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The Omaha Daily Bee ,VOL, 49 NO. 2S7, CatereS at Mt4lM atattw Iw tt. IH Outt P. 0. uar mi l Hank I. OMAHA, SATURDAY. MARCH 20 1920. By Mall jar). Dally. MM Bliy sen., t.og eiiMat Nik. twtnt . TWO CENTS. P Facd LeagMe &ep to se Gas Plant T GoveiniaBiit Beatee APPRAISAL REJECTION IS DEFEATED Commissioners Ringer and Fal- coner Reverse Decision and Ordinance Fails Plan Car- , ries by Margin of One Vote. MAYOR REFUSES TO GO TO WATER BOARD DINNER WEAVER MAY BE DRAFTED IN RACE FOR GOVERNOR a Four Republican Candidates May Withdraw in Favor , Of New Man. Crux of Two Years' Proceed ings Comes at Brief Meeting Of Council Authorizing Bonds Is Next Step. ? The city 'will buy the plant of the Omaha Gas company at the ap praised valuation of $4,500,000. as H'.varded by the court of condemna tion February 6. This was the net result of a suc cession of events yesterday culmi nating in the placing on file a pend ing ordinance to abandon tne con demnation proceedings and reject the appraisal. The crux of the situation was reached by the city council at an ad iourned meeting at 4 p. m., when Mayor Smith and Commissioners Butler, Ringer and Falconer voted to. place the ordinance on file and Commissioners Ure, Zimman and Towl voted against filing the meas ure. Vote 4 to 3.' Commissioners Ringer and Fal coner reversed themselves from their action in committee of the whole two weeks ago, when they voted to recommend the ordinance tor pas-&.""-' By Joining the mayor and Mr. Butler yesterday afternoon they made the vote 4to 3 for taking the sas plant at the appraised valua tion. About three months must elapse before various formalities can be disposed of and the gas plant for mally turned over by the city offi cials to the Metropolitan water dis trict for management The next step will be the introduc tion Of an ordinance authorizing the sale of bonds. Mayor Smith be lieves that the city wHl be able to take the plant over not later than July l. Will Not Mean Lower Rates. Municipal ownership of the plant will not, however, mean lower gas rates, according to General Manager Howell of the water district In stead, he forecasts an increase, due to costs of oil and other materials entering into the manufacture. The increase, he says, is bound to come, regardless of whether the plant be purchased by the city or continue tinder private management. He suggests that a rate of $1.30 is likely to supplant the present rate of $1.15. Relief for Mayor. "Boys, that's some relief," Mayor Smith remarked after the vote in the city council indicated that he (C'mtlnued on Pare Two! Column Three.) Passengers Warned Not to Take Passage On liner Imperator talcac Tribune-Omaha Bee Ieaaed Wire. New York, March 19. Partial verification of the statement that passengers were warned not to sail on the Imperator was obtained at the offices of the Arthur Hammer stein Production company. Upon arrival of the liner at South-' hampton Mr. Hammerstein declared he had been warned of trouble on - - the trip. . , Miss Irene Rosenbaum, Mr. Ham merstein's secretary, when she read of the statement by her employer in Southhampton, said: ' . "Two or three days 'before he sailed a friend of his dropped in and advised him not to go on the Im perator. This man said he had no . positive information, but that there . -were current reports that the Imper- ator was unseaworthy, and that the crew was incompetent" The Imperator left New York March 8. All went well until last Sunday evening, when, during a con cert in the first class saloon. 600 passengers were thrown from their seats as the big ship dropped to a sharp list which increased steadily, according to cable reports. High New York Official Indicted in Vice Campaign v New York, March 19. Third Deputy Police Commissioner Por ter wa indicted by the grand jury i which has been investigating police methods in connection with the sup pressioa of vice. He is charged with neglect of duty. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest and he was notified to surrender. Porter's indictment followed the appearance before the grand jury of Patrolmen Wheelwright and Sdrger, who, after two years duty as detec tives, were transferred to patrol duty UstFjid$ Lincoln, Neb., . March 19. (Spe cial Telegram.) After an all-day conference in an effort to agree upon one man to oppose Governor McKelvie in the republican pri maries, four of the candidates who have filed were unable to come to ctR agreement and postponed their session until Saturday, lhe candi dates who attended the meeting were Pollard, McMullen, McLaugh lin and Hall. President Weaver of the constitu tional convention was prominently mentioned as a candidate in case the four men decide to withdraw. He is said to oppose entering the race un less called upon by a majority of the party leaders. At one time during the conference it was stated that three of the candi dates were agreed upon a plan, but that Mr. Hall objected to withdraw ing unless assured that none of the other three would be picked. He stated that he would be willing to withdraw in case a suitable man was found to make the race aside from the candidates now actively in the race. All of the candidates conceded that Governor McKelvie was as sured renomination unless some of their number withdrew. HOUSE MEMBERS CLASH OVER BILL TO RAISE ARMY PAY Representative Crago Charges Secret Agreement in Connec tion With Naval Measure. ChH'Bfe Tribune-Omaha- Bet -fedae Wire. Washington, March 19. Refusal of republican house leaders to con sent to any increase in army pay caused a row on the floor. Representative Crago of Pennsyl vania, republican member of the committee on military affairs, who has vainly sought to, induce the re publican steering committee to. ap prove an army bill, charged that a secret agreement had been made in connection with the naval pay bill. After a heated discussion the house, over Representative Cra go's protest, sent the naval pay bill to conference and . conferees were appointed consisting only of mem bers of the committee on naval af fairs. The Kelley bill as originally passed by the house provided in creased pay only for enlisted men nd petty officers of the navy. Re publican Floor Leader Mondell had consented to the passage of this bill as a means of stimulating enlistments in the navy but frowned on any ad ditional expenditures of money for army pay. Approximately 5,000 European Girls Cupid's Casualty List in Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Washington, March 19. Cupid's casualty list of the war between the United States and the European allies, a conflict contemporaneous with the world war, was made pub lic by the War department Friday. The list shows that 3,709 feminine hearts were captured by American soldiers, sailors and marines. Of this number 2,295 of the "fairest flowers of France" were brought home-as American brides. England lost 1,101. The other brides of American fighters were distributed as follows: Luxemburg, 92; Bel gium, 79; Italy, 41; Germany, 31; Russia, 23; Spain, 7; Switzerland, 5; Polaftd, 5; Greece, 4; Holland, 3; Roumania, 3; Serbia, 2; Jugo-Slavia, 2; Zcheco-Slovakia, 1; Mexico, 1; un known, 14. "It is understood," says the re port, "that a total of approximately 5,000 members of the A. E. F. mar ried foreigners." How many have returned to home and mother is unknown. Enter Hitchcock in Race for President On Democratic Ticket Lincoln, March 19. (Special Tel egram.) Petitions came in late Fri day to the office of the secretary of state filing the name of Gilbert M. Hitchcock as a candidate for the democratic nomination for the presi dency, with a full list of delegates accompanyng it and filing the name of Arthur Mullen as a candidate for national committeeman. BRYAN TAKES HOT SHOT AT HITCHCOCK Commoner Declares That Ne braska Senator Is Leader Of the Liquor, Interests in His Home State. REFUSED TO SUBMIT QUESTION OF SUFFRAGE Expect Senate to Confirm Colby Appointment Soon Washington, March 19. Action of the senate foreign relations commit tee today in reporting favorably the nomination of Bainbridge Colby to be secretary of state is expected, to lead to confirmation by the senate early next week, Says His Opponent" Was Rep resentative of Wall Street While Harmon Was Doing Business During 1912. ' Chlraffo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire. New York, March 19. William J. Bryan, 60 years old today, came to the city. When told that Senator Hitchcock was seeking the nomi nation as a candidate to the conven tion, Mr. Bryan said that that was nothing new, for Senator Hitchcock had been fighting him for 10 years. "He tried to prevent my going to the Baltimore convention eight years ago and ,he tried to prevent my course there, and he did prevent ray going to the last convention in St. Louis, and he is now against my going to the eommg convention in San Francisco," said Mr. Bryan. Leader of Wets. "Senator Hitchcock," Mr. Bryan continued, "is a leader of the liquor interest in Nebraska and he refused to submit the prohibition amendment, even though the state favored it by 29,000 on. a popular vote. To- show how our state stands -on this amendment' he -refused to submit it - although- our state went on record as tavonng it overwhelmingly, with but one dis senting voice. "As to the question of suffrage, he also refused to submit this ques tion, even after the state had adopted suffrage arid had asked him to vote for its submission.