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Gibs The News and THE WEATHER , Local rain and slightly colder fsesdsyj Wednesday mmUM. WATCH LABEL. a fm swss." s . mml 4mn Met wtlnMaa aae ataM ailMtat a elntM wsr. - VOL CXL NO. 55. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1920. . SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE FIVE CENTS RAILROAD BILL IK MODIFIED FORM IS PASSED BY SENATE Five Hours of Debate Preceded Vote, Which Was 47 To 17, or Nearly Three a To One SENATOR CUMMINS SAYS FIXING RATES WILL NOT COST PUBLIC A DOLLAR Thirty-two Republicans and 15 Democrats Vote For Bill, While 14 Democrats and 3 Republican! Vote Against ; Senator Simmons Says La bor Opposes It "Tor Purely Selfish Reasons," Believing That Under Government Con trol Higher Wages Would Be Paid; Labor Party Secretary Protests To Wilson Washington. Feb. ".'!. Bi- a volt? of nearly three to one, (lie Senate torfight passed and sent to the l'rcsideut the modified railroad reorganization bill un der which the earner of the country will attempt to adjust themselves to con ditions arising with the eiid of govern ment control. " Thirty-two Republicans joined with fifteen Deniocruts in voting for adoption of the conference report, while three Re publicans and fourteen Democrats com prised the seventeen voting against it. There was never any doubt as to what the Senate would do, in view of the wide margin by which the Cuuimins bill, more drastic than the compromise measure, was passed. The bill will go immediate ly to-President Wilson nd the general epiuiou aruuud the Capitol was that he would sign it. Varying Opinions. During the five hours of debate, Jed . ly t hainuuu Cummins, of the inter state commerce committee, Senators ex pressed varying opinions as to how the public and the railroads would fare un der the bill, which was warmly defended ,' and just as warmly attacked. But the intense Interest which. efcaracteriaed pro ceedings Saturday ia the House, wa lack Ing, frequent quorum call '--'. vr- turr to set memlrs in .The chamber. ! ' Around aix o'clock the patience of the v tfenate apparently waa . cxuausiea auer 1 the Jong season of speech-making and insistent demand for -a vote eut short the desire to prolong the presentation of individual views. V Discussion today related largely to the labor rate making provisions. Senator Cummins, with great feeling, denounced widespread elairas that in filing freight and passenger charges calculated to give the roads a retura of 5 1-2 per cent Bean taking huge auma of money from the public treasury. The bill, he de clared, would not take one dollar in. that way. Such report, he aaid, were a part of the propaganda put forth In an effort to defeat all legislation on the eve of return of the roada to tlieir owners on 1 March first. Labor Selfish, 8ayn Simmons. During final debate on .the bill, Bena- tor Simmons, Democrat, ffNh Carolina, declared the labor unions were opposing it "for purely selfish reasons." "I am convinced that the opposition of - the labor union is not based on any defects in this legisletiou," said Sena tor Simmons. "They are opposed to it because they want government owner ship of railroads. They believe that un der government ownership they could secure more wage. They believe they -could control Congress, and would be able to do what they did when they came here and forced o to pa the Adamaon law." : Haw Ther Voted. L t Those voting for the conference re- t.ii.... Ball. Brandegee, Cal j. ' fttnnv. Colt. Cummins. Curtis, wiriM. Vernald. Frelinhuysen. Hale, Jones (Washington), Kellogg, Kenyon, .v.... Tnrnnt. Lndse. McLean, Me- Nary. Nelson, New, Page, Fhipp. Poin- dexter, nmooi, openeoi. ...., TfMiis. Wadsworth. Warren . ' and Waton. Total Republican for, 32. Democrats Beckham, Fletcher, pay, ... ntvn. Phelan. Pomerene, Ran- j.n Dnhinann. Shields. Smith (Geor- "iriai, Smith (Maryland). Underwood, Wakh (Montana) and wuiiams. ioiai Democrats lor, 13. Total for adoption, 47. ' 1'i.nB, tntinr arainst the report :' Republican Borah, France and I w nni. Total KcDublicans against, 3. Democrat Ashurst, Dial, tiore, Har ri. Harrison, Johnson (South Dakota), Jones (Sew .Mexico;, n.ing, Kunmt- Overman, Pittman, Bheppard and Trammel. Total Democrat against, ; Total pigalnst adoption, 1. iTknu naired follow : - ' Bankhead for, with Culberson against; anru.k for. with Henderson againstt nimmon for. with Kirby against; Me- Cumber for, witn ironeiw bkib, Barding for, with Walsh (Masaaehu setts, agail Eds toT' ith we" Sgalnst. . AnKnuseement was mad that If Ken tor Hiteheoek, of Nebraska, Senator . 