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WOMEN INTERESTED IN CLUB WORK KEEP POSTED THROUGH BEE'S CLUBDOM. RIEF BRIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS fHE WEATHER i ' Mostly cloudy and colder Tues day, probably light snow in west portion; Wednesday probably un settled find continued cold. Hourly Temperature. The. 0 5 . a. ni... ..14 ..J .. .. ,.M 1 p. m. .40 t p. in .,4t S iK m. ...... .. 4S 4 p. "to 41 5 p. ni ,84 MABA::DAIrBEE ; T at. m . 8 . m 0 a. in in it in 11 . m It noon .St 6 p. ni 311 CITY ORDINANCE BARS THE SHIMMY.' Sheridan, Wyo Jan. ,26. A city ordinance, barring the shimmy dance, was passed under penalty of a line of $100. . - Mayor Camplin introduced the ordinance, which he said was re quested by dancing masters. , in placing tne ban on "vulgar and indecent" dances, the ordinance de fines dancing positions which are prohibited, such as "dancing with cheeks-too close or touching, with arm or arms about neck of partner, or with shaking or jerking cf upper body while, taking short steps or standing." . .. . HOMECOMER MARVELS AT HIS NATIVE LAND. New York. Tan. 25. Chari Hel ling, 42. anv American, returned to J nis native' land on the steamship Stockholm for the first time since he left it a few days after his- birth. He marveled at everything he saw, from the Statue of Liberty down the bay and the Woolworth building on Broadway, to the saloons with "to let" signs plastered in their windows. Thomas Belling, well known as a circus man here half a centifry ago, took his son, Charles, with him . to Europe 42 years ago. When old enough, Charles also became a circus man and practically all his life Jtas been showing in rings throughout Europe and the far east. . r SALARY INCREASES ALLOW OF TANGOING. ; .. Washington, Jan. 26. While it will permit them .o tango, sashav and pow-pow with kings and queens, princes and princesses." salary in creases of $1,000 annually for under secretaries and clerks in American embassies will not improve their liv ing conditions, Representative Kitchin. democrarp NorthCaroJirra, declared in .be house. . - ioiTitnrw l jj miner reenniillf nded t-ie increase so the under-secretarie; and clerks "might rningle socially ' abroad and the foreign affairs com mittee included $130,000 in the diplo matic and consular appropriations bill to cover it. . ' BABY'S SMILE, LIKE v FATHER'S, ENDS SUIT. Newark. N. J., Jan. 26. By the i . : : i c Simpic means oi a uny simit a. j-months-old boy helped Vice Chan cellor. Bates here to determine judi ciously the infant's father. Wilbur A. Murray of No'. 838 Hunterdon street was suing' Mrs. Eva D. Mur ray of No. 186 Hawthorne avenwe for divorce. The basis of his peti tion was' that the baby was not his. The child was placed beside his father, tnd as the judge was com- nnemrr t nir ' rvpn nit- vuu icaiv i beamed cn the court with the smile needed to settle the matter, and the ice chancellor dismissed Murray s petition. . V GIRLS IN SEX DANCES OF SAVAGES, EDUCATOR SAYS. Newark,' Jan. 26.Dr.: Margaret Sullivan of Jersey City, who has been connected with the schools m that city-condemns the modern dress of girjs and dancing before the homo narfmrht of the contemporary at the Y. W. C. A. here. She said: "Modern dancing tends to kill all modesty in girls. The girls do tip their faces like circus clowns and the dances of today are the East African sex dances the dances ,f canni bals;' ' JAZZ LOSING POPULARITY IN LONDON DANCE HALLS. , London,- Jan. 26. The' fcizz; . it wavers, totters, and many say it s already doomed in London. ; ; "lake it from me, this dancnig craze Js going, to last, five . years, ' - say a rcstaurantjjroprietor. ''Take it from rue, it begins to show signs of petering out," says the jaz band proprietor. - Though the evidence regarding the dance craze isn't conclusive the available data' regarding jazz for ihc dancing shows a slight down ward trend, to be scientific about it. Occasionally, not always, but hist .now and then, appeals come in for banjo men for dances. "'.','- ; It looks as though London might - reach backward eight years into the heart of Broadway and