- t "When Harmon was the Wall street representative in 1912, Sen ator Hitchcock was his representa tive in Nebraska and he wrote the minority report for the republicans in opposition to currency legislation. "He has been on the brewers' side of the question, has been opposed to woman's suffrage and on the Wall street side of the currency question. Senator Hitchcock has been fight ing me 10 years because of my atti tude on the prohibition question. I am a candidate for delegate and have announced that I shall not vote for Senator Hitchcock at, the convention, but will allow my alter-, nate to vote for me if the 6tate in structs for Hitchcock." Big Birthday Cake. Mr. Bryan had a birthday cake to night with 60 candles on it Its di mensions were three feet by twO and it was brought into the bauquet hall at the Aldine club, where hun dred's of his friends were staging a dinner in his honor. "All right to wish for the White house?" came a query as the toast master urged each guest to make a wish when Mr. Bryan blew out the candles. Eut Mr. Bryan did not blow out the candles after all. He allotted this task to a woman from each table. A loud remark of "the treaty is dead now," interrupted Mr. Bryan as he was declaring that "the senate debate on the treaty is a disgrace." Hesitating pnly for- a second, he re plied: "I am not willing to believe it is dead. The treaty has been defeated The people are greater than the senate and theycan force the sen ate to do their will." Mr. Bryan referred 'to the action taken by the recent democratic con vention at Albany, against prohibi tion. , "There will be no wet plank in the platform either at Chicago or San Francisco," he declared, with the prediction that he will live to see the time when not a saloon in the world will be open. Japan Now Ready to Make Shantung Settlement Tokio, March 19. It is under stood here that the government has instructed Yukichi Obata, the Jap anese minister in Peking, to begin negotiations immediately for . a speedy settlement of the Shantung question, as the views of the Japan ese and Chinese commissioners ap pointed to investigate have been found to concur in the main points and Japan is ready to make large concessions toward an amicable solution. Bulla in Washington. J Washington, March 19. (Spe cial Telegram.) James Bulla, live stock trader of Omaha and member of the Nebraska legislature, is in Washington to appear before the house committee on agriculture which has under consideration the Anderson ' bill ' regulating stock yards and packing houses. v ' : I code Campaign is launched by GOV. M'KELVIE Charges Attack on Measure Is Fostered by Politicians Out of Jobs. Gov. S. R. McKelvie defended the civil administrative code in vigorous terms last night in a campaign ad dress to a gathering of 500 men and women in the banquet hall of the Rome hotel. He compared the num ber of pardons, paroles and fur loughs issued during his administra tion with those, granted by preced ing executives, and referred incident ally to good government high cost of living and state socialism. , The governor was listened to at tentively and as applauded occa sionally. Yale C. Holland intro duced th? governor. The latter con tended that the referendum was promotfd by democrats who were put out of business and he asserted that the harder he is attacked by politicians the more he will think he i3 right and the harder he will fight. Principles are Simple. "The principles of the administra tive code are simple and funda mental and are easily understood when proDcrly explained," he said, "Those who ascribe attributes of autocracy to it are deliberately mis leading the people and they might as well say that our federal govern ment is autocratic, because the code is patterned after the federal system of government. The purposes of the code bill are only for enforcement and administration of the law. "You have heard comparatively little of what this form of state gov ernment really is; you have been told that it is a hydra-headed mon ster ana that it breeds autocracy and that it was forced through the leg islature without the people know ing what it meant. It was the ful fillment of a pledge made in the re publican