'Rt.nlev. of Kentucky and Senator Thamherlain. of Oregon, nil Demoerata, j bad been present they would have voted la support of to eonierenos repurw 1 Lite Pnrty Protests. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. S3. Msg. a Hayes, national ehairmaa of the Labor Party of the United btates. today aent g telegram to President Wilson, voicing j a protest against the proposed Cnm J tnins-Esch bilt for returning the rail- toads to private ewnersnip. Air. Haye denounced the measure ICeatiancd an Pag !) OVERMAN EXPLAINS VOTE AGAINST BILL Junior North Carolina Senator, Considers Railroad Measure l Unconstitutional The News and Observer Bureau, W District National Hunk Bldg. (By R. E. HOWELL.) (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. -'3. Senator Over man said in explanation of his vote on ihe conference report on the railroad bill that lie hnd voted against the bill when it went through the Senate on account of the provisions contained iu violation of the lifth amendment of the constitu tion which provides that no man shall be denrived of his property without due process of law and no property shall be taRen for public use except uy Que compensation. He said thnt in ns ninoh as this con ference report contained the old pro visions of Section 6 that he would stultify himself now to vote for the conference report. He maintained then and maintains now that- all the earnings were the profit of the railroad and to take part of these earnings away from a well-managed railroad that made over six per eont and give it in the way of loans for equipment to help weak and mismanaged roads was wrong in principle and a violation of the con stitution and that such once established would allow the government to take away the property -of any public utility and give- it to another for a public purpose. i '" He said also he had offered in the original bill the consolidation feature and now in flection 407 of the confer ence report it is provided that there may be a consolidation of all the roads of one State into one road, thereby creating a great monopoly and destroy ing competition. It is provided in Sec tiou 6 that if this consolidation should take place, notwithstanding 'the laws of any flute or the decisions or the orders of any State authority, to the contrary, notwithstanding" even against the de cision of the Supreme llfurt, against the taw if the -Mate, and against the will of thd people, this consolidation can be made, destroying competition and set ting up a great monopoly ,wnicn wouia be in violation of the purpose or oraer of the constitution, allowing half a doxen railroad to be operated under a single ystem of ownership and opera tion. He proposed certain amendments lu lieu of many of the provision or this bill, but viewing it from his stand point of the constitutionality of the act. and sworn to support the constitution he felt compelled to vote against it, although knowing it would pass. MARSHALL SEES NEW HYPHENATED CITIZEN Be American First, He Warns, In Making Requests for Government Aid New Haven. Conn. Feb. 2X Asso ciations and individuals seeking to en list the government m VL activities, were warned tonight by Vile President Marshall, apcaking before the Chamber of Commerce here, that thev should take care not to claim priv ileges which WOUlO create gneTunccsi for others. "The war disposed , or. the hyphen ated -German-American at au awtul price," Mr. Marshall laid, "Is America now to be renaoiuiaTea vy now urnu of hvphenated Americant Is ths rehab- - . , 1 . x- ilitation.to be lurnea over to uss Ene-land-Manufacturer-Amerieans, Agri cultural - Americans, Federation of La bor-Americans, Protestant-American or Catholie-Americansf , "Present yon. claims to the Congress solely from the standpoint of an Ameri can who I interested ia the general welfare of the country. Let nothing ia the way of personal interests, private advantage or class hatred succeed in pulling you down from the high posi tion of an American. Tou'may be a manufacturer, but that title is subor dinate to that of an American. You may be a labor union man, but you are an