take-up the banjo. , LONDON NEWSBOY EARNS OVER $6,500 A YEAR. London, Jan. 26. "Newspaper hovs in London cati earn more than $5,000 a year" says Mr. Alexander Maclarcn, secretary of -the, retail news agents and booksellers. - "One boy, a real plutocrat of the gutter, with a Ipitch' outside a su burban -rail station, is making $6,500 profit a year. I calculate that bis i wholesale accounts iui jw "--ly, oi $25,000 a year; at a moderate estimate his profit. s 30 per cent, making bis year income $6,500. - Maclaren protested afjhe amount of money lost to the community by these street corner salesmen, poini- ' ing out that if the trade was carried on in shops there would be rates and taxes to be paid on the whole of it. YOUNG LOVER STRIPPED . iv utxfM rT?F.SSED AS GIRLS. Londonderry, Jan. 26-RemarV - able details of the outrage perpe i (iirmpr's son named An drew Marsh of Cullioo, County Ty rone, have come to. light. - Marsh has been paying attentions V . . n..,nn..n , 1 to a gin living near uuuiu,ui Ur,. ,nA nthrr vounflr men and wo men in the district, actuated appar- ently by jealousy, resented this and conceived an extraordinary plan ' with the object of putting a stop to it. They sent him a letter purport ing to come from the girl and af trvst near hef home. Marsh kept Hhe bogus appointmeut and was lured to. a spot wnere a group of young women and men r.cc.H a virl lav in wait. When he arrived at the place where they were amnusnea ne was ' mAArnv felled to theceround with i ihn hiad. 'Then he was stripped io' his shirt and drawers and let lying on the roadside, " where he remained . for v several hours, until picked up by passers ,by, who conveyed him to, a neigh "hnr'e Jinns. ; Jfeeoveriup conscious ness, he was provided with clothing "and enabled to go home. The report that he -was mutiliated is untruj, , VOL. 49 NO. '191. mm GLASS TO BE SUCCEEDED BY HOUSTON President Planning to Trans fer Secretary of Department Of Agriculture to Treasury Department. " " NOMINATION PREPARED 'x FOR ACTION BY SENATE Move Would Be FirsTransfer Of Cabinet Officer From One Department to Another in Wilson Regime. , Washington,. Jan. 26. Unless plans suddenly are changed. Presi dent Wi'son is expected to transfer Secretary Houston from the Depart ment of Agriculture to the Treasury department to succeed Carter Glass, ho is about to take his seat as sen ator from Virginia. it was understood today that the noniiiin'ion of Mr. Houston had been prepared and unless some develop ment i rises it "is expected to be pre sented to the senate soon. The move would be the first trans fer of a 'cabinet officer from one de partment .to another during Presi dent Wilson's administration. Mr. Houston's successor as secre tary of agriculture has not been an nounced, but it :s believed he will be cue of tlie. men identified ith the work of that department. In official circles. Mr-Houston is credited with having been . willing to accept the treasury ' portfolio wheu William G. ftfcAdoo resigned. Before entering the cabinet Mr. Houston v.'as a college professor at St. 'Louis and it is said that as sec retary of agriculture he bps been close on. the inside circle of the ad ministration: ' . Up until today' the name of As sistaut Secretary. Lefiingwell was foremost anions these lieing men tioned to succeed Secretary Glass. . W1LHELMSTRASSE IS UNDER GUARD OF NUMEROUS TROOPS Rumors Say Monarchists to Attempt Insurrection on Ext Kaiser's Birthday. - Berlin, Jan. 26. (Bv The Associ ated Press.) iWhilhelmstrasse is barricaded . and under guard of numerous troops. ' A patrol or 18 armed aufoinobtles and a half a dozen- huze motor trucks loaded with armed troops arrived early in the evening and immediately took up their positions m tront ot tne govcrninent building and shut ott all traffic from the thoroughfare. Tlvc precautions taken bv Minister of Defense Noskc were stimulated, in addition to tne assault upon Mathias Erzbcrger, by rumors that the monarchists would attempt an insurrection on the eve of the fornier emperor's birthday (Tuesday), and that the attack was to be primarily directed against indepqndeiit social