TITTC N0T1TII PLATTK SEMI-WEHTCLY TliTTWNfi.
HAVEN FOB KAISER
OUT OF TREATY
OPEN CAMPAIGN ON DRY LAW
Solons Announce Issue Is to Be Re
WILSON NOT TO BE DRAWN INTO
HOLLAND AGAIN REFUSES TO RE
LEASE HOST FOR TRIAL.
vived Frequently After First Move
THE CONTROVERSY.
to Repeal Act Falls.
1
DECLINES TO DISCUSS ISSUE
President's Stand Causes Keen Dis
appointment Among Both Repub
licans and Democrats.
Washington, D. C. President-Wilson
regards as unnecessary imy fur
tlior discussion of the trenty reservn
tlons with democratic senators, Inns
much as he mndo his positions clear to
Senator Glass nt the White House
two weeks ago. This was disclosed at
tho White House Suturdoy and was
the only response to Senator Hitch
cock's letter, suggesting thnt the presi
dent receive Senator Slininons, nnd
discuss with him the whole trenty
situation as the rnnk and file of sen
ate democrats snw It.
Democratic senators snld thnt tho
president clearly Intends to stand to
the end upon the position lie has as
sumed, but they disclosed the fact
that Senator Glass reported to them
on his return from Ills recent confer
ence with the president that ho be
lieved Sir. Wilson would accept the
reservation on article 10, which was
considered In the bipartisan confer
ence and would deposit ratification
containing that reservation.
This wns new light on tho presi
dent's attitude, hut In the opinion of
senators, It did not make the situation
nny more hopeful ns to ratification. It
did not open a way, they thought, to
putting all the responsibility for de
feat n-C the treaty upon Senator Lolgo
nnd his supporters and the Borah ir
reconcilnbles, who hnve since de
clared tho pact dend.
The development caused uncon
cealed disappointment among tho re
publican and democratic senators
working for nn eleventh hour compro
mise, but it did not put n stop to their
negotiations.
MAY BAR OUIJA BOARDS.
Move to Prohibit Their Sale In
Call-
. fornla Seven Go Insane.
El Ccrrlto, Cnl. State Senntor Will
It. Sharkey of Martinez announced hero
lie would sponsor a bill in the next
session of the Cnllfomln leglslaturo to
prohibit tho snle of oulja boards In
the state.
Tho Investigation grew out of test
given seven El Ccrrlto citizens after a
twenty-four-hour seance over the oulja
lioard. Four of the women were de
clared insane. Three others were
found to be of unsound mind after
seances with tile boards.
"The four women who sat around a
oulja hoard for, twenty-four hours nr?
nil Insane," snid Sharkey. "After tho
sconce they offered $700 In currency
ns n sncrlflce to the evil spirits of tho
board. They burned this money, to
gether with Uie curls shaved from tho
heads of the children who hud been
enticed Into their house. I'm con
vinced many people pluco n supersti
tion In these boards, and we are going
to have n wholesale mental test In 131
Cefrlto."
WILSON AGREES.
Accepts Allies' Adriatic Plan Under
Certain Special Conditions.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son accepts with reservations the pro
posnl of the British and French pre
miers thnt Itnly and .lugo-Slavla un
dertake a settlement of the Adriatic
question. He says If Italy and Jugo
slavia prefer to abandon tho so-called
buffer sinte containing nn overwhelm
ing majority of Jugo-Slavs, and desire
to limit the proposed free state to tho
corpus separatum of Flume, placing
tlio sovereignty In the league of .na
tions without cither Itnllun or Jugo
slav control, the United States Is will
ing to leave the determination of the
common frontier to Italy and Jugo
Slavln. Villa Leads Bandit Raid.
131 Paso, Texas. Francisco Villa
commanded the bandits who help up
nnd robbed tho northbound Mexico
City passenger train near Corralltos
when thlrtty'thrce persons were killed,
nnd several liefd for ransom, Including
one American, nccordlng to word re
ceived here.
Millions In Bonds Stolen.
Now York. Approximately $12,000,-
000 worth of securities, Including Lib
efty bonds, were stolen from (100
brokerage housos In New York and
other cities Inst year. .
Delaware Town Flooded.