American first." Discussing intolerance, Mr." Marshall declared: , ',' y . ; "One of the. manifestations of pa ranoia is a fixed opinion that the vic tim himself, i right and that every body not agreeing with him is hi personal en my, seeking to injure him. Paranoia may t i caused by shell (hock. Have the thundering of the eannon in Europe reverberated cross the Atlan tis and caused many meu In America to suffer shell shock' and paranoia t Where are the good, old-fashioned citi- nens who nsed to think tba. men could disagree totally and yet be equally pa triotic t" j , . TWO SAILORS SCALDED TO DEATH WHEN P E BURSTS Sandiego, Cal, Feb. 23. Two sailors were scalded ,to death and two others so badly burned it wss necessary to re move them to a hospital when a steam pipe on the United State destroyet Kilty burst while the vessel was on a speed ran near Sandiego Saturday. . Clarenee B. Lambeth, chief machin ist's mate, and Clarenee Joseph Lanzell, machinist mate, second class, are the dead. . . - Adolnh Kueceh and T. F. Carroll were burned severely and were taken to the naval hospital at Balboa rarg as soon as the destroyer .docked. Th explosion occurred while the EUty wss running under forced draught, it sra said. MAY ASK CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE THE Senator Simmons Receives Let ter FromJEormer 4Y' Worker Giving Particulars MILITARY REGULATIONS IRKSOME TO PATIENTS Urgls Civilian Committee To Make Thorough Probe As He Considers Military Officials Unable Tp Get at Facts; Pa tients and Norses Afraid To Tell Trutb, He Declares . The News and Observer-Bureau, "Jin DistrictS'ational Bank Building. By K. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 23. Possibility of a Congressional investigation into conditions at the Government hospital at Otcen, near Asheville, appeared today when Henator tjiinmons received a let ter from a former "V worker at Oteen sotting forth in detail the character of complaint that ha been registered against the officer in charge there. The letter, which was received by both Senators, i from a former well to do business man of South Dakota, who re fnrs the Tar Heel Senators to cither Senator Sterling or Representative Roy al Johnson," Of his home State, Jor in formation regarding his reliability. "I was in the camp from June until December," he wrote the Senators, "and probably know conditions better than a majority of the staff. It just seemed to me that the commander and his mili tary regulation put more value on the loss of a spoon or fork from the equip ment than on the loss of life. Vrges Civilian Committee. "If you want the truth, send a eivi lum committee giving them power" to examine the patients and orderlies without ollicers present, tell them they will be immune from puuishmeat. for telling the truth and you " will get at considerable. ! The last paragraph lias attracted the attention of both the North Carolina Senators' who : are determined that Congressional . investigation , will be asked, for itljo'eisser way appears to gel aV tip truth of tbo charges wnien have been lodged against the. Oteen offi cials. ' ', ,. :. ,. Already, the situation at the Oteen hospital has Jjccome a matter of - Na tional comment. On Saturday, Senator Simmons had the Surgeon General to wire Colonel Kinney, representinf tn inspector general's department of the army, not to leave Otoaji until he had interviewed United State Marshal Charles A, Webb, and the commander of the Kiflln Rockwell poet of the Am erican Legion, both - of whom have joined in the condemnation of the treat ment -being accorded patient and nur f es at the government hospital. The letter which was made public alt the office of the North Carolina Sena tori reads : Wsnts Senators To Help. "I notice) ,irom the Carolina paperi of the' iath'j instant that your attention has been called to condition at United States Hospital J9 Oteen., rorth Uaro-. olina. I Hm glad something "has" been done to rail attention to it. I do hope Senator that you can do something to help out these poor suffering men and sick nurses. I wss in the camp from June to December and know the con ditions as well and probably better than the majority of the itaff even. ! , tl spent all my time in the wards night and d'av with the poor men and I saw enough to disgust me with the treatment not only the' patient receive but also