ists and radicals. TexasNRangers Take Possession' of Oil , Land in Oklahoma : ' Wichita Falls. Tex Jan. 26. Headed by Adjutant General Cope, five Texas -gangers and a deputy sheriff with an injunction from a Texas. court, took possession of a strip of valuable military properties ih the Red river valley, claimed by both Texas and Aklahoma, accord ing to word received here. - Reports say that when served with the Texas . court injunction. an Oklahoma deputy sheriff-said the Oklahomians wanted no trou- h1 ari(t urnnlH retire. - Signs readinsr "this is Oklahbma territory; .keep oth were replaced by signs wliich read, "this is Texas property." Hanley Qualifies as U. S. Prohibition Director Washington, Janf 26. (Special Telegram.) James Y. Hanley of Omaha, who has been appointed prohibition director for, Nebraska at a salary of ,$4,000 a year to see .that the 18th amendment and the Vol stead Ipw are properly and rigidly enforced, qualified for his new posi tion, in the office of Chief Prohibition Officer Kramef. Mr. Hanley togethet with prohibition officers from a num ber of western states will have a conference with Commissioner Roper and Mr. Kramer over methods of procedure. Mr. Hanley will oper ateundcr Federal Agent Larson with headquarters at Denver. - La FoUette 111. r Madison, Wis., Jan." 26. A9 a re sult of an infection due to his teeth, Senator R. M. La Follette is Jn a hospital at Rochester. MintufTIis cmdition is not considered critical and he is expected to return to his tome ths latter part p the week, ' Citmd it Mcsnd-eltu natter May':, 1906. at Om.tii P. O. attitt act at March 3. 1 8781 New U. S. Treasurer Will Just Move From One Job to Another BAiOBkilKOUSroNt OVER 100 CASES OF INFLUENZA, WEEK'S RECORD IN OMAHA Seventy-fi,ve Public School Teachers Are Absent On Account of Illness. The health department officially announced 101 influenza cases re ported in Omaha last week. Forty 'more have been reported since Saturday night. Dr. J.. F. Edwards, health com missioner, yesterday received a sup ply of printed influenza bulletins, containing instruction to nurses, householders and workers. ' " He also ddrcssed lctfers5'fo"atl physicians,- urging co-operation in reporting- cases promptly and en forcing isolation. Seventy-five public school teach ers are absent on account of illness. " The situation at Vinton school,-) 1 wenty-first and Boulevard avenue, has been cleared up, nearly all pu pils reporting back yesterday. Epidemic Sweeping State. A general epidemic of influenza is sweeping the state of Nebraska, ac cording to reports received yester day by Dr. I. II. Dillon, head of the state health department at Lincoln. Towns and cities from all sections of the state report an average of from 10 to 15 cases each. ' , Although the epidemic tr wide spread, all of the cases are mild in character and there is no particular cause for alarm, according So a statement issued by Dr.Dillon. On ly two deaths have beeir reported and there is no indication as to whether they were caused by influ enza or pneumonia. Dr. Dillon has instructed health authorities throughout the state to mail him periodical reports concern ing the spread of the epidemic. Dur ing the last "flu" epidemicS these re ports were telegraphed, but the pres ent situation is not considered se rious enough for such procedure. Towns reporting the largest num ber sof cases of influenza yesterday were Polk, York, Big Springs and Neligh. Spreads in Other Sections. - Chicago, 111., Jan. 26. Deaths frofh influenza and pneumonia for tha 24 hour period ending at S o'clock Mon ,day night " totaled 166. c Influenza caused 86 deaths and pneumonia 80. During the same period 1,616 new cases of influenza were reported and 467 new cases of pneumonia. New York, Jan. 26. Despite the decrease in influenza cases reported, Health Commissioner Copeland was not optimistic over the situation, and predicted from preliminary reports that there would Jbe at least 3,000 new raifc Tneetav. He exnressed the opinion; however, that the deatlri l, v ' - " it 1 x 1 I " 1 I ' f. U ; mm J it CilJ Jt t j f ' ton would not be materially in