Wilmington, Del. Entire blocks of
this city wore flooded by waters from
the over-swollen Brandy wine rivet,
caused by the most terrific rain and
sleet storm over experienced by tho
city.
No More Free Seeds.
Washington, D. G. Frco dlstrihu-
tlon of garden seeds wns abolished by
the senate ngrlculturo commit! eo when
on appropriation of $210,000 was
ftrlcken out of tho agricultural appro
priation bill.
' No Third Term.
Washington, D. C President Wilson
litis made known that ho Is not a can-
dldatn for n third form and has thus
eliminated himself from consideration
for (ho democratic nomination to suc
ceed ble 1 ''f.
Washington, D. 0. Siege warfare
ngalnst tho prohibition enforcement
act has been Inaugurated by "wet"
members of tho house. Although re
pulsed In the Initial attack, made In
the form of a straight-out repeal of
the Volstead Act, offered by Represen
tative Eagan, democrat, of New Jer
sey, ns a rider to the legislative, ex
ecutive and appropriation bill, tho
anti-problbltionlstH told the houso
Ibey planned to,rulse the Issue again
during the consideration of every 1)111
that comes up appropriating funds for
enforcement of the prohibition amend
ment. The proposal wns lost by u vote
jf 251 to 80.
While the "wets" of the house
were filing their first shot, Attorney
General Thomas McCran of New Jer
sey tiled suit In behalf of his state In
the supreme court to declare the
amendment unconstitutional and to
prevent federal olllclals from enforc
ing It. The move of the house antl-
prohibitionists came unexpectedly dur
ing ocnsldoratlon of nn appropriation
of $'1,000,000 for prohibition enforce
iiient.
Efforts of the "wots" to inject pro
hibition into the national campaign
are crystullzlng In such definite form
that politicians here say they believed
It very likely prohibition would be the
biggest Issue In the election. When
the first "wet" voices were raised,
politicians In both pnrties here scoffed
at the Idea of making prohibition an
Issue. They said ratification of the
eighteenth amendment killed liquor
for n long tlmo to come, nut they
have begun to change their Ideas, be
cause of recent events.
ATTACK DRY ACT.
Rhode Island Brief Says Amendment
Invades States Power.
Washington, D. C. The eighteenth
amendment "Is a direct Invasion of
Jurisdiction nnd powers of tho stnto
and tho rights of Its people," the state
of Rhode Island declares In Its brief
(lied in the United States supremo
court In reply to tho government's mo?
tlon for tho dlsmlcsal of Its nctlon to
obtain injunctive reltcf from tho
amendment.
The brief contcifds "that It Is the
court's duty to' keep congress In Its
amendments to tho constitution within
tho scope nnd Jurisdiction of federal
authority and maintain thnt Hue of di
vision between federal and stnte pow
ers" which hns "for so many years In
sured the harmonious operation of our
dunl system of government ordnlncd
nnd established ns perpetual."
Tho brief declares that Article f of
tho constitution relntlng to amend
ments provides only for the "Correc
tion of errors committed In frnmltig
tho constitution."
Officials of twenty-one states Joined
with tho federal government In nsklng
the supreme court to dismiss the suit
brought by Rhodo Islnnd.
VICTORY FOR STEEL TRUST.
Government's Long Battlo to Dissolve
Combine Ends in Failure.
AVnshlngton, D. C. In a four to
three decision, tho supreme court re
fused to dissolve the United States
Steel corpoVatlon an I Its subsidiaries
comprising the so-called "steel trust."
Tho government's long-fought suit
for dissolution of the Iron and steel
trado combination for alleged violation
of the Sherman anti-trust law wns dis
missed, with absolution for the corpo
ration from all charges.
The dlclslon marked the utter rout
for the government In its suit, which
wns begun in 1011 In tho New Jersey
federal court and which hns been one
of the longest, most voluminous and
most costly proceedings In supremo
court annals.
Flood In Greater New York.
New York. Floods due to a down
pour widen turned to sleet and then
to snny, driven by a northwest gale,
caused thousands of dollars In dam-
ago In Now York nnd vicinity. In nd
rtitlon to tho water damage, the wind,
which nt times was around 70 miles
nn hour, smashed In plate glass
windows, toro away signs, awnings
and piled up n ronrlng surf, which
wrecked water front property, Includ
ing much that was being repaired as
a result of tho storm times of early
February. Wnter In the Long Islnnd
towns rose to Ilrst lloor windows.