the detachment men. U just seemed to me that the commander and hi military regulations put more value on the loss of a ipooa or fork from the equipment thoa on the loss of a life. Money enough 'is allowed to give the patients first class food and even lui uric but they did not get it when I was therer-I have seen over 75 per cent of the dinner .remain nneaten. They might have-been palatable to a ploagrr man or roustabout doing a full 12, hours work but were entirely unsuited for sick tubercular patients. The pooj boys got so tired of asking for better food and so tired of spending -their meagre pay on food that the government should have gives them.that they limply quit and died.':'' "This is no exaggeration. No use calling the Surgeon General to make ex amination. It would simply be the same as his' last visit was. The commending officer would go down to Asheville, dine and fete him and personally conduct him into one ward, tell him how lovely everything was and so on. If yon wish the truth - seed a civilian committee giving them power to examine the .pa tients and orderlie without officers present, tell them they will be immune from punishment for telling the truth and you will get at considerable. The fact is that the patient and nurse tad patients' relatives are so afraid of be ing made to suffer for telling the truth that they dare not tell it. When I left there toward the beginning of Decem ber there were probably 2.000 Protestant patients, nurses and detachment men in the camp in addition to Catholic. There waa ' not a Protestant ' chaplain or worker besides myself, to do anything for the boys as they passed eat. The Bed Cross bad a staff of about 24 but OTEEN HOSPITAL they were doing no more thanenoughJduet, Bd weli are almost. dried np- to earn their salaries. -The boy wen virtually neglected and iett "to iie far as any one to be with them a they passed out was concerned. Narses Are Splendid. 'The nurses as a rule were splendid and I cannot say enough for them- but j( Continued ea Fag Two.) LIKELY PUBLISH NOTES ON ADRIATIC QUESTION Washington. Fb. Jfk-Frestdeat Wilson gave hit tnnl approval today to the draft r Ilia Most reply te the atent premiers an the Adrlalle nestlon. While affielal eenlnan tloa was lacking It wa aaderoteed tkst the eemrainleatloa tonight , cither was being eeded for trans a is. ton er actaally was gwUg forward to Ambassador Darts at Leaeoa for presentation. Delivery of the' reply to the en tente premiere Is eipected te be followed by the taking pabUe af the entire series af notes. The for. elga gevernsaents are understood ta hare consented ta pablicatlen of the complete carrospesiaeaee. ' E Fact That Senator Gave $1,500 To Republican Committee Gets To Jury Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. S3. The government won and lost today in at tempts to introduce testimony relat ing to Senator Truman H. Kewberry'e connection with others of the 122 men on rtial with him in United State Dis trict Court on charges of conspiracy to violate the Federal election and mail fraud laws. At the end of the morning session Frartk E. Uailey, succeeded in bringing before the jury, the fact that the chief defendant had eontribnted II, 500 to the State eentral committee of the BeDUbliean committee. At the close fit the afternoon proceedings be was balked in effort to Introduce letters re lating to 147 subscription! to Hsrvey's Weekly. Between these incidents the govern ment introduced numerous witnesae whose testimony was calculated to con nect Borer Andrews, of Menominee, and Judge Yelland and Henry Dotech, of Eacanaba, with payments to-men who were persuaded thereby to work in the Newberry interest ia the W18 primary campaign. Tell of Advertising. There also was some testimony in tended by the prosecution" to discredit the report of primary expeaaes which the Newberry senatorial committee filed witli the Searetary of State Sep tember . This tame ftom raewnpaper publisher whb told what amounts .they had received w Wiled to the Newberry committee f of advertising paev ; The longest argument of the trial came over the' "'Harvey Weekry'" let ter, and before it was completed Mar tin W. Littleton and James O. Murfln, for the defense, were contending against tho points made by Frank C. Dailey and W. H. Eiehhorn, of government coun sel.' Sabseribed Far Friends. The barred exhibits