creased. Monday report showed 1,712 cases, as against 2,855 reported Sunday. Another appeal for. nurses was issued. TApcka,: Kan., Jan. 26. Orte hun dred ninety-nine new cases of influ enza in Kansas were reported to the state board of health today. This brings the total cases reported up to nearly 800, according to the, secre tary of the board. Berger Election Case Cost House Sum of $4,44943 Washington, Jan. 26. The. con tested election case of Victor L. Berger, Milwaukee socialist, and Joseph P. Carney cost the hojise $4,499.43. The pecial elections committee decided to deny both men a seat. Berger has since been re-elected and again denied his seat. . v Senate Votes $500,000 ' Fund to Fight Influenza Washington, Jan. 26. A resolu tion carrving an appropriation of $500,000 to be used by the public health service fn combating influ enza was adopted today by thesen ate, - I ' OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27,920. la ALL YOUTHS MUST TAKE Compulsory Military Training For Every American ' Lad Between 18 and zi Years Approved by Committee. x REORGANIZATION PLAN REPORTED TO SENATE Would Establish One Army to Be Divided Into Citizen Army and Standing Army of Enlisted Men and Guards. Washington, Jan. 26. By a vote of 9 to 5, the senate military commit tee today approved provisions pro viding for cjnipulsory military train ing for boys between 18 and 21 years, inclusive, and ordered a favor able reftprt upon the army reorgani zation bill. The compulsory military training provision, which fixes the training at four months, was opposed in the committe by Senators Lciiroot, Wis consin, and Capper, Kansas, repub licans, and Senators McKellar, of Tennessee: Sheppard, of Texas, and Kirby, of Arkansas, democrats. Sen ators Wadsworth, New York; War ren, Wyoming: Sutherland, West Virginia; New, Indiana; Frelinghuy" sen. New Jersey; Knox, Pennsyl vania, and Spencer, Missouri, repub 1'cans. and Chamberlain, Oregon, and Thomas, Colorado, democrats, supported it. Senator McKellar an nounced that he would submit a mi nority report in which several sen ators are expected to concur. Provides for One Army. As agreed upon, ;the bill is vir tually the, same as reported by the subcommittee, but is radically dif ferent from the reorganization ' hill submitted by the War department. Besides establishing compulsory military training, the bill provides for establishment of one army to be divided into a . citizen army tcom posed of men who have received compulsory training, a standing' armv of 280,000 enlisted men and 18.000 officers and national guard.- -, provision is made that the citizen army cannot be called except in case of i declaration of war. To accom modate the reserve force, provision is made for an annual reduction of 5 per cent in the enlisted strength of the regular army and 2 per cent, in tlie number of enlisted officers1 for the first live years. This .will mean, Chairman Wadsworth explained, that after five years the regular army will be reduced by 70.000 men and 1,800 officers, winch will greatly de crease the cost of maintaining the military establishment. Dependents Get Allowance. The bill also would place all youths who have undergone the four months' training on the reserve list to be subject to two weeks' training annually. Under an amendment de pendents ' of such, youths during training would receive an allowance the same as now provided under the war risk act. Establishment of the office of trn-der-secictary of war who would be charged with the solution of the great industrial and business prob-' lems involved in the procurement of military supplies is provided. The bill, benator VVadswortli said tonight, would reduce military ex penditures by approximately one half. Estimates for the War depart ment and the army for this year, he said, ale placed at $1,100,000,000. He said he would report the bill to the senate possibly tomorrow. Man Convicted of Assaulting Girl Is Given Life Sentence Louis Deakin, 35 years old, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Peters in district court , in Council Bluffs yesterday morning, following his conviction by a jury last week on a charge of criminal as sault. ' Motion for a new trial was over ruled and he filed notice of appeal to the supreme court. Bonds Avere fixed at $5,000. . ' Deakin 'was convicted upon the testimony of Ada McCarney, 'a 14-year-old- Council Bluffs girl, who testified that Deakin placed her in a room at 715 Wet Broadway, in troducing her as his niece. Later he obtained a room for her on Capitol avenue in Omaha, where police found her. v Deakin is an auto mechanic. He is married and has two sons, 6 and 10 years old. . . t Former Shipping Manager . ' Given Two Weeks to Plead Seattle, Wash., 'Jan.