Death for Poison Salesmen.
Dos Moines, la, Judge Lester
Thompson, of Polk county district
court declared In Instructing n grand
Jury that sulo of wood alcohol as u
beverage furnishes grounds for an In
dictment for murder In Uie first de
gree. "Should deaths occur from wood al
cohol nnd Investigations show thnt It
was given or sold to deceased as a
beverage, you would bo Justified In
returning nn Indictment of murder
against persons selling It," be fold.
5,000 Armenians Slain.
Pnrls. Tho number of Armenlnns
who were victims In tho massacre In
tho Marnsh region of Asiatic Turkey
last month does not exceed 5,000, ac
cording to detailed Information re
ceived bore.
Over Ton Million On Inlands.
Washington, D. 0. Tho population
of the Philippines Is placed at 10,350,-
it lft nwnt1ttlv i (irVtl imimllnt1 111
Wl vw..M
(ho UM8 census cabled to the Insular
n.,rn lw.ro nr ll.i.t iiiimtior 0,128 S57
! are Christians, 0, 105 being Americans.
1 Urltish camp at Dakkn, Afghanistan, showing lort the Urltish stiel.ed ana captured. 2 Mrs. John sner
win Crosby of New York, known as the "Grand Old Lndy of Democracy.", 3 New photograph of the Interstate
commerce commission which hns enlarged powers under the new railway law.
NEWS REVIEW
CURRENT EVENT
Mr. Wilson Eliminates Himself
From the Race for the Demo
cratic Nomination.
PALMER IS AFTER THE PRIZE
Various Attacks on the Prohibition
Amendment and the Volstead Law
Supreme Court Puts O. K. on
6teel Trust Peace and War
Moves in Europe.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
President Wilson got out twice last
week. For the first time in live months
be wns taken out for an automobile
ride, surprising all who saw him by his
robust physical appearance and glee
fully exchanging greetings with, the
people of Washington. Two days
earlier he took himself out of tho race
for tho Democratic nomination for the
presidency. This long-awaited event
occurred Monday after William -G. Mc-
Adoo had a confidential talk with his
father-in-law. Tho news of the con
ference wns speedily communicated to
Attorney General Palmer and he, in
turn, got into touch with Mr. Wilson
through his adherents in the White
House. The president let Mr. Palmer
know he had told Mr. McAdoo ho
would not be n candidate for renoml-
nntlon, and also gave express permis
sion to the attorney general to an
nounce his own candidacy. Mr. Pal
mer lost no time, telegraphing author
ity to file his petition In Georgia, where
Tom Watson nnd former Senator
Hnrdwlck are boosting Senator Reed
as an antl-adminlstrntlon candidate.
Palmer hopes to rally tho administra
tion forces there to his support and
believes McAdoo can scarcely nfford to
split them by entering the contest in
thnt state. The president let It bo
known thnt he will keep Ids bands off
the pro-convention campaign, not fa
voring McAdoo, Palmer or Hoover, any
one of whom presumably would be a
nominee satisfactory to him.
Mr. Palmer, according to his spokes
man, stands with the president on the
question of tho, treaty nnd League of
Nations and Is willing to make thnt an
Issue of the campaign. He Is against
universal military training because ho
thinks the Lengue of Nations will,
make It unnccessaryr He holds that
the Sbermnn anti-trust law must ho
modified. He favors the enforcement
of the prohibition law and docs not be
lieve It will be a real Issue In the cam
paign. Despite the fact that he is a
dry, one of Ids chief lieutenants will
be former Congressman Cnrlln of Vir
ginia, a leader of the wets.
Which brings us neatly to considera
tion of the late John Barleycorn and
tho rumblings from his grave which
are causing perturbation among tho
drys and nlso among ninny of tho
politicians. Tho first of these ominous
noises Inst week was the decision of
Federal Judge Gelger nt Milwaukee
legalizing the manufacture and sale of
2.5 per cent beer In Wisconsin on tho
ground thnt each state lias the sov
erelgn right nnd pollco power to fix Its
own standard ns to what constitutes
nn Intoxicating beverage. The prohl
bltlon amendment providing for con
current power of congress and the sev
eral states to enforce the amendment,
Judge (iclger held that state leglsln
tlon in the matter could not be over
turned by an act of congress; ho
found section 1, title 2 of the Volstend
act unconstitutional.