were offered through George M. Gottfried, business manager of the North American Review and Harvey's Weekly, who came here froin New York to 'identify the eorre soondenee. There were letters from Senator Newberry and the. publishing company about the yearly subscription price and finally an order from fh 8enator for 14T ubseription "to friend in Michigan." This list in cluded 73 of the defendants. Mr. Littleton opened the objection for the defense when be noted that the initial letter was dated April 17; 1919. He argued that this late date put the correspondence beyond the pale of the ease at trial, which was, he aaid, lim ited to charges of conspiracy in tne campaign ending November S, WIS. Mr. Dailey contended that the letter showed a knowledge and continuation of the relationships established by the alleged conspiracy. Judge Clarence W. Session held with the defense. GOVERNOR PERSONALLY PREVENTS COCK FIGHT Baton Bouge, La.. Feb. 23. An nouncement was msde tonight from the Governor's office that. the Governor in company of Adjutant General Hunter, personally prevented an international cock fight at Opelousas, St. Landry par ieh.. after reports had bee a made by detectives that men from all over the United State, Canada, Mexico and Cen tral America, were gathering, there to stage the events Acting oa information that a cock fight was to be staged on Washington's Birthday in Opelousas, Governor Pleas ant lent detective to mke inquiry. Sunday afternoon, with the Adjutant General, he went to Opelousas for. the Durno of stopping the main.- tie found that the cocks had been trans ferred from Opelousas, but -located about fifty ia a building where the fight wns to have been staged sbout dight miles from the city. The Governor and Adjutant General Hunter remained on the scene until convinced that the pro moter had abandoned the idea of hold ing the event, when, they returned here. .- ' '' ' About two months ago an interna tional main was held in St. Landry par ish aad tbodsands of dollars were wag ered on the result. To prevent A re current the Governor went personally to the acene. ...""'.'.. ' ' Finer Fred eaten Hit Again. Quebec, Feb. 23. Low water ia the rivers ea the. north and sonth shore of the St. Lawrence has materially cur tailed the manufacture of paper pulp ad other products dependent pnn water power. Excessive cold is the Mna and tn mmv . -illsffCS the SOUS. Householder depend chiefly on melted now for. their water supply. Many pulp ariadinr mills have closed and' .condi tions are not expected, to improve for possibly er month yet- Steeple Chase. Banning Baee. 1j0 Harness Event. Finehurst, Tomorrow-. adr. BOTH SIDES SCOR IN NEWBERRY CASE RAILROAD LABOR NOT PLEASED AT TREND OF THINGS Passage By Senate of Reorgan ization Bill Adds Bitter ness To View HOTEL LOBBIES BUZZ WITH TALK OF STRIKE Union Spokesmen at Confer ence In Washington Believe There It Ho Way To Avoid Direct Appeal To President To Veto Bill; But Little Hope of Preventing: Enactment Washington, Feb. 23. Bailroad labor is not satisfied with the way things are going with respect to its wage de mands. This was indicated in unmistakable manner ia conferences here today of union officials and general committee men, tailed to pass on the President's settlement proposals. Passage of the railroad bill by the Sraate tonight only served to add more bitterness to l tie talk of ths union workers Arrival of scores ef committee chair men the union leaders closest to the rank and. file of their membership brouffht out strike Ulk. The higher o dicers were inclined to discount this evidence o'f the -workers' feeling, but hotel lobbies where the delegates were quartered busied with the possibilities of the situation. There were indica tion that the union heads who have dealt with Director General Hiaee in the controversy were worried lest all that a been accomplished might be wrecked. Committee chairmen spoke frankly of the eentimont in the local group, describing it thus: Net Optimistic. "Their temper is not such as to war rant as being optimistic.'' "' Union, spokesmen believed ther wss no way te avoid a direct appeal to the President to veto the Cummius-Escb measure. They declared it must be done to satiate the Workers who have not had a -close, up" of the situation. But 6 hop that the legislation might be kkked overboard: there w. lit- vet be