- 26. Capt. John F. Blain, former north Pacific district manager of the United States shipping board, was arraigned today and given, two weeks, to plead to an indictment returned against him here charging him with accepting secret commissions on sales to the board while he was manager, , HOURSE There-was a man named Wilson Who "Kept us bur of War." He went before the peopl? : And won upon thaf score. BLAMES BOOZE FOR TROUBLE IN SMITH FAMILY , 1 y Mail Carrier Charges Wife Played Delilah to Get Money, But Judge Grants Divorce. Mrs. Mary L. Smith was granted a decree of separate maintenance and $50 a month in divorce court yesterday after an all-day hearing of the suit between her - and her husband. Frank M. Smith, a mail carrier, before Judge Troup. "Practically, all the domestic trouble in this family has been due either directly or indirectly to the drinking of Mr. Smith," said Judge Troup. "When he wasn't drinking he was apparently a good husband. Mrs. Smith has worked hard and done all she could to make the home life a, success." The judge denied Mr. Smith's petition for a divorce. Mr. Smith, on the witness stand, charged that his wife once staged a happy home for a few days in order to get hirf to give her money to-use in filing divorce proceedings. She testified that she got this money from her father. They lived at 2804 North Forty first street and their home life had become so unpleasant that they oc cupied separate rooms, he sleeping on the second floor and she on the first he said. "The house was always dirty and the atmosphere cold and unpleas ant," Mr. Smith testified. ' Greeted With Smile.' "Then," 'he continued dramatic ally, "I was amazed upon returning home after work one day to see the kitchen all spic and span, the range polished till it shone brightly; and my wife standing there with a smile of greeting on her face. . "I was so surprised I didn't know (Continued on I'mre Two, Column Four.HRvan calls the "women's army of Clothing House Earns $2,200,218 in a Year Chicago, Jan. 26. The earnings of Hart, Schaffner and Marx for the year ending November 30, 1919, were .the largest in the company's history, according to the annual re port. Net profits were announced as $2,200,218. After preferred divi dends and federal taxes the company earned 13.11 per cent on its $15, flQO,000 common stock, compared with 8.30 per cent the preceding year, the report shows. Deacon Divorce Case Argued Before Vatican Rome, Jan. 26. The Vatican tri bunal, having such cases in charge, began discussion of the requests of the Princess- Radziwill for, an an nulment of her marriage' to the Polish prince. She was Dorothy Deaconof Boston and bases her plea on the ground that she was forced into the marriage. - , , ' , '';.''. -.''.; '" - -''" By Mall (I year). Dally. $6.00: Dally aad Sua.. 17.00. euttlfl. Nab. And now this very self-same roan, Will wonders never cease, No longer keeps us out of war, He keeps us out of oeace. tbM t QUESTIONNAIRES SHOW TEACHERS NEED MORE MONEY Average School Employe Re ports Expenditures Ex- ceed Earnings. ,A partial tabulationof the earn ings and ' expenditures of ; .public school teachers ibr 1919, as indicated in questionnaires which have been returned to J. H. Beveridge, super intendent, show the following re sults: Average Averaga Earnings. Expend. 