state platform, a promise made to the people of the state by the republican party. Parties must keep faith with the people. For the tConflnuWr Pafte Tire, Column Ilw.) CHICAGO MOTHER RUNS DOWN GREEK WHO STOLE CHILD Vigilant Omaha Woman Foils Plans of Young Girl's Abductor. TROOPS FIRE ON RIOTOUS BERLIN MOB Three Killed Following At tempt to Storm Hotel Head quarters of Allied Missions Score Are Wounded. BALTIC COLUMNS ARE JEERED BY CITIZENS Oticaica Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaeed Wire. Chicago, March 19. Andrew Frickas, a Greek, who last August abducted a 12-ytar-old girl and took her to Omaha, was arrested here. He was indicted several months ago, but had eluded capture. The woman to whose home he took his little victim in Omaha, suspected some thing was wrong, so she locked -the child in her own apartment and notified the police. The girl left the home of her mother, Mrs. Rose Anna Avgarez, to attend a party being held in Lincoln park. Frickas intercepted her on the way and asked her to take a car ride. By dint of threats and promises he prevented her asking for help and got as far as Omaha when his plans were upset by a vigilant woman. Since his flight the mother of the girl has devoted practically all her time to tracing him. She finally obtained the address of a friend of his in Omaha and letters from this Greek were traced wrfth the result that Friackas was run down. He will be tried for abduction, a seri ous offense in this state, more es pecially when the age of his victim is considered. He was formally a chef at the Blackstone hotel. Administration Takes Hand in Fight to Pass Suffrage in Delaware Wilmington, .Del., March 19. The Wilson administration has injected itself into the Delaware fight on the ratification of the national suff rage amendment Secretaries Baker, Daniels and Houston, with Attorney General Palmer have called upon democratic leaders in the state to use ever means to have the amend ment ratified speedily. Republican Readers have also de clared for speedy ratification of the amendment Minnesota Delegations Divided Into Factions St. Paul, March 19. Five delega tions of two members each instruct ed to vote for Leonard Wood for president, four uninstructed dele gations and the Tenth district split into two rival factions, one for Wood and one uninstructed, will be sent to the republican national con vention at Chicago, next June. Eight districts hell conventions Friday and two Thursday. Favor Republican Delegates Pledged to Back Hoover Sacramento. CaU March 19. The Hoover Republican club of Cali fornia filed in the office of secre tary of state its indorsement of a list of proposed delegates to the re publican convention pledged to Her bert C Hoover, Waving of Handkerchief by Woman in Window of Fa mous Hostelry Signal for At tack by Populace. By The Associated Presi. Berlin, March 18. The waving of a handkerchief from an upper win dow of the Hotel Adlon after the departing Baltic troops this after noon was the signal tor a mob at tack on the hotel and was followed by the firing of the troops on the crowd, causing thre death of at least three persons and the wounding of a score of others. The lobby of the fashionable hotel, which is the home of the allied missions, -became an improvised hospital, with patients stretched on the marble floor. . As the Baltic columns marched away from the center of the city they were jeered by the crowds. As the end of the first detachment of soldiers swung by, the people on the streets immediately turned their at tention to the Adlon, which is un favorably known, to the working classes as the residence of entente representatives and other foreign ers, and as the abiding place of sun dry junkers and profiteers. .Open Machine Gun Fire. Anticipating trouble, the 'manage ment had put an iron grating in place between the outer doors. Ob serving the rush of the mob against the hotel, a squad of the Baltic troops, which had reached the Brandenburg gate to the Tiergar ten, a couple of hundred yards dis tant, turned a machine gun on the crowd and opened fire. Workmen Seize Essen. ,. Berlin, March 19. Essen ' sur rendered this afternoon to armed workmen after violent fighting in which it is estimated that 300 per sons were killed. It is reported that communists have five railroad stations to the east of Berlin and that troops are being rushed thither in armored cars. Situation Serious. Coblenz, March 19. Unconfirmed reports have been received here that 1,000 persons have been killed at Kiel. It is said the situation there is