kicked overboard tie expression. Labor's r.ppeal to Con grea having been, rebuffed, soma leader were said to have atsamed the attitude that the legislator were "trying to see kew far they -can go by nagging ua. Ceagreea Taralr. . Heated discussions marked all of the conference of the fifteen organizations f A Li. rAM -l.l- to finish examination of tho documents whieh Were transmitted between the union officials, the Director General and the White House, a delegate continued to insist oa assailing "the unfairness with whieh Congres aad the govern ment, generally, had dealt with us. The President' proposal is by no means sure of accepts nee by the unions. It drew attack from - various angle according to information which leaked out of the secret meetings.,- WICKERSHAM IS UNDER A RIGID EXAMINATION Asked About Drawing- Will By Which He Stood To Get a .Third of $2,000,00.0. 'New Fork. Feb. 23,-George W. Wiek- ersham. former Attorney General of the United Btatos, testifying unaer cross examination today at the contest over the will of Mrs! Rosa F. Spang, widow of a millionaire Pittsburgh steel man ufacturer, under one clause of which he would have been one of the three beae- ficiariea. admitted tnai wnen ae arew the instrument he knew some of it provisions were in ceafliet with the law of -New Tork aad ' Pennsylvania, and that nader certain circumstances one third af the 2,000.000 fund intended for charity . would have reverted to his personal estate. ; . . This admiasion was made under cues tioaing by Edgar T. Braekett, former State senator, counsel for Mrs. Mabel Spang Ancker, .of Copenhagen, Dea mirk, the only child, who was left an annuity of $10,000 by her mother, in addition to another of S30.000 left hor by her' father,' Charles Spang, whose estate waa valued at tSflOOflW. Mr. Spang died within 48 hour after the will waa executed.. After pro viding an annuity for her daughter she left the bulk of her fortune to establish the Rosa F. Spang Foundation for Young Children, on her estate at Peek- skill, N. Y. Th- will contained tli pro vision, that thould thi bequest be in conflict with State law, then the resi due should ro to Mr.. Wlekersham. Col onel Friedman and . Dr. Henry Dwight Chapin, the testator relying upon them to -carry ont her wishes, "When yon drew this, will, General Wickfershun," a: led Mr. .Braekett, "you knew as a lawyer that under the law of Pennsylvania. If tuts- woman died eighty daya after making the will its prevision would bo iavalidl" ' The witaci replied ia the affirma tive. .-: .-- ; "You also knew a a lawyer," contin ued Mr. Brafkstf, "th t under the law ef tbi State ef New York, where a man er woman leat i a child, a la this ease, they cannot leave all the residue of their estate to a charitable corporation as waa don in thi eats, and that the law require that half of the rtddue most go to the daughter V . "Yes, I ad-uit I knew thia." replied Mr. Wickert am. . Then yon reartxeThat under the pro visions, .if you had died tt hour after the death .of Mrs. Spang, your estate would inherit one-third .of-the. estate she confided k' yoursreT"" , "Yes," replied the witness, with a (rails. . i : ' ' NEWSBOYS CHEER THEIR . GOVERNOR'AL" SMITH New York. Feb. J J. Al. Smith, ex-newsboy aad present covernor of New York, wss goes of honor today at the Washington's Birthday dinner at Brass Memorial Newsboys' Home. The eadergradoates were aaaaimoas a d vociferous in de manding from their most distin guished alumnus reminiscence of the dsys when he bsttled for a place ia line in front of 32 Park Row. "Yon had to be a regular fellow te keep I . line then," the governor declared with obvious pride, "and then he sdded: "Yon sr the hops of the nation. There is not one of yes boys who has not the opportunity to become Governor of New York. Yon err sitting nader the flag that loves yon and protects yea. Am 1 right?" The dishes rsttled with the cheers ef the yosthfnl diners. "Good-bye, AI," they shouted, as he tamed te lesve the hall. TOENnBOLT" Difficulties of Enforcement of Prohibition In Michigan Be Ironed Out Chicago, HI., Feb. Ah expedition bent on ironing out, by forre, if neces sary, difficulties of. prohibition enforce ment in the Michigan upper peninsula, was started from Chicago tonight. Major A. V. Dalrymple, Federal prohibition director for the Ceutral slates, left with a party of