621 single women in erada schooly $1,370 76 marriod women in grade schools 1,270 113 elngle women In high schools 1,568 Five married women in high! schools 1.J56 (1,490 1,480 1,685 1,726 1,539 Eleven single' men in high schools 1,454 53 married men in high r Bchooh 2,066 576 The average amount paid last year for board by 621 single women in grade schools was $384, and the aver age paid for room was $228, making an average of ' $612 for room ( and board. 1 The Board of Education is obtain ing this data in connection with a proposed : increase of. salary for teachers. Women's Campaign To Reduce H.Cof L. 'i Starts February Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 26. (Special.) The official campaign in Nebraska to reduce the high cost of living will be formally inaugurated in every county in the state Feb. 1, (Mrs. Charles G. Ryan, state director, an nounced. 7 - , V The plan embraces mais meetings in every community, in which public speakers will appeal for the co. operation of all classes of citizens in the practice of thrift and in" the elimination of luxuries. Enlistment of the 350,000 house wives of Nebraska in what Mrs. crusaders against the cost of living," ?.nd the educational campaign will be the steps taken duringthe first week. The housewives will sign a pledge to observe certain fundamental rules of domestic thrift. ; County chairmen of the drive have been named in every county in the state and they are at work organiz ing their advisory committees and co-workcrs. . . , Potatoes Being Held. Seattle,' Wash., Jan. 26. Investi gation, conducted Jy the United States Department" of Justice, has disclosed that thousands' of tons of potatoes are held at Yakima, Wash., and at points near Seattle, by grow ers who are waiting for higher prices, Ben L. Moorei United States district attorney-announced here. $800,000,Fire in Columbus. Columbus, 0 Jan.' 26. Fire 'destroyed- five buildings in the heart of the business district, causing a loss' estimated at from $500,000 to $800,000, fully covered by insurance. Sunday. UM: postaoa aitra. TWO CENTS. Uvl i v 1 . PERSHING GIVEN GREAT RECEPTION IN LOS ANGELES Visit Continuous Ovation From " Time He Arrives Until Entraining for San Diego; ' Los Angeles, Jan. 26. Gen. John . Pershing's visit here was a con tinuous ovation. Cheering crowds were everywhere the general was, from the time of hjs arrival xunti! when he left for San Diego. , Thou sands greeted him at the station and other thousands" cheered tumult ously his progress through the streets to and from Arcadia, where he inspected the army balloon school at Rose field. j ' - The nine-mite trip from Arcarfa was made through solid lines of children and grown-urTs, the former waving flags and throwing flowers in his path. Time after Time the general haulted the procession to step from his automobile and mingle with the children. Entering the city, he again stopped when he saw a banner held aloft bearing the inscription : "W elcome, General Pershing, we are named for you." Surrounding ' the banner , were a dozen laughing . or crying infants, each having John J. Pershing as his given name. The general kissed them all before continuing on his way.. , , Says Pershing , Is Favorite. . Washington, ' Jan. 26. (Special Telegram.) Charles E. Winter, of Casper, Wyo., who recently resigned as judge of the Sixth judicial- district (Continued on Page Two, Column Throe.) Bride Attempts Own Life After Quarrel With Mother-In-Law Police report that Mrs. Desie Lar sen, 3112 South Thirty-second ave nue, a bride of two weeks, attempted to take her own life last night by swallowing carbolic acid following a quarrel with her mother-in-law at whose home she is living. She is. 17 years old and two weeks ago "married Otto Larsen, a carpen ter. The quarrel is said to have been over the preparation of the evening meal. Police surgeons say she will re cover. (. Elizabethgrad Occupied : By Bolshevik Forces London, Jan. 26. "We have oc cupied Elizabethgrad and continue to advance in a westerly direction," says a cctmtnunication fr.m bolshe vik headquarters at Moscow this evening. Elizabethgrad is in the govern ment of Kherson, South Russia, on the' Halta-Kremenchug. railway, about 175 miles northeast of Odessa. a: 34 T p. to I 8 p. .85 ran1 I LODGE ENDS BI-PARTISAN CONFERENCE Finis Comes