New Jersey's legislature got into ac
tion the sumo day, nnd after an excit
ing debate the senate passed the houso
bill legalizing tho manufacture, sale
and transportation of beverages con
tabling not more than 3,5 per cent nl
cohol by volume. In order to nvold com
plications the measure was altered so
thnt It does not go Into effect until tho
termination of the stato of war with
Germany, and severe penalties were
fixed for Its violation. In this shape
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1 w" 'Hs"l" smiemciu UllU lie op
Provcrt u not was against
prohibition but because he sought to
defend tho ancient American liberty.
In tho New York legislature n bill
wns- Introduced to legalize beverages
containing 0 per cent alcohol, and a
csolutlon was adopted providing for
an Investigation of the Anti-Saloon
league by the judiciary committee.
License wns the Issue In elections In
Massachusetts nnd Vermont, nnd In
both stntcs many towns thnt had been
dry for yenrs voted wet.
On Thursday New Jersey came to
hut again with n suit filed for the state
by Its attorney general In the United
States Supreme court, attacking the
constitutionality of the prohibition
amendment on the ground that It was
improperly drawn, that in 21 states
the legislatures have not ratified It as
provided for by their state constitu
tions and that there Is no power In
congress to propose a constitutional
amendment regulating tho habits and
morals of the people.
Politics of course Is entering Into
the prohibition fight. The wet Demo
crats of Illinois already have launched
the presidential boom of Governor Ed
wards of New Jersey and have filed
the necessary petition that puts his
name on the April 3 direct prlmnry
bnllot. The real leaders of the party
In that state, however, say this move
ment will not amount to much nnd
thnt tho delegates to San Francisco
probably will not be Instructed.
Tho New York state Democratic con
vention adopted resolutions condemn
ing prohibition by constitutional
amendment nnd calling for tlio restora
tionof states' rights.
By tho close vote of 4 to 3 the
United States Supreme court has
given legal sanction to the United
States Steel corporation, the biggest of
industrial combinations. The majority
opinion dismissed the governments
suit for dissolution of tho corporation
"without prejudice" so that the pro
ceedings can be rclnstituted If the con
cern does not behave In the future.
The opinion wns based on the two
mnln points that the size of n corpora
tion Is not In Itself n violation of the
antitrust laws, and thnt the Steel cor
poration has not exerted Its admitted
great power to stifle competition, es
pecially since 1011, when the suit wns
Instituted. No precedent wns found
In tho tobneco and Standard Oil cases ;
but neither Is it assured thnt this
latest decision will furnish n precedent
for decision of the suits ngalnst the
merlcnn Sugar Refining company
and other trusts thnt are pending In
tho Sii'frenio court.
Transfer of the railroads bnck to
private hands was accomplished
smoothly and so fnr nothing hns hap
pened that would make the traveling
public awn re of the change. Olllclals
of some of the roads are hoping thnt
the Interstate commerce commission
Will permit n considerable Increase in
frolght rates to take care of the evi
dent needs of the companies, so that
It will not be nccessnry to ask for high
er passenger rates. The government
guarantee holds good until September
1, so there may lie no boost In rates
for several months. Tho railway
brotherhoods wisely concluded to give
tlio new railway legislation n fair trial
before talking of strikes, though they
did not pretend that they liked It at
nil. President Wilson hns asked -the
rail executives and the brotherhood
leaders to pick their representatives
on a board that will at once begin
work on pending wngo disputes.
International Interest Is still cen
tered largely on Russia" and on the
penco offers mndo by tho soviet gov
ernment. Sentiment in fuvor of com
ing to nn agreement with the Moscow
government seems to be growing
stronger, nnd all the entente nations
hnve been given the tip that they may
trade with the Russian cq-operattves,
.whose chief representative has $500,
000,000 In gold to pay for tho things
Russia most needs. Tho race for this
trado Is lively among the British and
some of tho continental nations, In
cluding Germany. The representatives
of Finland, Latvia nnd Roumnula, nnd
perhaps of other countries, nre In War
saw discussing peace conditions to he
submitted to the soviet. Lenlue, while
apparently si riving for International
peace. Is not letting up on his domestic
enemies and at latest reports had Gen
eral Denlklne's Cossack armies cor
nered In the Kuban peninsula east ol
the Sea of Azov. In northwest Russia
the bolshevik front was advanced al
most to the Finnish frontier.