prohibition agents for Iron county, Michigan, where county offi cial are (aid to have overpowered Government agents last week and taken contraband wine which hail been eued by the government men. "We are not starting a Wiiil We show, aud wo do not expect auy nrmcil resistance." Major Dalrymple said. "If we do meet resistance we will b pre oared to cope with it. 1 intend to ar rest Prosecutor McDnnnugli, of Iron county, two deputy sheriffs and the po lice officials of Iron River ami place them in jail, charged with con.piracv I to interfere with the carrying out the prohibition law. Haa Ample Authority. "We will ask United Htatcs Cominis letle, to issue ". . J 1".t whe ther h. U sioner Hatch, at Marquette, to issue t have been advised y Commissioner Kramer at Washington... aad AseislanW Commissioner Oe.vlord that 1 have ample authority to niak th arrest," Major Dalrymple commuairatnd witn the headquarter of the Michigan state constabulary st Lansing today, and aaid he had been promised Hie nop of the troop of Stale police stationed at Xsgannee, in the Upper Peninsula. Leo J. Grove, prohibition supervisor for the Upper Peninsula, who reported to Dalrymple that he had been over nowered bv the Iron countv officials. accompanied the party from Chicago. Plans General "Clean-lp Major Da' yinple's plnn of campaign Involves a general "clean-up" of Iron county, in addition to the arrests of the coanty officials, he said today. His men held search warrants for ten persons suspected of making moonshine, he laid. . Iron county, aec.ording)to Mr. Grove, has been the source of frequent trouble between liquor manufacturers and State and Federal officers. The population is largely Italian unci Sicilian. Captain Marsh of the Michi gan Mats constabulary wss shot and seriously wounded a few weeks ago near Iron River while attempting to arrest an alleged bootlegger. Iron River Is a mining town of about 7,000 popula tion. ' Hoax, Say District .Attorney. Iron River, Mich, Feb. 2;). There ha not been such a hoax put over on the country since the fake armistice report as thi report of the 'rum rebel lion' in iron county,'' aaid District At toraey Martin McDonough in an inter- view today with a stuff correspondent of the Milwaukee Journal. Continuing McDonough said: "There is no rebellion in Iron county. It is a clean county. Prohibition is be ing enforced to the limit and my . office is giving the federal sgents every aid possible. ' "I wired the Governor and the At- totney General of the Htate and the At torney General of the Federal govern ment at Washington today demanding a ful! and einiplcto investigation as to who started the report of this so-called rebellion." BXAMES SOCIETY -WOMEN FOR SETTING BAD EXAMPLE Brussels, Feb. 23. Cardinal Mcrcicr, a nis i-unm pnmorai ninnies ewieij women for setting a bsd example for working women In what he termn their extravagance and audacious dress : sen. tusl dances and luxury. ' Dealing with the social problem the Cardinal decries Bolshevist tendencies and calls attention to the necessity for reconstruction work. He also preaches moderation in political controversies. .. Cat Far Becomes Valuable. Ksw York, Feb. 23 The House est promise, to become a profitable fur bearing animal. The pelts of the best domesticated feline brought 1 1. 24 each here today at the annual fur auction of the New York auction sales corpor ation,' This is an advance of 30 per cent over October prices.; i- 1. 1 . Parliament Member Sentenced. , ' Dublin, Feb. 28. Robert Barton, Sinn Fein member of Parliament for Kaat Whitlow, who wa convicted February 12 -on a charge that at' Hhillelngb lust year he mad threat against Viscount French, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Frank Brook, a member of the Lord Lieutenant's advisory eouncll, has been sentenced to three years penal servi tude. . ' J : . -' : , ' Imported Pomoeian Olive Oil is the jfiaert table oil regardJeji of price. Adr. OFFICERS' ON WAY OF. DEI CMS l!T Leaders Move For Conference To Discuss Change of -Policy On Treaty ! REPUBLICAN HOPES FOR RESERVATIONS REVIVED I Democrats' Resistance Strong, However; Sixty-four Votes Necessary To Ratify Pact; Republicans To Try To Defer. Action On Article Ten, Next On Schedule . Washington. Feb. 23. (By The Asao-. jiated Press.) Possibilitie of a ub- slautial break in the Democratic peace treaty ranks- in