Quickly When Re publican ' Chieftain Refuses. Compromise on Article X and The Monroe Doctrine. LEADERS FAIL TO VISION ANY HOPE 0 AGREEMENT Question Will Likely Be Fought Out on Floor of Senate and Opening Guns May Be Fired Today. Washington, Jan. 26. The ques tion of peace treaty ratification was flung back to the senate floor with the virtual collapse today of the bi partisan conference. The end ame with swiftnessafte'r Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, re publican leader, had informed demo'' xrats led by Senator Hitchcock that there could be no change in the res- r,,-, f inn c m, 4lii Vfnnrn Arfkfr and Article X. , j Democrats walked out for a con ference, agreeing to reply td Sena tor Lodge early tomorrow. First news of the break was given Dy senator micncocK in 9 statement which broadly intimated that failure' , of republicans to give ground in an effort to reach a compromise was due to the threatened revolt of re- ; publicans. Senate' leaders frankly admitted; toufght-tbat they could sec up hope of agreement, ihis meant, they said, that the question WouMbe' fought out on the floor, beginning probably tomorrow. Senator. Hitch cock declined .to speculate, on the possibility of so cirly a renewal of hostilities, but mostdemocrats de clared nothing was to be gained by further conferences. ' , . .? ' - Hitchcock's Statement " Senator Hitchcock's statement sa'id:' "When the conference assembled , Senator Lodge advised the sena tors present that he had been called . into a meeting by certaiti republic an senators and for that reason had not been able to attend the last con ference Friday. ' "He regretted to say that . he found it impossible to resume the' conference for a compromise ex cept upon the understanding that no cnange snail ue made in , tne reservation on Article X or on the Monroe doctrine.- The democratic members retired for a private con ference and will make their reply v to Senator Lodge Tuesday morn ing at a meeting at 10:30. ' v "The conference up: to the time its meetings were interrupted had tentatively agreed upon the pre amble and all sections of the reser vations except that relating to Ar ticle X, the Monroe doctrine and one or two minor matters, and an agreement was apparently also Con summated on Article X when ad journment suddenly came, followed by the intervention of the irrecon cilable republicans." Statement of Lodge. Senator Lodge at first declined to comment on the meeting,- saying thre was nothing to be given out. After beiirg informed of the Hitch cock statement, however, he said: "No change in the reservations af fecting Article X of the league of nations covenant, or the Monro doctrine provision' of the peace treaty. nviil be acceotahlp n fh r. publicans." v Senator Lodge's statement , was formulated after his conference Sat urday 'with Senators Borah, Idaho; Johnson, California, and other re publican senators opposing the treaty. " Both democrats and republicans professed to see a difference in ths situation as expressed by, the lead ers. . . r "It looks as if the jig's up." de clared Senator McNary. republican of Oregon, a leader of the mild res ervation group, and this seemed to hit the nail on the hpad in the nnin. ion of most senators. Democrats discussed generally, their line of procedure and it was tentatively decided, in the event of utter taiiure ot the conference tomor- fkations to the treaty agreed upon by democrats and insist upon a yotc. 40 Be':s,v in Vermont; Coldest Place in U. S.. Boston, Jan. 26. The mercury was forced to new official low levels oy tne cold wave which SpreSd over northern New England last night.. Notthfield, Vt., with a reading of 30 minus, was the coldest place on the North American con tinenC from which official reports were received by the weather bureau today. Unofficial figures, however, ran lower, reports of 40 below coming from VanBuren, Me7, and Mont pelier, Vt C I. W. W. Trial Starts. Mphtesata Wash., Jan. 26. The trial 'of 11 alleged members of the I. W. W. charged with murder in connection with the armistice day killings at Centralia. Wash., has be gun here,1 i flu m '
