto? duced nn International maze. (.Tfn Tim Allies received Hi nnfU1 (" Friday. They drew up an answcoll oaiuiuu.,, ui-ioruiiig in i uns trppprtfV.'i at the time, rejecting the President m objections. The Paris press onvf s-trued the note as an ultfrnHtorf? t-UMlillUIIlK 11 liiri'.fl U1UI. 1111 IOIICU. States would withdraw tro)&1, Eytfpr pcan affairs. French ofiicladcttled' thnt it wns an ultimatum. ohiioo qio Denial was made nt the White House, Monday, that "president Wilson linrl f lirnn fnnu t-n l biZif America from European probjems,! but it wns admitted that '.pfissibJs,, withdrawal from the Adriaticiitnnid gle was mentioned. 1 'wit d An announcement from ?",ThiJ "White House" yesterday chnrifcA" terizerl nji nn "nhsnlnte fnlcnnno.!''' a statement in the Echo de Pdrfi mat i-resment n uson b note con tamed a postscript threatening to? withdraw the treaty from the Senateye Half an hour later an official state-1 nient snid that President Wilson In' his memorandum snid the United States "might have to consider withdrawal of the treaty from the Srtiate. The allied answer, modified, it la. said, was received nt Washington today, but its contents kept secret. The President, it is said, stand; pat on the agreement reached De cember 0. which the allied nremter are said to have discarded during his' illness. i By the Associated Press . - NOTE ONADRIATID "WailiIngtSn,.Feb 8.yTlir-riyiyJo!p the. allied supreme council nt Loudon to Preldent Wilson's note on the Adrf- Iatic situation wns received today at the State Department from Ambassador Da vis aud was decoded as fast as it came in. i It wns announced officially that the reply would not be made public at this time, and it was indicated that not even n summary of it would be given out. Publication of the reply has been left by the council to President Wilson, nc , cording to London dispatches, but the council expected to, give the press summarj of its contents. While waiting for the note to be decoded officials noted from the London dispatches thnt the reply was said. to have been a modification of the original one prepared last Saturday. London, Feb. IS. (By A. P.) The reply of the allied supreme council to President Wilson's note relative to the Adriatic settlement hns been coded and forwarded to Washington by the Ameri can embassy here. . It is understood the communication sent to the Aniericnn capital objects to a reopening of the Adriatic ques tion. It is snid to declnre that cir- cumstanccs existing when Premiers Lloyd weorge. .itti and Clemenceau irnmea tne virtual ultimatum to Jugo- Sm,vm " Jnn"ry could not be ignored, n,ml hp, Vr'",Menti 's asserted is told tl,,pI ''ons reached last December, to which Mr. A ilson ndhered in his note. I w ', ciJ Lr" 5J,18"" ",d,hKd fe.J1?"! hvi'! b" "' H.t. if Mr" Wil'on w!" '?,'" way this may be done, i ""e reports emanating from Paris ,to the effect that the supreme council ffi$ rey VJn "g denied, it is said the message handed tn Ambassador John W. Davis for ' i '."."..:".: l" " ""'".;" is uni. iaen Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster lead er, asked in the House of Commons to oav whether it was a fact that a harsh and uncompromising reply hnd origi nally been drafted, and whether It had subsequently been changed as the result of representations by Viscount Grey. ambassador to the United States, Lord Lobert Cecil and Austen Chamberlain, ehnncellor of the exchequer. Andrew Bonar Law, the government spokesman, replied thnt there was not the shadow of foundation for such a suggestion. "Indeed," Mr. Bonar Law said, "I sunremit Importance of a good understandlnr vlth the government and people of the United States." "The receipt nf President Wilson's note on Friday," the Dally Mall ad serfs. "caiiHid consternntlon In Great Hritnin. France and Italy." It declares that a reply was drafted, the terms of which, at the moment, seemed .fully Justified. As n matter of fact, two or more drafts were prepared Saturday and the council decided to sleep on Its pornlx, It also Hnj's. Since the main facts are public prop erty ; namely, that thn President strong lv objects to the solution of the Italian-.Tugo-Hlav problem by the application of the treaty of London thereto, and objects so strongly oh to contemplatt America's withdrawal from the Ver sailles compact as a possibility, and tha the council objects td the re opening of the question, the undecided point -is whether the arguments ex Conllnuod on fate Turrlvc Column 0w fuel' wuu nm s m,i, iT-itrKiu.;.' mr r 17 m :n it (J i t I ? l 4 i : b i 4 L i f tfjl. ..uif'Afc'j 1 r' t-Mkafr ammk
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