grave. The communists are 'reported to be gaining headway in Saxony and Westphalia. A soviet republic has been proclaimed at Chemnitz and Plauen. At Leipsic the workmen and the bourgeoise parties are said to have come to an agreement. Some Day Dudley May Be Directing Traffic From Church Steeple Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire. Chicago, March 19. Another 50 years, if one cares to wait that long, and there will be jitney airplanes. J. rathe coos will be stationed on church steeples and travel all over and around and above the earth will be by means of the flying 'bus.' Frederick iiandley Pace, ace of the English airplane industry, is certain of it, in an address to the Associa tion of Commerce today and out lined the great future of. the air plane. It isn t even a future, he said. It's just development, not the ordi nary. We have a line running reg ularly between Paris and London and have carried 4,000 passengers without an accident." Lord Mayor of Cork Is Killed in Home By Masked Assassins London, March 20. The lord mayor of Cork was shot and killed at 1 o'clock this morning. The re volver was fired by a masked per son whose identity is unknown. They entered his residence, and after firing the shot escaped in an automobile. ' 1 . . . American Duchess Files Suit Against Duke of Marlborougji l:N'A Yv j! i i '"frif Suckss or MAALBORCtreti London, March 19. The Duchess of Marlborough has instituted a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights. The petition of the duchess, which is the usual preliminary to divorce in England, apparently has caused no surprise in London. The Marl boroughs have been separated for several years. The Duchess of Marlborough was Consuelo Vanderbilt of New York. She married the Duke of Marlbor ough in New York in 1895. The couple have two children, Lord John, Marquis of Blandford, who is heir to the title of Duke of Marl borbugh, and Lord Ivor. DIVORCE GRANTED MRS. I. G.SMELTZER False Accusation of Intimacy "With Rev. Mr. Poucher Adjudged Cruel. RATIFICATION REFUSED A! TREATY SENT BACK TO PRESIDENT BY SENATE Proposal Containing Reservations of Republican Lead ers Fails to Receive Required Two-Thirds Ma-' t jority Final Roll Call Shows 49 in Favor of Adopv tion of Versailles Agreement and 35 Against) 21 Democrats Line Up for Reservations. Motion to Declare State of Peace Next Senate Move The Weather Forecast: Nebraska Fair Saturday and Sunday; moderate temperature. Iowa Fair Saturday and Sunday; warmer Saturday. Hourly Temperatures. S a. m...... a. m. T a. in. , , , S a. m a. m. 1 a. m 11 a. m.. . , . .S4 ss .34 .38 .S3 .S4 .SS 1, p. m.. ........ .42 t p. m 4 3 p. m. 47 4 p. m ...47 5 p. m ..47 p. m..... 44 1 P. ra...., 45 p. m.. ....... .At Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Washington, March 19. The pending question in the senate when it convenes Monday will be a mo tion by Senator Knox to proceed to immediate consideration of his resolution to repeal the declaration of war against Germany and there by to establish a state of peace, lhe text of the resolution is as follows: "Resolved, etc., that the joint resolution of congress passed April 6, 1917, 'declaring a state of war exists between the Imperial German ' government and the government and people of ihe United States and making provi sions to prosecute the tame' be, and the same is hereby, repealed, to take effect upon the ratification ot a treaty of peace between Germany and three of the principal alticd and associated powers: provided. hnwpvpr that iinlpcc flip (German IN AW FR AMPI9PO'overnment notifies the govern in .Jttn 1 lYttiKJVA;ment 0f the United States that it acquiesces in and conforms' irrevoc ably to the United States all under takings and covenants contained in the treaty of Versailles conferring npon or assuring to the. United States or its nationals any rights, powers or ' benehts whatsoever, and concedes to the United Stales all rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations and advantages to which the United States would have been entitled if it were a ratifying party to this said treaty, the presi dent of the United States shall have power, by proclamation to prohibit commercial intercourse between the United States and Germany and the making of loans, or credits, and the furnishing of financial assist ance or supplies to the German government,' or the inhabitants qt Germany, directly or indirectly, by the government of the United States or the inhabitants of the United States. Violations Punishable. "Any violations of the prohibition