The settlement of the Flume contro
versy still lags and discussions of it
wero transferred from Loudon to
Paris. The Jugo-Slavs naturally nre
pleased with President Wilson's notes,
and Premier Nlttl of Itnly seems to be
in conciliatory mood.
Hungnry, which has not accepted
the peace treaty offered It, hns elected
Admiral Ilorthy regent governor ol
the country, nnd the adherents of the
old regime were hopeful thnt this pre
saged Its restoration. But the supreme
council, It is snld, is determined that
no Hopsburg shall be placed on the
throne of either Austria or Hungary.
Premier Nlttl, It Is reported, has de
manded of the supreme council n re
vision of the Hungarian treaty because
ns it stands it plnces 3,000,000 Magyars
In the Jugo-SInv, Roumanian and
Czecho-Slovnk stntes.
Tho peace treaty with Turkey Is In
the hands of experts for completion,
Its main details having been deter
mined by the allied council. Besides
the fentures already mentioned In
these columns, It was. decided that the
Turkish warships, shall be broken up,
and that tho army shall be reduced to
such a point thnt It will bo ineffective
against another country. There Is
great disorder In Turkey, and on
Thursday the cabinet resigned, Izzet
Pasha being called on to form n new
ministry. In connection with the dis
turbed situation, the British navnl
forces In the eastern Mediterranean
are being lnrgely Increased, and
French troops have been dispatched, to
Constantinople.
Both i ranee and Portugal have been
having serious Inbor troubles, and tho
latter is still so ollllcted. In France
tho rail workers declared a general
strike, but the government took dras
tic measures and, with the aid of thou
sands of volunteer railway men, broke
up the strike nnd forced the workers
to accept a compromise. Tho disturb
ance In Portugal also began with n
rail strike which spread to tramways
and postal and telegraph lines. It wns
reported the workers had proclaimed
a soviet form of government, but this
wns not confirmed. Of course tlio
Portuguese monarchists, who arc al
ways on the lookout for such chnnces,
became nctlve and complicated mat
ters. Organization of tho American Farm
Bureau federation was completed at
a meeting In Chicago which wns at
tended by representatives of mora
than 1,000,000 farmers. The organiza
tion has raised $500,000 for Its 1021
program, and 51,000,000 Is promised
for 1022. Part of the -money will bo
used to establish natlonnl headquar
ters and to pay officers nnd experts,
some of whom will receive salaries' as
high as $25,000 a year.
The directors drew up the follow
ing' tentative program:
National legislation thnt will pre
vent strikes nnd unnecessary suffering.
Investigation of the tariff In relation
to farm products.
Fight reciprocity with Canada.
Investigation of marketing, llvo
stock prices nnd foreign competition.
Lower freight rates.
Investigation of foreign trado rela
tions. More businesslike relations with
packers and consumers.
Investigation of credits nnd foreign
exchange.
Establishment of a Washington of
fice, with experts to watch and report
on legislation.
All decent Amerlcnn eltt-cns and
thnt Includes the vast majority of the
population rejoiced over the results
of tho municipal election In Seattle,
Wash. MaJ. Hugh M. Caldwell, a for
mer memlTcr of tho A. E. F wns op
posed for tho mnoralty by James A.
Duncnn, lender of the radical clement
In Inbor circles there. The Issue wus
clear cut Americanism fignlnst the I.
W. W. and extremists In general nnd
Americanism won, the final count of
the voto being 50,8.10 for Caldwell nnd
34,840 for Duncan. Scnttlo has been a
center -of-potentlal rebellion, but the
city feels that It has now removed the
blot from Its fume.
WILL BE CLOSELY GUARDED
Ex-Monarch Expected to Spend Rest
of Days at Doom. No Menace
to Peace of World.