the . (Senate Impelled influential Democrnlic Senator to nwvo today for a caucus to discus a possi ble change in party poliey, and revived . the hope of the Bepubliean tht the treaty might yet be ratified with the Repuliliran reservation adopted t tlu last session of Congress. The movement for a Demoeratie cau cus may bring into the open, its spon sors believe, th dissatisfaction that has smouldered in some Democratic quar ters since the President sent hi me morable letter to the caucus of No vember 19, asking that the Senatora of nis party vote against ratification on the bai of the Bepubliean. reserva tions. The seven Senators who disre garded his advice have been active Con stantly in their effort to dissuade others from the stand then taken, and it has been an open secret that their move, coupled with current political develop ments, has met with some success. Resistance Strong. But among both Democrat end Bt- PO'M.eun, n reauxea mat me en- ! sistimce still has a long way to go, if it s to succeed. Sixty-four votes are required to ratify the. treaty and al though thirty-four Republican voted for ratification in November the party leaders r sure new of the support of only thirty Uh leaves thirty-rone to NHTred by,.lM IiUMirat i an. as dozen more than the figure which rep resented the peak of Sepubllcaa claim today. . - : ' , . Time Help Repablicana. , In the belief that time i fighting on their side, the plan of the Republican leader is to first clear away collateral issues ef the treaty disagreement when the subject comes again before the Senate, probably -tomorrow. The next reservation to be considered in the re vision being undertaken on the Senate floor is the troublesome qualification of Article Ten, against which the Presi dent lias directed hi principal criti cism,' but the1' 'Republicans expect to nsk that it be laid aside until all the others haver been acted on. . Meantime, ( pointed out, a Demo cratic caucus may have developed the real strength of the ovemeut among Demoeratie ' Senator . to break away from past policy of resistance and put tho treaty through. Bhould a majority of the forty-seven Democrat vote in the caucus to make such a move, it is expected by the Republicans that the effect would be to bring over the votes needed for ratification. HINES PREPARING TO . TRANSFER RAILROADS Washington, Feb. 23. Director Gen eral Hlncs today issued order which provide for the formal transfer of au thnritv now exercised by the railroad administration official to the corpora tions which resume control of the lines March first. In a telegram to regional directors, Mr. Hines directed that the names of corporate officer be ascer tained to whom department heads will report after Federal operation end and , appropriate instruction issued to em ployes. ' OHIO REPUBLICANS HAVE ENTHUSIASTIC POW-WOW, C olumbus, O., Feb. 23. Ohio Repub licans here todsy taged one of the most enthusiastic party rallies held in mftnv veurs. St which United States Sen- Ltor Warren G. Harding, candidate for ! tho Republican Presidential nomina- I tions National Chairman Will H. Hays, Rooublican women, leader and guber- natorial canniuate epoae, Clianring President Wilon with solo PO BILITIES CALL FOR CAUCUS resprrtisibility in delaying ratification nf the peace treaty. Senator Harding declared tho Republican party- "will welcome the responsibility of Ameri canising the treaty. : , Chairman Hay pleaded' for mora at tentlon to politics and enunciated five principle w hich .the party should stand for. They werei Earnest, efficient busi ness administration of the country' af-" fairs ; speedy change ia tba nation's tax ation system, whereby the burden would' be more equally, distributed better re 1st ions between isbor and capital j cer tain law and order everywhere, and measuring of the seed of the nation by lookiug ahead, "but with feet al way oa the, ground." -jr "' . Strike More Serloas. , , i Buenos Aire, Feb. 83. The strike of, the crew of, steamships, which has been in jrogres now for more ftln a week, haa taken on a more seriov phase with the extension of the movement to the crews of the prlneipel towing com-, panics. Thia i delaying the entrance and departure of ocean going vessels Only eight tugs are available in the har bor. These formerly belonged to the Hamburg-American Line. Several ship wera docked today, .