contained in such proclamation by the president shall be punishable as provided in section 6 of the trad ing with the enemy act, approved October 6, 1917. "It is further resolved thaj the United States reaffirms the policy expressed in the act of congress approved August 29, 1916, in the fol lowing words: J " 'It is hereby declared to be that policy of the United States to ad just its international disputes through mediation or arbitration, to the end that war may be honorably avoided. It looks with apprehension and dis favor upon a general increase of armament throughout the wrold.' "And the authorization and re quest made in said act to the presi dent that he "'Invite all the great govern ments of the world to send rep resentatives to a conference which shall be charged with the duty of formulating a plan for a court of arbitration or other tribunal to which disputed questions between nations shall be referred for ad judication and peaceful settlement and to consider the question of disarmament, and submit their rec ommendation to their respective governments for approval.' "Is hereby renewd. "And it is further resolved in the language of said act that the repre sentatives of the United States in said conference 'shall be qualified for the mission bjr eminence in the law and by devotion to the cause of peace,' and said representatives shall be appointed by the president and by and with the idrize and consent of the senate. San Francisco, March 39. (Spe cial Telegram.) Mrs. Iram G. Smeltzer was granted an interlocu tory degree of divorce by Superior Ju3ge George H. Cabaniss from William G. Smeltzer, former mana ger of the Savoy theater. She was given the right to resume her maiden name of Farthing. When the case was called, her ' attorney, H. E. WhitS, presented an amended complaint- in which only one specific cruelty charge was made. This was that Smeltzer had wrongfully ac cused her of intirAacy with Rev. John F. Foucher, pastor of the Cen tral Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Smeltzer testified that this accusation was made at the home of B. W. Thome, Los Angeles, July 15, 1919. White introduced the judgment roll of acquittal in the rec ent $50,000 alienation suit of Smelt zer against the minister. The court said he could not see this in the light of corroboration, so Mrs. Smeltzer's sister, Mrs. Delia M. Swesey, 325 Maple street, was placed on the stand to corroborate the tes timony A property settlement having been made out of court, the $40 a month temporary alimony already granted was vacated and contempt proceed ings instituted against Smeltzer as a result of his failure to pay the ali mony were dismissed. Airs, bmeltzer testified she was married to Smeltzer November 1, 1912, and separated from him Sep tember 16, my. Memory of Dead Babe Reconcile Charlie n and His Wife May Chaplir Chicago Tribnne-Omalia Bee iMMd Wire. " Los Angeles, March 19. A little grey mouse graven in granite on the headstone of a tiny and name less grave m Englewood cemetery may be the means of reconciling Charlie Chaplin and his wite, who have parted again as the result of temperamental, differences which have teen the cause of discord in the comedian's family almost from the time of the marriage, a little more than a year ago. At-least so hopes Mamma Harris, ajf com edian's, mother-in-law is' oit'ection ately called. : In the little grave on a sunny slope at Englewood rests all that is mortal of the Chaplin- baby, which was known to the mother as the "little grey mouse" and Mrs. Harris hopes that the memory of the dead baby may be the means of another complete reconciliation between the couple. Chaplin stated that he would not bring action agamst his wife and she said that if "Charlie does right, I will make up with him and if there is any divorce it will not be ray fault" Yakui Indians Plundering In Mexico Surrender El Paso, Tex., March 19. The most important group of Yaqui In dians operating against the Mexican government has surrendered to the federal authorities in Sonora, ac cording to an official dispatch- re ceived here today from Mexico by A. Ruiz Sandoval, Mexican consul. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leaeed Wire," Washington, March '19. The Ger-, man peace treaty with its league of, nations covenant failed of ratifica-, tion in the senate tonight by. seven votes and was ordered returned to the president with a formal notifica tion of the failure of the body to consent to the pact he had nego tiated in Paris. With the treaty out of the hands of the senate, Senator Knox moved -to proceed to the consideration of his resolution declaring a state of peace with Germany by repealing ; the declaration of war, this resolu tion having been favorably reported " to the senate last December. The senator's motion to take up the res olution was pending when the senate adjourned until Monday noon. Seven Votes Short The vote on the ratification motion was 49 ayes and 35 noes, the affirma tive side being seven, votes short of the required two-thirds of the sen- -ators present and voting. Twenty eight republicans and 21 democrats'" voted for the treaty with the reser vations, while 12 republicans and 23 democrats voted against it Six re publicans and two democrats were -"paired" for and three republicans and one democrat against The defeat of the treaty, the sec ond time in four months, was ac complisied. by a combination i aoV" ministration democrats obeying the command of the president to reject the covenant as modified by the pro-: tective reservations and the republi--can and democratic irreconcilables, who oppose a league of nations in f any form. No New Warships Planned By Great Britain This Year Washington, March 19. British naval estimates for 1920-21 provide for no new warship construction, it was stated at the British embassy, and provision is made for a oost- war fleet in full commission of only 16 battleships, 4 battle cruisers, 38 light cruisers, with destroyers and submarines in proportion. Major Schroeder Plans 10-Hour Trip Across U. S. Cleveland, O., March 19f Ma). R. W: Schroeder of Dayton, O., holder of the world's record for airplane altitude, plans a JO-hour flight from San Francisco to New York late this summer, flying at a height of 30,000 feet, which, he says, will permit him to attain a speed of from 350 to 400 miles an hour. w m a buiuvilW l ' Amid efforts of Senator Hitchcock to keep the treaty still before the senate in spite of its second defeat, Senator Lodge immediately after the ratification roll call offered 4 resolution to return the treaty to the president with formal notice of its failure. This resolution was -adootcd by a vote of 47 to 37. . ' The treaty will be returned to the president by Secretary Sander son of the senate tomorrow. It .then ; will be : up to the president to de-; cide whether to submit it again to the senate under altered conditions, if such develop, or to withhold any further action pending the outcome of the presidential election and its solemn referendum" on the issue" of the league of nations with or ' without reservations. When the failure of the treaty, was communicated to the White house, Secretary Tumulty said th president would have no commenl to make tonight Fight for Reconsideration. 1 Strenuous efforts "were made by ' the administration leaders to obtain a reconsideration of the vote by which the treaty failed of ratifica tion, even after it had been ordered 1 returned to the president When these moves were ruled out of order Senator Lodge siid he was willing to have another vote and asked , unanimous consent that it be had at once. Senator Jlitchcock objected to another vote at once and the re- publicans would not atgree to a postponement The ratification roll call came shortly after 6 o'clock following . a day of listless oratory on the subject of the covenant and the res- ervabons. The roll was called in tense silence with scores of per- sons in the crowded galleries keen-: mg tally. . . . . Result Was Forecast The result had been forecast ac curately for 48 hours by the leaders on, .each side. Senator Hitchcock held 23 democrats in line against the treaty, while 21 deserted the presi dent. The conspicuous recruits to day to the ranks of the democrat. in revolt ara-nst th nreciien Senators Walsh of Montana, Ran-' dell of Louisiana and Smith of Maryland. ' ..,;. Among the confusion that reigned C awu as mc uciear or ine treaty i was. miouncea oy senator Cum- mins, the president pro tempore, Senator Lodge offered his resolu tion to return the treaty to the presr (Contained on Paire Two, Col -lain One.) Independent Packer ' . Defends "Big Five" Washington, March 19. Oppos ing regulatory legislation for the packing, industry, Patrick Brennan, " president of the Independent Pack ing company of Chicago, told. the house agricultural committee that he started in business in 1895 "under ' the shadows of the five big pack-," ers," and was now doing a gross an- v nual business of $29,000,000. This.'. he said, was evidence that the inde- pendent packer could compete sue ctsstiil v with th "Hiir K 4l ...... - - - 1