The Hague. The Dutch government
for the second time refused to deliver
tlio former German emperor to tho al
lies for trlnl.
Protesting thnt this attitude does not
put Holland outside the community of
nations, the note declares Holland is
fully conscious of the rcsonslhlllty to
the Dutch the presence of the forniet
emperor plnces on the Netherlands
government with regard to the coun
try's own Interests ns well ns Interna
tional security,
The note protests that contrary to
the Impression derlevd from the allied
note, the Dutch government from tho
beginning hns observed the obligations
entnlled by these duties.
The government, the note says, will
continue to do so, being nblo in the
evercise of Its sovereignty to tnko on
the spot oil precautionary measures
deemed requisite to subject tho free
dom of the former emperor to ncces
snry Umltntlons.
The Netherlands government says it
Is anxious to place these declarations
on record in the most formal mnnnct
nnd In conclusion declares It to be Iti
opinion that these declarations, which
prove that the government realizes the
danger which the powers will dread
will dispel their apprehensions.
It is expected thnt the former knlsoi
will movo to Doom May 12. Doom Is
now virtunlly n 200-ncro cage, where It
Is planned to keep hlra Uie rest of his
life.
FLOUR FOR EUROPE.
Commodity Held By Government . tc
Be Sold On Credit.
Washington, D. C Five million
barrels of Federal Grain corporation
soft wheat flour will be sold on credit
In Europe soon unless congress
nutborizes $50,000,000 loans to flnnnce
the sales, Julius Barnes, head of the
corporation, told the houso rules com
mittee. He snld he now lias authori
ty to make the sales on credit, but
lipped the loans would bo authorized.
The flour, now held nt American
ports nnd for which the corporation
asks $10.75 n bnrrel, Is "the cheapest
In the world," Mr. Barnes told the
committee. He ndded thnt "every ef
fort had been exhausted to sell It for
cosh," but that American , housewives
would pay higher prices for hard
wheat flour.
GERMANY A PROBLEM.
How to Put the Country On Its Feet.
Worries the Allies. X
London. A noteworthy phase of the
present meeting of lie peace confer
ence is tlio changed attitude townrd
Germany. In high diplomatic circles
It Is asserted that the conference has
come to recognize that Germany
ruined would mean a weak spot, and n
dangerous spot, In Europe.
Great Britain and Premier David
Lloyd George personally arc credited
with being the chief forces In bringing
nbout this policy. How to set Germany
on her feet Is one of the largest ques
tions tho conference Is now consider
ing. It Is thought probable that It
will sanction an International loan
to Germany, but tho question of se
curity Is a bnslc one. ,
A CRIME TRUST.
Police of West Breaks Up Gang By
Wholesale Arrests.
Los Angeles. With 40 members of
nn alleged crime trust In Jail, with
confessions Imminent which may lead
to arrests o mnny others implicated,
and with confessions already nindo by
ringleaders Jn nn effort to mltlgnte
their punishment, nn organization
which the pollco declare hns been In
control of the chief crlnilnnl opera
tions In Los Angeles for several
mouths is facing dissolution. Golden
profits are sold to have been made
by the gang in every form of crime.
The members established a record
In criminal annals when on January 1
tliey robbed Mrs. MacLnne of Omahn,
at Venice hotel, of bonds nnd property
deeds to tho value of $375,000.
Many Automobile Accidents,
Chicago, 111. Last year this country
bad 7,000.000 automobiles and 10,000
deaths from automobile accidents. In
Chicago 420 poi'Mins were killed during
1910 by automobile accidents. In Cleve
land the list wns 130, In St. Louis, 1)7;
In New York, 077. In New York 101
children under 15 years of age wero
run down and killed. In Rochester. N.
Y.. mow death were caused by nolo
mobiles than by street cars, railroads
and industrial nccldents combined.
Denounce Prohibition.
St. Louis, Mo. Natlonnl prohibition
wns denounced and congress was
asked to repeal the eighteenth amend
ment In a resolution adopted' b'eio at
the Tenth district republican con
vention. U. S. to Pay All Expense.
Washington, D. C Assurance thnt
the government will pay nil expense-!
Incident to the return of American
soldier dead from Europe was given
by Secretary Baker to a committee of
Qold Star fathers.
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